E-Cat
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That's why I mentioned "bare bones". Sure, Nintendo could probably do a lot more on the 3DS, but somehow I think they're too lazy to really flesh out the style up to a level where it needs to be.
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Zelda game set in Link to the Past world coming to the 3DS, holiday 2013
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Host Samurai
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They need to use this style for the home console game and just cell shade it to the quality of Wind Waker.
metalslimer
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ok then
Hot Coldman
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Yeah, that Link model gives off some crazy strong LoZ1 vibes.
Dungeons look cool. Spirit Tracks had some of the best dungeons going so I trust them to do well in that department again.
Dungeons look cool. Spirit Tracks had some of the best dungeons going so I trust them to do well in that department again.
DragonSworne
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They mariofied the animations in this game.
The animation looks floaty and slow to move like NSMB
The animation looks floaty and slow to move like NSMB
I'm not happy with it visually but excited none the less. It sort of looks like your secondary items are going to use magic. The end of the video shows Link using Bow & Arrows, every shot takes up some (regenerating) magic and there's no ammo count to be seen. The same thing applies to the hammer, each slam took up some magic. My biggest concern is that in the dungeon we saw there were a tonne of those launch pads and a decent amount of red/blue switches. I hope each dungeon tries to do keep it unique, I don't want everything to be "Look! You can hop to the upper level and then jump right back down!".
ThatObviousUser
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Overhead perspective is superior.
Probably map and items on bottom screen, but circle pad control all the way.
Uncle Rupee
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So will they subtitle this A Link to the Future?
SolsticeZero
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I think this is one of my problems with it. I didn't mind the cartoony design of Wind Waker, and I don't mind the more realistic designs of the newer games. I really love the LttP artwork. But I think when they translated it to 3D, it went from good looking sprites to really cartoony clay. Everything just seems too cartoony, which I don't think is a style that LttP was trying to go for. Maybe if they made the colors a little deeper and didn't have everything constantly moving.
This is gonna be a bizarre comparison, but it reminds me of Roger Rabbit. When we first see Toon Town and all the buildings are bouncing and everything is in constant motion. That's the vibe I'm getting. Definitely not the more serious vibe of LttP.
Seeing as LttP is my favorite Zelda game, I'll still play it, and it'll probably be great. But I'm just not digging the art direction.
This is gonna be a bizarre comparison, but it reminds me of Roger Rabbit. When we first see Toon Town and all the buildings are bouncing and everything is in constant motion. That's the vibe I'm getting. Definitely not the more serious vibe of LttP.
Seeing as LttP is my favorite Zelda game, I'll still play it, and it'll probably be great. But I'm just not digging the art direction.
Off-Kilter
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Into mah veins Nintendo
EmCeeGramr
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i want to frame this on my wall
thomasmahler
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Yeah, because you can do sterescopic 3d only with 3d models? There's _NOTHING_ that they've shown that desperately needed 3d for it to work. And that 'drawing' mechanic... GODDAMN, SIDEWAYS NEW YORK WASNT A GOOD GAME, WHY DO YOU COPY THAT?
The DS games were fine. The forced touch controls weren't great, but the dungeon design of both were really good and the world and characters of Spirit Tracks were great.
Why not just use this art direction:
It looks way better!
Now compare it to the cheap 3d look:
I know which I would prefer.
Because those are sprites. You can't just turn sprites backgrounds in a top down game into stereoscopic 3D and make it look good, you have to make a model and apply textures.
You know how much of a pain in the arse are 2D sprites in top-down 3D environments? Because I do
It's not, but people have been asking about it.
With likely two 3D Zeldas in development for the Wii U, may be the right time to release an overhead 2D Zelda.
Aveyn Knight
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The style looks a bit weird to me, but I'll check out the eShop video before I made a preliminary judgement.
I was initially going to write this off, but then they said how the game would have new dungeons and a new story. Now, I'm on board : )
I was initially going to write this off, but then they said how the game would have new dungeons and a new story. Now, I'm on board : )
I guess he looks pretty good up close like this.
Why in this screenshot link has light brown hair and in the other one are purple?
For once i'll defend the game. It looks honestly like LTTP in 3D! WIll never be as crisp as pixel art. And you cannot really make 3D with pixel art in top view. You just cannot.
blitzwolf215
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I'm warming up to the art style, now I am slowly getting hyped for this game
man 3DS is so awesome this year, 2013DS indeed.
man 3DS is so awesome this year, 2013DS indeed.
outunderthestars
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I must have missed all of the other Zelda games that look and play just like this one. Can you point me towards them because I'm really excited to play them!
Seriously, I can get people not being hyped about a game, but this is certainly a unique zelda game.
Jake Tower
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Link to the Past 2: Link Harder
Why would you do that?
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I didn't really see the American one, but it did say it in the Japanese one under the logo.
Though you're probably right in that it's a placeholder. It was just words under the standard Zelda logo, nothing pretty.
equippedwithtowel
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You have no opinion.
In all seriousness, we haven't seen a 2D Zelda in 9 years. It's time.
Agent Icebeezy
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My kids have 3ds systems, I will be borrowing for a while.
Umm...why does he have purple hair?
Bending_Unit_22
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Übermatik;54258126 said:
Yeah, watching and rewatching the video I like the artstyle a lot. It looks like Claymation almost.
That one's photoshopped (the purple haired one). Hopefully there's a purple hair option somewhere in the game though.
SonicMegaDrive
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Yep.
It looks like LTTP....only in 3D.
The game looks great. Yeah, it's not pixel art, but for what it is, it's fantastic.
Banjotanooki
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The ones with the purple are photoshopped by people mad at the fact that link has his original hair back.
DragonSworne
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Is anyone else dissapointed in the slowness of the animation? It looks floaty too
Rickenslacker
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Listen I'm just gonna lay this out there but every Zelda game that hasn't had a top down camera angle sucked* and seeing as the 3DS doesn't have a proper secondary stick I don't want to deal with tapping a button to reposition the camera again.
*Of course there are exceptions to everything and Majora's is the one for that.
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