How Many Pieces in a Heart Container?

[oracleofcanada]

4 i know it was only 5 in tp but it felt like a million

 

[Fig]

I honestly think there should always be 4 heart pieces to a heart containers. This represents the 4 chambers of the heart. When all 4 pieces of heart come together, it becomes complete to make 1 single heart container, just like 4 chambers make one human heart. <3

That's exactly how I always saw the heart pieces! I personally believe that Nintendo should always make Zelda games with 4 pieces of heart, since it is a classic thing that has performed very well in the past decade. Hopefully, Nintendo can continue the tradition of 4 pieces of hearts for future Zelda games.

 

[Mrflamexd3]

I think there should be 4 per heart container, but more heart pieces. So you only need 4 for an extra heart, but there are 40-50+ heart pieces so it's a lot of exploration (Wind Waker & Majora's Mask for example).

 

[Krazy4Krash]

I prefer 5 pieces to a container. It makes it feel more rewarding once you finally get that fifth piece. It also means more sidequests.

 

[Jimmu]

I prefer 4 pieces as it never feels like your too far away from another full heart and as others have said there are 4 chambers in a human heart.

 

[r2d93]

4, maybe less (3 maybe?)
I only say maybe less because I'm lazy.
4 just feels more Zelda-ish to me. It's what they usually always have. I don't want to be looking all over the place just to have my hearts increase by 1

 

[hylianordonlink]

Five because it means more exploration for heart pieces and it also makes the game harder and easier.

 

[PokaLink]

I would say 4 ( I accidently clicked on none) because its not to hard to get a new heart and not to easy to get a new heart, OoT had it and so did most games and it should stay that way.

 

[Makarthekorok]

Good poll idea! An entire container is too easy. Instant satisfaction for a smaller price. 5 pieces is too many. Little satisfaction for each piece. 4 pieces is not only the most frequent but the most balanced.

 

[RedDekuScrub]

I quite enjoy when there are Four Pieces of Heart needed to complete a new Heart Container. Having only full Heart Containers was OK in the retro ages before they had the ability to use four pieces, but when that re-appeared in the DS games I was disappointed. Collecting Pieces of Heart provides benefits for going out of your way to do something. While the 5 Heart Pieces were not bad, I believe it just added to much collection and frustration.

 

[ZeldaFAYZ6251]

I liked the 5 pieces because it was a lot of fun looking for them.

 

[Beauts]

I prefer 4. It made more sense than 5. But I actually think it'd be no bad thing if it got cut down to 2. If you were doing an 100% run it would mean a lot less unnecessarily long hunts for some of the pieces.