Well, this move is going to ruin their self-rep, but oh well. It\'s not like they had anything there left to sacrifice.
I see it as if they have some "decent" and I do mean decent character modeling, textures, sound clips, acting, and some good gameplay, it has potiental. Zelda attracts as many freaks as Mario does, and it will sell regardless of the effort put in. But pending whether Nintendo\'s strategy lies successful is what I just mentioned just up there on what it needs to accomplish off the bat.
We definately don\'t need Nintendo acting like it has a massive bad ass ego (insert big N joke here) and go out of their way and make some redicilous marketing campign that shows Zelda with a gun or making out with another Zelda look alike. Just do enough to attract the rest of us whose time is better spent off playing some GTA3.