In case you missed the latest Japanese broadcast of Nintendo Direct this morning, Nintendo made a number of interesting announcements regarding new titles and features for the Wii U, the most exciting of which was The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker Reborn, a full HD remake of the beloved Gamecube classic.
I really like the subtle style changes that the remake uses; while the original Gamecube game (which still looks very pretty, even by today’s standards,) looked like a Saturday morning cartoon, the new remake sort of looks like a Pixar movie: it’s doesn’t look cel-shaded, but it still manages to look cartoony and retains the personality of the original game. Note to other developers looking to cash in on their back catalog of classic titles: this is how you’re supposed to do an HD remake. No lazily upscaled textures, no half-assed color filters, just a proper, everything redone from scratch remake.
I’ve held off on buying a Wii U until now — while Monster Hunter and Mario are nice, the system’s overall library just didn’t have enough quality titles to convince me to drop $300 bucks on a new console. Of course, that changed today, as a remake of one of my favorite games — along with the promise of a completely brand new, HD Zelda to come later — is enough to make me want to go out and buy a Wii U right now. Nintendo really needed to announce some exciting titles today in order to make up for the Wii U’s launch day problems and post-launch drought, and with this last Nintendo Direct, I think they succeeded in giving the Wii U back some of the positive buzz that it had lost.
L the Master Otaku
This doesn’t look all that appeasing for me to constitute buying a Wii U. The graphics and environment don’t look all that special at all, it doesn’t even look “updated”. Maybe I have higher expectations for a “next-gen” remake.
Chris Hernandez
I have never seen a remake so masterfully done, so you really must have very high expectations.
You also must not recall exactly how the original looks in comparison if you don’t see this as updated.
Check here for a reference: http://www.the-nextlevel.com/previews/gamecube/zelda_wind_waker/zelda_wind_waker_7.jpg
L the Master Otaku
They could have made that on the GC, why would I be impressed?
L the Master Otaku
This be an improvement.
gg bro. D:
L the Master Otaku
Added butts for good measure.