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What we know about Legend of Zelda Wii prior to E3 2010
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AceBandage
Banned
Sadist said:
Well, I think the final straw was him telling gofreak to shut up.
But it was probably just to get him out before E3 so that he wouldn't explode.
Well, here's the new blog post on Zelda Informer:
"BREAKING NEWS: Latest Zelda Wii Rumors CONFIRMED"
Um, what? Are these guys for real? If they're browsing this thread, know this: if this ends up being fake I'm never going to your site again. I was fine when you posted these articles but made sure you let the fans know that they were rumors, but when you come out and say "confirmed", you've got to realize that you have a lot of people who will potentially leave your site if it ends up being BS.
"BREAKING NEWS: Latest Zelda Wii Rumors CONFIRMED"
Um, what? Are these guys for real? If they're browsing this thread, know this: if this ends up being fake I'm never going to your site again. I was fine when you posted these articles but made sure you let the fans know that they were rumors, but when you come out and say "confirmed", you've got to realize that you have a lot of people who will potentially leave your site if it ends up being BS.
AceBandage
Banned
Bentendo said:
Oh, ZI.
You are a silly bunch.
Their "proof":
DeathbyVolcano
Banned
So, a friend of a guy of a friend of a guy is a german speaking translator...for an english press conference. Uh-huh.
gamergirly
Member
So many damn rumors. Ah!! They're heartbreaking and everywhere!!!!
Jason's Ultimatum
Member
Holy shit. Read about the Yahoo account and some German Zelda fan site. HILARIOUS. :lol
SilverLunar
Member
Copying for the sake of it, and to prevent it from being changed later:Bentendo said:
This stuff is pretty common stuff really.The latest batch of Zelda Wii rumors, posted only yesterday, has been confirmed just a few minutes ago. We were reluctant to post the source of the rumors earlier because of the dubious validity, and turned our entire attention towards digging up the source. It took some translating, some waiting for administrator approvals, and some investigation, but we can now say, with 99.99% validity, that the Zelda Wii Rumors from yesterday, are true.
* Zelda Wii's official title is "The Legend of Zelda". There will be no subtitle.
* The game tells a story several hundred years before Ocarina of Time.It also answers the question of how the Mastersword came into being.
* The fairy-like girl plays is a very important character in the game. Her Name is Zordiana.
* The Hookshot is also in the game and it has new abilities. It will not pull you immediately to the target you aimed. Now it is possible to swing with the Hookshot, like with the Grappling Hook from WW. The Hookshot makes no use of Wii Motion Plus.
* Sometimes you have to "draw" a specific symbol on a door with your sword, to open it.
* The Bow-Control is very similar to the Bow-Control in Wii Sports Resort, as the script shows.
* There are two levels of difficulty. Aonuma put it through. Miyamoto didn't want to include it.The Normal-Mode for amateurs. The Hero-Mode has no "Super Guide" included and the enemies tougher.
* The On-Stage Dungeon, which is also playable at E3, isn't a Dungeon as we know it from the Zelda series. When entering a Dungeon, you will not notice you are in one. It will be a smooth gradation. There will be Dungeons with no Bosses and Bosses with no Dungeon. The "Dungeon" you are able to play at E3 will be an Ice-Level. It will be the frist "Dungeon" in the Game.
The day the rumors were posted here, we received an email from a @yahoo.de account listing the rumors and providing a link to a german gaming forum (Thread here). Writing back to that email, we received no answer. Instead, we turned to the guy who posted them on the forum. After registering though we were disappointed to see that a user requires 15 posts to send a private message... Trying to reply to the thread was equally hopeless as the account needs to be verified by an administrator. Twelve hours later, the verification showed up.
The thread unfortunately moved on already (Germans apparently don't care too much about rumors) so we didn't actually hope for too much. This morning however, the guy who posted the rumors wrote a random reply to that same thread, just seconds before we checked the thread. Using this momentarily attention, we popped the question and lo and behold, he answered... with a different forum post. Apparently the rumors originated at yet another german Zelda fansite. After finding the thread there, we were relieved when the forum didn't shout at us when we tried to write a PM. An hour later, we got the confirmation. At the request of the original poster, we will disclose as little info as possible.
The information came from translator / german language instructor working in Kyoto who was hired at the E3 to prepare Aonuma for his speech. It is not entirely accurate that the info is from the first page of the speech. The original poster is an acquaintance of this person. The information was passed on to him via IM.
In order to protect the identity of both individuals, we are unable to disclose anything else at this point in time.
upandaway said:
Yeah but a lot of them are pretty specific:
*The name of the character
*The time in which the game takes place
*The title of the game
*The "theme" of the first dungeon
All of these have to be true or Zelda Informer has officially lost all credibility. I was going into their article hoping to find something mind blowing like pictures or something. Instead we get a freaking German fansite where we find out a German speaking translator has written a script for Eiji Aonuma at E3. Yeah, sure. If anything this confirms that the rumors are fake.
Don't be so gullible Zelda Informer (sorry, just saw a Back to the Future marathon last night :lol )
EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
Zelda Informer just shot themselves in the foot.
I actually would like to see something along the lines of a Macedonian / Greek style. Lots of mosaics and simple garb, etc. Maybe as a sequel to Wind Waker where Hyrule is starting to dry out and you're left with lots of rocky terrain and islands, so there's still some degree of sailing involved but the overworld is, for the most part, land.GeneralIroh said:
Heh, random cool idea; a new tool you get is a spear/javelin/trident that you can throw into walls and use as a climbing device to scale sheer surfaces.
The Legend of Zelda: Ice Age... They're all Ice dungeons! Link rides around on a Sabertooth Epona, stabbing mammoths and neanderthal Moblins :lol.CassSept said:
I think the shorter answer might be "What wasn't selig banned for?"Mafro said:
Seconding a return of the Pegasus Boots, great item.Kilrogg said:
I'm no mind reader, but I think he was saying you're a fucking dumbshit. Seems kinda obvious to everyone else, but then you did get tagged that way for something.Willy105 said:
Oh fanboys, don't ever change. Ich bin ein Fan von Fledermaus scheiße Wahnsinn :lolZI said:
AceBandage
Banned
Yeah, I know that whenever I want to give a speech in English, I always hire a German instructor.
:lol
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Deleted member 30609
Unconfirmed Member
I would suggest that we all use our better judgement and stop humouring (and by extension even discussing) these sorts of click-baiting pre-e3 shenanigans.
gamergirly
Member
Bentendo said:
It kinda makes you wonder how they got into Nintendo's Test Room. Or how many German speaking testers work for Nintendo. How exactly do you get this kind of information
Prime Blue
Member
Translator throws away his career to impress a random idiot on the Internet. Sure sounds credible.
EDIT: No wait, it was an acquaintance of the translator. That makes it even more credible.
EDIT: No wait, it was an acquaintance of the translator. That makes it even more credible.
brandonh83
Banned
I'll just say that I hope Zelda Informer is right :lol
Captain Smoker
Member
Prime Blue said:
BUT HE DOESN'T CARE ANYWAY!
brandonh83
Banned
Anth0ny said:
People get so riled up at E3 and they post things they normally wouldn't. GAF reaction is always better than the actual show. Buckle up. It's gonna be a good one this year.
In the comment section here's what one of the editors said (well, assuming he's an editor) after someone asked if he knew what the word "confirmed" meant (good question):
ZI said:Please note that there IS ample proof in our eyes for this, we simply do not wish to disclose it. Of course this means that some people will still remain skeptic. Either way, the E3 is just 2 days away.
ThatObviousUser
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the thoroughbred said:
Team Zordibritta FTW
Willy105 said:
No. Just wanted you to know your ideas are bad most of the time. ^_^
balladofwindfishes
Member
This brings me back to the months before Brawl was out.
So many friends of friends who know credible sources that IM'd them in a different language. It's all a load of garbage, but it does make the days pass until we get real news.
So many friends of friends who know credible sources that IM'd them in a different language. It's all a load of garbage, but it does make the days pass until we get real news.
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
Bentendo said:
there was ample proof in his eyes that he not only knows the features of the games, he knows about the internal team discussions and squabbles between producers that led to the balance of features being adopted?
uhhhh huhhh
manueldelalas
Time Traveler
I see nothing earth shattering with those rumors.
The only new thing is that the first dungeon is an ice-themed dungeon (big deal, Link comes from an ice village now...).
The other interesting thing is that there will be no real difference between dungeon and world map; the game will be more integrated, as it has been hinted for ages from Nintendo themselves. I think this will make the series better.
Girl is the sword (we knew this ages ago); the game is set 100 years in the past (big deal, it IS Zelda, and Nintendo just needs an excuse to not deal with the other game's stories)
The only new thing is that the first dungeon is an ice-themed dungeon (big deal, Link comes from an ice village now...).
The other interesting thing is that there will be no real difference between dungeon and world map; the game will be more integrated, as it has been hinted for ages from Nintendo themselves. I think this will make the series better.
Girl is the sword (we knew this ages ago); the game is set 100 years in the past (big deal, it IS Zelda, and Nintendo just needs an excuse to not deal with the other game's stories)
brandonh83
Banned
Well they're earth-shattering to me because a lot of it is stuff that I've been hoping for. I don't want to get hyped up over those tidbits because it could be bullshit yet, but I'm excited nonetheless.
They don't work for Nintendo so they can't say "well he knows about this so he's telling the truth." Any and all information that he gave to "prove" himself could have been a lie.Bentendo said:
I don't know why I'm even trying. I'll go off to study again or some shit, can't believe I stayed for this.
balladofwindfishes said:
That's true. I love these rumors and the meltdowns people have (I'm partly to blame). I would love these rumors to be true not because they'd be awesome, but because of the reaction of GAF. :lol But no, it's complete BS.
New comment from the editor when asked about the German guy and why he would be chosen to write an English script for Aonuma:
ZI said:
Something tells me that this guy won't be able to contain himself and will reveal his "ample proof" before E3. If not then then he'll definitely post something after E3 to explain why he thought it was real.
ThatObviousUser
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Een bomb zal droppen, that was Dutch right? Man, what a megaton that was eh?
gamergirly
Member
manueldelalas said:
That's probably one of the best designs that Zelda could undergo. When you can't tell the difference btw a dungeon or a world map area.
It's interesting if they go back to a prelude Zelda(essentially) than following Ocarina of Time's dual storylines(one with the HeroofTime and the other w/o). Almost makes the game sound more primitive but eventful. Hopefully that translates into a harder game, overall.
Captain Smoker
Member
Yes. (german = Eine Bombe wird gezündet)Andrex said:
But Dutch-version is awesome. xD BOMBZAALDROPPENTON
manueldelalas
Time Traveler
Hard and Easy modes is a rumor I don't believe, but I would like to see how Nintendo pulls it off.
DeathbyVolcano
Banned
Because he's still the main producer and head of the Zelda team regardless.
brandonh83
Banned
Andrex said:
My personal pick for funniest E3 meme ever.
balladofwindfishes
Member
You know, 100 years before OoT means no Ganondorf, right? It would be about 40-60 years before Ganondorf was born, depending on how old he was during Ocarina.
Which means Vaati!
Which means Vaati!
manueldelalas
Time Traveler
Ganondorf's father? King Ganonbro?balladofwindfishes said:
DeathbyVolcano
Banned
That's...a good point! I think he's done a few GDC sessions before.
AceBandage
Banned
manueldelalas said:
I thought it was Ganonbanned.
NintendoGal
Member
Those are so laughable! I'm amused though and happier this morning. ;p
EatChildren said:
If they screw up the MotionPlus swordfighting. By that I mean if it's done in such a way that it's not fun and if there's just not much to the combat element (few enemies, complete lack of challenge, emphasis on OTHER uses of MotionPlus). After all the teasing in Wii Sports Resort the swordighting part was one of the more advertised and more fleshed-out games in WSR, with the adventure mode , I expect them to do a stellar job in that area, but I'm really worried for some reason. The only way they'd make up for this is if everything else I'd hope for ends up being true. That has no chance to happen, considering that the game would look nothing like Twilight Princess or pretty much any 3D Zelda game.
So yeah, MotionPlus. Don't botch it, Nintendo.
That's a difficult question to answer.EatChildren said:
Nothing I can (realistically) think of would ruin the game for me before I get to play it. But I'm sure there's something I can't think of that would make me weep.
Unrealistically, if they made Link a giant pink dinosaur that conquered his enemies with love, I'd be pretty sad.
manueldelalas
Time Traveler
I'm disappointed by the rumors... I like it when rumors are Megatons, like:
- There will be no hearts in the game, health bar is gone
- Link will be able to jump freely
- One of the weapons is a gunshot
- Epona will grow wings at some point of the game and you will be able to fly over the world.
etc
- There will be no hearts in the game, health bar is gone
- Link will be able to jump freely
- One of the weapons is a gunshot
- Epona will grow wings at some point of the game and you will be able to fly over the world.
etc