Miyamoto Says Zelda: Skyward Sword Is Only Half-Complete

[tehweave]

Well duh, it's the next zelda title. Did we expect it to come out quickly? Nintendo has no idea how to do things 'quickly.'

 

[PureChaos]

not surprised, when i found out about the problems he had with the demo i thought he'd majorly delat it. what was it he once said, "a bad game released is a bad game forever. a bad game delayed becomes a good game". i'll be willing to wait for a less buggy version.

 

[Jabberwock xeno]

Good.

I want as much back story as possible, the LoZ universe has a TON of mysteries, much like Halo.

Most of it stems from Majora's mask and Twliglight princess.

 

[mjc0961]

Hurray, I guess. Just take your time and make a good game. The world has enough crap like Fallout: New Vegas and Fable 3 to last a lifetime already. (And by crap I mean "Why did they release this game in such a buggy state and make us beta test it for them?", not that overall the games are bad)

Indeed, Majora's Mask was thouroughly a well designed game.

That's debatable. I could debate it a lot actually, but I dislike the game so much that I don't even want to talk about that damn thing. I'll just say it was awful and leave it at that.

 

[starwarsgeek]

"A delayed game is eventually made good. A bad game is bad forever."

By the way, people who played the demo reported it was working perfectly. Also, "over" half way, not "only".

 

[JediMB]

Oh great, another OoT Rehash.

How about some innovation please??

Was "A Link to the Past" a rehash of the original Legend of Zelda?

 

[ServebotFrank]

No surprising. Twilight Princess took a good what? Forever?

Oh great, another OoT Rehash.

How about some innovation please??

I fail to see how it is. Because in OOT you have to save the world in three days by sailing around the world, shrinking to small sizes with help from three friends by transforming into a wolf right?

 

[teisjm]

Keep polishing dude, you'll need it to get motion controll right.
While i eagerly wait, i'll do some 1 handed polishing myself...

 

[Jaded Scribe]

This makes me very sad. I LOVE Zelda. I've been dying for this new one.

Buuut, I trust Shigeru Miyamoto. I haven't yet played a Zelda game that was bad. Majora's Mask and Wind Waker may not have been my faves, but they weren't bad.

I am pretty optimistic about this game. And I've read that while the E3 presentation was a bust, it does seem to be technical issues with the stage-area as all I've read from people who got to play the floor demo said it played fine.

 

[Unhappy Crow]

Take your time, Nintendo. Make this game fun and buggy free. Oh, and make the controls smooth.

 

[Fuselage]

Nintendo, I am asking you, Please just take my money and be done with it.

 

[MrNickster]

Nintendo: The game is about half finished, we'll need more months to work on it. We may get it out 2011, we may not, the development is-

Me:

 

[Dorkmaster Flek]

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Indeed, Majora's Mask was thouroughly a well designed game. Even the water dungeon was well done, and that's no small feat. Plus, the boss there still creeps me out.

Now, the focus in pretty much any Zelda game is the dungeons, however, Majora's Mask had an incredible side to it which I haven't seen in any other games from the Zelda franchise. The somber mood, the masks, the characters and that dead deku kid you encounter at the start. It made the game unique, and I hold it up as the best Zelda game, ever. It created an atmosphere outside the dungeons which I truly appreciate.

Remember the guy in Icana Valley hiding in the cupboard? And the ghost of the dead Goron hero?
Saving them almost made me cry. Cry, damnit.

Majora's Mask has a strong character, and I want Nintendo to take as much time with Skyward Sword to make it unique in its own right, just as Majora's Mask was.

That is so true. Majora's Mask had the most raw emotion of any Zelda game I've ever played, and I've pretty much played them all (except for the shitty CD-i games, but the less said about those, the better). I recently did 100% runs of both Ocarina and MM for the hell of it, because I hadn't played them in years. It reminded how Ocarina of Time has one of the greatest final boss fights in the history of video games for one, but it also reminded me how great Majora's Mask was. Completing the final quest for the Couple's Mask was one of the most sombre, emotional moments I've ever seen in a game. I got chills. That game was criminally underrated at the time, but it seems that people recognize its greatness now. It's currently the front-runner in the final battle for Game of the Decade over on GameFAQs. Not that I care much about GameFAQs polls, but that's nice to see.

 

[Folio]

I say 'take your time Miyamoto'. Game developers have made a lot of games in the past time but most of them lacked a certain something.

The Wind Waker could be longer if Miyamoto wanted it to, he did add some extra's to Twilight Princess and I'm glad he did.

I can wait, don't worry.

 

[ZippyDSMlee]

Only half done . . . so it comes out next week right?

 

[Francisco Puga]

How about this: Instead of waiting for the game to come out, study for any school exams coming up. Trust me, it'll do you better than relying on Zelda all the time

 

[Erana]

The thing about Miyamoto is that I have no doubts that he's working hard on his games. A lot of Devs just seem like they're just goofing off half the time.

Also, I can't help but wonder what sort of form Link's getting this time. I mean, he can't ever seem to go a single game these days without turning into something or getting time travel'd.

 

[Wolfenbarg]

ONLY half done? I would say ALREADY half way done based on how they handled Twilight Princess. Seriously, that game just wouldn't ever come out despite all of the gameplay videos and images they showed us. With skyward sword they barely showed us anything, and they're already half way done. I'd say that's pretty good. I wasn't expecting it to come out next year anyway, so this is great news. Can't say what they've shown me so far is too impressive compared to TP, but who knows.