Darker but with the same kind of mix graphics between cel shading and hand drawing!No realistic graphics pls;give me the same type of graphics seen in the 2013 E3 demo and darken a little bit more the tone and im in!

Nintendo whatever you do just make sure e get that uncontested gameplay.

I think blood, as the article suggests adding, just crosses a line in a Zelda game.

The E3 demos set a great tone for the next Zelda, very detailed yet still having a nice artistic quality.

Not that I dislike brightly colored games, Skyward Sword and WW are my favorites, but I feel like a darker Zelda could be a good way to make something fresh. Dark doesn't have to mean realistic or gorey (although blood in Zelda would be pretty cool, imo). It can be dark and still be stylized in a cool way.

Personally I hope they go with an idea that had previously been touched on, a futuristic take. Link could have a light saber style master sword, and light cycle, Hyrule a hi-tech city and Gandolf could have a robot army. Just a thought.

Complete Reboot to the Series. They really don't delve into Link's past a whole lot. I think there could be a lot of story buried there. Or have Link be an actual man instead of a fay sprite-looking teen. There are options, and we KNOW Nintendo will pump out another Zelda. Almost sounds like the console depends on it.

Will they ever release this?

Lots of great thoughts here guys. Sounds like many want the same as we do...a fresh take on the series starring an older Link and darker tone. The experience would be so different from any other Zelda title making it that much more exciting and new. One can hope =)

We probabley ain't going to hear nothing about this game until E3 2014 :(

The developers of the Zelda franchise should study From Software and Dark Souls 1 & 2 very closely, it would help them make a better Zelda game. The best part of Zelda was the boss battles and dungeons, they need to take the garbage out and make the game darker and grittier. No more stupid towns and flutes, reinvent the franchise and make the entire game like the Dark World in the Zelda game for the Super Nintendo it was I believe.

Darker is not necessary.

If they do it I hope that they have a great reason and story to match and that it is not done soley to be like everybody else.

Personally- I want the next Zelda to be like SS and Zelda 1 in Overworld and Dungeon Design.

With the NPC dynamics of MM and the RPGs of Zelda 2.

sounds good, with all this talk of majoras mask and some people hoping that all these signs lead to something with majoras mask, im hoping its the tone and the inclusion of majora again. majoras mask was a mature and ominous game to a degree where thier was no need for blood or anything of that sort. The tempo and story it told felt real in many ways. So i hope the mature road and dark road they take is done right, like majoras mask, all these recent signs of majora hopefully leads to a home console game with the tone of it if not the game itself is related,since majora is basically a demon/evil spirit and death was very included in majoras mask it fits what we all want, Theirs such a nice balance because in the game based on your decision their was a consequence, that feeling of am i right or wrong was great in so many ways it came with good or bad, the consequences effected the characters in dire ways..