Should we take a break from Hyrule?

[mαrkαsscoρ]

Zelda games dive into other settings here and there but the main place is always some iteration of Hyrule. Do you guys think the next game(s) should move away from it and go somewhere else entirely? Or do you think the next big game should always be set on Hyrule or some variant of it and leave the different locations to smaller scale games?

 

[mαrkαsscoρ]

also for the heck of it, I made this to see how often we're in Hyrule

 

[Malon]

We need more special boys

 

[Daku Rinku]

I say two to three in Hyrule for every not hyrule and a special boy the same year as not hyrule Zelda Game.

 

[Mikey the Moblin]

What does "Hyrule" mean though
We've seen multiple wildly varying geographical landscapes go by the same name of Hyrule. I think they just kinda use Hyrule as a hot swappable kingdom name whenever they want- the exceptions are kind of the games that are clearly tied via timeline, like ww, oot, tp, ph, st

 

[Killjoy262]

We need more special boys

This!

 

[Daku Rinku]

What does "Hyrule" mean though
We've seen multiple wildly varying geographical landscapes go by the same name of Hyrule. I think they just kinda use Hyrule as a hot swappable kingdom name whenever they want- the exceptions are kind of the games that are clearly tied via timeline, like ww, oot, tp, ph, st

Maybe Hyrule is more like saying Middle Earth or Arda proper

 

[mαrkαsscoρ]

What does "Hyrule" mean though
We've seen multiple wildly varying geographical landscapes go by the same name of Hyrule. I think they just kinda use Hyrule as a hot swappable kingdom name whenever they want- the exceptions are kind of the games that are clearly tied via timeline, like ww, oot, tp, ph, st

the land created by the golden goddesses, I know its changed a bunch of times but there's still some commonality b/w all of them

 

[Daku Rinku]

the land created by the golden goddesses, I know its changed a bunch of times but there's still some commonality b/w all of them

Since it was created by the goddesses can it expand? Like mystically can it expand like pur universe does?

 

[mαrkαsscoρ]

Since it was created by the goddesses can it expand? Like mystically can it expand like pur universe does?

I don't think that was ever a point

 

[Daku Rinku]

I don't think that was ever a point

I was asking if its possibility, I haven’t played Zelda post Twilight Princess.

 

[mαrkαsscoρ]

I was asking if its possibility, I haven’t played Zelda post Twilight Princess.

oh well even so yeah, that was never said to be a thing

 

[Daku Rinku]

oh well even so yeah, that was never said to be a thing

Thanks, now I know.

 

[Hyrulian Hero]

Wait, special boy? I would have sworn Spirit Tracks took place in New Hyrule? Wind Waker takes place in Hyrule as well before it was called New Hyrule. Phantom Hourglass as well, (Skyward Sword takes place in Hyrule) that's definitely an "iteration of Hyrule" as op said. Anyway, I like Hyrule but I'm a huge fan of Holodrum, Labrynna, Koholint, Termina, Calatia, and Subrosia as well. I think Nintendo can make any setting work, but I definitely don't want to lose Hyrule if they do decide to set a game in a different world.

 

[Bowsette Plus-Ultra]

Absolutely.

Confining each game to Hyrule makes the world feel very small. I never get the sense that there's anything beyond Hyrule, since nothing outside of it is mentioned and almost everything taking place beyond its borders is a "parallel world".