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[Paradicia]

Hard to believe that this is running on a Wii U. It looks jittery but still very good!

 

[diffusionx]

looks great and all but the fact that you get tools from exploring the world is worrying me
i'm used to get the tools by playing the dungeons or doing a quest, i haven't played Skyword Sword and i don't know if it was like this, and the climbing is really not a good idea in my opinion

It's a new game. They have been making games of that sort for decades now. And while it's a fine design, I also like that they are trying something new.

 

[JTripper]

woweeee they just showed the map

 

[ghibli99]

OMG, the world size...

 

[Huge Succeeded]

I loved Shadow of the Colossus and Ico because they were intriguing and you didn't really know where the story was going. With this, you know it's going to be a Zelda game and the world just looks really lifeless and grindy.

sooo... you're not watching the stream?

 

[wishdom]

I'm happy there's apparently no hand-holding or long tutorials.

 

[HeySeuss]

Holy fuck balls that map is ENORMOUS.

 

[7DollarHagane]

Yeah it really looked awful. I think nitendonis showing that their teams can't handle hd higher quality asset development. they should really just stick to phone portable quality assets in the future. I think they just aren't able to keep up. Big empty world and lots of blur.

 

[Slevin]

Holy crap at the size of the map!

 

[pelicansurf]

So many Debbie downers. Kind of ludicrous to be honest. The amount of overexaggeration over how bad it is, is just laughable. The game looks great and the subtitle is great.

 

[dangeraaron10]

Well the enemies don't look menacing at all.

They're blobs and moblins. Of course they aren't going to be Dark Souls level monstrosities. We haven't seen the other areas or even the dungeons yet. This is not exactly new for Zelda games.

 

[dmr87]

 

[Easy_D]

That map is *huge*.

 

[Nose Master]

I hope you can run around without equipping armor the entire game. Might make it decently difficult, for once.

 

[MrSaturn99]

dat map size

 

[Soapbox Killer]

THAT MAP!

 

[Unicorn]

Fuck y'all map is huge. I'm there day one.

I hope you can run around without equipping armor the entire game. Might make it decently difficult, for once.

you can

 

[Slurpy2k20]

I'm like a pig in shit watching this demo.

 

[Space Medafighter X]

Damn that maps huge.

 

[Cramoss]

I'm so fucking in.

I'm glad they're doing something different.

 

[Kyzon]

The map size is absolutely massive!

 

[Peltz]

Xenoblade X is beautiful.

Can't really argue with that. But Zelda is striking a very different vibe.

 

[Ultimadrago]

Some people around were hella positive about Female Link in this game, so maybe she'll show up later today. Maybe tomorrow!

Waiting.

 

[BruceLeeRoy]

Looks really great. Loved the mechanics on display.

The color palette is a lot more subdued ala Shadow of the Colossus or ICO than what I expected though.

 

[kizmah]

 

[Kouriozan]

That (full?) map, I said wow.

 

[Calvero]

I really love this kind of color scheme ;-;

I'm so glad the subtitle isn't called "Sheikah Slate"

lol

 

[ghibli99]

That item jingle's gonna get old real quick. LOL

Edit: OK, only happens the first time you find a new item. Not every time. That's good!

 

[JimJamJones]

Anyone else notice the ruins were called the

Spoiler

Temple of Time

?

 

[Paradicia]

Has there been a release date mentioned in the stream yet?

 

[Bakkus]

Where is the music? All we hear is ambient sounds.

 

[Birathen]

Looks amazing. Gonna have to restart Xenoblade and just dig in.

 

[cacildo]

Bullshit. Xenoblade X was the first Wii U to not follow that formula.

True!!

 

[Soapbox Killer]

How are you guys translating this?

Hyrule Historia has a translator of the many dialects

 

[Yado]

whew thank God he addressed the prompts every time you picked up an item. I was just going to bitch about that lol

 

[RagnarokX]

How are you guys translating this?

Nintendo posted a teaser image for the game that had the ancient text written across it. Another GAFer deduced that it said THELEGENDOFZELDA repeatedly based on repeating symbols.

That let me translate all of the symbols except U and S, which I guessed since those complete the words.

 

[wrowa]

Has there been a release date mentioned in the stream yet?

They won't talk about that before the NX reveal.

 

[timetokill]

Where is the music? All we hear is ambient sounds.

I wouldn't be surprised if there's only music during cutscenes, dungeons and boss battles.

 

[ElectricBlanketFire]

Bottom left confirms real time and temperature?

Where is the music? All we hear is ambient sounds.

And I love it.

 

[MCN]

We don't have see that lot to be sure. And in the wild the animals are not everywhere. But with the fact that you can/have to hunt I guess there will be many animals.

There's one!

 

[El Topo]

Hunting completely optional? Nice.

 

[HeySeuss]

Anybody else notice the other dark circles on the zoomed in map? Looked like points of interest, maybe treasure chests?

There were quite a lot of them...

 

[MrSaturn99]

That item jingle's gonna get old real quick. LOL

Edit: OK, only happens the first time you find a new item. Not every time. That's good!

Just said the same thing, but that's good to hear. Hoping it's not like SS/TP where it resets every time you start up the game, lol

 

[Corronchilejano]

So many Debbie downers. Kind of ludicrous to be honest. The amount of overexaggeration over how bad it is, is just laughable. The game looks great and the subtitle is great.

It's a Nintendo game. I'm surprised no one has suggested that this would look great in Ps4 or something.

 

[Mendax]

Anyone else notice the ruins were called the

Spoiler

Temple of Time

?

wasnt it obvious upon first sight that that is what it was?

 

[zoukka]

Loot!
Crafting!
Survival!
Weapon durability!

It's everything I never wanted in a Zelda game. And those constantly interrupting windows with that dang jingle every single time holy fucking shit somebody make it stop.

They said the popup is one time only (thank god).

 

[Pancake Mix]

Holy crap, and this is just one segment....

I think Monolith Soft might have had a hand in this too.

 

[KAP151]

Time and temp in that map pic. Interesting.

 

[7DollarHagane]

I can't believe this is all they had to show and a bad looking game that isn't coming out for a year. This must be what it was like to be a Sega fan in 1997.

 

[maxcriden]

"you can play this entire game without hunting innocent animals."

Ok. Music to my ears. Hunting can be a choice
And not required.

(I still acknowledge I have no moral high ground in relationship to this subject. It just gives me some cognitive dissonance that's hard to put my finger on, so I'm relieved it's not a requirement. The subtitle had me worried for a more morbid take somehow.)