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[SatoAilDarko]

Any news on Wii U codes for BTW being sent out?

Interested in the performance differences.

 

[OrbitalBeard]

Any news on Wii U codes for BTW being sent out?

I wouldn't be surprised if Nintendo doesn't send Wii U review code to anyone.

 

[Not]

Guys what if Zelda is bad

What if the story is irresponsible or something like Other M

 

[Tratorn]

Just a reminder, embargo spelled backwards, is o grab me.

 

[OverturePT]

Any news on Wii U codes for BTW being sent out?

Interested in the performance differences.

Probably not. They should want the reviewers to play the improved (even if only slightly) version.

 

[LordKano]

Any news on Wii U codes for BTW being sent out?

Interested in the performance differences.

There won't be press reviews of Zelda U before the release.

 

[Not]

Just a reminder, embargo spelled backwards, is o grab me.

Hahaha

 

[LotusHD]

Just a reminder, embargo spelled backwards, is o grab me.

 

[Deleted member 752119]

Any news on Wii U codes for BTW being sent out?

Interested in the performance differences.

Same. Not getting a Switch right away so very curious about how the Wii U version compares so I can decide whether to just play it after Horizon and Mass Effect or wait until I eventually get a Switch.

 

[Mariolee]

Just a reminder, embargo spelled backwards, is o grab me.

Holy shit lol

 

[RayearthRob]

9.7 switch
9.5 wii u

Just a reminder, embargo spelled backwards, is o grab me.

Dead/

 

[FZZ]

Wait Zelda has no dungeons or towns?

HUH

lmao please don't tell me this game is gonna be ass

I was out here thinking we'd have the game of the generation

 

[phanphare]

If we're going to compare Zelda reviews to Horizon, I think the game will score more 10's, but also more 7's. It's going to be a very divisive game. If the final experience plays out like the Great Plateau on a much grander scale, it's going to resonate with some people more than any other open world game ever created, but it will also be a complete turn off for others.

I agree with this. I think Zelda is going to review in the mid 80's on metacritic but will eventually be regarded as one of the better Zelda games in the franchise.

 

[FloweryMarston]

Wait Zelda has no dungeons or towns?

HUH

lmao please don't tell me this game is gonna be ass

I was out here thinking we'd have the game of the generation

it's just a joke, there are dungeons and towns

 

[Scrawnton]

Wait Zelda has no dungeons or towns?

HUH

lmao please don't tell me this game is gonna be ass

I was out here thinking we'd have the game of the generation

Sarcasm? Of course it has dungeons and towns. They've shown both so far.

 

[Inferno313]

Wait Zelda has no dungeons or towns?

HUH

lmao please don't tell me this game is gonna be ass

I was out here thinking we'd have the game of the generation

That dude was trolling by making fun of exactly this type of post.

 

[LordKano]

Wait Zelda has no dungeons or towns?

HUH

lmao please don't tell me this game is gonna be ass

I was out here thinking we'd have the game of the generation

No NPC neither.

 

[brandonh83]

No towns, just a tepee.

 

[OrbitalBeard]

Wait Zelda has no dungeons or towns?

HUH

lmao please don't tell me this game is gonna be ass

I was out here thinking we'd have the game of the generation

No dungeons. Shrines only.

Final destination.

 

[FZZ]

it's just a joke, there are dungeons and towns

whew

99 Metacritic brehs

here we cum

 

[dampflokfreund]

whew

9.9 Metacritic brehs

here we cum

I'm sorry, I had to!

 

[The Big N]

 

[Waji]

Anything can happen but I'd see it do around 90+

I think Zelda will be good. It's gotten positive remarks in previews. However anybody going in expecting it to be the best Zelda game is fucking insane.

I knew I was at least a little insane, but not "fucking" insane.

 

[LotusHD]

Well I knew I was at least a little insane, but not "fucking" insane.

I'll gladly be fucking insane lol

 

[Ashby]

I think Zelda will be good. It's gotten positive remarks in previews. However anybody going in expecting it to be the best Zelda game is fucking insane.

Stranger things have happened, my man

 

[Nickle]

It's Nickle's ongoing joke.

I'll stop making the jokes when people stop saying that there are no dungeons, lol.

 

[TheJoRu]

Will definitely be avoiding that Zelda review thread. Not just because I want to be unaware of other people's opinions and because I don't want to accidentally read any spoilery stuff, but because of all the people who desperately want the game to fail or people who can't accept any criticism being put against it.

 

[marc^o^]

I think Zelda will be good. It's gotten positive remarks in previews. However anybody going in expecting it to be the best Zelda game is fucking insane.

Well, maybe it won't be. But why couldn't it be? I don't think Nintendo ever had 300 people working for a Zelda during 5 years.

 

[DecoReturns]

I'll stop making the jokes when people stop saying that there are no dungeons, lol.

I actually like it.

People still believe you lol

 

[Plum]

I'll stop making the jokes when people stop saying that there are no dungeons, lol.

But they aren't dungeons if they don't *insert highly specific set of criteria here*

 

[blu]

We are getting closer

I still want a eShop Direct before launch

And you'll get

Spoiler

n

one.

 

[Waji]

I'll gladly be fucking insane lol

 

[WhiteWaterM00se]

I'm was honestly actually expecting a Game of the Generation Contender with the how light the launch line up is and how Nintendo has pushed BoTW over the last two years.

I honestly thought this was lined up to be Nintendo's new Mario 64. After reading a lot of these posts it is disheartening to hear a lot of people think this will score a mid to high 80's on the metacritic.

 

[Spyder_Monkey]

I'm not expecting it, but the possibilty is there, so I wouldn't dismiss it so boldly.


@Topic: Feels great to read a good Nintendo discussion for once.
Not pretty common these days on GAF.

I dismiss any claims that a game nobody has fully played yet is the best ever.

 

[Chaos17]

Zelda review thread is going to be fun!

Yup, I'm looking forward

 

[Muzy72]

Well, maybe it won't be. But why couldn't it be? I don't think Nintendo ever had 300 people working for a Zelda during 5 years.

I don't think there is any correlation with team size and game quality lol

 

[Resistance100]

I'm was honestly actually expecting a Game of the Generation Contender with the how light the launch line up is and how Nintendo has pushed BoTW over the last two years.

I honestly thought this was lined up to be Nintendo's new Mario 64. After reading a lot of these posts it is disheartening to hear a lot of people think this will score a mid to high 80's on the metacritic.

It's more reviewers in generally are scoring lower.

I still think it will blow everyone away, there's nothing I've seen from this game to suggest otherwise

 

[LordKano]

I dismiss any claims that a game nobody has fully played yet is the best ever.

I played 20 minutes of it and it's already the best game ever made in the history of vidya games.

 

[spekkeh]

Zelda 94
1 2 Switch 71 (but like Wii Sports we really know this means 90)
Bomberman 65

 

[Frostman]

Lmao!

 

[Waji]

I don't think there is any correlation with team size and game quality lol

You forgot the 5 years. And of course there can be a correlation.
Doesn't mean it's a 10/10 automatically but it still helps.

 

[LordOcidax]

Zelda 94
1 2 Switch 71 (but like Wii Sports we really know this means 90)
Bomberman 65

I have the feeling that Bomberman is going to bomb hard.

 

[RK128]

That is actually a good point.. I wonder if the other games are downloadable?

Considering how the file sizes for Bomberman and 1, 2 Switch are smaller compared to Zelda, maybe Nintendo/Konami are sending out review codes to press rather then retail copies. If that is the case, it's a good move on Nintendo's part, considering Zelda would take up more then half the Switch's internal storage.

I think the same applies for games like I Am Sestuna, Just Dance, and World of Goo. I do wonder if review copies of Skylanders Imaginators for Switch are getting sent out, considering how it offers minor differences between other versions of the game.

Edit:

I'm not sure if we will be able to review Switch games but my guesses for scores on the Switch launch line up:
Zelda - 90%
Bomberman - 65-75%
1-2 Switch - 70-80%

 

[Spyder_Monkey]

Well, maybe it won't be. But why couldn't it be? I don't think Nintendo ever had 300 people working for a Zelda during 5 years.

That doesn't mean anything and is actually pretty average staff and development time. Assassin's Creed Unity had way more staff and took five years to make and that game sucked.

 

[marc^o^]

I don't think there is any correlation with team size and game quality lol

I agree, though it helps thinking it's not utterly insane to hope this Zelda might be the best in the series. I read his next post and now I get what he meant.

 

[Frostman]

I'm was honestly actually expecting a Game of the Generation Contender with the how light the launch line up is and how Nintendo has pushed BoTW over the last two years.

I honestly thought this was lined up to be Nintendo's new Mario 64. After reading a lot of these posts it is disheartening to hear a lot of people think this will score a mid to high 80's on the metacritic.

A mid to high 80 is great now.

I still think it will review in the 90's though.

 

[LordOcidax]

A mid to high 80 is great now.

I still think it will review in the 90's though.

88 is the new 97 here... Anything above that is almost impossible according to some Gafers. Don't know why...

 

[Zedark]

I'm was honestly actually expecting a Game of the Generation Contender with the how light the launch line up is and how Nintendo has pushed BoTW over the last two years.

I honestly thought this was lined up to be Nintendo's new Mario 64. After reading a lot of these posts it is disheartening to hear a lot of people think this will score a mid to high 80's on the metacritic.

Well, a lot of people here thought Hotizon was going to tank into the mid to low seventies, so I wouldn't be too disheartened: GAF have a tendency too fiercely underestimate games' critical appeal.

 

[oti]

I think Zelda will be good. It's gotten positive remarks in previews. However anybody going in expecting it to be the best Zelda game is fucking insane.

why

 

[Dartastic]

I want Giant Bomb to change their review system for literally a day just to give Zelda an 8.8.