A lot is still unknown about “The Legend of Zelda” for the Wii U, and the new version of the game is surrounded by a lot of discussion, most of which is based on speculation and rumors. People seem confused about the design direction of the new game, and some old-school Zelda fans are outright worried that the new game might not live up to their expectations, especially after some of the more recent rumors that have come out.
But it looks like the game is still going to live up to most expectations, according to everything we’ve seen about it so far, and it’s obviously being designed with a lot of care and attention from the developer side. It might also come with a fresh new approach to the visual style of the franchise, something that has been the subject of a lot of discussion among fans, but we aren’t yet sure what to expect with regards to the art style.
Some fans are seemingly worried that the game might be taken in the wrong direction with its most recent graphical changes, although we don’t have enough official information to know if there’s any real reason to worry yet. On the other hand, there is also a lot of speculation over the possibility that the game was delayed precisely in order to make it look prettier, something which has been received very negatively by most fans.
Because a lot of people simply want to see the franchise continued at this point and they don’t seem to care that much about having the game look pretty and nice. And if the developers turn out to have been spending their time polishing up the graphics and experimenting with new visual changes, this can obviously be taken very negatively by the community and fans could be disappointed.
What we’ve heard from the developers about the delay was vague enough to allow fans to speculate in many possible directions. According to members of the studio, they were planning to utilize the delay in order to deliver a truly revolutionary experience with the resources they have available, and while we don’t know if they meant that with regards to the gameplay or graphics, fans have been hoping for the former and not the latter.
It’s pretty clear at this point that Nintendo are enjoying all of this speculation though, and the studio is likely relying on it for their developments to a large extent too. They would be pretty smart to do that anyway, as it’s basically free marketing for them – and when it comes to a game that has so much attention tightly focused on it like the next installment in the “Zelda” franchise, it’s pretty clear that they should utilize every ounce of hype they can get.
At the same time, it would be good if they released at least some new pieces of official information about the game, as it’s no secret that fans have been waiting for that for very long now, and the studio can at least put an end to some of the speculation that surrounds their work.
Hopefully there won’t be any more delays in the production at least, as this seems to be a major source of frustration for many people following the development of “The Legend of Zelda” for the Wii U. Even if Nintendo aren’t completely happy with how the game looks right now, they should still release it in its current visual state and get it over with.