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[JoeInky]

Finally, there's one big question left-hanging: will the Dark World (or something similar) return?

The dark world doesn't exist after the events of alttp, it's now the sacred realm.

Don't really know how that's going to affect the game other than maybe an endgame triforce dungeon/s a la skyward sword.

They're probably going to give more overworld to explore by just expanding the map rather than using a light world/dark world mechanic.

 

[Deleted member 125677]

Trailer looks so much better on an actual 3DS screen btw. Don't be to quick to judge it from blurry screenshots on teh internets. Just sayin

 

[monome]

Trailer looks so much better on an actual 3DS screen btw. Don't be to quick to judge it from blurry screenshots on teh internets. Just sayin

really?!

I want to love, man.

I want to.

Still considering getting a 3DS for the summer, with the Guild games and Layton and Luigi but geez.... whether I'm too picky or Nintendo has lost some of its touch on me...

Once summer is gone, ihardly see myself picking a 3DS when next-gen consoels are around the corner.
Same for WiiU, where the fuck is my W101 release date!!!!

 

[Shion]

Trailer looks so much better on an actual 3DS screen btw. Don't be to quick to judge it from blurry screenshots on teh internets. Just sayin

I watched the trailer on a 3DS and I have to disagree.

The bland, cheap, gameloft-look is still there and it's really disappointing.

The art simply doesn't translate well in 3D:

It also doesn't help that Nintendo isn't even trying to push the hardware with this release.

 

[Nostremitus]

OK...

So, iirc Reggie said it was a new Zelda set in the same world as LttP, did he say "sequel?"

I'm gonna guess it's the prequel story of LttP Link's uncle or father considering that the old hollowed out tree stump outside the building is still a tree in the new game. Of course, that may just be an oversight but the amount of detail that usually goes into the top-down Zelda games would suggest otherwise.

 

[Deleted member 125677]

I watched the trailer on a 3DS and I have to disagree.

You don't think it looks better on 3DS than in blurry screenshots on the internet? (as exemplified with the screenshot in your post)

If you don't like the artstyle, fine, whatever.

 

[iMerc]

a top down zelda heavily influenced by a zelda classic, and people are doing everything they can to shit on it?

'hardcore gamers'.

 

[takriel]

OK...

So, iirc Reggie said it was a new Zelda set in the same world as LttP, did he say "sequel?"

I'm gonna guess it's the prequel story of LttP Link's uncle or father considering that the old hollowed out tree stump outside the building is still a tree in the new game. Of course, that may just be an oversight but the amount of detail that usually goes into the top-down Zelda games would suggest otherwise.

That tree was sewn off by two workers, so at the beginning of the game it was a whole tree in aLttP, too.

 

[Opus Angelorum]

It's amazing that once a title is announced that people had been hoping and praying for, they can be so negative and disappointed within minutes.

Would some people rather have no new Zelda for the 3DS?

 

[takriel]

I wonder if the game will feature cutscenes?

 

[Ushojax]

It's amazing that once a title is announced that people had been hoping and praying for, they can be so negative and disappointed within minutes.

Would some people rather have no new Zelda for the 3DS?

This is just what Zelda announcements are like these days.

*game looks similar to previous games*

IT"S THE SAME GAME AGAIN

*game looks totally different*

IT LOOKS NOTHING LIKE THE OLD GAMES

Anyway, I think it looks very nice and I can't wait to hear the music. Spirit Tracks had a godly soundtrack, I hope they don't try and reproduce the SNES music too directly.

 

[Akibastman]

A new top-down Zelda is amazing news but as much as I love aLttp, I prefer new Zeldas with new worlds etc.

But you know, totally ok with that. Day 1

 

[GavinGT]

I'm just not really a fan of Nintendo's new default art style.

a top down zelda heavily influenced by a zelda classic, and people are doing everything they can to shit on it?

'hardcore gamers'.

We're so hardcore we played LttP over 20 years ago and we don't necessarily want Nintendo devoting its resources to basically remaking it for no good reason.

 

[Kouriozan]

It's amazing that once a title is announced that people had been hoping and praying for, they can be so negative and disappointed within minutes.

Would some people rather have no new Zelda for the 3DS?

People who are fine with it only post once or not at all, and GAF isn't GAF without the huge amount of complains.
It looks fine and the gameplay should be great because it's Nintendo, the only downside is that the holidays line up is so much packed, I want nearly everything and don't want to choose

 

[Clefargle]

Does the banner that explicitly states that the footage from an in-development game not clue you guys in that the game could end up looking a bit better by christmas?

 

[Ushojax]

Does the banner that explicitly states that the footage from an in-development game not clue you guys in that the game could end up looking a bit better by christmas?

Don't you get it? The 80 seconds of early footage featuring one dungeon and three field sections represents the whole game.

 

[peanutbutterlatte]

Don't you get it? The 80 seconds of early footage featuring one dungeon and three field sections represents the whole game.

Also watching it is pretty much like playing it. I mean, you can imagine what it'd be like. Poor physics. Lazy controls. You can just imagine it. Nintendo done goofed this time.

 

[wilder.Boy]

This is just what Zelda announcements are like these days.

*game looks similar to previous games*

IT"S THE SAME GAME AGAIN

*game looks totally different*

IT LOOKS NOTHING LIKE THE OLD GAMES

Anyway, I think it looks very nice and I can't wait to hear the music. Spirit Tracks had a godly soundtrack, I hope they don't try and reproduce the SNES music too directly.

This is so perfectly true!

 

[sorijealut]

I honestly think they can do a better job at it, but who am I to complain, I have never played the game before and this is a great chance.

 

[lettermassing]

IT'LL BE GREAT.

 

[Rich!]

I honestly think they can do a better job at it, but who am I to complain, I have never played the game before and this is a great chance.

...This isn't a remake of the SNES game, you know.

Are people honestly thinking this? Fuck me.

 

[Synless]

I hope the soundtrack is similar to Link to the Past. That game had some awesome tracks.

I'm sure it will have its fair share of remixes.

 

[eXistor]

For all this talk about the art style, I just hope this sequel means a return to the same game-structure LttP used. That trumps any art style.

 

[sorijealut]

...This isn't a remake of the SNES game, you know.

Are people honestly thinking this? Fuck me.

lol oops. okay, I just realized what I have done. Forgive me...

Still not a fan of the style though.

 

[mrkgoo]

I'm
Just hoping for some mind blowing effects.

I want to be wowed like the first time I saw lake hylia in ocarina, or discovered the dark world in lttp. The rain and lost woods effects really wowed me at the time too.

 

[mrkgoo]

...This isn't a remake of the SNES game, you know.

Are people honestly thinking this? Fuck me.

On an initial look, you can't blame people after Nintendo announced what thu were doing with wind waker.

 

[BGBW]

The art simply doesn't translate well in 3D:

http://i.imgur.com/9qY5upT.jpg
http://www.technobuffalo.com/wp-con...-Link-to-the-Past-Nintendo-Direct-630x354.jpg

It also doesn't help that Nintendo isn't even trying to push the hardware with this release.

Brilliant. Lets take a bunch of shots are are not even close and then compare them. Three of them have the mist overlay on them for Triforce of the God's sake.

 

[Aostia]

The 3D trailer on the eshoip look so good (aparte the compression...). the "wall sticker link" is already presenting great gameplay ideas

 

[duckroll]

OK...

So, iirc Reggie said it was a new Zelda set in the same world as LttP, did he say "sequel?"

I'm gonna guess it's the prequel story of LttP Link's uncle or father considering that the old hollowed out tree stump outside the building is still a tree in the new game. Of course, that may just be an oversight but the amount of detail that usually goes into the top-down Zelda games would suggest otherwise.

Reggie might not have said sequel, but the Japanese title of the game is basically LoZ:LttP2. I suspect this is something similar to Luigi's Mansion 2, where they'll drop the number in the US and give it a different subtitle.

 

[Billy Big Bollocks]

The top down Zelda level in Mario 3D Land has the best use of stereoscopic 3D I have seen yet in both games and cinema. The idea of a whole game using this technique is something I am excited about.

 

[MrCookiepants]

The 3D trailer on the eshoip look so good (aparte the compression...). the "wall sticker link" is already presenting great gameplay ideas

Yeah, the game looks awesome. I'm hyped. I know people were expecting a proper 3D Zelda, but those just aren't suited to handhelds.

Do we know if it's going to use the touch controls from PH/ST?

 

[duckroll]

Yeah, the game looks awesome. I'm hyped. I know people were expecting a proper 3D Zelda, but those just aren't suited to handhelds.

I thought OoT3D was really well received though?

 

[ElectricKaibutsu]

I'm shocked people are hating on the graphics (well I guess not really since that's normal but), I really like them. The more I look at them the more I like them. Nintendo going back to their roots. This is a beautiful thing.

 

[iMerc]

We're so hardcore we played LttP over 20 years ago and we don't necessarily want Nintendo devoting its resources to basically remaking it for no good reason.

lol. exactly. TWENTY YEARS AGO.
there are multiple games being released these days that are mechanically and graphically rehashed from previous games in their series released just a year prior... on a yearly basis.

and we're complaining about a game heavily influenced by a classic of great repute (not just some random game time forgot) that was released 20 YEARS AGO.

FFS if you're not allowed to be heavily inspired by a game that was released that long of a time ago, when CAN you say it's 'ok' to take heavy inspiration from a past game?

50 years? 100 years? how about when our civilisation has finally evolved into fourth density. that still too soon?

TWENTY YEARS is more than enough time for generations of people who have never played the original Lttp to be completely enthralled by this new game. Who knows, maybe playing this title will encourage them to take a look at Lttp as well.

We don't even know HOW MUCH this game takes from lttp and how much new stuff it brings to the table.

All we have been shown is a world map very reminiscent of lttp's over world, and dungeon scenarios that introduce new game mechanics that weren't in Lttp. that sound fairly '1-all' to me.

 

[GavinGT]

lol. exactly. TWENTY YEARS AGO.
there are multiple games being released these days that are mechanically and graphically rehashed from previous games in their series released just a year prior... on a yearly basis.

and we're complaining about a game heavily influenced by a classic of great repute (not just some random game time forgot) that was released 20 YEARS AGO.

FFS if you're not allowed to be heavily inspired by a game that was released that long of a time ago, when CAN you say it's 'ok' to take heavy inspiration from a past game?

50 years? 100 years? how about when our civilisation has finally evolved into fourth density. that still too soon?

TWENTY YEARS is more than enough time for generations of people who have never played the original Lttp to be completely enthralled by this new game. Who knows, maybe playing this title will encourage them to take a look at Lttp as well.

We don't even know HOW MUCH this game takes from lttp and how much new stuff it brings to the table.

All we have been shown is a world map very reminiscent of lttp's over world, and dungeon scenarios that introduce new game mechanics that weren't in Lttp. that sound fairly '1-all' to me.

Heavily inspired is fine. Re-using environments is Nintendo taking their franchise reliance to a new level. And it looks to be a new trend for them, since the supposed Yoshi's Island "sequel" seems to be doing the very same thing. We just want them to break out of this mold, not fall deeper into it.

 

[MrCookiepants]

I thought OoT3D was really well received though?

That's because it's a great game.

It'd be much better with a controller and a TV though.

 

[DimmuBurgerKing]

I played LTTP over twenty years ago (and countless times since) and I couldn't be happier that they're making a sequel. The fact that it uses the same map (why wouldn't it? It's the same era of Hyrule!) doesn't mean there aren't new areas to explore. Absolutely can't wait to revisit this Link.

 

[mysteriousmage09]

That style is utter shit. What the hell Nintendo...

 

[Liberty4all]

I really need to get a 3ds

 

[Holy Order Sol]

Heavily inspired is fine. Re-using environments is Nintendo taking their franchise reliance to a new level. And it looks to be a new trend for them, since the supposed Yoshi's Island "sequel" seems to be doing the very same thing. We just want them to break out of this mold, not fall deeper into it.

You are questioning YI's status as a proper sequel based on the equivalent of this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZCbxKY11Ck

 

[Tuck]

No, it proves I'm being sincere in my distaste. The main reason I was holding on to this system was the prospect of a Majora's Mask remake or, and shame on me for thinking this, a console powerful enough to run a 3D Zelda getting a 3D Zelda.

And both will happen.

 

[Wafflecakes]

I think it looks great. Will purchase.

So many downers in this thread.

 

[thomasmahler]

a top down zelda heavily influenced by a zelda classic, and people are doing everything they can to shit on it?

'hardcore gamers'.

Oversimplifying it much?

People complain about 2 things:

1) The art direction has the same generic look that New Super Mario Bros uses. The ALTTP Art with the fake perspective doesn't really translate that well to the lowRes, crude looking 3d style.

2) Why use the exact same overworld? Give us a new Zelda, a new experience, not a warmed up version of the old thing we already played with new dungeons.

 

[Tuck]

OK...

So, iirc Reggie said it was a new Zelda set in the same world as LttP, did he say "sequel?"

I'm gonna guess it's the prequel story of LttP Link's uncle or father considering that the old hollowed out tree stump outside the building is still a tree in the new game. Of course, that may just be an oversight but the amount of detail that usually goes into the top-down Zelda games would suggest otherwise.

Sequel. New story. New dungeons. Same (But hopefully significantly altered) overworld.

 

[DimmuBurgerKing]

I think it looks great. Will purchase.

So many downers in this thread.

Zelda thread

 

[Madouu]

From what I've seen of Zelda announcements since Wind Waker, the artstyles Nintendo goes for are always divisive. I wonder if it was the same for OOT and Majora's Mask but I suspect that might've been the case too at the time.

Personally I think it is a good thing, it shows that the series is still healthy & creative from a visual design point of view. Sure, I might be more interested in a game featuring one art style over another but that's just it: interest. Graphics are part of a whole, and the best are those that fit in with a very clear game design philosophy and that give a proper & unique identity to the game.

With that said, I can't wait to be able to play this game and I think I'll happily steer away from Zelda threads for now as they tend to be a bit on the passionate side which could ruin my general happiness that this game is being made.

 

[Haunted]

This is just what Zelda announcements are like these days.

*game looks similar to previous games*

IT"S THE SAME GAME AGAIN

*game looks totally different*

IT LOOKS NOTHING LIKE THE OLD GAMES

Anyway, I think it looks very nice and I can't wait to hear the music. Spirit Tracks had a godly soundtrack, I hope they don't try and reproduce the SNES music too directly.

Once you realise that these two statements come from two very different camps (that both love Zelda dearly), it makes perfect sense.

There are all kinds of Zelda fans out there.

 

[Kouriozan]

That means we could get MM remake in 2014 then Zelda Wii U 2015?

 

[Night_Trekker]

Came into the thread hoping for an official release of Ancient Stone Tablets. But this is pretty damn cool, too!

Normally I would be unhappy about Nintendo just making a straight-up sequel to a classic game, but after playing Phantom Hourglass and Spirit Tracks, classic Zelda needed to make a return on handhelds.

I'm not crazy about the look, though. And I just know Koji Kondo won't do the music

 

[peanutbutterlatte]

I think before people criticize the overworld, they really need to confirm;

1) Whether it's exactly the same overworld without any new additions (or subtractions, as it were)
2) Whether we'll have an alternate world, i.e. the Dark World (or the Golden Realm if this takes place post LttP)