brandonh83
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Part of the reason I buy Zelda games.
Legend of Zelda Wii U Gameplay Demo
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Part of the reason I buy Zelda games.
TheCongressman1
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Don't loftwings not travel below skyloft?
It was the other way around.
foxuzamaki
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TP has the most epic boss battle in any LOZ game
brandonh83
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I've always wanted to see an aerial battle in Zelda. The boss of City in the Sky in Twilight Princess was really awesome and partially what I've always wanted to see, but I'm talking Link on some kind of flying creature against an airborne boss or even an opponent riding one, just zipping around fighting and freefalling with Hyrule visible below.
The series has flirted with this but has never come to fruition. There was a fight on a flying thing in Minish Cap, but still not really what I'm talking about.
GregLombardi
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Who knows if Ganon is even in this game...
Can't wait for a proper trailer.
Can't wait for a proper trailer.
As far as the sheer gravity of the immediate situation, I don't think any Zelda game has quite topped Wind Waker's finale yet.
Spiderduff
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They've flirted with the idea a few times but nothing in Zelda has come close to the moment in Shadow of the Colossus where you dismount your galloping horse and leap onto a giant sky snake.
TheMoon
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GANONDORF, YOU HAVE FAILED THIS KINGDOM!
Doesn't have to be a loftwing. They could make up anything.
Demise battle beats TP Ganon. Dat set piece moment.
Final cutscene of Skyward Sword disagrees.
Inspectah_Deck
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So the E3 Scene shows approximately 1/4 of the whole map....
My hype is reaching critical mass.
I can´t fucking wait to explore this vast and beautiful world.
Love the layout of the map already.
Labrynian Rebel
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In the end of Skyward Sword there are Loftwings at the Surface, assuming the cloud barrier is gone since it's not needed anymore.
Also the final boss of Zelda U will be the glorious return of the Thunderbird.
Also the final boss of Zelda U will be the glorious return of the Thunderbird.
Where in the game is this? CT is my GOTF but I dont remember this D:
RomanceDawn
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That's true but any magical BS trinket could solve that. Flying around this world would be so cool! I finally got my flying wish in Zelda on the bird was a little more duck or stork like that I would have hoped and we never really had freedom to fly anywhere.
I wanted Link's bird to be more eagle or owl like personally but that's small potatoes. I wished the loft wing interacted with the world in SS more outside of cutscenes. It was just this ever flying kyte that never went with you anywhere like Epona does.
Being able to fly should definitely come later and not completely devalue Epona either. You fix that by making taint clouds that poison or shock, blasts from death mountain that are hard to avoid, stationed Moblins that are deadly accurate with arrows and obviously thick woods and caves that need to traversed on foot or by horse.
I just want to fly over a land scape and land at the edge of town with the bird while the bird waits there for me.
Skyward Sword uses a modified version of Twilight Princess's engine which uses a modified verison of Wind Waker's engine which uses a modified version of OoT/MM's engine which uses a modified version of the Super Mario 64 engine.
You can be damn sure they modified the SS engine for this game, probably with some help from Monolith Soft.
Could you control the sailcloth's descent in SS? I don't remember it having quite the same utility.
How does the inclusion of that item prove that it's SS's engine (constant recycling of Zelda engines notwithstanding)?
Really, TWW's engine was a modified OOT engine? I thought they started fresh with TWW and then just modified from there.
Game engines when done right port over easily between hardware.
iShouldGoPro
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Has a full screen video of this been released yet?
Mango The Magician
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You know, if they want a bird in the game, Nintendo could always just included Kaepora Gaebora or something, I mean I'm not really sure how he'd carry you, but since he's in the same category as Link, Zelda, and Ganon in that he just keeps showing up, he really wouldn't need an explanation or anything.
Kissenkopf
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Nope ;-;
I feel like having a true open world now should be reflected in the overall design, most important of which is removing or lessening that barrier or sharp divide between overworld sections and dungeon sections. Having them become more seamless and intertwined is something I hope they can achieve.
There shouldn't need to be such a large reliance on traditional dungeons as there has been in some of the past games where that was the bulk of the experience. Have fewer, but larger dungeons I think would be great. Letting them actually develop them out with more complexity and detail. While then spreading throughout the now far larger and more interesting overworld numerous smaller set piece experiences that allow them to explore a larger variety of gameplay styles and scenarios that might not warrant or be able to sustain a full dungeon experience. The kind of stuff that works better in short but sweet experiences.
I don't think there is much to discuss there. You rarely start fresh with a 100% blank page especially in a team who works together on the same game series for years.
You always have some code to re-use. Sailing cloth/leaf item physics probably. Thought I hope for an important part like the open-world thing they rethink their thing entirely.
Mango The Magician
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Lol, I actually forgot, but it's still a good idea, even if you'd have to sit through five hours of him explaing the controls!
i would definitely want to avoid those.
the jumping off epona/shooting mechanic would be awesome if it was integrated into changing mounts as well...launch off Epona, land on a bullbo (or other enemy mount) and knock off the bulbin/bokoblin etc... and take the strong mount around for a bit. or launch up onto a flying mount.
Dr Amazon MD
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A gimmick like breeding or weird Link romance options?!
Captain Smoker
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I already see some fresh aspects.
- More emphasis on bow&arrow fighting
- Slow-Motion bow&arrow mechanic
- Auto-riding Epona for enhanced bow&arrow fighting
- Sailcloth for aerial traversing (makes sense because there are a lot of mountains)
- Collecting & eating apples from trees
I really hope we get some kind of dynamic weather, what are the chances? We saw that the E3-demo had strong wind, the last video hadn't.
So this game is basically a sequel to Super Mario 64. FINALLY!!
WW and TP both had dynamic weather plus day/night cycle. Outlook is good.
My guess is still the bow and arrows. That was a pretty big highlight of the first teaser, and Nintendo is pretty good about teasing all of their "big gimmicks" early.
I've got hopes for different bow types then.
I know it's gonna sound fanfic-y, but there's been that theory of Ganondorf actually not starting as a villain in this one if he appears, due to Link having bracers with similar patterns than the Gerudo, and that it would instead first appear as a father figure/mentor for Link until he becomes evil.
I think it could work if Nintendo doesn't make it TOO melodramatic.
I think it could work if Nintendo doesn't make it TOO melodramatic.
Mango The Magician
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I honestly think it has something to do with the slowdown aspect, which I'm hoping plays a role in other items as well, along with the puzzles. Maybe Link gets cursed or gains the ability by accident or something.
Plot twist, this isn't Hyrule, it's a restored Lorule!
Does Link have a young ward that he abandons to go off adventuring. And then punch his ward when the abandonment drives him to drug abuse?GANONDORF, YOU HAVE FAILED THIS KINGDOM!
TheMoon
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What does an item have to do with game engines?!
No and it obviously won't.
Dynamic weather????
That was a good one.
Where did this demo end? Apples?
I think "arrows" is a fantastic focus. We don't need anything fancier than that.
It rained sometimes.
Dont they go below the clouds at the end of the game? I could swear I remember that scene...
beaten xP
TheCongressman1
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Even though that sounds absolutely rediculous with the current flipping animation, I do think other animals should be mountable. Those boars in TP were a lot of fun to ride.
Yeah I thought I remembered that too, which is why I asked instead of just saying they can't.
With as big as this world is, the hawkeye might finally be useful.
With at least 3 arrow types, link is already hawkeye, so he might as well get the mask back.
TheMoon
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=O
Ravio
As for the question ...well Groose had red hair, so ...
Okay so randomized rain
Epona = Arsenal confirmed?
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