[QUOTE="hush404"]How's about some Ninja Gaiden, Final Fantasy, Resident Evil, Metal Gear, or Tekken... all those were older games that have evolved wonderfully through generations of systems.
I think there are some games that have failed in evolution, not because developers didn't try to make them work but maybe because those types of games were made for 2D and really don't translate well in 3D or anything else. The biggest culprit being Sonic, throw in some Pitfall or even Mortal Kombat. Then you've got games that seemed great at the time but were really run into the ground... like Crash Bandicoot or Spyro.NWA_31
Well, MGS is kinda different. Correct me if im wrong, but I think the series only became popular since MGS1, so voice acting for Solid Snake and new 3d graphics and new gameplay was not such a big deal. As for RE and FF, almost every game features new characters, so its easier for the developers to please the fans, but if you look at Cloud Strife for example, the fans had such big expectations in FF7: AC that it seems like they messed up with his voice and his new look.
Anyway, what im trying to say is that Nintendo is much more likely to screw up, so imo they shouldnt take any chances, especially for an awesome franchise such as LOZ. They almost killed the Zelda series with WW, even though it was a good game, so just imagine the results if they made something even more controversial :(
Hmm yes, I suppose the whole "new characters every story" kinda cheats a bit but MG was big even before MGS on the PS, tho it is correct to assume that it got a hell of a lot bigger once MGS1 came out. But thats just it, the move into 3D and voicing the character etc really brought the game to new audiences who otherwise overlooked the 2D MG series. Also, IMO they did a great job with Advent Children, it felt really close to the story and feel of FFVII. That said, of course you can't please everyone when voicing a character for the first time because everyone has a different view of how said character should sound. But like I mentioned, they need not even voice Link. I would be completely satisfied with having all of the NPC's talk, because lets face it... does link even talk in the text world? Characters seem to tell him to do stuff and he nods and goes on his way, so it's not like he'd have pages of dialog. Also, there's always a chance they could eff it up, that's the gamble, but really if they do it right (which I don't understand why they couldn't.. I mean... hire some people, baby it and you can come up with something great) it would be huge, magazines and blogs everywhere would rejoice "Zelda is GOD" lol. I dun think they "Almost killed LOZ with WW" ... I thought it was boring and not up to par with other Zelda titles but... that could of been because of the Pirate setting that I didn't dig... not so much the style of the game. Zelda has always been about a grand adventure across a vast land and ripping that out in favor of a small boat and mindless amounts of time traversing a boring water landscape really kicked the series for a go. Also, if you look into the past, Nintendo licensed the LOZ franchise out to phillips for their CD game machine as well as a horrible cartoon spin off which really put the name of Zelda to shame.
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