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[apana]

Taken from original Skyward Sword thread:

posted by BertramCooper:

Posted by Captain Smoker, click for high-res:

Screenshots at IGN


|| High-Quality Caps from Trailer Areas || (posted by Prime Blue)

 

[Buckethead]

Is there any art of Link giving it to Tetra from the crow's nest?

Because I wouldn't be interested in that... at all.

 

[DXB-KNIGHT]

Wow what a great thread.. Nostalgic and Beautiful

 

[apana]

Is there any art of Link giving it to Tetra from the crow's nest?

Because I wouldn't be interested in that... at all.

You mean like giving some kind of useful item? Link and Tetra are like twelve years old in the Wind Waker.

 

[erpg]

Worst interface ever. Wasn't the Wii supposed to be intuitive? What's with the hand holding?

 

[∀ Narayan]

I don't know how anyone can not like Skyward Sword's look. I think it looks great. I do, however, understand the criticism regarding how streamlined the game seems to be.

A console Zelda with the art style of those old drawings would destroy me.

I know. I want it so bad!

 

[Grimm Fandango]

Worst interface ever. Wasn't the Wii supposed to be intuitive? What's with the hand holding?

For demo purposes.

 

[Kard8p3]

Worst interface ever. Wasn't the Wii supposed to be intuitive? What's with the hand holding?

I believe they said it was only for the demo version.

 

[Bear]

Worst interface ever. Wasn't the Wii supposed to be intuitive? What's with the hand holding?

It was confirmed that the HUD is only for the E3 demo.

EDIT: Beaten

 

[apana]

I don't know how anyone can not like Skyward Sword's look. I think it looks great. I do, however, understand the criticism regarding how streamlined the game seems to be.


I know. I want it so bad!

Take a look at those bats and moblins.

 

[Chavelo]

Goddamn at this thread... Just clicked... Now I'm getting teary eyed, man. :-(

Zelda is my favorite franchise. :-3

 

[Danielsan]

I don't know how anyone can not like Skyward Sword's look. I think it looks great. I do, however, understand the criticism regarding how streamlined the game seems to be.

I strongly dislike the art style. The enemy design looks retarded and I really just don't care for the mood, or lack there of, that the footage has invoked so far. Crossing my fingers that it will turn out great.

 

[∀ Narayan]

Ah, I see what you guys mean. I like the visual style, though.

 

[apana]

Well they did say they were gonna use this extra time to polish the art style/graphics. Thank god for Donkey Kong Country Returns!

 

[Parallax Scroll]

How the fuck is he gonna get up there

 

[AceBandage]

How the fuck is he gonna get up there

 

[Grimm Fandango]

Probably not the thread to put this but...

I really hope there are more orchestrated pieces in Skyward Sword. The one in the Twilight Princess trailer (this) was awesome.

 

[apana]

How the fuck is he gonna get up there

That's the kind of Zelda game I want. Just figuring out a way to navigate these insane environments to get to the castle would be like 1/4th of the game.

 

[oracrest]

Great thread.

I had never seen this one before, it's really good!

 

[Grimm Fandango]

Great thread.

I had never seen this one before, it's really good!

Yeah. Never imagined blocking an Octorok rock could be so epic lol.

It also appears the designers made a Octorok/Deku Scrub hybrid for Skyward Sword.

edit: oh and I recommend checking out the artist's page on Deviant Art. He has some epic stuff.

http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2010/268/5/b/animosity_by_viviphyd-d2zh1az.jpg

 

[Chet Rippo]

Take a look at those bats and moblins.

Moblins? What moblins? I see no mobllins.
All I see are bokoblins.

 

[MasterPhW]

Hero of Time Fan artworks (deviantart):

Battlefield Artworks (deviantart aswell):

Some favorites:

Links Awakening official Artworks:

Marin unofficial:

 

[oracrest]

Tarada's pieces are so magnificent. I'd love for a Zelda with his design.

 

[apana]

I was wondering when we were gonna get one of these. Damn the ears are so pointy. What do they mean by the return? U excited GAF? Some hawt stuff coming your way.

 

[Parallax Scroll]

Time to go kick some ass.

(From the Zelda II manual)

 

[MetalGuardian]

This thread is super fucking cool. It's great to see so many different artistic interpretations of the same franchise.

And this reminds me, I am really fucking excited for Skyward Sword. The art style is magnificent.

 

[A Black Falcon]

For a quite thorough Zelda official art gallery, see here: http://gallery.zeldalegends.net/index.php?cat=80

Marin unofficial:

That's not unofficial. It's from the official German LA players' guide.
http://gallery.zeldalegends.net/displayimage.php?album=56&pos=16

Anyway, yeah, Terada's stuff is amazing. His work and TP's artwork (some of which has been posted, such as the cover art and the Zelda/Link/True Midna poster, both of those are just amazing...) is my favorite Zelda artwork, along with whoever did the pieces in this post. Terada's stuff is so cool looking, just great design and style... it'd be pretty amazing to see a Zelda game that actually looked like that.

Even so, the picture below, also from the German players' guide according to the site (linked above), is pretty amazing. I think it's easily one of the best pieces of Link's Awakening art, period. It hasn't been posted in this thread yet, for some reason...

Just incredible stuff. It's a beautiful picture, really shows off the Wind Fish's design, along with the flock of birds.

Spoiler

I wonder if one of those is supposed to be Marin...

 

[apana]

For a quite thorough Zelda official art gallery, see here: http://gallery.zeldalegends.net/index.php?cat=80
.

Thank you for that link. This is a cool pic.

 

[Retro]

Alright, maybe not an ART style, but I would LOVE to see Zelda tackle a massive 'underworld'; Instead of just having the overworld and dungeons, parts of the overworld could have a large underground area beneath it to explore;

Leading down into...

(This particular cavern could hold a block of 40-story buildings with room to spare. Apparently clouds even form within the cave and occasionally rain down to the floor.)

And finally to...

Yes?

 

[ExMachina]

Went trawling through dA for more Zelda fanart... Honestly there's too much good stuff, so check out some decent Zelda galleries/comms:

http://fans-of-zelda.deviantart.com/gallery/
http://zelda-critic.deviantart.com/gallery/
http://nintendoplatinum.deviantart.com/gallery/26696991

And just a few pieces that I really liked the styles or palettes of... Click on each image for the original page and if you want to check out more of the artist's stuff.

 

[AceBandage]

Went trawling through dA for more Zelda fanart... Honestly there's too much good stuff, so check out some decent Zelda galleries/comms:

http://fans-of-zelda.deviantart.com/gallery/
http://zelda-critic.deviantart.com/gallery/
http://nintendoplatinum.deviantart.com/gallery/26696991

And just a few pieces that I really liked the styles or palettes of... Click on each image for the original page and if you want to check out more of the artist's stuff.

Bought!

 

[apana]

Link needs to explore through a place like this:

 

[DonMigs85]

I had forgotten that they first introduced round-eared people in Link's Awakening. Did they ever make a distinction between them and the pointy-eared Hylians?

 

[Haunted]

As much as I love Terada's art...

This is my Zelda.


I can't think of any series that has inspired that much (good) fanart over the years.

 

[apana]

New Hyrule?

 

[Duderz]

 

[apana]

Ganon's Tower?

I don't even know what the hell this is but I like it. Would work in some kind of futuristic Zelda, but otherwise not really.

 

[apana]

Some concept art:

 

[Neiteio]

Alright, maybe not an ART style, but I would LOVE to see Zelda tackle a massive 'underworld'; Instead of just having the overworld and dungeons, parts of the overworld could have a large underground area beneath it to explore;

Leading down into...

(This particular cavern could hold a block of 40-story buildings with room to spare. Apparently clouds even form within the cave and occasionally rain down to the floor.)

And finally to...

Yes?

YES! Brilliant ideas all around. But it would take some inspired execution to pull off the appropriate scale while still being playable (rather than aimless wandering). But the idea of, say, crawling through a tiny hole in the ground with nothing but your lantern -- the same real-life childhood experience that inspired Miyamoto in the first place -- and then seeing the darkness open up into the deeper darkness of a seemingly interminable cave world would be amazing. And have it seemingly uninhabited until you delve into its deepest depths, where Gohma and Skulltula and all manner of foul beast lurk, crawling out of fissures in the earth... Love it.

 

[_Alkaline_]

Damn, I forgot how good Skyward Sword looks. Can't wait to see it again in a few months.

 

[apana]

lol I remember in my other Zelda thread, people were trolling by saying Skyward Sword looked like an N64 game.

 

[∀ Narayan]

lol I remember in my other Zelda thread, people were trolling by saying Skyward Sword looked like an N64 game.

Most folks are idiots, so this isn't so surprising.

 

[Platy]

Damn, I forgot how good Skyward Sword looks. Can't wait to see it again in a few months.

Exatly !

Spoiler

Actualy I feel a little bad for wanting to see it in a few more months ....running on dolphin =x

 

[AceBandage]

Exatly !

Spoiler

Actualy I feel a little bad for wanting to see it in a few more months ....running on dolphin =x

I'm the same way.
It's going to be GLORIOUS!

 

[Earl Cazone]

man I love those little sidestories in zelda. they are mostly cute but also have a melancholic part.

Marins story in LA for example. beautiful

 

[SilverLunar]

OMG T.T

 

[Neiteio]

OMG T.T

God, Anju was such a pedo.

 

[apana]

God, Anju was such a pedo.

Yeah what the hell was up with that? Anyways Majora's Mask was an incredible game. If this game had sold more, the world would be a better place right now.

 

[minus_273]

Time to go kick some ass.

(From the Zelda II manual)

i love how the early zeldas were had explicitly christian crosses

 

[methodman]

Lot of great freaking art in here... just wish we'd get some more pics or a fucking video for skyward sword already