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The Legend of Zelda Wii-U Shown at Nintendo Digital Event ["2015"]
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Fried Food
Banned
that trailer looked great. I buy a wii u for this. I didn't buy a wii for skyward sword.
1. Did you see the screenshots where you see him/her from the side? Might be breasts. last frame before he/she shoots the arrow.
2. When presenting a Zelda game, they'd show him with Epona, on Hyrule Field, without tunic? Both of these facts indicate that he'd be far from the tutorial 'get your tunic' stage. Also, he/she IS WEARING a tunic - it's just not green.
DarkoMaledictus
Tier Whore
Looks sweet!!
BrokenEchelon
Banned
If he's a girl in this one, I hope he has a lesbian relationship with Zelda.
Need that cosplay in my lyyyyyyffeeee.
Need that cosplay in my lyyyyyyffeeee.
i just got around to seeing this
it pretty much hits off the right checkboxes for me. i was hoping for "open world", hoping for more of a magical/sci fi sort of bent, which this seems to have. and there seems to be a different vibe overall
that said i'm very skeptical. I feel like they've been veering 3D zelda in in the wrong direction the past two games, even though they're both really good in their own right
either way though there's still very little to go on so I'm taking it with a grain of salt
it pretty much hits off the right checkboxes for me. i was hoping for "open world", hoping for more of a magical/sci fi sort of bent, which this seems to have. and there seems to be a different vibe overall
that said i'm very skeptical. I feel like they've been veering 3D zelda in in the wrong direction the past two games, even though they're both really good in their own right
either way though there's still very little to go on so I'm taking it with a grain of salt
Super Stardust
Member
Game of the generation. Day one
Kai Dracon
Writing a dinosaur space opera symphony
When I saw the overworld, my first thought was "mow THAT lawn motherfucker."
This is gonna be holiday 2015 at the absolute earliest isn't it
I am guessing November 2015 or 2016.
http://www.1up.com/news/miyamoto-wii-fit-hardcore-gamers
"The Zelda team is forming again to make a game."
That was 2008. So they spent 2 years doing nothing.
I know it's a staple of the series, but I kinda hope we can't cut the grass for that very reason.
Or we can just set a torch to it or something.
Orniletter
Banned
They made 2 handheld Zeldas and Link´s Crossbow Training too.
You can actually look at Hyrule Historia´s SS section to see they hadn´t finalised the enemy design by around 2009 (the concept art has dates on it).
You realise that the people who make Zelda also help out on other projects, right?
dampflokfreund
Banned
Why do some people say it looks too cartoony? Just look at the wooden textures. It looks perfect:
Really cartoony:
Really cartoony:
Some dudes can't handle playing as girls.
Part of the reason why Final Fantasy X2 got so much hate.
Is it the same dev team? I thought they had different staff for the handheld games.
Why do some people say it looks too cartoony? Just look at the wooden textures. It looks perfect:
Really cartoony:
Yeah I agree, it's like a perfect balance of cartoon and a flashy, adult look. It looks really good. And wow at that bow weapon thingy.
Wyndstryker
Member
It's hard to impress me these days, but damn this game looks gorgeous in motion. Definitely getting mononoke vibes from it.
Azelover
Titanic was called the Ship of Dreams, and it was. It really was.
They were busy working on other projects. Parts of teams get moved all over the place to get the creativity flowing. Hell, some of the Zelda team even worked on Wii Fit. The better part of a year or so, hundreds of developers will work on Zelda as they finish it, but years before, the Zelda team works with just a few developers while they set the foundations of the game.
I meant doing nothing for the Zelda game.
It'd be silly for staff in any company to not be working.
Out of interest do you know what Nintendo games share staff? I imagine most of the Zelda staff work on the Mario games as well.
Orniletter
Banned
Nope. They shuffle them around inside EAD 3 (as in they aren´t static/there isn´t a fixed handheld group), but is is still the same team more or less.
Yeaahh i've realised I worded that badly. I meant doing nothing on the Zelda game.
Falcs
Banned
Spent some time looking at the overworld picture, and what I realized is that it's geographically almost the same exact Hyrule from OoT. I pointed out some details here:
You can see what looks like Hyrule Castle in the back, along with Death Mountain, and what I believe to be Goron's Village atop it. Below the mountain is a smaller lake with what looks like a cave. There is a land formation strikingly similar to the one in Hyrule Field in OoT, and next to it is some kind of wooden building or fort (you can see a ladder on it too), which I believe is the entrance to the forrest. A river appears to cut through the field, and takes you to a large body of water, presumably Lake Hylia.
Unfortunately I find it extremely difficult to believe all that you see in that picture will actually be traversable like Skyrim. I'm guessing there'll probably by a sort of "map" like world which you use to get from place a to b. Similar to the Sky in Skyward Sword.
I hope I'm wrong.
I don't think they would lie. I hope it is not cut into zones and is just a huge streaming world.
Y'all are being to negative about the release date. I have faith this will come out in 2015.
I mean, if they were almost ready to show it twice last year, I'd imagine they're far along in development. Mid-late 2015 doesn't seem to unreasonable.
I mean, if they were almost ready to show it twice last year, I'd imagine they're far along in development. Mid-late 2015 doesn't seem to unreasonable.
Nintendo isn't stupid enough to lie about that. If they said it's open world, it will be open world. They must know what kind of a massive shitstorm could come from not delivering on a promise like that.
dampflokfreund
Banned
I hope the game will also be dark at some points, like OoT's shadow temple or Majoras Mask. With this art style, such a atmosphere between lighthearted and dark would be amazing.
Mr. Bamboo
Member
One thing I reaaaally really hope is incorporated... a weather system. Riding across that landscape through sprawling mist to eventual crystal clear sky would be very tasty.
That's my point though, they're not working on Zelda, they're working on other games. That means it took less time to make Skyward Sword, not more.
I don't know specifically but I imagine the EAD teams swap people around as and when they see fit.
If you look at it it's not actually THAT big. Certainly doable on a Wii U. Or maybe they can place some soft transition.
They want it to be seamless, so I reckon that's one thing we wouldn't worry about. I hope.
Shamrock7r
Member
I'm sure there will be some sort of teleportation system in place at a certain point in the game, as is with mose Zeldas, but one of the things emphasized in the Nintendo Direct was the seamless traversing from one area to another in a variety of ways.
I imagine it will work like Wind Waker. In WW, as you moved closer to a grid on the map, the game would start to pre-load the information so that it seemed seamless (Twilight Princess did this too on the main overworld with those long narrow paths that led to a different overworld section) The problem, as mentioned in the direct, was the hardware limitations made it to where there would only be one entrance to an area, or smaller terrain. With this one, it sounds like they really wanted to make it feel like it would be up to your imagination on how to get to a new area.
I doubt that is the only area in the game. That looks about the size of one or two Twilight Princess areas in it's overworld.
Razgriz-Specter
Member
Thats a stupid comparison. Link has always been slightly feminine which was fine,
Hyrule Warriors design is the best Link we have ever gotten.
This is just taking it too far.
Personally i'm not upset by it nor did i expect it in 2014 because we're getting hyrule warriors this year. I'm a bit nervous about it being pushed into 2016 because i'm not entirely convinced the game is that far in development.
I'm just a bit upset they barely showed anything.
Yet pleased with what I saw...
*Hoping for new trailer in the next Nintendo Direct
Well one could argue, that if it were THAT far into development, they would have shown more footage.
But then, this is Nintendo, and they like to keep their cards close to their chest. Could be that this has some mind blowing gameplay/story elements that they are not willing to show/announce a year before release.
He said you'll be able to go to the mountains in the background, so I'm taking his word on it.
Lynd7
Member
It does seem like it could be fairly far along, it may be because it won't be out for awhile. I expect a direct later in the year highlighting a bit more.
soxinthebox
Member
Looks way better than I was thinking. Too bad it's 2015
Vulcano's assistant
Banned
Why do some people say it looks too cartoony? Just look at the wooden textures. It looks perfect:
Really cartoony:
nvm, missed a word in your post.
ElectricKaibutsu
Member
I am so into this. I just wish I didn't have to wait a year and a half
For everyone in the girl team out there just look at link's hands those are definitely not woman hands.
And about the tunic...Maybe you can customize Link? So that's why there is no green tunic?
Ooooor maybe that's the legend on how the hero got recognized by it's tunic?
Or it's just before you got the the classic tunic.
Oh man I wanto more info on this game!!
And about the tunic...Maybe you can customize Link? So that's why there is no green tunic?
Ooooor maybe that's the legend on how the hero got recognized by it's tunic?
Or it's just before you got the the classic tunic.
Oh man I wanto more info on this game!!