What do you want to see in the next Wii Zelda?

[CurseoftheGods]

Let's dream.

-An inspired art direction that's different than both TP and WW. Maybe adult Link with cel-shading different than the cartoony style seen in WW?
-OoT formula has got to go. 
-A use for the waggle wand other than sword swinging.
-More crazy dungeon designs like the latter ones we've seen in TP.
-Less linearity than TP. Side quests that aren't collectathons.
-I'd like to see the return of time travel.

Any ideas?

[cool breeze]

Um, terrain deformation would be neat.  It would be cool to kill an enemy by pointing at the ground and dragging the ground up until he gets crushed by the ceiling.

That one game did it, I think it was by lucasarts, but it used grenades to raise/lower the ground and was pretty crappy.

[Bildi]

I'd like an overworld that's not barren.  They put in a few too many big open fields for my liking.

I'd also like a chick that's a sword.

[Akala]

OPEN WORLD GTA HYRULE

(not really)

To be honest, I'm kind of bored with Zelda. Burnt out with the formula at least. I think I'd like the Celda look back...and I don't think they should go 'realistic' with it again until they put out an HD console, if ever.

I guess there are possibilities with the new M+ attachment, but they would have to tone back the combat frequency to something like the recent PoP game.

[Bildi]

I'd like to see them shake things up too.  Wind Waker stuck to the basic formula but still felt fresh, so even a change to that degree would be welcome.

[Beezy]

I want to see Nintendo wait for Wii HD or whatever the hell their next console is gonna be. If not, then they better use an artstyle similar to games like Wind Waker and JSRF so the game won't look like ass. I'd also like for them to make fights, especially boss battles more difficult, but this is the new, extremely casual friendly Nintendo we're talking about.

[Great Rumbler]

-Less barren overworld [add more NPCs, towns, buildlings, or whatever]
-More epic boss battles
-Some inspired dungeon design
-No more midi music
-At least give some weight to the story
-Don't have Zelda get kidnapped and imprisoned near the end of the game
-Shake up the OoT formula

[TakingBackSunday]

-I would like the game to be cel-shaded, and going off of that artwork I would FUCKING LOVE if that was cel-shaded.  Would look gorgeous.
-Gameplay shaken up a bit, but I already know this is happening with Motion+
-Dungeon design is almost perfect in TP.  Continue with that, with plenty of of dungeons, and a tad harder.
-Orchestrated music, this is my most wanted feature.  There's really no excuse that Galaxy has it and a Zelda game doesn't.  Learn, Nintendo, learn.
-Varied terrain, but it's probably well on its way for something like that.   TP had an amazing overworld.  Lake Hylia, North Hyrule, Gerudo Desert  .  But this time around I'd like maybe a split continent with a large, LARGE body of water.  But this is wishlist-y, not very realistic.
-More character interaction.  Make it a little more RPG-er than Zelda is at the moment.  Sidequests out that asshole, and meaningful sidequests, for other weapons and magic, not just rupees.

[bachikarn]

Something that doesn't follow (or a variation of) the Link to the Past progression structure.

[Enl]

-Loose the opening town tutorials and cut straight to the chase like the earlier games.
-Give the series its color back
-Less open plains, more trees, water and enemies.
-Keep the 8-11 dungeon design but allow to go to the dungeons out of order.
-Put more emphases on exploring the overworld than just making it look pretty
-A harder Master Quest
-Bring back the damn beam sword and make the enemies more difficult by having most of them shoot projectiles (like octorocks)
-Have items that integrate themselves more into combat (no useless spinny top things)
-Loose the fetch quests and in their place have hidden areas/dungeons where you can gain the extra items
-Cut back on the NPCs, seriously I'm sick of talking to them.
-Would love to see the classic Dark World with its theme come back (not the crappy bloom filled Twilight realm)

[Positive Touch]

just give me some challenge

[bork]

Dump the 3D, go for a 2D game that plays like Link's Awakening.  Make Zelda good again.

[TakingBackSunday]

^blugh

[demi]

difficulty would be nice

[cool breeze]

those saying they want more challenge/difficulty, what exactly do you mean? It's not that I don't agree, but do you just want the combat harder or something?  Personally, I would want the puzzles and exploration to be more rewarding.  I don't want every solution to be so obvious, like this icon means use that item.

[Flannel Boy]

To receive my vociferous laudations, the next Zelda needs to be more difficult and the score needs to be completely orchestrated.

[Eel O'Brian]

make it less ghey

[demi]

those saying they want more challenge/difficulty, what exactly do you mean? It's not that I don't agree, but do you just want the combat harder or something?  Personally, I would want the puzzles and exploration to be more rewarding.  I don't want every solution to be so obvious, like this icon means use that item.

i want to actually die

[Rman]

-No Ganon, Triforce, or Princess Zelda a la MM and LA.
-Interesting side quests
-Bring back cell shading, but not in the WW artstyle
-Hard mode HELLO
-In game achievements similar to MP3
-Classic Controller option.  I hated waggling to swing a sword.

[T-Short]

demi wins

[EmCeeGrammar]

-Look at what made the first NES game so abstractly haunting and ...uhh adventerous.
-Cut exposition and dialouge close to nil.  Make Link a stranger in a foreign land if you have to.  Occassional cryptic hints and just bizarre interactions. Something akin to culture shock.
-Non-linearity.  Later Zelda games have this bad habit of making certain items absolutely necessary to progress.  What was nice about Zelda 1 is that mostly your arsenal was a way for the player to practice their own playstyle. But it wasn't like you had to defeat any certain boss with the specific dungeon item.

-Enemies exist in the context of a puzzle.  3d zeldas are guilty of putting emphasis on combat.  Often your first priority is to neutralize the immediate threat.  Then Link does a sliding block puzzle in the same room.  Integrate the two better.  Maybe you need to bat a flock of keese into a giant gong or something.  Or freese an invincible enemy to hold up a falling ceiling.

-3d zelda has terrible controls.  Z targetting is okay, but its a lazy bandaid.  Overhead view is objectively superior and doesn't need wonky 3d space targeting mechanisms.

[Human Snorenado]

titties.

[MCD]

outsource it to capcom.

[originalz]

Give the player more freedom, I guess.  Nowadays, the game just holds your hand throughout the whole thing, with long tutorials, descriptions, and story elements that more or less force you to go to a certain place.  Old Zeldas were all about exploration, you had some clues and had to figure out the rest yourself.  You would run into new areas and hit dead ends, and eventually you'd find where you need to go while getting the item and thinking "ah ha, I know exactly where to go with this!".

[Tucah]

-Minimal story, it pretty much always sucks in Zelda games
-Harder, less obvious puzzles
-Gamecube/classic controller support
-Color
-Better artstyle

[TakingBackSunday]

In terms of difficulty, I would like there to be some actual depth to the enemies you fight...I don't know, it always ended up just being really easy to kill them.  They hardly ever made an effort to hurt YOU.  That needs changed.

And make combat even cooler looking, they're well on their way based on the shit you could do in TP.  Those moves were awesome.

-Gamecube/classic controller support

not going to happen

[tiesto]

-Minimal story, it pretty much always sucks in Zelda games
-Harder, less obvious puzzles
-Gamecube/classic controller support
-Color
-Better artstyle

Agreed with the minimal story...
also I wouldn't mind some minimal music either

But what I really want is, a more open world, exploration-based, go anywhere type setting, sort of like the original Zelda. Large, expansive dungeons, and some challenge. And something a BIT more creative than "use this dungeon's item on the boss".

[Guybrush Threepwood]

Give it to EAD Tokyo

[TakingBackSunday]

that would be nice, too.

[Oblivion]

It never ceases to amaze me how the location of the master sword is so critical to people's view for that particular Zelda. Anyway...

-Cel shaded with TP's art. Try and make it look like Okami or something.
-Have a gimmick that actually enhances the overall game, rather than just something that is only useful a few times throughout.
-At least 8 dungeons.
-Make Kondo the main composer, or at least the dude that did SMG, and fire every other dipshit that worked on the music in TP. And make sure that bitch is orchestrated.
-I don't have a problem if there's a new bad guy, but for god's sake, try and make it look cool. Zelda spinoffs have this horrible habit of having shitty bosses.
-While I'm a traditionalist, and I would like to have Ganon in the game, don't cram him in there at the last minute.
-Make the story more cohesive. TP was all over the place.

[Guybrush Threepwood]

Also, I'd like to see voice acting for all NPCs. Link doesn't have to talk, but it seems really half-assed to not have voice acting for all the other characters.

And if the VA sucks, you can just turn it off. No big deal.

[Robo]

Give it to EAD Tokyo

This, pls.