Looks great, can't believe people thought they were going to ruin the artstyle. 1080p confirmed too, daaaayum.
59,999 yen...
What?!
Tell me more!
Well, the English version already cut down the triforce hunt from the Japanese version, believe it or not.I imagine it being a rather small tweak. Like lowering the amount of shards or the amount of money required to decipher them. I don't see them making an entirely new dungeon in its place or something.
I was expecting 30 fps to be honest. Depending on how the animation and engine works, increasing the framerate to 60 fps might be a lot more complicated than just unlocking the framerate, if you get what I mean. It could cause all sorts of unexpected results. Does it run at 60 in Dolphin? Honest question.
Anyways, I think it looks beautiful. The bloom is exactly where and when it should be. It makes the bright sunny moments look bright and sunny. Given the dynamic weather in the game that's a huge plus imho. When the clouds break after a storm is going to be an even cooler moment than before.
And remember the early stuff we saw wasn't Wind Waker HD. It was an environment test done for the *next* Zelda game to see if the Wind Waker artstyle looked good in HD. They were never going to make a Wind Waker with Link's eyebrows behind his hair.
when he mentions they made changes, I could of swore he was going to say we added a water temple :/
The problem always was them not being able to really FILL the otherwise beautiful world. Huge seas with scattered, tiny, meaningless "islands"? This game could have been so much more.Looks like a great update. They really captured the feeling of being out on the sea.
It looks exactly the same as I remember playing it. That must be my memory, but it still doesn't make me wanna buy this version.
Does anyone have a better quality, full-size version of this picture? This is the best one I've been able to find.
EDIT: OK, found one. Here it is in case anyone wants to check it out: http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/18qjph5jaxjmbjpg/original.jpg
It looks exactly the same as I remember playing it. That must be my memory, but it still doesn't make me wanna buy this version.
Not to be one of those jerks that corrects people but 48,000 yen is like $500 .Game & Wario was 48,000 yen (about $50) and is 39.99 US, so it's possible they'll have it cheaper in the states if they think they need to.
It looks exactly the same as I remember playing it. That must be my memory, but it still doesn't make me wanna buy this version.
Looks like they caved and toned diwn the new lighting in favor of the old. Such a shame.
They did.
The at-sea segments during the day are still intolerable. The blue, overbearing hazy bloom is so blinding it looks like you're sailing through a turquoise fog the entire game.
WTF is wrong with Nintendo? FIX THE BLOOM. And what's with putting the ugly blue fog on the islands too??
Damn, Gamecube version looks SO much better.
for those complaining about bloom is your monitor brightness all set to high or something?
I absolutely love dof. Especially for wind waker. You nuts.I wonder if they took out that horrible depth of field effect the original game had? DOF just does not belong with cartoon graphics like these.
Damn, Gamecube version looks SO much better.
I actually really enjoyed the bloom in the demo and agree that the setting makes it fitting. Is only heavily used in the Islands, not in interior sections. The sun would be overpowering in these settings.Watching the Developer Direct, I think the HD version does look really nice. The ocean looks beautiful. I have to agree that the bloom seems overpowering, but generally Nintendo has done a good job.
I'm so jealous. This game is special man. Enjoy it.I never played the gamecube version so I'm hyped for this.
GC Version - a living, breathing cartoon
Wii U Version - someone discovering the bloom effect in Maya for the first time and putting it everywhere
Well, the English version already cut down the triforce hunt from the Japanese version, believe it or not.
Maybe they're just giving the Japanese version the English Triforce hunt?