.2. Hire the people in the Stone Tower Temple group to design it.
Pretty much this. But if that were to happen, everything walking would have double-D breasts.
Mine ideas are (in order from most changing to least changing, except for two and one which are tied):
10) Make Link female - Initially, Zelda fanboys cry out against this idea. Though upon more thought, it's not impossible. No Zelda game says that Link and Zelda have to be male and female. Their spirits are eternally reborn, but not their anatomy. This would have no real change on gameplay, but it would be an interesting change to the expirience.
9) Have a few Tingle-based minigames - Think about it. In the same vein that Mario 64 DS had a few minigames to take up some time, why not the next Zelda? These are not part of the main quest, but it gives the Tingle fans something to be happy about, and it wouldn't hurt the main game in any way.
8) Let Link talk - As much as I hate the idea, this would cause some major changes to the franchise. Just, if Nintendo DOES do this, please don't give us another CD-i level voice fail for Link.
7) Bring together all three worlds of Zelda - Hyrule, the Great Sea, and Termina. Though timeline whores will initially complain about this, Aonuma and Miyamoto aren't stupid. They could come up with something about how the Goddesses had to bring the parallel universes into one to strike down Ganon.
6) Zelda RTS - A nice take-off from the franchise, the Stone Tower Temple has already had a lot of discussion about this. Pretty much, you choose one 'hero' character (Link, Zelda, or Ganon if you're playing the evil side) and they each have their own pros, cons, and special abilities. You train and use your troops against the enemies to go through the campaign.
5) Upgradeable weaponry - Aren't we a bit tired of Zelda still lagging behind as an adventure game? If we could bring in some more RPG elements into it such as upgrading armor and swords, it would make the game all the better! Adding certain stones to upgrade your magic meter, maybe reinforcing the metal to be able to give you a bit more power with your sword. All this could make Zelda have an even more deep expirience.
4) Take out the Master Sword - Maybe Link could change his specialty from a sword to an axe? A mace? A bow? Maybe even a magic wand? Making Link's weapon specialty entirely different from what we've seen before will have a great effect on the franchise.
3) Good/Evil system - Though I hate this more than making Link talk, it would certainly shake up the franchise quite a bit. Instead of the hero of Hyrule, what if Link were to become Ganon's right hand man in conquering the world? Maybe he even kills Ganon to take his rightful place as dictator? With the amount of effect it had on the expirience in games such as KOTOR, this might be the next big thing for Zelda.
2) Zelda MMORPG - At one point, this has crossed every Zelda fan's mind. Needless to say, Zelda, Link, and Ganon would be off limits as playable characters for this, but the option to be a Hylian soldier or a Dark Mage training under Twinrova is just to good to pass up. The only way I would be mad at this change is if it came before a Pokemon MMORPG.
1) Move Zelda to a New Timeperiod - C'mon, Aonuma! We've been stuck in the middle ages for well... ages! Why can't we have a Future Zelda? Why can't we have a Zelda set in a colonial period of time? Why can't we have a Zelda in a moder period of time? We've been messing around back in the middle ages for way to long.
