HotPocket69
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I hope you don't expect anyone to take you seriously. "Nintards" ??? Are you five?
I do. And I'm actually nine years old, thanks.
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[N-Direct] The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening Trailer
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I do. And I'm actually nine years old, thanks.
JimmyJones
Banned
Wind Waker was amazing. BOTW and Skyward Sword are the two worst.
DreamsiclesPlz
Member
My bad!
On topic, the more I look at the trailer, the more it kinda grows on me. I mean I'll probably get it regardless, since I never played the original.
HotPocket69
Banned
Rock on.
I just wish it was a NEW 2D Zelda. I don't get what's stopping them. The Minish Cap was good shit!
Joelenheimer
Member
This game looks like it was originally going to release on the 3DS honestly. It's a prettied up port for sure. I hope it's not $60.
#Phonepunk#
Banned
if you are hoping a brand new game is not going to be full price then lol keep hoping
GoldenEye98
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haha..ha...ha......hahahaha.....yeahhh....have I got news for you
Joelenheimer
Member
Nooooooooooooooooooooooooo! I can totally afford that shit, even if it were $100! It just ain't worth $60 to me. (crosses fingers for a max of $40)
HotPocket69
Banned
Its 60 bucks guys
That Nintendo tax
That Nintendo tax
Chittagong
Gold Member
Joke post?
They created an all new art style for this game that hasn't been used for Zelda before. Imagine how many different styles they must have tried and prototyped. The world - all environments, objects, characters, enemies - is entirely reconstructed in 3D. It looks like the controls and hit detection have also been done from scratch for 3D. All music and effects have been redone. The opening animation has been recreated in cartoon quality. They have basically built the whole thing from scratch.
How could they possibly have put in more effort?
Raven117
Member
Ya know, I think I know why the art design puts a few of us off....
Links Awakening on the game boy was a mysterious experience, even sad. The game boy lack of color accentuated this. The experience felt like a secret.
The design now... well, it’s not very endearing to say the least.
Links Awakening on the game boy was a mysterious experience, even sad. The game boy lack of color accentuated this. The experience felt like a secret.
The design now... well, it’s not very endearing to say the least.
DunDunDunpachi
Patient MembeR
Show me the last "dark, mysterious" top-down Zelda.
I'm not trying to dismiss this sentiment, but the handheld games -- and the franchise as a whole -- have been done in bright colors ever since Windwaker and Phantom Hourglass. Twilight Princess was the only hiccup in that pattern.
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mcjmetroid
Member
I'm not feeling the graphic style... yet.
I know it'll turn out to be great though but I hope enough new content is added. I played link's awakening years ago and it was fantastic if even a little underrated these days.
I know it'll turn out to be great though but I hope enough new content is added. I played link's awakening years ago and it was fantastic if even a little underrated these days.
ThatStupidLion
Member
Its 60 bucks guys
That Nintendo tax
hmmmm i wonder if Links Awakening will ever come to their online service? I'd pretty to play the OG, than pay 60 for this
Hendrick's
If only my penis was as big as my GamerScore!
So is this a full top down Zelda game? If so, I think I'm finally getting a Switch (also that Mario Maker 2 announcement).
Nah... some of us don't like 3D Zelda (yes I know this new game is technically 3D, but you know what I mean).
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ThatGamingDude
I am a virgin
I played this a few too many times to be amped about it
While I'm hyped they're bringing this up for people who never got to enjoy it in the past, I kind of wanted to see something different for Zelda out of the direct. I don't know what the "something," is though.
While I'm hyped they're bringing this up for people who never got to enjoy it in the past, I kind of wanted to see something different for Zelda out of the direct. I don't know what the "something," is though.
DreamsiclesPlz
Member
It looked like there was one side-scrolling section in a cave or something where he jumped on Goombas, but otherwise it appears to be top-down. At least from the trailer.
Hendrick's
If only my penis was as big as my GamerScore!
Goombas? I never played the original, but was there side scrolling sections in it?
Gamernyc78
Banned
To each its own. I have a switch but forced myself to finish Zelda Botw. This remake however has me happy and excited. I prefer 2d Zelda games more.
AV
We ain't outta here in ten minutes, we won't need no rocket to fly through space
Yeah, it goes side-scrolling when you're in caves in LA and the Oracle games. It's really minor though, barely happens.
But yes, it's a full "2D" Zelda. Have you really never played LA? It's arguably the best one. Not sure this remake would tip me to buy a Switch if I didn't already own one, since you could just play the original game elsewhere, but this looks super fucking neat.
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DunDunDunpachi
Patient MembeR
iconmaster
Banned
I want this game so very much.
Alter_Fridge
Member
Ughh, it feels like I'm watching a claymation animation/cartoon rather than getting transported to an actual alternate video game world. I'm also getting soap opera effect vibes.
Why couldn't the whole game be like the amazing anime intro?
Why couldn't the whole game be like the amazing anime intro?
Hendrick's
If only my penis was as big as my GamerScore!
#Phonepunk#
Banned
only way to do that is to make it like Dragon's Lair
DreamsiclesPlz
Member
I also never played the original, so when I saw the Goombas I thought "wait, what!?"
Alter_Fridge
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HotPocket69
Banned
I also never played the original, so when I saw the Goombas I thought "wait, what!?"
And Chain Chomps
Alter_Fridge
Member
Raven117
Member
Dude, really? We are talking about Link's Awakening. Original Gameboy.Show me the last "dark, mysterious" top-down Zelda.
I'm not trying to dismiss this sentiment, but the handheld games -- and the franchise as a whole -- have been done in bright colors ever since Windwaker and Phantom Hourglass. Twilight Princess was the only hiccup in that pattern.
ALBW
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and you quoted everyone thats not Links Awakening.
The thing is, I have come to recognize now in my older years (I played Links Awakening upon release as a kid), that most of the Japanese RPG games I loved as a kid on that limited hardware was not what the creators were thinking FFVI is the best example. I was envision some dark and gritty steampunk machine and magic world, the creators were thinking anime.
With Links Awakening, due to the limited colors, it felt very mysterious. The music was deliberate and haunting to my young self. It felt like a suggestion of a zelda world we weren't quite privy to. That coupled with its melancholic tale...made for a unique experience. While they may have been thinking the cartoons above, what came across was something entirely different.
Alter_Fridge
Member
I also never played the original, so when I saw the Goombas I thought "wait, what!?"
Holy shit me too. So chain chomps originated in Linx Awakening?
HotPocket69
Banned
Would love to see a Souls inspired Zelda 2 remake.
AV
We ain't outta here in ten minutes, we won't need no rocket to fly through space
I also never played the original, so when I saw the Goombas I thought "wait, what!?"
There's a ton of Mario enemies in LA, including thwomps. Lots of little Mario references sprinkled throughout elsewhere, as well.
If you've never played the original I would actually recommend playing LA
X (the colour version) first, otherwise you're always going to have this remake as your first impression of the game. I think this looks fucking rad, but you should definitely consider going back first.Alter_Fridge
Member
Zelda 2 was the OG Soulz
HotPocket69
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DunDunDunpachi
Patient MembeR
I understand this sentiment completely, I just disagree that the art style doesn't match the game. I also played it as a kid, in case that counts for anything. It is a kid's game, after all.
If it's any consolation, they butchered the art style, music, and sound effects for Metroid II: Remake on 3DS, another game I played as a child that I felt was haunting and mysterious.
iconmaster
Banned
Wind Waker's art style was initially controversial too. Now, it's beloved.
If you want the gameplay to match the original, it had to look something like the original.
If you want the gameplay to match the original, it had to look something like the original.
Codes 208
Member
Pretty sure they originated from SMB3
JunkerWoland
Member
I like some of what Nintendo is doing graphically with this game, but the cutesy aesthetic of the characters isn't working for me. I'm not turned off, per say, just not as excited as I'd want to be for this title. My lack of enthusiasm is also likely a result of wanting Nintendo to make a completely new 2D-mechanics Zelda adventure, instead of one based on an existing game.
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HotPocket69
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That is correct
AV
We ain't outta here in ten minutes, we won't need no rocket to fly through space
Man, you had to pick a GIF of the worst room in the game. Took me so long as a kid to figure out that I had to A. push those blocks B. kill the pol's voice with a bottle and C. kill them in that order to get the key. At least, I think that's the case with the last one.
mcjmetroid
Member
What is this new thing about blurring out backgrounds in games recently?
Octpath traveller did it
Yoshi's Crafted world does it
Kirby Star Allies did it
and now this is doing it.
It just looks strange to me.
Octpath traveller did it
Yoshi's Crafted world does it
Kirby Star Allies did it
and now this is doing it.
It just looks strange to me.
Raven117
Member
I didn;t say anything about the artstyle matching the gameplay. (Honestly, I don't know what they could have done to capture the original...its just one of those games that was unique to its hardware that made it a different experience). Its just the overall feel.
In any event. The mechanics of the game are still solid, so another generation can enjoy it. Im sure even in that new artstyle, it will still be solid.
(There really was something about the older games that were almost more "art" than now due to how they had to suggest things to you and your mind took over, rather than simply show show show it all).
Tarin02543
Member
My favourite game of all times. Hence my nickname.
I'm gonna see if the rumored Switch Mini is true, I'll definitely buy it for this game.
I'm gonna see if the rumored Switch Mini is true, I'll definitely buy it for this game.
hybrid_birth
Member
I loved a link between world's on 3ds. Definitely going to buy this on switch.
Alter_Fridge
Member
Oh yer that would have been 1st
Rodolink
Member
The usual thing with Zelda, art-style controversy, some love it some don't, personally I would've gone for a more organic look instead of a plastic one.
Also by looking at the intro sequence I hoped for a pen or pencil draft style art instead.
But I'm the end it's a Zelda and it's always a pleasure to play and that's the important thing.
I recommend all of you to read watch the dev story behind LA, they explain why they added Mario elements.
Exactly! I was thinking the same, I like how it looks but I didn't like they "copied" the effect for a Zelda game, to me that effect will always remind me of 3D dot game heroes and Octopath.
Also by looking at the intro sequence I hoped for a pen or pencil draft style art instead.
But I'm the end it's a Zelda and it's always a pleasure to play and that's the important thing.
I recommend all of you to read watch the dev story behind LA, they explain why they added Mario elements.
Exactly! I was thinking the same, I like how it looks but I didn't like they "copied" the effect for a Zelda game, to me that effect will always remind me of 3D dot game heroes and Octopath.