Actually, don't tell him I said that. I don't want him to stop until he makes a sci-fi Zelda. Unless, of course, him stopping brings in someone who will.

I think Wind Waker was very close to the level of OoT.

I'm very glad to know the amount of passion he still holds.

Inb4 the 2 or 3 commenters who never fail to let it be known that they think OoT sucked.

Twilight Princess was almost better than OoT. Too bad they screwed it up with the many return and timed visits to the temple

The Legend Of Zelda is one of the most consistent franchises in video games. It's hard to argue this, and it makes it even harder when you're trying to top what many consider the "best" game in the series. If he succeeds, then we're going to have one of the greatest games ever created on our hands. If he doesn't top OoT, then we will still have what will probably be another stellar Zelda game.

Either way, we all win :)

As much as I love the games, sometimes I wish the Zelda series took itself a little more seriously and amped the difficulty up a few notches. That would be a good start I think to surpassing past expectations. Of course, this is a casual friendly Nintendo we're talking about... so that will never happen.

And call me mother fucking crazy, but it would be nice to see Zelda on a more powerful system. Then maybe we could see a truly MASSIVE and detailed world to explore instead feeling limited as they do at times. This too, will never happen though... which is why they should go back to 2D sprites ;-)

And not to mention the characters on WW are the most expressive I have ever seen in a videogame.

I really like Twilight and Phantom Hourglass. But he needs to keep trying!!

So if he actually makes a game that surpasses OoT, wouldn't that mean it would be the greatest game ever created???

I thought windwaker was pretty epic. How do you get better than Ocarina though? It's going to be hard. I hope he can do it.

Now thats dedication.

and who wins in the longrun? we doooooooo

Just do Wind Waker again with a motorized boat, bigger islands, and no fetch quest. That'd be enough for me.

Good luck dude. Epic game is epic.

I loved Twilight Princess. I loved Wind Waker. I loved Oracle of Ages. I loved Oracle of Seasons. I loved Link's Awakening. I loved Phantom Hourglass. I loved Minish Cap.

I hated Link to the Past, and I <i>really</i> hated Ocarina of Time.

Good for him that he's so motivated to perfect his works, but I want to see him put that mentality to work on a new series, the first game of which is better than Ocarina. It can't be the best game ever made forever.

I think it's impossible to make a game that will be considered better than OoT. A new game wouldn't have out of control nostalgia going for it. It also probably won't be as revolutionary, as it won't have taken Zelda from 2D to 3D. It also won't be able to please the rabid OoT fanboys.

hmmm i always thhought he was the main man in just MM and TP....

gonna have to read up on this

Windwaker really was a great game, and I thought that twilight princess came veeery close to OoT, but I'm kinda glad it didn't cuz it gives us the promise of more and more hard work on the series instead of it just being marketed like how Nintendo does their consoles nowadays...

Well, let's see what he manages to do this time around with the actual Wii Zelda. Maybe they will actually achieve intuitive, fun and realistic sword-fighting in games, just like OoT made 3D action plausible. Afterall, let's face it, and I'm sorry steam-punk-zelda-wishers, Zelda is medieval by nature. Making it too different would be somewhat dumb. I'm all for a new IP with the setting and Zelda elements, but mixing too much lends to losing the spirit of things.

Somehow I wish the new Zelda was delayed so much that it would actually have to be released for the Wii 2, making it possible that the team lent to it thinking, effort and passion enough to make the true OoT surpasser. Such title that could only be achieved by promoting a gaming revolution just like OoT. Besides, it's not like we NEED a new Zelda every 3 years. The series is so adored and highly praised that it was, at least to me, taken to a different level. I'm willing to wait as long as it takes for a brilliant new Zelda that manages to present such greatness that really maskes it stand apart from anything else in the industry. Remember, there were 7 years beetwen A Link to the Past and Ocarina of Time. 2011 seems a good time for a new Zelda, released a while after Wii 2.

In another interview of his it seemed as Twilight Princess was kind of a make-or-break for the company, with the risky release of the Wii and having its entire development cycle through the dim year of the withering GameCube. With enough money and time I believe he will be able to surpass OoT.

It's not like there are not portables and spin-offs to keep us occupied until then.

Eiji Aonuma was not the producer of Ocarina of time. He was just one of many directors under Miyamoto.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0648870/#miscellaneousX20crew

Miyamoto was the producer and the man behind LoZ:OoT:

http://ign64.ign.com/articles/066/066649p1.html
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0594427/#director
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Legend_of_Zelda:_Ocarina_of_Time#Development
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Nintendo_games_created_by_Shigeru_Miyamoto

if only the boys at Sonic Team had that kind of motivation.

I have loved every single Zelda title... For Nintendo consoles. I agree that OoT is still the best of the Zelda games, entirely, with its Good and Bad points. I enjoyed Wind waker so much and the same goes for Twilight Princess. It's a hard task to improve what OoT did, but I'm happy to know that Mr. Anouma will work to do it.

I don't know... The Wind Waker was damn close.