It says it in his Wikipedia entry and I believe he may have stated it during that interview he did for 1up a few years ago.
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Miyamoto: "Retro (the developer) might be a good fit for Zelda."
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It says it in his Wikipedia entry and I believe he may have stated it during that interview he did for 1up a few years ago.
Well, Miyamoto seems to be noting on the "western perspective". I think that Nintendo realizes that Zelda is more popular in the west than it is in the east, and that even western audiences are being slowly drawn away by more western RPG's like The Elder Scrolls. I think that if they were to do a collaboration with Retro, you'd see some shifts in formula. I'm not saying that it would go out and be like Skyrim or anything. Just that they might get some more western sensibilities in with the series.
They'd only be willing to go with Retro if they DID do something interesting with it, I believe. The Zelda team is competent: SS has some fantastic gameplay. The only reason they'd turn to retro is to perhaps look at zelda from a different angle.
Or take Miyamoto's idea of making it first person, i don't like that too much, but Retro can pull it off with perfection.
If Zelda is ever given to Retro, at that point Zelda team probably acknowledges the fact that the series needs a new perspective they can't provide.
Lord_Byron28
Member
Retro is a very talented developer but no thank you. They would not be nearly as great if it were not for Nintendo keeping them focused and directing their efforts in the right direction.
Why does everyone seem to think that it would be a 1st person Zelda just because they developed Metroid Prime series. The first person idea was Miyamoto's anyway if I'm remembering correctly.
TheLastCandle
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I'd definitely be interested in what they could do with Zelda.
I agree though, NO FIRST PERSON. Dear god would I hate that. I'm not sure they would even consider that, though.
I agree though, NO FIRST PERSON. Dear god would I hate that. I'm not sure they would even consider that, though.
Princess Skittles
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Retro could be a good development horse, but I would want all the actual art and design to still come from the Japanese end of Nintendo.
And I fucking adore Retro's designs in Metroid Prime.
They're just not right for the quirk that Zelda is known for.
And I fucking adore Retro's designs in Metroid Prime.
They're just not right for the quirk that Zelda is known for.
Keep Zelda at EAD (and Grezzo I guess). Let Retro do a western game. They're Nintendo's only relevant western studio after all. And Sakamoto should do the next Metroid, with Team Ninja or without them - fuck the Other M haters. And since that came up in the past as well: No, Monolith shouldn't do Zelda, either. Monolith should do whatever the fuck Takahashi and Honne want - under SPD's supervision, of course. And share their tech, as it's awesome. And assuming Ueda joined Nintendo (a stretch, but anyway), he should stay as far away from Zelda as possible, too.
Hot Coldman
Banned
I don't understand this mentality. Zelda has so many great games that some experimentation is hardly going to affect the overall quality of the games. Meanwhile, there's been so few proper F-Zero and Star Fox games, that you want new ones to risk Retro not 'getting it'? Weird.
I'd take Nintendo returning to F-Zero and Star Fox, and letting Retro make Zelda, any day.
I'd MUCH rather have Retro create something new, though.
Lord_Byron28
Member
Or perhaps they collaborate on Zelda because the Wii U requires a lot more man power, time and effort than the Zelda team can give it solely while also making 3DS Zelda titles.
Again the key word here is collaboration. So it would be a collaboration between Retro and likely the Zelda team it would not be given to Retro. Also no game developed by Retro has ever been 'given' to them. They've had extremely heavy supervision by other Nintendo developers for all of their games.
PairOfFilthySocks
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As much as I like Retro, this must be frustrating to have to deal with.
DKCR has a style that is totally different from Metroid Prime and I personally adore it. I am not going to count out their ability to do Zelda.
He's mentioned it on Twitter at least a few times
Shikamaru Ninja
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If it ever happened. You would get a first-person Zelda oblivion style without voice acting.
Oh yeah. Sales are going to be through the roof.
Oh yeah. Sales are going to be through the roof.
The_Darkest_Red
Member
Yeah man, all that blood in DKCR really wore on me after awhile.
Princess Skittles
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I'm sure Nintendo would do it right.. but "Steampunk Zelda" just desperately screams "flavor of the week."
Lord_Byron28
Member
Have you ever played, seen or even looked at the art assets of DKCR?????
sixteen-bit
Member
That's a pretty good deal
Buddha Beam
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Not happening, Treasure is first in line for that.
Monolith kinda already did Zelda. Like half of Skyward Sword's development staff is from Monolith, including many of the key people from Monolith.
No, just no.
Steampunk Zelda.
EmCeeGramr
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Retro/Zelda: Link wakes up and gets ready to go to anme school and his friends are all there and they represent their roles and my role and his role and he opens his closet and pulls the skin off Link the quintessential's corpse and gets dressed "C-coming, senpai!" he comically stammers and comiclly adjusts the skin mask because he's now Link today
the streets are filled with plastic and cardboard sarcophagi with freeze dried snakes and drakes and chiefs and ezios and marios everywhere and they all get peeled off as the dead corpse is dropped into the sidewalk like a vegetable.
a man, a familiar man, with dark hair and strong face, gnawing on a mario skull asks if you'd like a recipe and you say no no no no no no you're full
the streets are filled with plastic and cardboard sarcophagi with freeze dried snakes and drakes and chiefs and ezios and marios everywhere and they all get peeled off as the dead corpse is dropped into the sidewalk like a vegetable.
a man, a familiar man, with dark hair and strong face, gnawing on a mario skull asks if you'd like a recipe and you say no no no no no no you're full
The_Darkest_Red
Member
I really don't like the idea of a first-person Zelda, though.
shadyspace
Banned
We can't have steampunk Zelda now, people. Bieber ruined our shot at that.
Hot Coldman
Banned
Flavour of several weeks ago, more like. The steampunk craze never even really happened.
Princess Skittles
Prince's's 'Skittle's
I guess I really need to finally accept that DKCR is not a Rare game and pick it up.
Misterinenja
Member
Give it to the developer that revitalized one of their other franchises and made easily one of the best games ever made? Yes please.
Yeah, the platforming in DKCR is so hard since it's first person. Retro are such one trick ponies.
Wow. I never thought of that. It would be perfect.
The_Darkest_Red
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What? I wasn't implying that Retro was incapable of making a third-person game... it was just a general statement.
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What he's saying is HD graphics are hard, and Western studios seem to have a good pipeline for that sort of thing, so why not.
(disclaimer: this probably isn't what he's saying)
(disclaimer: this probably isn't what he's saying)
shadyspace
Banned
Miyamoto's been trying to get Zelda to work in first-person since OoT. It'll happen eventually.
Huh?
Magicpaint
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I would like this!
IrrelevantNotch
Banned
I thought the title meant Zelda would be 2D again...
There's no reason to assume Zelda from Retro will be first person.
StoppedInTracks
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Oh my God PLEASE YES. Last time Nintendo outsorced Zelda to 3rd party (Capcom) MAGIC HAPPENED (Minish Cap).
Please, please, please Mr Miyamoto-san give the Wii U Zelda to Retro!
Please, please, please Mr Miyamoto-san give the Wii U Zelda to Retro!
The_Darkest_Red
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I wasn't assuming that, it was a completely separate statement based on the discussion in this thread. I'm just saying, in general, that I don't like the idea of a first-person Zelda.
evilromero
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This could save the Zelda franchise and possibly revitalize it all the same. I would LOVE for Retro to have this series without any influence from Aonuma. In fact, let Aonuma do the portable Zeldas and give Retro the chance to do a full console one. There's no doubt it would be dark and epic.