Crowd running to play The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild at E3
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neohwa
Junior Member
These people probably are the remaining Wii U owners lol, you can't blame them fighting for a game to play. Waiting for 5 hrs is much better than waiting till next year.
So naturally I gave up my spot to them. You're welcome.
insatiable
D4rth Man7iz
Member
Praise the Sun Bro!
fabricated backlash
Member
Nah, Shu isn't a petty child like that.
No. I know. I was there.It was a 20 minute demo and ALL of the station's on Nintendos booth where devoted to it. As many screens probably as the other 2. So that narrative is just stupid. Nice try. Or maybe deal with the fact that Zelda got the industries attention in a big way.
SinCityAssassin
Member
How nice of you.
Those are in the large majority not reporters. There is a separate section for media to play the game without a wait. Those are E3 attendees.
Too edgy for me.
You must be that guy praising the Goddess of Triforce right?^_^
the line shut down after 4 minutes, but that's because a lot of people in line were exhibitors (nintendo was showing the game to them probably since 9:00 or 9:30). the line reopened at 1 in the afternoon. yesterday at the end they had charles martinet come out and sign autographs for those who had been waiting for hours.
Milly Osworth
Member
Haha.
Shu says he likes Zelda and then they don't know how to reply so they awkwardly laugh and then say "SPEAKING OF INSOMNIAC".
Jack The Nipper
Banned
I just dont want to play a game that takes a lot of time and effort to really get into. I'd actually hate to play it this way to be honest.
Zelda games take a few hours sometimes 7 or more depending on skill and how fast you get to things before they pick up a times.
Some games are more fun to demo though such as pick up and play games imo
Not sure why Reggie or nintendo would be surprised. We just want good hardcore nintendo games that don't happen too often.
Zelda games take a few hours sometimes 7 or more depending on skill and how fast you get to things before they pick up a times.
Some games are more fun to demo though such as pick up and play games imo
Not sure why Reggie or nintendo would be surprised. We just want good hardcore nintendo games that don't happen too often.
SinCityAssassin
Member
I'm not sure what you're trying to talk about here.
jstevenson
Sailor Stevenson
The demo being 35 minutes contributes there.
7 hours best case could move 1680 people through the demo.
E3 was open for 21 hours. Figure it wasn't perfect efficiency, but even with a bit of early and late time for exhibitors, maybe 5000 max could get to play with 75k attending.
(And you certainly had some people who played multiple times)
Cheesecakebobby
Banned
I definitely wouldn't want to smell the breath of that wild crowd. I still have flashbacks to the BO of last year's TGS.
I hope not. I mean, I may get NX at some point but I still want to play it on the system I currently own lol.
jstevenson
Sailor Stevenson
I think the grand departure here makes the demo particularly effective in understanding what New Zelda will be like. It's also why Nintendo strategically created two demos: one dropping you in the world to I've you a feel the exploration / cooking / hunting / scavenging - the second to explain how th story / golden path thread will work and l t you try one of the 100+ shrines.
MMaRsu
Member
Now thats badass
Slurpy2k20
Member
Holy. Fucking. Shit.
I never thought I'd see this level of excitement over a Zelda game anymore. Awesome.
I never thought I'd see this level of excitement over a Zelda game anymore. Awesome.
mikefrails
Banned
But focusing on Zelda was such a bad idea!
jstevenson
Sailor Stevenson
The flow was:
Watch a video explaining mechanics and controls (big bottleneck the first day, 20 minutes after the floor was open there were 40-60 empty stations at least as not enough groups had gone through the entry video, this seemed to be corrected on days 2-3). The video wall became a door from the demo and opened by lifting up to expose a matching hall behind it.
Moving to a station inside the Booth.
Playing a 15 minute demo where you run around and explore. You start by a campfire with a bow so you can cook and hunt. The map shows several points of interest and you could find an awesome bow on top of the temple of time or get a fire rod. Probably other cool stuff at other ends of the map too.
Then they'd reset you into a timed story demo for 20 minutes. You could reach and complete a shrine of you were fast about it. Most didn't complete it. The shrine involved you getting a magic magnet power to push and pull items.
Watch a video explaining mechanics and controls (big bottleneck the first day, 20 minutes after the floor was open there were 40-60 empty stations at least as not enough groups had gone through the entry video, this seemed to be corrected on days 2-3). The video wall became a door from the demo and opened by lifting up to expose a matching hall behind it.
Moving to a station inside the Booth.
Playing a 15 minute demo where you run around and explore. You start by a campfire with a bow so you can cook and hunt. The map shows several points of interest and you could find an awesome bow on top of the temple of time or get a fire rod. Probably other cool stuff at other ends of the map too.
Then they'd reset you into a timed story demo for 20 minutes. You could reach and complete a shrine of you were fast about it. Most didn't complete it. The shrine involved you getting a magic magnet power to push and pull items.
I played it a few times.
Day 1 goal: Experience the world.
Day 2 goal: Defeat the rock golem.
Day 3 goal: Defeat a stationary Guardian.
Managed to meet all of my goals. Felt amazing. The freedom the game allows and the level that it has surpassed expectations has me asking all sorts of questions about what else is possible, and I am stoked for the game.
HawthorneKitty
Sgt. 2nd Class in the Creep Battalion, Waifu Wars
What did the Guardian drop?
I can't remember the official names, but they were like "ancient screws" or something. Material, like unto the ores that you can get from rocks. What we can do with all of those items, I am excited to find out...!
M
Macapala
Unconfirmed Member
I wanna be there so baaad. I've been listening to EZA gushing about the demo and reading other gaffer's impressions of it. I'm so envious of the E3 attendees right now.
I've also been looking on youtube trying to catch glimpses of Nintendo's showfloor. From the little snippets I've seen, their booth (as always) looks incredible.
I've also been looking on youtube trying to catch glimpses of Nintendo's showfloor. From the little snippets I've seen, their booth (as always) looks incredible.
User 479360
Banned
It was insane. People rushed there from the time the doors opened in the morning and waited hours. Thankfully, the game was great and the booth was spectacular.
I wanted one of those t-shirts.
I wanted one of those t-shirts.
People may say that Zelda isn't historically a system seller, but whether or not you agree with that the fact remains that Skyrim, Witcher and their ilk have popularized the open world quester to a level well beyond what was standard in the OOT days. I think this new found popularity for the genre plus the respect for the Zelda franchise (and the physics contributing to social media sharing) will combine to make this one of the highest selling games in the franchise, even if the sales are slanted heavily towards the NX version. Totally getting Mario 64 vibes with this one. That crowd rush is amazing.
Sylverstone14
Member
Survival of the fittest.
Calm Mind
Member
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PAULINK
I microwave steaks.
I was pretty confused when he told me that. It was just a face off in all range mode with pigma. But then again I guess not everyone playing is a starfox vet.
The Nintendo rep was probably grateful because there was a really rude guy behind me who was audibly whining that I was the last one, and they were going to shut down. But because I completed it faster than expected, the other dude got to play.
Shu has stated repeatedly that he doesn't want Nintendo to leave the console race as Nintendo gamers eventually evolve into Sony gamers. He also owns a couple of Wii Us and several 3DSs for his own family (which his kids apparently play more than the PS4s.)
I went to a one where I actually had to leave before I vomitted, it felt like I was in a fog of misty humid BO.
KratosEnergyDrink
Member
Was the Wii top quality in your eyes? But it sold millions to the core gamers with Twilight Princess, the Wii Sports people (the broader public) came in much later.
after playing the game
Its ok for people to be excited by things not made by Sony.
KratosEnergyDrink
Member
That's very cute. But I think most gamers, that are not caged in their console wars thinking, are excited about the new Zelda.
Haunted
Member
the thirst is real
last time I've seen a video like this from E3 was during the Wii craze in 2006
last time I've seen a video like this from E3 was during the Wii craze in 2006
:lol
Stereogatari
Banned
The Nintendians have been set loose.
after playing the game
lulz.
the zelda thirst is real tho.
i can't think of a game that would generate this much hype and takeover e3 like this has.
