Nintendo was aware enough that people hated the Triforce Hunt that they cut it by half. Pretty sure they are aware people hate the first two hours of Twilight Princess.
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Twilight Princess (HD?) Icon Discovered in Wii U eShop
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Nintendo was aware enough that people hated the Triforce Hunt that they cut it by half. Pretty sure they are aware people hate the first two hours of Twilight Princess.
John Kowalski
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Just an overall distrust for its own design at times, like how Midna will always be available to tell you where to go next, but sometimes the game just goes and awkwardly reminds you without you prompting it... small stuff like that. The cinematic things are surprisingly well done and Nintendo has always had a good grasp of those things, but the game just feels... like it has low self esteem or something.
I think that makes me like it even more though!
Sammy Samusu
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Please be true.
Ok, I know I'm dreaming but it'd be AMAZING if they secretly were HDing this game with the updated engine they used for the Zelda U Experience four years ago.
I mean, doing the same thing they did with Wind Waker HD wouldn't be enough to make TP look good for today's standards...
Yes... too good to be true.
I mean, doing the same thing they did with Wind Waker HD wouldn't be enough to make TP look good for today's standards...
Yes... too good to be true.
Sammy Samusu
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OMG What if it supports Skyward Sword motion gameplay?
I was hoping Nintendo would use the Wii Virtual Console (or however it is called) for more obscure and harder to find Wii releases. A crossgen Zelda game that launched with Nintendo's best selling console doesn't seem like a game too many people would miss out on. I guess it's dumb to assume that TP is taking a spot from another game but even Nintendo itself said that the VC is in the sorry state it is in due to lack of resources.
As much as I loved Skyward Sword's swordplay, it would be pointless without the game being built around it. We're going to have to wait for SS HD to get an improved version of that.
The first two hours doesn't encompass all of the tears of light, though.
In addition, the Triforce Hunt was definitely made much more apparent by how both reviewers and players were vocal about it. Not to mention they, the development team, knew it wasn't a great idea even when they were creating it because they had to cut content and replaced what they cut with the Triforce Hunt.
I suppose you could argue Skyward Sword changing how the tears of light fit into the game points out they were aware how awful the tears of light were in TP. However, the tears of light aren't like the Triforce Hunt wherein you can just move them around or make them easier to obtain. They have a designed flow the player is expected or supposed to follow (but of course you can miss a few, which is why they're awful besides how not fun it is) and while they can make that easier for the first area, the second and third areas you need to do them in have scripted sequences attached to a few of them and I'm not so sure they would want to change those sequences considering the time and effort put into some of them.
Obviously they wouldn't touch the boss bug no matter how they tweak the tears of light.
They're just not fun on replays and even first time through they're not fun. But I'm not sure what they could do to address it specifically without completely changing how they work. Again, unlike the Triforce Hunt, they are pretty ingrained into the game and aren't something you can do while you're doing other things -- they are the way you unlock the next dungeon. They're even ingrained into the story, as a pretty focal point in the beginning.
balladofwindfishes
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The icon isn't in the same style.
I was gonna say that. Wouldn't Wii re-releases have the Wii border surrounding the icon?
As long as it's not forced. Waggle was much more fun to use imo.
Could be a placeholder.
Believe!!!
It's probably just the Wii version ported.
I believe!
Have actually been playing the game on Wii for the past week and have been loving it. OF course they would announce this after I'm 10+ hours into my game but I would still buy and restart for it.
MrSaturn99
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I'm pretty certain that wasn't a glitch.
matrix-cat
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As bad as Twilight Princess might look on an NTSC Wii, it somehow looks even worse in PAL land. Nintendo fucked something up hard with this game. Between the image quality and the terrible Wiimote controls, I wouldn't touch the Wii version again if you paid me.
Twilightzoney
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Would prefer they fixed that gamebreaking bug getting to the sky temple if you saved in the wrong spot.
Considering the same happens in Skyward Sword, yeah it was a deliberate choice.
Tezzeractor
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I hope they remove it anyway, then.
Where did this rumor came from?
levyjl1988
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Something tells me this wii rerelease like Super Mario Galaxy 2 will be made in a future Nintendo Direct, perhaps the same Direct in which they announce the new Smash Bros Roster characters.
I mean, between the Smash rumors, this rumor, the rumored direct, and the rumored Splatoon update (on top of Pokemon, and games needing dates/highlight reels) it really does feel like a Direct is inbound.
Given everything, I think it's safe to say that Nintendo is also finally going to be adding Lonk to Sm4sh! Get hype!
NWPlayer123/Nikki/Octogirl, Splatoon dataminer/hacker, speculated about a Splatoon ND to reveal the playable Octolings due to recent updates allowing for Octoling play in game files. I don't know about any other source.
If the rumor is true, it will totally happen.
What backlash? Remakes take much less time, money and workforce to make.
Pretty sure that would be the point. To give us something Zelda before Zelda U is released due to delay.
I miss them T-T
Sorry, I guess it is more of a speculation since everyone and their mother seems to know who the next Smash character is. The pieces seem to be falling as far as an upcoming direct is concerned.
It's less a rumor and more people just wanting it to happen. (And Splatoon's recent update mysteriously decreasing in size right before Nintendo released it, implying they removed something, and a few other little things floating around but eh.)
Green Mamba
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A fabled HD remaster of TP wouldn't look anything like this.
Believe!!!
It's probably just the Wii version ported.
Don't you mean rejoicing? Because it means we get another game to play and Zelda U is already well under way in development so...?
There'd be a backlash if there was no new Zelda in the works, yeah but... there is so lol.
Nope, Wiimote and Nunchuk only.
Hibiki Kurosawa
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I would assume just wii release. I can't possibly see this being an HD re-release.
Pokemaniac
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If this is legit, it's definitely an HD remake, which Twilight Princess could definitely use.
I wonder if this might be an apology in the likely event that they're pulling a Twilight Princess with Zelda Wii U.
I wonder if this might be an apology in the likely event that they're pulling a Twilight Princess with Zelda Wii U.
matrix-cat
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Nope. It's a Wii launch game, so Nintendo had to sell people on the Wiimote by directly mapping all the Gamecube version's button controls to waggling. No options, only waggle.
Green Mamba
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That said, if an HD remaster does come, it needs both the original GCN controls and the Wii controls as options, and have both the normal GCN world and the mirrored Wii world as options as well.
Pokemaniac
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The Wii games on the eShop all have their icon as the game's title screen with a "Wii" banner on the top. This icon looks nothing like that.
NoKisum
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Guess I'm passing then. I really wanted to play the Gamecube version, but that shit is so hard
and/or expensive
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