Nintendo hires you as 3D Zelda director, provides Japanese interpreter

[Warm Gun]

What game do you make?




I would keep Link a young child for the rest of the series. Hate "adult" Link's earring and long hair. Would also make him brunette again, to distinguish him from the princess. A boy fighting monsters and hiding from soldiers is more interesting in that kind of fantasy.

Would make a game about the ocean again. Bigger islands, more islands. Bigger boat, which can be customized. More extreme weather.

Three-dimensional diving. You acquire an item that lets you breathe underwater. Zora's Domain is fully submerged and you mostly interact with Zora in three dimensions rather than on the ground.

Would make the adventure more linear again, with items that give access to new locations, but look at Twilight Princess as an example of things to avoid. Fewer cutscenes, less disruption.

Only a sword and shield. No spears, no axes. They dropped the directional attacks with the spears and axes, when they should have expanded on the sword instead.

Simpler art direction. The games have been garish for so long. So many grotesque faces and bodies. Just stop.

No voice acting. Nintendo has demonstrated that they can't do it well. Link is not silent. I hate silent protagonists. But he doesn't say much.

Only one outfit. Something appropriate for a seaman who sometimes fights. I wanna be able to make him barefoot. Maybe there's sand in his boots. Maybe he's quieter barefoot. I can already feel the warm, slushy sand on my bare feet as I imagine the game.

[Telemachus]

Sounds like cultural appropriation!

[dyne]

I would remake the CDi games.

[Musashi]

I actually have a fanfic in progress based on what game I would make in this hypothetical situation.

Mine would star Zelda as the main playable, with Link and a couple other allies occasionally available as Player 2, and all playable characters would be adult-aged. It would start out as a light-hearted adventure where Zelda can solve a few crises around Hyrule, but partway through, one such crisis takes her to Death Mountain to rescue her sister from a disgruntled Hylian Knight. She succeeds, but on the way home, lightning strikes near her and knocks her off the mountain. She awakens in a quiet spooky world that sometimes mutates into a dark dangerous monster zone like Silent Hill. As she explores and survives, she comes to learn the tragedy that caused its haunted state, which also serves as clues to her sister's origin and the reason for the Bomb Shop in Lorule/Dark World. Everything seems explained, except for one more plot twist.

Core gameplay would be similar to recent Resident Evil remakes, but instead of using a gun, Zelda would fire magical bullets/fires/missiles/more at her enemies.

I dare say I'd wait for the Switch 3 to make it. I'd want high grade graphics with Ray Tracing, and I doubt Nintendo would authorize release on PS5 or PC. Cutscenes would be fully voiced, and little voice clips would be used as appropriate throughout the game. Rated M for Mature for Violence, Gore, Suggestive Content, and Course Language.