Chet Rippo
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Seems more like a 3D Oracle game or Minish Cap to me.
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All New Skyward Sword Info from GI + Nintendo
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Lord_Byron28
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Speaking of which isn't the bird noises the SS bird makes reused sound clips from the bird in SMG2? It sounds like it to me at least.[Nintex] said:It looks great, reminds me of Super Mario Galaxy even more now
But not a single fuck was given by Nintendo's texturing department that day
Maybe I'm remembering wrong but I thought it was shown that the level at the E3 2010 demo was actually floating slightly above Hyrule.
And the fire-monkey thing has the same sounds as the monkeys from Twilight Princess which originated from Majora's Mask.Lord_Byron28 said:
The monkey sound is close to 10 years old now and still lives on. The real monkey who did the voice is probably dead by now.
Also the bird was first used in Twilight Princess then brought over to Super Mario Galaxy 2 and has returned in The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword. But Link can fly now so that's awesome if only he had a dragon instead of a bird and the world was connected instead of floating bits but eh.
TheExplodingHead
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Lord_Byron28 said:
Sounds a tad different to me, but then again all I remember from Galaxy were the annoying squawks. Ironically, the bird levels were the my least favorite parts of Galaxy...
Holy Order Sol
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Enduin said:
Ganondorf doesn't need a reason to appear. He needs to be fucking Ganondorf.
shadyspace
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I'm kind of with you. My hype's been lowered as a result of these screenshots.Chet Rippo said:
Lord Ghirahim
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OoT 3D MQ, Four Swords, and the concert should help me preserve some sanity for a while ;//
Cygnus X-1
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Just a question: is it possible this game is using Galaxy 2's graphical engine?
Crumpet Trumpet
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Looks amazing. Okay, this media blackout needs to start soon before more locations are revealed-
oh who am i kidding
oh who am i kidding
Hobbestetrician
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I had two feelings about this game as of just a few months ago (one a concern, one just a general feeling)
1. The concern was that this game was not going to get great reviews from the gaming media. Somewhere in between the polarizing Other M and the universally praised Galaxy games, which would be a disappointment for a Zelda game. And I know 'lol review scores' but this game will be the final mark on the Wii and Zelda games are traditionally the best reviewed games for their console.
2. For whatever reason (the E3 demo last year, the lack of information until about a week ago) I felt that this was shaping up to be a 'smaller' Zelda in terms of how expansive the world was and just how much there would be to explore. I wasn't particularly concerned about it, it was just the vibe I was getting.
All of this new information has completely changed those two feelings into Skyward Sword being the largest Zelda yet and quite possibly the best. It is kind of impossible to beat the review scores for OoT and the Galaxy games but this might have a shot.
1. The concern was that this game was not going to get great reviews from the gaming media. Somewhere in between the polarizing Other M and the universally praised Galaxy games, which would be a disappointment for a Zelda game. And I know 'lol review scores' but this game will be the final mark on the Wii and Zelda games are traditionally the best reviewed games for their console.
2. For whatever reason (the E3 demo last year, the lack of information until about a week ago) I felt that this was shaping up to be a 'smaller' Zelda in terms of how expansive the world was and just how much there would be to explore. I wasn't particularly concerned about it, it was just the vibe I was getting.
All of this new information has completely changed those two feelings into Skyward Sword being the largest Zelda yet and quite possibly the best. It is kind of impossible to beat the review scores for OoT and the Galaxy games but this might have a shot.
I believe almost all current Nintendo EAD games use the same base engine that Nintendo created while developing Super Mario Sunshine. That toolset was a big deal back then and The Wind Waker used it too. Twilight Princess used a customized The Wind Waker engine.Cygnus X-1 said:
It seems that just like the Zelda timeline split the engine split up in two different directions
Super Mario Sunshine > The Wind Waker > Twilight Princess > Skyward Sword
Super Mario Sunshine > Donkey Kong: Jungle Beat > Super Mario Galaxy > Super Mario Galaxy 2 > Super Mario 3D Land
If you go further back you find out that most if not all of Nintendo's own N64 titles(Star Fox 64, Zelda OOT) also use the same engine as a base(Mario 64 engine).
brandonh83
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Best Link ever.
Alexios
Cores, shaders and BIOS oh my!
What do people dislike about the textures? Some are bad here and there, like in TP (or every game ever), but most of the game looks great. Or do people mistake that painterly style for muddy textures? It's intentional... And is it me or do they have some kind of depth of field effect that makes distant areas even more painterly looking?
Gillian Seed
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Amir0x said:
LMAO
shadyspace
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I was slightly worried that the dude who did Oracles and Minish Cap was helming this but everything that had been put out prior to these screenshots looked amazing so I didn't give it much thought. Now? For a reason I can't quite place this isn't looking like a fully realized console Zelda. That and the unexpectedly strong Galaxy influence is off-putting.Boney said:
brandonh83
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Something about this pic reminds me of those OOT images in Nintendo Power that used to get me really excited.
KefkaTaran
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Alextended said:
You're 100% correct. The further you get from an area, the more like an impressionistic painting it appears to be. It's an insanely gorgeous effect to see in motion, seriously.
shadyspace
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This is some the laziest shit I've seen from Nintendo in a while:Alextended said:
Davey Cakes
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Yeah. TP was a good looking game (for Gamecube), but Skyward Sword seems much more vibrant and colorful. It's a real pleasure to the eyes. Nintendo continues to show that it can make up for the lack of HD by creating artistically brilliant games.GCX said:
WOW, he crossed his right leg behind his left... Nintendo I serious about Zelda animations.MYE said:
dat smoke
I remember reading about how exited Miyamoto was that the level of liquid in a potion bottle drained realistically when you drank it in wind waker.
There is so much in this game that hasn't been in any other Zelda. I really love how they are changing it up but still keeping it familiar.
Alexios
Cores, shaders and BIOS oh my!
Uuuh, it's floating rocks. Fits with the game's starting areas being floating islands. Why not have rocks here and there, smaller and larger areas, to show it's how the whole world is and to break up the constant view of (beautiful btw) clouds? I don't get what you find so offensive. Did you think every rock that stuck out of the sea in WW is lazy too?shadyspace said:
