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@BradC40 Will be Castlevania, Wolverine and Fire Emblem for me.

It can’t be that difficult lol, 20 years? But demo was fun, I’ll likely pick this up on Switch 2 at some point.

Cool to be able to play basically the entire MGS franchise on one place. Just wish they had done Twin Snakes(at least for the Switch version).

@jojobar It said “capped” at 30fps, not that it was assured to run at 30 the whole time.

@Rice That's gonna take awhile, a remake is a good way to bide time.

@Galaxy2IsTheGOAT Always wanted to see Factor 5 take a crack at it.

@Aerona Why not, if its a Resident Evil/ Final Fantasy style remake where its an entirely new game basically--this is Zelda, outside of Mario and Smash; there's no better franchise to be the flag bearer for the holidays.

Remakes are big money right now. They are basically a guaranteed sales success. And those proceeds can help fund new projects and create interest in a franchise. A good showing from Star Fox probably nets a proper sequel.

@LastFootnote Yeah like they were questioning Nintendo for FFVII and Dragon Quest lol

What a difference from US companies where they want you to work until you turn into dust and they sweep you out of the building lol.

I’m guessing this ends up falling into like January. Once they are past the summer it’s the danger zone. So it would be better to just wait for a period of less competition.

Next time ask a better question, like where is Smash 64 and Melee on NSO.

@OorWullie The classic MM games would probably be tougher to get into in the modern day vs if you played them back then. And 9/10 were 100% made in the style of the old games even down to the frame rate stutters lol. The retro craze seemed to be more about games that looked retro, but didn’t necessarily play retro i.e. Shovel Knight.

@HolyGeez03 Saving it for the sequel.

Yes, that is a very cool poster.

I think they’ll keep a lot of these things in, in some fashion. Because they are iconic moments of the game even if they weren’t intended to be.

@ParsnipHero Yeah I hope they make the fishing hole bigger and bring in the different kinds of fish like Twilight Princess. Have you get the Golden Scale for catching a certain legendary fish instead of just any big one.

@Res462 Yes Switch 2 only

@LastFootnote Popular series rarely ever die, they just go into hibernation until they can launch a wave of nostalgia at the right time.

@OorWullie They never lost their touch with Mega Man though—the last two were excellent.

@quickbeam They actually did have an ambitious remake with Samus Returns. Everyone forgets about that game. It was still about elimination of the Metroid’s, but the game was drastically changed.

Personally I’m not of the school of thought that games need to get bigger and bigger. But the general audience definitely is. Zelda has grown beyond that core Nintendo fan; it’s become a legit mass appeal blockbuster on the back of BotW/Tears. Nintendo is only looking to grow that with the movie coming out. The timing of this movie finally happening is not a coincidence. They aren’t going to pair the movie with a game that feels old, small or outdated. They are going to want this to be an epic, so people are rushing to the movies to see Zelda. Which will in turn get more people to buy the games. I think they are going to go all out on this one.

I find it pretty hilarious that the world is called Philabieldia, which kind of looks like Philadelphia and it’s overrun by monsters. Odd the game has those lag issues, I can’t recall seeing that in the demo. Hopefully that’s something that gets patched.

@Arix I expect the opposite, I expect a FF VII like approach on this one. A 1:1 remake even with the upgrades would feel outdated out of the box. You go from the sprawling worlds of the open air Zelda’s to something thats the size of the tutorial area from Breath of the Wild. I don’t see them making that mistake.

@quickbeam I hope so, if you look at the polls floating around that’s what people want. They do 1:1 even with the updated graphics, camera controls and QOL stuff. For today’s audience the size and scope of it will feel outdated. You can’t go from Tears’ open world to a world you can go from end to the other in 4 minutes. And I don’t just mean Hyrule Field, you can go from the middle of Lake Hylia to the Death Mountain crater in like 4 minutes.

@quickbeam Most? No you are an extreme minority. The vast majority want a FF VII like overhaul.

@BrewsterTea Well main point is, it’s not official description by Nintendo. Them making sure that’s gone is them saying they don’t want that describing their game. But besides that point “timeless gameplay” to me would mean it’s going to play like classic Zelda. That even if it goes the RE and FF route and completely alter the content of the game. It will ultimately play like classic Zelda, which is abundantly obvious.

@Durians If they make a new Zelda, people would be expecting it to be open air. To essentially limit themselves to classic Zelda gameplay—from a marketing standpoint it’s better to do a remake.

Probably not, got too much stuff to play between now and November(likely when it comes out)

@GrailUK I don’t see them remaking a mainline Mario game. They could make a new game in the style of Mario 64, which I would love.

Nothing in that non official blurb indicates anything. People love to jump to conclusions and report anything these days.

@Durians Then there would be nothing definitive about it. It would just be Majora’s Mask.

The day/night cycle length was a product of how small the field was. If it took too long, you would never see the Stalchildren. And I think in particular, they wanted that first day for you to not be able to get to Castle Town before the bridge closes. The N64 was not capable of having one unique cycle either, just to make sure that initial run ended in darkness.

As far as Navi, she was so talkative because it was everyone's first foray into 3D and Nintendo(unreasonably so) thought we needed extra hand holding. Obviously that would not be the case anymore. Though I think they should expand on Navi as a character and their relationship. Because its the backbone of Majora's Mask--he went off just to find her. That remake is probably going to happen too, so I think they should play up that relationship so that it makes sense he would be so desperate to find her. Look to him and Midna as great example.

@Durians That’s not remotely true. Shrines, stables, enemy encampments, mini boss fights. The only thing in Hyrule Field in Ocarina is a few grotto’s.

@link3710 They mean the game picking up where you saved. Like if you saved just outside of the Spirit Temple as a child, the game reloads with you at Link’s house. The same with the dungeons, if you save and reload in a dungeon, you go back to the start of it.

Well I certainly wouldn't expect it until after Code Veronica comes out.

@Trmn8r Yes, the length of the clip is irrelevant.

@FrylockJ You mean new ideas like Yoshi and the Mysterious Book, Mario Kart World and DK Bananza?

@Trmn8r That appeared to be in engine. Zelda cinematics are always in engine. The only ones I can really think of that aren’t are the memories from BotW and Tears.

I thought it was great. I feel the tiniest of teases for OoT was an F you to the leakers. But also a strategic decision to not overshadow all these games and to time it for maximum impact I.e. right before the price hike. They showed a solid slate of game types(though no fighters) something for everybody. Lots of ports, but this week has shown the Switch 2 catching up. Many more titles are now set to be day and date with the other platforms. That is big.

@breach187 Many of these games would have run to poorly to be on Switch. DMC 5 for example would not have been a good port on Switch. Dragon Dogma 2 is another example. All this is, are companies trying to eke out a few extra bucks on their games. But the overall important picture is—that it shows parity between the Switch 2 and other platforms. As you can see the gaps are closing and many games are now starting to become day and date for Switch 2.

@Lofoten Well I hope you didn’t buy into the leaks saying the whole direct was going to be about Ocarina. It’s a smart move on their part, a full Zelda reveal completely overshadows everything else revealed today. Wouldn’t surprise me if they do a Zelda 40th direct at the end of the summer.

@Res462 Nah, barring a catastrophe in development or some kind of supply issues with carts. It’s going to come out this year. They don’t fear GTA like everyone else does, they probably want it to come out first because that will clear out November for them.

@MS7000 It’s a remake, it’s not stuck with the limitations of the N64. Why would he sleep with his hat on? lol. They couldn’t make changes to the model on the N64, so he would always have his hat on. They are likely to make some story changes as well, the glowing triforce there is just to establish his destiny. That doesn’t change the story, he’s sleeping, he doesn’t know about it.

@OorWullie I’m guessing they will do what Capcom is doing and remake a number of their games. I imagine we will get Majora’s Mask as well on Switch 2.

@N64-ROX Sounds like you shouldn’t.

@Friendly Yep, hopefully his sources get rooted out.

@Cero Nintendo is the one company who gives zero f***s about GTA.

@BenAV Yep imagine the hype if they surprised everyone with this. It would blow away the Twilight Princess reveal

@Bizzyb That's a weird reason to not want a game.

@SlimeRyu Because once it inevitably gets out, the reaction would be immense.