Thank God they're going back to the Ocarina-of-Time-looking Link for the new Legend of Zelda coming out in 2005 and shown at E3. Check out the incredibly cool looking screenshots.

The video of it is HOT. Can't wait...

this is gunna be the best zelda ever the wind waker was good but not a whole lot of people liked it b/c of the cell shading and how he is a little kid but it was sweet. This new game is gunna be mad pwnage and the graphics are the best i have ever seen i also hope the fighting is a bit harder then wind waker.. T CAT

This game is sounding better and better as time passes....I hope much more is revealed at E3 in a couple of weeks. This looks like it may be the largest, most involved Zelda title to date.

I wonder what it costs to create a game like this. Hmmmm

What I want to see in the new Zelda game...

I want them not to hand-hold you so much! I tried to play Ocarina of Time and Wind Waker..but in each one, there's something that tells you how to beat the bosses and solve the puzzles. The best thing about Zelda 3 is figuring out everything for yourself.

Also, I want the game to return to the exploration of Zeldas 1-3. You spend the first hour of Wind Waker hugging your grandma and going through tutorials that should just be in the instruction booklet!

I really want a return to Zelda roots. They should give you a sword, briefly establish the plot, then let you explore the world as you like. And NO fairy, NO pirate spoiling puzzles for you through some stone. (Or at least, let me bloody turn the hints OFF!)

I agree with you, Bob. They should really make the “helpful hints” optional (on by default, if they must).

When the outcry against Wind Waker’s childish cartoon art direction was all the rage… I was shaking my head, saying to myself “graphics don’t make the game… graphics don’t make the game…” Now they have a more mature art direction, but I fear that the same childish gameplay features will be abound. I loved Ocarina of Time because of it’s innovative play mechanics and explorative nature (so much that I could look past it’s flaws).

Personally, I would have preferred the same cartoon-shaded art style with more mature looking characters… but what do I know? Love it or hate it, I’ll be one of the first to buy the new Zelda when it comes out… because I’m shallow and hypocritical. ;-)

Edit: http://www.zelda.com/universe/game/legendzelda/trailer.jsp

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I'm taking vacation time from work to play this title this month :| That's right.

Can't w a i t

This game is out for the Wii now. However I plan on getting it for the GC. Any info on huge differnced between the two versions?

No difference in the two versions other than control schemes. I have it for the Wii and am about 7 hours in and haven't finished the first temple!!!!! This game is HUGE. So far it plays like a dream with the Wii remote, I love it, the game itself is classic Zelda, with a pretty large arching storyline from what I can tell so far, and it's dark. No holding grammas handypoo here.

This is already so far on track to topple OoT from it's #1 perch for me. And I haven't even finished the first level......

Is there no Wii forum, or anything?

The new Zelda, so far, is great. I'm in the second dungeon and it is fantastic. I like being the wolf, I like being Link... the dungeons are great, the puzzles are great, the characters...

it's all so good.

I finished the Wii version yesterday - it took just over 75 hours to complete. I picked up the Cube version today and am starting it soon.

Difference between the two?? Wii version - look to the west in the morning, that's where the sun rises from. This is because the game was mirrored for the Wii so it was more natural for right handed peeps to swing the remote like a sword...Link is right handed in the Wii version.

Otherwise they are the same game less the different control schemes. I'm looking forward to being able to rotate the canera on the Cube like you could in WW. Gee. I guess you can do that, I haven't ckecked.

An amazing game, the shortest 75 hours I've EVER logged on a game.

Being a huge Zelda fan I'm ashamed to admit that I haven't played Twilight Princess yet. I don't have a Wii because I couldn't find one to purchase where I live since they're all sold out and I kept debating whether I should wait and play the Wii version when I could finally get my hands on the system or go ahead and purchase the Cube one. Needless to say however, all of my friends have beaten it already and though none of them will spoil the ending for me, a few of them have told me that they were let down by it (the ending, not the game). Anyone have any thoughts. The mere idea of a Zelda game with a dissapointing ending seems impossible to me.

the ending is good, I mean it's a Zelda ending...since when does anything mind-blowing happen? I think alot of people were expecting some sort of work created directly in heaven for the game....it's a Zelda game, a damn good one that refines everything the series wanted before.

Im playing Majoras mask now on the computer, i played this game and oot on the 64 for ages. Windwaker was just as good but ended too soon. Maybe I will buy the new one. You know I dont really prefer the old style graphics over the cell shaded, the cell shaded worked relly well in the end.