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Zelda Wii U - Recap of 5 hours gameplay stream
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Swear on everything I'll buy a Nintendo console for this game.
CharminUltra
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Not pictured: sad-looking reps from other companies asking runnersby if they'd would like to play some Crash.I think we can all agree that Zelda was a success at E3
Jawbreaker
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I would hope so, barring any delays. I really want to get my hands on Zelda NX. It's going to feel nostalgic since I remember waiting in line on the Wii's launch day to grab Twilight Princess along with it.
The Crash Bandicoot remakes will be fantastic!
crooked spin
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Fantastic video. I know people talking about how presenters are bad at games is basically a meme at this point but this game just looks amazing when someone obviously a bit more competent is playing.
Also just noticing and appreciating the "smear" animation when the bokogoblins swing their clubs.
Theognosis
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I think we can all agree that Zelda was a success at E3
As much as Nintendo has dropped the ball with the Wii U, you really can't deny that they are one of the only few video game companies that can still ignite that child-like excitement for video games from adults.
AcademicSaucer
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There was a guy in the Gamestop stream that said you could put a metal plank on top of a small rock, stand in one end and throw a weight to the other and link just flies .
Francokid1
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I'm loving all of the small animations. Like the cooking, skull kicking, and toe stubbing. I can't wait to see the other characters in the world.
Link kicking chest without shoes.
Yup, that's exactly that moment, I wasn't expecting any reaction like that.
Ocarina_117
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PLEASE someone GIF Link drop kicking the staflos skull off a cliff at around 1.20.
AcademicSaucer
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nooooo I was just making this one.
Ocarina_117
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Aldric
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What's great with this game is that it really feels like the culmination of a bunch of gameplay ideas introduced in previous titles except they've been adapted to the non linear open world concept. For example, snowboarding in Twilight Princess was fun but you could only do it in a very specific place. In this game though you can slide on your shield pretty much everywhere there's a slope. Using the Deku leaf to move a boat was a key part of a TWW dungeon while you stumble on this scenario while exploring the overworld and it's only one of the many ways to reach your destination. Skyward Sword had very fun concepts like the parachute or Link's athletic abilities but you only used the former when entering a linear area and the later was used as a way to clear playground type obstacle courses that didn't feel natural at all, compared to the way BotW elegantly makes these abilities key parts of the gameplay, making climbing and paragliding constant exploration tools.
lt really feels like the best of what the franchise has to offer put into an open world package.
And another gif to add to the OP, that video is so good.
Thanks guys for all the gifs!
Some few pages back a modo explained that he noticed from watching different videos that items you get in the chests are randomly generated.
For example, one guy got a fire rod in a cave while another didn't get it while visiting the same cave.
Thanks guys for all the gifs!
Some few pages back a modo explained that he noticed from watching different videos that items you get in the chests are randomly generated.
For example, one guy got a fire rod in a cave while another didn't get it while visiting the same cave.
Good to see it back. It'll be even more satisfying with precise button controls...and not nunchuck waggles.
WHAAAAAAT
Would be great if there was a difference between sun heat and heat in general. In the desert, wearing a hood would help keep the heat from the sun off you, but in death mountain, it wouldn't have the same effect. In death mountain, going shirtless would help with the heat, but in the desert you get sunburnt. That'd be great.
Also those gifs are really nice.
OmegaSmash
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When, you know, it worked.
Not on use, only if you fight with it wich the dude dit so he brokes it.
I facepalmed hard, lol
From this video: https://youtu.be/fEI8H262EAk
Looking forward to this, but I don't have the nostalgia hype a lot of people are having. Never actually finished a Zelda game, played Twilight Princess/Windwaker/Skyward Sword at their launches but got bored 15-20ish hours into each, so when I hear people talk so highly of the characters and the stories and the worlds, I just don't see/feel it.
It looks great and I'll use it as an excuse to buy an NX, hopefully I enjoy it more than the previous games I've attempted.
It looks great and I'll use it as an excuse to buy an NX, hopefully I enjoy it more than the previous games I've attempted.
Don't remind me. I mean the sword worked like 90% of the time but parry was like 50/50 it felt.
It worked like a charm for the whole game on my end
MrPressStart
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I just want some fishing!!!!!
Link kicking chest without shoes.
Is it me or is Link more umm "alive" in this game? lol
Like he has a lot of expressions. Maybe it's me
Link kicking chest without shoes.
The amount of subtle interractions this game has is amazing.
Omega Kirby
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Link kicking chest without shoes.
Are you serious?!? Omg, this game, this game!
Chopping down trees and using the logs to cross a previously unpassable bridge.
https://fat.gfycat.com/GregariousBlueIndianhare.webm
He definitely is. He even hums while cooking.
https://fat.gfycat.com/GregariousBlueIndianhare.webm
He definitely is. He even hums while cooking.
Always worked for me.
Wandering Robot
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At about four minutes in, you can see that kicking a chest open without shoes prompts Link to grab his foot and bounce in pain. Poor Link.
EDIT: Beaten like a LOSER
These awards mean squat to me, but Zelda certainly deserves it (and it's probably the first of many)!
I heard there was spear fishing as well? Anyone have a link (ha)?
ZeronosVega
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That's really cool. Wonder if it's possible to ride one of those logs down the river (and down the waterfall)?
MrPressStart
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Bomb fishing and spear fishing. Surely there is riod and reel fishing.
OmegaSmash
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Was the remaining 10% you trying to thrust? Because that was the worst thing.
Sup with that?
Probably to call Epona and or any other possible companion or mount that may be in the game.
Wow. Clearly we can see what all of the dev time has done. It has really allowed Nintendo to focus on the little things. The world is grand enough, and that's awesome, but the little things can really make a game special.
As someone who isn't a huge Zelda fan, I'm fucking hyped for this game. I watched the trailer and I said "Holy shit" a couple times. I don't like open world games that much because I get bored easily but I think I'll enjoy this game. I think I'll enjoy going to the top of a mountain and just shield surfing down it lol.
Think there might be gestures in the final build? For taunts or
PVP action
Yeah, this is the best Link since Wind Waker.
Yabberwocky
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I'm throwing every single piece of those fuckers off a cliff as payback for years of trauma.
He's definitely the liveliest outside of Wind Waker Link, which is fantastic.