Gaming How many more Zelda games will there be?

[Barra Maral]

Tell me how many more Zelda games you think there will be.
I think there will be 10 more. but who knows.

[PrettygurlRei]

i think there will only be atleast five more. But it could last like Final Fantasy.

[Barra Maral]

Yeah, that is what I am hoping, that it will be like Final Fantasy in how many they make.

[Desbreko]

[color=indigo]Well, I'll say something like what I said in the thread in the Final Fantasy forum, that was on this same subject: They'll keep making them as long as they can keep introducing fun new ideas, while the games are still profitable. There's really no telling how many more there'll be. It all really depends on how long they can keep coming up with new ideas, I think. I don't think Nintendo would keep on releasing new Zelda games, if they're practically all the same, one after another. If you'll notice, each new Zelda game has something new added (and the first Zelda created a whole new type of games). In Zelda II they totally changed the view; in A Link to the Past they could have multi-level dungeons and more items and stuff with the power of the SNES; In Link's Awakening, they introduced the trading sequence which has been in every game since in some form or another; with Ocarina of Time they had the first 3D Zelda; in Majora's Mask they had the time limit and more interaction with the townspeople instead of having a lot of dungeons; in Oracle of Ages/Oracle of Seasons, they introduced the pets and Seeds... And that's just naming a few things...

So, yeah, I think that as long as they can keep coming up with new ideas, they'll keep making Zelda games. If I had to take a guess as to how many more will be made, I'd have to say somewhere around 10, not including the GCN Zelda or the A Link to the Past remake. That'd make around 20 games in the series (not including the offshoots), which is quite a few.[/color]

[Zora]

[color=blue]Don't you think ten more games is a bit much? I mean, it could happen but I have been hearing rumors that the new Zelda game for GCN will be the last Zelda game. (Not counting the remake of A Link To The Past)[/color]

[PrettygurlRei]

but I also believe what my hun Desbreko said, about they will make as many as they can as long as they make money, but I do think ten is a lot too though...

[Kevin]

I am at least hoping that there will be 5 more. That way at least, they have plenty of time to add many things in, not piece it together like some other games.

[Zora]

But then again what if the Zelda games start to lose their quality? It would be sad to see a bad Zelda game to finish off the entire series.

[Barra Maral]

Yeah it would. But they wouldnt do that. They will either keep having better quality or when they cant they would stop making the games.

[PrettygurlRei]

That would suck, but all games have to end sooner or later or they will get old.

[Barra Maral]

Yeah but what i mean is that once they cant better it they should stop.

[Desbreko]

[color=indigo]Yeah, ten more does sound a little high, but you have to realize that, after the A Link to the Past remake and the GCN game comes out, there'll already be ten out. That's ten Zelda games over about 14 years... And I don't see Nintendo going anywhere in the next 14 years, if the video game industry as a whole stays profitable... Lets see, 14 years after the GCN game comes out, it'll be 2019. When you look at it that way, it seems like it's quite a ways off.

So, like I said before, as long as they can keep coming up with new ideas I think they'll keep making them. The Zelda series is one of Nintendo's most popular series, and thus one of the most profitable, so I don't think Nintendo would just cut us off after the GCN game is released. Personally, I think the Zelda series still has quite a ways to go, both in 2D on the GBA and 3D on the GCN.

As for the series ending on a bad game, I don't think Miyamoto would let there be a bad Zelda game... He has, afterall, at least supervised the making of each, to make sure that they're up to his standards. So, as long as Miyamoto is around (and I don't see him leaving Nintendo anytime soon), I think they'll keep making Zelda games as long as they can keep making them enjoyable and fun to play.[/color]

[Barra Maral]

Yeah, you are right. But, I do hope that they do go on for a long time, which I think they will. And, bsically, you just stated what I said, plus more. Because I told her that Miyamoto wouldn't let there be a bad Zelda game(not in those words exactly, but close).