SinCityAssassin
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Zelda: Breath of the Wild: Launch trailer, JP boxart, March 3, 2017
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RoadHazard
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The Witcher sort of made a similar leap. Not in every way (as it was already pretty advanced in many ways), but in terms of world size and openness. TW2 was pretty linear, with small-ish unconnected areas. Then along comes TW3 with its massive open world ready to be explored.
Link's pose in the second one looks so dumb. Hate that they chose it for the EU boxart.
SinCityAssassin
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"Who you lookin' at."
Watch it be dual sided so people could waste a month comparing against each other.
Deckard Chapel
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Me too
By the way, I was watching Studio Ghibli's "Princess Mononoke" tonight and I noticed this:
So, sometimes art imitates life, sometimes art imitates art - and occasionally - sometimes art and film imitates games
- or at least homages and draws inspiration from them
No tag begging lol
Me too
So, sometimes art imitates life, sometimes art imitates art - and occasionally - sometimes art and film imitates games
- or at least homages and draws inspiration from them
The triforce actually predates Zelda by about 650 years.
Deckard Chapel
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It felt like an homage.
I think if you were to put the camera at the exact same place as it was in the reveal, the details in the background would be nowhere near the same level of quality. And I doubt it was only 900p either.
Thing is, when everything is up close, the game looks wonderful, especially with a depth of field effect. Like a proper animated movie. But as soon as there is a wide shot, the draw distance isn't up to par and the texture filtering is awful. It's especially apparent during the horse rides when he follows a path. That path is super blurry like 5 meters is front of Link and the fields are just a flat green texture.
That's why there are some unflattering screenshots making rounds in the DF or Horizon comparison threads. You can shitpost endlessly about the texture filtering and draw distance in this game. But when it's up close or in the shrines, oh man it's so beautiful.
"I wish Link looked at me the way he looks at European gamers" - Zelda
It's not. That symbol has much greater meaning in Japan than a videogame reference.
Phife Dawg
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Not only that but his shoulder is misaligned. When I first saw it I thought it was fan art.
-shadow-
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It's weird how the second one that they're using for the European boxart isn't even the same one. The background on the actual box is shifted towards the left.
It's sadly most definitely not an homage. Miyazaki has a massive distaste for video games despite Ghibli having a hand in the industry. He's extremely stubborn and close-minded. It's part of what makes his work unpretentious and original I suppose.
That said, Zelda is definitely taking inspiration from him. Curious what Miyazaki's reaction would be if he were to see the game.
"Trash. An insult to life itself."
Hahhaha no doubt.
Joeshabadoo
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true true, but Im also talking in terms of overall framework and mechanics. like theyre just weaving together every single new design idea and system they've wanted to implement for years along with plenty of defining series mainstays.
RoadHazard
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To me it would feel wrong to have Wolf Link as a companion. He shouldn't exist in this world, he's (probably) from a completely different timeline.
I'm assuming you're gonna be able to have other animals as companions (which would feel more authentic), and that the Amiibo just gives you the Wolf Link-skinned one.
For sure. I'm a bit shocked that they're throwing away so many series conventions and introducing so many new mechanics all at one, and I love it.
I still want it. TP was my first 3d Zelda game, so having Wolf Link would be great for me.
Joeshabadoo
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10 days, wow! Careful bud, too much of a good thing... pace yourself to a degree
John Petrucci
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Telling your coworkers you're traveling to Hyrule with stops at Lake Hylia and Death Mountain?
Congrats on those nicely timed vacation days. Should be a good time!
Congrats
When I had to turn in my vacation plans for the year I kept my vacation for March vague on purpose, now I know for sure I'll take March 6th to March 10th off
SinCityAssassin
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I'd like to think that having just a registered Wolf Link would be the standard 3 hearts, if you never played TPHD beforehand and gone through the Cave of Shadows.
Me too
By the way, I was watching Studio Ghibli's "Princess Mononoke" tonight and I noticed this:
So, sometimes art imitates life, sometimes art imitates art - and occasionally - sometimes art and film imitates games
- or at least homages and draws inspiration from them
Such bullshit, the Triforce symbol wasn't invented at all by Zelda and has deeper roots in
Japan history, in which Mononoke Hime is taken place.
WordAssassin
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You can buy the amiibo by itself, you don't need to have to full game or a save file on the amiibo to use it. As I understand it, though, if you do have the game and have used the Wolf Link amiibo, however many hearts you have in TP:HD, your Wolf companion in BotW will have the same stamina.
Jim_Cacher
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I can't stop watching this trailer. I have been watching it for 5 to 6 times everyday since Switch has been revealed.
SolVanderlyn
Thanos acquires the fully powered Infinity Gauntlet in The Avengers: Infinity War, but loses when all the superheroes team up together to stop him.
Chill on the Zelda intake bro. The game will be out soon.
Jim_Cacher
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Yeah, it's crazy that we can play a new Zelda game in less than 2 months.
Has anyone heard the word on pieces of heart? I can see Link has the traditional heart life and assume you will get heart containers for defeating dungeons, but I havent heard anything about the collect-athon for pieces of heart?
I know it certainly is quite cliched, but its very much a part of Zelda for me and hope to see it in this game as well.
I know it certainly is quite cliched, but its very much a part of Zelda for me and hope to see it in this game as well.
Diprosalic
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i have a feeling that they will move that to crafting.
basically you have to find the right ingredients for a heart powerup mix or whatever.
TheGreatMightyPoo
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Tingle.Here's an interesting nugget I noticed last night:
"Call your horse or other companion to you."
I wonder whom we'll be playing with?
(anyone besides Wolf Link?)
Here's an interesting nugget I noticed last night:
"Call your horse or other companion to you."
I wonder whom we'll be playing with?
(anyone besides Wolf Link?)
Well we know dogs will follow you too, if you give them food.
But "other companion" seems pretty broad.
Maybe there's some section of the game where you are with Zelda or other NPCs?
Well, I have always loved crafting in my games, if it is done well. So I am willing to give it a chance for BotW and intrigued how it is handled (if this is what they end up doing).
AcademicSaucer
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Here's an interesting nugget I noticed last night:
"Call your horse or other companion to you."
I wonder whom we'll be playing with?
(anyone besides Wolf Link?)
There are sand walruses that you wakeboard with.
Admiral Woofington
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Like I'm not going to turn link into a pig and have him whistle at the ladies. Maybe even give him a hard hat.
Whistle to call Zelda?
LOL. I like the idea. Particularly because GAF is filled with people who have certain ideas about females in games.
Obviously the "call" changes depending on who's with you...
joshbob1985
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Do we know if there are major dungeons in this game? The box says something about exploring 100 shrines which kind of makes me think that's where all the dungeonesque content will be.
Vital Tundra
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I'm sure it's for maybe dogs? I'm thinking Wolf Link is essentially a reakin of dogs with specific stats. Also maybe a dungeon involves an npc.Here's an interesting nugget I noticed last night:
"Call your horse or other companion to you."
I wonder whom we'll be playing with?
(anyone besides Wolf Link?)
Skittzo0413
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Dungeons have been confirmed several times. We don't know how many- the rumor from E3 was 4 but we don't know if that's true.
JimJamJones
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I had a crazy thought late last night - what if Zelda is the Navi/Tael/Midna/Fi of this game? Not at the start, but after a certain point in the game. She provides information on things Link/the player wouldn't know, and guides us around.
Vanguard771
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I'm sure a whistle would still be fine. Their might be a few cat call jokes but without Link speaking I'm not sure how else he would signal his companion (human or not) to come closer. If the whistle is used to summon a human/hylian companion I hope they will have a programed reaction of annoyance if the player spams the whistle call.
Nothing beyond mere speculation. Aonuma has only gone on record as saying that there will be larger dungeons in the game but has not hinted at how many, themes, etc.
Andre was working on a Mario Odyssey analysis first and even that's not out. So it'll take a while.
I think the huge work that was the E3 analysis plus the fact that there's already some pretty great analysis out there of the trailer isn't very encouraging to him.
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