This ‘Legend Of Zelda Maker’ Actually Exists

9 responses to “This ‘Legend Of Zelda Maker’ Actually Exists”

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   dnr

   October 22, 2015 at 2:42 pm

   looks like a Graal ripoff….

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   stu

   October 22, 2015 at 2:58 pm

   I think the biggest obstacle would be the overarching “game” of a do-it-yourself Zelda. You could build individual dungeons, and, conceivably, a progression of dungeons linked (ha!) by a common theme, but a full-on Zelda maker? Where people can make, say, even a five hour Zelda campaign complete with story and dialog?
   I don’t see it happening.

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      grunt

      October 22, 2015 at 3:29 pm

      When seeing this, my first thought was for my first exposure to Zelda – Links Awakening on the Gameboy.

      Something like that shouldnt be too hard for anyone remotely gifted at this sort of thing, and that was a game that recycled its dungeons very well. Various blocked off areas you could only come back to later in the game when you’d picked up the appropriate skill.

      Occarina of Time level game? Maybe not, but for the earlier ones, theres no reason their styles couldnt be recreated.

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         stu

         October 22, 2015 at 4:09 pm

         I was more referring to what I consider the fundamentals of a Zelda game – an overworld, a story, item progression, unique puzzles… etc.
         I think it’d take more than a rigidly defined toolbox (which Mario Maker certainly is, despite the flexibility of your options within that toolbox) to translate the concept into an RPG.
         Yes, there are super talented amateurs out there who could do wondrous things with something like that. 99.9% of the “levels” which would come out of a Zelda maker style game would be unoriginal and bland… Just like they are in Mario Maker.

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            grunt

            October 22, 2015 at 4:23 pm

            Fair enough. I was more thinking that there really wouldnt need to be THAT many tools needed for people to make some pretty expansive Zelda games. Guess it comes down to what you take away from these things – the massive amounts of junk, or the gems that shine through.

            Mario Maker does that, theres no reason a Zelda Maker wouldnt either, and then it just comes down to word of mouth, and how easy it is to get to the good ones.

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               stu

               October 22, 2015 at 5:29 pm

               I agree with you 100%. Sifting through the shit to find the gold would be the main challenge.

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   dormer

   October 22, 2015 at 4:35 pm

   umm… where can i download this from? link??

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   arnna

   October 22, 2015 at 7:47 pm

   I think Nintendo could do this with a sensible number of variables and tools.

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   ambrew

   October 23, 2015 at 6:52 am

   If a 3rd party is pulling it off i dont see why Nintendo couldn’t.

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   Nick Morrissey

   October 26, 2015 at 11:35 am

   This has already existed for a long time. Zelda Classic is a very established community that has been around for a fairly long time. I really don’t understand how Kotaku wouldn’t have known or checked this out prior to writing this article.

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