It has been taken down, trying to secure the mp3 though. It practically confirms the game is in the Downfall timeline
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It has been taken down, trying to secure the mp3 though. It practically confirms the game is in the Downfall timeline
((Oh my fuuuuuccccking goooooodd
PancakeBurglar
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Thank you, a lot of interesting story info here.
.. And this video pushed me to getting a USB-C cable for my extra battery - might be dropping some hours into this. There is indeed some different kind of impression from this area - maybe it's just the vertical scale? Been a lot of open plains otherwise, it seems. In general, it's still a bit surprising how little has actually been shown or leaked - there is something now, of course - like this, or the Death Mountain clips, or from the coast - but still.
Edit: To the above - Oh snap! Interesting!
whyamihere
Banned
That's a lot, but also a lot of what we also expected.
I still have no idea where this game falls in the timeline, ha.
Camper Van Beethoven
Banned
God I wish I could play in Japanese with an English sub. The acting is so flat.
AcademicSaucer
Member
Glad even this is just something that happens just before you leave the Plateau.
And with that I
Thats enough spoilers for me
Watched it. Don't think it does. Why do you think it does?
Ok I think it time to bail this thread until I beat the game.
tali'zorah84
Member
omg that cutscene... time to bail before anything else leaks
Yabberwocky
Member
Thank you! Dat Hyrule Castle arrangement. I'm loving some of the framing in the cutscenes, too, especially the one with Zelda and the champions. I'm a bit wary about the voice work, though - like with younger actress/older woman speaking in the previous trailers, kinda headscratching at the King's voice. He sounds a lot younger than his character design, there is bit of a dissonance. I like the voice work itself, it's just sounds like the speaking voice of a much older man.
Huh, watching that cutscene now I'm wondering how the scenes we've seen in the trailer fit in. We have one zelda in her dress as she was at the end of that video up there. And then we have zelda in what seems to be very reminiscent color-wise to the champions outfits as we saw at the switch presentation trailer.
I have to wonder if rescuing zelda is only the midway point of the game.
I have to wonder if rescuing zelda is only the midway point of the game.
PancakeBurglar
Member
I think I can agree with this, the voice acting isn't bad and fits the scene fine. But the King himself does sound younger then what I'd expect.
OmegaSmash
Member
Man, I'm super glad the LA dub sounds great. The Spanish UI is going to be a pain, but I can deal with it.
PadWarrior
Member
Do we know if ganon appears in his gannondorf form.
I'm guessing the scenes with her in the champions outfit take place before calamity ganon takes over. It's probably her and link on the journey to find the champions.
FloweryMarston
Member
what the fuck, this cutscenes reframes a lot of things to me. Are the memories cutscenes going to be how each champion died?
There are 2 references to ganondorf in the pastebin dump, could possibly just be amiibo related though as they are just variable names which aren't massively descriptive.
E: Actually, yeah looking at some of the other variable names they are just amiibo variables.
plank
Member
Lets see.
Koholint Island
Rito living along side the Zora
Koroks living along side the kokiri
Rito living along side the Zora
Koroks living along side the kokiri
That sounds so likely now that I think about it.
Maybe we play those scenes through memory mechanics or something.
FloweryMarston
Member
the fourth champion is not the gerudo then, since she is in the present with link
Wow, that whole part about members of other races piloting divine mechanical beasts was an idea that I had for a Zelda fanfic a long time ago. Good to know that I was on the right track!
.. He does sound a bit weirdly cast, yes. I suppose there are also just high expectations to the voice work - after years of high quality in Zelda games' other audio aspects, like the music.
It is, we saw her in the cut scene, also that was probably a memory flashback.
BossDarkseid
Member
The Divine Beasts part sounds straight out of Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind.
whyamihere
Banned
Wait, this is an early cutscene?
Yes, before you leave the plateau.
PadWarrior
Member
Thanks!
PancakeBurglar
Member
I'm pretty sure the Champions appear in the present as ghosts similar to the King, we see the blue ghost fire around the goron in the switch trailer. So I'm expecting them to appear in the present and play a role in the story involving each divine beast.
tali'zorah84
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The cutscene mentions the Calamity being sealed by a previous Link and Zelda before the events of 100 years ago and that it was already an established legend before they found out.
My theory is that the game takes place in a converged timeline, but it doesn't actually show the convergence happening. Leaves room for a BOTW prequel that explains the convergence in better detail (or that DLC story). The only problem is that Hyrule Warriors already featured the idea of timelines colliding, so the main Nintendo team probably won't go near that idea.
Maybe it's just super far in the future where they know about all the splits in the legend. If the Sheikah are advanced enough to create cryogenics they're probably aware of alternate universes and whatnot.
My theory is that the game takes place in a converged timeline, but it doesn't actually show the convergence happening. Leaves room for a BOTW prequel that explains the convergence in better detail (or that DLC story). The only problem is that Hyrule Warriors already featured the idea of timelines colliding, so the main Nintendo team probably won't go near that idea.
Maybe it's just super far in the future where they know about all the splits in the legend. If the Sheikah are advanced enough to create cryogenics they're probably aware of alternate universes and whatnot.
Skel1ingt0n
I can't *believe* these lazy developers keep making file sizes so damn large. Btw, how does technology work?
welp peace out, y'all... it's been fun!
I was actually thinking it'd be neat if it turned out she was an old woman now.
archvile7
Member
Yeah, in watching that cutscenes I was wondering what event or game would have led up the current situation they are in, I'm guessing it's either really far in the future, or they left it open to DLC to tell the tale.
My spoiler tolerance : This is the first real spoiler on this thread xD
FloweryMarston
Member
The thing is, the gerudo girl doesn't have the blue fire
I just realized the scene with zelda in front of calamity ganon was so close to the one with luna and leviathan minus the trident lol.
I'm beginning to lean to this idea. This seems different from how zelda sealed herself in skyward sword. She actually got a stasis pod for that one. Here it just seems that zelda used her power smack dab in front of ganon. Unless magical triforce wumbo keeps her forever young lol.
Chained Prometheus
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I mean, it's possible, but I bet she's sealed herself in some sort of stasis to be able to perpetually seal Ganon away this whole time.
Neither has anyone besides Daruk.
Neither does King Rhoam when he's disguised as the Old Man. I think the blue ghost flame is something they can control.
OmegaSmash
Member
Neither did the King in his disguise.
PancakeBurglar
Member
Yeah but the King didn't have it until he revealed himself. I'm doubtful that these characters are simply only going to be present in flashback cutscenes, they've had a fairly big presence in the recent promo material. I feel confident we will be able to interact with them in the present timeline.
FloweryMarston
Member
I see, hmmm. the cutscenes with the champions always shows link with the master sword, while the one with the gerudo girl he has the usual weapons. I always thought that the cutscenes with the master sword are in the past.
Pretty sure they are.
When Game Informer was talking about their experience in the Bird Divine Beast, they mentioned a character who made bird puns. I'm assuming this is the ghost of Revali who is guiding you.
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