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Given how financially successful the Mario movie was I can see Nintendo considering a Zelda film. For me it's just an issue of not trusting Nintendo's storytelling credentials. Zelda doesn't really have a good history of compelling writing or characters. I'd like to see Zelda treated the same...

I'd probably pull writers from outside. The best Zelda stories I've seen tend to come from the world of fanfiction, not the games themselves. Zelda as a franchise has had 40 years to produce some peak storytelling and they haven't mustered it yet. Zelda's storytelling has remained trapped in...

And I'm saying I don't want those writers involved with a Zelda TV show, because their track record for compelling narratives is awful. :eyes:

My fear is mostly that Nintendo will only give the okay to the safest, blandest plot presented to them. While stuff like Metro Last Light and Metro Exodus still branched out wildly from the source material while being given the thumbs up, I don't expect Nintendo to okay anything that doesn't...

I think an animated movie would work best for the more fantastical stuff. A live action TV show runs the risk of looking like Legend of the Seeker. It's a fun show, but not exactly the highest of bars. I'm not really keen on Nintendo's approval. While I play some of their games I do not respect...

I'm down for that. The only thing I'm not down for is them trying to emulate the games by making Link a silent cardboard cutout.

I'm sure we'll be fine as long as Nintendo isn't the one writing it. :eyes:

For me the issue is that they would absolutely use that as a crutch the same way the Zelda games do: Link never talks, so half of everyone else's dialogue is spent explaining what Link said and thinks. Link: ... Other Character: "Oh, you want me to go do this? That's a great idea, Link!"

I mean, maybe in a man with no name sort of way, but that really isn't what Zelda is about.

If he's the main character then he'd have to.

Honestly, I wouldn't take any of Nintendo's ideas for a Zelda TV series. If Miyamoto has taught me anything it's that Nintendo higher-ups should stop meddling and just let people work. Ghibli does its best work when it has creative control.

And 70% references.

I wouldn't adapt any of the games. I don't think any of the games have the pacing or necessary plot structure to be directly adapted into movie form. Instead I'd focus on a new and original tale of Link and Zelda and their quest to ultimately defeat Ganon. I'd pull elements from different games...

I don't think adapting any particular game would be wise. No Zelda game really has the pacing or conflict necessary for a compelling story while at the same time giving a compelling origin for Link. I'd say it's better to write something original while working in allusions to other entries in...

They've done voice work, but someone like Chris Pratt is barely acting in his role as Mario. It was very clearly a grab for recognizable names versus actually caring about the voice acting.

That's what I meant. Going with someone like Chris Pratt or Tom Holland feels like Nintendo showing off their ignorance of the animation field by latching onto big names who have never done voice acting before.

That definitely feel like the sort of casting that Nintendo would mandate. I'd rather that a hypothetical casting focus on skilled voice actors over recognizable hollywood faces. The last thing we need is Tom Holland playing Tom Holland but in Zelda.

I think my biggest fear is that we'll see Zelda crammed into some 90 minute Illumination comedy schlock. Zelda is (allegedly) a series built on more serious storytelling. I think it'd benefit more from a mini-series than it would trying to cram a bunch of stuff into an hour and a half of references.

It's about as confirmed as it's always been, which is to say that it isn't. It's still just unconfirmed rumors floating around on the internet.

I'm personally wondering how much kicking and screaming Nintendo will do when it comes to Link talking.

True, but Ghibli works best when doing their own thing. I regard Tales of Earthsea as their weakest film and that was them trying to adapt something. I guess bottom line for me is that Nintendo should remain hands off. I don't need them jamming their filthy hands into a film salad and ruining it...

I'm all for dropping Link as a character, but the public will expect Link to carry a Zelda movie. It'd be like excluding Mario from the Mario movie.

Nintendo okayed Skyward Sword and Starfox Zero. When they tell me something doesn't meet their standards I assume the thing that they canceled was actually good.

I'll believe it when I see it. It's a rumor we've heard before. Not only that, but last time word was leaked by a Legend of Zelda adaptation was in production Nintendo canceled the project. If there really is a Zelda movie in the works then my one hope is that Nintendo isn't involved in its...