Plenty of people here praising the game that don't even own a Wii U. Many saying they haven't had any interest in Zelda in generations.
What does that tell you?
Zelda: Breath of the Wild is the most talked about game on social media
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Plenty of people here praising the game that don't even own a Wii U. Many saying they haven't had any interest in Zelda in generations.
What does that tell you?
Scully Scully Scoo
Member
the argument u seem to be making is; the interest is good because ninty can bring in people to the franchise. what im saying is the interest shown on social media is by ninty fans who bought wiiu on the promise of zelda/mario game on the console therefore this interest is meaning less. we already know zelda will sell decent but is this going to convince people to buy wiiu? lol
u think zelda is going to sell better than god of war? proportional to ps4/wiiu sales sure, overall? hell no.
and that is my point. this whole interest is by the wiiu fans aka vocal minority
That people like Zelda despite Nintendo tanking in a lot of other areas?
You still don't seem to understand that a ton of Wii U fans also own other systems, including myself. This year Zelda is game of the show for me, last year it was Horizon. You seem to fail to understand that most Nintendo fans also play and own other systems. Hell, there are also Sony and Microsoft fans out there who owns the Wii U and have great interest in Zelda.
Again, no one is saying that Zelda will outsell any game.
Thanks! Glad you like it!
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"Kimishima you idiot! One game at E3?!?"
I saw a few shots of him just wandering around E3. I wonder what all he's playing? Maybe he's telling jokes to people having to wait 8 hours to play Zelda?
There is absolutely no indication that Nintendo fans somehow band together to push their games unlike fans of other series. That is a fictional scenario. Unless you can give some indication its just Nintendo fans unlike the other games listed on the chart, I have no reason to believe that.
No I don't think Zelda will out sell God of War, nor do I see where you are getting the idea I made that claim. I am saying Nintendo needs to impress people with Zelda to push the NX, and based on the reception from the social media, it seems like they did a great job doing so.
Why is it just Zelda in this poll that is a "vocal minority" to you? Are the GoW fans on the chart not a vocal minority too? That really means nothing. These people are tweeting out the message that the companies sent out this E3, and Nintendo very clearly did an amazing job at that based on this chart.
You really need to back the claim that only Nintendo fans are interested in this, because the very high numbers indicate that its expanded beyond that. The Zelda numbers absolutely dwarf Pokemon, and all the other games at the show.
And for the millionth time, they don't need Zelda to sell the WiiU, they need it to sell the NX. People aren't buying the WiiU for Zelda, that ship has sailed. But they might buy the NX, which is coming up. Please stop making that claim, because I have never once said, hinted at, or implied it.
DeuceGamer
Member
Probably not get people to buy a Wii U, but it should help the NX launch.
Yes people like this zelda.
Mr. Poolman
Member
This post needs more love.
Love that the dark/mature has to make sure Nintendo doesn't win
Mihael Mello Keehl
Banned
I never got Epona when I played Oot when I was a kid
Actually Batman
No it's not. It's almost like you didn't read my comment... so I'll spell it out. The information is all scattered, I would rather have a focused presentation. At no point am I advocating this or that, they want to do a treehouse? Good for them. For the people that don't want to sit down and watch all of it to gleam information, I would have appreciated that EXACT SAME INFORMATION in a different manner.
People like the let's play style, sure good for them. Me, I want to learn about the game without having to watch 9 hours of footage, it's not an easily digestible manner to introduce a game and come across scattered. I can't believe that's such an alien concept...
That's to say nothing of the game that I'm really interested in... but "lol nintendo haters"
Cid Highwind
Banned
Skyward Sword had a lot of BIG competition. Skyrim also stole a lot of its thunder, also being a fantasy game.
Plus late 2011 the Wii was pretty much on the way out. It had sold most of the consoles and the deafening hype the system had 2006-2009 was gone.
Also worth noting SS didn't look anywhere near as game changing as this does.
Though if the NX is Wii U 2.0, the game won't sell well regardless. This games success depends on the NX being a hit, not the Wii U.
Huh. Ok I guess.
Well I'm fairly sure any Zelda game that looked competent would have gotten a similar reaction. Its got tons of casual fans. I've got friends on facebook who never talk about gaming and don't do much of it in general posting links to the Zelda trailer talking about buying a WiiU. Bringing up the NX to them generally brings up the question of,"What is that?"
They weren't talking about the emergent gameplay or the open world or the state of Nintendo etc. They just are excited for more Zelda.
Zelda is straight-up looking like Game of the Generation material.
You have the master-class design, puzzle-solving, charm, etc, of a Zelda game, with the Zelda feel, and some of the best elements from other games (Skyrim's attention to detail, Far Cry's sandbox, Dark Souls' atmosphere, Team Ico's beauty, HL2's gravity gun, MGSV's scouting and stealth, MGS3-style survival, even Journey-style sand-surfing), all in a world just shy of XCX in scale (effectively larger than Witcher 3, Fallout 4, etc).
If you're skillful and clever, you can "break the game" and go straight to the final boss. But if you want the full story, you can seek it out Souls-style, in the world-building and lore. More than 100+ mini-dungeons alongside the main dungeons, and multiple solutions for every puzzle. And then the handcrafted world itself is a puzzle. And yes, there will be towns with NPCs and side-quests.
Heck, you can even climb any surface. It's not like UC4 where you're limited to specific paths. If it's a vertical surface, you can leap on it and start climbing. And there's a stamina meter that adds an element of skill, creating a sense of tension when you're about to reach the summit but your fingers are about to give way.
The thing that impressed me most yesterday is that everyone who played the game discovered something crazy and new. Stuff like baiting a rampaging monster into creating a brushfire, then catapulting off the horse and using the parasail to ride the rising smoke and get high above the monster for a slow-mo bomb-arrow shot:
That level of detail extends to stuff like the magnetic qualities of metal objects, as well, all of which can be effortlessly manipulated with the Kinesis rune, as though you're using the Force in Star Wars. People were magically lifting girders from the bottom of lakes and using them to swat aside enemies.
And others have discovered the speedy traversal of the parasail + surfing combo:
So much cool stuff in this game, from the survival elements (chopping wood, hunting, gathering, cooking, wearing climate-appropriate clothing, etc) to the varied combat (parries and counters, slow-mo dodges, ambushes, tons of weapons/gear with degradation, etc).
All of this layered together in a Zelda game with the usual godlike controls and game feel. That's like combining ice cream and cake!
I think one of my favorite features so far is the Stasis rune. You can stop time on localized objects, then fill them up with kinetic energy so they launch in that direction when time resumes, i.e. freeze a rolling boulder in place and beat it with a sledgehammer to send it rocketing it over the horizon when time resumes.
So stoked for this game. The fact we've only seen 2% of the map and there's so much to do in it is absolutely insane.
You have the master-class design, puzzle-solving, charm, etc, of a Zelda game, with the Zelda feel, and some of the best elements from other games (Skyrim's attention to detail, Far Cry's sandbox, Dark Souls' atmosphere, Team Ico's beauty, HL2's gravity gun, MGSV's scouting and stealth, MGS3-style survival, even Journey-style sand-surfing), all in a world just shy of XCX in scale (effectively larger than Witcher 3, Fallout 4, etc).
If you're skillful and clever, you can "break the game" and go straight to the final boss. But if you want the full story, you can seek it out Souls-style, in the world-building and lore. More than 100+ mini-dungeons alongside the main dungeons, and multiple solutions for every puzzle. And then the handcrafted world itself is a puzzle. And yes, there will be towns with NPCs and side-quests.
Heck, you can even climb any surface. It's not like UC4 where you're limited to specific paths. If it's a vertical surface, you can leap on it and start climbing. And there's a stamina meter that adds an element of skill, creating a sense of tension when you're about to reach the summit but your fingers are about to give way.
The thing that impressed me most yesterday is that everyone who played the game discovered something crazy and new. Stuff like baiting a rampaging monster into creating a brushfire, then catapulting off the horse and using the parasail to ride the rising smoke and get high above the monster for a slow-mo bomb-arrow shot:
That level of detail extends to stuff like the magnetic qualities of metal objects, as well, all of which can be effortlessly manipulated with the Kinesis rune, as though you're using the Force in Star Wars. People were magically lifting girders from the bottom of lakes and using them to swat aside enemies.
And others have discovered the speedy traversal of the parasail + surfing combo:
So much cool stuff in this game, from the survival elements (chopping wood, hunting, gathering, cooking, wearing climate-appropriate clothing, etc) to the varied combat (parries and counters, slow-mo dodges, ambushes, tons of weapons/gear with degradation, etc).
All of this layered together in a Zelda game with the usual godlike controls and game feel. That's like combining ice cream and cake!
I think one of my favorite features so far is the Stasis rune. You can stop time on localized objects, then fill them up with kinetic energy so they launch in that direction when time resumes, i.e. freeze a rolling boulder in place and beat it with a sledgehammer to send it rocketing it over the horizon when time resumes.
So stoked for this game. The fact we've only seen 2% of the map and there's so much to do in it is absolutely insane.
LOL!!! How did I miss this?!
Also, Star Wars and South Park are both tied on this list. That's just great.
Have you followed sales figures regarding god of war? The vocal minority - how you coined it so lovely - is much larger than what GOW gained with its last entries.
This is the amazing sequence that you are speaking of, this is praiseworthy for certain no matter how much haters try and discredit this game. Nintendo clearly shows what they choose to do with extra horsepower for their games and it's beyond just making things pretty! I've been asking for the physics in games to match all of the detailed visuals that games showcase but they always come up short. Which is why we get heavy scripted games with theatrical game play events...
Same. Mostly play on PC, have a PS3/4/Vita/3DS and haven't owned a Nintendo system since early Wii days (ended up selling it). This is my most hyped game after the showings.
And I've got friends who were very sceptical about zelda after SS getting the backlash it deserved really. And yes of course the fans wanted the game to be great, but the game would never get this great of a treatment from non-wii u owners if it wouldn't look balls oit amazing.
So yeah you are not convincing me here. The initial trailer left many gaffers on the fence but the gameplay slowly melted literally everyone. I've yet to see such unanimous praise for a zelda reveal since god knows when.
I also saw someone using a club to play baseball with the enemies, since the enemies will throw rocks when disarmed and you can hit the rocks right back at them, lol.
Also, while fighting the skeletons, you can sever their limbs and use their own arms (complete with twitching fingers) against them.
I also liked a trick where someone started a brushfire in a canyon with high winds and it raced down the canyon into an enemy base full of explosives.
Also, while fighting the skeletons, you can sever their limbs and use their own arms (complete with twitching fingers) against them.
I also liked a trick where someone started a brushfire in a canyon with high winds and it raced down the canyon into an enemy base full of explosives.
This is the amazing sequence that you are speaking of, this is praiseworthy for certain no matter how much haters try and discredit this game. Nintendo clearly shows what they choose to do with extra horsepower for their games and it's beyond just making things pretty! I've been asking for the physics in games to match all of the detailed visuals that games showcase but they always come up short. Which is why we get heavy scripted games with theatrical game play events...
Emergent gameplay like this is a rarity and should be cherished.
OrbitalBeard
Member
Zelda is straight-up looking like Game of the Generation material.
You have the master-class design, puzzle-solving, charm, etc, of a Zelda game, with the Zelda feel, and some of the best elements from other games (Skyrim's attention to detail, Far Cry's sandbox, Dark Souls' atmosphere, Team Ico's beauty, Half-Life's gravity gun, MGSV's scouting, MGS3-style survival, even Journey-style sand-surfing), all in a world just shy of XCX in scale (so effectively larger than Witcher 3, Fallout 4, etc).
If you're skillful and clever, you can "break the game" and go straight to the final boss. But if you want the full story, you can seek it out Souls-style, in the world-building and lore. More than 100+ mini-dungeons alongside the main dungeons, and multiple solutions for every puzzle. And then the handcrafted world itself is a puzzle. And yes, there will be towns with NPCs and side-quests.
The thing that impressed me most yesterday is that everyone who played the game discovered something crazy and new. Stuff like baiting a rampaging monster into create a brushfire, then catapulting off the horse and deploying the parasail to ride the rising smoke and get high above the monster for a slow-mo bomb-arrow shot:
And others have discovered the speedy traversal of mixing of the parasail + surfing combo:
So much cool stuff in this game, from the survival elements (chopping wood, hunting, gathering, cooking, wearing climate-appropriate clothing, etc) to the varied combat (parries, slow-mo dodges, etc, and tons of weapons with degradation, etc). All of this layered together in a Zelda game with the expected godlike controls and game feel. That's like combining ice cream and cake!
I think one of my favorite features so far is the Stasis rune. You can stop time on localized objects, then fill them up with kinetic energy so they launch in that direction when time resumes, i.e. freeze a rolling boulder in place and beat it with a sledgehammer to send it rocketing it over the horizon when time resumes.
So stoked for this game. The fact we've only seen 2% of the map and there's so much to do in it absolutely insane.
Seeing you come around on this game over the past 24 hours has been great to see.
And don't get me wrong, you had every reason to be skeptical going in.
It feels great to be excited for Zelda again. Like, truly excited.
Psycho_Mantis
Banned
You wish.
Yup. Can't wait to play all 3.
Are there videos/GIFs of these things specifically?!? Geez, what didn't they think of here? Did they just assign each programmer random tasks and said put it in the game?!
EDIT: I mean, of course they did, that's their job to do their tasks, haha! I MEANT just let programmers do whatever they want separately and shoved it all together in the end, tailoring it later? There's just things in there I wouldn't think of at all! Maybe it's just "allowing" it to happen is the trick?
dampflokfreund
Banned
What hate? So far the resonance for Zelda U is very positive.
nintendoman58
Member
Eh not entirely useless. Whether good or bad, any discussion on something can be an indicator of relevance, which is a good stat to know in itself
Yeah, I'm fucking pumped. This feels like the biggest paradigm shift in Zelda since OoT. It's the best of Zelda, the best of everything else, and something new, something amazing.
Ricky Ricardo
Member
I am seriously looking at my options here
Don't need an Xbox One because everything's coming to PC, so I'll keep it around until this hits and then ... have PC/PS4/NX(Wii U?)
You shouldn't buy a console for one game and I know this. But all this footage reawakened a lust for Zelda I haven't had in a long time*
Don't need an Xbox One because everything's coming to PC, so I'll keep it around until this hits and then ... have PC/PS4/NX(Wii U?)
You shouldn't buy a console for one game and I know this. But all this footage reawakened a lust for Zelda I haven't had in a long time*
*Completely platonic, must-play video game lust
There's a little hate. The "this game looks so 2008" stuff, or the "this doesn't look like a PS4 game, so it sucks" comments, for instance.
This gif is life
Did anyone at Nintendo actually confirm there were large main dungeons? I remember the rumor, but the official press release only mentions the 100 shrines, and IIRC no one's actually confirmed regular Zelda dungeons. Could it be shrines only?
I think there is a good chance the WiiU/NX versions of BotW will outsell GoW4.
Being a launch title for Wii helped Twilight Princess (and by reflex the Wii itself) to become the best selling Zelda game ever at about 8.7 million units.
Mihael Mello Keehl
Banned
Well there will only be one
OrbitalBeard
Member
Early on in the stream, Audrey Drake from the Treehouse confirmed traditional dungeons in addition to the shrines. Give me a minute to find the video.
Edit - The Treehouse team references both shrines and dungeons multiple times in this video. At 21:35, specifically.
The Xtortionist
Member
Preach.
Breath of the Wild is obliterating everything else for me. NX version could very well be GOAT-level material. It's like for everything they showed on the stream I was like "OK, that's good enough", and then they would show five more things to surprise me. The dev team is out of their minds on this one...like, being able to climb everything? Snowboarding? Gliding? A robust physics system? Complete freedom? Enemies that can actually fuck you up? A one minute intro area? A drop dead gorgeous art style? Loot? It has EVERYTHING. And it all looks to be superbly executed in one of the largest open worlds to date.
Just...fuck. Imma try not to think about it too much. The hype is at soul consuming levels.
When Aonuma told the team to fill the vast world with interesting stuff EAD did what EAD does. They gave us enough tools and filled the land with opportunities to use them.
Yes what we've seen so far is very impressive, but knowing Nintendo this is nothing. I'm personally more interested in the interplay between two different mechanics. For example what happens if the boulder lands on a tree, will it break and roll off in a manner you'd expect depending on the initial conditions (speed and trajectory of the boulder)? That level of detail would blow me away
Doesn't that apply to every game? I don't see your point.
Guys, check this out: The Day 2 line for Zelda.
Yep, the Treehouse people confirmed big traditional dungeons on the streams.