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[jokkir]

Owl statue lol

 

[Beats]

I'm not really interested in buying amiibo so I'm pretty disappointed that content is being locked behind them in this game. `-`

 

[antonz]

The one story tidbit we know seems to make sense there are no bustling towns etc. I mean Link is being resurrected. Obviously very bad shit went down

 

[BBboy20]

Interesting. They are really going for that solitary exploration/no support angle. No companions, no townsfolk, no familial connections. A boy (and maybe his wolf) and that's it.

Or for budgetary reasons.

 

[Crayolan]

So where is this "no towns" interview? That's pretty big news but I see no thread on the front page.

 

[atbigelow]

Oh misheard it. One real day.

 

[RoadHazard]

So this is the new last Zelda game chronologically, right? Wind Waker was the previous one, yeah? This seems even more distant future.

 

[Mega]

They just confirmed in an interview that the game will have no towns. They clarified that it's a Hyrule in ruins and they took direct inspiration from the world of the NES LOZ. They did confirm that there will be a handful of stray NPCs throughout the world but no towns or villages in the traditional sense. Also, they claimed that link will not have any kind of partner and will be exploring alone for the entire game.

Wow, this will be my favorite Zelda game since NES LoZ. I have been wanting a remake of the original for years and this appears to pretty much fit the description. The icing on the cake would be confirmation that this IS the original Zelda story.

 

[BlackJace]

If Hyrule is in ruins, I don't see why there would be a bustling Castle Town.

 

[Cindro]

Where is this "four dungeons" rumor coming from?

No towns? No zoras and other races too?

They've already shown a korok from Wind Waker! There will definitely be a myriad of races.

 

[SinCityAssassin]

I'm seeing the games being played on the show floor and they all look smoother than the actual stream.

 

[chrisPjelly]

yep.

MAKE IT JUST LIKE ZELDA 1

"ok lets do that"

WHERE IS THE STORY ITS TOO OPEN.

Tbf, there's a very clear divide between fans of 2d Zelda and Puzzelda

 

[Mysterious]

They just confirmed in an interview that the game will have no towns. They clarified that it's a Hyrule in ruins and they took direct inspiration from the world of the NES LOZ. They did confirm that there will be a handful of stray NPCs throughout the world but no towns or villages in the traditional sense. Also, they claimed that link will not have any kind of partner and will be exploring alone for the entire game.

So this game is basically Metroid

 

[Aselith]

This game looks super rad! I can see why they dedicated the day to it.

 

[Chaos17]

What we just saw was just 1% of the game, lol
The area I mean.

 

[JimJamJones]

They just confirmed in an interview that the game will have no towns. They clarified that it's a Hyrule in ruins and they took direct inspiration from the world of the NES LOZ. They did confirm that there will be a handful of stray NPCs throughout the world but no towns or villages in the traditional sense. Also, they claimed that link will not have any kind of partner and will be exploring alone for the entire game.

Doesn't mean there can't be things like caravans, traveling merchants, camps, etc. Just sounds like there's no physical towns with buildings.

 

[Jonbo298]

I hope somebody does 360 degree pictures/video of that show floor.

 

[Calvero]

Lots of good stuff so far but no towns is a MASSIVE downer for me.

That and putting wolf link, a genuine game-changer, behind an Amiibo. That's not cool.

Went from hyped to conflicted :/

oh please. there's nothing game changing about the interaction with the wolf amiibo. and considering it's wolf link as a companion character, I don't see this having been made if it weren't for the amiibo, anyway.

 

[Diddy Kong]

Well people wanted the game to be Super Exploration like NES Zelda...


...now they complain that there ain't towns...like NES Zelda.

The Zelda Cycle.

 

[KarmaCow]

Mmh yes they were ? All these places are also what made these game so special. Kakariko village, Clocktown, Hyrule's marketplace, Skyloft, Sunset island... Let's not rewrite history.

Majora's Mask had the only worthwhile one to me. The rest were talking heads with a few lines. At best they were some slight flavour the world which is why replacing it with isolation and wilderness of the world makes sense to me.

This is also clearly going back to original NES Zelda 1.

 

[Pandy]

I don't mind no towns in terms of gameplay

...but what will drive the story then? Who is the Hero saving? What kind of motivation will there be?

You and Zelda get to repopulate Hyrule.

 

[FreedomFighter]

I think next up is the NES Connection discussion.

Excited for this part.

 

[atbigelow]

I'm seeing the games being played on the show floor and they all look smoother than the actual stream.

Yeah the stream is hitching like crazy. People huffing about framerate apparently can't tell that the live action people have a low framerate, too.

 

[RoadHazard]

Wow, this will be my favorite Zelda game since NES LoZ. I have been wanting a remake of the original for years and this appears to pretty much fit the description. The icing on the cake would be confirmation that this IS the original Zelda story.

Miyamoto is coming on to talk about this connection RIGHT NOW! Well, soon anyway.

 

[Francokid1]

No towns might mean there's no Majora's Mask like sidequests. Which is kind of intteresting... I really liked some sidequests and NPCs in the 3D Zeldas.

 

[LambdaTeos]

That's false.

It ready clearly in the descriptions to some of the ore you pick up that you can sell them for rupees.

When you pause the menu and got o the "equipment" screen, there is a rupee counter

 

[linkboy]

If Hyrule is in ruins, I don't see why there would be a bustling Castle Town.

Exactly.

Hyrule looks like some crazy shit went down and everything got wiped out.

 

[IdreamofHIME]

No towns doesn't bother me. Game has a real Dark Souls vibe going on and those games don't have populated towns and villages.
Hope there's a fire link shrine area where NPCs meet up though, maybe ruined Hyrule Caslte?

 

[Revven]

No towns? No zoras and other races too?

We saw a Korok earlier at the beginning of the stream. There are other races.

 

[SinCityAssassin]

I don't mind no towns in terms of gameplay

...but what will drive the story then? Who is the Hero saving? What kind of motivation will there be?

Time will tell if there exists towns outside the vast plains.

 

[Neoleo2143]

How disappointing. This really does look like open world circa 2008. Not impressive. I wonder if Nintendo knows how far behind they've fallen in certain types of game development.

Or it could just be a game development decision? That they felt that Towns clashed with the direction they were trying to achieve?

 

[chadboban]

Yeah the stream is hitching like crazy. People huffing about framerate apparently can't tell that the live action people have a low framerate, too.

That's why I'm using twitch.

 

[Mega]

Interesting. They are really going for that solitary exploration/no support angle. No companions, no townsfolk, no familial connections. A boy (and maybe his wolf) and that's it.

This isolation is something that is front and center in the original but lacking in almost every game since (ALTTP being perhaps the one exception). I would love for this to be true.

 

[Mr-Joker]

They just confirmed in an interview that the game will have no towns. They clarified that it's a Hyrule in ruins and they took direct inspiration from the world of the NES LOZ. They did confirm that there will be a handful of stray NPCs throughout the world but no towns or villages in the traditional sense. Also, they claimed that link will not have any kind of partner and will be exploring alone for the entire game.

So let me get this straight;

-No town?
-No partner?
-Has voice acting
-Game is basically collecting overworld items.
-Breakable weapons.
-More focus on exploration in the overworld.
-only 4 dungeons
-No overworld theme.

Yeah I might end up passing on this game as the stuff that I play Zelda for is missing.

 

[Hellwarden]

No towns?

Awesome. I want that feeling of isolation.

 

[FreedomFighter]

Well people wanted the game to be Super Exploration like NES Zelda...


...now they complain that there ain't towns...like NES Zelda.

Right? C'mon, y'all.

 

[Grym]

You and Zelda get to repopulate Hyrule.

lol sold

 

[BD1]

For what it's worth, one of the Shrine monks specifically referenced "Ganon" in the the text-speech, not ganondorf

So this is looking more and more like the Fallen Hero timeline

 

[weevles]

I like what I'm seeing so far, so I'm perfectly fine if there's no towns.

Sounds like the game is really huge though.

As long as it's not painfully huge for the sake of hugeness like Twilight Princess, I'm good.

 

[TI82]

oh please. there's nothing game changing about the interaction with the wolf amiibo. and considering it's wolf link as a companion character, I don't see this having been made if it weren't for the amiibo, anyway.

Yep, guessing he never played fable lol

 

[BorkBork]

Or for budgetary reasons.

For their biggest game to date/big launch title? Highly doubtful. I would cite technical considerations before that, but I think this was a deliberate creative choice to get back to the roots of the series.

 

[RoadHazard]

Yeah the stream is hitching like crazy. People huffing about framerate apparently can't tell that the live action people have a low framerate, too.

Twitch is much smoother than YouTube.

 

[tkscz]

So this is the new last Zelda game chronologically, right? Wind Waker was the previous one, yeah? This seems even more distant future.

Spirit Tracks was the previous one for the Wind Waker timeline.

As for the lack of towns, as long as they don't make them seem necessary, then I'm fine without them. I mean, this obviously has a post-apocalyptic feel to it and with the other random NPCs your run into, it doesn't feel empty.

 

[ViewtifulJC]

I like what I'm seeing so far, so I'm perfectly fine if there's no towns.

Sounds like the game is really huge though.

As long as it's not painfully huge for the sake of hugeness like Twilight Princess, I'm good.

its 12 times the size of Twilight Princess....

 

[Mr. F]

Hmmmm on paper I don't mind no towns but I'm sort of fearing for the world feeling barren/lifeless (in lack of polish/detail terms, not thematically).

 

[Caipirinha]

this is a wiiu game dude. why would you judge the NX on this?

I'm very worried if this is Nintendos idea of pulling out all the stops and creating a genre-defining classic.

Remember Ocarina? And Metroid Prime? They completely changed gaming and pushed their respective genres forward across all platforms. this feels like playing catchup... Playing catchup in 2010 that is. It's 2016, I feel like I'm going back in time by a decade when I watch this footage

I think Nintendo fans should be very worried that this kind of thing is just no where near enough to bring back fans who left since the Wii, let alone create new ones in a world where 14 year olds are playing Souls and Witcher,

 

[Kevtones]

Having random NPCs and survivors is pretty cool. Souls-ish.



Game has a seriously bleak backing and the violence shown as Link plays is startling. Very survivalist and brutal behind a Nintendo veneer.

 

[OricWindstar]

We'll be seeing that rock monster from the trailer at some point. From IGN:

In a hands-off demo we saw more surprises: Link stumbled into a boss-like rock monster called a Steepe Talus that crushed him in one hit. In order to chip away at this new foe’s massive health bar, Link had to get on the creature’s back and attack a weak point made of a darker-looking rock on its head. But the unrelenting creature had more attacks: It can toss boulders at Link if he tries to pick away at it with arrows (a strategy that backfired, so Nintendo’s rep decided it was time to run away).

 

[Hyperactivity]

They just confirmed in an interview that the game will have no towns. They clarified that it's a Hyrule in ruins and they took direct inspiration from the world of the NES LOZ. They did confirm that there will be a handful of stray NPCs throughout the world but no towns or villages in the traditional sense. Also, they claimed that link will not have any kind of partner and will be exploring alone for the entire game.

....

But..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agR5aaQL2PY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKetEFGy77A

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojPozIS5cPk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6C3XQze8_E

 

[LambdaTeos]

So let me get this straight;

-No town?
-No partner?
-Has voice acting
-Game is basically collecting overworld items.
-Breakable weapons.
-More focus on exploration in the overworld.
-only 4 dungeons
-No overworld theme.

Yeah I might end up passing on this game as the stuff that I play Zelda for is missing.

when was this confirmed?