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    Image of Koztah Koztah
    11:19 AM

    In reply to How Modern Can Zelda Get?
    I'm waiting for Grand Theft Triforce, where you play as Gannon.
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    Image of Patient Patient
    11:05 AM

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    So would it be safe to say that Link's cellphone will have a "Hey! Listen!" ringtone?
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    Image of AceofCase AceofCase
    11:30 AM

    @Patient: That's the tone for people whose calls he screens =P
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    Image of Patient Patient
    11:44 AM

    @AceofCase: Hahahaha! Nice.
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    Image of Protector one Protector one
    11:01 AM

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    Cyber punk Zelda? Count me in!
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    Image of TRT-X TRT-X
    10:24 AM

    In reply to How Modern Can Zelda Get?
    I think a more "modern" or even "futuristic" Zelda would be interesting, but only as a unique entitiy within the series.

    I wouldn't want it to be a permanent change, as it would make it less special in the long run.
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    Image of Aidan_ Aidan_
    10:19 AM

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    Dude, bring on the modern tech in Zelda. Maybe someday we'll inch our way into a game that resembles the mock Future Zelda concept art that floated around last year. Remember that shit?
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    Image of Friedhamster Friedhamster
    10:13 AM

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    After a little thought I don't see why Zelda couldn't one day advance past where we currently are technology wise.

    Look at where Final Fantasy started and where it is today. From purely swords and magic to space and a look and feel not all that unlike Star Trek.

    Darksiders is similar to Zelda and yet War uses a gun, there are car--that he throws at enemies.

    I think as long as the core of what Zelda is remains they can do anything and go anywhere they want with it. Put in rail guns, space, and technology on par with things in Blade Runner, just keep the exploration and adventuring and pointy green hat and you still have Zelda.

    #speakout
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    Image of Rachel Fogg Rachel Fogg
    10:08 AM

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    Y'know I wouldn't be so against a modern Zelda, I mean it can't be to bad..

    As long as Ninty knows what they're doing they should be fine, it's not like they're dropping Link in GTA or anything like that. If they introduced the setting believably...then I have full confidence.

    I'm not a HUGE Zelda fan, but I respect the series enough to want to see Ninty experiment with it...
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    Image of mrantimatter mrantimatter
    09:59 AM

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    Actually, they already have guns in the form of canons in the game. It's odd that no one has though to well, make a small one and hand...

    er wait, they did have a bazooka style thing in TP now that I think about it.

    So really, a move to steam powered tech is about where I can see the tech advancement right now.
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    Image of tetracycloide tetracycloide
    09:57 AM

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    well, judging from zelda's shift from off-screen, damsil-in-distress to on-screen, active party participant, i'd say zelda games can get pretty modern.
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    Image of Chesu Chesu
    09:36 AM

    In reply to How Modern Can Zelda Get?
    I think the most modern Zelda games are likely to get is something like steampunk. We already have steam-powered boats and trains, and complex mechanical devices like the hookshot, spinner and self-reloading crossbow. It's not too hard to imagine a game where Link starts out shoveling coal on a steam-powered airship, but a dungeon set inside a hydroelectric dam is pushing it.
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    Image of Salen Salen
    09:01 AM

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    More modern? Hmm. Call of Zelda: Modern Adventuring!

    First you sneak up to the door, toss in a flash bomb, then while the dodongo is blind, you stuff a bomb into it's mouth. And if you have the Deep Impact Perk, your Master Sword can actually shoot through walls.

    Uh... yeah, that's never going to happen.
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    Image of Bokusatsu_Tenshi Bokusatsu_Tenshi
    08:50 AM

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    Zelda Steampunk coming?
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    Image of Rachel Fogg Rachel Fogg
    10:05 AM

    @Bokusatsu_Tenshi:

    Okay I effin LOL'd at the end, seriously...I almost spit out my drink.
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    Image of Instant_Awesome Instant_Awesome
    08:50 AM

    In reply to How Modern Can Zelda Get?
    The Legend of Zelda series is arguably the most delicate subject in gaming. People want to see new things, but chances are these new things will cause an uproar, upsetting even those who demanded change.

    I've heard many people suggest a Zelda game set in the future, and I admit I am intrigued by this idea. However, there's an extremely delicate balance between keeping things fresh and alienating the familiarity of the characters and setting.

    Think about how upset people were when they first heard about the train in Spirit Tracks. The cries of horror came simply as a result of trains being introduced into the Zelda universe.

    The Legend of Zelda is to video games what Star Wars is to movies and what the Lord of the Rings is to books. The fanatics try to make sense of timelines, analyze every minor detail, and constantly comb for inaccuracies.

    If cars, guns, "light swords", etc. are added, it would be nearly impossible to keep the Zelda faithful happy. Sure, it could be bad-ass, but it might not feel like a Zelda game. I think that's the main reason the developers are so hesitant to fully revamp the series.

    I'm not saying that the series doesn't need to change; I fully welcome some drastic changes. It's just important to be very, very careful in how it's done.
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    Image of Tolarin Tolarin
    09:21 AM

    @Instant_Awesome: I dunno... I always figured the original sword Link had in the Legend of Zelda was a laser sword of sorts. I was a weird little kid growing up though...
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    Image of Instant_Awesome Instant_Awesome
    09:27 AM

    @Tolarin: It was certainly glow-y, but it was made of metal.
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    Image of madog madog
    10:40 AM

    @Instant_Awesome: With full health it shoots swirling beams of energy! Didn't that feature always come with the upgraded sword of legends old?

    Maybe it was actually sent to the past by future beings, or maybe it was placed by aliens long ago like the pyramids or Myan temples or Ron Jeremy's junk.
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    Image of Showmeyomoves! Showmeyomoves!
    08:31 AM

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    I think the Tingle Tuner was probably the most advanced piece of technology in a Zelda game. It's basically a GBA with a pre-installed Tingle game and no cartridge slot. The horror!
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    Image of KazeEternal KazeEternal
    08:52 AM

    @Showmeyomoves!: I hear china uses these in their interrogations.
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    Image of WhatTheFrag WhatTheFrag
    08:30 AM

    In reply to How Modern Can Zelda Get?
    Well technically Link can have any device really considering this is over a 100 years from the wind waker series ending. Time has to pass in the world and some new discoveries made:P.

    The following may or may not be spoilerific.

    The Link in this game isn't the Link from the previous games. This Zelda is a descendant of the Zelda(Tetra) and Link from previous games. So technically this is just a character who looks like Link, is called Link but is not supposed to be related to the original one, but if so would mean he's Zelda's uh waay distant relative.
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    Image of Buttertop Buttertop
    09:48 AM

    @WhatTheFrag: Wind Waker's ending has always confused me. Back before Twlight Princess came out, I always figured that Wind Waker was the first real attempt to establish continuity in the series. But when Twilight Princess came out, I didn't really see any connection between the two.

    Are both Spirit Tracks and Phantom Hourglass directly connected to each other, or with Wind Waker as you're suggesting?
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    Image of WhatTheFrag WhatTheFrag
    10:00 AM

    @Buttertop: Wind Waker and Phantom Hourglass are pretty much set in the same continuity. With Tetra being Zelda and the Links in the two games being the same character.

    Twilight Princess is outside that continuity if I'm not mistaken, it's a century after Ocarina of time's child ending and it probably is connected with a Link to the past.

    It was initially said that Wind Waker was a 1000 years ahead of Ocarina but I think they just deviated into two different storylines.

    Spirit Tracks is set in the same universe as Wind Waker and Phantom Hourglass, except this one is set a 100 years after Phantom Hourglass. And so Zelda+Tetra ruling the kingdom's given rise to a lineage to which the current Zelda belongs. The Link (he's just a soldier/engineer) in the new game isn't related technically to the older Link, or well probably is which we'll find out after playing the game.
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