Is Now the Right Time for Twilight Princess HD?
Posted on October 31 2015 by Alexis S. Anderson
Despite Tri Force Heroes just having been released and Hyrule Warriors Legends swiftly heading our way, some Zelda fans already have their eyes set on the rumored Twilight Princess HD. There are good pieces of evidence supporting the possibility of this game being released on Wii U fairly soon, but nothing has been confirmed. Nevertheless, the Zelda community can’t stop talking about it. Thus in a recent Podcast, IGN’s Nintendo Voice Chat asked a question that struck me, “Do We Really Want Zelda: Twilight Princess HD Right Now?” In my opinion, it’s too early to be remaking this game, but IGN had some different ideas.
Watch the Nintendo Voice Chat panel’s discussion after the jump!
That debate got a little bit heated and for good reason. One of the guys’ major points supporting the production of Twilight Princess HD were that aside from Yoshi’s Wooly World and Mario Maker, Wii U owners don’t have much to play right now. They also felt that Twilight Princess’ graphics would be greatly benefitted by a complete HD remake of the game (but because this game seems to be abruptly coming out of nowhere the group is worried that it will contain the same old textures just running at a higher resolution). Those opposed to the HD version argue that the game is too recent and was too popular for there to be a sizeable crowd desiring it on the Wii U at this time, we aren’t in the middle of a Zelda game dry spell, and the development team’s resources would be better utilized in finishing Zelda Wii U.
I tend to agree with the opposition on this point. Twilight Princess isn’t that old of a game, and its Wii version can still actually be played on the Wii U. The difference with Wind Waker was that GameCube games could no longer be played on the Wii U and copies of it were very hard to come by, so a large amount of old and new players wanted it ported. It was also an easier game to make HD and came along during a time when new Zelda games weren’t periodically being released. With Zelda Wii U on the way as a projected Wii U game, I genuinely feel that we don’t need another Zelda beside that on the Wii U and Twilight Princess HD would be much better suited for placement on the NX.
What do you guys think, is it too soon? Or do you think the timing’s just right? Do you believe there’s a chance that the listing found is just for a Virtual Console port of the original Twilight Princess? Are we making a fuss for nothing? Share your thoughts in the comments!
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Alexis S. Anderson is a Senior Editor at Zelda Dungeon who joined the writing team in November, 2014. She has a JD from the UCLA School of Law and is pursuing a career in Entertainment and Intellectual Property Law. She grew up in the New Jersey suburbs with her parents, twin brother, and family shih-tzu.
