I'm one of the people who want a huge world
As long as they have fast travel, I thing it shouldnt be a big issue, some people will like to ride around a look at the view and discover the world, others will just wanna get thru the game.
Legend of Zelda Wii U Gameplay Demo
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I'm one of the people who want a huge world
As long as they have fast travel, I thing it shouldnt be a big issue, some people will like to ride around a look at the view and discover the world, others will just wanna get thru the game.
Chezzymann
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Can we cut all that grass? Holy shit so many rupees
MisterGrey3000
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Even though I think the "Zelda is different things to different people!" concept is baffling (As I've expressed on the previous page), I really enjoy this post; it's very reasonable and well-thought out
Though, I don't think this problem is unique to Zelda anymore...and it becomes quite apparent to anybody who frequents modern Mario threads.
:/
You know I understand the fear of having a large overworld, but what is with the love everyone seems to have for MM's? Yeah, it was small and compact, and I guess that made for easier travel, but there wasn't shit to do there. Roughly 8-10 enemies total and unless I'm mistaken, there was NOTHING to actually explore or discover. The love for that game's OW has always been bizarre to me.
Anyway, what looks better?
This?
or this?
Anyway, what looks better?
This?
or this?
Wait because they didnt want to show of certain stuff, your not sure the game will come out in 2015? A game thats a year away anyways, come on
Can we hold off on the Zelda U prob wont come out in 2015 talk until after E3, and just discuss what we saw Friday
You can't take a bath in a cup of water, though! But seriously, there are pros and cons to each. Some people just want an open world, even if it's devoid of content comparatively speaking. If this were like... the 6th zelda with a massive, open, empty world, I could see where you're coming from, but this is really the FIRST time we've had a terrestrial world this big. Let this one slide. Hopefully the next game is more to your liking. I'd still be willing to bet that the handheld zelda games will remain more compact, simply due to hardware limitations.
Any guesses on the magical instrument this time around? And what abilities the instrument has?
Harp
Ocarina
Flute
Pan flute
Howl
Sing
Baton
Guitar
Drums
Pipes
...piano? Uh...flute again? None?
I want to be able to control the wind, time, weather, animals, the hearts of strangers and other crap.
Turntables.
peanutbutterlatte
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Given the frenetic release dates of the last two major Zelda titles, you can hardly blame people for being suspicious. Twilight Princess's constant delays almost bordered on comedy.
And telling you how X element is the one ruining Zelda. See the discussion on both side on how puzzles are the greatest/worst and exploration is the greatest/worst thing to happen to Zelda in this very thread. At least with Mario we can all agree jumping is pretty impotent.
Captain Smoker
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As a graphic designer... I give you all my "yes".
Furthermore, it makes no sense to create one tree next to the other because you couldn't move through the forest properly with the horse.
OrbitalBeard
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I'm pretty sure TP was only officially delayed once. It was a holiday 2005 title that became a holiday 2006 Wii/GCN game.
Worked fine for me haha. Just move the controller left and right in rhythm.
I hope you can choose to bring out and randomly play the instrument like you can with the harp in SS.
TheMoon
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I think people mean Clocktown when they say MM Overworld since the actual overworld area is incredibly boring.
Mihael Mello Keehl
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True but Wii U is an outlier. If theres another big game that can take up holiday 2015 then ill agree but there aint gonna be one.
astrogamer
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Any guesses on the magical instrument this time around? And what abilities the instrument has?
Harp
Ocarina
Flute
Pan flute
Howl
Sing
Baton
Guitar
Drums
Pipes
...piano? Uh...flute again? None?
I want to be able to control the wind, time, weather, animals, the hearts of strangers and other crap.
With the emphasis on band music Nintendo has been recently, I'm guessing Saxophone
TheMoon
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Constant delays? Announced in 2004. Delayed once from 2005 to 2006.
The two last major Zelda games, Skyward Sword and A Link Between worlds were never delayed. SS was first shown at E3 2010, came out Holiday 2011. ALBW was first shown April 2013, released November 2013.
Pretty sure I remember two delays. Maybe it was just one big delay. Basically the first delay said 'by no earlier than march 2006', then we got the 'oh yeah it's on wii now, so now it's a wii launch title'
It may have been one delay, but it felt like two.
James Scott
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There very well could be. We didn't see SM3DW until the e3 of the same year. But Nintendo has announced so much that we might of seen everything major for 2015 (which is alright, since there's already so much)
OrbitalBeard
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It was one official delay. Nintendo announced TP wouldn't be out until after March 31st, 2006.
Here's IGN's article about it.
They announced that it would officially be coming to both Wii and GCN at E3 2006. The game's delay was long but it wasn't pushed back multiple times.
It did in fact feel like an eternity.
Sounds like another case of gamers using words to describe things that aren't supposed to be used.
Yeah, I know it was one official one, but the delay announcement made it sound like it was going to be a spring/summer release, only to be let down that it'd be a november release. A full year delay on a game you thought was coming out in like 3 months is super harsh.
MisterGrey3000
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Seeing as "Completing various structured levels by using a variety of items/action mechanics to get around barriers, fight enemies, and solve puzzles" (does anyone have a short word for this?? lol) is pretty much the platforming of Zelda it's kind of odd (imo) that it seems to be unimportant to some players in the fanbase.
Haunted
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Am I the only one who thinks the LoD trees in that telescope zoom are really bad? Like, really distractingly bad? Someone back me up on this.
I think I've seen that video...
OrbitalBeard
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Eh, I remember specifically reading that IGN article and realizing it was going to be a holiday 2006 release, since April 1st is the beginning of Nintendo's fiscal year, which is why Nintendo specifically mentioned it wouldn't be out until after March 31st. In most cases (not all), Zelda is a big holiday title for Nintendo.
TheMoon
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Sure, not a looker that bit. But what does it matter now? If it still looks like that in a year, then we can complain.
Interceptor
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How about no fucking instruments at all. The franchise is dragging this gimmick for almost 20 years now. It was fun in Oot and Links Awakening and annoying ever since.
I even welcome the vast barren areas. Makes the world much more believable. Skyward Swords World was terrible. Somehow the whole planet felt like it was just designed to be an obstacle course for some future hero.
I even welcome the vast barren areas. Makes the world much more believable. Skyward Swords World was terrible. Somehow the whole planet felt like it was just designed to be an obstacle course for some future hero.
An accordion that controls the speed at which time flows. Ever wonder how Link went into slowmo when vaulting off Epona? Accordion powers.
His gait is very wide. I like it!
oh yeahhhhh
Zelda fans...
Music's pretty much been a staple of the entire franchise and it's a "gimmick".
You can argue it's implementation (I'm kinda indifferent to it), but it's part of the series.
Prevolition
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Since this Zelda will have some futurist elements, the instrument will be a synthesizer and you can use the touchscreen on the gamepad to play.
Could just be me, but it actually seems like the gait of a seasoned warrior. Like he actually spent a good bit of his life training instead of being the typical, lazy boy who has to pick up a sword one day. The warrior clan theory seems a bit more solid to me now.
Ah, the one at 12:30 here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLRsOFLR5Es#t=750
Yeah, that and the candle one were cool.
Who thinks that Pieces of Hearts should be doubled to make more puzzles like these?
I think Zelda looks better but the first shot is beautiful as well.
Is that what makes wub wub?
MisterGrey3000
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That's personally what helped me become more engaged with my surroundings in Skyward Sword; the dungeon-like elements gave the world a lot more purpose than it previously had in other Zelda games, and I wasn't just holding on up on the control stick for 5-10 minutes. Plus, the fantastic artistic direction always made it so the environmental design was believable and natural-looking to me.
K
kittens
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You gotta realize, there's people who fell in love with this series well before Ocarina of Time came out. Yeah, Zelda had instruments before OOT, but that was the game to make it a big feature. It was cool, but it felt like a gimmick. A cool gimmick. At this point I've been sick of it for a long time.
James Scott
Banned
OrbitalBeard
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Instruments were a major part of Link's Awakening.
I guess something was wrong with my Wiimote then. Resynced it a lot and it worked for every other motion controlled item in that game. I never 100% SS because I couldn't do the fucking pumpkin mini game. Ah well
Okay, so I was combing the footage for more details and was trying to place that gigantic bridge at the end. At first I thought it might be a bridge indicated on the map crossing a wide section of river, but then I noticed that Lake Hylia appears to have a bridge bisecting it down the middle exactly like Twilight Princess' Great Bridge of Hylia. It's faint but visible.
When facing towards the bridge you can see Death Mountain slightly to the right of it. When they turn further right you can see the tower they marked on the map and the sun. So I believe they are facing north looking towards Lake Hylia with Death Mountain in the distance and the sun is rising in the east behind the tower. Ahead of them is cliff and beyond it you see a glimpse of water. The lake is a huge gorge like in TP.
Also ignore the in-game arrow on the map. The map is from way earlier in the demo when they were east of the tower, before heading west and riding the horse around. The demo began at sunset, they ride the horse around during midday, and they reach the bridge at sunrise. It's not from the same time as the location I'm comparing to the map.
Edit:
Some people were having trouble seeing the bridge. It's hard to make a good screenshot of it because the best view they get of anything but the closest tower is through some trees, but here:
You can see the span and the tower on the other side.
It's also probably worth noting that the tower of the bridge doesn't appear to be properly textured yet and uses the rock texture:
When facing towards the bridge you can see Death Mountain slightly to the right of it. When they turn further right you can see the tower they marked on the map and the sun. So I believe they are facing north looking towards Lake Hylia with Death Mountain in the distance and the sun is rising in the east behind the tower. Ahead of them is cliff and beyond it you see a glimpse of water. The lake is a huge gorge like in TP.
Also ignore the in-game arrow on the map. The map is from way earlier in the demo when they were east of the tower, before heading west and riding the horse around. The demo began at sunset, they ride the horse around during midday, and they reach the bridge at sunrise. It's not from the same time as the location I'm comparing to the map.
Edit:
Some people were having trouble seeing the bridge. It's hard to make a good screenshot of it because the best view they get of anything but the closest tower is through some trees, but here:
You can see the span and the tower on the other side.
It's also probably worth noting that the tower of the bridge doesn't appear to be properly textured yet and uses the rock texture:
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