Fable, except for maybe Destiny, was the most disappointing gaming experience of my life. I remember I bought a used Xbox OG to play Panzer Dragoon Orta (best title on the platform) and Halo with the “bros.” Everyone and and everything was hyping Fable. I fell for it. Then I got the game and it was nothing it promised and utterly garbage. Good bye & good riddance.

You are spot on with your observation of hardcore Nintendo gamers, and Zelda. That is the game that sells consoles to gamers. Casual fans love Mario, who is literally Nintendo’s Mickey Mouse. Nintendo fosters this. The casuals who actually care enough to buy a Wii U to play the newest Mario platformer (please, make it easy for them!), along with Mario Kart and Mario Party, are not going to understand or care about Zelda. A WRPG version of Zelda (think Witcher 3 with Link) will be a big, open-world slap in the face to the legion of fans who keep Nintendo’s console business afloat. (Handheld is another story entirely.)