I read an interview where I think Aonuma suggested they were rethinking the Zelda format to be more like the first game again whereas it had become more structured as of late. He was saying they want to have a fresh experience and rather than the overworld dungeon overworld dungeon idea they were open to new ideas.
I wouldn't read too much into that though. People seem to think that means Zelda is suddenly going to become Skyrim but I see it being more like Mass Effect where you have three story missions to complete before the next set appears. It'll still be a linear narrative but just less linear. Skyward Sword was already moving towards merging the overworld and dungeons to some degree but suffered from basically replacing a real overworld with a lame empty skyworld.
Nonetheless, even the less amazing Zelda games are always fun for me to play for some time. I can always count on them to be good but less and less often do they pull off a knockout like the recent Fire Emblem game did for the series.
I wouldn't read too much into that though. People seem to think that means Zelda is suddenly going to become Skyrim but I see it being more like Mass Effect where you have three story missions to complete before the next set appears. It'll still be a linear narrative but just less linear. Skyward Sword was already moving towards merging the overworld and dungeons to some degree but suffered from basically replacing a real overworld with a lame empty skyworld.
Nonetheless, even the less amazing Zelda games are always fun for me to play for some time. I can always count on them to be good but less and less often do they pull off a knockout like the recent Fire Emblem game did for the series.
