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you mean 6 years
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Zelda Wii U - Recap of 5 hours gameplay stream
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you mean 6 years
I was skipping around a lot in the videos so I missed those direct mentions. It's super obvious though, and that's really cool. It's basically what I wanted Wind Waker to be (and that's maybe my favourite Zelda, if tied with OoT), as that game doesn't really 'open up' until you get all the orbs and then you can more freely explore.
Jim_Cacher
Member
Here's what I have of the alphabet so far:
I'm pretty sure I know K, but I couldn't get a good image of it.
Great work on the alphabets. I originally wanted to decrypt those code, but I was too tired to do it because of the stream last night. Thank you very much!
CharminUltra
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ViewtifulJC
Banned
It almost became a drinking game how much they kept saying "you see this thing? Its like Zelda 1"
"You remember how useful fire was in Zelda 1? Same thing."
"Remember how Zelda 1 just started up so quickly? That."
"Remember that old man NPC from the beginning? Its like Zelda 1 I think"
"Look at those mountains in the back, the way those two kinda divide and have that gap with the sun coming through? don't they look like Zelda 1 manual art? I think so."
"You remember how useful fire was in Zelda 1? Same thing."
"Remember how Zelda 1 just started up so quickly? That."
"Remember that old man NPC from the beginning? Its like Zelda 1 I think"
"Look at those mountains in the back, the way those two kinda divide and have that gap with the sun coming through? don't they look like Zelda 1 manual art? I think so."
andthebeatgoeson
Junior Member
timetokill
Banned
Oh god, hearing people try and make tortured connections to the Souls games is going to be the death of me
D
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looked spellbinding
looked next gen
looked next gen
victreeb3l
Member
I had lofty expectations about this game but this is better than anything I could have dreamt of.
yes Yes YES YESSSSSSSSSS
Fuck man I'm gonna be hearing "Journey to The West" in my head while just exploring these lands with my horse aren't I..
Aww hell yes.
yes Yes YES YESSSSSSSSSS
Fuck man I'm gonna be hearing "Journey to The West" in my head while just exploring these lands with my horse aren't I..
And Mario Maker and Splatoon ahem
Do we send death threats to the Treehouse now? Jokes are evil these days, apparently.
I made a mistake on this one:
It actually says
NOW LOADING
DO NOT TURN OFF
ALL YOUR BASE ARE
I assume BELONG TO US follows.
Holy Mamamia. NINTENDOOOOO.
Witcher 3 isn't 136 km^2. The in-game Mini-Map provides meters so finding out world size is easy.
This is what I posted when B&W released:
This was the best analysis of the Game Awards Map mathematically - everything is trig, only guess work is tree height & Link height as reference points. That yielded a size of ~240 sq. km for the Game Awards map (smaller than X which is ~400). Obviously it's tough to reconcile how close the Game Awards footage map is with what we saw today and what we'll have next Spring.
As for TP, my math yielded 1.04 sq km (.40 square miles).
Here's my map w/grid - each square is .01 sq km, so 10x10 squares is 1 sq km. Keep in mind that the 1.04 sq km is referring to green land/blue water only. Anything in black is not counted (so the area of the total rectangle is greater).
I really highly doubt that this new map is just 12x the size of TP. The portion we saw today itself looked significantly larger than TP. I want to see a direct quote from Aonuma. It may be possible he was referring to JUST the Plateau region as being ~12x TP size.
TP on Game Awards Map overlay (assuming 1.04 sq km for TP & 240 sq km for BotW):
Scale is 1 km. Each box is 1 sq km.
Also Witcher 3 overlaid on Game Awards Map (assuming 240 sq km). Doesn't include B&W.
Scale is 0.5 km. Each box is 0.25 sq km.
This is what I posted when B&W released:
This was the best analysis of the Game Awards Map mathematically - everything is trig, only guess work is tree height & Link height as reference points. That yielded a size of ~240 sq. km for the Game Awards map (smaller than X which is ~400). Obviously it's tough to reconcile how close the Game Awards footage map is with what we saw today and what we'll have next Spring.
As for TP, my math yielded 1.04 sq km (.40 square miles).
Here's my map w/grid - each square is .01 sq km, so 10x10 squares is 1 sq km. Keep in mind that the 1.04 sq km is referring to green land/blue water only. Anything in black is not counted (so the area of the total rectangle is greater).
I really highly doubt that this new map is just 12x the size of TP. The portion we saw today itself looked significantly larger than TP. I want to see a direct quote from Aonuma. It may be possible he was referring to JUST the Plateau region as being ~12x TP size.
TP on Game Awards Map overlay (assuming 1.04 sq km for TP & 240 sq km for BotW):
Scale is 1 km. Each box is 1 sq km.
Also Witcher 3 overlaid on Game Awards Map (assuming 240 sq km). Doesn't include B&W.
Scale is 0.5 km. Each box is 0.25 sq km.
Neoleo2143
Member
Won't it be. However, the slow mo reward after a dodge was undoubtedly influenced by platinum.
This does look like a game that's drawing upon the industry at large as well as the ideas of older games, past and present collide in spectacular fashion.
Übermatik;207137180 said:
There was a tune right before the skull cave with the moblins inside that just had me like 😍😍😍😍😍😍 I think it was just the regular field theme, but I just didn't notice until that point
And the cut scene music they used for like 4 cutscenes in the 2nd demos were all great
I was always under the impression that MGS4 was the game to close the saga out. Anything after that was just bonus because the Big Boss saga was its own weird beast -- but point taken, and you're right that in MGS story is a bigger thing among its fans. Zelda has always kept its story telling ambitions rather modest so maybe a de emphasis on the story will go over well with most people.
I guess, for me, I feel like this Zelda is presenting a titanic shift for the series and how well is change often received by fans who have been with the franchise for a long time? This could either go MGSV or it could be RE4.
Thankfully, the praise seems to be very positive and the game looks phenomenal. We all should be wary of that Zelda cycle though lol.
Vulcano's assistant
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Are those two witcher maps are on the same scale? The one in the corner always felt like the bigger one in-game.
Retromelon
Member
I made a mistake on this one:
It actually says
NOW LOADING
DO NOT TURN OFF
ALL YOUR BASE ARE
I assume BELONG TO US follows.
lmfao. fucking great.
wonder if it's for the e3 demo and replaced with story stuff in the real game or if its just an easter egg thatll stay there.
Also Witcher 3 overlaid on Game Awards Map (assuming 240 sq km). Doesn't include B&W.
Scale is 0.5 km. Each box is 0.25 sq km.
Good stuff, thanks for the effort! So Zelda is smaller than XCX but larger than Witcher 3? What's this in comparison to Just Cause 2/3?
Astral Dog
Member
the presentation looks very Dark Soul-ish, interesting coming from Nintendo.
Omega Kirby
Member
Ok guys, framerates. From the stream how did it feel to you? 30fps? 60fps? Drops everywhere?
Astral Dog
Member
Its totally going to be 30 with drops at least on Wii U
I don't see why they would change it. You can't even read it without a cipher like this:
They put these Hylian jokes in many Zelda games.
The Dutch Slayer
Member
Thanks for the giant op with all the info, it was little hard to keep up yesterday awesome thanks for everything.
30yearsofhurt
Member
According to Damiani and Bosman the Wii U version is "rough".
I don't see why they would change it. You can't even read it without a cipher like this:
They put these Hylian jokes in many Zelda games.
Well I was just watching a run through where Aonuma was talking about specifically removing any story elements from the game becuase he wants it to be like zelda 1 where you're just plopped into the world and figure out the story. So he wants to give nothing away.
That's the only reason I thought that. I don't think I've ever seen such a fourth wall/meme type of joke out of one of those, but I haven't deciphered a lot so whatevs idk.
wonderful103
Member
No, not really.
Übermatik;207138040 said:
Based on the Game Awards footage, yes its larger than W3 (+DLC) by a good amount.
Based on today's footage, can't say yet - over the weekend I intend to mine the videos and see if I can find enough to replicate the analysis in that reddit post. Unless someone else gets to it first.
But I am pretty certain that its >>>12X Twilight Princess. That would be smaller than Novigrad + Velen, and the sheer amount of geography we're observing just doesn't seem like it would fit in such a small area. The Plateau region itself looks to be several sq km.
So just under twice the size of BotW? Thanks!
I made a mistake on this one:
It actually says
NOW LOADING
DO NOT TURN OFF
ALL YOUR BASE ARE
I assume BELONG TO US follows.
Ugh, once again Nintendo is inserting shitty meme jokes into my Zelda games. Fuck you Nintendo!
Yes, sarcasm
In regards to what and in comparison to what?
Nintendo's games seem to magically improve performance wise the more you see it and somehow look better too. So I imagine the same will hold true here.
SpiceMelange
Member
Remember this?
I'm interested in how they're tackling "Play By Yourself"
Maybe they dropped that, it has been 3 years.
timetokill
Banned
lol, i'm onto you funny guy
Wafflecakes
Member
Very much considering buying an NX for this despite owning a Wii-U.
Wallet am cry.
Wallet am cry.
Prof. Bathtub
Member
I am enjoying the smear/streak effect made by swinging weapons.
The First Guardian
Member
Game of the Show indeed.
I guess I'm gonna buy a Nintendo console again after skipping Wii and WiiU completely. Pleeeease Nintendo, make NX good.
I guess I'm gonna buy a Nintendo console again after skipping Wii and WiiU completely. Pleeeease Nintendo, make NX good.
Sir_Crocodile
Member
Remember this?
I'm interested in how they're tackling "Play By Yourself"
Maybe they wisely decided not to and made triforce heroes instead
I dunno about that lol. One of Nintendo's best developers potentially making a great game is par for the course. Doesn't really do anything to shore up their overall weaknesses.