New Wii Zelda Concept Art Revealed

Zelda needs a whole new revival kinda thing. I used to love the Zelda series, from back when they were 2d. But still today i cant bring myself to finish Twilight Princess. Its all be done before many times and I have finally grown tired of this formula. I don't want some kind of gameplay twist like riding a boat or turning into a dog. I would rather have a darker, more mature Zelda game more focused around action, with a completely new story.

What we know:

- That female character standing in front of Link resembles the legendary Master Sword

- Link has his back turned to the camera

This would indicate that the sword plays a large role in this one, large enough to be its own character. Players will be viewing the action through Link's transparent back a lot as they fight with the sword using the Motion Plus, Wii Sports Resort style.

Yay!

Unless link starts hacking off limbs and forcing out a kiss on one of his dream girls I'm afraid I'm done with this franchise. You were great back on the NES, hell my favorite game ever is still Ocarina of Time, but guess what Shigeru? Your audience has grown up, its time for your characters to grow up too.

Yeah, still looks like a female elf with an ugly green outfit and a shield. What is so appealing about Zelda? I went straight from Atari to the genesis and grew up on games like Phantasy Star II. I remember watching my friend play it at his house and the only thing appealing about the game was the shiny golden cartridge.

So what might await us in the next Zelda game is a green tunic wearing blondie who is followed by some sort of essence?

I'm sorry, but this picture gives nothing about what to expect from the next Zelda.

Whatever that thing is in the foreground is going to be the new most popular fan-art'd character ever because it's hands are hidden ALL THE TIME.

So Link is right handed again?

So I heard this Miyamoto guy was supposed to be some kind of original, visionary thinker. I think I could probably take his place in Nintendo just by saying "mariozeldametroidmariozeldametroid" over and over.

I agree with what Miyamoto has been doing with the Zeldas. I've played and beat almost every single one of them.

Remember what happened when he tried to take Zelda too far of course? Zelda 2 for nes...

While it was not bad on it's own, (and a precursor to later castlevania games and sorta like metroid), it wasn't really as good as other Zeldas and strayed too far.

And Twilight princess is really the best one so far. The motion controls make you feel like you're part of it but they don't go overboard with it. As far as wii-motion plus for the next, I REALLY hope so. Or if possible he could "enhance" if you have it, but still let you play without it. I'd prefer though to see some really interesting sword mechanics in it. I basically bought the wii for stuff like red steel thinking the sword control was already 1 to 1. So, any sword game with motion+ is really appealing to me.

And the phantom hourglass for DS is pretty tight. It's got the best boomerang aiming ever in a game. Plus, the ability to take notes in game on the map is TIGHT! All adventure games either need this or a really good system to track goals for you (like Fallout 3). But being able to circle something on the map and write "need bombs, go here later" or something is tremendously useful when you play it in small chunks of time throughout the week.

What is the Japanese obsession with knock-kneed little girls? Wearing stockings?

Table scraps!