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JaxonH

@Giancarlothomaz
Of course. Because Nintendo is definitely going to terminate Zelda /s

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Haruki_NLI

The hilarity is that if you look at the official Zelda timeline, Breath of the Wild is way, way, way off, tens of thousands of years after any other games. Its not even linked to any others

So yeah. Zelda got rebooted. In 2017.

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Ralizah

BotW has sold in excess of 20 million copies, which WAY, WAY surpasses any other release in the series.

Clearly the last gasp of a dying franchise, sinking into irrelevance as Nintendo bows out of the hardware race they've thrived in for almost 40 years now and rolls out the red carpet for the mighty Switch Deck.

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Grumblevolcano

Zelda franchise as a whole I definitely don't see going away however traditional mainline Zelda I think probably will outside of ports, remasters, remakes. So like for the Switch onwards, mainline Zelda ends up being:

Traditional Top Down Zelda

  • The Legend of Zelda (NSO)
  • Zelda II (NSO)
  • A Link to the Past (NSO)
  • Link's Awakening (Remake)
  • Oracle of Ages/Seasons (Remake)
  • Minish Cap (Remake)
  • Four Swords/Four Swords Adventure (NSO incentive)
  • Phantom Hourglass (Remake)
  • Spirit Tracks (Remake)
  • A Link Between Worlds (HD Remaster)
  • Triforce Heroes (HD Remaster bundled with ALBW)

Traditional 3D Zelda

  • Ocarina of Time (HD Remaster of 3DS Remaster, if the case bundled with MM)
  • Majora's Mask (HD Remaster of 3DS Remaster, if the case bundled with OoT)
  • Wind Waker (Wii U port)
  • Twilight Princess (Wii U port)
  • Skyward Sword (HD remaster)

New Zelda

  • BotW (Wii U port)
  • BotW 2
  • BotW 3
  • BotW 4
    ...etc.

Where the gap between each new mainline game is 5-6 years. Note that BotW 3, BotW 4, etc. I don't necessarily mean direct sequels but rather they all have the open world nature of BotW.

Grumblevolcano

link3710

@Grumblevolcano I'm not so sure Atlus is behind the SMT push exactly. I'm wondering if Nintendo handling worldwide publishing and localization duties for SMT V was part of a deal that also involved SMT coming to NSO. Nintendo needs every game it can get it's hands on to make the service appealing, itd have been a nice small bargaining chip to throw them in.

...now if we can just get them in the west, they're already officially translated.

Edit: Re:Zelda, I highly doubt we won't get a new 2D Zelda at some point before the end of the Switch's successor's lifespan. Personally, my money is on Grezzo developing an original game that acts as a successor to the Flagstaff titles.

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link3710

TheFrenchiestFry

@link3710 Nintendo is actually publishing the game in Europe, which is going to end up being incredibly beneficial for that region given how Europe usually gets the short end of the stick in regards to having to wait an even longer period of time for the games beyond the NA launch given Atlus' lack of a European publishing firm

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Grumblevolcano

@link3710 For SMTV, the big push is from Nintendo. The other games I think are an Atlus push as Atlus didn't have to remaster Nocturne or allow any Megami Tensei games on NSO in Japan.

Grumblevolcano

link3710

@TheFrenchiestFry Yeah lol, that's what I was saying. They're publishing the game in one region

@Grumblevolcano There's no proof either way if SMT on NSO and SMT III has anything to do with SMT V's publishing by Nintendo in Europe. All I was saying is I wouldn't be surprised if Nintendo was more involved in the negotiations that led to this... If Nintendo is localizing and publishing, I highly doubt they aren't getting anything in return after all (even besides the publishing fees).

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JaxonH

A 3rd party finally made a magnetic flip case for the full sized Switch, similar to the one Nintendo released for the Switch Lite.

It’s ugly as sin, but function over form, right? If this thing makes v2 Switch pocketable, then I’ll take it.

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Psalms 22:16 (1,000 yrs before Christ)
They pierced My hands and feet
Isaiah 53:5 (700 yrs before Christ)
He was pierced for our transgressions
Zachariah 12:10 (500 yrs before Christ)
They will look on Me whom they pierced

BrazillianCara

@JasonH If the eventual Switch Pro/2/whatever does not come with anything resembling the clamshell design of the DS/3DS, I'm definitely getting one of those as soon as I can. Aside from having access to a TV, the exposed screen and buttons are the main reason I rarely play it undocked.

BrazillianCara

JaxonH

@BrazillianCara
JaxonH with an X, btw A lot of people mistake Jaxon for Jason.

Anyways, I don’t think Nintendo is ever going back to clamshell, because I don’t think they’re going back to dual screen. The Switch form factor seems to be the way forward here on out. Which is great, but it does have the downside of exposed analogs which makes pocketability a problem, as the analogs snag and aren’t protected.

The magnetic flip case for Switch Lite is such an essential piece of kit I can’t imagine owning one without it. It essentially transforms the Nintendo Switch into a pocket friendly handheld that’s actually better protected than 3DS ever was. I slip it in my back jeans pocket and I can sit on it the entire drive to work for 40 minutes every day with no problem, whereas 3DS would get scratches on the top screen from the proud border around the bottom screen if any pressure was applied with the lid closed. Definitely wasn’t a system you wanted to sit on.

I’m not sure if the larger Switch can still fit in my pocket, even with this case, but I’m certainly going to try. It’s only $20. And if it works, the longer battery life of the Switch plus kickstand and removable controllers would make it the ultimate pocketable handheld. And if not, the Switch Lite is still a feather light, super pocket friendly handheld we can always rely on.

Psalms 22:16 (1,000 yrs before Christ)
They pierced My hands and feet
Isaiah 53:5 (700 yrs before Christ)
He was pierced for our transgressions
Zachariah 12:10 (500 yrs before Christ)
They will look on Me whom they pierced

VoidofLight

@Grumblevolcano 2D Zelda will probably end up living for a while. Traditional 3D Zelda is probably gone for good.

"It is fate. Many have tried, yet none have ever managed to escape it's flow."

StuTwo

@JaxonH I can actually see Nintendo revisiting the clam shell design. There’s no need for a clam shell system to have 2 screens - the GBA SP didn’t and that was an exceptional handheld. There’s also no reason that a Switch variant couldn’t have analog sliders instead of sticks (even if we all agree that sticks are better for play).

A “Switch Micro” with a Lite sized screen (OLED?) and a clamshell would be easy, more portable than the Lite and with incredible battery life. I’ve always kind of thought that system variant might be more likely than a “Switch Pro”.

StuTwo

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HotGoomba

@StuTwo A clamshell Switch could also have a 360 hinge, so that the console can be proped up for multiplayer.

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAy there.

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