It’s been more than two years since Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess ushered in the Wii and gave the GameCube its viking funeral. Since then, we’ve gotten a Zelda adventure on the DS (2007′s scratch-tastic Phantom Hourglass), but nothing new for the console. It’s about time Nintendo announced the next entry in the franchise, but what should fans expect? Safe money is on more of the same. After all, as relatively prettied up as Twilight Princess was, the story structure—with its dual worlds, item collection, and dungeon progression—was anything but new. I love the Zelda series, and any new game will be mine on day one, but as a long-time fan it’s frustrating to see how much room there is to expand the formula and how little interest there seems to be in doing it.

That’s why I’m going to make a radical proposal, one that would allow Miyamoto’s crew to keep the classic puzzles and exploration that make the series great but would also shake things the heck up: I think the next Zelda game should be set… in space.

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