I think the music is live... It sounds too nuanced to be synth. It certainly has the texture of live music. I think it's orchestrated.
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Zelda: A Link Between Worlds |OT| All in all you're just another Link in the wall
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Danny Dudekisser
I paid good money for this Dynex!
I was thinking about that while playing this game... ALBW kinda proves that Nintendo can make a game that's on the level of their classics, so it'd be amazing if used the same sort of approach with a Super Metroid sequel or something.
I can dream, right?
The second overworld themes definitely are.
I was thinking about that while playing this game... ALBW kinda proves that Nintendo can make a game that's on the level of their classics, so it'd be amazing if used the same sort of approach with a Super Metroid sequel or something.
I can dream, right?
Was that ever in doubt?
A 2D Metroid by Retro could be amazing. Think of what they did with Metroid Prime, and then think of their top-notch 2D design in DKCR (and soon Tropical Freeze). Now merge the two and present it in layered autostereoscopic 3D. :-OI was thinking about that while playing this game... ALBW kinda proves that Nintendo can make a game that's on the level of their classics, so it'd be amazing if used the same sort of approach with a Super Metroid sequel or something.
I can dream, right?
shadyspace
Banned
Further proving my personal theory that people with Evangeline Lilly avatars have terrible opinions
There are some parts that are definitely live, but occasionally other instruments are high quality samples.
They did a good job overall blending the two.
The12thGripper
Member
So did anyone figure out what the 'extra secret' that's hidden away in Hero Mode is yet?
There is an official order. When you boot the game it shows which dungeons you beat - I beat the second dungeon first, and so the second dungeon slot was filled, but not the first.
I guess that could work. Problem is that the story was effectively closed (like, completely), and Link's Awakening hasn't really got the impact that LTTP had.
I'd rather they returned to the world of Termina. That place has massive scope - what's outside those boundaries? Exploring Hyrule yet again in Zelda U would be a shame.
YES. I'll take a photo, hang on.
MiamiWesker
Member
I dont understand this. The boomerang remains the best combat item in the entire series. It stuns almost everyone. What are you people using with the sword? I have it on me all the time.
DragonKnight
Member
Still cant believe the TP synth. Gross.
Well, you got one.
And do you know what the order is?
Green Mamba
Member
I'm not sure about that--
now, granted, I have only beaten three Lorule dungeons, but the first Sage slot listed for the Lorule dungeons is the one from the Desert Palace, but that is the only Lorule dungeon you actually cannot do first--you have to have gotten the Sand Rod, which requires you to beat Thieve's Town first, which is listed like fifth.
shadyspace
Banned
Anybody actually using the pins to any effect? They're totally useless to me.
Yep. IMO, Nintendo shouldn't have marked the dungeon locations at all - then they would have had some use. Unless you're a LTTP veteran like myself, of course.
HA!!! XD
RE: the pins, I'll use them to mark the optimal race route.
thx
She doesn't really help all that much tbh, but yes, she does offer a slight hint in each dungeon's area.
Hmm?
My response were to the above posts talking about returning to Koholint and Termina. I would rather they go with a new place.
It's more the backstory I'm interested in, I thought it was cool the
Dark Palace had that whole worship of the Helmasaur angle and stuff.
A few questions for people.
What's the save system like for this game? Is it conducive to short bursts of gaming?
If I haven't really played past the first dungeon of OoT, should I pick this up or OoT 3D? I can't play for long spurts, so the save system in OoT really discourages me.
What's the save system like for this game? Is it conducive to short bursts of gaming?
If I haven't really played past the first dungeon of OoT, should I pick this up or OoT 3D? I can't play for long spurts, so the save system in OoT really discourages me.
Desert Palace
You can't save everywhere, but there are weather vanes which act as save points which are dispersed appropriately throughout the world. I would say ALBW is better for short bursts of gaming.
BassForever
Member
The next Zelda needs to put items back in the dungeons, dungeons in this game don't get me excited because I don't find some cool item to help me explore more of the world, I already have everything to explore the world. The only thing I'm still being teased for is the sand rod (which I don't think I've seen a single place to use it in Hy/Lorule, I just know it exist thanks to Ravio's shop) and upgraded gloves.
Honestly what made Zelda fun for me LTTP and onwards was finding a new item in a dungeon and having the light bulbs go off in my head in terms of what new areas I could explore and what items I could finally reach, this game takes that away for the most part. When I go to a new section of Lorule I feel like I pick it clean before moving onto the next section with virtually no reason to go back. It especially stings because of how fragmented Lorule is compared to Hyrule, having to constantly jump to Hyrule to access a new section of Lorule that I'll only visit once cause I already have everything just ruins it for me.
Save points also double as warp points, so at any point you can simply warp to one (for free) and save/quit. You also can't miss the warp ability it's given to you very early in the game. Also all dungeons have save points outside of them and you can buy an item that allows you to instantly warp outside a dungeon.
Also I don't get what the problem is with OoT 3D, you can save anywhere at anytime in that game in the pause menu.
Honestly what made Zelda fun for me LTTP and onwards was finding a new item in a dungeon and having the light bulbs go off in my head in terms of what new areas I could explore and what items I could finally reach, this game takes that away for the most part. When I go to a new section of Lorule I feel like I pick it clean before moving onto the next section with virtually no reason to go back. It especially stings because of how fragmented Lorule is compared to Hyrule, having to constantly jump to Hyrule to access a new section of Lorule that I'll only visit once cause I already have everything just ruins it for me.
Save points also double as warp points, so at any point you can simply warp to one (for free) and save/quit. You also can't miss the warp ability it's given to you very early in the game. Also all dungeons have save points outside of them and you can buy an item that allows you to instantly warp outside a dungeon.
Also I don't get what the problem is with OoT 3D, you can save anywhere at anytime in that game in the pause menu.
There's much less filler in LBW. It's action packed a little after the start.
Like the hat?
Banned
There are tons of wind waker references in this game (makar paintings in houses, one house has the harp and the violin art on the wall, another house has the lobster design from ww link's shirt, etc)
MrCookiepants
Member
It's designed perfectly for handheld gaming.
There are weathervanes where you save. You can also warp to them anytime once you meet the witch early on.
neoism
Member
Im using them for heart pieces so I will not have that one I just can't find :/ but I guess they're 28 pieces though :/
BassForever
Member
No fairy revives don't count as death in any Zelda game, they only restore 5 hearts in this game though so you really should only have 1 maybe 2, potions are a better use of your bottles.
The save anywhere feature in OoT is BS. Yeah, you can save, but when you return, you start outside of the dungeon, essentially having to traverse back to where you were. It's really frustrating.
BassForever
Member
True, LBW worlds dungeons are much shorter then OoT dungeons, they have a check point half way though, and are generally more open so it's very quick to get back to where you were, or take a different path you didn't explore earlier.
neoism
Member
awesome trying for a no death game but I doubt it will happen lol I have three bottles and I'm at the third dungeon but one has that letter in it :/ so I have 15 hearts with two fairies
Basileus777
Member
Go into the Hyrule Sanctuary.