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Anouma confirms Majora was in development as soon as they finished Ocarina
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Dreamwriter
Member
Crimsonclaw111
Member
It works on the 2ds
Yep, that's true in parts...but Zelda:Gaiden as we know it only started development in mid 1999, which is when the core concept, world and clock structure were implemented.
I followed the game from its very first mention in 1999 onwards, through N64 Magazine, IGN.com and etc. This was the first released screenshot of the game, released in 1999, which included many elements taken on from Ocarina of Time such as the deku shield, link model and HUD:
I also remember when the Moon looked like this:
Discovering a few months afterwards that it now had a face was disturbing as hell, yet awesome.
I remember when Zelda: Gaiden was originally announced - and the Moon looked like this:
Discovering a few months afterwards that it now had a face was disturbing as hell, yet awesome.
I wonder whose crazy idea it was to add the face.
Four Swords Legendary Edition is on my 3DS. It was available for free for a limited time period.
And: Nintendo Is Planning A Future For Both 2D And 3D Metroid
No idea, but they deserve a medal.
Four Swords Legendary Edition is on my 3DS. It was available for free for a limited time period.
That's not Four Sword Adventures. That's the original FS that came with the GBA port of A Link to the Past.
What are you huffing?
Kai Dracon
Writing a dinosaur space opera symphony
It seems a lot of people who only casually glanced at OOT3D never noticed how much work Grezzo put in to updating the graphics without altering the art style. It wasn't a couple of textures replaced, the entire game was overhauled.
The Majora comparison shots are pretty dramatic when faulty memory of the N64 is wiped away. The upgrade is as complete as OOT3D. Thing is, as Grezzo stated about OOT they do not want to change the look of the game too much in the process of upgrading the quality of all assets. That means to some eyes it's still going to look "outdated" as a 3D world designed over ten years ago.
It should be remembered that Nintendo will give a team a lot of time to polish a game if they can afford to have that team working on it a while. Same thing happened with Luigi's Mansion Dark Moon. It was allowed to cook for quite some time and had several passes by producers at Nintendo suggesting tweaks and balances.
The Majora comparison shots are pretty dramatic when faulty memory of the N64 is wiped away. The upgrade is as complete as OOT3D. Thing is, as Grezzo stated about OOT they do not want to change the look of the game too much in the process of upgrading the quality of all assets. That means to some eyes it's still going to look "outdated" as a 3D world designed over ten years ago.
It should be remembered that Nintendo will give a team a lot of time to polish a game if they can afford to have that team working on it a while. Same thing happened with Luigi's Mansion Dark Moon. It was allowed to cook for quite some time and had several passes by producers at Nintendo suggesting tweaks and balances.
TheMoon
Member
That was never a hint, she's just nuts about this game, as evidenced by her twitter reaction to the announcement.
Übermatik;137897284 said:
Dude, that was the first and only thing people got excited about when Reggie and Vince showed up for the VGX to show Cranky Kong lol.
Reggie even addressed this in interviews as just a random pin because he likes Metroid.
All of these "operations" are a waste of time essentially. The only effect they had were XSEED taking note and approaching NOA to publish TLS and PT in NA.
Absolutely no clue. It could really be anything so I'm not gonna speculate until we get at least a vague hint at specific additions/changes. Could be difficulty modes, new schedules, full MQ-mode, expanded world ... who knows. The image is from the Miiverse post, just wanted to include it here.
OoT 3D does have the full-on Master Quest from the GCN disc. Not just that, they even mirrored the game! The GCN version of Master Quest was not mirrored. It was an amazing extra.
Question would be answered by looking at the box art ... or the trailer.
New 3DS wasn't even mentioned anywhere.
friskykillface
Banned
Maybe ocarina of time is included if you 100% the entire game
Do it Anouma , reward us that did it back in the day
3 years huh , hmmmm I wonder what was added x going to be added
Do it Anouma , reward us that did it back in the day
3 years huh , hmmmm I wonder what was added x going to be added
Maybe ocarina of time is included if you 100% the entire game
Do it Anouma , reward us that did it back in the day
hahaha not a chance
What is a possibility:
- Ability to use the Fierce Deity Mask in any area right from the point you get the Ocarina of Time onwards
- Increased difficulty and damage, due to the inclusion of the Fierce Deity Mask
- Mirrored World
Meesh
Member
I'd take Master Quest...Maybe ocarina of time is included if you 100% the entire game
Do it Anouma , reward us that did it back in the day
3 years huh , hmmmm I wonder what was added x going to be added
I would love a master quest, but I'm sure they will only offer what I listed in my post above. Which would be more than enough. Make the Fierce Deity mask something more than it was in the original version.
Buddha Beam
Banned
Probably just had a small team working on it with low priority.
DreadPirateRoberts
Member
They probably just had like, one guy on it til recently.
Are we looking at the same thing? Whatever I should know better than to bite on shit like this.
Linkstrikesback
Member
I mean, I know there will be a hero mode, but if it is also a master quest variant, hngg.
Majora is probably one of the easier ones to do that for too, since they would only need to change 4 dungeons.
Majora is probably one of the easier ones to do that for too, since they would only need to change 4 dungeons.
TheMoon
Member
I must've missed those. Examples?
I'll take it a step further. If you owned a 3DS since June 2011, you could play every Zelda on 3DS alone aside from ALttP, WW, TP, and SS! And if new 3DS gets SNES VC, that would only leave 3 games.
3DS is the ultimate Zelda machine.
MikeE21286
Member
Why not just make a new game then instead of remake one.
Kinda super disappointed at that news.
Kinda super disappointed at that news.
Meesh
Member
I would positively melt if the game cart was gold with holographic sticker art. Right in da feels.
Yeah, Fierce Deity available from the start on second play through or something, that'd be sweet.
They could probably go the extra mile to remake the mandatory mini dungeons too. I fear the thought of playing a master quest version of stone tower temple lol.
Do you really think they put a big team on it ?
It's probably a small team, with the mission to remaster the game and port it.
It can take quite a lot of time, you know if yu want a a free bugs game.
They already did : ALBW ?
Also Majora mask was a game that people were begging to have. Did you missed all the Nintendo direct thread where people spammed that ?
TheMoon
Member
You do realize that they did make a new game? lol
It came out last year.
He's a drive-by troll. Ignore.
In lon lon ranch, in the house. There are picture frames with artwork of skyward sword.
axisofweevils
Holy crap! Today's real megaton is that more than two people can have the same first name.
Hilariously, certain game sites ran with this thread, including the typo in the title lol.
Astral Dog
Member
Even if i doesnt look that good, its still much better than the N64 game and Ocarina 3D, also its still on a 3DS, this is silly.
Weird that Aonuma said this remake is going to be worth our time, i hope its more than just Master Quest.
You know what is the funny thing about the FF type 0 game you showed ? Is that is was proven that Square remaster for PS vita they changed the maps in a another thread here on Gaf.
I prefer that Nintendo stay loyal to the game rrather than putting HD graphics just to make it prettier then change the aspect of the maps (meaning they removed some elements on them in FF type 0).
But if if you still insist about aesthetics come first then please leave Nintendo alone. We're not fans of Nintendo because of that. Nintendo is not for you.
Lolololol
What the fuck.
Look at my post history. Do it. Im the biggest nintendo fan you could imagine and have been since 1994.
I have spent over £4,000 on nintendo products since 2011 and I have the club nintendo history to prove it. Also, let me show you this:
That's me. 14 YEARS AGO.
TheMoon
Member
=O 'scuse me, gotta go to the farm for a spell!
They should do an N64 Value Pack or something for Wii U. Includes 1080p Versions of OoT 3D, MM 3D, Starfox 64 3D and Mario 64 DS (The only one that would need a bit of work.) I'd buy it instantly.
Kai Dracon
Writing a dinosaur space opera symphony
As someone said upthread, Majora's development had begun during the development of Ocarina. It wasn't literally done in a year.
Told. Wonder how old Chaos17 is
OmegaSmash
Member
A Link Between Worlds and Zelda U suddenly don't exist?
Wasn't Sheik's harp also redesigned to match the harp from SS?
jabberwocker
Banned
Ok the game itself to a year to make but the Remake took three plus ? Ok..
Didn't Stone Tower have a part where you must let an enemy catch you to get where you need to go? Tricky dungeon.
With the millions of hints about it, the MM on ALBW and the constant teasing, it's pretty obvious. I don't think that there's anyone that didn't expect this sooner or later. If anything, I'm surprised they didn't announce this during E3.
Now let's wait for the second more teased game, Mother 3's return.
Multinational corporations and governments would never allow that to happen. The internet would explode lol