Official site:
https://www.nintendo.co.jp/zelda/
Sonygaf collection of all the screenshots
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1233899
The full-map revealed:
http://www.eggplante.com/2016/06/14/full-zelda-breath-of-the-wild-map-revealed-roughly-360-square-kilometres/
Nintendo says it's 12 times the size of Twilight Princess
http://www.ign.com/articles/2016/06/14/e3-2016-zelda-breath-of-the-wildas-open-world-is-12-times-bigger-than-twilight-princess
Story details
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGXg0KTgbY0&feature=youtu.be&t=11m18s [Embed]
Aonuma on Rupees. the title, and more
http://gonintendo.com/stories/259641-ign-zelda-botw-aonuma-on-getting-lost-rupees-subtitle-spec
Sheik spin-off:
http://gamerant.com/zelda-sheik-spinoff-miyamoto/
NX version will have better graphics: https://twitter.com/tomphillipsEG/status/743138601836306432
Nintendo patent in BotW: https://twitter.com/ZhugeEX/status/743203415405248513
Nintendo mystery box: http://m.store.nintendo.co.uk/merch-accessories/nintendo-mystery-box-the-legend-of-zelda-edition/11282171.html?widget_id=265235
BONUS:
Breath of the Wild is learning from Skyward Sword hate
http://www.polygon.com/e3/2016/6/16/11951678/legend-of-zelda-breath-the-wild-skyward-sword-e3-2016-wii-u-nintendo
Aonuma on the Gamepad being a mistake.
http://www.videogamer.com/wiiu/the_legend_of_zelda/news/zelda_director_admits_wii_u_gamepad_disrupts_gameplay.html
any cute trap anons on?
I hate open world games
anon this general isn't going to stay alive for 6 months
What kinds of unique playthroughs are you guys planning? I'm planning to do a naked spear only run and if there are bananas ingame I will only eat those
>>145716360
speedrun
>>145716360
Tin Man with a Heart of Gold
I will don full iron suit, and dual shields, and I will not kill a soul.
How will I get through the snowy parts in an iron suit? I will either:
A. Use the Fire Rod to create a clear zone of burning shrubbery.
B. Create a campfire, and warm up my suit and then run through those parts like a human torch, after ingesting something to give me heat resistance.
In both cases, I will reset the entire game if I inadvertently kill anything in the process.
>>145717124
you still have to kill the final boss
good fucking luck
It's too early to have this general anon
>>145716896
speedruns of this game are going to be super interesting, I hope the speedrunning community picks this game up when it comes out
>>145717278
>final boss is shadow link
>>145717524
No, the final boss is the real Link.
>>145717809
>the voice wasn't talking to you
>you are ganon
>>145717963
>Directed by M. Night Shamwow
>>145717278
Then my mission will become to find a way to beat the game without killing the final boss.
>>145718045
>"good luck" -"vic" Link
what should our first meme be? :)
is there an official release date yet or is it just 2017? I don't know how I'm supposed to wait that long I might die
>>145719567
friendly mountain skeleton
>>145719567
Hylian Heat
Yeah, if you all can go ahead and just post every webm that exists of the game, that'd be swell.
Has anyone translated the any more of the Sheikah text yet?
>>145722207
yeah, look
my dick
>>145722760
I wonder if there'll be real stalfos/children
>>145722207
God damn
>>145714871
Cuck
>>145713740
This.
This right here is why people don't hang out with you /vg/.
>>145722872
I think Stalfos/Stalbabies are two different things.
Stalfos are dead beings revived. Stalbabies are like poes and form from the bones of any dead.
Have they released a release date yet?
Also the ground looks kinda ugly in all of the webms, i'm scared what they showed in official videos so far were the NX version
If emulation gets better or NX turns out to be puppies and sunshine I'll actually be getting this game. What I've seen of it makes me smile.
So apparently you can sell swag for money in this game
But I haven't seen any sort of shop or town in the previews
>>145734570
no bully
>>145734356
They removed all NPCs (except for Old Man and the Sheikah monks) and town/s from the demo.
Actually, I wonder how they'll tackle the towns in this game (since there's got to be more than the usual 2). Guessing Castle Town won't be in, but maybe they'll go Zelda II on everyone's ass and bring back Darunia Town and Kasuto and such.
>>145741895
That makes sense
>>145741895
I would love for them to do real towns. The game from the demo seems dead, but its the demo so its expected. I just want a living, breathing Zelda.
>>145741895
I have a feeling each sector will have at least one major settlement in it, but I think it's more likely they'll pull from more than just Zelda 2 for naming them.
Towns like Windfall, Outset, Ordon, Skyloft, or even obscure places like Village of the Blue Maiden or Animal Village could make an appearance. (Fingers crossed that Clock Town bullshits its way in.)
>>145713334
Thanks for making this general, OP. Now I can actually follow a thread and still do work.
>>145741895
Maybe they'll have new settlements, like a tree-top village of Skull Kids in the forest, or if we get the ability to breathe underwater we could have an underwater Zora city.
>>145748797
>find random hole in the ground
>leads you to Clock Town just like you remember it
Am i the only one to think the game looks pretty bad?
I mean sure we've seen a few good places but overall everything looks blurry especially from afar
>>145713334
>everything looks blurry especially from afar
Just like in real life.
What the hell is the Shrine of Resurrection and why does Link wake up there?
Anyone else notice how everything is clearly in the past tense, as if Link was knowingly buried in this place with his clothing for the intent of reawakening? The clothes he gets are so short that both his bare midriff and ankles are showing, making it seem like if Link was buried naked but with his clothing next to him, he must have been younger at the time. Link literally "grew" inside the Shrine. Not to mention his title shot resembles a drawing from the original Legend of Zelda game, and the whole game design seems to draw from the idea of going back to the roots of what Zelda was (open ended, exploratory gameplay).
Any theories as to where Breath of the Wild falls into the timeline? Clearly the Koroks and Temple of Time is present.
>>145758241
Pre-WW, or a brand new timeline, or a merging of everything.
Take your pick.
am I the only one who believes the Deku Trees planted in Wind Waker have something to do with Hyrule rising from the ocean again?
They did say forests would grow around the Deku Trees, so that would mean land should rise up I guess
>>145758241
>seeds
pic related
>>145758528
I'm personally thinking of a Post-WW (post Phantom Hourglass more specifically)
The temple of time is there because it was (lore-wise, since it's after OOT) in WW.
The korok are there from WW, and the blue tunic comes from WW (speaking of which they haven't shown the blue tunic in the demo)
>>145760326
I believe it's without a doubt after WW, but not in new Hyrule, because the Temple of Time is there like you said.
I've only seen people who say that it's after Twilight Princess defend themselves by saying that the bridge is from Lake Hylia, but they're different bridges and they can be in different timelines
unlike the Koroks
I'm hoping we see Deku Tree(s) in this game so damn much
and I hope you get to climb right to the top of the fucker
and I hope Rito Postmen are at Death Mountain too
I just want the WW races/tribes to not be exclusive to that game
also I may be reaching, but the top of Ganon's Tower looks similar to the designs of the Ancient Relics, but that could just be because of how it's meant to be a wind pattern
>>145760326
>>145760797
>implying it's more likely for it to be Hyrule after waters have receded vs. ruined Hyrule about to get the coup de grace and go underwater.
>>145761017
I've wanted a game like that for years but
"Once upon a time, long ago, the Koroks took on human forms, but when they came to live on the sea, they took these shapes. Now they fear people... but to me, they will ever be my cherished little children."
— Great Deku Tree
>>145761127
Fuck. Well, there goes that theory.
>>145761245
if they ever do a spin off, even if they copy paste sections of this map, for a simple Sheikah game, where you fight against Ganon's army before the entirety of Hyrule is submerged beneath the ocean, after you've secured the Tri-Force and make a wish to the Gods
that would be great
but the fact there's not hero in that time makes me believe that it'd need to be a spinoff, which is sad
imagine a Zelda Chronicles game, where they just do a bunch of short games, based on different established backstories like the people banished to the Twilight Realm or the land on Earth before Skyloft was created
>>145718154
just parry
manslaughter the boss, by making his own actions kill him
>>145719772
I can't believe I seen that fuck, when I was watching the trailer for the first time in the stream then forgot to mention it completely, when hardly anybody had talked about it
I'm fucking pumped for all of the bosses in this game, but I hope they're just minibosses so dungeons have creative enemies also and not just bigger versions of the rock guy or something
>>145722207
do you think the gears and screws that the Ancient Relics drop will be really valuable, in terms of uses and not just how many rupees you can get from them? I'm hoping the crafting system is good, since I want to make a sword from meteorite
>>145717351
There have been like 2 dozen Breath of the Wild threads on "normal" /v/ for the past couple of hours. /vg/ was created precisely to create one thread for a game that was getting a whole bunch on /v/.
>>145762117
pretty much, once the thread calm on /v/ we'll probably see an increase of posting in this general too
>>145762328
He also forgets that there aren't thirty years of Zelda to talk about.
>>145753434
The game looks fine.
>>145758241
>the outlook peak from Breath of the Wild is actually the peak in the Zelda 1 artwork.
Mind = Blown.
GUYS. What if you make it off the plateau and find your first townand it's modern day
Sony's president wants to play Breath of the Wild and can't wait for the release.
http://wholesomegamer.com/2016/06/16/playstations-shuhei-yoshida-says-hes-excited-zelda-e3-stage/
>>145763781
Is this from the demo or released footage by nintendo?
the footages released by nintendo do tend to look better and i've seen some screenshots that clearly didn't look fine, regardless of compression or not
>>145764534
Looks like it's from Kotaku. Someone blew up the image a little though. Prob to fit a wallpaper.
http://www.kotaku.com.au/2016/06/all-the-ways-in-which-zelda-breath-of-the-wild-looks-incredible/
>>145764534
By Nintendo.
Compression is what is making the visuals bad, the trailer AND people recording from the TV both look great. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FY0i9OL96-E
MEME MAGIC
>>145765849
Damn, I was about to post this.
So let's pool together all that we know about the game's timeline placement.
1. The statue of Hylia from Skyward Sword is in the game in the Temple of Time.
2. Rock salt from the "ancient sea."
3. Koroks from Wind Waker are back.
4. Eastern Abbey is next to the Forest of Spirits.
5. Spectacle Rock from NES Zelda.
6. Calamity Ganon took over only 100 years ago.
7. A floating sky ship.
8. Sheikah are prominent.
9. The royal family is referred to in the description for the blue tunic.
I know where the game takes place, but I want to see if you guys figure it out.
>>145765849
>>145765934
Why? Is this from /v/ or some other site?
>>145766238
Someone managed to decipher the text and translate the sheikah writing. I first saw it on youtube. I figured this general would have fun wracking their brains with it.
I'm curious if we'll have underwater exploration
We have to right? I kinda like the lakebed temple location being so deep underwater.
>>145766476
>go into the sea
>it's as deep as the Great Plateau and the rest of the world is high.
>>145766552
that would make my dick diamonds but we would need some sort of underwater mount and item
>>145766110
I don't understand what you mean by number 4
>>145766110
I actually do not have the slightest idea.
>>145766657
You can't see Eastern Abbey, but in ALttP and more obviously in ALBW, the Eastern Palace is next to a forest. But that may not be what I'm referring to, by mentioning it, because in the ALttP guide, it says that it was once a former Hyrule Castle.
Are they the same? That's for you to speculate.
>>145766476
You know, I just noticed something.
The only 3D, mainline Zelda that didn't have any sort of underwater whatsoever was also the only 3D, mainline Zelda that took place on the FUCKING OCEAN.
I don't like how opening chests no longer has the classic sound effect and pose.
>>145767450
I say they should save that for big chests.
I don't want it for every small one considering how common they are.
>>145767450
I thought this
I was sad that he doesn't turn around and lift some shit into the air
but like >>145767614 says
I'm hoping big chests are crazy big now or just look extremely unique
Ok, place your bets for how the world borders will be.
>Mountains too high to climb
>Endless sea on horizon
>Invincible monsters
>Invisible walls
>Visible walls
>>145767450
I also do not have much faith in the breakable items. I understand they want to shake up the combat system by forcing you to be familiar with a variety of weapons but it seems mitigated by the massive amount of inventory space Link has. What will happen is that people will farm spears and clubs and spam coast on that while exploring or dungeon diving instead of collecting as you go.
>>145767873
All 4
>>145768024
>All 4
But those are 5.
I'm still annoyed they still have Hylian be English with a different alphabet.
Especially since Zelda was clearly singing in something that definitely wasn't English in Skyward Sword.
en daʃeʋu, no be̞ ʃo̞ndʊ tʏe̞ ʃʊtʊ keuænu sa le̞
>>145768150
Language evolves in history, the Zelda games are so far from eachother the hylian language clearly changed.
>>145734570
I'd like to see your Fire Propagation physics though.
>>145767873
Link explodes into a shower of gore when he crosses the world border.
>>145767873
I'm thinking it's either going to be
>You're just outright forced to go back in the vein of WW
or
>Map loops
>>145768974
whyboner.jpg
>>145768024
Indeed, when Aonuma said he was inspired by dark souls this was the wrong lesson to learn.
>>145767873
I'll put most of my money on a variation of pic related
Or a sandstorm that's too strong to traverse. I doubt it'll pull a Fallout 3 with invisible walls, though.
>>145765667
Are there any other good videos like this (besides the trailer) that don't show compressed visuals?
>>145734570
>>145767315
>Go underwater
>Get fucking murdered by water abominations from hell.
You are forgetting about all the crazy shit in the water man.
>>145764451
NX is a partnership with sony confirmed.
Just what the first playstation was supposed to be
>>145764451
“I just played Zelda! The new Zelda game. You know, open world, and hunting. And I had a bizarre feel, this feels like Horizon. This is a epic, huge game. I can not wait to play Zelda again when it comes out.”
Has anyone found the sheikah eye or z icon on nintendo's e3 page? I just noticed that there were things hidden on the page and today is the final day.
>>145771397
Final day for what?
>>145741895
They didn't remove them, you just can't travel outside the plateau. They explicitly stated that the plateau was just a place overrun with bokoblins, and it's also the smallest region in the game. You'll have to venture out of the tutorial area to find people.
>>145770665
trailer shows Link jumping into water with a spear out
fishing this way got confirmed
but also
probably first game in the series where you can fight with a weapon. whilst swimming
which can also mean
maybe a trident weapon will be found in the lake or the ocean
>>145771058
kek what an asshole, pretty good though
>>145771751
you get my nintendo points for finding hidden items on nintendo's e3 page. 10 for sheikah slate, 20 for sheikah eye, 30 for z icon.
>>145771058
he has also talked about owning the wii u before.
>>145771397
>>145771892
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94XISs8UKlQI literally made a thread about this, so that people will answer it for me and a guy posted this, thanks /v/
>>145768024
You have tiny inventory space, which will likely be upgradeable, and the stick weapons of the plateau are tutorial weapons. I imagine the farther you go out the more durable shit you find.
>>145772025
not sure why I didn't think about youtube. thanks
>>145768024
>massive amount of inventory space Link has
What?
In stream they were constantly dropping weapons to pick up better ones because their inventory was full
>>145772106
I'm thinking blacksmiths will help you to repair them
only with some weapons though, since there are rusted swords and when the Fire Rod broke in the Polygon player's video it stayed in the inventory just without the top third of it, so I'm guessing you can get it repaired. I'm hoping it's at a cost of materials/ores and not just rupees
>>145772131I thought the same exact thing anon
>>145767873
It'll be like the Spider-Man 1 movie game. You run out, flip backwards, and say "I can't let Uncle Ben's killer get away!"
>>145772634
Toby Maguire voices Link for this one line
Am I the only one sensing serious shenanigans in regard to the plot?
Like, it shows you Ganon from the start, and you encounter the Old King really early. Players coming from WW may see the Old King and be inherently trusting.
I don't think the "the Old King is really Ganondorf" thing is legit, but I do question OK's motives. As I also question the nature of the Ganon Calamity.
"Oh, you need to go and beat the only thing keeping me from entering my castle and getting at the Triforce."
I mean, fucking seriously? Am I taking crazy pills?
>>145771878
I was referring to him saying why we didn't go underwater in WW .
I cant take deep sea shit. Its my one weakness in any media.
>>145713334
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTobF2XM3y4
Is Link the most menacing person in Hyrule?
>>145773145
>Is Link the most menacing person in Hyrule?
No.
>>145773298
Fuck. Forgot about that. Hyrule was deserted though, right?
>>145773457
Hyrule proper was in theory deserted. He still sentenced generations to live drinking their own piss and resorting to cannibalism and population culls.
>>145773109
I've met three people who have said that now
one person quit Monster Hunter because he had to hunt something in the water and he got too scaredhttps://youtu.be/Q0uMwRs42PA?t=2328
the ocean isn't that scary
>>145773067
The plot might be more complex than we expect. I mean, they even deleted villages in the demo to avoid spoilers.
>>145773749
I don't think so. I think the Great Plateau is empty in general, vacated in the wake of Calamity Ganon.
You only find villages once you jump off it.
>>145773727
I have seen that.
Im the only person I know with this shit. It ruins what seems like fun game. MH3U didnt give me this though because you can fight the same shit on land as you can in the water so I didnt get the same "OH SHIT" moment. The big underwater dragon eel was cool.
HEY THERE MORONS.
JUST POPPING IN TO REMIND YOU FUCKING RETARDS THAT THERE'S NO WAY THIS GENERAL CAN REMAIN HEALTHY IN THE TIME BETWEEN NOW AND WHEN THE GAME ACTUALLY RELEASES AND THAT ANY TIME THIS GENERAL COULD HAVE HAD AS A SUCCESSFUL AND ENJOYABLE COMMUNITY IS BEING SQUANDERED BY STARTING THIS THREAD SO EARLY.
FUCKING END THE THREADS. STOP POSTING. WAIT UNTIL THE GAME IS MUCH MUCH MUCH CLOSER TO LAUNCHING. SPLATOON GENERAL STARTED BARELY 1 MONTH BEFORE RELEASE AND IT WAS STILL A ROUGH MONTH WHERE THE COMMUNITY AND THREAD ALMOST TURNED TO ROTTEN GARBAGE.
>>145774320
>>145774392
>I'm new to /vg/
>I don't know how these things work
>I'm stupid enough to defend a /vg/ thread that exists more than a year ahead of the release of the game it's focused on
By the time you actually have the game in your hands to play and discuss, this thread will be completely infested by waifufags/trips/cancer and memes. In about a month, you'll run out of stuff from E3 to discuss and you're gonna fill the gap with shitposting and fanart.
It's gonna be terrible.
I've played one Zelda game in my life, but this looks amazing. Kinda wanna play the entire series now
Have an urge to play a Zelda game, but I also need to get through my backlog. As such, debating Darksiders 2. But debating which version of Darksiders 2 to play. Normal or the Deathfinitive Edition. Could stream it. Not sure.
>>145774626
This is basically Zelda General, as there isn't a Zelda General. Plenty of stuff to talk about if people want to wank about Zelda.
>>145774320
Hello, it is very nice of you to be worried about us, but as of right now you are currently the most annoying poster in this thread by immediately insulting us and writing in all caps
please do not disturb any more this general, thank you
>>145775132
>This is basically Zelda General
So then make it into Zelda General. Leave BotW out of the OP. That'd work fine.
>>145775162
>now you are currently the most annoying poster in this thread
I don't give a fuck. I'm annoyed that you guys are so fucking stupid. BotW general seems like an alright idea, but you guys are literally fucking ruining it.
>>145771819
But we've seen the snow zones?
>>145775242
>you guys are literally fucking ruining it
how? So far people have been discussing the game and sharing tidbits of humor, discussing how this game will tie in with the rest.
>>145775567
>how?
I explained. I have a lot of experience with /vg/. I know what I'm talking about.
>By the time you actually have the game in your hands to play and discuss, this thread will be completely infested by waifufags/trips/cancer and memes. In about a month, you'll run out of stuff from E3 to discuss and you're gonna fill the gap with shitposting and fanart.
You cannot have a general thread about a game that hasn't released. The only hope fo rthis thread is to make it a LoZ general.
>>145775242
>I don't give a fuck. I'm annoyed that you guys are so fucking stupid. BotW general seems like an alright idea, but you guys are literally fucking ruining it.
If discussing a game does not fit you you are invited to leave the thread as this thread does not seem to be for you
I do not understand why, by the way, you compare this general to the splatoon general when the two games are extremely different. There is a lot of things to discuss about BotW, may it be the already revelead content or speculating on the story, gameplay mechanics and such.
There is a lot of mystery around the game that splatoon did not have before release.
Oh boy, here comes the usual /vg/ drama. Now I remember why I stick to /v/.
>>145775805
>I do not understand why, by the way, you compare this general to the splatoon general
Because Splatoon even had several open beta demos that we all got a chance to play, and the general was STILL a fucking mess because there wasn't enough stuff to discuss. BotW didn't even have something like the Splatoon Global Testfires where the whole community got a bunch of hands-on time.
>There is a lot of things to discuss about BotW
Not enough to sustain a general thread and all ti's discussions for a year.
>There is a lot of mystery around the game that splatoon did not have before release.
Your experiences with it are finite. The amount of material that exists out there for you to examine is finite. You can't have a healthy general if you're likely to run out of things to discuss in less than a month you dipshit.
It's too soon. You should just stick with threads on /v/ or amend this general to be Legend of Zelda related in the broadest sense.
>>145774320
What the fuck?
dude no one cares about your opinion.
If the general dies, the general dies. No one cares if you're a part of it, you most definitely won't be missed.
>>145776230
>If the general dies, the general dies.
You're a fucking moron. That's not how generals work. If you make one, you're supposed to maintain indefinitely. /vg/ is not a board for throwaway FotM discussions. It's for threads that need a less disruptive home because of the nonstop discussion they engender.
>No one cares if you're a part of it
How fucking stupid must you be to think I care about my own participation? Like that's an important priority for me? To "be part of it"? Get real.
>>145776385
Please, fuck off from whenever you come from and never turn back.
>>145774658
You definitely should. You can emulate pretty much all of them easily and, nostalgia aside, they're all very fun.
>>145776385
>How fucking stupid must you be to think I care about my own participation? Like that's an important priority for me? To "be part of it"? Get real.
So why are you here?
And I meant "dying" not for the thread literally being deleted, rather the discussion within it.
> It's for threads that need a less disruptive home because of the nonstop discussion they engender.
Yet you're the ONLY one being disruptive here.
so what kind of crap do you guys think will be in the Zelda Mystery Box?
>>145776887
>So why are you here?
To encourage this thread to straighten up and fly right by either stopping altogether or broadening it's theme to include Zelda stuff of all sorts. I'd like there to be a healthy general for Breath of the Wild. That can't happen if you guys start a year early and start compiling cancerous memes and tripfriends or whatever.
>And I meant "dying" not for the thread literally being deleted, rather the discussion within it.
I know. I'm saying it's basically shitposting on /vg/ if you try to start a general that you don't intend of maintaining "forever".
>Yet you're the ONLY one being disruptive here.
Yes and? That has nothing to do with the reason that /vg/ exists.
>>145777091
Hopefully at least one game.
>>145777208
>To encourage this thread to straighten up and fly right by either stopping altogether or broadening it's theme to include Zelda stuff of all sorts.
Why do you think you have the audacity to run this thread? Besides, there's absolutely no way to predict how this thread (whether it changes to LoZ general or not) will become in the end. It might be really healthy, positive general, or it might be a cancerous meme spawn pool. But there's no way of knowing until we have a thread.
1. This board is for the posting of video game "general" threads, which are long-term, recurring threads about a specific topic.
Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild sounds like a specific topic to me. But I'd be perfectly fine making it into a LoZ general if it stops people like you from spazzing out thinking you can control everything.
>>145778028
I don't think so
for reference the Mario box had an amiibo, a t shirt, a Mario hat and a pin
so a Link hat maybe
a pin
an amiibo
and a t shirt
seems worthless
I don't understand how it's a mystery box since you can still buy the Mario one
>>145778121
>Why do you think you have the audacity to run this thread?
I don't.
> there's absolutely no way to predict how this thread (whether it changes to LoZ general or not) will become in the end.
Yes there is. Experience and common sense. I've seen it happen before. This won't be any different.
> It might be really healthy, positive general,
Only if it's handled properly.
>it might be a cancerous meme spawn pool
Guaranteed if things keep going on the current course.
>But there's no way of knowing until we have a thread.
Wrong. Generals started for unreleased games that are more than 30 days away are guranteed to be a shitshow
>But I'd be perfectly fine making it into a LoZ general if it stops people like you from spazzing out thinking you can control everything.
I don't think I can control things. I think I can point out how fucking stupid you people are being and help you to save yourselves from your own retardation.
The only hope for this thread is to expand to encompass ALL Legend of Zelda discussions. That way you'll have relevant and interesting subject matter to discuss for however long it takes BotW to release.
>>145775132
>>145775242.
I tried to start a Zelda general a year ago but I didn't do the work to make a decent OP. I say this should be called Comfy Zelda general.
Man, I haven't been part of such a political process since Etrian Odyssey general and dungeon crawler general split into two entities.
Also yes, I have the backlog problem too.
Man, there's some hot meta garbage in this thread
Start posting some thread-relevant content or just let it go and have normal topical threads on /v/ until you actually have a game to discuss and pick apart (letter option recommended)
I've seen some footage of people attacking the old man. Do his reactions change depending on the weapon?
Also, is the only known clothing reaction when you're not wearing anything at all?
Anybody have any of these?
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>>145766110
>I know where the game takes place, but I want to see if you guys figure it out.
you have no fucking clue either
>>145782068
zhe wants us to make the effort of figuring shit out
>>145781321
>Aw whatcha gon' and do that for? We were havin' such a good time...
>>145766110
>I know where the game takes place, but I want to see if you guys figure it out.
faggot
I added some possible references that others anons pointed.
>>145769598
This is the fucking laziest most annoying fucking thing ever
If they do it I'll kill myself
>>145766110
This is why everyone hates Zelda fans. So pretentious and smug in their encyclopedic knowledge of game trivia they challenge others to prove their knowledge. No. Fuck you.
>>145713334
>I added some possible references that others anons pointed.
Everything except the old man is really pushing it.
is OP's pic the final boxart?
>>145785114
No, this is.
>>145772025
None of it is showing up for me. Is it over?
>>145785345
Relevant:
http://www.geekychef.com/2011/01/chateau-romani.html?m=0
I put way more Baily's in it.
>>145782068
>>145782525
>>145766110
Actually I lied. After reviewing the footage over and over again... It turns out I fell for Nintendo's red herring.
That statue of Hylia isn't the same one up close it's much smaller.
Eastern Abbey is just a bunch of ruins and a shrine, with likely no connection to Eastern Palace.
Until I can up with something good, this might as well be a remake of Zelda 1.
>>145781615
About the SS split-timeline theory, NOPE.
Demise said after being defeated (not killed) that he'll survive as a curse that poor Ganondorf was the subject of.
And... Koroks.
Koroks only exist after the Great Flood.
My theory is: This is after Phantom Hourglass, with an ruined (by Calamity Ganon) advanced kingdom (see the Shrine of Resurrection) plunged back to medieval technology.
We know by the videos the Temple of Time is in and it has a Hylia statue.
But why CALAMITY Ganon? Why not Ganon?
Posting this in every single general I can find, both Sony and Nintendo related.
Who won E3, the definitive edition poll
http://www.strawpoll.me/10511350/r
Vote now nigros.
>>145791650
desu it only makes sense for TP/WW timeline. koroks, eroded ruins etc, etc. Old man is just an old man easter egg.
>inb4 old man is ganon tricking link into giving him all the spirital shit he receives from the shrines to gain more power lel
Calling it, it's a new timeline post-OoT. There's just too many references and elements mashed up from all the known timelines to make any sense.
>>145791816
>But why CALAMITY Ganon?
I question this too. I suspect moonspeak issues.
>>145792716
I heard somewhere the game is the timeline to unite all timelines.
WAIT
THIS EXPLAINS WOLF LINK AMIIBO! And it is Wolf Link, not the Shadow Wolf that Midna rode in Hyrule Legends!
OH GOD.
>>145771819
Look at the map top right
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jC3GDbwBFXw
now look at this map top left hmm
Why can't Ganon be Link's teacher for the first half of the game and then become the bad guy?
>>145793759
Look at the map bottom right.
>>145795102
But... But... Wasn'tall just a dream?
>>145792716
What if it's a new "The Hero Dies" timeline.
Link dies, is buried by the Sheikahs, Ganon rules for 100 years, the Sheikah almost die out. Eventually Link finally wakes up.
The naming of "Shrine of Resurrection" just too heavily implies that Link has been killed at least once.
It's sad to see that Wii U owners get cucked and NX will be the best version (better graphics and probably an even better framerate)
>>145795554
I sold my Wii U over a year ago. It was just a waste of space and I didn't enjoy Smash very much. I'll probably buy the NX launch bundle that comes with this game though.
>>145795664
>not playing xenoblade
>>145775289
That was just a snowy bit of the plateau, wasn't it?
>>145795951
>playing an offline MMO
I'll pass.
>>145722570
cant you just swim over there
Answer me this zeldrones. When you go into the temple of time in TP, is it time travel or entering another dimension? If it's time travel, how does Link still exist despite not being born yet? If it's an alternate dimension, how come the same Ooccoo are there?
>>145796380
Freezing water does heck a lot damage is not well suited.
>>145791816
>Demise said after being defeated (not killed) that he'll survive as a curse that poor Ganondorf was the subject of.
I know. I'm just trolling for follow and to expose any savvy Zelda fans who may be hiding their power levels. Unfortunately you are not one, or you would know that the reason Fi says that he's conquered time is to establish how Demise was able to curse beyond time/the wish of the Triforce.
>Koroks only exist after the Great Flood.
Not necessarily. It's said that the Koroks were once children, but how do we know that the Kokiri aren't named after the Koroks? In the Wind Waker, the traveling gorons also confuse Link for someone else. Like they're familiar with the Kokiri, but he says "No, it couldn't be."
>My theory is: This is after Phantom Hourglass, with an ruined (by Calamity Ganon) advanced kingdom (see the Shrine of Resurrection) plunged back to medieval technology
NOPE. Ganon is dead for good in the Wind Waker. They also already confirmed Spectacle Rock is the same as the NES games, which was never flooded.
>>145797214
>Like they're familiar with the Kokiri, but he says "No, it couldn't be."
Dude. The green-clothed hero saved the gorons too.
>>145791650
>tfw I've been looking at the thumbnail and thinking his eyebrows were his eyes all this time.
>>145797214
>hero saved gorons
Yeah, how many hundreds of years ago? Even if we account for a Big O-style memory wipe, there are still hundreds of years between OoT/TWW, enough that a Link's reincarnation was skipped. Ganondorf broke out during a new generation's rule, and now there's a new generation on Outset Island which has a tradition, so at least on generation had to have practiced the hero thing. That's a minimum of 300 years.
Gorons can live for at least 400 years, but those gorons are still young.
whoops meant for >>145797379
>>145794990
Fable already did that.
>>145800419
I didn't know Fable was a Zelda. Where is it on the timeline?
>>145795554
So every new console fucks over the last? Shame Nintendo doesn't like to support backwards compatibility or something...
>>145801167
I'm just saying it wouldn't be original, no need to be a stuck up cunt.
>>145796609
I think the door you enter is the Door of Time, so you go back in time. I assume link doesn't change age like in OOT because TP link is around the age the sages wanted him to be in OOT.
>>145801287
I'm just saying it would be original to Zelda. Nothing is ever original. Surely, they would have their own spin on the idea, however. No need to be a defensive asshole.
>>145761547
>but the fact there's not hero in that time makes me believe that it'd need to be a spinoff, which is sad
What if the people post-flood only thought there was no hero, but the hero of that time period was tasked with ensuring the flood happened?
>>145768150
It's that or Japanese with a different syllabery. They've never really fleshed out an actual Hylian language, and I doubt they'll bother.
I haven't seen many translations get posted yet.
>>145806085
oh shit, we have translations now?
post them senpai
>>145807004
I got a bunch saved. I'm gonna go digging through videos now and see if I can find new ones.
>>145807506
>Link's iDroid is in Hylian
nng
>>145807506
MORE OFFICIAL GAMEPLAY BOYOS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAWAQI0Q_nw
>>145807749
Not sure if the misspelling is intentional or not.
>>145808037
Another weird spelling, but 'care' is noticeable.
>>145808303
someone said they thought it says "careunit" repeating which makes sense since Link's been recovering from whatever shit woke up Ganon 100 years before BotW
>>145808303
Behind the sage at the end of the trial.
>>145808485
Yeah, it makes sense. Still wonder what the purpose of 'nit' is.
Also just to note, when there's scrolling hylian it always seems to say the same thing. That's why only a single word is translated on these images.
>>145808931
I mean that 'nit' is just part of 'careunit' with the rest cut off, and then it loops back around to 'care'
>>145808931
Entering the shrine.
>>145809275
Do you have that picture of the entire alphabet? I saw it a day ago and didn't save it. I want to translate some shit too.
>>145809250
>Shrine text usually says dungeon despite not actually being a dungeon
>>145809250
Oh shit, I'm retarded. I don't know how I missed that.
>>145809682
This one?
>>145809979
Yes, thanks anon.
>>145809696
>>145810173
Last one I have saved.
>>145810378
Thanks, anon
Ded already I see. Anyway do we know if the runes shown in the demo are the only ones? I hope there are more.
I hope the combat is more exciting than boring wind waker parries but not as broken as TP's mortal slash spam
Just downloaded Twilight Princess. Never played it before. Gamecube version seems to be the only version that isn't dumb.
>>145807852
>The text around the video is all gibberish
God dammit
>>145812102
There are a couple others that weren't posted- spinning gears say 'rotate' and the sheikah pedestal things say something as well- plus I'm sure new zones/objects will have new runes. The runes we've seen have all been related to the location or purposeor memes
>>145813976
>The text around the video is all gibberish
Thanks nintendo minute
What does it mean?
>>145815463
>SATNA
>SATAN
oh my
>>145815463
>ATNAFOLURYHOHTYSATN
>TNAFOLURYHOHTYSATNA
much easier to read like this, and also much easier to tell that they're the same text shifted over by one character from the other
backwards they read
>NTASYTHOHYRULOFANTA
>ANTASYTHOHYRULOFANT
rearrange the letters and add some spaces and we get this:
>THO HYRUL O F ANTASY
"The Hyrule of Fantasy"
what does it mean??
>>145818093
And by rearrange, I mean to start from a certain point without changing the order of the characters
>>145810173
>>145809696
>>145809275
>>145808931
>>145808303
>>145808037
>>145807749
Why do Hyrunes in a Jap game translate to English?
>>145818414
they translated to English in TP as well
in OoT and TWW they translated to Japanese
>>145760797
>unlike the Koroks
My money's on Fallen Hero. Who's to say Koroks couldn't have evolved in that timeline, too? Both Fallen Hero and Adult timelines begin with the final battle in Ocarina of Time.
Post-flood Old Hyrule works too, but the way Ganon's sealed in Hyrule Castle REALLY makes me think we're looking at the Imprisoning War, here, or some time after it, where Ganon's trying to project himself (like he did as pic related) from the Dark World into Hyrule
>>145818414
Because it's a fairly common international language. But like >>145818491 said, other games had Hylian writing in a syllabery that was basically a cipher for katakana, like these being a cipher for the Roman alphabet.
GAME IS GOING TO BE AN ALTERNATE UNIVERSE VERSION OF ORIGINAL ZELDA DUE TO TIMELINE CONVERGING SCREENCAP THIS
what if its a link origin story that gets really meta and has elements from all games in the background and the story is Ganondorf and Zelda being self aware of their constant reincarnations and need Link to break the cycle
>>145818093
Oh you might be unto something here
They used O instead of E
The Hyrule Fantasy
That's the subtitle for the first Zelda game
>>145820424
other than the part about breaking the cycle that's just SS
>>145820424
I would love to see a Ganon who wants to break free of Demise's curse.
And, of course, his plan is to kill Link and Zelda, take their Triforce pieces, and wish it away. Because the curse makes him do it.
Can someone post the timelapse pls?
I wonder what the space imagery is all about.
Every shrine seems to be covered in pictures of constellations, and then there's the meteorites.
>>145820669
SS is more of a master sword origin story but yeah except good
>>145821007
anon did you see the ending of SS? It's the whole reason the reincarnation cycle exists
>>145821198
nah its just bullshit deconstruction where they poke fun of themselves "oh you dont like ganon always being the bad guy, turns out its this dude"
>>145820673
So, obviously Ganon is the most common fulfillment of Demise's curse, but would be fair to say all the series' villains are a result of the curse? Because that's impression I got from the end of SS. It's not so much that Ganondorf is a direct reincarnation of Demise, more that Demise's hate infuses various individuals throughout history with evil will, Ganondorf being the most common due to his own tendency to not die/get resurrected.
>>145820716
>>145784253
that's clearly gonna be the king of hyrule in a shamalahanahon twist scene
>>145821504
>>145821545
>all the series' villains are a result of the curse
No. Skyward Sword explicitly has you destroy the imprisoned with a wish and Demise is sealed forever. Demise was just talking out of his ass.
>>145821545
Yeah that would make sense with various main villains of games who sometimes even aid Ganon (Veran, Onox, Vaati, Yuga) or not (Malladus, Bellum)
>>145821545
No, because Fi calls Demise the origin of all monsters.
While Ganon is not explicitly considered this outside of maybe the NES games, in the Wind Waker he sources his powers from them (in the JP version), as he does in TP from the Twili.
I think the implication with the intro showing all those baddies behind Demise, like Ghirahim, is to indicate that demons have their own hierarchy, of which Demise/Ganon are the top.
>>145822530
>N-no! The events of the game didn't happen b-because I don't want them to!
anon please
>>145822804
"My hate... never perishes. It is born anew in a cycle with no end!"
"I will rise again!"
"Those like you... Those who share the blood of the goddess and the spirit of the hero... They are eternally bound to this curse."
"An incarnation of my hatred shall ever follow your kind, dooming them to wander a blood-soaked sea of darkness for all time!"
Pretty much everything evil in the series is just a direct extension of Demise's anger and hatred
>>145713740
>>145726137
>>145822850
This is the plot of Link's awakening though.
>>145767614
>>145767714
Big chests that give dungeon items are replaced by those eyepad update stations where you get those runes
>>145764451
i love shu very much
>>145823491
Yeah, except for the part where that's the actual plot of the game itself as apposed to someone outside "no it wasn't like that"
>>145823013
Negative amigo. That's only what it sounds like in the English version if you take it out of context. In the Japanese version, "Demise" doesn't even have a name. The Zelda team invented their own naming convention which changes on context, as something between Final One/Apocalyptic One and Tyrannical Being.
Who is that typical of in Zelda? Ganon.
His curse is just vague because so is who he is before that. Fi says he's rumored to change appearance throughout generation, to foreshadow Ganon has a tendency to change.
Ganon even curses Link and Zelda similarly at the end of TP, as if rekindling this. And TP is the bridge between the old games and the new. It is basically a retelling of the Japanese ALttP manual story.
>>145823013
>>145823990
Aren't you guys basically saying the same thing, or am I missing something?
>>145823990
absolutely nothing that you said discounts the claim that everything that goes wrong in Hyrule is an extension of Demise's hatred
also it's natural for Ganondorf to curse Zelda and Link at the end TP since it's the one game where he actually dies while still in human form and is totally filled with hatred (as opposed to the ending of WW where he's much more solemn and depressed, possibly filled with regret)
