What will the next Legend of Zelda game be?

[@MartKart8]

A thing I don't want, activate 5 terminals, to unlock the door, I'd perfer to collect a giant key, and explore rooms

[@triforcetimes]

Agreed

[@Logicalleaping]

Its funny how in essence its the same thing but having a key to open a door feels so much more natural and rewarding. I'd like to see a return to Phantom Hourglass with maps. I don't know how they'd do it but I love the idea of mapping a dungeon out yourself.

[@LeonardoRodrigues-uj1sm]

Play Echoes of Wisdom

[@quillion3rdoption]

@MartKart8 : Those things aren't mutually exclusive. What if we had dungeons where we had to find keys to rooms with terminals, but we have to find different keys elsewhere to ACTIVATE those terminals? I'd like "classic dungeons" and "terminal hunt dungeons" to be married, not one totally sacrificed for the other.

[@MartKart8]

@@quillion3rdoption OK

[@neonswift]

You need more than 8 dungeons in an open world Zelda gane. TotK improved a bit by giving us caves, but it needs to be like Skyrim with dungeons of various types. Class dungeon is always a weird phrase to me, because what does it actually mean? Zelda 1 had dungeons that didn't entirely fit that mold, if that mold basically means collect big item, find big key, fight a boss, but then every game has had variations on what classic actually means. e.g. Majora has mini0-bosses. I don't think I just want classic, I want variety. BotW suffered because that world felt so varied but the dungeons were too similar from one another.

[@triforcetimes]

All this makes a lot of sense

[@klop4228]

You're right, I imagine a Divine Beast might have been lauded as a really cool dungeon or mini-dungeon in a game with more "classic" dungeons

[@lethallohn]

Totally agree, many unique dungeons is a must. A Classic Dungeon is pretty much what you said: mini boss, get an item for said dungeon, find big key, and fight the boss. BOTW and TOTK don't apply as much because all of your powers you use in the game are obtained from the start. So, there's less player progression in the dungeons. Especially because past items would usually allow you to do things in the overworld and gain access to areas to progress the story or do side quests. However, like you said, it doesn't need to be "classic." Each dungeon just needs to feel different and give a good sense of progression. Some could have you collect keys, others may not. Some could have a mini boss and some may not. Echoes of Wisdom played with this idea and I liked the direction of that. It also had a better sense of progress because you were constantly improving your abilities throughout the game. Basically, the next Zelda game is going to suffer from the same issues if it gives all of the abilities from the start. It could give some, but it definitely should not give all.

[@semihdeveli1491]

Caves were the worst part of Totk after Depths. I rather exploring endless divine beasts. However some people like to collecting frogs

[@broski3442]

i asolutely agree, it would be really cool if we got a few divine beast-type dungeons, some classic linear dungeons, and maybe even some botw hyrule castle-esque dungeons in the game just for the sake of variety.

[@quillion3rdoption]

I'm not sure what's going to come next, but I just hope it's going to be a new "saga" separate from the Wild games.

[@spACEmanJ7]

It almost certainly will be Mr. Aonuma has said publicly that he feels they have exhausted the BotW/TotK format

[@quillion3rdoption]

@@spACEmanJ7 I'm just hoping they marry the best parts of that new style to the best parts of the old style and excising the bad parts of both.

[@calijack2006]

I just want a better combat system. Give me some damn combos instead of just making me swing my sword wildly in One Direction. I mean I’m not asking for devil may cry but like something like twilight Princess.

[@illuminated_crown]

You don't gotta worry about that. They're definitely moving on. I can't wait to see where they're gonna go from here

[@spACEmanJ7]

@@calijack2006 Agreed, TP had the best combat, and I would also like to see underwater exploration return, felt wrong not being able to dive in a game with a theme of exploring nature, plus the water temple could have been submerged in TotK instead of in the skies for some reason, and it is sad that the two games where fishing has a practical use are two that do not have a fishing pole

[@Logicalleaping]

Haven't put a lot of thought into what I would ideally want but I can give it a go. 1. Return of progressive (dungeon) items 2. More linear temple structures (can have some non-linear ones but mostly linear) 3. More than 4 dungeon 4. No Ganon/dorf as main villain. Would be okay with Vaati returning as he hasn't had a 3D debut 5. I don't want to see Zelda playable only Link. 6. I would be interested in seeing Zelda explore a more futuristic time akin to FF7 7. No Master Sword. MM is the only 3D Zelda that doesn't have this sword and I'd like to see this return 8. No breakable weapons, no 'PAUSE' healing 9. Playable story 10. Green Tunic. Honestly half these things feel like something I'd never have had to say before Botw came out. A return to form with more freedom than SS is basically my perfect Zelda game. In the end it doesn't matter I'll buy it and love it anyway. Zelda games can do no wrong.

[@nuggetchicken90]

Why do you not want zelda to be playable?

[@BobaBushido]

It might be a narrative shot in the foot but a game where the Triforce trio fight "whoever" to break the cycle of hate they're stuck in. I don't ever expect a zelda game to be like that but a ganondorf team up would be sick. Get his perspective of it all

[@Logicalleaping]

@@nuggetchicken90 Why do you want her playable? We got her in EoW and it was basically pointless. Her gameplay was something Link could of done, the princess perspective was kind of interesting but you end up using Link in the game anyway nothing about the Tri Rod required Zelda. Link is the player character and it feels wrong when he isn't. If EoW is how they would make a playable Zelda I'm even more against it as she had the 'silent protagonist' trait that was awful. I can't think of a good reason for her to be playable basically.

[@mr.awesome6011]

​@@LogicalleapingLet's call a spade a spade. They made Zelda the main character, so liberal activists don't constantly harrass them. Sorry if I made things political, but just look at the landscape of entertainment as a whole these days

[@kcvriess]

I STILL... want Wind Waker and Twilight Princess on Switch!

[@triforcetimes]

One day we'll get them, one day

[@kryonick5318]

Just get a rom for them

[@commonwealthcommunitywatch6036]

we ALL do!

[@modifidious666]

Cumu is now out on android

[@L1nk121]

There not gonna come out on switch. there probably gonna come out on switch 2.

[@indiegamechris4759]

I would love a return to the model of a gradually expanding world with metroidvania elements, meaning dungeon items that unlock more zones. They could take their experience with BOTW and TOTK and use the option of expanding the world in different directions to tell a non-linear story. For the vibes, I want a return to the mood and mystery we got in OOT, MM, and TP. Those games set my expectations of Zelda as a kid, and I haven't felt that way from the series since.

[@V1Salvo]

The games have certainly gone in a different direction, and I do think the older games have some aspects that are superior to the newer BotW style. However, the older games do feel older. They feel unnatural to play a lot of the time. The progression feels very forced and a bit strange. In BotW/TotK, it all feels a lot more natural. You don’t feel limited by so much weird stuff. Like, oh! You can’t pick this up because you’re not strong enough. Can’t dive down because you don’t have these iron boots. Can’t sprint because, well, you just can’t! Being limited can be good in games, but I think they should leave it to the 2D Zeldas at this point. Perhaps they could alternate between making a classic 2D Zelda and a classic 3D Zelda, in between the 5-6 year wait time of the big, modern 3D Zeldas. For example, we get “big 3D Zelda” in 2030. In 2031 we get “classic 2D Zelda”. Lastly, in 2033/34, we get “classic 3D Zelda”. Then we’d get the next “big 3D Zelda” in 2035/36, and the process would repeat itself.

[@gabrielnv28]

I 100% agree with this. I would love to see a combination of what nintendo have learned during the past decade and a more mature arcade dark approach at the same time.I think games Elden Ring was heavily influenced by botw and I hope seeing some from soft influence in the next 3d zelda game as well

[@broski3442]

i really hope they don't do that. its the antithesis of everything they tried to do with botw. and after playing elden ring, its a great game but imo that formula doesn't work very well for an open world game. the open world in that game feels like more padding (similar to hyrule field in oot and tp) between the dungeons and you need google and youtube just to be able to figure out where to go a lot of the time. i similarly hope the souls games go back to smaller metroidvanias after elden ring or try something completely different

[@Bromaster]

I’ve been subbed to this channel for about a year now, still think this is such an awesome way to deliver Zelda news. He even sounds like a news anchor 😅

[@ypto82]

Predictions: - Ocarina of time remake (like a reboot, similar to what ffvii remake did) to showcase the abilities of the switch 2 and the engine that the next 3d game will use - Prequel to echoes of wisdom - New 3d zelda game. It will be the most sci-fi zelda but will still mix a bit of medieval elements. It will be the biggest map yet, and the art style will be close to that of oot3d

[@andresbarquin]

For a new zelda game that is more sci-fi, I think it should take place after spirit tracks in new hyrule. They already have trains. The next step is a full industrial revolution. The games in the adult timeline all have link piloting some vehicle, like a bout or a train. It's about time we see him fly a plane. Skyward sword didn't do enough with the idea of sky exploration, so its about time they revisit the idea.

[@triforcetimes]

I'd love to see a ffvii version of oot

[@Logicalleaping]

@@andresbarquin Link to the 1000 years in the future. I think I'd love a more modern take on Zelda but more akin to FF7 modern than our modern. Zelda stories follow nature vs mechanical a lot so a futuristic Zelda would lend itself to that a lot. Can't wait to get a moterbike under the Epona model.

[@a.jthomas6132]

For a reboot of Ocarina of Time, two new endings players can choose: 1.) When Ganondorf kills Link in the final battle, Zelda and the sages sealed the King of Evil to the Sacred Realm but at the cost of losing two pieces of the Triforce; leading up to the Downfall Timeline 2.) A new alternate timeline where Link stays with Zelda in the Adult timeline, Zelda realizes that time travel will make things worse and that she can grow from her past mistakes. (This would please most Zelink shippers rather than given the same tragic love story vibes).

[@Logicalleaping]

@@a.jthomas6132 Cool idea. Could also make the downfall timeline a choice. Like diving in front of an attack to save Zelda or something. That or give me the classic 'GANON RETURNS' from Zelda II as the gameover screen. As for the ZeLink shipping I don't think I've seen many people do that in Oot. Everyone knows Malon is best girl.

[@evgenij8155]

Ocarina of Time Remake with the never released URA Expansion would be wild! 🔥🔥🔥

[@a.jthomas6132]

Since Penn and Sidon’s wife Yona is from a foreign land outside of Hyrule and Kass is missing in TOTK, my hope for the next Zelda game is we get to see Link, Zelda and the sages (Sidon, Yunobo, Riju, and Tulin) travel by sea to adventure in islands, lands and kingdoms with different monarchs and races. I’m sure Zelda would geek out about it since she is fascinated in new discoveries. And it would addd in the property conclusion to her and Link’s story.

[@triforcetimes]

That would be very cool

[@matheusdalbem6605]

I have been fantasizing about it since TOTK dropped lol

[@a.jthomas6132]

@@matheusdalbem6605 Well why not make it to a reality?

[@nathanaellopez9638]

i’m pretty sure they’re done with the botw/totk zeldas

[@javiervasquez625]

​@@a.jthomas6132 Non canon and Aonuma doesn't do sequels to *NON CANON* games. Let it go.

[@businesscat380]

They should definitely remake the GBC Oracle games in the new Links Awakening engine as their next stop gap...those games are great and criminally overlooked. They could even maybe complete the 3rd game (there was originally supposed to be 3 games as the Triforce series, one for each Hylian goddess, but it was cut back to 2 games in the end due to time/budget). The games could link together using save-data now rather than clunky passwords. In terms of the mainline 3D games, better classic dungeons, yes. I'd like to see more ambitious world-altering mechanics like those Oracles games or LTTP: - two parallel Hyrule maps, the same but subtly different, like the light and dark worlds in LTTP - or ability to manipulate the seasons or nature in the world (a la Oracle of Seasons) to change it and do more outdoor puzzle solving rather than limit puzzles to shrines. Making plants grow, melting ice, freezing water, controlling animals, stuff like that.

[@cedrictate7129]

I'd like to see a 2d game that transitions into a 3d game

[@PixelPikmin]

I just don’t want a game as bloated as Totk. Give us a map about 1/2 the size of Totk but fill it with a lot more content like side quests and non mandatory dungeons. Also please for the love of god let us have a story that doesn’t get told via memories, it was cool in Botw but if we keep getting that in every single Zelda game going forward that would get stale so quickly

[@hododod246]

Totk has best side quests in any other Zelda game.

[@_sparrowhawk]

Ah, yes it wasn't a massive game that takes 200 hours to complete, it was "bloated". SMH

[@lukedavies3654]

@hododod246 Majoras mask has infinitly better side content

[@hododod246]

@@lukedavies3654 most of them are brain dead fetch quest or talk to an npc. The reason why people like them is nostalgia because most people saw side quest for the first time in their life. But for today's standard they are dog shit

[@SolarDr3w]

yeah I agree, but on the map thing, it would be cool to see a hyrule with extensive verticality, similar to fromsoft maps, where its all interconnected and well thought out

[@GamingReinvented]

Feels like the true answer is basically "everything in the video", minus a direct sequel to TotK in the same world. There will inevitably be new 2D and 3D Zelda games, and they'll take place in different versions of Hyrule to games like TotK and EoW. Games like OoT and MM might get remade or remastered again, since Nintendo knows how much we love those games. A BotW port/remaster for the Switch 2 or another later content seems like an obvious choice. As for what we'd want though? Honestly, just new 2D and 3D Zelda games set in a new location (like a new kingdom or parallel world) with an interesting new story, a new villain that isn't Ganon, and a good mix of elements from the open world games and more linear ones. So a more linear story with traditional dungeons and boss fights, but an open air setting which these things are set in. And more enemy types too, since we still have very few of them in the wild era titles, even in AoC and TotK. Regardless, I'm not too worried myself. It seems like Nintendo is trying to mix the best of the two formulas together, with the last two Zelda games gradually making dungeons feel closer to those in the traditional games and adding storylines that aren't just "this event happened 100 years ago, figure out how it occurred via memories". So the next title is almost certainly going to be closer to what the fans want than anything released beforehand, and it'll probably change up a lot of the things we didn't care for in the last few games too. Great video!

[@triforcetimes]

thanks for watching dude, very much appreciated. Open world with decent dungeons seems to be the overriding feedback. I'm looking forward to whatever comes next

[@inkstickequalspen]

i would want the next game to have more of a central theme: Ocarina and Majora with the ocarina, Wind Waker with the ocean, ALBW with the wall merging, etc

[@quillion3rdoption]

You mean like a gimmick? If so, I agree; it just needs to be implemented well.

[@KevZ7.]

BOTW didn't really had one (technically the wilderness but that's a bit vague) but TOTK had one with the dragons

[@quillion3rdoption]

@KevZ7. BotW was a new base wholesale. I'd say TotK's gimmick is simply sticking stuff to other stuff in general.

[@jacobsims8307]

A good mechanic like that would be sick. I still can’t believe they said they are abandoning this link and hyrule. I thought they would remake that game forever.

[@brisky__]

I felt like in tears of the kingdom, they should’ve focused more on the dungeons. Other than the 152 copy & paste shrines

[@mr.awesome6011]

They didn't feel copy and paste outside of the blessing shrines. They were just shorter. Thus, you didn't get more of a dungeon feel. BOTW shrines often had more than one puzzle and treasure chest, and the repetitive shrines were the "Test of Strength." shrines, meaning you had great spots to farm ancient weaponry. This helped make up for only four major dungeons.

[@jockson7574]

I can see a totk sequel going beyond hyrule to 4 other kingdoms, underwater exploration, a 4th map known as the realms where you get there through portals, a new tribe that is red themed known as the lomei, the yiga clan being the main villains alongside demise and possibly Null can work. A totk remaster could also work with new stuff in it and same with a BOTW remaster that would have new stuff too

[@SuperMoistBois]

Love the video! Personally, I’d like a game that pushes the boundaries of what constitutes a Zelda game, similar in style to that of Spirit Tracks. One wouldn’t normally associate Zelda with Trains, but it meshed well! We think that envelope could be pushed even further, especially with new hardware coming soon.

[@kingstonmclean4205]

I can kind of understand the classic dungeons needing to come back but I am currently playing TOTK and I’m loving it, it may be up there with Oot but I really don’t know why it’s getting so much hate

[@matthias7790]

I think they should absolutely make a ocarina of time remake or remaster. The game deserves it and it would sell like crazy.

[@triforcetimes]

I think so too!

[@mr.awesome6011]

Not every game needs to be remade. Not to mention, the point of BOTW was to break the tiring conventions that were established in OOT. The series feels like it's finally getting out of the routine of every game needing to relate to OOT in some way. I actually commend Nintendo for retconning connections to OOT out of TOTK that were referenced in BOTW because it makes the game world feel all its own and doesn't need to rely on some nostalgia crutch like almost every other piece of entertainment out there.

[@matthias7790]

@@mr.awesome6011 Yeah, I know that not every game needs a remake/remaster. Oot is one of the games that absolutely needs one. Also, nobody mentioned botw.

[@Hyrule452]

they already remade Ocarina of time on 3Ds

[@DavidStowers-o7k]

One thing above all, a primary weapon THAT DOESN'T BREAK. Surely that isn't too much to ask for.

[@triforcetimes]

what didn't you like about the breakable weapons?

[@DavidStowers-o7k]

@@triforcetimes I don't mind if there are more powerful weapons that can break. But what I meant in my initial post was to have one sword that won't break, it doesn't have to deal strong damage, like say, a Travellers sword. And maybe the next game has a way to upgrade this weapon over time, such as beating a dungeon. (Like the Master sword did in Wind Waker.)

[@BobaBushido]

​@@triforcetimesthat they break

[@RuuyG]

You're just a casual, skill issue.

[@Inmanslays]

The first ever Zelda game that I played was worth the wild it was such an amazing experience and then I played two of the kingdom and I loved it even better and then when I completed both, I played majora mask and ocarina a time and a whole lot of other Zelda games but I 100% preferred legend of Zelda, breath of the wild and tears of the kingdom. I hope they make more games like that in my opinion I don’t like games like echoes of wisdom. I prefer breath of the wild and tears of the kingdom

[@a.jthomas6132]

I would also like to see the return of Fi since our favorite construct companion has been helping out Goddess’s chosen hero in every era.

[@triforcetimes]

I don't mind the return of Fi but she's got to tone down the help

[@Logicalleaping]

Yeah can't wait to learn about the chest in the room I'm in and that I need to charge my controller.

[@hododod246]

I don't understand what Zelda fans smoke something so strong that it erased their memory. Everybody despised Fi and Skyward Sword back in the day. Now people want her back?

[@Logicalleaping]

@@hododod246 I mean I can understand it if you only played the HD version as basically all her dialogue is optional however yeah, if you played the OG wii version then christ that was the worst companion in Zelda history.

[@a.jthomas6132]

@@hododod246 How ironic that Ahsoka Tano from Star Wars have the similar circumstances as Fi does if you think about it .

[@andrebreville493]

I want the next big Legend of Zelda game to take Link back to the seas like they did with the Windwaker. Only this time, you will have your own ship and crew. Also exploring the depths of the seas with the Zoras armor, decending into the depths of Death Mountain with the Goron armor, soaring the skies with the Rito outfit and traversing both on top and deep beneath the sands of Gerudo Desert with the Gerudo outfit.

[@athorem]

Some really good suggestions in the video and the comments. The community has done a great job with thinking up a good direction for the series based on the strengths of both styles of 3D Zelda.

[@triforcetimes]

Absolutely!

[@lotrfan4237]

I want the return of a realistic Zelda game like Twilight Princess, with good story, better combat and with the return of good Zelda dungeons. Also make the world less big if it’s to have repetitive and boring content like Totk.

[@Rikiru2029]

@@bjornbackman i think theyre talking about a darker story and/or the art style

[@juanfernandez1585]

Me too. Twilight Princess did a brilliant job of balancing the more realistic looking environments while still maintaining the anime/manga look of the character designs. Nintendo never intended TP to be photorealistic and I think fans often miss that point with the art direction.

[@kylerobinson8336]

If they do a remake of a game, I’ve been saying do a 3D 3rd person version of ALTTP. Completely revamp the entire game and expand hyrule to moderize it

[@OMARANT100]

Give me a story with a solid emotional core, with an inciting incident and a solid through line and no ass-pulls. Give me reasonable dialogue that respects my intelligence. Give me intricate dungeons that require SPECIFIC solutions instead of whatever cheese I can come up with. Give me an actual sense of progression with dungeon items and gear that actually sticks around and meaningful rewards for engaging with the activities in the game.

[@zackmeaders6199]

After the similarity between botw and totk, something akin to majoras mask would be a nice change of pace. This is the coolest idea I've heard yet

[@lantcm613]

Just give me a botw/totk styled open world, add some traditional dungeons alongside shrines, and have greater enemy variety and I’m happy. Oh, and add the hook shot. I’ve missed that thing man.

[@triforcetimes]

I'd love to see the hookshot again

[@themblan]

It's gonna look like the E3 2011 Zelda Tech Demo 👍

[@DEGUIDER]

I hope the next Zelda is a dark zelda, like twilight princess and majora's mask, make it open world and make it HARD, TOTK was great but the boss fights were a bit too easy, the only boss fight that i died to was phantom ganon, the rest were a breeze, that's the only downside imo. also please no more temu quality master sword, the tears of the kingdom master sword is a disgrace

[@FatherMurph]

On the topic of dungeons, some variety might be in order. How about more open dungeons mixed in with more traditional ones? There could be bigger, optional dungeons, like larger, more diverse shrines. Additionally, what about breakable weapons mixed in with unlock-able non-breakable weapons to use when low on the breakable stuff? Breakable weapons could have better stats while unbreakable weapons could have one particular ability. It’d be like the Master Sword in the newer games without the need to recharge. Overall, I think it’d be wise to cast a wide net over both newer and older Zelda elements and let the individual player decide what fits them best.

[@Hyrule452]

Guys, do you remember the trailer that came out before the Wii U? Link was in a castle fighting a giant spider. Do you remember the details? It was really amazing... I hope the next Zelda game will have the same details and be as big as Tears of the Kingdom, with 8 temples, about 6 dungeons, and many different shrines based on the environments they're in

[@vianabdullah2837]

They already made an open world game with classic dungeons, Echoes of Wisdom just came out. Tantalus could be working on remasters of older titles like A Link Between Worlds. Perhaps Koei Tecmo is developing a new Hyrule Warriors for the Switch successor that focuses on the Ancient Hero.

[@triforcetimes]

I was thinking 3d rather than top down

[@Borgcow]

I would love to see how they magically make the story linear while keeping the game entirely non-linear. Great comment 🙄

[@triforcetimes]

they'll use thier powers of "game design"

[@clayzulah]

Given how little TOTK changed from BOTW and how immensely successful it was, I would be shocked if we didn't get at least one more open world game full of shrines, Korok seed puzzles, terminal-based dungeons, Bokoblin camps, etc. I would love to be wrong and see them shake up the formula again but I don't know if there's any incentive for Nintendo to do that.

[@mr.awesome6011]

The next game won't be like that. TOTK was similar because it is a direct sequel on the same hardware within the same generation. This makes sense. The next game will likely bring back the open world, but with different mechanics and ideas and likely the return of other things that BOTW and TOTK didn't have. I really don't know why people think every Zelda moving forward is gonna be some COD esque copy and paste job

[@calijack2006]

No, please I don’t wanna collect 900 fucking seeds for the third time

[@butcherax]

The Legend of Zelda: Thing of the Thing

[@eddiecorado1635]

The next two games need to be harder, much darker, and more intense. If they are new stories they need to turn it up a lot, they could build off of Demise, reintroduce the Twlight realm and venture into the reality of the triforce(the goddesses) have a foil, an opposite, not just Ganondorf or Demise, I mean a God or Goddess of Darkness, hell they could make three of them and include Demise, Ganondorf and Majora as parts of the enemy crew. That doesn’t even include the dungeon bosses, which need to be more difficult, Botw and TOTK were fun but the bosses were not all that. If they need time they can gain some by rebooting OOT, Majora, and Twilight then it needs to be in the more modern approach, quite literally more difficult because every aspect of the game would be more difficult. Link to the Past in a proper remake in the 3D platform would be absolutely amazing. It was immaculate on its own.

[@Supasmartguy]

I want a third open-world game featuring the same Link as BotW and TotK Set in the lands beyond Hyrule. I've been pulling my hair out over the question of what's beyond that great canyon since 2017. I would also want this game to have enemy variety and overworld size that absolutely dwarfs its predecessors. Last but not least, I want its story to be all about finally breaking Demise's curse.

[@crobinson2624]

I’d like to see a complete remake of Zelda ocarina of Time. I think Nintendo should do for ocarina time what square did for Final Fantasy 7. Just a complete rework of ocarina of time, but with all the modern enhancements that technology has to offer today while keeping the characters and the story essentially the same completely redo the land of Hyrule, the dungeons, the temples and the gameplay mechanics.

[@triforcetimes]

I'd love to see that

[@lethallohn]

If we get anything Zelda for the Switch 2 Launch, I think the most likely thing we get are 4k Versions of Wind Waker or Twilight Princess. The new big 3D Zelda will be a long while away as well as a 2D game. It's possible to do classical dungeons within an open world with an item mainly useful for said dungeon. It's just I don't think the Zelda Team will ever go back to that based on what Eiji Aonuma has said. Best we can hope for is something drastically different from BOTW and TOTK. One way I see that being the case is if the game doesn't take place in Hyrule, or takes place in many different lands. If it is in Hyrule, then the story along with gameplay has to be something extra/different. It can't just have the typical civilizations and dungeons.

[@BobsledRider]

I would love to see a Zelda game that takes place right before the Minish cap that explains the Picori blade. I’d also like to see a Zelda game that takes place before the first calamity

[@Gigi4u]

I hope its a hybrid approach. TOTK tested the waters for older zelda game elements returning so its possible the next game will go all in on the consept of bringing back more elements of old zelda game elements.

[@rubenhunt3196]

On open worlds with proper dungeons, wasn't that Windwaker? While it had its flaws, that is more or less the style I would like

[@triforcetimes]

Wind waker was great. Long time ago though

[@MarshallTheArtist]

@@triforcetimesMost of the games were a long time ago. We're all getting old.

[@Rakkis88]

Souls like Zelda! Doesn't have to be as difficult, but bring in the level design, weapon and armor upgrades, and tighten up the combat. Less open world but still give us the choice of where to go, with some metroidvania reasons to backtrack and unlock more areas.

[@triforcetimes]

Yes!

[@mr.awesome6011]

Why can't Zelda just be its own game? Why does everyone want it to just be a copy/paste of Souls games? Just go play Souls games and let us Zelda fans enjoy our game.

[@Rakkis88]

@mr.awesome6011 almost every game out today pulls inspiration from other games before it. Is there anything wrong with Zelda taking some inspiration from other franchises like they did with BotW?

[@broski3442]

no. not every game needs dark souls mechanics jesus.

[@KyleStansfeld-zi6gc]

I can think of so many great ideas. How about this one. Have a open world, like Breath Of The Wild, and have a certain amount of dungeons and shrines where no shrine is similar, and that solving them alows access to different parts of the map, making it progressively harder, in order to get to different areas where dungeons are! And have all 10 dungeons connected throughout the world. Where you have to solve portions of the dungeons, in order to open other portions of all dungeons. Until you get enough equipment to solve dungeon 1, and so on. Making the last dungeons almost impossible to solve And at the end of the game, in order to defeat the villain, a whole new portion of a landscape reveals itself, and you have a number of puzzles to solve in order to defeat villains! And defeat the final boss. Ganon or whatever end boss!

[@JustSomeWanderer.]

Smaller open world, more linear story, traditional items, traditional dungeons like Twilight Princess and Skyward Sword, and expand on BOTW’s combat and RPG elements and I think that would be my ideal Zelda game

[@gill7045]

I would like a storyline that goes back to the rise of Ganondorf. Like in the tears memories.

[@triforcetimes]

I'd love to see a rise of Ganondorf, why he went evil, that kind of thing

[@axel_098]

I want a mix between BOTW and classic Zelda dungeons, Tears of the Kingdom felt like a DLC to. And I would like to see a fresh coat of paint with a new art style.

[@sebastianguerrero6617]

The last group of people who the Zelda team should listen to for inspiration for the next game is the old school fans who are stuck in the past and don't know what they're talking about when say stuff like we need classic dungeons or that botw/totk had bad stories

[@triforcetimes]

lol

[@kidtruckerterpenning]

I wish they would have added DLCs to Totk that would have been nice. Make it so link could have gone back in time even...

[@lucashummel5952]

They can pull it off, but they need to limit any abilities you have while in the dungeons

[@a.jthomas6132]

I really enjoyed the game just as I enjoyed both Breath of the Wild and Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity. The only mistake in TOTK I have seen is not showing more of Zelda’s journey in the distant past and content (from the first teaser trailer and from the Master Works) where she and Link explored the underground cavern with the history of Ganondorf in the cave paintings has been cut off from the final game. Since the story itself has been divided into two parts, why can Nintendo give us an interactive Dragon Tear memory where we have a playable Princess Zelda? This again is a missed opportunity they had not thought it through since Skyward Sword. Let alone the origin of the Zonai, a Twinrova boss battle, and give Ganondorf more insight/background to his character. TOTK's story has been taking a backseat which upsets most people. I am no game developer but Fujibayashi and Aonuma needs to reconsidered this through while planning out their next project.

[@YenzQu]

I'm still hoping for Zelda Ring. Where Link returns to a twisted and broken Hyrule where Ganon has won a hundred years ago.

[@triforcetimes]

oooo love this

[@KittysCat-j7x]

You can have an open world game with a great story, but recovered memories aren’t the right vehicle for it unless you use an amnesiac protagonist, which would become old quickly. The solution to making a story optional is to get the story through exploring the world and talking to people. Dragon Quest III is a good model for this, and came out in the late 80s

[@calijack2006]

i’m just gonna kind of say this I really hope the next Zelda game has a sort of post game. I feel like it was a really huge missed opportunity for breath of the wild and tears of the kingdom to not have this. It would’ve been very interesting to see hyrule As it recovers from the events of the game, there could’ve been such cool activities or if they wanted to they could’ve continued the story slightly by having us track down powerful minions of Ganondorf to even eliminating the yega once and for all it also would have been really cool to finally see Zelda in the game and even spend time with her while she works on rebuilding hyrule I’m just saying it’s a good idea

[@mareo187]

A gerudo Link with a scar on his face will be epic

[@mkjjoe]

100% voting for a vast open world with both room for free exploration _and_ a better structure and progression for the main quest. Having tons of smaller challenges in the open makes it even more meaningful to make dungeons linear inside, restrictions help increase the reward. Keep non-linear and environmental pieces of lore, but guarantee a strong delivery for main story beats that unfold in the present and affect the world. "Mysterious" lore is fine but it wouldn't hurt to commit more clearly to a setting, "far into the future" is a fair way to keep creative room but it feels weird to be teased major concepts and easter eggs that are never developed to a satisfying extent for those who care about answers, requiring Master Works for some extra details. Better flesh out the world building even if it means going for fewer concepts (sky and depths suffered from a bloated scope). Anything is possible as long as they want to go for it.

[@waywardlegacy5045]

Personally I think a lot of guys from my era, ones who started with Ocarina or Link To The Past and older guys who played the first two in the series, crave for that old school Zelda back. I gave Breath Of The Wild a couple different tries, once on the Wii u, which I hated the console, so I figured that’s why I wasn’t having fun with it, then once on the Switch, I ended up getting further on the switch but didn’t sink a super amount of time into it. I love open world games, like Skyrim and Witcher for example. But I don’t think Zelda really needs this massive open world. I think another open world Zelda game would be great but on a much smaller scale. I didn’t care for the shrines or the fact that your weapon would break often in BOTW. I think if we had a smaller open world, even maybe a semi open world with that traditional Zelda feel the old dungeons a classic Zelda story like OOT, Twlight Princess, it would be great. I think they should do something similar to God Of War 2018 and Ragnarok, if we could have a Zelda game based like those with the old school dungeons we all want it could be perfect. I’d be cool with an OOT remaster or remake as well. Not that I really need it personally. I played the GameCube version recently and it played great to me.

[@aaronmoravek]

We still need a 60fps 4k Ocarina of Time with updated music.

[@Ant_370]

I’m dying to play BOTW again but I want to wait to see if Nintendo releases an upgraded version for the Switch 2.

[@triforcetimes]

I think they will

[@saithvenomdrone]

This Zelda fan has not been eating well. I want an evolution of the traditional formula, not an abandonment of it T_T

[@triforcetimes]

what about echoes of wisdom?

[@saithvenomdrone]

@ I played it and thought it was just okay. The echo mechanic got old pretty fast, especially scrolling through them. I felt like the puzzles never got interesting or complex enough to encourage experimentation. I was able to use mostly the same like 3 echos the whole game. It was okay, but I’d prefer traditional sword and shield gameplay with item progression.

[@Saltandrpgs]

I feel like the story for the next Zelda should flip the classic, reincarnation story on its head. Why not have the Gerudo male be the hero incarnate in this story?

[@Awesoman]

Regardless as to whatever ends up coming out next, it's a safe assumption that they're already working on their next "big" original Zelda game.

[@triforcetimes]

Yeah, I imagine work started shortly after completing tears

[@andresbarquin]

I am hoping for a game that takes place after spirit tracks in new hyrule. I would be a great way to have another open world zelda that takes place in a different hyrule. And we haven't had a new game in adult timeline in nearly 2 decades. The adult timeline's premise has so much untapped potential.

[@triforcetimes]

Agreed, the adult timeline needs some love

[@andresbarquin]

Every game in the adult timeline has link piloting some vehicle, like a boat or a train. It's about time we see him pilot a plane.

[@Logicalleaping]

@@andresbarquin Oh dang guess you just confirmed Botw and Totk are the adult timeline. Totk already had the flying vehicle gimmick so I'd prefer to just see Zelda in a more modernized world. Its always been a fantasy world but I think a FF7 esc world would make for a good story in Zelda. Nature vs Machine kinda thing.

[@lukedavies3654]

I would hate a botw remaster. Partly because that means switch games won’t get upgraded and upscaled for free, Tears needs fixing more, and we’ve been in the wild era for nearly 10 years

[@triforcetimes]

I think they'll offer switch 2 upgrades via Nintendo switch online

[@RuuyG]

I don't care, I just want the best possible version of BOTW, I don't care if I have to pay 60 all over again, the game is worth it.

[@arbbr9397]

How on earth could some people want a bigger map? It’s a waste of time. I want a smaller map and more densely packed.

[@MarshallTheArtist]

Maybe they're unemployed and easily amused.

[@lucideirune1635]

I would like to see more “what if” games like Hyrule Warriors: Calamity was. Except I want them more Zelda style than warrior style. Becoming Link before BOTW took place and changing the timeline and at the same time, dealing with Ganondorf’s return from the sequel could lead to another timeline split which means more games. I would have liked to play as Zelda while Link was asleep for 7 years to see if maybe Zelda herself could have stopped Ganondorf. Also after Link returns to his past, I would have enjoyed playing as Zelda to prevent the flood. I also want anymore remakes of Ocarina of Time to have the downfall ending if you get a Game Over facing Ganon. If Banjo Kazooie and Donkey Kong 64 can have cool Game Over endings, an OOT remake having a Game Over ending would be cool.

[@spritvio639]

Man, I really wish TOTK got DLC. I don't mean to tell the devs their job, but the sky islands do not look like everything possible have been done with them. It's a step up from Skyward Sword, but it's still lacking.

[@mareo187]

We need a Egyptian or nubian zelda that take place in the desert. Or a spaghetti western link or Victorian era Zelda game.

[@EmpShaddam]

I wouldn’t mind seeing a legend of Zelda, remake of ocarina of Time using breath of the wild engine or the realistic graphics. It was going for at the time and add any cut content back into the game.

[@MGMVE]

I'm thinking they will stay with the open air concept so the linear concept will be a thing of the past.

[@StrixSaga]

In my opinion they should make the old dungeons without terminals make a bigger map and make the perfect mix out of the old and new titles. Also they should take their time even if it takes 10 years if they make it good it could be the best zelda game ever and maybe even one of the best story/open world games ever

[@a.jthomas6132]

If Fujibayashi & Aonuma decided to move on from the Wild era, my hope is the next Zelda game have a much better established Link x Zelda relationship since these two have such a great chemistry as well done in both BOTW/TOTK & Skyward Sword. Don’t care what anyone or producer Eiji Aonuma has to say. They are the reincarnations of the Goddess Hylia and her first Hero.

[@Braydon-t4f]

They need to make a new Breath of the wild as like a second part of it and a second part of tears of the kingdom

[@elapindral8191]

I’m certain a remake of ocarina of time, ground up, will release with Switch 2.

[@MartKart8]

I liked it before when Nintendo made announcements, then 3 months later a game would be released. Also Nintendo has a lot of completed games, and can wait years, to release them later, unlike other companies.

[@IgorGabriel-uo7jj]

My biggest problem with Totk is the "boring exploration", all of the things the game added sound cool and interesting at first but as you explore you realize how soulless everything is. Theres only one main big sky-island, all of the other ones are just big rocks with maybe a recycled blessing shrine (btw more than half of them are either empty or stupid tutorials about mechanics you already know). There are more than a 100 caves but they all look the exact same, the depths doesnt have different regions like overworld so it just feels like a giant empty region, and theres not much to do besides activating roots in order to make traversing bearable. This game adds a lot, but its just quantity with no quality, no soul. It doenst even try to solve botw's problems, it just adds new ones, is such a wasted opportunity.

[@Lancelot82923]

I love open world 3d Zelda but I need more dungeon there was not enough for how big the map is. And the story has to be longer and more refined.

[@Leonkennedy19992]

They could do anything they want for the open world. They did a good job with botw. But i want classic dungeons.

[@triforcetimes]

same

[@anthonyduffy6953]

I just want twilight princess on my switch

[@triforcetimes]

Big same

[@rdfarley89]

Something entirely different that the fan base will hate until it's been out for 10 years.

[@WillyAfton1935]

All I really want is a oot remake or sequel in Zelda’s perspective But a majora mask I really wanna see that game!! once again either remade or sequel!!! it would be really cool to see all the creepy elements from Zelda return, but also I really want also maybe I want another child timeline game!! SERIOUSLY! No offense, but I’m getting really tired of the downfall timeline being the one that has the most games like at this point it’s overflowing 😢

[@triforcetimes]

that would be very cool

[@WillyAfton1935]

@ yeah especially if it’s gonna be a child timeline! That

[@ShadowWizard224]

Remember in Halo 2 when you get to play as both the Chief and the Arbiter and you get to see the perspective from both sides? What if we did the same exact thing with Zelda? What if we had a game where you get to play half the game as Link and half the game as a monster? There could be a brand new species of enemies that both the Hylians and the monsters see as a threat and both sides come together to face a new threat and take it down. By the end of the game you can have both sides fighting together to stop this new threat of species from taking over everything. You might be asking yourself, what monster would we play as? Well, it would be a Lynel of course 😎🦁🔥 This is honestly just scratching the surface of it all but I thought it would be interesting to have Zelda do something similar to that of Halo 2 where you get to play as both sides and see the perspective of both sides in order to defeat a new threat of species that wants to take over everything.

[@a.jthomas6132]

I like the way you think. That lost opportunity is something I wanted to see in TOTK since the story itself is divided into two. But Link x Zelda's relationship is also important.

[@ShadowWizard224]

@@a.jthomas6132 Very true! And imagine the combat of playing as an actual Lynel?? That would honestly be so sick. Or maybe you could play as Ganondorf that was honestly my second option. But people say that they wish they were able to mount and ride Lynels in BotW and TotK but I would take it one step further where you actually PLAY as a Lynel with all its move sets and abilities. Maybe have Link tackle dungeons and puzzles in order to grant him a secret power that can help defeat the new threat and have the Lynels and monsters fight off the territory in order to help Link get through those dungeons. Just thoughts 🤔💭

[@Logicalleaping]

EoW taught us exactly why thats a pointless idea. Everything Zelda does in that game Link can do. Zelda's Tri Rod is just like the Rod of Season or the Harp of Ages a gimmick item that Link can use. EoW even allowed you to switch to Link gameplay anyway. I loved Eow and thought it was a fun game but I can't see a good reason as to why Link couldn't of been the main character other than because the fans kept on asking for Zelda to be playable.

[@ShadowWizard224]

@@Logicalleaping Yeah I get what get you mean. It would be somewhat similar but I think playing as a Lynel in a 3D space would be a lot better than playing as Zelda in EoW which is top down 2D space. There are a few things that Lynels can do that Link can’t which is charge attack and Breathe Fire but overall I just think it would be kinda cool to run around as a Lynel and seeing a perspective of a different monster but still have Link and Zelda part of the main story. Not sure how you would make it work though.

[@Logicalleaping]

@@ShadowWizard224 Well if Lynels return in the next game and have similar models riding a Lynel like a horse could be fun. Should of had a zonai saddle that you could use to tame a Lynel. I'm personally not a fan of enemy control gimmicks as they are often lack luster and just used to solve 1 puzzle. I guess the closest thing in Zelda is dominion rod and thats just eh.

[@EzCane]

Maybe Zelda perspective she goes back in time in TOTK story writers can figure something out that makes her fight through timelines or something to get to the sages or something like that Realistically you know that’s gonna drop OOT on switch soon they know they’ll make bank off if lol

[@illuminated_crown]

The difference between tears of the kingdom and echoes is that tears is a mainline zelda game. Echoes takes the position of the handheld zeldas of the past. Theyre usually always surprises. So you cant really compare announcement time. Mainline zeldas are highly anticipated. So its understandable that they take time

[@triforcetimes]

Echoes is mainline

[@DayMe1n]

I hope it involves music heavily, because the band in ToTK all had too unique of design, and were only used for one quest. Also Kass.

[@triforcetimes]

there was a serious lack of instruments in the recent zelda games for sure

[@SecksyMan]

Whatever it is I really hope it has some actual challenge to it. These modern Zelda games have zero challenge. Give me some extra challenge shrines or something

[@klop4228]

I'd imagine the next will be a spinoff or a remake. A more "minor" release

[@triforcetimes]

I think so too, botw remastered seems the most likely although I'd like to see oot

[@klop4228]

@triforcetimes It is the 10-year anniversary, but somehow I still feel like it's too recent, especially since TotK just came out and is fundamentally the same game (even if many, many things are different). I feel like there's a desire to leave this version of Hyrule behind haha, wouldn't be the best time to remaster BotW imo

[@arbbr9397]

They should remake Zelda 1 and do it Tunic style that game was awesome.

[@wallygator92]

I really enjoyed Echoes of Wisdom, and I wouldn't mind seeing another Zelda game with Zelda as the main character again and also have playable Sheik.

[@mr.awesome6011]

Sheik is never coming back. She was a one-off disguise (not even really a character of her own) to prevent Ganondorf from finding Zelda while Link was rounding up the sages. Hell, she doesn't even fight in the game, and the most action she saw was getting yeeted halfway across Kakariko by Bongo Bongo. Smash Bros is the only frame of reference that we have on her abilities, and they mainly boil down to her just fighting like a ninja because she looks like one. Shiek isna relic of the past and even Smash Bros needs to move on and just include Impa or Vaati in her place.

[@Broke_Guy_78]

I would love the 1st Zelda 1987 game to be remade with today's game engine.

[@triforcetimes]

I think that was the idea behind Breath of the Wild

[@zackmeaders6199]

4 dungeons is fine as long as they have other cool side quests

[@drufay6245]

Just give us a juiced up twilight Princess and I’ll shut up forever. The best game of the series. Bring it back with enhanced graphics and musical score

[@triforcetimes]

that would be ace

[@MarshallTheArtist]

I replayed TPHD recently. It was a tedious slog for the first few hours and anticlimactic for the last few. Not the best game in the series. That would be A Link Between Worlds.

[@Boofener]

I have connections with Nintendo of Japan and I heard from a little birdie that the next zelda game is codenamed "dinner" :0

[@triforcetimes]

I love dinner

[@Boofener]

@triforcetimes I wonder what's for dinner

[@bluejetplays]

Im hoping we get HW "The Imprisoning War"

[@a.jthomas6132]

I agree. There is so much potential regardless of whtether or not if AOC timelime. This would help make the Ancient Sages be more fleshed out, as well as bringing Twinrova in.

[@andresbarquin]

I personally hope for a HW game about the interloper war.

[@bluejetplays]

@andresbarquin one about the civil war would also be neat

[@Wisteriablight4408]

I wouldn’t call the story lackluster, that’s honestly a kind of strange criticism. The issue is how you grasp that story

[@triforcetimes]

if you're talking abou TOTK, I think it's a widely accepted criticism tbh. game mechanics were amazing, but the story had so many holes in it

[@soulking1996]

Hope it will be the same freedom like in totk

[@davidaitken8503]

Bringing a classic up to modern day standards? So you want them to ship Ocarina of Time broken, with a cash shop offering millions of microtransactions, dumbed down play mechanics, quicktime events, lengthier cinematics that drag on and on, combat that revolves entirely around parries and dodge roles, five million weapons with less combat options, etc.?

[@triforcetimes]

No