Topic: Now what?

[DragonSlayr81]

It's the 25th anniversary of the series. If they don't announce anything at TGS I'll be left in despair. D:

Even if they announce a anniversary title at TGS, it would have to be near completion to make it out FOR the anniversary year. Even then, there'd be little to no hype for it. The other side of the coin is they announce it, but pull what Square Enix did with Dissidia. "We are making this game for the anniversary!!! OOOOPS!! Sorry, give us a little time and we'll release it a year off(belated).". That's two likely sides of the "Good News" scenario regarding a 25th Anniversary announcement. The "Bad News" possibility is that they don't plan on showing anything, and the LoS DLC and HD port ARE our anniversary gifts. Either way, Konami dropped the ball on the anniversary thing. Had they wanted to make it stellar, they would've started development on an anniversary title a year or so prior to this year, keep it in the dark, then announce it at the beginning of the year(or E3), build up hype, then release it later this year(October sounds about right). So, either way, the whole anniversary is shot.

As for nothing happening in the CV world, I just pop in time to time, but my enthusiasm for the series has slowly been loosing momentum in the past couple of years. I got other games to play, and other series I'm looking forward to more than CV right now. Konami, in general, has left a bad taste in my mouth.

Oddly enough, I've never been a Zelda fan, and I'm having blast with TOoT 3D and am anticipating Skyward Sword. Also, totally hope Project: Rainfall has makes some real waves. Definitely hope XenoBlade and Last Story get released stateside(though I could care less for the Pandora one). EDIT: Operation Rainfall is a failure. NoA have no plans in releasing those games stateside. They can eat shit. So many damn game companies are letting me down. DAMMIT, why can't you be GOOD?!

[Foffy]

Zelda. 

It has hit some low points, like the incredibly boring Phantom Hourglass, and the CD-i games.

This is the only good thing to come from those CD-i titles:
YTPMV - King Harkinian vs Lady GaGa : ScrubGame

[Pemburu Vampir]

It has hit some low points, like the incredibly boring Phantom Hourglass, and the CD-i games.

Phantom Hourglass is one of the worst Zelda game? No wonder I never like it.

[whitedragon_nall]

I liked Phantom Hourglass. It was Spirit Tracks that I didn't care for, but I even played that until the last dungeon.

Also, totally hope Project: Rainfall has makes some real waves. Definitely hope XenoBlade and Last Story get released stateside(though I could care less for the Pandora one).

YES! I'm tired of watching my Wii collect dust and some RPG's will surely fix that.

[cecil-kain]

Ocarina of Time shattered my passion for Zelda.  I remember back in the day, I played through it sort of half-heartedly --much like Lords of Shadow...  After Link to the Past, those blocky graphics were so hard on the eyes...  I didn't like how modular Hyrule felt --and I H-A-T-E-D what they did to the Lost Woods...  The continuity plot holes (going backward and forward in time) drove me nuts, but that paradoxical ending completely broke the game for me.  I know I'm in the minority --Ocarina is worshipped much like Final Fantasy 7...

Lords of Shadow aggravates me for trying to be something it's not.  Ocarina aggravates me for being what it is.

Regardless, Skyward Sword really looks like the breath of fresh air Zelda has needed for a long long time.  I'm surprised how much I'm looking forward to it...

[Pemburu Vampir]

They say play the best game in a series to get to know it and OoT was the game that got me into the Zelda series.

[DragonSlayr81]

I know I'm in the minority --Ocarina is worshipped much like Final Fantasy 7...

Or Super Castlevania 4. For me, it was an alright CV game, but a mere mention that you think it's anything less that "stellar" brings forth the fanboys. And, of course, the few I've seen mention they dislike it, are beaten down with wooden clubs, skinned and hung from telephone poles. Of course, how you feel about OoT, I feel about Super Mario 64.

[Pemburu Vampir]

Or Super Castlevania 4. For me, it was an alright CV game, but a mere mention that you think it's anything less that "stellar" brings forth the fanboys.

I agree, there sure are a lot of SCV4 worshippers here.

[Nagumo]

and the CD-i games.

Well those are not technically part of the series. They are just called Link or Zelda, but not The Legend of Zelda. That's why Nintendo never acknowledges them, I think.