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Aonuma discusses future of Zelda games, possibility of Ocarina of Time Wii-make

Posted 28th of November, 2009 at 10:02 pm by Dave Dave is offline


In an interview with IGN, video game producer Eiji Aonuma shed some light on the development of The Legend of Zelda series. When questioned as to whether any of the old Zelda games would be re-made with new technology, Aonuma spoke of how there were requests for Ocarina of Time to be re-made on Wii. He went on to say, "If I can think of how to do it, or any other inspiration comes to me, without destroying the emotional attachment people have to the past game, and I can make some great innovation or renovation on the remake, then I might be able to think about it further."


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Posted 28th of November, 2009 at 10:08 pm by Dark Moogle Dark Moogle is offline
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But wait, didn't they already Wiimake Ocarina of Time? I'm pretty sure it was renamed 'Twilight Princess'

Oh Snap!
Posted 28th of November, 2009 at 10:17 pm by Parasyte Parasyte is offline
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Don't remake OoT for the Wii. We already have Master Quest to tie us over. Just ****ing drop what you are doing and focus on the new Wii Zelda game. Christ.
Posted 28th of November, 2009 at 10:23 pm by pikachu13 pikachu13 is offline
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Just remake it already.
Posted 28th of November, 2009 at 10:34 pm by Tayaun_Nintendo_ftw Tayaun_Nintendo_ftw is offline
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I never had a problem with the way Ocarina of Time looked. I love the look of the characters in the N64 games. There's just no need for remake. If it was A Link to the Past then MAYBE but there really is no need to remake a game that was originally 3D to begin with :/
Posted 28th of November, 2009 at 11:46 pm by Parasyte Parasyte is offline
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GREAT JUSTIFICATION, PIKACHU13!
Posted 29th of November, 2009 at 12:41 am by Bhaskar24 Bhaskar24 is offline
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There's only one unique Zelda game I'm interested in seeing remade - Majora's Mask. The art-style would dictate everything else important to the game, so a different take on it would be truly magical.
Posted 29th of November, 2009 at 10:15 am by Bonsly B Bonsly B is offline
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I'd really love to see Ocarina and Majora's Mask remade TOGETHER. So like you finish ocarina of time and then progress to Majora's mask i mean, i'm not even sure it'd work well haha. I just think that'd be cool.
Posted 29th of November, 2009 at 11:43 am by Kabal Kabal is offline
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But wait, didn't they already Wiimake Ocarina of Time? I'm pretty sure it was renamed 'Twilight Princess'

Oh Snap!
And that's why it's my favourite Zelda. TP was a love-letter - and being a love-letter meant it was a superior, modernised update to a beloved classic.

Having gone through WW and TP, it's time to switch things up now. Aonuma alludes to that with the 'flow' of Zelda and do believe with the aid of a more interesting story, voice acting and motion plus, Zelda can truly evolve once again. It's not impossible.
Posted 29th of November, 2009 at 12:12 pm by Waveguider Waveguider is offline
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Voice acting? You mean actually... saying things?

And Ocarina remake should be good to go in say, another 7 years. Give people time to build up that nostalgic feeling.
Posted 29th of November, 2009 at 12:54 pm by Gookanheimer Gookanheimer is offline
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Majora's Mask: Master Quest.
Posted 29th of November, 2009 at 01:22 pm by Zephyr Zephyr is offline
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Majora's Mask: Master Quest would be sweeeeeet. I love that damn game.
Posted 29th of November, 2009 at 02:31 pm by Lvaneede Lvaneede is offline
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If they remade OoT for wii, they would have to five the option to use the classic or gamecube controller. I wouldnt want them spoiling it with silly motion controls.
Posted 29th of November, 2009 at 03:42 pm by Scatt-Man Scatt-Man is offline
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Hard to think of the direction they're taking with this altered flow. Ogod I hope they don't change it to a level-based system. 1-1, town, 1-2, dungeon. NOOO! Aonuma says that they're trying to make Zelda more accessable. We all know how Mario Kart Wii turned out, with its whole accessibility thing. >_>

E3. So long away. :P
Posted 29th of November, 2009 at 03:44 pm by Kabal Kabal is offline
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Voice acting? You mean actually... saying things?
No, I just want more 'Nggghhh' and 'Hwaahhhhh'.
Posted 29th of November, 2009 at 05:05 pm by Waveguider Waveguider is offline
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If they remade OoT for wii, they would have to five the option to use the classic or gamecube controller. I wouldnt want them spoiling it with silly motion controls.
As long as they kept all the original concepts in tact, only brushed up the controls a notch and improved the graphics and sound a huge scale, then I think that could really solidify it as the greatest game of all time.
Think about it- the already, arguably best game ever made- made even better. That's the thing, though. As fragile as it already is it'd be hard to do all that without ruining it.
Posted 29th of November, 2009 at 07:48 pm by Lon Lon Rancher Lon Lon Rancher is offline
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There is only one way a Wii-make could be done; Cel shaded young Link and *shwing*, pull out the master sword, and TP style older Link!

Fire when ready.
Posted 29th of November, 2009 at 08:00 pm by Mo Joe Mo Joe is offline
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I think a remake for DS would be better. As long as its not Phantom Hourglass style.
Posted 29th of November, 2009 at 10:24 pm by Waveguider Waveguider is offline
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Remaking OoT for the DS would be the opposite of not destroying it.
Posted 30th of November, 2009 at 12:41 am by Parasyte Parasyte is offline
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The DS has horrible hardware for a N64 port. Wait until the next handheld which will have its graphics by Nvidia.
Posted 30th of November, 2009 at 10:27 pm by Jader7777 Jader7777 is offline
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Sorry. He said 'without destroying the emotional attachment'. Not going to happen.
Posted 1st of December, 2009 at 04:07 pm by Waveguider Waveguider is offline
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Turning OoT handheld would destroy it, regardless of hardware... trying to convert that huge adventure into something portable is a stupid idea.

I say just wait for whatever comes after the Wii.
Posted 1st of December, 2009 at 04:24 pm by Zephyr Zephyr is offline
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There is only one way a Wii-make could be done; Cel shaded young Link and *shwing*, pull out the master sword, and TP style older Link!

Fire when ready.
Don't hate that idea.

Do not like the idea of a remake though, don't think it's necessary. I would personally prefer them to just keep on pushing forward with the series hopefully injecting it with some innovation and mixing things up as much as possible.
Posted 2nd of December, 2009 at 12:27 am by Mercury Mercury is offline
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I don't really understand when people ask for an OoT remake, as people have mentioned, TP is way too similar.

TP gave us an updated version of almost every environment that was in OoT. Do people really want to see yet another version of the same environment? I mean ultimately, most environment themes are recycled (forest, cave etc.) but these are the ACTUAL places, I can't see how they would differ so much from what we have seen in Twilight Princess.

I want some fresh visuals.



STEAM PUNK!

Fire when ready.
Posted 2nd of December, 2009 at 01:33 pm by TSPhoenix TSPhoenix is offline
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Remaking OoT for the DS would be the opposite of not destroying it.
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The DS has horrible hardware for a N64 port. Wait until the next handheld which will have its graphics by Nvidia.
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Turning OoT handheld would destroy it, regardless of hardware... trying to convert that huge adventure into something portable is a stupid idea.
How quickly we all forget. I seem to remember Super Mario 64 DS working out totally fine (sans extra character BS). With Zelda the loss of precision going back to a D-Pad is far less important that it was for SM64.

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If they remade OoT for wii, they would have to five the option to use the classic or gamecube controller. I wouldnt want them spoiling it with silly motion controls.
Again forgetful. We were all worried about TP getting ruined by motion controls and what we got was a rather decent A = waggle and far superior Bow controls.
Posted 2nd of December, 2009 at 01:53 pm by Jader7777 Jader7777 is offline
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Posted 2nd of December, 2009 at 02:32 pm by TSPhoenix TSPhoenix is offline
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Remaking OoT for the DS would be the opposite of not destroying it.
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The DS has horrible hardware for a N64 port. Wait until the next handheld which will have its graphics by Nvidia.
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Turning OoT handheld would destroy it, regardless of hardware... trying to convert that huge adventure into something portable is a stupid idea.
How quickly we all forget. I seem to remember Super Mario 64 DS working out totally fine (sans extra character BS). With Zelda the loss of precision going back to a D-Pad is far less important that it was for SM64.

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If they remade OoT for wii, they would have to five the option to use the classic or gamecube controller. I wouldnt want them spoiling it with silly motion controls.
Again forgetful. We were all worried about TP getting ruined by motion controls and what we got was a rather decent A = waggle and far superior Bow controls.
Posted 2nd of December, 2009 at 03:28 pm by Waveguider Waveguider is offline
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How quickly we all forget. I seem to remember Super Mario 64 DS working out totally fine (sans extra character BS). With Zelda the loss of precision going back to a D-Pad is far less important that it was for SM64.
It's not the controls I'd be worried about. It's just that it'd have such less of an impact on a portable console. Remake or not- it's undeniable that it'd be the best option for it to move onto a home console. We're not talking about a port, which is what SM64 DS essentially was.