Could the Next Zelda Game Do Without a Companion?

[TheMasterSword]

No way! Every Zelda game should have a partner to travel with Link.

List of Games without Partners:
The Legend of Zelda
Zelda 2: The Adventure of Link
A Link to The Past
Link's Awakening
Oracle of Seasons
Oracle of Ages
Four Swords/Adventures.

The majority don't have them, so why should everyone get them? It seems only the 3D titles thus far have them, if you count TWW King of Red Lions.

 

[JuicieJ]

List of Games without Partners:
The Legend of Zelda
Zelda 2: The Adventure of Link
A Link to The Past
Link's Awakening
Oracle of Seasons
Oracle of Ages
Four Swords/Adventures.

The majority don't have them, so why should everyone get them? It seems only the 3D titles thus far have them, if you count TWW King of Red Lions.

Actually, the ratio is 8-8, and two of them are the FS games, where it makes sense to not have a partner.

 

[TheMasterSword]

Actually, the ratio is 8-8, and two of them are the FS games, where it makes sense to not have a partner.

Well, Spirit Tracks doesn't have one correct? Not exactly sure.

 

[Ventus]

Well, Spirit Tracks doesn't have one correct? Not exactly sure.

Spirit Tracks' helper character is Princess Zelda, and she's the best helper because she literally helps you IN combat. Every other helper aside from KoRL and arguably Midna do dirt squat. If anything, I'd rather have a Zelda (ST) helper than any other kidn of helper, but still adamant in my positino of seeing Link solo.

 

[r2d93]

I wouldn't mind it at all, but i wouldn't mind seeing a good helper either (unless its anything like Fi. I hate Fi.)

Pretty much all of the recent installments of the series have had a helper. To me, it seems like the primary reason for the helper is to connect Link to whatever the main story is. We wouldn't know anything about Zant or the twilight and why we were a wolf, or anything like that without Midna. Fi was the messenger of the goddess who was supposed to lead the goddesses chosen hero. Sidekicks have now become story tools rather than actual helpers, which can be a good thing or a bad thing.

Good in the way that it can enhance the story. Twilight Princess wouldn't be the same without Midna, half of the story would be obliterated

Bad in the way that it's kind of the "easy way out" for Nintendo. I would find it to be a lot more of a challenge (that would pay of greatly) if they were able to create a stellar story without having anyone to auto-connect us to what's going on in Hyrule.

Take Link's Awakening. Fantastic story, but we never needed anyone to connect us to the beings of Koholint Island, or what's going on. Sure we had the owl who gave us hints and told us where to go, but the majority of the story was revealed through our actions, the bosses, the people that lived there, and that drawing on the wall or whatever. No helper/sidekick necessary.

I'd like to see a game without a sidekick just because we havent seen one in quite awhile, but i'd be fine either way

 

[RegalBryant]

Spirit Tracks' helper character is Princess Zelda, and she's the best helper because she literally helps you IN combat. Every other helper aside from KoRL and arguably Midna do dirt squat. If anything, I'd rather have a Zelda (ST) helper than any other kidn of helper, but still adamant in my positino of seeing Link solo.

Fi was helpful. She just shouldn't talk until I tell her she can.

 

[TheFierceDeity]

I kind of like being thrown into the world with no idea...just exploring and figuring it out yourself even if it takes forever... IMO that was the best part about the original game.

 

[Da Bazz]

I don't mind having a helper, they even helped me out alot in the early days. I just hope future helpers don't keep interrupting all the time with useless info and walls of text.

 

[Skunk]

I could definetly see a Zelda without a companion. It seems to be trending in the franchise right now though, so I don't think it'll happen unless ALttP is remade. If we do continue with thecompanions all I ask is that they can be used for something other than tutorial stuff and Z-tarketing. Like how Ceilia gave you the sword beam ablility.

 

[The Jade Fist]

Yes please! Oh GOD yes! I have not liked any companions in Zelda games other than the King of Red Lions. I don't like having another character with me constantly feeding me useless information in the most annoying way possible. I also don't like how hard Nintendo tries to make me care about these characters, when I inherently do not and really can not. I still maintain that if Midna hadn't stolen the whole plot-line of Twilight Princess, I may have actually enjoyed it. Without someone who I have to constantly throw my hatred at, I think that I may enjoy the next Zelda more than I ever could with a companion character. Although I wouldn't mind a companion that didn't talk. Maybe if it was just a cute little character that had no real hold on the plot-line it could work silent. Like the Luma that helps you spin in Mario Galaxy. I'm rambling at this point. So, yeah, I would prefer not to have a companion character because I think companions have prove annoying and pretty much useless in the past.

I have to change my opinion about midna now actually, cause i was replaying TP earlier today, and it occurred to me, sure midna can't really exist in our world normally, but the times we go into twilight? She's so powerful and she doesn't even lift a finger to help. Trying to collect light bugs i wanna jump up that cliff, but alas i can't, even though its a shorter jump then the actualy midna super jumps. The few times you actually want her to do something useful she doesn't. She's nearly as strong as Gannon, why can't she me collect those stupid light bugs. Or let me warp when i want to, or let me transform where i want to (I want people to see me change, it'd be like hey look what i can do, but no, i gota put up with abuse and physical harm as the wolf because they are afraid of me and don't know its Link, screw you Midna) She's the 2nd most powerful person in the game, she could at least do something to help when I actually need it.

 

[octorok74]

I think the next game could do without a companion. I also thought at first that Navi was just for Z-targeting.

 

[Kylo Ken]

Zelda is getting brand-new players with each title they make. Relatively young, too. That's what the companions are there for. If you've beaten every Zelda game 100%, it's safe to say that any new companion will annoy you. But we'll just going to have to suck it up, because companions aren't going away. They COULD make a game with no sidekick. It could be good,too. But they'll lose the opportunity to make new fans. Just trust Nintendo, Zelda has been around for 26 years, I'm sure they know what they're doing.

 

[Leela]

Well it doesn't need a companion. I like to believe it adds to the richness of the game-play and interaction.
I feel lonely without my companion.