If "more of the same" meaning like TP, I'd be damn dissapointed.

Yeah I could have sworn Miyamoto was laying low this time and someone else was taking the reigns. I have nothing (much) bad to say about any of the main series games but that doesn't mean I don't want something new.

If this is the same dungeon/item structure as every other Zelda game I will be very annoyed... HEAR THAT MIYAMOTO?!!! ANNOYED!!!

@Magnalon - Mario Sunshine? Really? :\

Twilight Princess felt too similar to Ocarina of Time and I expect no less from Master of Swords here. I'm not saying it's not a solid formula, but it could use some more variety. Don't be afraid to shake it up the Zelda formula, Nintendo!

Well, anything except horrid motion controls. Make those optional.

Wat.

"Twilight Princess is the last of this kind of Zelda"
Oh neat! Maybe we'll finally see something that isn't copy pasted from other Zel-

“I don’t think it’s going to be that radically different,”
YOU MOTHERFUCKER

If they are saying I will get another TP im gonna be pissed, I loved OoT and TP didnt even come close, it was a boring mess of waggle and running around as a dog.

I'm ready for some innovation and something different in Zelda, so longs as the quality is still there.

I wanted to write a monthly musing on this, but never found the time. I wish they'd stop with the same-but-different stories, and let Link and the rest grow as characters. I'm talking long, involved stories that arch over multiple games. Legend of Zelda: Half-Life. Something like that.

Wow, I think this might be the first console Zelda game that I won't buy. Fuck Twilight Princess.

Darn. Not that I expect Zelda games to change dramatically in terms of core gameplay, but it would be nice to see actual differences at some point. Seems like I might have to skip over this one :(

I kinda hope that they decide to go back to Zelda's roots. Remember how expansive the Overworld is in the "2D" Zelda's? How come none of the 3D Zelda's can evoke that same sense of adventure (Wind Waker came close) as the older games. Come on, we need a huge overworld to explore that also has stuff in it.

Less story would be a plus. I love the 3D Zelda's but they need to tighten up their narratives to the bare minimum. You guys know what I mean (It takes like an hour and a half to get to the first dungeon in most of them (only Ocarina didn't waste your time on that). The game makers need to know when to shut up.

Cutting down the items would be another. It feels like we get all these items that seem to get 1 time uses (Ocarina/WW=Hammer, TP=Boomerang) when they could have cleverly used an older item instead (PH does this).

Taking us out of Hyrule would be nice. Some of the most interesting Zelda games have been out of Hyrule (AoL,LA,MM,PH) so let's leave that drab land behind. Wasn't that the point of WW's ending anyway?

The point of the Wii is to take gaming back to when games were simpler (but not less complex (oxymoron?). The original Zelda is devious, and it's 8-bit, has less story, less items, and is strangely more compelling and clever on the whole. Why can't we have that same deviousness with the current ones? It's time to start anew.

@Vimto

This fact disappoints me greatly.

And stop whining people, all we have is a quote and no context. Let's wait until we actually know something about the game before passing judgement.

I'm not too upset by keeping it similar. Wind Waker was a pretty radical departure and is my least favorite in the series on consoles. But something darker and more interesting along the lines of Twilight Princess or Majora's Mask would be great.

First, Gears of War 1.5

Then, Resistance 1.5

Now, Zelda: Twilight Princess 1.5

Where the hell has all the originality gone?

Also, Bioshock 1.5 & Mario Galaxy 1.5 CONFIRMED

I could probably go on.

More games like Plants vs Zombies, Flower, Braid, LBP, etc...

Well that's a shame, Twilight Princess was quite boring, if this is more of the same then I guess I'll just rent it.

GAY

Eep, dont know what happened to my comment the first time...Here it is again:

I'm with springsteen on his first point. I mean, we can't really define what "radically different" means at this point. We have just one quote, and most of the commenters so far have jumped to to conclusion that they are just going to change Gannon's name to Harry and resell Twilight Princess to us again. Then again, I've been around Dtoid long enough that this very common type of overreaction doesn't shock me anymore. That, and all the main Zelda games are just Link to the Past with a new skin.

Seriously...... are you guys really surprised that it's not going to be drastically different.

So you'll fight Ganon again hm? pass.

I don't know what to think about these quotes from Nintendo. I will however say that if the next Zelda to be announced truly has the refreshing change that the series needs, there has to be a better way to talk about it. I'm still hoping for a more darker storyline, a la Majora's Mask.

@Anybody who mentioned Darker Storyline: Who honestly gives a crap? Will a darker storyline make the game more fun? Zelda games have been getting progressively worse for years. They've lost the tough combat (compare NES Darknuts to Gamecube Darknuts), the large open world (only the 2D games still manage to make good ones), and the sense of adventure. Nintendo needs to work on improving the gameplay before they work on something that is ultimately inconsequential like story. Give me a good game first, and a good story second.

I may be totally off here, and maybe nobody will read a comment in relatively old sort-of-kinda-news, but remember back when Miyamoto said he wanted OoT to be in first person. Maybe THAT's what he considers radically different. I read the rest of the enterview concerning Zelda in GoNintendo and he mentioned "accessible gameplay". Now that's a little worryinf. Not trying to hardcore-preach, but, you know.

Maybe they should widen the gameplay possibilities. I think at this point in videogame history, Zelda's cryptic nature may have gotten a little old. I love the series, but sometimes it felt very arbitrary in the old games. As long as there are inventive puzzles, I'd be ok. Being inventive is very different from being cryptic. You can play through a very difficult puzzle going "Snap!" several times through it without having to sit and wonder what the hell you're supposed to be doing. Wondering where to go is very different from wondering how to move. I guess they'll pull it off, though.

You got to look at this from their perspective:

They have a formula that hasn't failed them for a long ass time, so why try to change it? The thing about Mario is that over the past couple of games the formula has been changed every game (From Mario 64 to Sunshine to Galaxy, the concepts of the game were different), while Zelda hasn't changed a whole lot. Why fix what ain't broken?

But it's also true that too many games with the same formula is a little repetitive. So while keeping the core aspects, they have to experiment a little to keep things fresh. Either way, it'll sell millions anyway.

Twilight Princess had to be the worst Zelda game there is, when it comes to Gameplay. I was bored while playing it with all the hearts I could get, and even when I tried the three heart challenge. It was so UNchallenging that I just stopped playing it half way through. It may have just been how hyped the game was... But, damn...

The storyline from Twilight Princess was okay. I liked the wolf part of the game. But that's all I liked about the game. The graphics were ugly. I sit relativly far from my TV and I could still see every pixel of the textures all over the game. Even Wind Waker (which I love by the way) which was made... what, six years before? Even It had better detailing graphics than this thing did.

The game was so disapointing that it cracked me. I gave up on Nintendo until I heard about the new Galaxy game being for veteran gamers. I only own Nintendo systems, so there wasn't much I could do but get hooked right back onto them.