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The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD Announced
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People keep forgetting that Nintendo games improve graphics-wise from initial reveal to the final version. Especially when it's almost a year away.
Doubledoubt
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They should of just released an up-res'd edition of Wind Waker and saved the graphical overhaul for a release of Twilight Princess. Jussayin.
But hey Ill have Wind Waker on the gamepad and the graphics look nice so i am very pleased.
But hey Ill have Wind Waker on the gamepad and the graphics look nice so i am very pleased.
Yeah, if you read the clues the game gives you and explore as you go along the quest isn't a pain. The main issue is the translating of maps. If they can streamline that I don't think the quest will be as much of a problem.
GoddyofAus
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Abusing a developer to force them to actually change their game because they didn't like the ending isn't entitled?
That's what I always did as well. I explored the sea on my own initiative because it was fun. Also dat music.
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MisterHero
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Wow, what a great surprise!
Initially, the color contrast isn't as vibrant as the original's cel-shading. Maybe combining it with the new resolution will result in richer colors though.
It's nice that left-handed Link fans were thrown a bone. >
Initially, the color contrast isn't as vibrant as the original's cel-shading. Maybe combining it with the new resolution will result in richer colors though.
It's nice that left-handed Link fans were thrown a bone. >
Little Green Yoda
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Perhaps I should have said "standard for all Wii U titles that don't make use of the second screen for more than extra HUD elements".
Though the only Wii U games I can think of off the top of my head that do use the second screen for actual gameplay is ZombiU, Rayman, and Nintendoland.
Fudgepuppy
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Well, there went my savings.
Forcing them to change a lazy and rushed ending full of plot holes is not entitled, that's expecting some damn competence from the product you paid $60 for.
makingmusic476
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Wii U will presumably have at some point HD versions of Wind Waker, Twilight Princess, Skyward Sword, Super Mario Sunshine, and Super Mario Galaxy 1/2.
Between that and the virtual console... best console ever!
I think Super Mario Sunshine is what I want to see in HD the most!
Between that and the virtual console... best console ever!
I think Super Mario Sunshine is what I want to see in HD the most!
ElectricBlanketFire
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Demoncarnotaur
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Uggghhh I want this!
But I do not have a Wii U.
But I do not have a Wii U.
ElectricBlanketFire
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Is everyone posting this, aside from the original person, doing it as a joke at this point?
The game will release this fall.
Which is almost a year away.
Oh yeah, that would be great, and makes total sense since it adds a gimmick for the Wii U. And it's like Mario Galaxy's second-player "girlfriend mode." The only question is if Nintendo has enough common sense to implement it.
I never owned a GBA Link cable or got to see what the Tingle Tuner did exactly, what was wrong with it?
Gahiggidy
My aunt & uncle run a Mom & Pop store, "The Gamecube Hut", and sold 80k WiiU within minutes of opening.
I;m wondering if they took out fully cell-shaded characters because they contrasted too much with the painted backgrounds?
The thing I've always wondered about the technique... how exactly would HD improve it? Besides crisper outlines, there isn't much of any additional detail that can be improved upon.
I still think and hope they return to the flat, cell-shaded look for characters.
The thing I've always wondered about the technique... how exactly would HD improve it? Besides crisper outlines, there isn't much of any additional detail that can be improved upon.
I still think and hope they return to the flat, cell-shaded look for characters.
Freshmaker
I am Korean.
I prefer non ugly Zelda games thanks.
Crumpet Trumpet
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NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO WAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!
Ahem. This is flawless.
Ahem. This is flawless.
Seein a lot of these types of comments today HOHOHO
Sadly I posted this before looking back 4 pages to see someone else and then 4 other people had posted the same thing. So I guess that makes me an idiot. Or maybe it's repressed memories of forking out for a GBA and hard to find link cable and being bitterly disappointed at the results.
Seems like a "we ain't got no games" desperation move. Wind waker looked great but isn't the best Zelda. If they add in the missing dungeons then maybe it's worth a retread but otherwise meh. I rather the team was working on a new Zelda with the same art style.
Nintendo needs to get eiji off the series. He said he was tired of it in the past so switch things up Nintendo.
Nintendo needs to get eiji off the series. He said he was tired of it in the past so switch things up Nintendo.
let's just say you and I have very different ideas of what almost a year means
But I have no doubt it will be improved, however it does not look bad at all right now, and I bet it will look amazing in motion.
Some people are saying that the longer they look at it, the more their minds change about the graphics.
The longer I look at the screenshots, the more disappointed I become. They have made it to where if I was playing that game right there, I'd want to shield my eyes from the graphics, as the gratuitous amounts of bloom leave me wondering what I'm doing in this blinding, saturated hell hole of an island.
And from what I recall, nobody wanted the "clay" look for Zelda.
We wanted the "clay" look for Pikmin 3.
They better fix this.
The longer I look at the screenshots, the more disappointed I become. They have made it to where if I was playing that game right there, I'd want to shield my eyes from the graphics, as the gratuitous amounts of bloom leave me wondering what I'm doing in this blinding, saturated hell hole of an island.
And from what I recall, nobody wanted the "clay" look for Zelda.
We wanted the "clay" look for Pikmin 3.
They better fix this.
But the team IS working on a new Zelda. Did you even watch the direct?
Holy Order Sol
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I wouldn't want the Triforce hunt out even if the cut dungeons were put back in though.
You don't give a shit about anything nintendo does, man, stop pretending.
Then again, maybe you're one of those self hating consumers who buys stuff they just love to hate.
ElectricBlanketFire
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makingmusic476
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It's all in the lighting and shading. In OG WW, Link's hair, for example, is a solid block of dark yellow when not in sunlight, and a solid block of bright yellow when in sunlight. It's a binary switch between two distinct colors. In HD WW, you can see gradation in the shading, so it gives it a distinctly 3D, clay-like look, as opposed to the 2D, animated look of the original.
I much prefer the original look. I hope they can match the uprezzed textures of the HD version with the lighting of the OG version.
I much prefer the original look. I hope they can match the uprezzed textures of the HD version with the lighting of the OG version.
Allan Holdsworth
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From what I understand this is not simply an "HD version". It's analogous to the NPC series, where they changed controls and some other minor stuff (that's why the original developers did the new versions). So I really doubt they would release 3 Zeldas.
leatherhat
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They better fix the game itself, it gets pretty terrible at the halfway point
I came in to this thread after reading "Wind Waker HD" on Twitter expecting HD perfection...
Maybe this is it, but not to me. The Dolphin screenshots of a higher-resolution Wind Waker is much much much much more appealing to me.
It got hate in its heyday for its art style but look back at Twilight Princess and then Wind Waker and tell me which one's graphics have held up better.
The bloom is a particular worry, but augh. Nintendo, the king of lazy ports, had to go the extra mile on the one game that didn't need it*.
*Of course, the content changes will be welcome if they streamline the game's rough edges.
Maybe this is it, but not to me. The Dolphin screenshots of a higher-resolution Wind Waker is much much much much more appealing to me.
It got hate in its heyday for its art style but look back at Twilight Princess and then Wind Waker and tell me which one's graphics have held up better.
The bloom is a particular worry, but augh. Nintendo, the king of lazy ports, had to go the extra mile on the one game that didn't need it*.
*Of course, the content changes will be welcome if they streamline the game's rough edges.
Allan Holdsworth
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As has probably been said a million times, there is a 99% chance those dungeons were reworked for TP.
I bet it will be $40.
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Yup lol. People keep setting themselves up. This will be full price, just like Ocarina 3D was
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