Vane_MagicCity
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I like A Link to the Past too but other than it being 2D, it wasn't that different from the 3D Zeldas.
I want A Link to the Past remake in 3D. I don't really want a 2D sequel.
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New Zelda 3DS Impressions and Gameplay footage
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I like A Link to the Past too but other than it being 2D, it wasn't that different from the 3D Zeldas.
I want A Link to the Past remake in 3D. I don't really want a 2D sequel.
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ClovingWestbrook
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Really? I found OOT just really boring and quite tedious while Link to the Past is my favorite game of all time.
Also, I still would have preferred an art style like this
I feel like OOT is ALTTP in 3D. Or at least, the best you could hope for.
The problem is that gameplay in ALTTP is very centered around that grid based overworld and having something in every square. OOT is honestly a godsend in being able to translate something into 3D, although it's definitely different.
I want more top down gameplay. Not because it's superior or anything like that, but because it's good, and we haven't seen much of it in quite a while. The references to ALTTP are just icing on the cake. I wouldn't even care if this was an ALTTP 1.5.
It was a joke about the next hypothetical console Zelda "finally" being dissimilar from OOT with modern adaptions like a cover system and regen health. (Which would be terrible, which is the joke.)
To be honest, that's kind of how it does look. It's just not raining in any of the shots. I'm not saying it's EXACTLY the same, but close enough that I wonder why people keep bringing that up as if it's a wildly different art style. This picture is just at night and while raining.
Vane_MagicCity
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The 3D Zeldas do seem to move slower, that seemed to happen to many games when they went to 3D, including Mario.
Think about JRPG's on the SNES and then JRPG's on the PS1. Long animations covering up load times.... It feels so nice to go back and play Breath of Fire today.
Those long ass tutorials are here to stay and I am sure this game will waste your time explaining the value of rupees too.
That's enough for me. I think he's out of touch and just needs to retire.
IMO, you don't need to handheld-ize every damn game on the 3DS. Ocarina of Time worked just fine on the 3DS. I guess I'll go to Sony's handhelds when I want a console experience on a handheld.
Miyamoto said the top down formula fit the 3DS 3D perfectly. Looking from the top there is already a sense of depth. This is what he talked about when he originally bought up doing something like Link to the Past a year or so ago. So that is a pretty good reason to do top down over OoT style.
Wow really now?
Is there now a fine line where a new feature is too "goofy" or "gimmicky"?
Damn, you won't be satisfied with games from Nintendo in general anymore, if you are that finnicky.
ClovingWestbrook
Banned
That pic looks like a painting (it kinda is) while the 3D LttP doesn't. I'm not saying that is a bad thing but I don't see how they look similar at all.
WiiredShawn
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The insightfulness of this comment is riveting.
I'm going to (unsuccesfully) go on media blackout for this game. At least until E3.
fredrancour
Member
Aaaaa ok i'm hyped now. 3DS on my bday, then video games all day everyday.
fluffydelusions
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I'm glad to hear the positive impressions.
Also, I still would have preferred an art style like this
Would you have really? I mean, it definitely makes for a nice picture, but translated into a game with 3d polygons moving and stuff, I don't see it looking good. Things would look like clay, imo.
Chuckpebble
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It's weird how the 2D parts are more reminiscent of Wind Waker, yet that the rest of the game seems to be trying to distance itself from that style as much as possible. I guess its a lot closer to how LttP looks done in a mesh instead of pixels. Looked good over the shoulder in the Sessler video.
Vane_MagicCity
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This is true, I m quickly losing my patience with Nintendo. Let's break Paper Mario for the 3DS and then let's add Paper Link to this game.
You know what, people like A Link to the Past without the gimmick. Why add one to it's sequel, it really isn't needed to sell the game.
Zelda Wii U will be 3D Zelda, so it shouldn't really matter that this is a top down Zelda.
A lot of people wanted a new top down Zelda like the older games and we are getting that, as well as the people that will get the 3D Zelda.
We all win.
Sounds like the music is at least partially recorded with live instruments (the brass is definitely not synthesized). Very cool.
brandonh83
Banned
Yeah. It's gorgeous art, but this is a 3DS game. And it looks like a 3DS game. I would maybe like something like that if it were on an HD console and executed properly, but good luck with that.
Sometimes I think people just want things that are kind of beyond feasibility. I'm not saying it's impossible or can't be done, but I think creating such expectations is... strange.
No one wanted a top down 3D Zelda game. If you're going to do it fine, but it looks bland, give it the art style it deserves.
brandonh83
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Except for plenty of people, going by the hype and impressions.
fluffydelusions
Member
Kinda off topic but is that 3DS XL deal still on where you get free SML3D if you purchase an XL and Luigis mansion? Thinking maybe just pick up one of the ugly color xls then sell it when hopefully a ltt2 special bundle comes out (it is coming right gaf?? 
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)Speak for yourself, bub. I like sprites as much as the next guy, but I don't believe all games need them.
flintstryker
Banned
I did
Holy shit. That is one hell of an awesome remix of Sanctuary Dungeon. HYPE!
I'm pretty sure I'm someone. And this is a post I made the day before the direct.
I got exactly what I wanted. I'm so damn stoked.
I don't understand what your problem is. It's a new mechanic which will allow them to design different types of puzzles. Is that a bad thing?
God I really hate Zelda threads
peanutbutterlatte
Member
Fuck, everyone got a NeoGAF account. Raynes is the collective voice of millions, it seems.
Vane_MagicCity
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Not if you view it that way.
Lightning Lord
Banned
Traveling back and forth between two worlds wasn't a gimmick?
Kinda off topic but is that 3DS XL deal still on where you get free SML3D if you purchase an XL and Luigis mansion? Thinking maybe just pick up one of the ugly color xls then sell it when hopefully a ltt2 special bundle comes out (it is coming right gaf??
To get the free game, I think you have until April 30th to buy a 3DS XL and either Luigi's Mansion or that Pokemon game.
Vane_MagicCity
Banned
It could be seen that way.
You do realize that Link to the Past had "gimmicks" as well to make it as remembered as it is. The Light/Dark World mechanic? Or does that not count for some reason.
Also I'm really not seeing much of Paper Mario in here.
brandonh83
Banned
Holy shit the boss music in the video adds a new bit to the original boss theme, and it kind of sounds like the boss music in Super Mario World.
Yes! Give me all of your impressions, Tricky.
Velcro Fly
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Man I kinda want them to do a LTTP remake in this art style now with 3D. The more I see of it the more I love it. I'm also interested to know about the turning into a drawing on the wall to move around.
What about becoming a Pink bunny?
Remixing music and the boss?
Kinda lame I think. Every Zelda game till now avoided that path.
KojiKnight
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Artstyle and overworld down, maybe we'll get some sweet LttP DLC 6 months after the game is out.
People would complain that it is too dark.
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