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Zelda Notes added some pretty neat features, such as being able to send friends items, but a feature I didn't really notice until recently is the ability to share autobuilds with a QR code

you can google QR codes now, and they're everywhere online.

Best Autobuild Sharing QR Codes - The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Guide - IGN

You can share your saved Zonai device designs with other The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom players while playing on the Nintendo Switch 2 using Zelda

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figured I'd share because this is a pretty neat QoL feature that has been a bit overlooked IMO

what are your thoughts on Zelda Notes?

 

[IAmRei]

tbh, played for more than hundred hours, i never much invest much time in it. only for some usefulness for exploration, never thought to use it to abuse the world. saw some cool builds but never thought to build it by myself. could be neat for new comer or for those who wants to build something cool, though.

 

[Kamina]

Very handy for getting a perfect hover-bike if it's too finicky to make one yourself

 

[jshackles]

This honestly kinda changes things for me. I bounced on TOTK so fast because I absolutely couldn't stand having to build stuff.

 

[Sintoid]

I hate this QR thing even more

 

[tr1p1ex]

As it was, I played the game wrong because I played way too long before getting auto-build. IF I would have had it earlier I would have built more things more often.

BEcause once you get it ...building is more like getting on a horse or using whatever that was to rocket up cliffs.

 

[KemoSabe]

I'm done with the game so I won't use any of this.
Maybe I should have waited...

 

[ResurrectedContrarian]

This honestly kinda changes things for me. I bounced on TOTK so fast because I absolutely couldn't stand having to build stuff.

I feel that there's so little you have to build... you can completely avoid that mechanic most of the time. I fee like I spent my first 20 hours or something barely touching it except for extremely simple solutions like attaching a rocket to a something to send it off. Got into building much later.

 

[IFireflyl]

How long until someone abuses this feature to brick people's consoles?

EDIT: Upon further research:

1. Unverified data could trigger bugs, glitches, or repeated crashes.
2. QR code data isn't cleansed if it's spoofed via modded saves, so corrupted/malformed data could wreck your save.
3. This runs purely in-game and doesn't involve system-level hacks. Currently there are no known paths to damage the Switch firmware or hardware, but that isn't to say it couldn't occur down the road.

The biggest potential issue (currently) is data corruption that could lead to damaged save files.

 

[IntentionalPun]

Hmmm… might give the game another shot. Although I still don't know if I'll get over hating the combat lol

 

[Danny Dudekisser]

Eh, I'll stick to BOTW. The building is such a fundamental part of TOTK that arcane solutions like this still aren't enough to really correct that for me.

 

[I collect VHS tapes]

I feel that there's so little you have to build... you can completely avoid that mechanic most of the time. I fee like I spent my first 20 hours or something barely touching it except for extremely simple solutions like attaching a rocket to a something to send it off. Got into building much later.

This has been my experience as well

I'm +150 hours in and build once in a blue moon

 

[ResurrectedContrarian]

This has been my experience as well

I'm +150 hours in and build once in a blue moon

which is why I don't understand the complaints

Unless it's a certain kind of completionism speaking, but the completionist mindset always utterly ruins these last 2 Zelda games and misses their entire intention. The world of systems and locations it gives you is meant to strongly prevent the compulsion to tackle any particular challenge that you don't like -- just go elsewhere and pursue something that you do like. The game's internal attitude towards pretty much everything is "it's optional."

 

[peronmls]

what is this? Banjo Kazooie Nuts and Bolts?