The Next Zelda Story... 

I just want an NPC who is a male Garudo, who you THINK he is a villain, but he’s actually a good guy, that helps you fight the dark sorcerer.

Having Link’s father and sister removed or being faded to the background from BOTW/TOTK is a big mistake for Nintendo. Zelda did mentions him in one of his memories. I would like to see how they played a role in Link’s life since Aryll from Windwaker is a care free and sweet little sister.

I totally agree with all of these points; especially the "companion-gone-evil" and adding depth to the main villain of the game. I love games that can impact you emotionally, and I would love to see that for the next Zelda game!

Only thing I would love at this point is something to tie the time of legend on the timeline with the current era

I'd like to see Lorule return in some way, Vaati, the Minish/Picori, or Link having more family.

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The final claim of the next game is going to be Zelda's loyal follower who he's finally gotten tired of Link overstepping his bounds and finally completing her transformation into the true ultimate Calamity, Flowerblight Ganon.

I too am in favor of Lore Focus and Different Paths. Given the attempts to solidify the timeline, I think having more of both of these aspects fits in well. I like when Link has a family but the games make it clear how quickly that invites tragedy whether it’s death or having to abandon them for the quest. It’s too hard to watch for me. What I would really like is to see Link as whatever species the Ancient Hero was since it’s so different and another Tetra-like Zelda who is more morally grey initially. I also want to see a Ganondorf with a more focused relationship with Link. Ganondorf is always focused on Zelda or Hylia as his main enemy or a power to acquire. He always writes off Link until Link gets strong enough to fight him. What if you had Ganondorf who considered Link a real threat from the start, being a more active antagonist towards him?

Funny enough, I was thinking about the story of the next Zelda game and it's villain. I was thinking that there could be two villains working together, However, one of them would be a friendly and a lighthearted person, they are just following orders. Later they get to know link (huge character development) and save him in the final boss fight out of nowhere (As the plot twist).

The story in zelda has never been prioritized, so I highly doubt they go way up and beyond to give players the freedom to create the story they sees fit centered around the choices of the player. All I really want for the next zelda story is to have an engaging one that isn't tied to memories like in botw/totk. And I do agree that we should at least get to see Link's parents in some way in the next game.

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Will Zelda and Link journey together this time around? Plus a playable Princess Zelda we have been waiting for since Skyward Sword. And that unique concept would’ve help the Tears of the Kingdom’s story since it focuses on two different time periods based on multiple perspectives (Link +Princess Zelda).

I want the Twilight Realm to return or a Twilight Princess sequel

Planning on watching this after Echoes of Wisdom comes out to see how spot on it is. See you in 3 months and 5 days.

I want Vaati, the twilight realm, and Sheik.

The Zonai race is one part of the Zelda lore that hasn’t been explored and what it could’ve been in TOTK.

I am on the “make Zelda playable/ more involved” camp. Zelda games have done it before where Zelda is massively important to the story, which does well in helping the player connect with her. Playable is the dream come true, but more involved is the bare minimum I would give personally.

The Japanese text in Tears of the Kingdom shows more in-depth to Ganondorf’s character and his motivations than the English vocalization.

An island-hopping Zelda with BOTW/TOTK physics and underwater exploration would be a great way to make a sequel to Tears of the Kingdom if not a dream game since Windwaker. And reintroducing Labrynna (Oracle of Ages) and Holodrum (Oracle of Seasons) with the TOTK/BOTW physics may not be a bad idea since many of us are curious of what’s outside of Hyrule’s borders. The Era of the Wild needs a proper conclusion of Hyrule being rebuilt and Link x Zelda started a family of their own. Thus, Link, Zelda and the Sages (Sidon, Tulin, Riju and Yunobo) set out on an exploration of foreign lands outside of Hyrule by sea.

0:52 Majora's Mask already did this with some of the mask sidequests, Anju & Kafei and Romani Ranch sidequests if I remember correctly. The overall plot remained the same but you experienced different parts of the story based on your decisions. The entire game was basically like this but those two sidequests had the biggest changes.

I want Vaati & Ganondorf to team up for a mainline game. I feel like they could do some really cool things with that

I would love if link gets 2 new zonai abilitys like shrink and fast forward or anything cause they're alien like

I want to see previous Characters return. Like Agitha, Midna, Zant, Ghirahim, Ezlo, and all the Zelda Characters who were introduced in Hyrule Warriors.

How well this video has aged

What about Zelda from Spirit Tracks? She is also a companion too! And it would makes sense to have her and Link be on adventures together which I was hoping for in the prologue of TOTK but sadly it cut short . Most of the content, like the murals of Ganondorf armed with his trident from the announcement teaser, were cut off. While we are waiting for the Master Works to get more info on TOTK, my hopes is that Zelda may become Link’s companion.

I want to save Marin from being trapped as a seagull forever .

4:55 It would've been nice if Rauru had stuck with us during the game that way he could give lore dumps and what not to us about zonai stuff, his opinion how Hyrule has changed throughout the millennia, and what not. I just hope that the player is put into the action instead of the aftermath to deal with the clean up like it had been for the last two games. As much as I don't like how hyped OoT is I can at least admit that you had stakes in the story since you were included in it. All the way up to Skyward Sword you were smack dab in the middle of the conflict, I feel more like a janitor in BotW and TotK.

Multiple boss encounters with Ganondorf throughout the game sounds like an awesome idea actually. Maybe even encounters you could lose which would help shape the next encounter? If you don't prepare properly.

1:10 In Minish Cap you can save Gregal but he can die if you don't save him in time making the light arrows unobtainable. Link's Grandfather was also in Minish Cap.

What if Link's parents were tasked to guard zelda, and when we find zelda, we meet his parents? However, near the climax, they die protecting link

Working on a series of videos that hopefully capture some of this. Good stuff!

I agree, I'd love to have more details on Link's family. The closest we ever got is in the Wind Waker with a sister and a grandma, and in BotW where we know link's father was a knight. I'm someone who really likes seeing family stuff in games, so this is something I'd really like to see.

I want to see a all new Zelda game open world bigger and better like breath of the wild 2 or tears of the kingdom 2 for the switch 2

Zant, backstory confirming the timeline and the return of the BLESSED TRIFORCE

I'd like to see an elderly version of either oot or tp link returning from a long journey to find Hyrule controlled by a mystery villain who has stolen one of the triforce pieces. It needs to have a darker tone and new enemies that would've evolved during Link's absence like maybe a stal-gannondorf as a temple boss.

i want some more dark creepy zelda like twilight princess or majora's mask

The next story Gannondorf needs to be a hooded guide for link helping him out all in order to trick him into the temple with the princess uniting the 3 triforce pieces and warping all 3 of them to the sacred realm where the final fight begins. That way un-cloaked gannondorf can still show up to attack link at various times with the flashbacks before each fight all leading up to the last one

I would like the game to apply dynamic difficulty to the story quests. Using Tears as an example; let’s say you visit the Zora first as part of the story. The sludge wouldn’t have had time to pile up, enemy placements would be fewer and farther between. Now say you visit the Zora last; now the rivers are truly clogged up, enemy encampments are thick on the ground, etc. it would make what order you do the story quests feel like they had more weight rather than say “ok cleared the Rito, now do I wanna move East, South East or West?” Building on your friend-turned-enemy idea, maybe they could be a legacy character like Impa who’s normally an ally but is a villain in this game to really throw off the player. And of course I would LOVE for Zelda to be playable.

One thing I would really like to see is another new (main) villain. As much of a staple as Ganondorf has been throughout the series in the Link-Zelda-Ganon(dorf) dynamic, considering the "eternal" curse by Demise, but even with the new creative iterations to his onscreen presence I'm getting a liiiittle bit tired of the name. By now it has become a rather unsurprising "ah sh!t, here we go again" kind of thing...you know, if we already know in advance who we'll be up against except wondering how he looks this time. Either his character could take a backseat role where a new main villain becomes his spiritual successor without merely being a puppet, or someone completely new without any ties to Ganondorf like Majora.

Great video I like your ideas I really want different outcomes to story for replayability

Hope they combine elements of all the games. Story structure AND open world. Love your ideas. I know multiverse is trendy now but multiple variants of link working together might be cool

Have you looked into any of the linked universe content? It's full of theories. Like making four sword link and Wind waker link may be related. They have the same shield. The shield that is wind wakers family heirloom?

I think that having a villainous royal family member would be neat.

The first idea could work like the mechanics in MM. If you go with/aid NPC A then the outcome will be not being to help out NPC B, C, etc. It would give players a bigger incentive to replay the game to get every, yet similar outcome. In reality you can't save/aid everyone so a touch of real life repercussions for your choses could help add to the first person gameplay.

I love the idea of a companion turning bad due to a difference in goals. They work with Link towards the same goal (maybe trying to get back to a former companion if Link's) but Link finds out it's causing terrible things to happen and stops, but the companion refuses to stop. Link has to try to fix the damage he caused and stop new companion, even though Link originally wanted the goal too

I would like to see a whole new world, villian, and Zelda/Link combo. Something completely fresh

The different paths reminds me of Skyward Sword where you can choose to give the love letter or use it as toilet paper!

It could be interesting to have a game focused on the adventures of Link and Zelda's children, about 10 years after Tears of the Kingdom. Along they way they can meet iconic characters who tell them stories presented in the form of playable flashbacks.

If there is to be more lore, then I would like to see more about the Zonai in particular, I would like to see them revisit the Twilight Realm in some way also. We might not get Midna again, but someone else. Having a supporting companion who you want talk to would be nice to have again, not just there to be the annoying messenger giving you tips on how to do things, but talk about their world and the things going on as well as hints an/or reminders for quests we're on, as well as tracking certain things for your quest. They could just reboot the entire series of Zelda and create a whole new timeline of events, alternate timeline where all the previous games are called the Age of Legends and they call this new timeline the Age of Myths, but still being able to keep Tears of the Kingdom and Breath of the Wild world at the start of their timelines instead, or at least Tears of the Kingdom for that matter. I'll be interested to see if they keep the same art style of BotW/TotK's Cell Shading, because it feels like the definitive Zelda look of games for modern era games. Who knows... maybe they'll combine the art style of TotK with Twilight Princess to get a semi-realistic rendition of Link.

Welp, this aged well

I want to have a Zelda game starring a young Ganondorf from Oot. He could start out playing similarly to Link but with more magic. We can see him go from being a hero of his people to him slowly growing fear and hatred towards Hyrule. His reasons could be that the Hylian Civil War was in full swing his whole life and Hyrule was seen as an oppressive state and colonizers. It could be like an Anakin Skywalker story but fused with Link.

I agree, I would love to see the progressive story of Ganondorf throughout the game. He's been said to be a major tactician but we rarely see it. He needs to start out as working with the Royal family only to become a sort of Agahnim. Link would cross him throughout the game, maybe even thrown into a dungeon at one point during a confrontation. The end would be link and supporters versus Ganondorf and his army in the open hyrule field.

It's been 24 years since Majora's Mask and they should really try to do something akin to dark fantasy again. An adventure outside Hyrule, even if Yoshiaki Koizumi isn't writing it.

I'd like the Zonai to be properly explored or a good Ganondorf who slowly goes evil, maybe a story told from Ganondorf's pov?

What about a story where before Ganondorf goes bad he, Zelda, and Link would actually be friends. We know he is going to fall but he helps Link along their adventure but seeing them close, that give an element of tragedy. It could be that Ganondorf learns of his fate, but it leads to questions of fighting destiny. This idea takes a lot of inspiration from recent transformers stories including the upcoming Transformers One moves where before the war Optimus and Megatron were close friends.

I'd like to see a sort of blend between Fable and Zelda, with actual dungeons like TP or OOT

I'd like to see an Old Man Link, battle hardened and experienced Link face off against Vaati in a 3D Zelda

I would like a direct sequel to Twilight Princess where it reuses the overworlds of Twilight Princess, Wind Waker, and A Link to the Past. As a story explanation, the destruction of the Mirror of Twilight caused temporal rifts between the three timelines (Child, Adult, and Downfall) within the dungeons. As an example, in the Twilight Princess Forest Temple, there would be doors that connect to the Forbidden Woods from Wind Waker and the Eastern Palace. This would mix up how the dungeons would be explored than in their original games even though the dungeon maps would be the same. For story reasons, the WW Ganon’s Tower wouldn’t be accessible, because it would happen tangentially with Phantom Hourglass. It would also be a momentary split in the Downfall Timeline with A Link to the Past. Over the course of the game, Link has to find a way to repair the Mirror of Twilight to close the rifts so Agahnim wouldn’t cause problems for the Adult and Child Timelines. However, Agahnim has caused trouble already, kidnapping Medli and Makar from the Earth and Wind Temples, and kidnapping Prince Ralis for his ritual to resurrect Ganon (A Link to the Past version). Due to the rifts, however, Link would be able to wield two of the Master Sword in this hypothetical game. Link duel wielding two of the Master Sword would be awesome as an option!

Could you imagine if Ganondorf in the next game was a positive figure in Links youth and a good friend and brother in arms to his father, and then something happens maybe a disaster forces the kingdom of Hyrule to abandon the Gerudo when they needed it and Ganondorf becoming more and more evil

I would like a story with more of a plot twist. I've thrown around the idea of Link already known as the Hero & defending the Royal Family, except that they're false royals (forces of the main evil) & the "princess" isn't actually of the line of the Goddess. They're trying to figure out where the REAL Princess Zelda is so they can destroy her & Link must rescue her & put her on the throne before they capture her & have her executed, eliminating the line forever. Meanwhile, he's branded as a traitor & has to watch out for HIMSELF, not just monsters, but loyal people who were lead astray. He has to move Zelda from area to area as he's able to convince the people that Zelda is the true ruler & then move her out before monsters destroy that area, so as to keep all of the townspeople safe. It could even be where he's only able to convince a small number of people in any area who can hide her for a while, too, building up his forces to break into the castle & put her on the throne & reveal the truth.

I'd like a game where Zelda and Link help a good Ganondorf/Gerudo male by trying to prevent him from becoming the new Calamity, with two possible endings: one a la Spirit Tracks (they fail, but after the first stage of the final fight Ganondorf gets rid of the possession and the three of them face the Calamity who has taken over a more willing but weaker vessel), or it turns out that everything that happened to Ganondorf is due to the fact that he is actually the new Spirit Sage and that the Calamity is someone else. I know, I'm basic XD

Id actually like Nintendo to keep it like botw/totk games. I still haven't even beat totk yet it's so huge!

It would be cool if link could have more thanc 3 facial expressions again

The next Zelda will probably be about geant like Shadow of the Colossus , long time they wanted to make such game and with all the Mecha breath and tears of kingdoms implemented, like climbing to immense robot etc was their test subject

honestly my only wishes for the next zelda story is the same as yours, just more depth to a villan before we face him

What it sounds like is that you want a FF game with the Zelda theme

I always thought a game where Zelda, Link and Ganondorf all grew up in a small village together & were almost like those kids from Windfall island in wind waker. Something bad happens to the village and they all get split up all seeking different paths to power. Zelda seeks wisdom & becomes part of the royal family because...She was lost as a baby and found by the village. Link seeks strength in the warrior path (Basically botw esc. but more liner) Ganondorf seeks Power by any means necessary even offering up his body in the end. Sorry for the terrible summary :p

This video was made at the *right* time, good sir, haha

How about combining the character plot twist with the Boss depth? You start the game with a companion, but they are later revealed to be the Big Bad of the game.

Awesome Video Bro!

The next big bad might be Link's father, turned evil, on Ganondorf's (or some other overarching villain's) side, attempting to free/resurrect his master (maybe he believes it's for the better of the people, possible to break the cycle of Heroes, Princesses and Ganondorfs being born into the world, and the chaos the cycle keeps causing...) EDIT) Think of Link getting a "I am the father"-moment

How about your sidekick leading you to help prevent disaster and it turns out you’ve actually been removing the seals and release the big bad on the world. Who is their boss.

maybe have link be separated from his family as a toddler and now that he is older wants to find his bio family

Attention to the lore. Period!

I want a Zelda game where relations with Hyrule and the Gerudo are perfect and Ganondorf is a young king who winds up being a father figure to a teen link who is a knight in training at the time and then after a time lapse Ganondorf gets corrupted by the demise curse and link must confront his old master now turned into his greatest enemy

I want to play as an older Link. Like in his 20’s.

What if there was a spinoff Zelda game called… The legend of Zelda: The yiga clans wrath

Want to know the villain better? Zelda villains, especially derived from ganondorf will always be an emanation from demise, and who is demise? the previous god and king of the whole current dimension, now occupied by Hylia and her golden goddesses plan to bring peace and development. He loathes this plan, he is a god of violence, domination, and oppression and is obsessed with his dominance, he'll always hate hylia, and therefore Zelda and Hyrule

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Keep making Zelda content brother, I read NPC’s dialogue in your accent.

A Zelda II remake in the likes of the Metroid II remake

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Hello there

I came up with something like #1 !! i should let myself be more cringe on the internet to explain myself in a video XD

Hg nintendo save family lore for movie

I'd like to see Zelda actually have her mother currently alive, & interacting with her, possibly asking advice from her mother, etc. Perhaps in this same game is when Link's parents/family is present in more than just a picture, or a mention. Now, I know the devs will only implement important characters if they have a significant role in the story, & the only way for a kid/teen to go on a world-saving adventure, is if their parents can't do it, & the easiest way to tell that kind of story is if the parents & other adults are either dead, or not available, but by this point, I think that trope is overdone, & is lazy writing. I know they can come up with a reason why Link or Zelda (or both), have to be the ones to save Hyrule, without having to kill off their parents, in order for it to happen. It could be that they are temporarily trapped/kidnapped/imprisoned, etc, but then choose to keep going with the journey, once their family is saved, or simply that the Master Sword or whatever other diety/force chose them, which is kind of a common trope, but it would still be better than "parents dead, I'm the only one left who can" trope. I'm so glad that Echoes of Wisdom will finally give us the wish I've had since Minish Cap first came out: to play as Zelda. I wish it was a 3D Zelda game, instead of a top-down toy-lookin 2D game, but at least it's something. I definitely agree with you & many others, on wanting more story & lore. Not only would it be a great experience, but it would also mean more analysis & theory vids from my favorite Zeldatubers, like you! Half of my enjoyment of Zelda games comes from Zeldatubers keeping the excitement & joy of the games alive, as well as the nostalgia of older games, by extending the possibilities of the lore, making theories, & expressing what you liked, & what you'd like to see in the future. It gives me ideas for what I'd like to put in my own future games, if/when I ever get the chance to produce them. Also, what NOT to do/add. The best way for a dev (or future dev) to find out what their target audience wants is by perusing vids & threads about games similar to what they want to make. Unfortunately, not a lot of huge companies care to do this anymore, which sucks, cuz I know we'd get a lot more great games with what we actually wanted in a game, if big companies would watch vids like this one...maybe even hire a PR person specifically to do this for them, & report their findings, & then they can sift through all the ideas, & pick out the best ones. I know I'd do this, if I were the head of a huge gaming company, but didn't have the time to do this searching, myself.

its just the legend of link now instead (:

I would just like the game to have a strong style/theme/philosophy that the story is in service of. Such as in Majora's Mask and Twilight princess. Also have citizens of Hyrule experience these theme's and having deep side characters/stories that make the world not just revolve around Link. To me, the design of citizens and also the game overall, though pretty, felt kind of bland in comparison to older titles.I want to really care about the world and the individual people in it again. Can you tell I'm a MM fan? lol

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Let the next game be a TOTK sequel

Bonjour

Playable Zelda.

I want an evil Zelda that is not a doppelganger or her body possessed by a villain, Say Zelda is gifted a necklace and it turns her morals and a part off the plot is finding away to take it off her. A Villain that is not Ganon/Ganondorf for a change off pace. Some more technology would be nice I would love to revisit the Era off Spirit Tracks and show us how the trains have improved. the Master Sword to not be the be all and end all.

sympathetic ganon will never happen. in the first place, he was designed by nintendo with a wide variety of features meant to caricature groups clearly considered by the designers to be lesser-- the usage of antisemitic and racist imagery is basically ingrained in his design. all the effort botw did to represent the gerudo more neutrally was retconned when totk made them a mindless lady army for ganon to control again. nintendo has no interest in humanizing this character or creating complex villains and heroes. the intro to ganondorf is a fantasy world where violence against brown bodies and women is necessitated by the plot, and morally justified to the hero youre meant to project on. on that note playable zelda isnt happening either-- since this is a world where the wish fulfillment power fantasy of rescuing a princess from a scary beastlike brown man is considered a critical aspect of the franchise. tldr nintento is too racist and sexist to make a zelda game that fits modern storytelling standards.

I would love a game where the big bad turns out to be Link himself. Not Shadow Link or Dark Link, but the hero himself. Like, he's already saved the kingdom and his new celebrity status goes to his head and he wants more. We could play as Zelda, trying desperately to save her friend...or we could play as a new character that was thought to be a new enemy, just trying to prove they are good after all.