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[kunonabi]

terrible reward

To be fair the game most of the other rewards are terrible to begin with. This just takes it to another level.

Man, I'm at like 130 hours and only have 121 seeds so far.

 

[MrPanic]

Kinda spoiled on that outfit tbh... where the hell do you get that?

Spoiler

Complete all shrines.

 

[Skyzard]

I see it as Nintendo's way of saying collectathon games are shit XD.....as in an amazing joke

...screw people who like collecting things in games that encourage it?

Not that funny.

Kinda shitty.

 

[RoKKeR]

The only thing more amazing than this guy finding all 900 of those (seriously... how!?!) is Nintendo's troll-job.

 

[rockx4]

Nice reward lol, I don't have it in me to go for 900 though. I have like 80 found in 70+ hours

 

[Sciortino]

Not that I was going to find them all but maybe could you have left the number out of the thread title?

Are you serious?....

Anyway, I watched someone streaming BOTW today and he got all 900 seeds. No chance in hell would I go through all that trouble to get all 900.

 

[microdot]

Damn. Whenever I hear stuff like this, I can't help but to think he/she could've done something more productive with their time.

 

[Astral Dog]

That reward I can't. OMG. Nintendo. Just why!!?

What does Nintendo have to do with Hetsu deciding to reward you with shit? Always say thanks when you recive a gift if the intention is good 🎁

 

[UncleSporky]

Did it really need to be 900 to get their point across?

It needed to be 900 because they wanted a certain density of content across their game world, little things to watch for, and they wanted them to add up to something tangible.
But you only need half that to max out everything, and realistically only about 100 to be pretty well off.

 

[LotusHD]

- Nintendo makes collecting all seeds a requirement to max inventory space: "Fuck Nintendo, I want to max out my inventory space without having to spend hundreds of hours searching for every last seed.".
- Nintendo makes it so that you only need half of the seeds, but puts a good reward for collecting 900 seeds: "Fuck Nintendo, they locked a good reward behind spending hundreds of hours searching for every last seed?".
- Nintendo puts a bragging rights reward for collecting 900 seeds: "Fuck Nintendo, they expect me to spend hundreds of hours searching for every last seed for this shitty reward?".

Lol

Honestly, I guess it's a lot better than there being something actually really useful/valuable for collecting all 900, because people would complain far more than it just being a shitty reward due to something good being essentially locked away like that. I think...

 

[Voliko]

I still can't fathom how it's possible to find all 900 legit

or at least how many hours that would take

 

[El Odio]

This is like the 1 million coin reward in NSMB2 all over again. But a whole lot funnier.

 

[RRockman]

Kinda spoiled on that outfit tbh... where the hell do you get that?

You must

Spoiler

beat all 120 shrines

 

[Fhtagn]

This is delightful. I really look forward to playing this game eventually.

 

[Anth0ny]

dont worry, the korok seeds are only worth 70% OUT OF 100% COMPLETION


finishing all of the dungeons adds up to less than 1%



i can't

 

[Feltrol]

So, he literally gives you...

Spoiler

shit

?

 

[rekameohs]

- Nintendo makes collecting all seeds a requirement to max inventory space: "Fuck Nintendo, I want to max out my inventory space without having to spend hundreds of hours searching for every last seed.".
- Nintendo makes it so that you only need half of the seeds, but puts a good reward for collecting 900 seeds: "Fuck Nintendo, they locked a good reward behind spending hundreds of hours searching for every last seed?".
- Nintendo puts a bragging rights reward for collecting 900 seeds: "Fuck Nintendo, they expect me to spend hundreds of hours searching for every last seed for this shitty reward?".

Yeah, what do people want from spending an absurd amount of time getting these? Something valuable? That would be ridiculous to gate it behind that.

 

[Rynam]

Kinda spoiled on that outfit tbh... where the hell do you get that?

Looks like a Dyed "* of the Wild" set. You get it

Spoiler

For finishing all 120 shrines

 

[Lee Chaolan]

Holy shit

 

[MegaManTrigger]

Nice to see that Nintendo has outdone Donkey Kong 64 with just one collectible.

 

[psyfi]

what the fuck @ the reward

A+ bullshit right there

 

[Rizific]

sums up achievements and trophies perfectly.

 

[Jacobson]

what a crappy reward.

 

[foxuzamaki]

Anybody else feel terrible for the completionist? aka that one gamer

 

[ViciousDS]

...screw people who like collecting things in games that encourage it?

Not that funny.

Kinda shitty.

you only need half for all slots

 

[Hattori]

Anybody else feel terrible for the completionist? aka that one gamer

no, he's literally the only one with that item that's rarer than any platinum or achievement at the moment

 

[Richie]

We all know who was behind this...

 

[Dice//]

Holy shit!.

First comment wins again

 

[Altered Juice]

When you spend all your time collecting for a pile of dog shit

 

[Dryk]

Can't wait for the 900 Korok Seed speedrun category

I think I'm on like 15 in ~15 hours


Some of em are pretty obvious, but I imagine they get fucking obscure once you hit like 100+

I have 130ish seeds purely from the southeastern parts of the map. They've all been pretty obvious.

I think Korok Seeds are actually a really well implemented collectible.

- They're easy to spot from a distance once you learn what you're looking for
- You usually need to do something to obtain them instead of just running over them. Some of them, especially the ones where you have to

Spoiler

throw a rock into a ring of stones

can be pretty hard to do.
- They're an easy way to reward exploring some of the nooks and crannies of the game
- You only "need" to find half of them, meaning that if you're doing a lot of exploring hunting for them specifically is unnecessary
- They exhibit diminishing returns because the upgrades cost more every time, meaning that not being able to find a few wayward seeds isn't really a huge deal.

The world would still be interesting if it wasn't for every random mountain peak having a weapon or a seed lying on top of it but does make exploration more rewarding.

 

[Skyzard]

you only need half for all slots

The game encourages it by map design though, it's part of the game itself, not just a way to get more inventory - that's an awesome bonus.

 

[Dark Ninja]

Maybe it does something. Should start walking around the world aimlessly.

Spoiler

lol

 

[13ruce]

This only is doable with a checklist app or a printed out map with all locations where you can checkmark the ones you have found.

Finding them all yourself.... Must be torture.

 

[Gamer @ Heart]

So basically, it's pointless to even go for the Korok Seeds in the first place with that awful reward. Good to know when I eventually pick this game up on Switch.

Absolutely fucking not the case.

They are you're reward for exploring and they are vital to increase your inventory. Finding all of them is unnecessary. You won't ever need max bow and shield slots.

 

[Hibiki Kurosawa]

There's 900 fucking Korok seeds? Holy fuck!

 

[Zuzzissm0]

Spoilers for what you get at the link
http://kotaku.com/someone-has-found-all-900-korok-seeds-in-zelda-1793276463

wow everyone with the strategy guide can do this foolish something

 

[Chie Satonaka]

Fucking unreal that there's 900 of them.

My god.

 

[Blueblur1]

Probably already been said but I would've preferred the thread title to not have included the auctual number.

 

[Orin GA]

You quoted someone saying Nintendo loves to 'shit' on their fans, in response to finding out the ultimate reward being something that conspicuously looks like a piece of shit. Do you not get the joke the poster you quoted made?

Guys...I know its a pun, but I remember the same poster calling it a crappy $60 game. Thats why i confronted them like that.

 

[xxracerxx]

The only thing more amazing than this guy finding all 900 of those (seriously... how!?!) is Nintendo's troll-job.

Guides exist I am sure.

 

[ViciousDS]

no, he's literally the only one with that item that's rarer than any platinum or achievement at the moment

well......no ones platinum'd nba 2k17 last I checked a month ago lol

 

[Gaz_RB]

900?

Jesus I thought there was like 50.

 

[WordAssassin]

Damn, I didn't care about spoiling the reward since I don't know if I'd ever actually get them all without a guide, but I wouldn't have clicked the link if I'd known the BotW tunic was in the picture, I was gonna gun for all the Shrines and wanted its appearance to be a surprise ):

Looks interesting, hopefully the side quest you do to get it explains why it looks the way it does.

 

[Cathcart]

Are you serious?....

Yeah.

 

[Bamboo 竹]

Hahahaha holy shit that is amazing. I mean it's better than receiving a useless statue, at least that one is funny and tells you the origin of korok seeds.

 

[shadow2810]

The design actually looks like a pile of Korok seeds stacking together.

Korok seed = shit confirmed.

You collect 900 small piece of shit to get 1 big pile of shit. :thinking:

 

[Fury451]

Did Kamiya suggest this reward?

 

[Javier]

And here I've just found three.

 

[Dsyndrome]

Guess what I'm not going to collect 900 of.

 

[UncleSporky]

dont worry, the korok seeds are only worth 70% OUT OF 100% COMPLETION


finishing all of the dungeons adds up to less than 1%



i can't

They just added up all major events and collectibles and divided 100 by it, which is fine.

I mean let's be honest, if they arbitrarily made dungeons 10-20% each and compressed the korok seeds into a smaller percentage, would it really be any less annoying seeing "95% complete" than "27% complete?"