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Zelda for Wii U reveal @ Nintendo Treehouse: Live by Reggie, June 14 6PMCEST
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Graphics Horse
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sensiblechuckle
Get_craycray
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The game looks so pretty... I've made some screenshots from the .mp4. Quality is not that high but it's still gorgeous.
Captain Smoker
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While I'm at it, three random screengrabs (with sharpening filter to see more stuff) from the short snippet:
Choppasmith
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Wait what? Haven't played TPHD yet, there's a teaser when you beat the game?
brandonh83
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Man, that world... I know you can see Mount Doom from afar in previous Zelda games, but the size of it and how it looks so organically connected is just... man, that's nice.
Something never seen before, huh? I'm gonna take a guess that the new gameplay innovation is built around eye tracking using the camera on the Wii U gamepad.
LegendofLex
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This is a reference to the Nintendo Direct where Twilight Princess HD and the Wolf Link amiibo were shown.
If they're live streaming it all day long I'm interested to see just how long the game is.
Sorry Nintendo needs to render Metroid obsolete in every possible way. Why do you think female Link is gonna be a thing?
DownGrader
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There will be spoilers, like in previous Zelda E3 demos. A bit of exploration, early-game dungeon, boss fight, a gimmick part (TP fishing/ST train riding/SS flying etc.)...
If the game is as open-world as they say, there's a lot of things they can do without actually showing anything.
Air Zombie Meat
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Don't show any of the story stuff? Or are we talking "spoilers" like locations and weapons?
Sure, but that doesn't mean that they ignore everything else and build E3 around it.
That's unprecedented.
crooked spin
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we've become pretty liberal in our usage of the term "spoiler" huh
Fahzgoolin
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Okay this thread was enough to restore my hype. I can put NX behind me for a bit and focus on the game series I adore. Hope it's a good event.
I wonder if the WiiU and NX versions will play much differently.
I wonder if the WiiU and NX versions will play much differently.
AGITΩ;202699637 said:
I don't think it's set in that past. All of the technology we've seen looks ancient. The giant robot gohma was covered in moss and stuff and Link's arrows look somewhat like they are made from salvage. The world itself looks medieval/feudal. We've seen farmers in simple villages and artwork showing Hyrule Castle off in the distance, as small as it is, looks like a standard castle.
The layout of the map is pretty much identical to OoT. You can make out all of the locations in OoT in the same places they were in OoT.
There is a bridge crossing Lake Hylia which is like Twilight Princess, which is set after OoT. The game also uses the Wolf Link amiibo in a special way.
Another clue as to the potential placement of this game is that it's very likely that the Happy Mask Salesman will play a role in it. When Majora's Mask 3D was released, the Happy Mask Salesman hosted an AMA on Miiverse and one of his comments was that he might appear in a future game and that he has new masks to share. This would tie in perfectly with amiibo functionality.
Ancient technology has popped up a lot in past games set after Skyward Sword. Wind Waker's Tower of the Gods and Twilight Princess' Temple of Time were rife with advanced technology and robots. A lot of stuff associated with the goddesses/gods is technological. The oocca in TP had a whole floating city and were responsible for a lot of the technology seen there.
If I had to guess I would say it's somewhere around OoT.
brandonh83
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brandonh83
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Lanayru is one of the best dungeons in the series.
Actually most of Skyward Sword's dungeons were, IMO. But that one had an amazing aesthetic, colors, and puzzles. Just superb game design.
Actually most of Skyward Sword's dungeons were, IMO. But that one had an amazing aesthetic, colors, and puzzles. Just superb game design.
brandonh83
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Also great! Like I said-- great dungeons. The first one is kinda ho-hum, but not bad. I liked it more than Twilight's opening dungeon.
James Scott
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It's not steampunk, it's magic/fantasy technology.
eXistor
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On the one hand I'm excited to finally see what the game is gonna be like, Zelda is by far the best series in gaming imo, but on the other hand I don't really want to be spoiled too much a year in advance. I don't really do this for games anymore, but back in the day I'd pour over every little detail of games I was excited for and in the end it ended hurting my own experience with them because the surprise was gone.
Normally I'd just ignore any media coverage of the game, but this is Zelda, the one series I can still get stupid excited for and I don't think I can keep myself from ignoring this coverage.
Normally I'd just ignore any media coverage of the game, but this is Zelda, the one series I can still get stupid excited for and I don't think I can keep myself from ignoring this coverage.
Zelda NEEDS airships.
Aonuma already disappointed me with the useless bird travel. Let's do it right this time. Go full Skies of Arcadia.
SinCityAssassin
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Why would he go full Arcadia if the emphasis is on land travel?
brandonh83
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Airships in Zelda, ehhhh seems unnecessary 
edit: now watch this one have a fucking airship
edit: now watch this one have a fucking airship
I see Aonuma is continuing the trend that the myths and legends surrounding the beginnings of Hyrule is likely connected to some extremely highly advanced civilization. At this point, I fully expect the Three Goddesses to be some Ancient Aliens thing.
Edit:
Oh yeah, it's highly likely connected to the advanced ancient civilization that existed pre-Skyward Sword.
oh damnnnn
brandonh83
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Can someone avatar this for me? Not sure if it's already been taken though.
Old man Skywalker can rest until next year.
Tom Nook Sawyer
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Gamexplain mentioned that idea last year and I think it makes a ton of sense. Plus Skyward Sword is the most recently Zelda, so makes sense to build on its ideas and concepts
Totally onboard for the HMS returning too
An all day stream of the demo, or the entire game?
I don't understand what Nintendo are doing any-more
Yes, they're going to show the entire game, yup.
After all this time, I should be a lot more excited about seeing the game in action, but I feel that I saw way too much of TP before it came out, and found SS to be a great deal more enjoyable having seen close to nothing of it prior to launch. All I really need is something like a gameplay trailer. I'm probably going to have to stay away from the stream.
Because the air provides another avenue to explore? Final Fantasy did it all the time. Aonuma never explored the pirate ship angle in The Wind Waker. Phantom Hourglass was too minimal in how your boat operated. He can do better than that.
Goddammit.There's your airship.
Get_craycray
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brandonh83
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There you go:
Fantastic, thank you!
I hope they work long and hard on their boss designs. Skyward sword was whack yo. In the bad way.
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Talking about what was shown during that direct TPHD
I would love for the time shift mechanics to make a come back. Those were SOOOOOOOOOOO satisfying to play.
brandonh83
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Koloktos and Demise were good. The rest ranged from okay to not so great. Like wtf was Tentalus lol
Yep. That entire section was great for me, not just the dungeon but seeing the environmental shifts. It was awesome.
Thinking about it, it makes me want to want a HD remaster. :~~~~
brandonh83
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I need an HD remaster. If they don't it would be a huge bummer. I like Skyward more than Twilight Princess and especially Wind Waker; I'm glad we got those, but Skyward would easily look the best at an HD resolution. The SD version doesn't do the art too much justice.
I really liked the duels with Ghirahim, especially the later ones. The rest were pretty typical Zelda bosses, yeah.
Now that my expectations have recalibrated, I'm now pretty excited to finally see what this new Zelda's all about.
Seeing how I know what to expect from Nintendo's E3 showing this time around, can't say it can be any worse than their E3 2015 (as much as I loved the Nintendo World Championship, the muppets, and Super Mario Maker's rereveal).
dampflokfreund
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My biggest fear for E3 : Zelda U has no subtitle, there will be no story trailer just Reggie riding through grass fields. Thats the only way they could disappoint me.