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Breath of the Wild is the official subtitle for Zelda U/NX, first gameplay trailer
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WhiteRabbitEXE
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Everyone understands and is familiar with dramatic cuts. There's a complete audio drop-out mid-way through, that cuts through that "mystical" audio layer that's tied to the audio/visual transition. It's not the fact that there is a dramatic cut, it's just that it's remarkably sloppy. The fact the so many people called it out is indicative of that, not that fact that people are apparently unaware of an editing trick used in a thousand trailers.
JasoNsider
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I don't know if others are in the same boat, but I've not been bitten by the "omg can't stop thinking about this game" bug like this in a while. I've not even seen the gameplay footage, but just hearing the positive impressions and seeing the trailer sparked my imagination. It honestly made me think of Zelda in the way the original concept art did. What lies in the distance?
Luckily we have plenty of games to play to tide us over, but the imagery and "atmosphere" this conjures up keeps me excited.
Luckily we have plenty of games to play to tide us over, but the imagery and "atmosphere" this conjures up keeps me excited.
Skittzo0413
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I don't know if others are in the same boat, but I've not been bitten by the "omg can't stop thinking about this game" bug like this in a while. I've not even seen the gameplay footage, but just hearing the positive impressions and seeing the trailer sparked my imagination. It honestly made me think of Zelda in the way the original concept art did. What lies in the distance?
Luckily we have plenty of games to play to tide us over, but the imagery and "atmosphere" this conjures up keeps me excited.
I'm in the same "can't stop thinking about it" boat and I have seen WAYYYY too much footage! So you're not alone!
Getting over it by playing the NES Zeldas again, then I should be cooled down from the hype a bit!
Inferno313
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It's clearly intentional because it's part of a pattern. It's the second of three times that the video cuts to black for dramatic effect. The first is at 0:55, the second is the one we're talking about at 2:03, the third is 2:44. The third is also a hard cut to black and a hard cut back in, based around music cues, just like the second one. Hell, it even uses the same "swoosh" sound effect as it cuts to black at both 2:03 and 2:44.
I'm not saying it's necessarily a well-done cut, but the people who genuinely believe the cut is intended to either allude to unmentioned plot stuff (Like Time Travel) or is a spot where footage was suddenly excised at the last second are reading way too into it.
It's clearly an example of the editor wanting to follow the rule of 3, which is traditionally a writing concept but is widely taught in editing courses. The idea is that, doing something three times makes for the greatest impact, as it is the magic number that combines both brevity and and rhythm. The ideal number with which to create a pattern.
Nah. It's just because Zelda fans are fucking obsessive and hungry for details about anything, and want to pull meaning out of literally anything they can. Someone's probably writing a post now about how this takes place in The Wind Waker timeline because the blades of grass look most similar to that game.
Yup.
Carlos Lima
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Yeah. It makes me feel like it was edited in the same day, minutes before the presentation. And that's probably what happened. My guess is that they realized there was something they didn't want to show and removed it.
100%, and furthermore it's proven perfectly effective for Ico, Shadow of the Colossus, and Studio Ghibli's films,which this game appears to be lifting a lot from stylistically.
I love Gustavo Santaolalla's quote regarding his score for The Last of Us: A musical soundtrack begins with silence. Then you find the perfect moments to punctuate that silence.
I don't know if others are in the same boat, but I've not been bitten by the "omg can't stop thinking about this game" bug like this in a while. I've not even seen the gameplay footage, but just hearing the positive impressions and seeing the trailer sparked my imagination. It honestly made me think of Zelda in the way the original concept art did. What lies in the distance?
Luckily we have plenty of games to play to tide us over, but the imagery and "atmosphere" this conjures up keeps me excited.
I'm obsessed at a level that I wasn't for TP & SS.
So far, >90% of what I've seen of this game has been from the Treehouse. But I'm seeing that many websites have done their own extended demos with Nintendo, and they've posted them to YouTube - many of them with direct feed footage - so I'll be watching it all this weekend (husband will be out of town, so this is the perfect opportunity to do a BotW marathon).
I'm hearing that no two playthroughs are the same, which would be pretty remarkable.
You're off-topic here. You could easily work out something that is not generic and transparent and still have something effective when it comes to finding the right items. I just want an art style that is more in the Zelda theme so it doesn't break immersion. WW remaster is already simpler, cleaner than WW original btw, but kept the art style.
Also, there's plenty of screen space unused or miused in the actual BOTW UI. But I can't judge if it's effective without playing it, and that's the question I brought.
Nah. The audio starts cutting an warbling before the cut and the quick flashes between link and calamity Ganon are timed in the same way.
TheMoon
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*hitsbackspacealot*
I don't know if others are in the same boat, but I've not been bitten by the "omg can't stop thinking about this game" bug like this in a while. I've not even seen the gameplay footage, but just hearing the positive impressions and seeing the trailer sparked my imagination. It honestly made me think of Zelda in the way the original concept art did. What lies in the distance?
Luckily we have plenty of games to play to tide us over, but the imagery and "atmosphere" this conjures up keeps me excited.
They actually have a section of the treehouse demo were they compare the opening of the game to this image you posted.
They even point out there are a chain of mountains that look similar to the one on that image that you can see at the begining of the game.
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - The NES Connection - Nintendo E3 2016
Green Mamba
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I wonder if the boomerang and hookshot will be in this.
I bet they will be upgradable/of different kinds
MrPhiliasfrog
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If the boomerang is in the game, I think it will also be breakable like every other weapons in the game.
As for the hookshot, we have climbing that kind of replace it.
Green Mamba
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I could see boomerangs being a type of weapon that both doesn't auto-break when thrown and returns to Link when thrown (and makes for a really crappy melee weapon), and the hookshot could be a permanent item that is equipped like a bow that allows you to attach to any climbable surface.
Grappling Hook/Hookshot/Clawshot should still be in the game though. Climbing is slow and having one of the latter two could be a great late game or difficult find to reward players with fast scaling abilities.
MrPhiliasfrog
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You are right. I didn't think of that.
Could be nice to have a hookshot/paraglider/shieldsurfing combo.
Okami Haundo
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Oh...my...goodness! Zelda: Just Cause
hookshot is used for a lot more than climbing. Grabbing items, specific enemy/boss combat, puzzles, etc. Also its much more effective, faster and funner than climbing. ID be really surprised if its not in the game.
Maybe I'm wrong, but I feel like the Master Sword is an item that'd break this game's logic. You can't break the Master Sword. World's kinda screwed if it does. In a game built on weapons breaking, an unbreakable weapon destroys that entire system.
So I'm guessing we don't get it, or it's a one-fight use against Ganon.
So I'm guessing we don't get it, or it's a one-fight use against Ganon.
I was imaging that the Master Sword would be a good but not great sword that would never break.
Essentially one that you can depend on, but you have a lot of incentive once you get deeper into the game to keep trying new, more powerful weapons.
But of course, as you mentioned, you'll have to defeat Ganon at some point with the Master Sword.
I don't know, with it being front and center in the trailer and fully featured in the logo and all.
I think this is where the rust comes into play. You'll get the sword but it will be so shit you'd be better off using other weapons until you restore it and upgrade it.
if the Master Sword is an entirely optional ten sidequests deep super hard weapon get that unlocks the true ending I'll be all right with it
or you find it during the main quest but it's shit for obvious reasons so you go on an adventure to restore it (wouldn't want it to be the strongest weapon against regular enemies, but Ganon should go down like a punk to the ultimate form)
Aonuma said that the player could go straight to the final boss, I'd assume that means missing the Master Sword
or you find it during the main quest but it's shit for obvious reasons so you go on an adventure to restore it (wouldn't want it to be the strongest weapon against regular enemies, but Ganon should go down like a punk to the ultimate form)
Aonuma said that the player could go straight to the final boss, I'd assume that means missing the Master Sword
what about the bow and bombs we have already seen? and what exactly are runes?
Inquisitive_Ghost
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It's such a random thing, but I've been wondering how long it'll take me to find my first Piece of Heart in such a huge world, and how long the time between finding each one will be. I wonder if some are in the shrines. Maybe they'll be more exclusively tied to sidequests since they'd be so much easier to miss in random places in this game.
Skyward Sword had breakable shields with Hylian Shield being unbreakable, so there's a precedent. The game could have easily been played without a shield altogether though.
Alternatively: It's a shorter-range weapon and not very good against armored opponents or opponents that excel at keeping you at range. There's a lot they can do with weapon balance that doesn't have to rely on weapons constantly breaking.
Bombs are actually runes this time around, while bows are in a separate breakable category like swords and other melee weapons. I think they're saying that we're not going to be finding, say, breakable Hookshots; instead that functionality will be added to the Sheikah Slate as a separate power.
Runes are those interesting, physics-based powers that we've seen with the Sheikah Slate. So far we have the magnet rune, the ice pillar rune, the time-freezing rune, and the bomb rune.
TheMoon
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Master Sword shown as rusty and withered = useless until "resurrected" or infused with Time Shift stone to essentially return it to its prior state, building on that theory that's going around atm.
Yep! Was thinking the same thing.
ok, so basically runes, are more or less the standard special items/tools then. But yeah I dont think the hookshot would be a breakable item. But who knows.
theSlacker
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I'm kinda hoping that the Master Sword crumbles when you find it.
And turns into a rune that you use to "summon" a Master Sword with some sort of limit on it.
TheMoon
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boclfon479
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from the sheikah slate menu in the gameplay, it seem there might be another power, unless i missed one... what do you guys think it would be?
That downgrade, tho w/o Wiimote
Gyro control is pretty good, though.
TheCongressman1
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I suggest that some weapons should just turn dull (do minimal damage) until you sharpen/repair them. To me, that's the best way to balance important items with the durability system.
But this raises another issue, the reason you can throw weapons seems to be because they are disposable. They will either break, or you will lose track of it, maybe it falls off a cliff to never be seen again. So, will you be able to throw, and lose, something like the Master Sword? If you lose it, will it appear back in your inventory? Will it come to you like Thor's hammer?
That would be so symbolic of these two game's directions.
But this raises another issue, the reason you can throw weapons seems to be because they are disposable. They will either break, or you will lose track of it, maybe it falls off a cliff to never be seen again. So, will you be able to throw, and lose, something like the Master Sword? If you lose it, will it appear back in your inventory? Will it come to you like Thor's hammer?
That would be so symbolic of these two game's directions.
Poor Fi...
TheMoon
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For all the other things yea but a hookshot is specifically a one handed item (aside from Spider-Man Mode in TP, ofc!) which made this so perfectly natural with a Wiimote.
I don't disagree, hookshot felt so right in SS.