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Zelda Wind Waker HD will have a "more Challenging mode"
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granabanana
Banned
my wind waker baton has just got hard.
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WrenchNinja
Member
Hopefully it's harder than Skyward Sword's Hero mode or Ocarina of Time 3D's Master Quest. Cause those weren't very hard.
I recently replayed WW, and yeah, the game is just way too easy. The combat is pretty easy in all the 3D Zeldas, but the dungeon and puzzle designs in WW really set it apart as the easiest one for me. If there is a hard mode, I hope it includes some reworked level design. Not holding my breath for that though. It'll probably just alter Link's and/or the enemies' damage outputs.
If it is just double/reduced damage given/taken then i dont see what the fuss is but if it can increase the challenge in a satisfying way i am game
foxuzamaki
Doesn't read OPs, especially not his own
Ohhh now this is interesting
Mauricio_Magus
Banned
how will it be more difficult, you'll receive more damage?
more damage
more enemies
more frequent ocean encounters
mirrored mode
scatter the islands
rotate everything
Wolf Dawgz
Member
Probably be like Master Quest on 3DS. You'll have to beat the normal mode, then unlock the mode
GrotesqueBeauty
Banned
Hmm, hope it's unlocked from the get-go. I'm calling it now- it'll still be too easy, or else they'll overcompensate and make it hard in some unnecessarily tedious way. I don't trust Nintendo to properly balance the difficulty in Zelda games anymore, even as a tacked on mode. It'd be nice to be wrong though.
A Dark Souls mode, where even basic Chus can kill you if you get greedy with your attacks, and where upon dying you drop all of your rupees, which you must reclaim by getting back to the spot where you dropped them, without dying a second time. Rupees are used to "enable" Pieces of Heart, so without them, the Pieces of Heart and Heart Containers you collect won't expand your health. Also, people can invade your game as Shadow Link and try to kill you.
Pop-O-Matic
Banned
Normal mode is going to be updated with Skyward Sword levels of hand holding, and "Hard" mode is just going to be the original game.
anonymous_abc
Member
is it still too early to hope for a PS/ONE port?
QuantumBro
Banned
Don't forget Master Quest for OoT 3d was not unlocked at the start, will likely be the same for WWHD.
Just gotta ask Nintendo nicely enough.
is it still too early to hope for a PS/ONE port?
Just gotta ask Nintendo nicely enough.
Pop-O-Matic
Banned
is it still too early to hope for a PS/ONE port?
As this is probably the WiiU's swan song, it'll probably be ported 6 months after release, like Sonic Adventure 2.
EmCeeGramr
Member
You used to put effort into this
Pop-O-Matic
Banned
Actually, I didn't.
tiggerkiddo
Member
They will let you buy an early unlock just for kicks.
Yeah, no. Just no.
I'd probably buy that.
is it still too early to hope for a PS/ONE port?
You're on GAF guys, behave.
EmCeeGramr
Member
Yeah you're right
Vermillion
Banned
Intriguing~
TheCongressman1
Member
True talk, the next Zelda game needs invasions of some kind. It could be optional at the start of a game file, but yeah.
There's really no reason NOT to do an island swap for this. Call it the Second Quest or whatever.
I always thought that a good way to make Zelda harder would be to disable the optional (and even not optional maybe) weapon/armor upgrades, like, have them still be in the game, but change their effects to something like more rupees or whatever.
Though, I'm not really sure if damage recalculation will actually make WW any harder. The combat is just inherently easy, it would require a complete rewrite to get anywhere with it. Might as well just embrace that combat is inconsequential and add content instead.
I always thought that a good way to make Zelda harder would be to disable the optional (and even not optional maybe) weapon/armor upgrades, like, have them still be in the game, but change their effects to something like more rupees or whatever.
Though, I'm not really sure if damage recalculation will actually make WW any harder. The combat is just inherently easy, it would require a complete rewrite to get anywhere with it. Might as well just embrace that combat is inconsequential and add content instead.
joffocakes
Member
Lovely. I'd definitely be up for a harder quest, since it was pretty easy for someone familiar with Ocarina of Time. I do hope it's unlocked from the start. If not, I hope the photo side quest stuff doesn't reset when you start playing through it again.
Such a wonderful game. Even if there weren't updates to the gameplay I'd have been more than happy to play through it again. First time round I played in japanese, which I don't understand at all, so it'll be a new experience just playing it in a language I understand.
I still haven't played Spirit Tracks or Skyward Sword. I've probably got time to do that before October.
Such a wonderful game. Even if there weren't updates to the gameplay I'd have been more than happy to play through it again. First time round I played in japanese, which I don't understand at all, so it'll be a new experience just playing it in a language I understand.
I still haven't played Spirit Tracks or Skyward Sword. I've probably got time to do that before October.
abstract alien
Member
I don't know about the shadow link part (lmao, I like it though), the rest of that sounds outstanding though.
timetokill
Banned
Wind Waker being the easiest Zelda game by far, this is great news.
Why would they port it to a system released in the year 2000?is it still too early to hope for a PS/ONE port?
You lucky guy.
akidnamededdy
Banned
I will take literally anything. I LOVE Wind Waker for its setting and it's story but Jesus the combat is soooooooooo easy.
Dion Blaster
Member
Was Master Quest need to be unlocked in OoT 3DS?
Cool, hopefully never again a quarter-heart damage attack will be seen. Not expecting them to really remix the combat though, Aonuma's previous comments haven't given me confidence in that, and that is really what Wind Waker would need. Fighting with enemy weapons is cool but never, ever that useful since the QTE attack solves most problems without effort. Making combat more varied would fix a large hole in one of the many half baked executions of awesome concepts the game has.
In contrast, I'm just expecting this likely locked-until-completion option to raise the damage output and health of enemies or something.
In contrast, I'm just expecting this likely locked-until-completion option to raise the damage output and health of enemies or something.