Zelda heading for Revolution?

Neo · 11-27-2005, 02:24 PM

I read rumors in GameInformer that Nintendo is considering moving Zelda to the Revolution. What do you think of this? At first I was disappointed, but the more I thought about it the more it seems like a good idea. Having Zelda as a launch title would go a long way to selling systems.

Teuthida · 11-27-2005, 02:53 PM

I doubt it's true...but if it is I wanna know as soon as possible...so can sell my cube and get best price I can for it...which won't be much anyway.

GameMaster · 11-27-2005, 03:05 PM

That would be awesome and yes, it would sell many systems. If they did that though, Nintendo would have to create another game to serve as Gamecube's final 'hurrah'.

Canyarion · 11-27-2005, 03:23 PM

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Read the codename of their new console again: Revolution. Yes, they mean to create new kinds of games. Would it help to have a launch game that was a GCN game half a year before it was released? Are they just gonna cram in some way to swing your sword with the new controller? That's it, boing! a Revolution game?

No.

Dyne · 11-27-2005, 03:58 PM

No, they won't. They'll release it like normal because the Revolution has backwards compatibility.

I frankly find it hard to believe they'd do a complete makeover after so much progress. Heck, I even played it at PAX. The game was originally scheduled to be released this time of year.

Swan · 11-27-2005, 05:44 PM

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Read the codename of their new console again: Revolution. Yes, they mean to create new kinds of games. Would it help to have a launch game that was a GCN game half a year before it was released? Are they just gonna cram in some way to swing your sword with the new controller? That's it, boing! a Revolution game?

No.

Wasn't Perfect Dark Zero originally supposed to be for the Xbox, not the 360? I know it isn't the exact same thing considering that the 360 means that they going back to where they started. But it is sort of the same thing. If it's a good game, who cares if it a sequel.

Jonbo298 · 11-27-2005, 06:03 PM

I think MS might've told Rare to start with the Xbox but the moment they had a dev kit for the 360, they gave it to Rare and said "You are not to make anymore Xbox games, only Xbox 360" so they started cramming to get PD0 ready for a release.

As for the Zelda thing, its probably gonna stay on the 'Cube and then a new one made for Rev

Canyarion · 11-27-2005, 06:20 PM

I'd expect some extra features for when you play it on a Rev, like the Oracle games on the AGB.

And PD0 is waaaaaaaaaaaay different. We never saw anything of that until it was made for Xb360. And 360 is basicly a stronger Xbox, nothing new...

thatmariolover · 11-28-2005, 01:35 AM

I assumed it was unofficially moved to the Revolution the day it was pushed into 2006.

Neo · 11-28-2005, 09:24 AM

I don't know if it's such a good idea to release a major game like Zelda at the ass-end of a console's lifetime. Too many people are already moving on.

Canyarion · 11-28-2005, 09:50 AM

You mean the Super Metroid problem.
I think this will be less problematic, because of the backwards compatibility.
It would be a bigger problem to have a launch game that does the console no credit.

Dyne · 11-28-2005, 01:05 PM

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I don't know if it's such a good idea to release a major game like Zelda at the ass-end of a console's lifetime. Too many people are already moving on.

That was pretty much Majora's Mask, though. And that didn't stop me from loving it to death.

DeathsHand · 11-28-2005, 03:47 PM

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I don't know if it's such a good idea to release a major game like Zelda at the ass-end of a console's lifetime. Too many people are already moving on.

No, they should switch it over to the new console and rush the product out for launch...

Come now, Neo, the ass-end has it's fans...

Neo · 11-28-2005, 04:41 PM

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No, they should switch it over to the new console and rush the product out for launch...

Who's rushing? The game is basically complete. They just need to spruce up the visuals and maybe alter the control scheme to be compatible with the controller.

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Come now, Neo, the ass-end has it's fans...

Of that I have little doubt.

DeathsHand · 11-28-2005, 05:02 PM

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Who's rushing? The game is basically complete. They just need to spruce up the visuals and maybe alter the control scheme to be compatible with the controller.

Well, rushed in a next-gen sense... Depending on what Revolution is capable of visually (or even when it came to AI and such), it could come off as a great game, just neither really next-gen material, nor a totally new experience like Nintendo seems to be aiming for with their new system...

It'd have no real next-gen style, know what I'm saying?