I think a Zelda Collection is almost a shoe in now

[FFNB]

I'm more of a Zelda fan than a Mario fan, so I'd be up for a Zelda Legacy Collection series. Maybe split into parts. One collection covers the NES, SNES, and handheld eras. One collection covering the N64 era, and one collection covering the Gamecube, Wii/Wii U eras. I haven't gotten the 3D All Stars collection, so I have no idea how that turned out, but it'd be great if Nintendo would show Zelda and Metroid more love as far as bringing the older, non-3D games to the Switch.

 

[Rover_]

emulations like Mario 3d? nope

touched up true remasters? yeah gimme.

 

[Sir Hound]

I think there'll be a disc with OOT, MM, Ww and TP all given the all-stars emulation treatment potentially with SS as more of a port

 

[DinoBlaster]

On here? Probably. Wider market? Nah. I mean they sold WW on its own twice before, they will totally do it again. It's a great game in its own right so people will buy it

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It's definitely worthy of being sold on its own...but that would be a dick move to sell OOT, MM, and TP in one collection, then withhold WW and bundle it with Four Swords and the DS games.

 

[Type VII]

As well as a collection of 3D console games, I'd love to see a handheld collection as well.

 

[Ushojax]

I can see them bundling the 3DS remakes together while selling the Wii U ports separately at full price.

 

[Madao]

i'm still thinking they'll do the same thing they did the first time they re-released the first mario collection.

they'll just repackage the old Zelda Collection from GC with their new GC emulator and tweak a few things and call it a day, just like the Super Mario All Stars release on Wii.

 

[Vector]

They're going to release ports of the Wii U remasters for $60 each and a new Skyward Sword remaster for $60.

Obviously I'd prefer if they remade the GC Zelda Collector's Edition but this time with the N64 Zeldas with HD HUD, WWHD, and TPHD but Nintendo is going to try to make as much money as possible so yeah.

 

[AlexFlame116]

I don't understand why people keep omitting Majora's Mask or associate it with how Galaxy 2 was taken out, especially since the closest reason is that Galaxy 2 has a mechanic that wouldn't work well with the Switch.

Majora's Mask has no such mechanic.

 

[Jodast]

In 2010 Nintendo released a 25th Mario Anniversary collection (even if it was just All stars emulated). In 2011 Nintendo released Skyward Sword and a limited timed expanded DSi port of Four Swords to celebrate Zelda's 25th.

They didn't make a compilation disc 10 years ago when they did for Mario despite everyone probably thinking they would then (and also having the emulators then too). Why is everyone so sure it's happening now?

 

[mopinks]

i'm still thinking they'll do the same thing they did the first time they re-released the first mario collection.

they'll just repackage the old Zelda Collection from GC with their new GC emulator and tweak a few things and call it a day, just like the Super Mario All Stars release on Wii.

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that's an emulator turducken

 

[Madao]

In 2010 Nintendo released a 25th Mario Anniversary collection (even if it was just All stars emulated). In 2011 Nintendo released Skyward Sword and a limited timed expanded DSi port of Four Swords to celebrate Zelda's 25th.

They didn't make a compilation disc 10 years ago when they did for Mario despite everyone probably thinking they would then (and also having the emulators then too). Why is everyone so sure it's happening now?

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i think the fact the 2010 collection was the 1993 one repackaged while this year's one is a new collection is giving people those hopes.

 

[Tora]

Feels like you're asking for too much.

-WWHD and TPHD
-SSHD seperately
-MM/OOT 3ds ports or emulated

Maybe some SNES Zelda games on the service

That's it, thankfully wind waker and twilight princess have been remastered and Skyward actually needs retooling so they'll all look nice.

 

[Zool]

after Super Mario 3D All Stars.. But that could depend on the timing of Botw 2 coming out next year. They wouldn't want to cannablize with botw2, so maybe after?

Anyway, what games would you want on it? I have two ideas/two separate collections actually, regardless of how realistic they are of actually happening (especially widescreen and full 1080p support).

1. Hero of Time Collection
Ocarina of Time, Majora's Mask and Twilight Princess. Oot and MM are 720p/1080p 16:9 native resolution ports of the 3ds version, while TP is a port of TP HD on Wii U. It's called hero of time, cause hero of time appears in all of them

2. Windwaker/ Toon Link Collection
Windwaker, Phantom Hourglass, Spirit Tracks and Four Swords Adventures. 4 games I know. But Windwaker HD (Wii U port), and 720p/1080p widescreenp portsof the DS PH and ST.. as well as GameCube version of Four Swords Adventures.

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Based on what we have seen with the all stars collection and the emulators there is no 3ds emulator and 3 games seems to be enough for Nintendo for 60 dollar effort.... so, max 3 games and only NGC, N64 or Wii ports.

 

[Noppie]

Who says you can't buy them individually? It will happen with the Mario gamea

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Based on absolutely nothing.

 

[Aprikurt]

Ok I'll give leeway to MM N64 being superior(even though I heavily disagree) but what makes OoT 3D so bad?

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Nothing. People seriously can't accept that the version they played as a kid isn't objectively superior. It's a shame, and I hope it won't deprive us of OOT3D in future rereleases

 

[nampad]

Of course there will be. They already successfully resold this and other games so many times.
No reason to stop squeezing, especially with the work they already did for the Mario collection. Though latest news from the homebrew community says it is not just a simple emulator where you could inject other games into.

 

[Japanmanx3]

Same.

 

[Aurica]

If they do collections, I expect it to be Ocarina 3DS/Majora 3DS for 60 bucks and then Twilight Princess remaster/Windwaker remasterfor 60 bucks. Or... all these for 60 bucks each seems more on brand: Ocarina/Majora, Windwaker, Twilight Princess.

 

[Superking]

Imagine if nintendo included both the original OoT and the 3ds version! :o

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lol

 

[Ganondolf]

If there is a collection I expect OOT, WWHD & TPHD.

I don't expect any of the other games being released apart from SSHD which will be a stand-alone

 

[JershJopstin]

I just can't quite imagine how they'll pick and choose titles; nothing seems to fit well, and the way they handled 3D All-Stars didn't make things any clearer.

If we're throwing realism out the window, I'd love the 4 existing remakes as a single title with SS HD coming separately (insiders alreasy said it's coming, though now that I think about it I'm not sure we know if it's standalone).

Who says you can't buy them individually? It will happen with the Mario gamea

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Bet

 

[raketenrolf]

I would hope we get native ports of Skyward Sword and the 3DS games but I guess all we get is a collection with emulated N64 OoT, MM and Skyward Sword and, if we are lucky, a dual pack of TWW and TP HD.

I also hope they won't forget A Link Between Worlds, but I guess they will. A collection of the 3DS games would be so nice.

 

[ShadowFox08]

Holy smokes, Majora's Mask looks fantastic.

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Switch Pro 4k let's go!

I would hope we get native ports of Skyward Sword and the 3DS games but Imwe all we get a collection with emulated N64 OoT, MM and Skyward Sword and, if we are lucky, a dual pack of TWW and TP HD.

I also hope they won't forget A Link Between Worlds, but I guess they will. A collection of the 3DS games would be so nice.

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That would be amazing as well. 3DS games in one collection: OoT, MM and A Link Between Worlds, while WW, TP and SS for the other collection.

I would hope we get native ports of Skyward Sword and the 3DS games but Imwe all we get a collection with emulated N64 OoT, MM and Skyward Sword and, if we are lucky, a dual pack of TWW and TP HD.

I also hope they won't forget A Link Between Worlds, but I guess they will. A collection of the 3DS games would be so nice.

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That would be amazing as well. 3DS games in one collection: OoT, MM and A Link Between Worlds, while WW, TP and SS for the other collection.

i'm still thinking they'll do the same thing they did the first time they re-released the first mario collection.

they'll just repackage the old Zelda Collection from GC with their new GC emulator and tweak a few things and call it a day, just like the Super Mario All Stars release on Wii.

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That would be really weird considering we have remakes (and better) out.

The original 64 versions should be put on console VC. Perhaps nintendo will open up 64, Gzc and console VC on March. 🤔

 

[RobbRivers]

I'm really upset on mario 64 in mario 3d allstars so I hope we have 3ds zeldas, ot give the option to toggle remastered/original modes, like halo anniversary does (or both).

 

[LinkStrikesBack]

Based on what we have seen with the all stars collection and the emulators there is no 3ds emulator and 3 games seems to be enough for Nintendo for 60 dollar effort.... so, max 3 games and only NGC, N64 or Wii ports.

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It's not like we knew of N64, Gamecube or Wii emulators for the switch before the all stars collection either, so I don't quite follow how this means a 3ds one is impossible.

The bigger problem is just having a 3ds emulator wouldn't work so well, because nobody wants the second screen taking up a chunk of screen real estate. The games would be better served being used as a base, but altered for a single screen.

 

[Gay Bowser]

I can see them bundling the 3DS remakes together while selling the Wii U ports separately at full price.

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Same.

Not all next year, though. They're not going to release, like, five Zelda SKUs at retail in one year.

 

[Aprikurt]

Portable Wind Waker has been a dream for me ever since that portable GameCube mockup was floating around.

But hey at least we got a portable sequel 🤢

 

[PenultimateFantasy]

I mean, no in that Nintendo never do what you think

I think what they do with the all stars 3d games after they stop selling them will give an indication.

They have already done lots of renakr for three zelda games but they were all full price

 

[YolkFolk]

I think we'll get separate releases.

At most we'll get an OoT/MM (remastered versions) double pack and WW/TP double pack.

 

[Kivvi]

With the effort they put into the 3d Mario collection I'm expecting both WiiU ports sold separately for 60 bugs like Tropical Freeze. SS as well thanks to the rumours. Since the possibility of N64 emulator does exist we might only get NOS versions of OoT and MM. They were already remade for 3ds after all. I'm not seeing a collection at all.

 

[matrix-cat]

Ocarina of Time: 720p at 4:3, 20FPS (N64 version)
Wind Waker: 1080p, 30FPS (Gamecube version, no enhancements from the HD remaster)
Twilight Princess: 1080p, 30FPS (Pro Controller not supported, detached Joycons only)

$70 with next-gen tax, only available for 6 months. "Where the fuck is Majora's Mask?"

 

[Mariachi507]

Honestly they won't make any sense since they released Link's Awakening for a full $60...

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That's was a remake though, not at the same level of work were talking about here. The hardest part would be reconfiguring the 3DS remakes of Ocarina and Majora. The others (WW and TP) would be just ports of the Wii U games.

If I had to choose. I want the 3ds remakes the most here.

 

[Caladbolg]

2. Windwaker/ Toon Link Collection
Windwaker, Phantom Hourglass, Spirit Tracks and Four Swords Adventures. 4 games I know. But Windwaker HD (Wii U port), and 720p/1080p widescreenp portsof the DS PH and ST.. as well as GameCube version of Four Swords Adventures.

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I could see Nintendo releasing FSA as a standalone release with added online play. There's another toon link game though to replace it, and a much better one imo- The Minish Cap.

 

[Future Gazer]

What we'll get are ports of WW HD and TP HD for $60 each and a pack with OoT and MM emulated for $60.

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This is the most likely scenario. People who think they will bundle WWHD and TPHD together are insane. Those will easily sell for $60 a pop.

 

[Shelbyville Milhouse]

Can you imagine OOT and MM 3DS in 4k or even 1080p? Absolutely amazing too

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Why did you show me this
Now I really want this
And it won't happen

 

[Aru]

I think the odds of getting 3 3D Zelda games in a bundle are very thin. Those games are a lot more massive than Mario games and Nintendo knows they can get away releasing them individually at full price. Maybe 2 games, but they would be emulated versions of OoT/MM with higher resolutions and upgraded textures, nothing more.

 

[MasterYoshi]

I think Skyward Sword would be a standalone release, full retail. HD visuals, in the same vein as Twilight Princess HD. Looks like the original game but at a higher resolution and cleaner.

Maybe Ocarina of Time and Majora's Mask 3̶D̶ HD as one collection, using the 3DS titles with upscaled textures at a higher resolution, followed by Twilight Princess/Wind Waker HD as a second collection later in the year.

I can't see them using the N64 titles when they already have the 3DS remakes with vastly superior visuals. People can say what they want about the updated visuals changing the atmosphere for certain things, such as the Shadow Temple, or the final fight with Ganon.. but the overall visual improvements are worth the trade-off.

 

[DiipuSurotu]

The Legends of Zelda!

 

[Leo]

I hope we have OoT+MM 3D in HD, that's all. I already have WW and TP so that would be a bonus, and I don't think SS is happening because they won't go through the effort of making it work, and I don't really care about that game either.

 

[Ghostsonplanets]

If it happens, it will probably be OOT 3D/WWHD/TPHD in one collection and Skyward Sword HD as an standalone release. Majora Mask will be left out for obvious reasons.

 

[Mantorok]

I want to know wtf MPT:HD is?

 

[Richietto]

Yeah, and unlike Mario I would expect a little something better than the 3D Allstate's collection based on their track record with Zelda.

 

[Ghostsonplanets]

I want to know wtf MPT:HD is?

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Metroid Prime Trilogy HD probably

 

[Joseph Joestar]

I'd rather have a version like this



...but the new Nintendo management just want a quick cash grab, so won't give the budget for it.

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This looks nothing like the original art. I hate these fan retexturing project for this.

 

[Mantorok]

Metroid Prime Trilogy HD probably

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w = where

 

[Ghostsonplanets]

w = where

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Oh! Sorry, thought you didn't knew what was the meaning of the MPTHD acronym.

 

[Kass15]

Playing Super Mario 64 this weekend really just made me think about Ocarina of Time and Majoras Mask and how I want to replay them again. Honestly, if BOTW 2 comes out next year I'm not sure how many Zelda games Nintendo will give us next year. I could see multiple games if it's a 2022 title but I can't imagine a year with Ocarina of Time, Majoras Mask, Wind Waker, Skyward Sword and BOTW 2. Sounds amazing but not realistic.

 

[Mantorok]

I don't know what the sales for 3D All Stars is but given the pre-order madness I reckon it will be high, that will probably determine whether they do this for their other franchises, although we already know MPT is happening a Zelda one would be great too, only problem is the framerate in OOT and MM should really be bumped up too if possible.

 

[Zelas]

Unless you think they'll port the original games over the remakes, you're not getting a 3D Zelda collection. Nothing about Nintendo's recent actions says they wont sell the HD remakes separately for $60 each. You'll get OoT with some of the 2D games or a 2D only collection.