The Shrine

<div style='font: 10pt verdana, tahoma; text-align: left; padding: 0% 10% 0% 10%; '><b>Link:</b> <a href="http://www.thegia.com/news/0108/n23l/gp ... a01.jpg</a>

This does nothing for me.</div>

<div style='font: 11pt ; text-align: left; '>So much for Nintendo losing it's kidding image......What that pic does for me, is keep me from getting a GameCube at launch.</div>

<div style='font: 10pt ; text-align: left; '><b>Link:</b> <a href="http://www.gaming-age.com/specials/zeld ... a/2.jpg</a>

Yup, I think the Link from last year's Space World looked much cooler</div>

<div style='font: 9pt Arial; text-align: left; '>Paper Zelda...</div>

<div style='font: 14pt "Times New Roman"; text-align: left; '>I don't see what Miayamoto has against using grown-up characters.</div>

<div style='font: 11pt ; text-align: left; '>That looked awesome indeed.</div>

<div style='font: 11pt ; text-align: left; '>The same thing he had against moving from cart format, he's stubburn.</div>

<div style='font: 10pt "arial narrow"; text-align: left; padding: 0% 5% 0% 5%; '>He realizes that with the PS2 and Xbox both perpetuating this "mature image" he can <b>own</b> the under-12 console market. Oh wait... he already does (N64, GBC). =)</div>

<div style='font: 10pt verdana, tahoma; text-align: left; padding: 0% 10% 0% 10%; '>Damn, I had forgotten about that. That was sweet.</div>

<div style='font: 11pt ; text-align: left; '>Due to your sig, I cannot post a decent responce. :p</div>

<div style='font: 10pt "arial narrow"; text-align: left; padding: 0% 5% 0% 5%; '>Hey, I've found a way around yours. Deal with it, sucka!</div>

<div style='font: 12pt Helvetica; text-align: left; '>Looks like a Disney version of Zelda.</div>

<div style='font: 14pt "Times New Roman"; text-align: left; '>That, or the JSR team snuck in and sabotaged the game.</div>

<div style='font: 11pt "comic sans MS"; text-align: left; '>I saw the movie footage. Looks like a Saturday morning cartoon. I kinda like it. But I do prefer last year's preview better.</div>

<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '>using the DC Because my computer has a prob. ONLY nt posts for a while..... Parrapa the Hylian knight????????</div>

<div style='font: 12pt Arial; text-align: left; '>Yah, it seems like Cel Shading may become the next played-out trend if they keep overusing it.</div>

<div style='font: 10pt verdana, tahoma; text-align: left; padding: 0% 10% 0% 10%; '>If it wasn't cell shaded, I'd still say that. It's the departure from a more realistic look, and while obviously cell shading is more cartoony, it has more to do with the polygon model.</div>

<div style='font: 9pt Arial; text-align: left; '>I'll admit that it does look like a big departure from the series usual tone, but I'm still curious as to how it will turn out. I'm a little more open to kiddie games now than I was before, thanks to Tron Bonne and a newfound interest in Bust-a-Move.</div>

<div style='font: 9pt Draconwick; text-align: left; '>First rumors of Metroid being an FPS and then this? This is crap.</div>

<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '>It's just one less game for me to worry about buying. Even though I am a diehard Zelda fan, I THINK I can survive without this title. I'd be lying if I didn't say I was looking very forward to a sequel that was more or less an advanced Orcaina of Time. The thing I'm most disapointed with is the fact that Zelda used to be a game for the (currently) 18-25+ aged generation, now it seams they've taken a giant step backwards. Luckily, Zelda is only one of 15 of their more mature game series, and who knows, maybe they'll smarten up and fix this one with Ocarina of Time graphics, like what was shown at E3, for a 2003 release.</div>

<div style='font: 11pt "EngraversGothic BT", "Copperplate Gothic Light"; text-align: left; '>Exactly. All I know is that The GIA is using the same crappy web server software as RPGamer.</div>

<div style='font: 12pt Baskerville; text-align: left; '>...<i><big>there is no reason for this other than to pander to the under 12 market that they already own. When are they going to get it? They don't need every godamn game they make be this sanitary kiddie looking shit. They're just guaranteeing that they finish a distant second to Sony rather than making a real push to challenge them. Hell, maybe they don't even want to take on Sony and are happy being the "lunchbox" system.

I won't be buying this Zelda if the graphics are like that, no matter how good it plays. Yes, graphics matter, they matter a lot; don't kid yourselves. It looks worse than an N64 game. It's a fucking insult and I'd be fucking embarrassed if I was seen playing it. Don't they realize that all the players that loved the original Zelda and all the sequels are now in their late teens and twenties? Don't they realize that we're the major demographic they should be trying to reach?

I'll make my point by not spending my money on their games. I seriously doubt I'll even be buying a GameCube now since Nintendo has made it pretty clear that they don't WANT someone my age to buy one. I wish Rare was a fucking free agent developer and not stuck with Nintendo...that's what really bites since they make some really great games and they understand that we've all grown up since the days we owned our NES's. Nintendo doesn't get that. Isn't Pokemon enough? That's the entire 12 year old demographic in their pocket right there! They don't need to make the other franchises fall in there, they need those franchises to grow up...next week we'll have screenshots of Samus planting flowers and getting ready for her "dream date"...they can get the under 12 female gamers with that one...

...it's just fucking frustrating sometimes when you get really excited about something and it gets flushed down the toilet. Those screens they released last year of Link and Gannon were awesome...it was just what I wanted; an expansion of the tone Ocarina of Time set. No more little Link, which was the most boring part of OoT in my opinion...but now we get this half-assed 1980's saturday morning cartoon looking shit that will do nothing for the GameCube...nothing...it won't show off it's power and it won't draw in older gamers which Nintendo needs desperately...I guess they like second place now. I was really excited about GameCube and Nintendo pulled the carpet out from under me again, just like the carts on N64...I'll probably get my GameCube about 3 or 4 years into it's cycle just like I did with N64...

...I really didn't think they could screw up this time...oh well...</big></i></div>

<div style='font: 12pt ; text-align: left; '>I'll give the benefit of the doubt and say it's just unfinished... but I'm still not particularly impressed, especially considering how cool the earlier pictures were... I hope it shapes up.</div>

<div style='font: 10pt "arial narrow"; text-align: left; padding: 0% 5% 0% 5%; '>I don't think Zelda was ever aimed at the 18-25 year-old demographic.</div>

<div style='font: 11pt "EngraversGothic BT", "Copperplate Gothic Light"; text-align: left; '>(HINT: where's the new URL? I get a 404.)</div>

<div style='font: 14pt "Times New Roman"; text-align: left; '>Speaking of 404, where the hell is AK at?</div>