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Ghibli Zelda game- ideally Ocarina of Time remake in Ghibli style would be phenomenal!

@smithyo I would dare to say that Shinkawa deserves more credit than Kojima, since that look was what made it so unique and made me really interested in getting into the series.

@Princess_Lilly I saw articles and videos how Kojima treated his coworkers. It seemed to me he was blinded by promised fame in the west, he seemed to have high ego because he had friends in the USA like G. Keighley and he wanted more by pushing a celebrity voice in his game instead of doing what’s best for the series and fans. I loved Kojima back then but after seeing some things I think he is not that great-just putting good cutscenes in his games and unappreciative how big talents he had in his team like Yoji Shinkawa. If he was such talent and experience-he would handle all the deadlines and budgets better, not having so multiple delays and going over budget multiple times and he was the Executive in Konami so it’s not like he couldn’t do what he wanted, so he failed as a director in my opinion. Love the games still, but I don’t mind his egocentric Kojima game/production on every screen when the game starts-another proof how self obsessed he was. I was also hyped for the collection but having no MGS game on a physical cartridge is a huge fail! This was one of my most expected rereleases. Kinda hope that Hayter would revoice MGSV and that they will finally finish MGSV connecting it to MG1 ending with Venom Snake fighting Solid Snake.

@Warioware I bet V would had been received better with David on board.

@Bret honestly I would be fine even if they released an updated Ocarina of Time 3D on Switch

Remake ocarina of time!!!! It’s ages overdue!!!!!

Winback should be higher. I don’t know about it for ages and it’s maybe even better gameplay wise than mgs1. Anyway Ocarina is amazing and should be 1st- also it deserves a remake finally!!!!!

@Sisilly_G this totally turned me away. If the cartridge had at least MGS3 I would say ok. But this?!!!! Not buying it!!! Disgusting effort Konami!!!!!!!!!!!!

This would have been a day one purchase if the games were on physical cartridge. The fact that the cartridge only has like 3.6GB of some content and NOT a Single Game on it is a deal breaker. Konami, you killed the excitement and now I will get it on at least 50% discount.

@ShonenJump121 there should be no excuse since they are just lazy and don’t want to properly adapt it for Switch.

@spacely_sprockets sorry I didn’t mean to insult any age groups. Games used to be harder though when I was a kid but games were more niche. Todays kids play ridiculous games on phones and I would say that todays gamers are lazier overall, that’s why I am mad that games in general reduce difficulty to make sure as many people can beat those games just to boost sales. Btw, what is the most fun and also the most difficult platformers for you?

I love Mario, but now I worry where is the fun of the game never challenges the player. I play games to overcome challenges and succeed. If it’s made relatively simple, it’s great that even kids can play but it’s a sucker punch to old time fans. I think it’s unfair even when last world is somehow challenging, but having 90% of a game that can be played on autopilot? I wonder if the designers got lazier and lazier because naturally it’s much harder to program and design a tight and escalating difficulty that evolves with the players skills. Now graphics and wonders might take attention of players away from tight gameplay, but let’s not forget that Mario is foremost about gameplay! Might wait on discount then. Doesn’t feel like day 1 purchase now:(

NO! And they shouldn’t do that since most people have big physical library and in Japan physical sales are up to 70% so it would be stupid to release digital only. They can offer both at least.

@Cia great job, finally someone who doesn’t need to be spoon fed, and notices all the details! Great job! Totally agree. Ganon and the shame he brought to his culture and his selfish search for power and bringing Gerudo over Zoni- it’s like when a small country tries to free itself from a dominance of a much bigger country in a way, plus all the religion sub themes… this game has so much depth I could spend hours talking about all the analogies with todays politics and religion and history. Too bad that not everyone notices this depth and just consume at the surface level. People are just lazy to read between the lines:( Glad there is someone like you!

I feel only a young player could write this article. Since the whole Ganon plot happened in the past-logically the player could not fully experience that. I agree that there is too much Ganon as reincarnation of evil, but Gerudo culture, Master Kogha trying to bring Ganon back and being stuck while discovering Zonai tech, Gerudo disowning Ganon as a leader, power stones, religion, destruction of culture and how long dead culture can be viewed 10 thousand years later, curse that leaked everywhere and people adapting to it. I think considering the player freedom and the need for the story to be flexible- this was an excellent work. If we got more linear style Zelda game in more intimate world- Like Ocarina Of Time remake, I think the story could be more direct and bold. On one hand I wished we could see more of Ganons past and his hunt for power. But is t it enough that Gerudo are stuck in the desert, and the Zoni that lead the world through power-even though being good- doesn’t it make sense that he felt that it’s unfair that some beings from the sky use magical relics to maintain control and he wanted to take it for himself? Maybe he wasn’t so evil until he touched the stone which amplified his warrior spirit which forced the evil reincarnation within his soul? Then he became evil and all Gerudo abandoned him then for bringing so much shame to their culture. The question is at which point did the reincarnation happen- because Gerudo can have a male child every 100 years, but this Ganon killed the Zoni, and then until TOTK 10 thousand years passed and this was the only main calamity until TOTK- so it’s possible that Gerudo have a male only for as long ad o e of them is alive in some form- making the punishment for their culture even more severe- that for Ganons evil deeds he got possessed and cursed Gerudo for not being able to have more children until he was defeated. Now it would make sense if he had a Child with a Zoni long ago-maybe with Mineru- which would be the secret Zoni armor warrior relic in TOTK- one warrior who tried saving Gerudo honor by defeating his father or maybe braking the curse that befell Gerudo and their warrior culture- that’s why they can have a child only every 100 years and only 1. Still I love when a story is put together so the lore makes space for so many options and explanations. There is only a certain number of options for stories in media and I don’t think any studio can create something super original- great story sure, but original?! That would be tough and for that reason I think they did better making the story and lore through the memos from the past so the player makes their own stories through playing the game. Now for the future games- I hope they remake Ocarina of Time and through that game it could be easier to make a more detailed straightforward story since it’s not as complex as all the events attached to TOTK. Ocarina could be more intimate hero’s journey.

So wish we got a new Star Fox in Switch!!!!!

@Bratwurst35 do you also understand how gameplay can change and the structure of side quests and main quests if you enforce a lot of cutscenes and spoon fed story? You might realize a game could never have so much openness and freedom the other way around.

@Frailbay30 sure I am not saying this is the deepest game out there. Sure some games are much deeper-mainly RPGs I’ve played, but for this genre this might be one of the best.

@Bratwurst35 if you have the intellect to appreciate a gem than good for you. Most people behave like greedy monkeys and not everything needs to be adapted to those. Either you get my point or not. If I were a kid sure maybe I would like being fed a fancy story, but now experiencing almost 30years of gaming, I actually feel that what we got here is far deeper than most games today. Not claiming there are no deeper stories out there, but for Zelda it’s really deep and deeper than most AAA titles today.

@ShinEon I love OOt but in fact this game is the real OOT remake. BOTW is like the Kid Links part and TOTK is adult Links part. Also from the cutscenes it’s pretty clear Ganon saw what power do the Zonai hold and he wanted to get it. His presence is also there through fake Zelda and Shadow Ganon- which was amazing throwback to OOT’s Shadow Temple and more. This game provided enough but most people are spoiled with fancy cutscenes and the story is supposed to be served on silver platter. I think the story in TOTK was solid and ballanced in a way for people to make their own stories within the game. I think sometimes it’s good to have more vague story like Dark Souls. This story was at least as good as OOT but it’s a different style of storytelling. I think that the story can be as deep as we make it. Imagine for Gerudo await 100 years for their messiah to bring their culture to glory-awaiting their long foretold king-who happens to be an ass@&£” obsessed so much with power and his quest that lead Gerudo warrior to believe that Zonai are the race that maintains power through ancient relict and the only way to be free was to take it from them, but the Gerudo didn’t know his aim wasn’t to bring Gerudo to glory years but to obtain power only to himself and his selfish desires, putting all Gerudo to shame for which they don’t want to be associated with him. Also the ancient Zonai tech that’s believed in the world to be magic while it was just a normal part of super advanced culture which Ganon destroyed. There are honestly so many hidden messages that deeply resonate with worlds religions and history that I think is honestly amazing. Hope people will learn to look deeper because the story here, while not cinematic is far deeper than games like Last of us, Arkham games, or more- which are praised for story. This experience is just really long but the intense deep story and lore is there for everyone to discover if they pay attention.

Some of us actually prefer if there is space to fill in the spots with our imagination. It is another extreme when people want everything explained word by word. There could be more, but this more would also dictate the flow of the game. Keeping some things hidden gives the game more freedom for us to create our own story and that was the goal of this game!

@locky-mavo still you undercut the numbers-there’s 115Milion active users on Switch. But yeah you said Active units, so I didn’t pay attention;)

@locky-mavo you wanna say near 150mil units sold!

Who writes these stupid articles?! The quality of the content here is severely going downhill.

Not true! Since N is shady on release of the new system, then if someone invests into their library today and the system is not getting new games just one year later, that’s not ok! Also everything runs on the same engines today! No reason to omit backwards compatibility!

@QuickSilver88 totally agree. I just worry 32GB won’t be enough. Yes, it’s so annoying when the cartridge is just a dongle with forced download and it’s even more stupid when you can’t play the game when it’s actually downloaded but you still need the card in! With Switch success if they have really large orders for micro sd production, I don’t think the cost is very high anyways.

@NintendoWife sorry I didn’t mean to transpire arrogantly. Anyway- past Nintendo gens had bad sales and another issue that s that many Nintendo fans who knew Wind Waker or TP were limited by the console- imagine that GC sold like 20M only and the game couldn’t even sell more-so most gamers today don’t even know that game who didn’t grow up with it. Switch is just in a fragile moment- because there is a lot of competition like Steamdeck and if for the new successor is weaker-it might detract some gamers too. All I am saying is that WW is an old game that would do better to release on a console at its best. Also we can’t compare the success of Switch to Wii- which was bought by many for fitness and gimicky games-so I would not give the Wii a credit for success as a gaming platform except for outstanding Virtual Console! The Switch is the most successful Nintendo home console and I don’t think a full remake would be worth it and the old remaster would sell well already, just not too close to TOTK. Nintendo has a huge backlog and I don’t think they need to save anything for next gen- there are plenty of amazing 2D games that would be great for remakes. I personally would do double pack or WW and TP for Switch. For the next gen a full remake of Ocarina of Time and Majoras Mask- plus maybe Link to the Past 2D remake, that would be more than enough before the new mainline Zelda comes in, plus they can still release Link Between Worlds too.

@NintendoWife I don’t want to explain simple math, but Switch has 150milion users and Wind Waker is 20year old game that was remade already on Wii U. It doesn’t need a newer system and it will benefit the most on Current Switch and the next gen is just a bonus.

@NintendoWife lol you probably don’t get it. People were not drawn to newer things because HD gaming was already out in 2006 with ps3! And Skyward was SD still in 2011- Sony had had HD for 5 years by then. So people were not drawn to HD by then, they were already used to it as a norm. Imagine Skyward Sword releasing at that time- it failed because Nintendo was too behind for too long and the HD was a big jump more than ps4/5 today I would say, and while to some people the motion controls were amazing, some couldn’t learn it and hated the game for its own most unique feature.

@NintendoWife sorry but you are seeing things litttle too simply- N64 and GC didn’t sell that many consoles so you can’t blame low selling numbers to their late games and how popular was Paper Mario? Even I skipped it because I was getting older and more cool adult games where more on PS- Skyward Sword-which I really like actually- did fail-not because it’s a bad game- but Nintendo was stuck in SD gaming where PS and Xbox had whole gen od HD games that looked cooler. Even I skipped it first because PS had Arkham games for example. Also, some people are not able to learn motion controls well and that hurt the game too! For me personally Skyward Sword and Metroid Prime 3, and RE4 Wii were my top favourite motion control games and I never had an issue but seeing how some gamers give it hate just because they couldn’t handle it…. It’s a different story so I wouldn’t count Skyward as a failure at the end of Wii life cycle- it was a failure of Nintendo to be stuck for ages in SD gaming and unfortunately some gamers are just lame and give hate to something that they can’t do-well if people don’t like motion controls-don’t buy MC games- it’s a shame because Nintendo is the only company that tries to offer unique experiences, and gets backlash for it-which is terrible. Hope you got my point.

@NintendoWife can you give one example where a popular game would fail launching late in a life cycle?! I disagree, that’s why every single Rockstar game launches this way- they always sell the most. Also these games will most likely be cross gen but my main point is-it will 100% need to be available on the current Switch, and playable on next gen too. These old games don’t need more powerful hardware anyways. If a full remake is in question- I would argue it’s possible to leave it for next gen, but more likely with Twilight Princess- which could be remade from ground up using the WII U tech demo, which never saw the light of day- in that case I could imaging the current Switch would not be able to offer such detailed graphics. Still, for Windwaker HD-no need of more power so it will release more likely on this Switch too-but when? Can’t be when people start to loose interest with Switch and now The Switch is still riding on a hype and marketing of TOTK- so that would play well into their cards. I would suggest a release within a year.

Not a next gen release for sure! Switch has 150milion user base- next gen might never reach those numbers and if… It’s still gonna make far more money if it releases within a year.

@Pickettfury please don’t misunderstand, I have strong opinion against any entity that has no understanding and history in gaming, but they influence the industry through inverstors who don’t care for good games-but try monetising anything they can! So Tencent is just just one of those entities.

Where is GTA 4 and 5?!!!!!

@gamering not sure we can compare or if my arguments rely to yours. Suda makes very average games where some had great style but lacked everywhere else, plus he is crying for money so I feel like he would work for anyone. Kamya on the other hand is someone who managed to deliver couple of the most creative games that I would rank in the 90-93 percent. Different league of game developers. As I said Tencent is cheap money hungry corporate that has zero history or tradition in gaming this more likely to focus solely on profit- forcing developers to regular release dates and I strongly dislike companies like this sticking their noses where they don’t belong, because they have super negative impact on gaming. I might be wrong but I have lived in China for over 3years and know the mentality quite well so I would not trust Tencent-just my feeling. This all would let me more believe that once Tencent purchased significant shares of Platinum- Kamiya was forced to go in a direction that’s far away from his creative goals- and this is so sad-that’s why he left Capcom and established Platinum…I really wish him the best because he made some of the best action games ever- RE2, Viewtiful Joe, Bayonetta, Wonderful 101- all these games have great style and and some of the best and most creative/unique gameplay to date! Best of luck and success to him!!!!!

@gamering I don’t believe he would ever join tencent- inexperienced money seeking Chinese giant that’s far from being creative and I believe it was Tencent why he left Platinum because they bought Platinum shares and wanted profit. Those wealthy investors want regular income, not a picky director who wants to passionately make great games.

This is bull crap!!!! Damn you Konami for this lazy port! One of the top expected releases and you ruin it!!!!! These are ps2 games- Switch could easily run 60fps!!! Burn in Hell Konami!!!! Buuuuurn!!!!

I would buy it right away

@-wc- man you read my mind! I wish they released at least the latest Virtua Fighter on Switch

NOT Acceptable!!!!! They must release complete games on cartridge at release! Not constantly rely on later fixes and updates. So the games they sell are half baked products!!! Anybody agrees?

@electrolite77 that’s way too naive way of seeing it. What you are saying is that even though there were issues, just because you manage to get by it’s ok?!!! So passing school with medium or low grades is acceptable for you? This was the first hybrid system- issues were there, and most of them affected gameplay. If you blindly wanna defend Nintendo, you must be a simple minded child. Last gen was a lesson and issues needs to be fixed- not repeated- which would happen with your approach. Switch was severely underpowered and even ps3 games struggled with frame rate, more power is easier for developers too. Pop in can be very annoying and draw distance needs to improve- what you can’t see can cause issues, right?! And it’s not ok when first party release title for brand new console already is choking itself! Joycons are cheap piece of crap-next gen needs high quality analogue sticks, and cartridge storage is a joke! People want the game they buy on the cartridge- completely, not partially! Also you don’t look far ahead! Imagine what games will be launching 3-4 years from now on ps5- and Nintendo will need to have a system that handles newer ports that run without issues in the future. These are facts and if Nintendo wants to succeed with next gen, it needs to fix past issues. Those who don’t learn from the past are forced to experience it again, and making the same mistakes in new generation would ruin Nintendo! Because even some issue went to legal courts! Nintendo can’t afford to make the same mistakes twice!

Xbox is not a successful console compared to Switch and PS so of course they wish to push their sales. But they can just Dream! Microsoft would need to do something substantial to compensate the gap of success, like offer real next gen Nintendo console production! I know the trend might be to go full online so there is no need for hardware anymore, but games are a big deal for collectors, and if the day come where we just rent and can’t even own the games we pay for, that’s the end of gaming for many and I won’t support that!

@kobashi100 sorry man, but wrong reasoning?! I don’t think so. RE4 struggled and had to get downgraded for ps2. Obviously Cancom wanted to show off and it would be just natural they would release on more powerful hardware. Why the exclusivity stoped is a separate issue. Can you show me where did I say any reason why camp on cut the exclusivity? Plus learn to use comas- starting with NO can make it look weird. And learn to read between the lines. Naturally nobody is expecting a portable ps5 if even don’t can’t do it. But it should be at least on a level between ps4 Pro and ps5, with computing power to handle complex situations, optimised rendering distance to avoid pop in and stable 60fps even for ported 3rd party games. If you want a weak system with issues like the current Switch then please stay quiet! We want a quality next gen system.

@QuickSilver88 the dock boost might work but the problem might be that the gap between handheld and tv mode would be too big and some game might end up playable just in tv mode. Over clocking is a temporary solution but don’t forget overheating will impact the internal components and their lifetime, so long term that would not be an ideal. For some people who don’t want to buy two new gen consoles and already own ps4, if Switch was just comparable to ps4 it’s hard to justify the purchase too if you are getting the same level tech-of course it more about games, but I just wish Nintendo would go a little more overboard to at least make sure all next gen games with have 60fps at least. Also this will be the last Nintendo system I will buy, so I kinda wish they went out with a bang:/

@QuickSilver88 come on, I am not arguing against you, but I hate when some of my favourite games run much worse on Switch! Yes Switch got some great ports, but that was a huge minority plus these games only ran 30fps. Not all developers put all their effort into making a good port, and with more power it gets much easier! I don’t really care for graphics that much but look at things like low storage and how physical games lack content because of storage limitations. Of course balancing a system with good battery life is hard, and naturally art counts for more than textures, I just don’t want history repeated and see that games on switch are severely downgraded over other consoles. I would not mind if the graphics all turn into cell shading to preserve power, but I want all games to run smooth 60fps, and no constant pop-in! Also want Nintendo to manage to fit all content on Cartridges!!!! It’s so disgusting to sell physical games that have a fraction of the content on the physical media! I don’t care for 4/8K, that’s for kids, but even first party Nintendo games had issues already at release!!!! That shows that always relying on couple gen old tech can backfire! I also dont want PlayStation but would like to see that Nintendo can handle really high quality ports and no excuses there.

@kobashi100 also learn to adequately respond. If you say ps4 specs are sufficient you must be a kid. switch is only this successful because it had huge third party support. Now less and less games with be coming out on ps4 so that would doom the Switch. It needs to be able to handle at least ps5 games to run smoothly and considering how many people hate 30fps in many games and low draw distance- Switch 2 needs more power to stay relevant and be as successful as Switch. Even some ps3 games on current switch have trouble running ok, plus ps4 is 10 years old!

@kobashi100 I don’t know how old you are, but RE4 was Gamecube exclusive first- if you are fur against you obviously have zero knowledge about gaming history. Also, Gamecube was more powerful than PS2 until X box came out- but Xbox came much later so it wasn’t really same gen competitor. Also not sure if you understand economy, but people with lamb thinking like you will always pull the creativity and market down- no insult- I know reality might be different, but I would bet that if enough population demanded a powerful hardware and was willing to pay- Nintendo would release stronger hardware. It would make more sense- imagine how many people actually buy each iteration?! So in one generation people easily spend more than 1000,- USD for N console! Why not price it 500,- and get a really powerful system! If you like underpowered consoles than stay quiet please, I am only writing this to people that would like the same as me- and more people -more influence- everything is about monetization and marketing-nothing is impossible if there is demand.