Chrono_Cross wrote:

ChocoGoldfish wrote:

Yes they do. I've played more of them than you have, I'll wager.

Considering that they come out multiple times every year, Tecmo barely adds any innovative features to the new iterations. Whereas Zelda doesn't come out every year and the teams that make the games take their time. The last console Zelda we had was back in 2006.

Chrono_Cross wrote:

http://www.gamefaqs.com/features/company/13027.html

Sony_70 wrote:

bro2dragons wrote:

Sony_70 wrote:

Weak hardware only makes the game worse and we end of with crap like the Skyward Sword world map not being connected.

To be honest, I'm pretty sure that was a design decision, not a hardware limitation that lead to that. And I'm glad they did it. I wouldn't want all Zelda games like that, but it made sense and worked to an effect that was different from most Hyrulian adventures.

I'd have to disagree. Pretty sure it was a decsion based on the low amount of ram the wii has. Regardless it's a horrible step backwards for a series who's big decision for a series that through all these years have had exploration as a key aspect of gameplay. It seems odd that a series were one of the fundamental design principles on modern Hardware that would allow this to be fully realized.

ChocoGoldfish wrote:

pastasauce wrote:

@Sony_70 No. The Wii is more powerful than the previous generation consoles. It has more ram than gamecube. I shouldn't have to point out all of the open world games to come out last generation. To say that the non connected world map was implemented because of weak tech is simply wrong. The series took a new direction because Nintendo heard the complaints that every game was the same, and tried to mix it up.

Lol. No they didn't. Skyward Sword was the "bigger is better" philosophy applied to the Zelda series. It was the biggest, grandest, most epic Zelda game to date. It also conformed completely to the traditional Zelda formula.

I get tired of people saying "this Zelda mixes things up!" with every new Zelda game. They did with Twilight Princess, Spirit Tracks, Phantom Hourglass, the works. A new gimmick =/= new formula. New formula would be if Nintendo did something dramatic and broke away from the now incredibly boring "go to dungeon, solve puzzle to get item, use item to defeat boss, go to next dungeon" formula.

Lordlz wrote:

ChocoGoldfish wrote:

pastasauce wrote:

@Sony_70 No. The Wii is more powerful than the previous generation consoles. It has more ram than gamecube. I shouldn't have to point out all of the open world games to come out last generation. To say that the non connected world map was implemented because of weak tech is simply wrong. The series took a new direction because Nintendo heard the complaints that every game was the same, and tried to mix it up.

Lol. No they didn't. Skyward Sword was the "bigger is better" philosophy applied to the Zelda series. It was the biggest, grandest, most epic Zelda game to date. It also conformed completely to the traditional Zelda formula.

I get tired of people saying "this Zelda mixes things up!" with every new Zelda game. They did with Twilight Princess, Spirit Tracks, Phantom Hourglass, the works. A new gimmick =/= new formula. New formula would be if Nintendo did something dramatic and broke away from the now incredibly boring "go to dungeon, solve puzzle to get item, use item to defeat boss, go to next dungeon" formula.

To be fair, a lot of companies do this. I don't think there is anything wrong with using the same formula if it's successful. Heck, I'd say Capcom is the guiltiest party of using this philosophy.

ChocoGoldfish wrote:

pastasauce wrote:

@Sony_70 No. The Wii is more powerful than the previous generation consoles. It has more ram than gamecube. I shouldn't have to point out all of the open world games to come out last generation. To say that the non connected world map was implemented because of weak tech is simply wrong. The series took a new direction because Nintendo heard the complaints that every game was the same, and tried to mix it up.

Lol. No they didn't. Skyward Sword was the "bigger is better" philosophy applied to the Zelda series. It was the biggest, grandest, most epic Zelda game to date. It also conformed completely to the traditional Zelda formula.

I get tired of people saying "this Zelda mixes things up!" with every new Zelda game. They did with Twilight Princess, Spirit Tracks, Phantom Hourglass, the works. A new gimmick =/= new formula. New formula would be if Nintendo did something dramatic and broke away from the now incredibly boring "go to dungeon, solve puzzle to get item, use item to defeat boss, go to next dungeon" formula.

Radixxs wrote:

I'm struggling to figure what this thread is about.