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Just got an order as well.
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Twilight Princess HD officially announced.
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Just got an order as well.
……forgetit
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You have to drive, there's that.
Driving there
And there is a chance that the store might sell it because someone slipped up.
Happened in the past, it's always by mistake, or an employee is intentionally risking his job to hide it to purchase later or to sell it to a friend.
I just trust shipping more, and if they cancel you're purchase they always try to make up for it. That and IF it did get canceled the Amiibo is being sold separately in other countries, and probably after the release of the game as well.
First of all, Tantalus has been working on this since at least February. They referenced it being underway then: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=999971
The earliest information I can find about Tomoya's fan mod is from April. So there's that.
You can say his mod looks terrible all you want, but what you can't say is that his effects and textures don't dramatically alter the look of the game. It's way more modern and advanced, even if it is an incoherent mess at times. There are a few effects, like the new glow of the lava geysers in the fire temple, that really do look the way I'd expect an actual modern Wii U remake of this game to look.
Point being that Nintendo and Tantalus' professional artists could have done at least as much to modernize the game as Tomoya has, but with professional art direction that actually would suit the game. You can't just say "this fan modernized it but his art is bad, so Nintendo was right not to change anything."
Bloom lighting I'll give you, but.... ambient occlusion, real time shadows, and volumetric clouds were bad additions? And do you think those lighting enhancements would be bad here, in a much more realistic, darker looking game? Are you arguing that this game looks better without any shadowing at all?
I'm not sure what you're saying. I only mentioned the character model as one example of an enhancement OoT3D did. I never meant to imply that was the only thing updated. OoT3D has huge visual enhancements across the board.
The Real Abed
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I love the subtle eye wander just before she gets in his face.
Can't believe we're getting this in HD!
I mean who wouldn't want to look?
Eyes are up here, Link. Eyes are up here.
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This listing has added store pickup availability, so anyone that ordered it yesterday when it was just ship to home should be able to switch to their store of choice now.
Barrow Roll
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You've been giving a lot of credit to Tomoya, and correct me if I'm wrong, but hasn't it mainly been Tino, the developer of Ishiiruka that has implemented most of the actual new effects into his branch of Dolphin? A big part of the look of Tomya's project also comes from Reshade settings as well. Not to mention Tomoya is actually working with a team of people now, and is credited as a "Texture Artist / Texture Art Director / Founder." Just saying, it's not like he's been doing this thing by himself, nor would his project even be possible without all the people behind Dolphin, Reshade, and Ishiiruka.
The Real Abed
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I just placed an order. Any worries that it might be cancelled? Do they charge you when it ships or when it's placed?
The Real Abed
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Best Buy's sign up system flaked out when I ordered it and now that I have an account, it's not in there. So now I have an account, and an open order with them that's not attached to that account. Apparently.
I really hope my order isn't canceled. I also just got an email confirming the release date of March 5th.
I guess I just sit back and wait. If I don't get it, I sure as heck ain't spending twice as much on eBay like I did for Wind Waker. I'm still bummed I never found a Mario Maker LE. I really want that too. I don't even have the game because I keep holding out just in case I find one with the Amiibo.
I really hope my order isn't canceled. I also just got an email confirming the release date of March 5th.
I guess I just sit back and wait. If I don't get it, I sure as heck ain't spending twice as much on eBay like I did for Wind Waker. I'm still bummed I never found a Mario Maker LE. I really want that too. I don't even have the game because I keep holding out just in case I find one with the Amiibo.
I think it often look too muted and brown-ish, it's almost as if the white levels were wrong, but it was done on purpose. That's the way the original was, and it's unfortunate that was maintained for this one. I wish they had adjusted the color scheme at least a bit. The Palace of Twilight was the only part of the game I thought looked pretty, to be honest.
Like most Zelda games, there's great design work in TP, but it's rarely executed well here.
It is on gamestop.com right now.
The Real Abed
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I already ordered it. It's just not attached to the shiny new BB account I tried to make at the same time because of some stupid glitch and oversight to not make it so you can retry at the time of ordering. (Even though on the previous page it said it successfully worked. It only said it didn't after I reached the confirmation page. Stupid ass system.)
I have emails and text messages enabled. I will be so sad if I get a message saying it was canceled. And I'm sure by the time it did happen, GameStop would be out of them too.
jack_package_200
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Just preordered this and the FE Fates CE
I am getting excited
I am getting excited
Sorry, I was editing in some more stuff but I got distracted. I was suggesting to make a backup order if possible while they are available, just in case.
This'll be the first one of these that they've remade which I've already played before. I'll pick this up just to play with regular controls though. I'd like to see them address stuff like the intro and stuff tied into the main story that would've been handled as side quests (still don't understand why you have to chase down Skull Kid twice). That being said, it looks nice enough because the blur is gone and the textures are much improved. I love Twilight Princess and whoever hasn't played it already is in for a real treat.
Katzenjammer
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This looked like crap when it released, and unfortunately it still looks like crap in this updated version. I bought WW HD (which had a very tasteful graphical upgrade - yes even the bloom) but I'm skipping this one.
game uk preorder is up
http://www.game.co.uk/en/the-legend...e=40&searchTerm=twilight+princess&catGroupId=
http://www.game.co.uk/en/the-legend...e=40&searchTerm=twilight+princess&catGroupId=
I was pretty tired when I read your post and the point must have gone way over my head
Gamestop.com still has stock.
http://www.gamestop.com/wii-u/games/the-legend-of-zelda-twilight-princess-hd-with-amiibo/126800
Cheeseman Battitude
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Was this playable with the classic controller on Wii or was it wiimote only?
PR planning is something gaf discovers everyday. They want to sell games. They won't give all the infos and show all the footage the day they release. It would kill 3/4 of the articles and noise they could make media-wise.
Pokemaniac
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On Wii it was Wiimote + nunchuk only.
Banjotanooki
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Cheeseman Battitude
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So the 4 face buttons I saw in the trailer for the HD version look to provide pro controller or gamepad support
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So the 4 face buttons I saw in the trailer for the HD version look to provide pro controller or gamepad support
Link is also left-handed in the footage, so this game is likely a port of the GameCube version and might not feature Wiimote controls at all.
EDIT: Actually, I'm no expert but I think enough of the environments were shown to know that it's definitely the GameCube version. They could potentially add Wiimote controls into it, but I'd guess it's more likely they'll focus on the GamePad, like they did with Wind Waker HD.
I never beat Twilight Princess. I got it at launch with the Wii(camped out all night with a damn fever in freezing weather, too), and discovered that I HATED the motion controls(made it to the water dungeon at least IIRC). By the time it came out for Gamecube, I didn't really have the money for it and didn't want to buy the same game twice.
This doesn't look like all that much of an upgrade, but I'll be getting it anyways so I can finally play this game through to completion.
This doesn't look like all that much of an upgrade, but I'll be getting it anyways so I can finally play this game through to completion.
Professor Beef
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So tonight I found out there's a hard mode in the HD version. Thanks, booze.
……forgetit
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So the 4 face buttons I saw in the trailer for the HD version look to provide pro controller or gamepad support
Actually it's pretty likely Wii remote support was scrapped completely.
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I agree. Windwaker HD had a lot of depth. This seems really flat. I hope they can add shadows. It would improve the visuals a lot.
hehe yea. Im f5 mashing the ninty uk store but nothing there yet.
Wind Waker HD (damage x2 no heart drops) or ALBW (damage x4) style?
Any pre-orders up in Canada yet?
Professor Beef
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I dunno. My convo with my source went like this:
Source: Eh, I'm not that interested in Temple of Osiris.
Me: Just like how I'm not that interested in Twilight Princess.
Source: What? You mean you're not looking forward to the new graphics and Link being a lefty and hard mode?
...fuck that wasn't announced yet. *walks away*
Probably not. But its no loss.
GameCube version was always by far the superior one, especially with the action replay code to enable wide-screen.
Professor Beef
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My money is on "not a chance."
The GamePad can mimic the aiming with gyro and even the tilt for Rollgoal. So all that is lost is waggle for swinging the sword which really isn't a loss.
the dual clawshots are going to be a massive step back without ir pointing. it's way way faster to do that with a wii remote when it's ir pointing than gyro pointing, and faster with wii gyro pointing than gamepad pointing. i suppose it's better than analog stick pointing which made me feel like i'd traveled from the far future to a long ago time.
but seriously the pacing in the wii version is a lot better thanks to the nunchuk + wii remote setup although part of that was weird gamecube version sabotage
……forgetit
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Idk man, gyro aiming seels so good. Playing MM3D right now and it's as good as pointing for me. But of course I play splatoon with gyro controls.
The Real Napsta
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Sorry if this has already been asked but is this the GameCube version or the Wii version?
Evidence point to Gamecube version.
Banjotanooki
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The world is not flipped as in the wii version, and the HUD has button layouts from the gamepad/pro controller so it's safe to assume there will not be wiimote controls.
MAtgS
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Or gamepad is default.
It's the Gamecube version, you don't really need much evidence to make that claim -- just watch any footage of the Wii version and you will immediately see the difference in the world and that Link is right handed.
For them to implement Wiimote controls it would require that if you pick them, the world has to be flipped and subsequently Link must be right handed. They wanted Link's hand to be the more commonly used hand so that he would best mimic the player's movement with the sword swings (even if it was all just basically waggle). They could include this as an option like I said but it would appear not -- it would have helped make this the definitive version, though, for those who did like the waggle.
No, now the only way the Wii's world is making it in is if it is activated for Hero Mode much like OoT3D's world was mirrored/flipped in Master Quest. Either that or it's literally an option to the player to set before starting the save file (which at that point they might as well have given the option of Wiimote controls lol).