Bel_Air_Jeff
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The 3DS version of Zelda Ocarina of Time is amazing.
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I wanna see this!
Minister of the Dog
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This game was the reason why I paid 250 for a 3DS. I only regret it because I bought it after thinking "well, it seems Nintendo won't be making a Zelda 3DS after all, as there are no announcements and the game is out in two weeks".
... Wrong.
... Wrong.
I'm also replaying it myself. It is an excellent remake to be sure, with great touches to the locations. However, in some cases the atmosphere is lost, like the courtyard areas of the Forest Temple, which have sunny skies instead of misty ones, and the Bottom of the Well, which is considerably more sterile. There's also the Ganon battle that was already mentioned, but other than that it is a worthy remake.
Bel_Air_Jeff
Banned
I haven't played since Miiverse was added to 3DS, so I'm not sure if it is screenshot compatible, but if it is I'll get screenshots when I get home from work today.
Yup, it is screenshot compatible.
Perfect. I'll take screenshots either at lunch or when I get home from work.
It was a superb remake, very well done.
Removing the blurry static 2D areas for places like Castle Town and rendering them fully was awesome.
That is some amazing work.
Yeah, you should feel sorry for those who experienced it when it was a truly revolutionary game.
Why would I feel sorry for someone who played OoT in 2D in 1998 when there was no other way to play it back then? I'm specifically referring to the people who bought OoT 3D but played it in 2D due to their fear of/inability to see stereoscopic 3D.
It was a superb remake, very well done.
Removing the blurry static 2D areas for places like Castle Town and rendering them fully was awesome.
It's so weird how bland the exterior of the Happy Mask shop looked in the original. I could see the regular shops being inconspicuous but that one shop should be a lot more colourful and stuff.
IIRC, all the animations are identical, all they did was add more animation frames by hand.
semiconscious
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how has this not happened already? how?...
KojiKnight
Member
But the 3D wasn't great in the game. Believe me I tried on many occasions but there were a few things holding it back...
Primarily it ate battery like no one's business. On the original 3DS (there were no alternatives at the time) it did quite a number on my battery. Secondarily, it introduced graphical issues (ghosting in dark areas). Thirdly there was just very little that came right out and stood out when using it. The game was never designed for 3D, so there was nothing that intentionally "popped".
Fourth and finally, there is AA when you have 3D off, and it makes a world of difference. Not only does it remove the "stair step" effect nicely, it also doesn't have the "shimmer" effect you see in a lot of 3D titles (most notably, look at the "leaves" on the trees. In one eye a "leaf" will be visible, in the other eye it won't which causes a shimmering effect as your brain tries to interpret what it's seeing). This is mostly due to the system's low resolution and very little you could do about it.
Not only AA, there seems to be some AF going on with 3D turned off, go to Hyrule Field for example, compare with 3D on and off, there's definitely more texture clarity when the 3D is off.
Guys, don't be dramatic. Ghosting only happened when you went through places like doors in the Lost Woods.
They said they wanted to get an original Zelda out on 3DS before doing another remake and that happened in November. So it's not really crazy that we haven't seen Majora's Mask 3D yet.
They said they wanted to get an original Zelda out on 3DS before doing another remake and that happened in November. So it's not really crazy that we haven't seen Majora's Mask 3D yet.
KojiKnight
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I'll have to check that later, haven't touched the game much since I beat it and nearly beat it again in master's quest mode.
playingwithfire
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Soon.........
I made this ^_^
I merged a OOT3D screenshot with a Majora's Mask one, hence the Hyrule field map in the HUD lol.
I don't think 3D ever had that effect on me. Was annoying, had too much crosstalk, and made the game run worse.
Waylon Drums
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I must have good eyes, I never really had a problem with crosstalk in this game. If it was there, I never really noticed it.
P.S. I've been waiting to play Majora's Mask for the first time until a remake comes out. I NEED THIS TO HAPPEN SOON.
thechristoph
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I have the eShop version of the game. I could transfer a save from a cartridge to the system memory, but it deletes the save on the cart. I have no idea why they'd do it this way.
I think the lowered resolutions and aspect ratios of Vita/3DS would make a perfect transition for Remake.
Would love to see it on other platforms as I haven't had a chance to play it yet, I am currently on the look out for a copy for emulation purposes. Game Cube games are becoming quite expensive though.
RobFox64tm
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Yes it is, and you're right, Majora's Mask would also be amazing. Nintendo really needs to get on the stick and make that happen already.
It is on the walls too. Really drives home how that is supposed to be an execution room. Well done Grezzo!
That's odd, but at least there's a way to play Master Quest first time around.
KojiKnight
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Cross talk has nothing to do with how good or bad your eyes are, it has to do with limitations of the 3D hardware. It could simply be that your eyes are the perfect distance apart from each other (this plays a HUGE role in all forms of 3D displays, including VR headsets). Or that your comfortable rest position for holding the console coincides with the perfect distance for viewing.
Soon.........
That XL would be so mine if MM was announced...
The fact that they removed the little jingle that played when you flipped through the menu screens bummed me out. Apart from that, it's as great as it ever was.
I definitely had a problem with crosstalk on my OG 3DS. Haven't replayed it on the XL yet.
moltonasty
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What the hell do people mean when saying Wind Waker HD was terrible in comparison to this?
I thought both were fantastic upgrades that basically made the previous versions obsolete.
I thought both were fantastic upgrades that basically made the previous versions obsolete.
Tom Nook Sawyer
Member
This. Ocarina's models needed to be updated; Wind Waker's didn't--and they still much improved how that game looked anyway.
From a gameplay perspective, Wind Waker benefited far more than Ocarina did.
I think the original did a better job of driving that home, lol. It's pretty clear Grezzo was likely told to tone down some of the gory themes of rooms like this. The blood is blatant and apparent in the N64 version.
Pretty sure Ganon coughed up the green blood at the end in the remake as well. The red blood was awesome in the original, especially when Link is slicing his face up at the end.
dampflokfreund
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It's 30FPS.
Still a big step over the originally 16/20fps.
They didn't quite capture the creepiness of Dead Hand for me
How was this game an E again?
Yeah I hate how Dead Hand looks in the 3DS version... but I'm happy they kept the blood on the floors in the execution rooms.
Still, the blood in the walls in the well is lacking. Maybe it's because the room was flooded?
It's because the ESRB is a bit more strict these days
KojiKnight
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Only the original release of OoT had Ganon with red blood. It was changed to green in version 1.1 and stayed that way through every release since.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocarina_of_time#Development
dampflokfreund
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It's because the ESRB is a bit more strict these days
If its that, then the blood would be entirely removed. I think they removed the blood in the well because it's more logical. I mean it was flooded so how could the blood on the walls excisting?
They did it to the shadow temple as well.
Basically got rid of the blood but left faint stains.