
ZU writes: The original Legend of Zelda was a revolution in exploration. When game director Shigeru Miyamoto created it, he had a distinct vision in mind – he wanted to infuse the game with the same thrill and sense of wonder as he had as a child exploring forests, caves and lakes, and as a result children everywhere were completely immersed in this new world where their imagination could run wild and they could become a brave hero.

NE: "We predict all of the possible announcements and games Nintendo could release for The Legend of Zelda's 40th anniversary."
How about the original Legend of Zelda remade with the Echoes of Wisdom engine. Maybe throw in added dungeons, or expand the map to make the game longer than the original.

There are some video game locations which hit you right in the feels. Are these the most emotional places in gaming to visit? Jump Dash Roll counts down 9 destinations in today's feature.
Is the OoT screenshot a comp of hyrule field with the Windows Vista desktop layered over the foreground?

Link should have a voice in The Legend of Zelda Movie. While he mostly stays quiet in the games, he canonically does speak but usually holds back on expressing his thoughts. In a movie format, it is better for the character and the story itself that Link speaks.
I just hope it's not a bunch MCU Snarky McJokeface dialog. Started playing veilguard free on PSN (would not recommend) and it's a perfect example of how dialog in contemporary entertainment is garbage.
since when did it stop?
Oh, so that's why...
Macho Man thinks it never stopped, yeah, it just seemed like there was LESS FREEDOM, yeah, LESS FREEDOM in Skyward Sword cause da areas weren't connected and yer "OPENNNNN WORLD" yeah, it was the sky. BUT MACHO MAN wants to be able to walk from desert to forest, yeah, meet some characters along the way, YEAH! AND I'M FLYIN' NOW, HIGHER THAN A KITE BUT DON'T BE DOING DRUGS! OOHHHHHH YEAH!!
DIG IT!
Just because it was two different sections in Skyward Sword, that doesn't mean it wasn't open world. They say that the Surface was just a few different secluded areas. That's correct to an extent. But it felt very open. I could go anywhere I wanted on the surface as long as I had the weapon needed.
But the way I think of it is that it's kind of like any of the areas in Ocarina of Time. You climb Death Mountain. There is a Goron village in the mountain as well as the crater, Dodongo's Cavern and the Fire Temple. I could only go as far as my equipment would let me go and it was a secluded area of the map. But, the game had an overall field that split off into the many different sections of the game.