peanutbutterlatte
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It wasn't Anouma, it was a reviewer IIRC. And he said it would "keep us playing for a while".
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Zelda: A Link Between Worlds |OT| All in all you're just another Link in the wall
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It wasn't Anouma, it was a reviewer IIRC. And he said it would "keep us playing for a while".
Nintendo has been doing EU versions with all 5 languages for their first party games since forever.
Outtrigger888
Member
I understand what youre saying. Also, alttp seems to have a more mature look to it. A good part of that is because it has darker colors than albw. Overall, though, i think they did a nice job of translating this game to 3d.
Yeah looks very good. It can be better, but saying it looks like crap is hyperbolic bs.
That is the Streetpass Shadow Link battles.
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I think this is a smart way to approach this game. I think anyone who loved ALTTP is going to automatically enjoy this game like 20% more no matter what, thanks to the familiarity of the world and especially (especially!) the music.
Zelda is a long-running series (I think this is the 17th game?), so everyone's ideas of what make a Zelda game good are naturally going to be different. They really, really nailed the pacing of this one (everything moves at a really fast clip, and thanks to this, even if you have to go all the way across the overworld to look for something, it's never a drag - which is important, IMO), and the game rarely ever attempts to hold your hand. Sometimes there are little pedestals with icons on them that hint at what items to use -- I'd rather those weren't there, but I think they saw it as a trade-off for being so non-linear (if you don't have all the items with you, you might get stuck wondering what to do forever), but apart from that, the game doesn't really try to help you at all, which is a big, BIG step up from Skyward Sword.
It's a little weird to compare this to Majora's Mask, so I'm kinda nervous that some people are freaking out (in a good way) about my saying this is my fav Zelda since MM.
Every Zelda since MM has been really good but was lacking in one way or another; Wind Waker was amazing in a lot of ways, but it felt unfinished to me (really needed those two extra dungeons and a way less shitty sailing system). Twilight Princess, I just couldn't really get into...felt like it was lacking a soul somehow. To this day it's the only mainline Zelda I haven't finished - I don't dislike it, I just didn't feel that childlike enthusiasm I feel from Zelda games when I was playing it. Kind of a weird anomaly, I guess. Skyward Sword felt like a return to form for me, but the constant hand-holding really hurt my experience, and I felt like the overworld lacked variety. They were at least clever in how they brought you back to areas you'd already been to, but I'd have much preferred entirely new areas with different visual themes. (If Dark Souls can have over a dozen really distinct areas, why can't Zelda? Hopefully Aonuma is asking the same question right now with Zelda U...)On the handheld side, I've pretty much loved almost every one apart from Spirit Tracks (didn't even bother playing this as it looked pretty lame; will give it a go someday, tho). LInk's Awakening, the two Oracle games, and especially Minish Cap were all really great IMO.
Anyway, went off on a tangent there, but bringing it back to Majora's Mask - that game felt really complete to me, and had no major flaws. Great world, great dungeons (not enough of them, but it felt OK given the unique gameplay systems), great story, great music, etc. A Link Between Worlds also feels complete to me. Would've been nice had the overall game flow not mirrored ALTTP quite so much, and yes, maybe the dungeons could've been a little longer (or just higher in number), but on the whole, it felt very complete and very satisfying. Definitely a big step in the right direction for the series.
I'll shut up now. Hope you guys enjoy the game as much as I did! Five more days!
Did the guy confirm that he was talking about shadow link battles?
GhostTrick
Banned
Looks like I found what was the new thing hidden in Lorule in Hero Mode...
Those damn GAF > Internet > GAF
Glad you enjoy it!I wanted to upload Lost Woods tonight but I was unable to edit Link's footstep. I said frak, the theme is half-minute long but after that my sound editor messed up and glitched the music when adding the fading, so back at the bottom of the list. I will probably be able to add Kakariko Village and the Fairy theme tomorrow.
Back to the game:
The streetpass thing seems a bit forced (I have been able to fight against a Nintendo spotpass opponent named "bundle") . Straight battle against the Shadow Link but you can equip your own Link with whatever you want (weapons or even bottle with a fairy inside) and you actually play (it's not an automated battle). Depending what you set, and what your opponent had in equipment, the amount of rupees you win (or loose I guess) vary.
Cool but there was those long exchange chain in older Zelda game like the one in OoT leading to Biggoron's Sword. I always wanted to see this with Streetpass, people seeking for other item throught streetpass and actually doing the exchange to climb a giant "technology" tree leading to some extra weapons.
Anyway, the battle I just fought was short as you can expect, and pretty intense, so I didn't computed the thing right away, but iirc, beautiful music when fighting in streetpass once again:
Adventure of Link
It's multi-5 but like some other 3DS games, it seems you don't have the option to change the in-game language. I guess you have to set it in the 3DS settings.
BIONIC-ARRRMMM!!
Member
Can somebody explain the OT's title to me please? I don't get the reference...
Without spoiling it is it worthwhile?
GhostTrick
Banned
No, not at all. I'm not sure if it's what Aonuma talked about, but it's one thing that's here in Hero Mode, but is absent in Normal Mode.
Samurai_Heart
Member
Was it mentioned on here The Sun gave this a 20 out of 10 lmao XD
shadyspace
Banned
Seems like a toss-up whether I'll enjoy this more or less for having not played LTTP
I think this is a smart way to approach this game. I think anyone who loved ALTTP is going to automatically enjoy this game like 20% more no matter what, thanks to the familiarity of the world and especially (especially!) the music.
Zelda is a long-running series (I think this is the 17th game?), so everyone's ideas of what make a Zelda game good are naturally going to be different. They really, really nailed the pacing of this one (everything moves at a really fast clip, and thanks to this, even if you have to go all the way across the overworld to look for something, it's never a drag - which is important, IMO), and the game rarely ever attempts to hold your hand. Sometimes there are little pedestals with icons on them that hint at what items to use -- I'd rather those weren't there, but I think they saw it as a trade-off for being so non-linear (if you don't have all the items with you, you might get stuck wondering what to do forever), but apart from that, the game doesn't really try to help you at all, which is a big, BIG step up from Skyward Sword.
It's a little weird to compare this to Majora's Mask, so I'm kinda nervous that some people are freaking out (in a good way) about my saying this is my fav Zelda since MM.
On the handheld side, I've pretty much loved almost every one apart from Spirit Tracks (didn't even bother playing this as it looked pretty lame; will give it a go someday, tho). LInk's Awakening, the two Oracle games, and especially Minish Cap were all really great IMO.
Anyway, went off on a tangent there, but bringing it back to Majora's Mask - that game felt really complete to me, and had no major flaws. Great world, great dungeons (not enough of them, but it felt OK given the unique gameplay systems), great story, great music, etc. A Link Between Worlds also feels complete to me. Would've been nice had the overall game flow not mirrored ALTTP quite so much, and yes, maybe the dungeons could've been a little longer (or just higher in number), but on the whole, it felt very complete and very satisfying. Definitely a big step in the right direction for the series.
I'll shut up now. Hope you guys enjoy the game as much as I did! Five more days!
I love this. Thank you so much for the impressions -- I agree with you fully about MM, WW, TP, and SS. I'm so hyped now.
Well that's unfortunate but no big deal in the long run. Can't wait to get my hands on this game.
GhostTrick
Banned
That's more of an easter egg than added content. I found it neat, but definitely not worthy of all trouble I had to go with Hero Mode.
I think this is a smart way to approach this game. I think anyone who loved ALTTP is going to automatically enjoy this game like 20% more no matter what, thanks to the familiarity of the world and especially (especially!) the music.
Zelda is a long-running series (I think this is the 17th game?), so everyone's ideas of what make a Zelda game good are naturally going to be different. They really, really nailed the pacing of this one (everything moves at a really fast clip, and thanks to this, even if you have to go all the way across the overworld to look for something, it's never a drag - which is important, IMO), and the game rarely ever attempts to hold your hand. Sometimes there are little pedestals with icons on them that hint at what items to use -- I'd rather those weren't there, but I think they saw it as a trade-off for being so non-linear (if you don't have all the items with you, you might get stuck wondering what to do forever), but apart from that, the game doesn't really try to help you at all, which is a big, BIG step up from Skyward Sword.
It's a little weird to compare this to Majora's Mask, so I'm kinda nervous that some people are freaking out (in a good way) about my saying this is my fav Zelda since MM.
On the handheld side, I've pretty much loved almost every one apart from Spirit Tracks (didn't even bother playing this as it looked pretty lame; will give it a go someday, tho). LInk's Awakening, the two Oracle games, and especially Minish Cap were all really great IMO.
Your opinions on the series are ridiculously close to my own. Gives me hope that I'll really enjoy the game. I think the main difference is that I think MM is only a perfect game in its second half (the first half is poorly paced), but I'll agree that every game after it has had some kind of weird flaw that has really kept it from shining bright.
Ha, I was just gonna ask him that.
Wow, are you me?? Well, I completed Twilight Princess, but like you nothing has really been a "complete" Zelda experience since Majora's Mask -- which seems funny to say, since in many ways MM is the quirkiest and "least Zelda" Zelda title to date. Yet it hit all the right notes, from satisfying traversal and puzzle-based progression, to an absorbing world and cast of characters wed to intertwining side-quests, to a laser-like focus in its pacing due to the doomsday countdown keeping you (and the game) to task.I think this is a smart way to approach this game. I think anyone who loved ALTTP is going to automatically enjoy this game like 20% more no matter what, thanks to the familiarity of the world and especially (especially!) the music.
Zelda is a long-running series (I think this is the 17th game?), so everyone's ideas of what make a Zelda game good are naturally going to be different. They really, really nailed the pacing of this one (everything moves at a really fast clip, and thanks to this, even if you have to go all the way across the overworld to look for something, it's never a drag - which is important, IMO), and the game rarely ever attempts to hold your hand. Sometimes there are little pedestals with icons on them that hint at what items to use -- I'd rather those weren't there, but I think they saw it as a trade-off for being so non-linear (if you don't have all the items with you, you might get stuck wondering what to do forever), but apart from that, the game doesn't really try to help you at all, which is a big, BIG step up from Skyward Sword.
It's a little weird to compare this to Majora's Mask, so I'm kinda nervous that some people are freaking out (in a good way) about my saying this is my fav Zelda since MM.
On the handheld side, I've pretty much loved almost every one apart from Spirit Tracks (didn't even bother playing this as it looked pretty lame; will give it a go someday, tho). LInk's Awakening, the two Oracle games, and especially Minish Cap were all really great IMO.
Anyway, went off on a tangent there, but bringing it back to Majora's Mask - that game felt really complete to me, and had no major flaws. Great world, great dungeons (not enough of them, but it felt OK given the unique gameplay systems), great story, great music, etc. A Link Between Worlds also feels complete to me. Would've been nice had the overall game flow not mirrored ALTTP quite so much, and yes, maybe the dungeons could've been a little longer (or just higher in number), but on the whole, it felt very complete and very satisfying. Definitely a big step in the right direction for the series.
I'll shut up now. Hope you guys enjoy the game as much as I did! Five more days!
Nothing has lived up the high bar set by MM, but everything about ALBW looks like a return to form. I'm most excited about the strong pacing and the sense of mystery and adventure that comes with the ability to tackle dungeons in any order. Even the basic moment-to-moment gameplay looks like a massive improvement, with punchier combat and quicker movement and minimal tedium thanks to streamlining like stamina-regulated arrows and bombs. The dungeons demoed to the press (and shown to us readers) had a near-constant loop of combat, traversal and puzzle-solving, adding layers of complexity with each new room and approaching the dungeon from all angles (literally so with the wall-merging mechanic). I'm pumped!
I've read the most negative reviews and I think I can understand where they're coming from. It feels to me like this is a case where the whole is greater than the sum of its parts, again thanks to that ethereal quality of pacing and progression that ties everything together so well. I don't have any nostalgia for ALttP beyond the stormy night intro, but I appreciate this game revisiting such a cherished framework and inverting its structure in such bold new ways.
Can't wait! Between this and Mario, Nov. 22 will be amazing!
Could you get that on youtube, btw?
equippedwithtowel
Member
There's always one.
Go listen to the Wall
Then drop it because it's overlong and adolescent, and bask in the glory that is Animals and Wish You Were Here
Hey, no dark sarcasm in the classroom!
I think this is a smart way to approach this game. I think anyone who loved ALTTP is going to automatically enjoy this game like 20% more no matter what, thanks to the familiarity of the world and especially (especially!) the music.
Zelda is a long-running series (I think this is the 17th game?), so everyone's ideas of what make a Zelda game good are naturally going to be different. They really, really nailed the pacing of this one (everything moves at a really fast clip, and thanks to this, even if you have to go all the way across the overworld to look for something, it's never a drag - which is important, IMO), and the game rarely ever attempts to hold your hand. Sometimes there are little pedestals with icons on them that hint at what items to use -- I'd rather those weren't there, but I think they saw it as a trade-off for being so non-linear (if you don't have all the items with you, you might get stuck wondering what to do forever), but apart from that, the game doesn't really try to help you at all, which is a big, BIG step up from Skyward Sword.
It's a little weird to compare this to Majora's Mask, so I'm kinda nervous that some people are freaking out (in a good way) about my saying this is my fav Zelda since MM.
On the handheld side, I've pretty much loved almost every one apart from Spirit Tracks (didn't even bother playing this as it looked pretty lame; will give it a go someday, tho). LInk's Awakening, the two Oracle games, and especially Minish Cap were all really great IMO.
Anyway, went off on a tangent there, but bringing it back to Majora's Mask - that game felt really complete to me, and had no major flaws. Great world, great dungeons (not enough of them, but it felt OK given the unique gameplay systems), great story, great music, etc. A Link Between Worlds also feels complete to me. Would've been nice had the overall game flow not mirrored ALTTP quite so much, and yes, maybe the dungeons could've been a little longer (or just higher in number), but on the whole, it felt very complete and very satisfying. Definitely a big step in the right direction for the series.
I'll shut up now. Hope you guys enjoy the game as much as I did! Five more days!
How's Justin Bieber doing these days?
equippedwithtowel
Member
Could have worked in an Animals reference for SM3DW.
OT - Have you heard the news? The Dogs are dead
Lord Ghirahim
Member
105 hours until I get my 3DSXL, and then another 5 hours to get home, charge the thing, and download 685MB of goodness :v
I think this is a smart way to approach this game. I think anyone who loved ALTTP is going to automatically enjoy this game like 20% more no matter what, thanks to the familiarity of the world and especially (especially!) the music.
Zelda is a long-running series (I think this is the 17th game?), so everyone's ideas of what make a Zelda game good are naturally going to be different. They really, really nailed the pacing of this one (everything moves at a really fast clip, and thanks to this, even if you have to go all the way across the overworld to look for something, it's never a drag - which is important, IMO), and the game rarely ever attempts to hold your hand. Sometimes there are little pedestals with icons on them that hint at what items to use -- I'd rather those weren't there, but I think they saw it as a trade-off for being so non-linear (if you don't have all the items with you, you might get stuck wondering what to do forever), but apart from that, the game doesn't really try to help you at all, which is a big, BIG step up from Skyward Sword.
It's a little weird to compare this to Majora's Mask, so I'm kinda nervous that some people are freaking out (in a good way) about my saying this is my fav Zelda since MM.
On the handheld side, I've pretty much loved almost every one apart from Spirit Tracks (didn't even bother playing this as it looked pretty lame; will give it a go someday, tho). LInk's Awakening, the two Oracle games, and especially Minish Cap were all really great IMO.
Anyway, went off on a tangent there, but bringing it back to Majora's Mask - that game felt really complete to me, and had no major flaws. Great world, great dungeons (not enough of them, but it felt OK given the unique gameplay systems), great story, great music, etc. A Link Between Worlds also feels complete to me. Would've been nice had the overall game flow not mirrored ALTTP quite so much, and yes, maybe the dungeons could've been a little longer (or just higher in number), but on the whole, it felt very complete and very satisfying. Definitely a big step in the right direction for the series.
I'll shut up now. Hope you guys enjoy the game as much as I did! Five more days!
brandonh83
Banned
Twilight Princess didn't feel like a "complete experience?" I'm... truly baffled!
peanutbutterlatte
Member
Only two days until everybody can post Majora's Mask "___ days remaining" twenty times per page
dampflokfreund
Banned
Yeah TP was amazing and it has a lot soul. SS had no soul and a unreliable world.
No, he said Wind Waker.
neoism
Member
it doesn't it looks great mostly definitely better in 3D but still a shame they didn't go in a highly styled 2D though
brandonh83
Banned
Dark-Cloudz
Member
Anyone in UKGAF picking the Gold and Black XL? Cheapest I can find is £200 from amazon, which is what it is in dollars in the states... :/
Lord Ghirahim
Member
TP had both
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dampflokfreund
Banned
Question: are there any deaths of friendly NPCs in this game?
@Girahim haha good one!
@Girahim haha good one!
shadyspace
Banned
I think this is a smart way to approach this game. I think anyone who loved ALTTP is going to automatically enjoy this game like 20% more no matter what, thanks to the familiarity of the world and especially (especially!) the music.
Zelda is a long-running series (I think this is the 17th game?), so everyone's ideas of what make a Zelda game good are naturally going to be different. They really, really nailed the pacing of this one (everything moves at a really fast clip, and thanks to this, even if you have to go all the way across the overworld to look for something, it's never a drag - which is important, IMO), and the game rarely ever attempts to hold your hand. Sometimes there are little pedestals with icons on them that hint at what items to use -- I'd rather those weren't there, but I think they saw it as a trade-off for being so non-linear (if you don't have all the items with you, you might get stuck wondering what to do forever), but apart from that, the game doesn't really try to help you at all, which is a big, BIG step up from Skyward Sword.
It's a little weird to compare this to Majora's Mask, so I'm kinda nervous that some people are freaking out (in a good way) about my saying this is my fav Zelda since MM.
On the handheld side, I've pretty much loved almost every one apart from Spirit Tracks (didn't even bother playing this as it looked pretty lame; will give it a go someday, tho). LInk's Awakening, the two Oracle games, and especially Minish Cap were all really great IMO.
Anyway, went off on a tangent there, but bringing it back to Majora's Mask - that game felt really complete to me, and had no major flaws. Great world, great dungeons (not enough of them, but it felt OK given the unique gameplay systems), great story, great music, etc. A Link Between Worlds also feels complete to me. Would've been nice had the overall game flow not mirrored ALTTP quite so much, and yes, maybe the dungeons could've been a little longer (or just higher in number), but on the whole, it felt very complete and very satisfying. Definitely a big step in the right direction for the series.
I'll shut up now. Hope you guys enjoy the game as much as I did! Five more days!
hey my favorite 8-4er is my zelda opinion doppleganger cool
I can echo these impressions. It cannot be stressed enough how fucking good the music is.I think this is a smart way to approach this game. I think anyone who loved ALTTP is going to automatically enjoy this game like 20% more no matter what, thanks to the familiarity of the world and especially (especially!) the music.
Zelda is a long-running series (I think this is the 17th game?), so everyone's ideas of what make a Zelda game good are naturally going to be different. They really, really nailed the pacing of this one (everything moves at a really fast clip, and thanks to this, even if you have to go all the way across the overworld to look for something, it's never a drag - which is important, IMO), and the game rarely ever attempts to hold your hand. Sometimes there are little pedestals with icons on them that hint at what items to use -- I'd rather those weren't there, but I think they saw it as a trade-off for being so non-linear (if you don't have all the items with you, you might get stuck wondering what to do forever), but apart from that, the game doesn't really try to help you at all, which is a big, BIG step up from Skyward Sword.
Anyway, went off on a tangent there, but bringing it back to Majora's Mask - that game felt really complete to me, and had no major flaws. Great world, great dungeons (not enough of them, but it felt OK given the unique gameplay systems), great story, great music, etc. A Link Between Worlds also feels complete to me. Would've been nice had the overall game flow not mirrored ALTTP quite so much, and yes, maybe the dungeons could've been a little longer (or just higher in number), but on the whole, it felt very complete and very satisfying. Definitely a big step in the right direction for the series.
I'll shut up now. Hope you guys enjoy the game as much as I did! Five more days!
Pink Floyd's "Another Brick in the Wall"
TP had both
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I like you.
brandonh83
Banned
Yea but who listens to Neiteio
Good point! I'm kidding Neiteio. Sort of.
I guess I'm one of the lucky few who finds most of the main Zelda games to be phenomenal and TP and SS are no fucking exception. SS is by far the strongest entry to me when it comes to narrative and emotion, and it had killer dungeons and bosses as well. I love how much stuff it explained too.
Majora's Mask is actually the one that I can't get into. I love the atmosphere and the dungeons were okay, but after finally finishing it a couple of years ago, I still found myself not liking the time mechanic; I don't like to be in a hurry in these games. That wasn't the sole reason I didn't love the game or anything, but while people love the story in that game I feel like it's just sort of utterly pointless. I didn't get into the skull kid or Majora plot and I had no connection to Termina so I didn't really care what happened to it.