Legend of Zelda Urban Legend of Zelda

[finalark]

So I was thinking about this on my way back from Wal Mart early today, what would a modern Legend of Zelda be like? What I came up with was something along the lines of this:

Because a Link was able to finally get rid of Ganondorf for good Hyrule was finally able to develop their technology for hundreds of years. Now they're caught up with our modern standards. However, it turns out that a cult who revere Ganondorf as a god (think of how Zant treated him) desire to bring him back using magic (which is just though to be a myth at this point). So now it's up to a modern Link to fight against forces thought to be little more than ancient myths.

So what do you guys think a modern Hyrulian adventure would be like? How would the other races be effected? How would you interpret it?

 

[Kingdom Come]

It would be advanced warfare.

Guns instead of Arrows.

Guns instead of Swords.

Atomic Bombs over Bomb plants.

I don't like thinking about Zelda going urban. Especially with the fact that Asians are stereotypically influenced by there surroundings, Link would be sagging his pants and have a grill in his mouth.

Ugh.....

 

[SkylerOcon]

We'd be seeing a game that's a lot closer to The World Ends With You rather than Link with sagging pants and grills. And you know, that would actually be pretty awesome.

 

[finalark]

We'd be seeing a game that's a lot closer to The World Ends With You rather than Link with sagging pants and grills. And you know, that would actually be pretty awesome.

That's closer to what I was thinking. Although I haven't played the World Ends With You so I'm just basing this off of the art and screens that I've seen.

 

[Luigitoilet]

Especially with the fact that Asians are stereotypically influenced by there surroundings, Link would be sagging his pants and have a grill in his mouth.

Ugh.....

What does this mean?

 

[Skrlx]

something about asians being influenced by their surroundings and the overgeneralization that everybody sags their pants and has a grill in a modern day urban setting (a stab at the hip hop/rap community?)

Since apparently Link is asian, he would start sagging his pants and have a grill because he's asian and he lives in an urban setting.

 

[Phantom7]

An urban, futuristic Legend of Zelda would be interesting. Just imagine Hyrule Tower and Hyrule City, Chemical Plant Hylia, Lon Lon Animal Cloning Industries, the Korbots (Kokiri cyborgs), and the Gerudo gang of thieves. And Ganondorf wears sunglasses and rides a motorcycle.

But that would never happen...

 

[Skrlx]

Don't forget that Ganondorf is wearing a pimp suit

 

[Eternal Yoshi]

I'd rather see Zelda going into a colonial age first, where enemies would have guns that take ages to reload.

You know, things influenced by the american revolution.

Sadly, it would be most likely influenced by Feudal Japan a la Inuyasha.

 

[pickle962]

Urban Legend of Zelda wouldn't work. Technology like trains,guns,phones,Etc. just wouldn't work well in a LoZ game. I wasn't too thrilled with the train in Spirit Tracks. Magic is the way to go in Legend of Zelda IMO.

 

[Skrlx]

I'd rather see Zelda going into a colonial age first, where enemies would have guns that take ages to reload.

You know, things influenced by the american revolution.

Sadly, it would be most likely influenced by Feudal Japan a la Inuyasha.

I actually like this idea.

 

[libertyernie]

There were phones in Link's Awakening.
Then again, that game also had Goombas and Kirby as enemies. And it was in a dream.

 

[firelord767]

Link always ends up in that kokiri outfit in every adventure he goes on. Can you imagine what that would look like in an urban world?

"Hey, why's Santa's Little Helper j-walking?"

Also, you know how New York City has that river that they closed off underground so they could build where it is? It still runs, but it's more a pipeline than a river. What if the Master Sword's Grove, or The Four Sword Sanctuary, was in a hidden cave or something underneath Hyrule Castle City? I doubt Link would be using a basic metal sword for the game, though. So what if Ganon was after it for the magic? I mean, Link would have something more akin to a modern military-grade close-combat weapon, if there are any. So that makes the Master Sword just some source of power. Link could be racing Ganon to undig the Master Sword, and either Link would use it to reverse the spell and kill Ganon (AGAIN), or Ganon would get it cast some epic-uber death spell turning Hyrule into a post-apocoliptic wasteland.

Or maybe it'd be before OoT in the sense that MechQuest was before AdventureQuest and some mega-spell at the end of the game destroyes the tech. But that's in another thread, right?

 

[comboking]

I like the story plot in the OP sounds like a good fan game plot.

 

[#HBC | Dark Horse]

About his clothes... They would probably be a green shirt, regular jeans, and a green baseball cap.

 

[libertyernie]

The cap should have the Seattle Mariners logo on it.

 

[IYM!]

urban Zelda??? jajajaja

Like devil may cry he must combine his mighty Master Sword with guns, machinguns, and other weird stuff, like a Batman hook LoL

A Link like this in the start of our adventure

 

[Mr.Freeman]

He looks like a douche.

 

[libertyernie]

Looks like he already has the L-2 skateboard.

 

[Luigitoilet]

He looks like a douche.

yeah but not as much as this does

 

[Leaf.]

Now, a modern Zelda would be awesome IF it were done right. There are seriously maybe 10 right ways out of the limitless wrong ways it could be done. Also, Nintendo doesn't really do modern games much, so I don't know how well it would go.

I hate the fact that every modern-themed game either has a gun or has no combat to it. I just don't see it working. There isn't a sword or magic in modern games, except in few situations, and it normally doesn't work.

Now, if Hyrule's technology had gone in a different way, and somehow missed the creation of guns, grew the use of magic, but still had many of the other things of a modern society, it could be cool. The other races would be cool. I could see the Goron going further as a military nation, Zora becoming the marketing and business nation, and the Deku being the scholary (and most magically proficient) nation.

Maybe could work...

 

[Fletch]

yeah but not as much as this does

I think we found our next Link?

 

[IYM!]

"The mighty bazooka of Light is the final weapon to defeat ganon" jajajaja

 

[firelord767]

Now, a modern Zelda would be awesome IF it were done right. There are seriously maybe 10 right ways out of the limitless wrong ways it could be done. Also, Nintendo doesn't really do modern games much, so I don't know how well it would go.

I hate the fact that every modern-themed game either has a gun or has no combat to it. I just don't see it working. There isn't a sword or magic in modern games, except in few situations, and it normally doesn't work.

Now, if Hyrule's technology had gone in a different way, and somehow missed the creation of guns, grew the use of magic, but still had many of the other things of a modern society, it could be cool. The other races would be cool. I could see the Goron going further as a military nation, Zora becoming the marketing and business nation, and the Deku being the scholary (and most magically proficient) nation.

Maybe could work...

Wait, but weren't the gorons extremely passive? Just about everything in this post is perfect, but while the goron body is great for war, don't they just wanna relax and eat rocks and bombs? Unless they were guns for hire (WITHOUT GUNS, AND THAT IS MANDATORY) who stockpiled their earnings together to make the goron way of life better.

Maybe it could be another one of those games with random ways to ride. Airplane :D

 

[Leaf.]

Wait, but weren't the gorons extremely passive? Just about everything in this post is perfect, but while the goron body is great for war, don't they just wanna relax and eat rocks and bombs? Unless they were guns for hire (WITHOUT GUNS, AND THAT IS MANDATORY) who stockpiled their earnings together to make the goron way of life better.

Maybe it could be another one of those games with random ways to ride. Airplane :D

Right, I never really thought about how passive they were. I was just seeing the images in my head, though. Guns (minus the guns) for hire would be pretty cool though. But I really don't know what else the gorons could be.

Urban Zelda should have an overworld though. I guess like GTA kinda has?

 

[firelord767]

I dunno if one like in OoT would work, though it'd probably end up more like Termina.

Thats another thing, would we still have Hyrule Field? Or would it be trashed or built over or something? If it were Hyrule Suburbs, people would start dieing with Kaiba's smiles instead of puppies. Maybe the zombie thingers would prevent it from being built over.

 

[Luigitoilet]

Hyrule Junkyard

 

[Spire]

Hyrule Junkyard

I actually like this idea for a location.

If we saw an urban Legend of Zelda, I would imagine that Hyrule Castle Town expand into Hyrule City covering almost the entirety of Hyrule Field, reaching all the way to Lake Hylia, which would be a prime location in this game. The urban sprawl would cause a lot of waste to be dumped into the lake which would spark conservationalists (primarily Zoras) trying to fight this to preserve their home. Actually that's really cliché. I'm sure the Hylians/Humans would take the Zora into account and build around this problem, though I could see a dam being built in Zora's River at some point for some reason.

 

[ZIO]

I've thought of similar things.

You got to think for a second that their land will probably develop differently from our own. there's a chance they may not develop guns. They may enhance their Bow and Arrows. They may not have ever found a reason to produce computers.

But, if Hyrule were to develop into something similar to our own world, I would think some things that would remain would be shrines that pay tribute to the gods. That, or they could have been forgotten, so those shrines have gone under.

I don't know. Just an interesting thought, and I'd love to see Nintendo do something like that.

 

[firelord767]

I've thought of similar things.

You got to think for a second that their land will probably develop differently from our own. there's a chance they may not develop guns. They may enhance their Bow and Arrows. They may not have ever found a reason to produce computers.

But, if Hyrule were to develop into something similar to our own world, I would think some things that would remain would be shrines that pay tribute to the gods. That, or they could have been forgotten, so those shrines have gone under.

I don't know. Just an interesting thought, and I'd love to see Nintendo do something like that.

As such, you must start a farm, collect money, get married, and eventually collect all the musical notes so that all the hylains begin worshiping the big three again.

 

[JOE!]

Epona = Bad *** motorcycle

 

[LASHING_LEAF]

ok heres how it would be *i have more of a futuristic veiw on it*
bow&arrow=laser guns
sword=beam sword
bombs=plasma grenades
epona=tricked out car
his hat=beanie
suit=camo
sheild=riot sheild

race's
zora=same with harpoons
gorons=more hick related and very country like 50's technology

 

[AngryMoblyn1881]

I cant help but thinking to myself that it is quite ironic that a while back many people were thinking the new zelda was goingto be futuristic. and now that we have the true plot, it is the exact opposite of what some thought it was going to be.

 

[Luigitoilet]

I cant help but thinking to myself that it is quite ironic that a while back many people were thinking the new zelda was goingto be futuristic. and now that we have the true plot, it is the exact opposite of what some thought it was going to be.

Yeah, but the real chances of a futuristic Zelda are zero so this isn't surprising.

 

[AngryMoblyn1881]

Yeah, but the real chances of a futuristic Zelda are zero so this isn't surprising.

no not surprising, but ironic because itsa the exact opposite of one of the more popular rumours that developed.

 

[Jonas]

The game should have a ton of parkour. Just because.

 

[finalark]

The game should have a ton of parkour. Just because.

I second this magnificently awesome statement

 

[Spire]

The game should have a ton of parkour. Just because.

You should play Mirror's Edge in that case.

 

[Luigitoilet]

Actually, I think a Zelda game would be cool with some parkour elements. And maybe a more fluid way to hookshot/grapple from roof to roof and stuff would be cool.

 

[finalark]

You should play Mirror's Edge in that case.

I was thinking something more Assassin's Creed-ish.

And I agree with LT.