victreeb3l
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This was during the "Beyond the Plateau" segment of Treehouse: https://youtu.be/dar1t_L2wBk
Its around the 23 minute mark or so. Must watch.
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Zelda Wii U - Recap of 5 hours gameplay stream
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This was during the "Beyond the Plateau" segment of Treehouse: https://youtu.be/dar1t_L2wBk
Its around the 23 minute mark or so. Must watch.
TheCongressman1
Member
That's ok, a lot of games let you opt out of Miiverse stuff like that. I just hope they do something to make towns lively. If that means writing a good bit of dialogue for villagers, then do that.
Looks like a different paraglider design? Looks like we can customize / upgrade the paraglider? So many options in this game... not to mention the samurai topknot and cool outfit he's got on.
TheCongressman1
Member
It's the same one.
MrPhiliasfrog
Member
Maybe I'm wrong, but they look identical.
Admiral Woofington
Member
Especially when the game looks as finished ad it is.
Skel1ingt0n
I can't *believe* these lazy developers keep making file sizes so damn large. Btw, how does technology work?
That's incredible.
I wonder why Bill emphasized so much that the horse is useful early on. It's probably because of fast travel through towers or something but maybe there's another
flying
Well...I'm sure GameXplain will provide an EPIC Analysis video of whatever's been shown/talked about so far.
Omega Kirby
Member
I think Nintendo are catching on that an incredible ai, makes a game far more enjoyable than wasting manpower and efforts in more bells and whistles graphics
Really love the moment to moment gameplay, much like MGSV, that allows you to tell your own stories. Chico was putting in work during the treehouse.
https://fat.gfycat.com/GroundedGreedyAnemone.webm
Laughed out loud after seeing her give up using the arrows.
https://fat.gfycat.com/GroundedGreedyAnemone.webm
Laughed out loud after seeing her give up using the arrows.
It's me, but stronger.
Aldric
Member
I agree. l don't like Skyward Sword but l though the OST was fantastic and highly underrated. The character is so unpopular it's not given the credit it deserves but Fi's theme is easily one of the best songs in the entire series.
Holy crap.
I mean, I watched this during the stream, but seeing it again, just Holy shit.
We need gifs of those large expansive areas.
You can see a closer view of the floating island at 25:00.
Reminds of the Radiant AI stories of Oblivion back in 2005 - in the end it was nerfed a lot.
got daaamn. this game won't cease to amaze
you're getting it. With all the interaction we can do with the world, I really hope we have a good amount of interactive side quests that really push your involvement with the world. There's just so much things they could do with side quests, I hope they don't skimp out like a few past Zeldas.
robertsan21
Member
I wonder why we dont have any Direct feed videos from Gamersyde yet..
I hate the compression loss in youtube videos.
I hate the compression loss in youtube videos.
Meesh
Member
Man, just reading this I had the strangest feeling we're on the threshold of a new gaming pop culture aesthetic, Sheikahpunk. Everything powered and designed around the Sheikah people's artistic/technological/supernatural(?) artifacts and structures. Could be a thing
It's the only appropriate response. People read something on the Internet and quickly lose common sense.
robertsan21
Member
The breath of the wild seems to have been getting 100% of nintendos resources in game development time and money. they said over 100 temples, the map look huge and tons of stuff to do, towns maybe even larger city?
crafting is in the game? confirmed or just rumored ?
The hype is real and I just cant wait to play this beast of a game. Please dont disappoint.
crafting is in the game? confirmed or just rumored ?
The hype is real and I just cant wait to play this beast of a game. Please dont disappoint.
One of those traditions I hope they break with.
Moments hunter
Neo Member
Stamina upgrades: watch ProJared video. He asked somebody about it and the response was yes.
Also in one of the Treehouse videos about hunting they cooked Stamina potion and mentioned there will be other types of potions - for attack, stamina and stealth... and resistance potions.
those were wild 9 minutes
When you put it this way, I think the only game to rival this 'endless unique experience' aspect in the near future will be No Man's Sky. Specifically the bolded. Obviously NMS's mechanics aren't as fluid as Zelda: BotW's, but in terms of there being countless unique scenarios and many approaches to each – along with oober sharable unique content – there's a parallel there. Like Streamers/fans will be sharing endless new planets from NMS, and with Zelda they'll be sharing endless unique ways to tackle puzzles, encounters and dungeons (as well as all the secrets no-doubt hidden in the game).
The adventures offered by videogaming today are becoming next-level, guys. Absolutely next-level.
Falcs
Banned
Just watched a video where someone is straight up climbing the wall of the Temple of Time...
Really?? So Link is Peter Parker now??
I mean, I like how open and free this game looks, but I thinks that's just too much. It's too much freedom. There doesn't seem to be any boundaries at all. You can spiderman your way up anything!
Really?? So Link is Peter Parker now??
I mean, I like how open and free this game looks, but I thinks that's just too much. It's too much freedom. There doesn't seem to be any boundaries at all. You can spiderman your way up anything!
D
Deleted member 10571
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You can't, there are unclimbable walls already in one of the first mini-dungeons.
Falcs
Banned
Oh really? Ha, ok. Well that's good to hear. I should probably watch more footage then...
Carry on...
Lord_Byron28
Member
So after seeing some of BotW and Aonuma's comments here is my fanfictiony theory:
Game takes place a hundred years after OOT in the Fallen Link timeline. This game is meant to parallel WW and TP. After Link fails, the Sheikah army attacks. Zelda and the sages escape and they somehow get Link to a restoration pod. The Sheikah robot army battles against Ganon and his forces. However, Ganon has the entire triforce so he is unstoppable and becomes Calamity Ganon (essentially as powerful as Demise). The sea levels begin to rise like what happened in WW. Zelda and the seven sages seal Ganon in Hyrule Castle and Zelda enters a 1000 year slumber like Hylia and SS Zelda did to contain Demise. The sea levels then began to recede after Ganon was contained. OoT Zelda is the "first Zelda" that was asleep for a long time in a hidden tower in Zelda 2. The Old Man is actually Zelda's brother referred to in Zelda 2 as well. He betrayed Zelda to Ganon and felt a lot of guilt and shame for his actions that haunted him the rest of his life. Due to his guilt, he abandoned his identity and royal bloodline and he is now a spirit that wanders Hyrule until his sister is awakened. Sheik does return in the game and she is Zelda as well. However, this Zelda is the great granddaughter of the prince and the first female of his descendants. It would explain the backstory of how there was that Zelda that was asleep for a long time in Zelda 2, in addition to the other Zelda in the original. Ocarina of Time will be the musical instrument for the game. The Great Plateau is where castle town used to be. If you pay attention to the wall structure along the perimeter, the exact same temple of time, and general proximity to Hyrule Castle, I'd say signs point to this being Castle Town from OoT. The Koroks are likely related to some sidequests where you get some sort of reward from the Deku Tree for finding and sending the Koroks on their way back home. Kokiri just evolve into Koroks in response to a post-Apocalyptic Hyrule. Zora survived since they are in ALTTP and ALBW. Gorons could've moved to a different mountain range. There are 8 towns and they are named after the 8 OoT sages since those sages helped save the world and it'd be a callback to Zelda 2.
Game takes place a hundred years after OOT in the Fallen Link timeline. This game is meant to parallel WW and TP. After Link fails, the Sheikah army attacks. Zelda and the sages escape and they somehow get Link to a restoration pod. The Sheikah robot army battles against Ganon and his forces. However, Ganon has the entire triforce so he is unstoppable and becomes Calamity Ganon (essentially as powerful as Demise). The sea levels begin to rise like what happened in WW. Zelda and the seven sages seal Ganon in Hyrule Castle and Zelda enters a 1000 year slumber like Hylia and SS Zelda did to contain Demise. The sea levels then began to recede after Ganon was contained. OoT Zelda is the "first Zelda" that was asleep for a long time in a hidden tower in Zelda 2. The Old Man is actually Zelda's brother referred to in Zelda 2 as well. He betrayed Zelda to Ganon and felt a lot of guilt and shame for his actions that haunted him the rest of his life. Due to his guilt, he abandoned his identity and royal bloodline and he is now a spirit that wanders Hyrule until his sister is awakened. Sheik does return in the game and she is Zelda as well. However, this Zelda is the great granddaughter of the prince and the first female of his descendants. It would explain the backstory of how there was that Zelda that was asleep for a long time in Zelda 2, in addition to the other Zelda in the original. Ocarina of Time will be the musical instrument for the game. The Great Plateau is where castle town used to be. If you pay attention to the wall structure along the perimeter, the exact same temple of time, and general proximity to Hyrule Castle, I'd say signs point to this being Castle Town from OoT. The Koroks are likely related to some sidequests where you get some sort of reward from the Deku Tree for finding and sending the Koroks on their way back home. Kokiri just evolve into Koroks in response to a post-Apocalyptic Hyrule. Zora survived since they are in ALTTP and ALBW. Gorons could've moved to a different mountain range. There are 8 towns and they are named after the 8 OoT sages since those sages helped save the world and it'd be a callback to Zelda 2.
Only fair since Spidey has gone Sony exclusive.
robertsan21
Member
as already mentioned above, walls that cant be climbed. You also have a stamina meter so you cant just climb and climb. Guess we can upgrade the stamina as we progress the game. Walls that you couldnt climb early on is climbable later on when you have more stamina.
I love how much they took this 1:1 from Shadow of the Colossus.
Zelda > Shadow of the Colossus > Zelda
The Temple of Time area is definitely the remains of Ocarina's Castle Town. Aside from the clear similarity of the temple itself, you can see the same layout of parts of the town in the ruins as they walk around the area in the videos. There's the path from the temple to the town square, where you see the central fountain's remains. Hyrule castle (or whatever it is now) isn't as close to the remains as in Ocarina, but there was always a field between the castle and town, which would of course be bigger now that the map is so much larger.
None of the videos I've seen have gotten a good look at the area that they note looks to have old banners flying in the wind, so I'm not sure where it was exactly positionally, but I imagine during the game we'll find out about the battle that was waged there, and possibly see a cutscene showing the army that was there. If there's a video that has a closer look at the banners it could probably be determined, but until then I assume them to be banners of Ganon's army from when it lay siege to Hyrule Castle and/or Castle Town.
I forget which timeline is which, but so far it would appear that Link lost against Ganon and was put into stasis to heal and/or be revived. I will guess that the land was not flooded though, because Link was still technically alive, and Ganon was imprisoned in Hyrule Castle - presumably by Zelda/the Sages. The hardest part to fit in all this I think is the Sheikah technology, as we've never seen the Sheikah on such a scale before, either in technology or numbers. The Guardian remains might be relics of the imprisoning war, and the whole game might be an expansion of what little we knew about that war, like someone else theorized. The technology is clearly Sheikah, and the positioning of their remains seems like they were attacking Hyrule Castle/Castle Town after it had been conquered by Ganon. So I will guess that they were part of a counterattack by the forces of Hyrule under Zelda, holding Ganon and his forces back long enough to set up the barrier. I liked the idea someone posted that the Guardians attack Link because they are set to hone in on and attack anyone who has part of the Triforce. Zelda presumably lost her piece to Ganon, but Link might still have his.
The old man will probably turn out to be one of the sages, like there was an old man/sage in Ocarina. He is possibly the last sage still living, or just the one that was left to watch over the area, the seal on the castle, and Link's revival. If he is the last one, that could also be used to talk about how the seal on the castle and ganon's powers is weakening/almost gone.
The main dungeons could be places again where Link rescues other sages that have been captured by Ganon's forces, which fought to destroy the barrier, or instead (especially if the rumoured lower number of dungeons is true) might be Link obtaining artifacts that were used to create the barrier, and help contain Ganon's power to a more easily beaten state. If you are able to go and fight Ganon right from the start, then it might be like a Lavos situation where he is overwhelming yet some experienced players might be able to beat him, at least after figuring out the game. There might be different endings too, based on how much you have completed: straight to the end with no or incomplete numbers of the dungeons finished, and Ganon is weakened and possibly ejected from the castle but not banished; complete all the dungeons etc. first, and the ending is Ganon getting banished to the Sacred Realm.
Other than storyline theorizing, it'll be interesting to see how many Ocarina of Time locations are identifiable. I can't find it now, but I swear I saw a brief clip of the desert-y canyon area that looked like the old Gerudo fortress with windows/buildings built into a cliff face. Edit: Actually - maybe it was that shot seen above where Link has the samurai outfit and hair. People seem to focus on him in the picture, but you can see the buildings in the cliff face in the background.
Probably old news, but anyone notice the skull-shaped lake in the upper right part of the map?
Excited to explore the whole thing! 9 months...ugh.
None of the videos I've seen have gotten a good look at the area that they note looks to have old banners flying in the wind, so I'm not sure where it was exactly positionally, but I imagine during the game we'll find out about the battle that was waged there, and possibly see a cutscene showing the army that was there. If there's a video that has a closer look at the banners it could probably be determined, but until then I assume them to be banners of Ganon's army from when it lay siege to Hyrule Castle and/or Castle Town.
I forget which timeline is which, but so far it would appear that Link lost against Ganon and was put into stasis to heal and/or be revived. I will guess that the land was not flooded though, because Link was still technically alive, and Ganon was imprisoned in Hyrule Castle - presumably by Zelda/the Sages. The hardest part to fit in all this I think is the Sheikah technology, as we've never seen the Sheikah on such a scale before, either in technology or numbers. The Guardian remains might be relics of the imprisoning war, and the whole game might be an expansion of what little we knew about that war, like someone else theorized. The technology is clearly Sheikah, and the positioning of their remains seems like they were attacking Hyrule Castle/Castle Town after it had been conquered by Ganon. So I will guess that they were part of a counterattack by the forces of Hyrule under Zelda, holding Ganon and his forces back long enough to set up the barrier. I liked the idea someone posted that the Guardians attack Link because they are set to hone in on and attack anyone who has part of the Triforce. Zelda presumably lost her piece to Ganon, but Link might still have his.
The old man will probably turn out to be one of the sages, like there was an old man/sage in Ocarina. He is possibly the last sage still living, or just the one that was left to watch over the area, the seal on the castle, and Link's revival. If he is the last one, that could also be used to talk about how the seal on the castle and ganon's powers is weakening/almost gone.
The main dungeons could be places again where Link rescues other sages that have been captured by Ganon's forces, which fought to destroy the barrier, or instead (especially if the rumoured lower number of dungeons is true) might be Link obtaining artifacts that were used to create the barrier, and help contain Ganon's power to a more easily beaten state. If you are able to go and fight Ganon right from the start, then it might be like a Lavos situation where he is overwhelming yet some experienced players might be able to beat him, at least after figuring out the game. There might be different endings too, based on how much you have completed: straight to the end with no or incomplete numbers of the dungeons finished, and Ganon is weakened and possibly ejected from the castle but not banished; complete all the dungeons etc. first, and the ending is Ganon getting banished to the Sacred Realm.
Other than storyline theorizing, it'll be interesting to see how many Ocarina of Time locations are identifiable. I can't find it now, but I swear I saw a brief clip of the desert-y canyon area that looked like the old Gerudo fortress with windows/buildings built into a cliff face. Edit: Actually - maybe it was that shot seen above where Link has the samurai outfit and hair. People seem to focus on him in the picture, but you can see the buildings in the cliff face in the background.
Probably old news, but anyone notice the skull-shaped lake in the upper right part of the map?
Excited to explore the whole thing! 9 months...ugh.
TOO BAD WALUIGI TIME
Tough shit. You wanna play this? Buy a Nintendo console. The only thing more annoying than port-begging is Nintendo-third-party-begging.
LegendofLex
Member
Nintendo likes money.
People always say they really like Nintendo's games, but that they don't want to pay for them.
Reality is, if Nintendo's games were really that good, they'd be valuable enough to pay the asking price for.
There is ore in this game, and several ore descriptions mention imbuing weapons with certain attributes.
Lol I have enough money to buy 100 NX and not think twice, what I mean is Nintendos consoles are always stuck in the technological stone age.............
robertsan21
Member
NICE! this game keeps getting better and better.
I didnt buy the Wii U, found the Wii to be fun the first couple of months then it just started gathering dust. I have given up on Nintendo until now, I will get the NX for this game, and if its the only NX game I will buy then so be it.
LegendofLex
Member
...and? If the games are quality games, they're quality games. They don't magically become more quality if they're on cutting edge hardware; that's all up to the design of the game.
In terms of power, yes. But not in terms of control schemes and gameplay.
It's a valid complaint, don't front.
uhhh yeh, but after playing the witcher 3 in 4K on PC and looking at games like god of war or horizon zero dawn its jarring.
Zelda looks like a fantastic game but the low resolution and the pop in were horrible, like some objects only meters away before they popped into the screen. I just hope the NX version is a native 1080.