http://www.zeldainformer.com/news/you-can-skip-all-of-breath-of-the-wilds-story-and-go-to-the-final-boss-from
>Users may not actually get the full story depending on how they play this game and how they strategize and solve puzzles. Users are able to go to the very end goal without revealing why Link woke up the way he did and where he did. Whether you want to reveal the storyline and find out why Link woke up, or you want to just go straight to the goal, that's an option totally up to the user. Anybody who can go straight to the goal without doing anything else — there's two possibilities. Either they're a really good gamer, or they could be somebody that's a little bit crazy. But it's not impossible. I created the game like that. Maybe it might be fun for fans to compete in a challenge for who can clear it first.
>>341400226
That sounds pretty neat.
This is sounding more and more like an early access survival game that never comes out of beta.
Seeing as the game is confirmed to have voice acting, who do you think is Link?
It's hard for me to tell how much is shitposting and how much is people just disliking the new zelda, but after Squidward sword i never thought i'd want to play a Zelda game ever again, but i'm actually looking forward to this one.
I already made the mistake of buying a WiiU so at the very least i'll get some use out of it when this comes out. My only real concern is the voice acting, i was too lazy to watch the treehouse play the game all day so i don't know if all npcs talk, but still, i don't think there should be any voice acting in zelda games.
>>341400669
They slipped up there, actually. Confirmed to be Vic Mignogna.
>>341400891
So far only opening narration
That sounds fucking stupid
>Gnaon chilling in his lair
>sudenly he hears "Its time to end this"
>looks up
>sees this
>get to final boss with only 3 hearts
We NES Zelda naow
>>341402595
Perfectly understandable, he has the high ground.
>>341400226
Fucking sweet though I will make sure to do all the story because shit looks cool.
>>341402595
>link
>talking
>>341400891
From the demo, it looks like only zelda gets a voice. But mr. Totally-not-the-King-of-Hyrule doesnt have one
>>341402709
shit, even NES zelda required you to find the 8 triforce pieces before getting into the final dungeon
this is gonna be gud
>>341403480
I honestly didn't even consider that
Seems cool enough. It's gonna attract shitposting when people race to get the game finished as quick as possible and clear times are posted. Still, I hope this means that the final boss won't be a pushover when you get to it fully equipped.
>>341400226
That's actually pretty neat if the game has many tedious parts. Then if the game has many tedious parts, we're still losers.
>>341404042
I wonder how beefy you could get in the final dungeon alone, considering how much gear you seem to obtain just from killing enemies.
>>341403323
Vic Mignogna's confirmed to be the VA, anon.
>>341400226
So doing the Skyrim quest line in under an hour basically?
This is like Skyrim with the same shit combat but in third person, and a bunch of early era PC gimmicks like physics puzzles and wild fire in a dead barren world.
Why?
>>341400226
I can already see the shitposting
>lel paid 60 bucks for a 1 hour game.
etc et
Oh boy thats gong to be good:
>Release day
>Millions of people buy this game
>Reviews are up
>Best Zelda game since OoT
>Some shitposters post a video where somebody rushes to Ganon in under an 1 hour
>LOL ZELDA BREATH OF FART IN UNDER AN HOUR LMAO
>NINTODLLERS BLWON THE FUCK OUT
>>341404042
>>341404756
Why would it?
You can beat Morrowind in literally under 5 minutes and no one shitposts about it.
>>341404948
>making shit up to defend your pwecious nintendo
Holy fuck you fanboys are desperate.
>>341404652
I hate to be that guy but source? I'm not gonna comb through 7 hours of footage just to see if it's wrong or right
>>341404948
>Why would it?
Don't overestimate this board.
>>341404948
Morrowind is old and multiplat. BotW is new and Nintendo.
>>341404526
That's actually a real fun thought. Thinking how going sneaking and grabbing an enemy with a real good weapon off guard is probably going to be a legit strategy to carry you in the final dungeon.
>>341404756
Aonuma never said it would be fast, just that you could reach the final boss right after starting the file. It could still take 10 hours or more.
>supporting Zelda Informer in any capacity
The team behind that website is a bunch of assholes who exploit kids who don't ask for money to farm out articles to make the owners money.
Don't give them views or clicks.
Source: used to write for them, the worst "job" I've ever had.
So they want the speedrunning audience?
>>341405101
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gON5k2kw3as
3 Minutes 14 seconds
>>341403480
You mean mr-totally-not-Ganon
>>341405401
That sounds really dubious, Anon. Unless the travelling is ridiculously slow.
Breath of the Wind no-sword shieldboardingnakedspeedruns
>>341405530
>literally cheating
Oh wow I press the "I win" button! One second! New Record!
>>341404756
is already happening >>>341407840
>>341406786
>breaking the released game is cheating
>>341405125
there is no source, you're being lied to.
>>341405440
implying anyone gives a shit about your plight
>>341404042
Maybe it'll be like Demon's Crest and the boss will be unimpressive if you go there first.
All i want is confirmed Hero mode, probably will be available through Amiibo though
>>341400669
Depends if the Link we play as is the actual Link.
If not, then I can see the real Link getting a voice.
So it's like Zelda 1
Finally another good Zelda game.
It was confirmed that Link will not have voice acting
I really like that they're addressing a lot of the things that bugged me about the more recent Zeldas. Items that are much more universally helpful, exploration that actually rewards you with cool shit rather than just chests of rupees, multiple solutions to puzzles, and much more free form progression. I just hope they address my last complaint with the series as of late and make the game much harder. I'm not saying make it Dark Souls or anything, but difficulty has felt pathetic to the point of killing all hype of boss fights or anything. Majoras Mask was the last time I remember ever really dying in a Zelda game.
Even if all they do is make Hero mode something you can play from the start, I'd be fine as long as it makes me actually use all these new combat powers to save my skin rather than just a "I could mash attack, but I feel like killing them in a way less efficient way today"
>>341402595
He's wearing Sheik's pants.
I'm cautiously optimistic. Might be fun to speedrun.
>>341402597
>3 hearts
>No magic
>No armor
>Shitty sword
>Ganon fucking rapes you
>>341400226
is this morrowind?
>>341405101
kek you're dumb
>>341412476
Well TPHD let you start on hero mode
>>341412476
>Items that are much more universally helpful
but there are so many redundant items now.
>directly to the ending
Aaaaaand dropped.
GG Nintendo, at least you got me hyped today, not anymore.
>>341413426
I could see it winding up like Metroid where people compete to see who can beat the game with the lowest percentage clear rate.
>>341413902
Why is this problem?
Do you really want the guided theme park tour that every other 3D Zelda has offered you?
>>341400226
So its like skyrim
Great....
>old style game where it's possible to sequence break if you're skilled
>something dozens of great games have done
>NINTENDOOMED AHAHAHA YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE TO PLAY THE GAME YOU CAN JUST SEE THE ENDING IF YOU WANT AAHAHAHAHAHAHA WOW
I really don't get you people.
>>341414286
How is it like Skyrim?
>>341409082
thank god,fuck vic that dude is a fucking dick
>>341414369
>First speedrun comes out
>"AHAHAHAHA, $60 FOR A 2 HOUR GAME! NINTENDO BLOWN THE FUCK OUT"
>>341414430
Open world RPG where you can ride a horse
With bows and swords
In a fantasy setting
Need I go on
>You can, if you so choose, go through the whole game without killing a single enemy. Including the final boss.
>>341414801
RPG is false. Outside of the horse bit, you just described the first Legend of Zelda on NES.
>>341414801
>RPG
Nope.
>open world
>bows and swords
The original Zelda had all this long before any Elder Scrolls game was even conceived of.
>horses
Ocarina of Time had this quite a while ago.
>>341414801
>riding a horse was a large part of skyrim
I know you're shitposting but come on man
>>341414815
it wouldn't be the first time
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0HW0fGuGDQ
I'm glad. After all these years, Zelda returns to its free roaming roots with an approach that respects the player enough to let him do his own thing, like some of the greatest RPGs have done before it (the original Fallout springs to mind).
>>341414992
>>341415067
>Zelda isn't an RPG
>>341403480
You mean totally-not-transgender-impa
>Zelda games become linear and handholding
WAAAAH, we want exploration and freedom!
>Zelda game becomes extremely open and non-linear
What is this shit? I want padding and game length!
>>341405101
>Le jealous ps4 user from neogaf
Still mad Link is a guy huh?
>>341415992
Zelda II is maybe, to a small extent.
The rest, no.
The only RPG mechanics any of them really have are equipment, and the ability to increase health.
And if that's all it means to be an RPG, you may as well be calling even something like Devil May Cry an RPG.
>>341416193
To be fair Impa's always been pretty damn androgynous as far as Zelda waifus go. I'd even go so far as to say she's probably more butch than Link himself.
>>341413875
I imagine there's a number of situations where they do much different things. Magnet and time stop both were used individually to solve the same puzzle on the tree house, but time stop obviously has a number of other applications outside of moving objects and needs and awkward amount of not only aiming but ironically time to set it up. Meanwhile if you just want to drop a large object on some monsters and it's magnetic, the magnet solved the same puzzle but obviously have much more practical combat applications.
>>341404948
Morrowind isn't a modern console exclusive subject to Neo-/v/'s scrutiny.
>>341414801
Yes please do because that describes like half a dozen games that comes to mind before Skyrim
>>341404042
It'd probably take hours with starter equipment.
There was a guardian in the demo that had 500 hp, and you only did like 5 damage to it with starter weapons.
>>341418213
For example, Zelda itself.
>>341400226
So the game is 2 hours long unless you want to waste time looking for codecs and audio logs- er, I mean Old Man NPC and cutscenes to get the full 40 hour experience.
And Nintendrones have the gall to say that this looks good.
post yfw Phantom Link
>who needs Master Swords or Silver Arrows, you can beat Ganon with a stick you found
JUST
FUCK
MY
LORE
UP
>>341419207The final boss isn't ganon
>>341419207
You don't care about lore anyways do you
>>341419207
To be fair we know literally nothing about this incarnation of Ganon. In Four Swords he was just a mortal cunt who substituted his dick with a trident. In ALBW he gets played by a fag.
Now if he has the ToP and you beat him with a stick, THEN you call bullshit.
>>341419565
>In ALBW he gets absorbed by a fag.
FTFY
>>341411001
Just play naked
>>341419207
You still need to get some vital stuff like the master sword most likely. It's just saying they're not going to lock the doors to stuff like that and make you watch endless cutscenes to get to that point. If you know where the master sword is and have an idea to get to it with only certain abilities, then the game won't stop you.
>>341419207
You could do that in OoT
>>341420392
No you couldn't. You had to hit him at least once with the Master Sword to bring him down.
I fought Ganon for 2 hours one time because I forgot about that.
>>341420392
You can't. The speedrun is only possible because Ganon knocks it out of your hands even if you don't have it, and I think also auto-equips it for you even though you're a child.
>>341412476
>I'm not saying make it Dark Souls or anything
I'm not either. I'm saying they should make it HARDER than Dark Souls, because Souls is slow and clunky as fuck, but tries to make up for it with iframes out the ass and allows you to grind copiously.
They should have no trouble adding better combat.
>>341419207
But it's perfectly okay that Ganondorf is bamboozled by things like bug nets and fishing rods, right?
>>341416313
The best games are balanced anon. Seeing them swing around 180 like this is telling, though it could be great.
>>341400226
Just like FF1?
>>341420718
>I fought Ganon for 2 hours one time because I forgot about that.
>redditors
>>341402595
WHERE THE FUCK ARE PEOPLE GETTING THESE OFFICIAL PHOTOS
>>341421202
That's not official, you should be able to tell since he's beefier and less of a fuccboi than he actually is
>>341413902
> directly to one of the endings
Fixed that shit for you bro
so basically you can kill ganondorf whenever. he makes it sound like you can progress the story in different ways, which would actually be interesting, but then in the end lets slip that all he's really saying is you can progress the story linearly or just kill ganondorf whenever
the first version sounded really fucking interesting. the second sounds a little bit dumb at best.
god damn it.
>>341403095
He should try spinning though, just to be safe.
>>341421431
>The multiple endings gimmick that has never been cool in any game ever sounded awesome, but the fact that they're improving the smoothness of gameplay by not requiring you to sit through dialog if you don't want to and not putting up invisible walls railroading you everywhere sound like shit!
>>341421431
It kind of remind me chrono trigger in that point, that's cool
>>341421161
>The best games are balanced anon.
You know there's no set way to make a game right?
>>341400226
>truly open world Zelda with super massive free roaming map
>loads more elements and more natural mechanics to play with that also create more interesting puzzles
>most open and technical combat yet
>actual deviation from rehashed formula to introduce fun new and unexpected things and expand gameplay possibilities
>have full freedom in playing the game how you want from start to finish, allowing short challenging sprints to the end or the full blown tour
>basically a dream come true Zelda game
>people bitch and hate it
You are all unbelievable pieces of shit who will never be happy with anything.
>>341421876
Are you lost?
>>341421876
It's /v/ nigga. Everyone here including you and me are pieces of shit who would rather spout hate than love anything. I gurantee you 99m9% of this board is just people who can be summed up as "it's different so I hate it" next zelda to come out everyone will hate and then they will point to this one and say they loved it. It's basically that one screencap
>>341421161
The reason why they're turning 180 is because nintendo fans for once have the the high in that the first two zelda games were open world and them not catering to those fans who not only have accessible income but on average also have children of their own is a valid complaint.
Especially now during a time where elder scrolls and the souls games are gaining serious ground.
>>341422231
Pretty much.
Rarely does actual video game discussion occur without some shitposter or a legitimate idiot coming in to cause a riot.
Hell, we're more volatile and hate filled than a white guy sitting next to a stereotypical muslim on a plane.
>>341421202
Although that's not official, probably here.
http://nintendo.e3press.com/Event
User: Nintendo
Pass: ZeldaE32016
>>341420192
Fuck you "just play naked" people. I don't want to have to gimp myself and avoid using cool shit in order to be challenged. You avoid playing into the game's item economy that way, and who knows how many rules you'll have to set to make it 'properly' hard or if the game requires you to wear some other suit at some point.
Its how Hunters have been doing it for their games, are you more casual than a Hunter?
>>341400891
>THE LEGENDS OF ZEBRAPUSS
>SQUIDWARDS SHAFT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6jmhJF8s-8
at least they innovate unlike fucking pokemon which will be the same game as always
>>341424691
Are you serious.
These types of game are literally designed for you to choose your own path you idiot.
It's not "gimping" in any way.
Also if you've ever had any difficulty with any game outside of the learning curve of a new genre you need to fuck off.
>>341400891
>I already made the mistake of buying a WiiU
If you bought it early on, it's not a mistake, there's fun games to play on it.
It's a mistake if you only bought it in the last 9 months.
>>341424691
You sound like one of those people who will grind for hours in a JRPG and then complain when the boss is a pushover.
>>341424691
>there are people, even now, who don't understand that a game being challenging, forcing you to use all the resources available to you and git gud on top of that in order to win, is enjoyable
I don't get it either, anon.
It's like they're retarded or something.
>>341404652
>>341400892
If he is simply going to say
HUUU
HYYAAAHHHH
EH! EH!
AAAAAAAAHHHHHH
AAAA IYAH!
That doesn't really count as talking. In this case, all the 3D link had voices too.
>>341425271
If you go out of your way and jump through the hoops to get the super special awesome bonus weapon that is totally optional, you kind of lose the right to complain when said retardedly OP weapon wipes the floor with the final boss.
>WOW WTF THIS GAME IS 1 HOUR LONG
i can already see the threads on release week
>>341413902
How is that a problem?
>>341400669
I hope there's an option to use Nippon voices. Hiyama makes my dick rock hard
>>341419207
>Not having the Master Sword make Ganon super hard to beat
how does that contradict the lore?
>>341425535
I don't see what that concept has to do with anything I or that other said.
If anything, the existence of stupid OP shit is something I don't want to see, because it would mean the game is easy, and not hard like I desire.
Please come back with something that isn't a non sequitur next time.
>>341400669
Nobody since they also confirmed Link won't talk in this game either, though.
>>341425669
Because you'd still be beating him without the only thing that can beat him?
>>341402597
Pretty sure 3 Hearts and No Sword have been challenges done in past Zelda titles.
>>341425824
>because it would mean the game is easy
Unless they make the weapon extremely hard to get.
That said you also chose to go for the OP super weapon before fighting the final boss so it's all your own fault if you feel dissatisfied with it no one told you to do it after all.
>>341425921
King was able to beat him with water, at least temporary.
Zant was able to kil him by cracking his neck.
I fucking called it and some anon said youd have to dispel s barrier or something with an item only found in some place
Fuck you random anon I was right
>>341400226
Have fun getting 1-shotted for six hours straight before defeating the final boss with starting Link.
>>341426053
>King was able to beat him with water, at least temporary.
That was straight up divine intervention, actually.
>Zant was able to kil him by cracking his neck.
Jury's still out as to whether that was literal or symbolic.
>>341426042
Anon, are you literate?
I said I don't want OP weapons or an easy game, and none of this hypothetical scenario has anything to do with anything said by anyone except you anyway.
Please just stop.
This is fucking stupid, dude.
>>341426201
It sound almost ad fun as beating Mario 64 while not A-jumping.
>>341425960
The more scaling factors there are, the harder ignoring them becomes. The Biggoron's Sword you went through a lengthy trading sequence as Adult Link for was four times as powerful as the Kokiri Sword you found five minutes after OoT started; the tougher weapons people found in the demo were already 10+ times as strong as your default attack.
>>341402597
3-heart runs are possible in every Zelda game to date (I think). You could even beat the original LoZ with no sword.
>>341426291
So what you're saying is that you want something that's literally impossible.
>>341426053
>Zant was able to kil him by cracking his neck.
While the Master Sword was stuck full into his chest.
>>341426254
The thing is, he is not absolutely undefeatable without the Master Sword (I mean, zelda 1 doesn't even have a master Sword, as far as we know). He is just really hard to beat.
>>341426385
>how you want your game?
>challenging please
>LOL IMPOSSIBLE CAN'T BE DONE WE'LL HAVE TO MAKE EVERYTHING EASY OR INCLUDE OP END OF GAME WEAPONS
????
>game looks pretty cool
>cemu will save me from buying a console for the only game i'm interested on it
>>341426414
>>341425921
The seven sage (even if one got kill), were able to cast Ganon out and impale him with a light sword, without the Master Sword.
>>341426609
>challenging is having every weapon be purposely shit and every boss be excruciatingly powerful that it can one shot you
God I hate this Dark Souls generation.
You have no idea what makes a game actually challenging.
>>341427187
>Dark Souls generation
>every boss be excruciatingly powerful that it can one shot you
So... the 80s.
>>341427187
>new games are too hard
Git gud if you feel underpowered in souls.
>>341426727
tybcemu
>>341416393
You do understand what rpg stands for correct?
Role Playing Game
Where you play as the role of a character
>>341427414
That's not what he is saying.
>>341427554
If "play the role of a character" is the criteria for RPGs, Rollercoaster Tycoon is an RPG, because you play the role of a theme park manager.
No. It's a long, nuanced history of tabletop mechanics being ported to video games. There are lineages. Denominations.
>>341427554
So it's also a fighting game (since you fight), a first-person shooting game (since you shoot in first person), and a real-time strategy game (since you act strategically in real time)?
>>341405774
Who knows, maybe the last dungeon is super long.
I mean, if you go straight there you won't have all those items like arrows, hookshot and shit so maybe you need a roundabout way to get past some obstacles or puzzles.
>>341425271
>who don't understand that a game being challenging, forcing you to use all the resources available to you and git gud on top of that in order to win, is enjoyable
I know, that's what they don't seem to understand. Half the fun of it is coming up with creative ways of getting through things that would otherwise be too difficult, which becomes meaningless if you have to hold back. Even worse are those "well, try not to savescum *too much*" people. I'm not even going to go into that shit.
