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[Oersted]

Nintendo: That Amazing Zelda Footage Was In-Engine

Expected. But still holy crap

 

[Chinner]

it's taken them 15 years, but they've actually shaken up the formula set by OOT

 

[Agent Gibbs]

Anouma Listenend, open world, art styles of wind waker/skyward sword combined...i died and went to heaven didn't i?

in my top 5 games of e3....in my top 3 actually....actually it won e3

 

[Delicious Waffles]

The screenshots are gorgeous. Looks awesome. Can't wait. Gimme now!

 

[Hex]

They screwed up the Zelda reveal.
You can tell the teaser was made for a dramatic reveal with whipping the hood off, where they play the teaser without an intro and have the Link reveal.
Instead they completely exposed it.
They should have gone cold into the teaser and then had all of the blabbering after.

 

[MoogleWizard]

Why is this 2015? Why?

 

[captmcblack]

I need to see how this fleshes out.

That art, that color, those animations, those particles, that laser/light arrow looking like some wicked technorustic mashup...

Yo.

 

[-Horizon-]

Those who have a problem with how Link looks, what exactly looks bad?



Wind Waker and Skyward Sword had a baby

alliterative zelda titles ftw

They had one darn beautiful baby!

 

[Tumo]

not sure if this has been posted but I was playing around with URLs and got this

http://e3.nintendo.com/games/wiiu/the-legend-of-zelda/

one large pic of hyrule field, that's all

edit:

 

[bomma_man]

Also, why do the Juniors hate cel-shading so much?

They're probably all 13

 

[Razgriz-Specter]

He looks practically identical to Skyward Sword. Not getting it.

Not even close

 

[TheFLYINGManga_Ka]

Fair to say Nintendo still best game devs in the world? Yes!

 

[And_Gignac]

So Zelda is going full anime... that's probably it for me and Nintendo.

I hope Link is a girl this time. That would be revolutionary.

 

[zbeeb]

how is no one talking about what appears to be lasers in a zelda game?!

 

[Tetranet]

Also some people here bitching already becuase they think it could be a girl, wow at such blatant sexsism, I wouldnt mind and by the way it would be pretty fantastic, but he is a boy so dont worry. And damn if some of you are not fucked up for not wanting him to be a girl.

Considering a beautiful face and beauty in general an exclusive female trait ISN'T blatant sexism? Yes he is a boy, and he's beautiful too, possibly on par with Zelda herself.

 

[Francokid1]

Nintendo: That Amazing Zelda Footage Was In-Engine

Shouldn't be surprising, I don't think Nintendo ever does CG trailers. In some cases the games looks better at release than the reveal.

 

[Mango The Magician]

If you look in the distance of the landscape photo you can see what looks like Hyrule castle to the left of Death Mountain. Right where it needs to be.


Give me more info Nintendo! I need it!

 

[KojiKnight]

I think that some of these juniors are unaware of the yearly culling that often happens in around and especially directly after E3...

 

[Qurupeke]

This impressed me so much. Probably the best game I've ever seen. I really can't wait.

 

[Cachuli]

i really would like to see an okami game with that art style

 

[Beermeister]

Nintendo: That Amazing Zelda Footage Was In-Engine

The breathtaking footage Nintendo showed today for its 2015 Wii U Zelda is real, a Nintendo rep tells me. I asked if it was pre-rendered. No, they said. It's in-engine. It's not a gameplay angle, for the most part, but what you saw is coming from Wii U-level hardware, it seems.

I will wait for real gameplay.

 

[Zoon]

Do you know what fits this concept? Masks!
Rent the masks from the salesman ala ALBW style.

 

[Blearth]

Meh, Zelda always bored me to tears.

Where's my new F-Zero, Ninty???

 

[HalfBakedProphet]

how is no one talking about what appears to be lasers in a zelda game?!

because the series has had lasers before bro

 

[anchorman128]

OP needs to be updated with these!

Damn it lol just finished going on the press site and uploading them to ablode myself. Thanks for the heads up though.

 

[Mato]

I noticed the Mononoke resemblance earlier. But I just realized they are going for a Studio Ghibli movie look. The backgrounds especially look very oil-painting like. Ghibli movies are pretty, so this is good news.

 

[Tawney Bomb]

Man, that game looks gorgeous. I think I'll buy a Wii U for this.

Also wouldn't mind if it were a female, but the past few Link's have looked pretty feminie, so keept that in mind, and we may get a choice of genders?

 

[Ataru]

Also, why do the Juniors hate cel-shading so much?

This "junior" absolutely loves it.

 

[Breziron]

 

 

[Number_6]

This is what the vast majority of fans want.
But as you know, Nintendo doesn't like giving fans what they want.

It's why they are in this position in the first place.

How do you know this again? Personally, I found the TP style quite bland and boring. Making it HD doesn't save it.

No offense but you are all accepting this will be the game that releases.

You would have all said the same at the first footage (of the completely different visual style) Zelda shown at the previous E3.

May as well be labelled with the rest of E3's 'concepts' really.

That was a tech demo. Are you still waiting for Square Enix to remake FF7?

So, seriously, do you think this Link is a girl?

I hope this Link is a girl, given those eyes, that mouth, and that chin and jawline. Otherwise, man up his face a little.

That aside, I'm loving the new Link design, finally we've escaped the crap TP/SS Link. I'm also really digging the color, that blue shirt rocks, and I really hope we don't get stuck in the typical bland green tunic and hat for most of the game. Let this Link be the renegade he (or she) appears to be. Multiple outfits/armors in different colors like ALttP are most welcome, however.

 

[CLBridges]

Just looked over the trailer and pics again. Man, it looks really good and the open world from what I saw looks great. I can already tell this game is going to be rich with color and atmosphere, great game-play is a given. Good job Nintendo!

 

[Kinsei]

So Zelda is going full anime... that's probably it for me and Nintendo.

This is the thread for Zelda U, not Hyrule Warriors.

 

[Hiz_95]

Everything looks amazing apart from the fact that Link seems to be getting more androgynous with every game.

 

[RPGCrazied]

Hoping we get more info at these treehouse thingies.

 

[shackdaddy836]

Looks like WiiU is the first console of the big 3 I get. Literally got chills when they showed this which hasn't happened in a loooong time.

 

[Paracelsus]

Considering a beautiful face and beauty in general an exclusive female trait ISN'T blatant sexism? Yes he is a boy, and he's beautiful too, possibly on par with Zelda herself.

The Link in SS was more feminine than this, this is roughly the same model as the tech demo but with cartoon effect slapped on top. Try to overlap the faces.

 

[Heroman]

Man people don't know how anime looks like.

 

[Citizen_Insane]

I was not expecting it to look like this, wow. That is such a beautiful artstyle. I absolutely cannot wait to play this. Guess I need a Wii U now.

Shame that it's 2015. I would have loved to have it this year.

 

[jett]

Nintendo finally did it, a Zelda game, that caters to both wetdreams of the zelda fanbase: open world and sci-fi. :lol

It looks really awesome, wish they had shown more. I assume it's yet another prequel in the series, about the super hi-tech civilzation hinted at in previous games.

 

[wishdom]

Open world Zelda game in the veins of TLOZ (and Skyrim), with a cross between cell-shaded and Twilight Princess graphics.

Can't wait to see more, but so far it looks fantastic.

 

[Kisaya]

Princess Mononoke is now a Zelda game.

I am so fine with this.

Getting a lot of Princess Mononoke vibes from the trailer.

EDIT: Lol, I guess I wasn't the first to notice it.

Princess Mononoke... it's impact *___*

Link is beautiful

 

[Ultimadrago]

WOW different from what I was expecting but awesome! I cannot wait until we get some more info about it.

You are able to travel to where ever you see, even the mountains in the distance. Particle, and fire effects were absolutely stunning.

Releasing 2015

Zelda WiiU Reveal Trailer

Photos from Nintendo's E3 Press Kit

Art style is so great. Aaaaah.

I need to see how it plays!

 

[Mistle]

reggie said it's "loooong in development", and they purposely just teasted a small bit, so that's promising

 

[Satch]

please be a girl, the anger gives me a hard-on

 

[Sparrowhawk]

Just saw the trailer and this is how I feel after reading the comments section.

 

[ArkhamFantasy]

Sorry if this has been mentioned. But is this a motion controlled game like skyward sword?

 

[Wishmaster92]

#I CAN'T

 

[Ardainian Soldier]

Everything looks amazing apart from the fact that Link seems to be getting more androgynous with every game.

What's wrong with that?

 

[WeAreStarStuff]

Looks absolutely gorgeous.

 

[Goretrail]

My favorite reveal of E3, allright Nintendo, I will buy a WiiU for a third time. Personally this looks like it could be the best Zelda since N64.

I just hope it is not the cakewalk that Link Between Worlds was. Also I am not sold on the item rental/purchase system. There has to be a better way of not gating dungeons, I really hope they are not planning on using this system. I would even prefer if they just paired the gear down to sword, bow, jars, and bombs.