The 20th Zelda game

[Spirit]

Breath of the Wild will be Zelda's 19th game. (Unless i cant count)

19 is a good number but 20 is a milestone. Do you think Nintendo will make something special out of the 20th game?

No idea what they could do, other than tell us that 'hey this is the 20th Zelda'

But do you guys think anything may be said or made out of the 20th Zelda outing?

 

[Dio]

A full HDoubleD remake and overhaul of OOT like Square are doing for FF7.

 

[DJ Twitch]

No idea what they could do, other than tell us that 'hey this is the 20th Zelda'

That's all they need to do, really.

 

[pyjamas5189]

I'm not sure a remake would make it all that special I mean most probably everyone on this site has played OOT so the game holds no suprises for anyone and the only thing different about it would be the graphics and to me that doesn't make it special

 

[TPALBWSSWWALttPOoTMCMMST]

I've been thinking about this too. I don't think it'll be a remake, as if you include remakes, there's already over 20 Zelda games. Maybe they'll make another Link Between Worlds type of game (as in overhead, 2D, etc...), but with the same map as the first Zelda game. So, not a remake, but rather a re-imagining of Zelda I, analogous to ALBW/ALttP. That would be awesome in my book, as I love the traditional 2D Zeldas, and would be awesome in general, as the world of Zelda I is quite expansive anyway, and probably rather easy to update into a more modern form. Another thing they could do is casually mention the number 20 in the game, much like how in Skyward Sword, they celebrate the 25th anniversary of the school.

 

[Roger Rad]

I bet they won't even realise it's the 20th Zelda. The count gets weird anyway with all the remakes.

 

[Dr. Plague]

Implying that making a new Zelda game is not "special"?

 

[MrPsychoSlayer]

Breath of the Wild and the Nintendo Switch are already insane developments in the Zelda world. Not sure what else they could do.

 

[MrPsychoSlayer]

I think the obvious choice is either a sequel to Link's Crossbow Training, or a new Tingle game.

 

[VikzeLink]

I don't think they'll do anything in particular. They're more about celebrating how many years a franchise has been around, rather than how many games of it has been released.

 

[DekuNut]

Isn't Breath of the Wild itself 20 though...?
Unless you didn't count Hyrule Warriors, and I guess that game isn't canon so maybe.
Anyways, I, too, doubt they'll do much. It's a milestone, yes, but I think game number isn't worth celebrating as much as anniversaries, and, well... you saw how much they did for the 30th anniversary.

 

[Djinn]

The way things tend to work out, the next game in the series will likely be a handheld of some kind. So not likely to be some milestone game.

 

[Kylo Ken]

Holy crap, most video game series get boring after 3. Not many make it to 20.

 

[Nicolai]

Maybe the 20th Zelda game still be the first handheld game (besides OoT3D) to be a 3D game!

Oh wait... now that I think about it, that title's going to go to Breath of the Wild. If the Switch takes off, all future 3D Zelda titles will.

 

[ToonJake]

Isn't Breath of the Wild itself 20 though...?
Unless you didn't count Hyrule Warriors, and I guess that game isn't canon so maybe.
Anyways, I, too, doubt they'll do much. It's a milestone, yes, but I think game number isn't worth celebrating as much as anniversaries, and, well... you saw how much they did for the 30th anniversary.

I don't count Hyrule Warriors since it's a side game, but I do count both Four Swords games and Tri Force Heroes as main series games so that would make Breath of the Wild 19.