-=-=->S P O I L E R S<-=-=- The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - Spoiler Thread
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kunonabi
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Why the hell does Nintendo hate the Hylian shield all of a sudden?
Oh well then that is special.
Calamity Ganon stuck out of nowhere. They didn't have time to get important shit out of the castle.
mickagau33
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So based on the stream, Champions don't seem to be partners (only cutscene characters you will see 5 minutes, too bad) but some other characters, like the Zora Prince will help you, right ?
Also any confirmation that Purah (the 100 years old Loli) is a Kokiri ? Seem the most plausible explanation but who knows...
Also any confirmation that Purah (the 100 years old Loli) is a Kokiri ? Seem the most plausible explanation but who knows...
Inferno313
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Don't know why anyone expected that? Aonuma said, flat-out, at E3 that the Wolf Link amiibo was the only kind of way to get any kind of "partner character" in the game.
kunonabi
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They can find a way to let me use the shield for more than 5 minutes. I guess I'll just have to run in there early and grab it.
PadWarrior
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I think a lot of people will do this.
Damn so we can't even find a wild doggo to tame and have as a buddy?
Not a huge loss but it would have been neat. That said, I wonder how much of the scrapped animal interactivity that they had planned for Twilight Princess made it into this game, I'd love a big post mortem interview where they go through the game's different systems and the inspiration for them on a deep level. Fuck I'd buy a making of documentary
Edit: Any word on a New Game+ feature? Would be ace if you could retain your hearts and get the Master Sword early and kept your other equipment and had the Hylian Shield. Also was Hard Mode confirmed to be exclusive to the DLC or just that it's additional content coming later? I was a bit confused by that.
Neoleo2143
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Damn so we can't even find a wild doggo to tame and have as a buddy?
Not a huge loss but it would have been neat.
There are wild wolves though. No one has figured out how to tame them though.
Damn so we can't even find a wild doggo to tame and have as a buddy?
Not a huge loss but it would have been neat. That said, I wonder how much of the scrapped animal interactivity that they had planned for Twilight Princess made it into this game, I'd love a big post mortem interview where they go through the game's different systems and the inspiration for them on a deep level. Fuck I'd buy a making of documentary
It would be nice if later on the add more companions or being able to fully tame a bear or deer.
The horse stables fuckin berate you for trying to register a deer instead of a horse
. It's like the devs going "Haha, we know you really want to, but screw you 
"
Jawmuncher
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Impulsor
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PadWarrior
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Neoleo2143
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The champion weapons can be rebuilt if broken. It does require some rare materials though.
If the shield is unbreakable, it completely makes sense for it to be an end game item. Nintendo wants to encourage you to be constantly trying out new items. Doesn't really work if you clearly get the best items early on.
If it is breakable, it is possible you can get it in other ways too. Not sure if there was something in the stream that implied the only way to get it was in the castle.
Impulsor
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I assume that end game weapons, including master sword and hylian shield are considered champion weapons?
Also, does armor have durability too?
I wouldn't be surprised if the Master Sword is the same way. We have seen it be rusted and nearly broken, but in the stream, the Master Sword looked completely fine.
I bet it can break but can be rebuilt. Didn't Anouma say that every weapon in the game breaks?
Shadownade
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While the Hylian Shield has a CRAZY defense stat of 90, I don't think it's 'unbreakable'. The streamer known only as 'Josh' (That's my name, too...) picked it up as a drop from one of the Stalmoblins at the castle, apparently. That probably means you'll come across the shield itself elsewhere in a chest, as loot or at a shop (maybe a quest reward?).
As far as early game goes, it'll serve you for a LONG time.
If you can upgrade shields anywhere, that'd be the best one, presumably. I'm really tempted to dash in and out of Hyrule Castle, just for that shield for my adventure. There's two more days left (in Australia) and hype levels are reaching maximum overdrive.
As far as early game goes, it'll serve you for a LONG time.
If you can upgrade shields anywhere, that'd be the best one, presumably. I'm really tempted to dash in and out of Hyrule Castle, just for that shield for my adventure. There's two more days left (in Australia) and hype levels are reaching maximum overdrive.
Neoleo2143
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Dunno about the first question.
Armor does not have durability.
SpiceMelange
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Is there weapon crafting in the game? I know for example you can find spiked boku bows. Can you upgrade a boku bow into the skiped version with monster parts?
Impulsor
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My hype levels are way past that.. My hype levels broke the space time continuum for me.
I need this in my veins. now.
Man I am so glad they put this "last" on the timeline, said "fuck it" to stuff and incorporated shit from all 3. Finally a Zelda game with zero restraints. I'm actually even more excited to see where they go from here, like, how do you even follow this shit up?
Nazgul_Hunter
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I'm not loving the soundtrack as a standalone pieces of music. I think it'll be great atmospheric while playing the game, but Im' sitting here at work with the music playing and it's not doing much for me.
Are people saying that it's last now?
I thought people were saying this is before ALttP?
We recently found out this game (and it's prologue) takes place 10,000 years after the last time Ganon was sealed. So presumably that is when the Guardians and Devine Beats were made as well.
No way this is before ALttP. The story is set 10k years after the last successful sealing of Ganon with the help of the Shiekah Divine Beasts. This seems far, far down the Downfall Timeline, probably in the future of the NES games.
kunonabi
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Hopefully it can be found elsewhere though an actual quest, etc. It being a random drop is total garbage.
Good thing they arent standalone tracks
Nazgul_Hunter
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Oh yeah I know. Like I said, from everything I've seen the music complements this game really well
I do like to listen to video game BGM at work sometimes though.I'm sure they intended for the Hylian Shield to be a decent shield to get for people trying to storm the castle without freeing the Divine Beasts. By the time you "properly" get there, you'd probably have enough shields that are probably stronger than it. There might be another way to get it.
The soundtrack has some pretty amazing standalone tracks, anyway. Rito Vilage, Gerudo City, Hyrule Castle, all the boss tracks... Korok Forest is my favorite though, it's a phenomenal piece of music that's an instance classic. Spirit Tracks meets Joe Hisaishi. Gorgeous.
I'm rewatching one of the streams and holy shit that Lynel, it almost makes up for the lack of Darknuts... almost.
So now it goes Hero of Time dies -> Imprisoning War -> ALTTP -> Link Between Worlds -> Second Imprisoning War 10k years prior -> Prophecy and unearthing super tech -> Ganon Attacks 100 years prior -> BotW
The only real mystery is where Zelda 1 and 2 fit in, but seriously, does 1 really matter and does 2 even fit with the "Sleeping Zelda named all Zeldas" thing given that she's been Zelda way before that sleeping one lol.
I'd go as far as to say this is a reimagining of 1 and 2 has been tossed.
Holy fuck the Flurry Rush does nothing to the Lynels in this game, they still beast you. I'm so glad we can take their weapons after beating them though.
I'm thinking the prophecy from 10k years ago is just Zelda 1, and the NES game we played (whose Japanese title is the Hyrule Fantasy) was the "legend" or the oral retelling of Ganon being defeated by Link and Zelda (even though she was, like, kidnapped in the original game...). Zelda 2 was about minions trying to resurrect Ganon and not succeeding, and like this game, it has landmarks sharing names with the OoT sages.
I'm thinking the prophecy from 10k years ago is just Zelda 1, and the NES game we played (whose Japanese title is the Hyrule Fantasy) was the "legend" or the oral retelling of Ganon being defeated by Link and Zelda (even though she was, like, kidnapped in the original game...). Zelda 2 was about minions trying to resurrect Ganon and not succeeding, and like this game, it has landmarks sharing names with the OoT sages.
Same here. It's the same whimsy that Hisaishi captures, but with added grandeur.
I think the action pieces blow Hisaishi out of the water though. He's a master at working with emotion, small intimate moments, and character development, but I've always found his action pieces (relatively) bland.
Moon Presence
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No streams today?
Now that you mention it, the tapestry kinda has that Zelda 1 vibe going on with regards to the actual in-game sprites, rather than the actual artwork made for the game.
Also:
Tapestry:Level 1 : The Eagle
Level 4 : The Snake
Level 5 : The Lizard
Level 6 : The Dragon
Level 7 : The Demon
Level 8 : The Lion
I think the Divine Beasts are a reimagining / callback to the original dungeons being in the shape of creatures (the entire tapestry looks like Nazca Lines, too), to the extent that there might even be more, but only four were needed 10k years ago to seal Ganon.
Of that has been confirmed I knew it after seeing that cut scene with the king. It only made sense to be un the downfall timeline and seemed like it would be far, far into the future past AoL.
Lord_Byron28
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Saw the streamer travel to Zora's Domain and complete the tasks necessary to go after Van Ruta. Loved all of the Zora designs. Thought it was interesting how a lot of Zoras dislike Hylians because of Mipha's death. Didn't help matters when they discovered that Link and Zelda are both alive. Also was kinda sad when we learn that she was Link's childhood friend/crush that made him Zora armor as apart of a Zora courtship tradition. It was nice seeing a fully fleshed out and functioning Zora's Domain compared to OoT, MM and TP. Noticed a lot of the rivers, lakes and mountains nearby were named after different Zora in the series.
The dungeon itself seemed OoT sized and manipulating the trunk/waterflow provided a lot of interesting puzzles. Overall liked what I saw.
The dungeon itself seemed OoT sized and manipulating the trunk/waterflow provided a lot of interesting puzzles. Overall liked what I saw.
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Incoming...
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Folks, is Link's alleged home going to be "Frontier Village"?
There are six tracks from the OST for Frontier Village that have subtle variances. Each one seems to represent the presence of a different character/game state, so perhaps you can bring the modern-day companions of the various races to Link's home. However, there is no track for "Hylian" or "Human". There is something more interesting.
Frontier Village - Beginning
Frontier Village - Goron
Frontier Village - Rito
Frontier Village - Gerudo
Frontier Village - Zora
Frontier Village -
Take from that what you will - only speculating the implication here, but there's little else to make of it.
There are six tracks from the OST for Frontier Village that have subtle variances. Each one seems to represent the presence of a different character/game state, so perhaps you can bring the modern-day companions of the various races to Link's home. However, there is no track for "Hylian" or "Human". There is something more interesting.
Frontier Village - Beginning
Frontier Village - Goron
Frontier Village - Rito
Frontier Village - Gerudo
Frontier Village - Zora
Frontier Village -
Married
Take from that what you will - only speculating the implication here, but there's little else to make of it.
I just watch that too
Kind of happy we got complete different design in the main dungeon compare to previous game and I really didn't mind about the length
The game seems to imply that the Devine Beats and Guardians were used to seal Ganon 10K years ago. They then burried them and left a prophecy so their descendants could use them.
You could make an argument that they weren't actually used and the legend got messed up but since Ganon's first move when released was to corrupt them, I think that implies he fought them before. So I don't think the 10K years ago could be Zelda 1 (or OOT or LttP, etc ).
JimJamJones
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