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The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD Announced
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Can't be that early if Iwata was serious about the Fall release.
Why? You control the wind, so I'd say it's a nice little touch to see the clouds move in the same direction as the boat is travelling...
TheCongressman1
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Does anyone else notice how weird the water looks? It looks solid because the new shading effects everything else differently. The water needs to be translucent (same style, just more clear) for this look to be pulled off.
That looks so much better. Still too much bloom, but better.
NonexistentK
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I actually think the new look is great but I'm still gonna go with the the classical vg forum move of taking up the contrarian elitist perspective...cos' I'm cool like that.
Freshmaker
I am Korean.
You are crazy if you think Wind Waker look bad
Worst revision of Link ever.
This is bad and you should feel bad.
I think this is the first time in my life where I witness a flat-out wrong opinion
I think this is the first time in my life where I witness a flat-out wrong opinion
I'm all for everyone having their own opinion, but even I agree that one is absolutely wrong.
Best by far.
How you can say Wind Waker is ugly is beyond me. It has a beautiful, consistent style that is simply perfect.
Big fluffy clouds move too, in the real world even. They just don't tear apart like tissue paper.
TalesOfWin
Banned
I would been more interested by a HD Majoras Mask tbh.
Gahiggidy
My aunt & uncle run a Mom & Pop store, "The Gamecube Hut", and sold 80k WiiU within minutes of opening.
I reckon that some of the old animations won't work at all with the cell-shading turned off. Link and some of the more fantastically animated enemies did lots of exaggerated movements and shape-stretching that I believe would look off with a "cgi rendered" art style.
AuthenticM
Member
Of course this thread was going to get derailed.
As I said before, I think it looks more like claymation.
Mantorok
Member
This is exactly what I was thinking, Wind Waker wasn't my least favourite, but it was dissapointingly short, if they add some more stuff then I'm all over this.
But fuck people WW looked fucking good before on the GC, actually it looked amazing and in motion was incredible, I can't see Nintendo fuck up one of their most prized posessions, these are early shots, it's not out for a while and when it's finished.....
.....IT'S GOING TO LOOK AMAZING!!!
My only regret is Nintendo are yet again pulling me back on nostalgia, but fuck it Nintendo have some of the best franchises in the entire industry, why not pull people back with them, don't blame them at all but the bastards always suck me back in with it.
I feel like a beaten wife, I complain about it but I always go back for more....damn you Nintendo.
Given that they are effectively two parts to the same (ie, THAT Link's) story... you can't do a HD MM without first doing a HD OOT. And that's unlikely, given OOT 3D.
A MM 3D, is a more likely proposition.
Freshmaker
I am Korean.
I don't want to play a game where I constantly want to punch the ugly out of the main character.
Also worth noting that I wouldn't have said anything if people didn't start going off about how it's somehow universally loved now. It's not. It was the worst selling mainline Zelda for a reason.
Ruud_Luiten
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Call me crazy, but I like the NGC windwaker look much more than these updated visuals. Some charm seems to be missing...
(Windwaker is my favorite Zelda game)
(Windwaker is my favorite Zelda game)
Mantorok
Member
I think this is the first time in my life where I witness a flat-out wrong opinion
lol I was going to say "you haven't been here before then?" but then I saw the tongue..
RoadHazard
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Don't really like the new shading, it makes the game look more like Nintendo Land than Wind Waker. They should just have increased the resolution, cleaned up the textures, made shadows higher-res, etc. The shading should have stayed the same.
Not enough bloom, also some glowing edge.
ElectricBlanketFire
Member
Because it was on the worst selling Nintendo console?
Mantorok
Member
You can say a lot of things about Wind Waker, but saying it failed because of the way it looked?
Are you serious?
Freshmaker
I am Korean.
I'm saying negative reactions to its reveal led to poor word of mouth. Also look at the sheer glee from everyone involved when TP was unveiled.
"Finally a Zelda that looks good." That was the basic response.
how is it derailed? people are still talking about wind waker.
Ponchopickaxe
Neo Member
Skyward Sword would like to have a word with you. 3.6 mil sold vs 4.6 for Wind Waker.
Mantorok
Member
You have to factor in that the GC didn't have a huge user-base, and I would say that anyone who based their purchase on visuals alone and ignorance of the glowing reviews at the time probably don't deserve to a play a game that good.
Then of course you factor in the dissapointment of those who mistakenly thought that TP would be "better" because of the visuals and you have quite a few people potentially queueing up for a re-release of a great game.
Freshmaker
I am Korean.
Doesn't count since SS wasn't fugly.
ThanksVision
Member
Let me know if you're selling it!
EmCeeGramr
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Historical Revisionism 101
Loved Wind Waker for the most part (just the Tri Force fetch quest and lack of dungeons irked me). It was one of the reasons why I bought a Gamecube.
Looks like, once again, Wind Waker is going to be the reason why I buy a Nintendo console. I skipped out on the Wii, but the Wii U already impressed me at E3, but I was waiting for more games.
Once this, the new Smash, and three other games I find interesting hit it, I'll be picking one up.
The only thing I don't like about the look of this one is the character models. Maybe it's just the screenshot, but the Cel Shaded look of GC Wind Waker was amazing. It seems to be missing that here, but it's still, quite literally, a good 9 or 10 months away, and graphics polishing usually comes in the last 3 months of development.
Looks great! It is officially on my radar, that's for sure.
Looks like, once again, Wind Waker is going to be the reason why I buy a Nintendo console. I skipped out on the Wii, but the Wii U already impressed me at E3, but I was waiting for more games.
Once this, the new Smash, and three other games I find interesting hit it, I'll be picking one up.
The only thing I don't like about the look of this one is the character models. Maybe it's just the screenshot, but the Cel Shaded look of GC Wind Waker was amazing. It seems to be missing that here, but it's still, quite literally, a good 9 or 10 months away, and graphics polishing usually comes in the last 3 months of development.
Looks great! It is officially on my radar, that's for sure.
There is no way that Skyward Sword hasn't reached 4 Million by now.
This is still the best looking Zelda game out there IMO but they really need to turn down that bloom. Maybe it looks better in motion but those screens are definitely overexposed. Looks like I'll have to get a few spins in on my GCN version now
Oh OK, so you just want to complain. Gotcha.
Freshmaker
I am Korean.
Really, Cellda was a massive wet blanket.
Went from Space World's GC tech demo:
http://youtu.be/CmhtYOPiL0o
To the reveal... It didn't really thrill that many people.
http://youtu.be/krQ40gvxCV4
Vs TP's unveiling:
http://youtu.be/zwMdcESljqg
TalesOfWin
Banned
the look of wind waker link > Skyward sword link
RawkHawk2010
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Can't wait to see the Ritos in HD.
Secret Fawful
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I really hope they upgrade more than the graphical capabilities. More foliage, varieties of trees, more additions to levels to make them more life-like, etc.
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