Not75Drops
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It's weird because Nintendo said this game is before Ocarina of Time but if this follows Twilight Princess' provinces, it makes no sense. Nintendo and their (apparently) messed up timelines.
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All New Skyward Sword Info from GI + Nintendo
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Wow, that's good.Sennorin said:"As Phi willingly fell into the stream of lava, she made the ultimate sacrifice: She had seen how Link could never defeat the demon lord Ghirahim without a weapon of his own kind. Being molten alive, combining her strongest of all wills with her fading bodily existence, she turned herself into what would later become known as the Master Sword - a sword so full of enlightened energy that it would be able to banish any evil.
When Link would tell the citizens of Hyrule, after his victory over the evil Ghirahim, that the all-saving sword was created by a pure-hearted gift to all living things, the place of its birth, and thus Phi´s grave, would stop being called Eldin Volcano - and be known as Death Mountain for all of time."
Yeah, fanfic-time!
Lord_Byron28
Member
Yeah I know people were going to dislike that part. Personally I never had a problem with that section. The constant retreading through the same area was the only annoying part about it and they shouldn't be an issue for this one. I also personally enjoyed ST's sections alot.ReyVGM said:
However, this sounds like it will not be as time consuming as TP's bug hunt or The Ocean King Temple. It sounds like it was meant to be fast paced.
IGN edited together all of the new footage from the press conference:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRuNlPGR1Xc&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRuNlPGR1Xc&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL
Net_Wrecker
Member
Ughhhhh, I must find a play to play this. Had little to no hype, but all the info released has pulled me right back in.
Lord_Byron28
Member
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPWBJ7TV-Xk music from this trailerEllis Kim said:
Here's the main theme played backwards.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyFPPVVKS1Y&feature=related
Thanks updated op.
Rebel Leader
THE POWER OF BUTTERSCOTCH BOTTOMS
Highlighted the spoilers
Holy mother of god =O
Holy mother of god =O
I'm on media blackout!
I've never done this before but after seeing that trailer yesterday I think I've already been overexposed. Thank you for the spoiler tags in the OP. I just checked this thread to see if was old or not and avoided spoiling any surprises because of the tags.
I've never done this before but after seeing that trailer yesterday I think I've already been overexposed. Thank you for the spoiler tags in the OP. I just checked this thread to see if was old or not and avoided spoiling any surprises because of the tags.
Dark Schala
Eloquent Princess
Must... resist... urge... to highlight! I can't resist the music spoilers, though. :O
OH GOD.
OH GOD.
timetokill
Banned
Oh my god, overload.. I watched one of the new trailers and I just... can't do it
Too awesome
Too awesome
Warrior_Keoni
Member
Thank goodness this will be released near Thanksgiving. If it were a regular week...
So as I understand it, the locations in the underworld aren't connected but are like Wind Waker islands that you enter from above.
The artstyle brings back memories of tWW too.
I was never a huge fan of Wind Waker's style.
It was often pretty but so unrealistic that it took me out of Hyrule.
IMO, Zelda:SS strikes the perfect balance between the fanciful and the believable.
The Wii's swansong might just be one of Nintendo's most stunning achievements.
Can't wait!
The artstyle brings back memories of tWW too.
I was never a huge fan of Wind Waker's style.
It was often pretty but so unrealistic that it took me out of Hyrule.
IMO, Zelda:SS strikes the perfect balance between the fanciful and the believable.
The Wii's swansong might just be one of Nintendo's most stunning achievements.
Can't wait!
SMT
this show is not Breaking Bad why is it not Breaking Bad? it should be Breaking Bad dammit Breaking Bad
Idde said:Crap. I want to highlight the spoilers. But I don't want to. I'm not sure I can hold out for two more months
I just read them, and didn't absorb anything because they use new terminology you need to associate with an image, lol!
I am so excited for this game, what a change of tune from me... )_)
PooBone
Member
In regards to the overworld/underworld travel, I'm pretty confused. So is Skyloft in the clouds flying around ala Wind Waker w/ wings being considered the "overworld," while the "underworld" is ground, forests, rivers, etc, and that's all being considered basically one giant dungeon?
I'd imagined it being like Wind Waker in the sky with islands in the clouds, then an overworld proper underneath, ala OoT, with dungeons split off of that.
I'm really confused on how it works if the "underworld" is just one big dungeon.
I'd imagined it being like Wind Waker in the sky with islands in the clouds, then an overworld proper underneath, ala OoT, with dungeons split off of that.
I'm really confused on how it works if the "underworld" is just one big dungeon.
K
kittens
Unconfirmed Member
I'm so tempted to read the news info, but I'm on media black out. Must resist. Only two months.
IrrelevantNotch
Banned
Wow, sounds fun....
Gonna bet most of that time involves traversing a boring overworld.
Dark Schala
Eloquent Princess
Two of the longest months ever.omg.kittens said:
Houston3000
Member
As someone who doesn't own a Wii I haven't read anything about this game - I saw a couple of the early concept art and one or two of the original screenshots but nothing informational. Historically I'm a huge Zelda fan though, I've played them all and would like to play this one probably (maybe I'll even get a Wii for it). I'm at the office and can't watch the videos.
Would someone mind summarizing this game for me in like a paragraph or a couple of sentences? Is it all motion sword combat? There's flying? Multiple dimensions? Are there traditional Zelda style dungeon/item/boss progression or are they mixing that up somehow?
Would someone mind summarizing this game for me in like a paragraph or a couple of sentences? Is it all motion sword combat? There's flying? Multiple dimensions? Are there traditional Zelda style dungeon/item/boss progression or are they mixing that up somehow?
Vulcano's assistant
Banned
I'm very tempted to do the same, but I feel my wii deserves this last hurrah.Lyphen said:
Of course, I'll be very jealous of the people posting the 1080p screens .
Hobbestetrician
Member
It is a shame that this game will never be released since Nintendo will cease to exist anymore in late November. This looked like quite an amazing game.
They're making some pretty big changes to the core design of the game. The line between the overworld and dungeons has been blurred by making the whole world full of puzzles and stuff normally found only in dungeons. Item system has also been overhauled by an upgrade system which lets you customize items.Houston3000 said:
The world is divided into Skyloft above the clouds and the ground. Should be pretty massive and you do the travelling by flying. Also there's orchestrated soundtrack.
3 hours before the first dungeon
Not sure if that was from this thread or the TGS one...but this is gonna be hit or miss for me. I mean, they pulled it off in Majora's Mask fine, but the beginning of Twilight Princess is some of the most tedious shit ever. It's basically the only reason that I don't play through the game every once in a while....
HylianScribe
Member
The Upgrade Trailer is the single piece of media shown so far that has given me a glimmer of hope for this game. They took the really superfluous upgrade system from Phantom Hourglass and Spirit Tracks for your vehicle and turned it into something more ambitious. This, in theory, will do wonders for the exploration factor and, if my gut is right, means the archaic system of simply receiving upgrades in dungeons is done with in favor of something more gratifying. It's nothing new, but anything to move the series in a new direction. More like Xenoblade (but keep Zelda's combat/item system) would be awesome.
TSA said:
A Zelda game with environments as detailed and large as Xenoblade, but with all the interaction of Zelda would be glorious. One of the few things I dont care for about Xenoblade is that Im so limited in my interactions with the awesome environments, I keep wishing it played more like Zelda.
Also I could only hope for Zelda to have half as many NPC sidequests as Xenoblade, Ive done like 300 now and I only just arrive in Sword Valley. My dream Zelda would be a giant playground world with tons of nooks and crannies for a billion NPC sidequests, Zelda sidequests are usually awesome, but theres always so few of them, at least to how many I wish there would be.
TheCongressman1
Member
hyduK said:
Wat?
Anyway, I notice something about that 4 minutes of footage. I haven't seen anyone else say it, so here it goes:
(Serious spoiler tags)
Link's sword changes in appearance during the video. A few scenes show that the sword is longer, but more importantly, the final scene shows that the blade is taking the shape of the Master Sword.
Looks like you do forge the sword as you go along.
Mr. Saturn
Member
hyduK said:
Lies, it was awesome in Wind Waker and it will be awesome here too.
Spiffy_1st
Member
50-100 hours? That sounds way too unrealistic. But who cares, Ocarina of Time was no where near that length and was extremely enjoyable.
I hope the upgrade system also expands into other equipment like your sword and mail. I miss that where in the older games like LTTP you could get better armor (blue mail, red mail) and get your sword tempered and so forth. Majoras Mask had that but the upgrade was temporary until you did the golden powder on top as well.
manueldelalas
Time Traveler
Sounds good.
Nice to hear they are treating the world map as a dungeon, but I have to play it to judge this game. Will obviously play it because it is Zelda, but I'm cautiously optimistic because WW, PH and ST happened, and TP was better, but not as good as OOT and way too easy...
Why do you spoiler tag all? that shit is annoying, spoiler the important bits only, like items (not like they weren't spoiled in the official trailer...).
Nice to hear they are treating the world map as a dungeon, but I have to play it to judge this game. Will obviously play it because it is Zelda, but I'm cautiously optimistic because WW, PH and ST happened, and TP was better, but not as good as OOT and way too easy...
Why do you spoiler tag all? that shit is annoying, spoiler the important bits only, like items (not like they weren't spoiled in the official trailer...).