Controls aside, I'm wondering if Nintendo will actually upgrade their next Zelda games (Wind Waker remake and LttP 2) to modern standards? I know WW will get HD graphics, but what else? Every Zelda game since OoT, which came out back in 1998...15 years ago! has had the same sound effects for the most part. Characters still say things like "Hey" and "Thank you" and "Ugh" and "aaaah!" but that's about it. Can you imagine if just about any other franchise were to release a game with sound effects/voice that have not been upgraded for 15 years? That game would rightfully get roasted! but, people say things like "Oh, it's a Zelda game"... so what? If the next Zelda games don't step into modern gaming than I think they deserve to get lambasted. I don't care if Link never says a word, but I want to hear Zelda, and other characters speak. Cutscenes should include more than Link going "ooooh" and a few giberish words by a Fayish/spritish creature! If Nintendo does not deliver on this, then forget them, there are plenty of other games with far far less money that are doing far far more than I've seen out of Nintendo for a long time. And by the way, I am a Zelda fan, and loved Twilight Princess.

Wii U limited edition Zelda System

*The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD Full Game Download
*The Legend of Zelda: Hyrule Historia Digital Download

Here's a video of graphical comparisons between the two versions:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4hOVb1GCfg

Holy moly... I can not believe how UNimpressive the HD version looks! Honestly, the GC version looks nearly the same as far as I can tell. I'm sure on an HDTV the difference would be noticeable... and yet, I'm completely underwhelmed by the Wii U version.

Yeah... the Cube version seems to have a lot more color as well.

Don't judge a game by crummy YouTube videos.
The HD version looks absolutely gorgeous.

Agreed, it's looks fantastic. The lighting and shading are a somewhat different style, but it looks great. Funny you should mention the quality of YouTube videos for judging game videos as that's become a hot topic with the new consoles having graphical details that are too good to be captured correctly in YouTube. The latest Killzone trailer was made available as a download video because Sony was worried about people unfairly judging the it based on a lower quality streaming video.

http://www.polygon.com/2013/11/4/506629 … 080p-60fps

Again, while I'm sure it looks good in HD, that's not the point I was trying to make. The point was in all the details. Side-by-side comparison shows that there's relatively little difference in the overall details. Below is a link to compare the original Halo (2001) with the HD-remake. The details in the Halo-remake, the lighting, everything looks outstanding. Yet, it's "just" a youtube video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtC2wKC_wmI

From what I've seen (in person on a HDTV - not mine, obv ), WWHD looks great. However, I will say that I prefer the GC color palette, as things look more "bold" with that version - the ocean, in particular, looks drab to me on the WiiU version in comparison.