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Do you think the Sheikah will have a bigger focus than ever before in BotW?
That's hardly something to debate about, it's plainly obvious
Where on earth did you get that in such high-res?
And yes.
It looks like it'll be the Sheikah being given focus, but it'll actually be some other thing entirely that's related to Sheikah that's going to try and "explain" the Sheikah more, but it'll probably be handled poorly.
>>342736272
Previous games had lots of sheikah stuff too. But they still never really delved that deeply into it in spite of it.
Skyward Sword is absolutely full of sheikah stuff, yet Impa was the only sheikah person in the game and they never really addressed the sheikah at all.
And it's ironically Twilight Princess that has the most on the sheikah, even if it's almost all by proxy from focusing on the twili.
What do we know about towns and villages?
Wish list:
>grappling hook
>pegasus/hover boots for short bursts of flight (in b4 hurr durr glider, flight and gliding are two different things, fuck off)
>a master variant of all weapon types that involves a process of some sort to get
>property where you can store shit
>more types of mounts than just a horse
>a dark link fight
>crafting your own weapons/arrows/armor
>meaningful npc interaction
>a town with gorons/zora/deku/people living all together
>a town that feels alive like clocktown, where people interact with each other
>a cool instrument, not some faggy baton
>fishing
>a bear companion
>>342737259
>a hover-shield
>>342737392
That's dumb, you're dumb
>>342736153
Do I think something that we've already seen?
>>342736153
Will Sheik be in this game?
>>342737591
Hopefully not.
Nintendo loves to repeat stuff, but Zelda turning into the same character every time kind of takes away from the magic of it. And not only cheapens the idea of Sheik, but the idea of Zelda in general.
She's been a ninja and a pirate and all kinds of stuff. If she is to be transformed as something I'd like it if it was something new.
>>342737221
nothin
>>342737834
What a faggot
>>342737221
That they're in the game.
How far do you think they'll push "technology" in the game?
And do you think we'll see anything relatively modern/realistic or do you think they'll stick close to the magitech throughout?
>>342737834
shes going to be transformed into a man and there will be a subplot with male zelda and link featuring uncensored, hour long unskippable rape cutscenes
>>342738719
Hopefully fucking magitech, I fucking hate it when fantasy gets butchered with actual tech
>>342737834
Zelda is the old man!
>>342738719
I hope they go all the way in, having a halfassed tech that is only enemies and is not explained would totally ruin it for me.
BotW takes place after Zelda 2.
Screencap this post.
>>342739294
why would anyone screencap a useless, unoriginal predicition
>>342737221
What are the chances of the Twilight Realm/Dark World/Whatever existing in the game at all?
>your face when you are suddenly warped into the twilight realm and has to face off an overworld boss to get back
>>342737834
I'm sick of Zelda having some kind of alter ego.
>>342739389
b-because my dad works at nintendo...
>>342739556
is steppe talus the name of the area or the monster
>>342739560
Agreed. I'd much prefer if Zelda was just Zelda.
I am just saying that if they insist on having her transform into stuff, let the transformation magic stay transformation magic in the broad sense and not just transforming into a specific form.
Any of yall do the Miitomo Drop? I got the hoodie
>>342737259
My dream for Dark Link, is while you're exploring in a mountainous area, you find a lake in the mountains, which form a circle around it and it's small beach. You get closer, and realize the lake is pure black. A ripple appears in the middle, and Dark Link slowly rises up. He has no clothes or weapons, similar to how you start, and suddenly your equipped items flash onto him. You fight, and he vanished at the end. So now Dark Link is roaming the overworld, and whenever you get an item, HE gets that item too, and his equipped stuff is always the same as you.
>>342738719
Magitech is perfect, at least it will still be a fantasy game.
If the fucking Voyager pulls up to Hyrule though, I'm out.
>>342739716
hahaha
>>342738719
it's a fantasy game not a sci fi
comfy ghibli zelda
>>342739556
I say the chances of that are the same as getting hints about Majora or the Firce Deity in the game,so next to non, which is a shame.
>>342739746
Also, you can find him in settlements, destroying crops, forcing everyone to hide so you have to fight him off before you can get in any houses(without some crafty hookshotting, but he'll be able to hook shot into homes too, so you'll have to look harder to find him), etc. and yes, he can burn shit.
>>342739797
>If the fucking Voyager pulls up to Hyrule though, I'm out.
You wouldn't approve of Link being beamed up and having a dungeon in a UFO?
>>342736153
yeah, I'm getting the feeling Link himself might be part of the bloodline this time, I know he's always Hylian, but he might be a mixed-race this time, shouldn't be out of the question...either that, or the Sheikah were very 'aware' of the legend this time, they'd need some reason to have Link like that...actually, if this takes place before Wind Waker, what if this is an alternate path to the era without a hero, and the sheikah have him preserved from a previous era, so as to have him present when he's needed.
>>342739697
Yeah, Steppe Talus is the area name and the boss is called Great Plateau.Are you retarded?
>>342738719
There's been magitech stuff since Link to the Past. Dungeons had mechanical traps, electric devices, lasers, conveyor belts. I agree that there's a point where it could go overboard and become scifi more than fantasy, but I'm not seeing it so far. Yeah, the fucking pokedex could be a little much, but it's not going too far.
>>342740459
how it's written i thought steppe talus could be a sub area within the great plateau. don't be mean to me
>>342740459
I am still not sure myself.
Open world concept goes directly against every design tenet that made Zelda popular.
Prove me wrong.
>>342740996
It's essentially the design tenet that made Zelda popular in the first place.
>>342740996
Open world Zelda is just zoned zelda without loading times
>>342740996
the first zelda had this design and its what made the series popular
>>342741121
Non-linearity and free roaming are the design features that defined Zelda. 'Open World' is distinct genre with its own tropes that run against some of the formulaic elements of the old games.
Not the guy above, though. I'm cautiously optimistic abot the game, myself.
>>342740996
Zelda INVENTED the open world concept in 1986.
You've been proven wrong. Have a nice day.
>>342741451
>Non-linearity and free roaming are the design features that defined Zelda.
>'Open World' is distinct genre with its own tropes that run against some of the formulaic elements of the old games.
No. Zelda just did Open World before people dubbed it "Open World". And just because lots of developers have done a horrible job at it since, does not mean Zelda wasn't still/still isn't Open World.
>>342741451
>semantics
i doubt the game is truly open world like you described. it is non-linear like the original but people are using the phrase open world synonymously with non linear.
I really want BotW to have tons of lore, tel me anon, will they make everything clearer?
What's your best shield surfing webms?
Post webms!
>>342737221Are there any good true-form-Midna/Zelda lemons? Link can come too.
>>342740292
>Zelda goes /x
Best sidequest.
>>342737221
Would Midna have been better if her grown form was still relatively imp-ish like in this concept art?
>>342739556
most zelda games have an alternate world in them, whether it is a dark world or not.
I actually think with the size of BoTW we may only have one world in the game, but that does not mean the other won't be mentioned.
I think there will probably be a big time element to the game.
maybe travelling back and forward through time
>>342742141
She is kinda ugly, but I would still do her. I don't get the hate of woman midna.That concept art is ok though, but kinda misses the point of the shadow people, as they where hylians but cursed, so they should look like people suffering.
>>342742141
Yes, because grown Midna feels absolutely nothing like the waifu I fell in love with throughout the game.
>>342741896
This has got to be my favourite webm.
>>342740996
>Open world concept goes directly against every design tenet that made Zelda popular.
it doesn't go against it, zelda has always had an open overworld, but you are limited in accessible areas because of lack of gear, which I assume they will be doing in this game.
using the cold that damages you as an example, they might have a desert area where you need something to keep you from burning up.
areas you need to float into with the parachute, ir breath underwater, so you have to find all this gear first. some may be in dungeons.
>>342741482
the first TLOZ was not the first open world game anon. though it was probably the most popular one.
Everyone knows that we can jump onto wild horses and ride them.
But what are the chances of us being able to find non-horse mounts?
>>342743157
I hope so.
Will Fi be in the game?
>>342742560
Human Midna was only around for like 5 minutes at the end, but she did seem a bit different. Which is odd, since they're supposed to be the same person, but she suddenly becomes mature out of nowhere after teasing you the whole game.
>>342743615
probably not. unless the now rusted master sword talks
>>342737221
They didn' t want to spoil them, because they' re closely tied to the story. Calling it now: The towns are named after the 7 sages, which would put BOTW in the downfall time.
>>342740996
>my first game was a 3D Zelda
Are you twelve?
I'm not even memeing, you genuinely don't seem to understand Zelda or its history.
>>342744349
I actually really appreciate that they didn't feature any towns or anything.
When I first heard about how they would only demo Zelda, I was legitimately frightened at the idea of Nintendo just spoiling way too damn much a full year prior to the release of the game. With two days full of treehouse streaming.
But they kept it to just one area, and they kept towns and NPCs aside from the old man out. And I am really happy they made that decision. Otherwise I feel like I wouldn't had been able to actually watch much of any of the demo footage otherwise.
>>342744632
overworld =/= open world
>>342744894
LoZ and AoL had an open overworld where you could go almost anywhere.
Compare that to Skyward Shit where literally every segment of the "overworld" is behind a specific lock and key, be that plot point or item.
Minecraft isn't the only kind of open world.
>>342745092
Again, there is a reason why no one defined the term open world before GTA. There are tons of games that had a map with entrances to dungeons in the 80s.
>>342744894
Over World is just something people have started to call games with worlds that are bigger than what they have content to carry said worlds. But there is honestly no reason to treat the term like that.
At the start of Dark Souls you can already access the vast majority of the entire game. In spite of there being some locked doors or whatever.
Who is the say that Dark Souls is not Open World just like Morrowind or whatever?
They both allow you to go towards just about any direction of the world at the start of the game.
>>342745396
>Who is the say that Dark Souls is not Open World just like Morrowind or whatever?
I quit. Also Morrowind is not an open world game for fucks sake, what kind of a fucking thread is this.
>>342745391
In what way is GTA an open world while LoZ isn't?
>>342741778
The word you're looking for is procedural, or even sandbox, linearity has very little to do with open world when it comes to plot structure.
I thought I wouldn't have to explain where the focus on the open world came from in BotW but for those that looked closely, the gameplay shown emphasized varying degrees of approach to encounters outside dungeons and making your own playground when wandering.
If you claim that looks anything like NES Zeldas you're fucking retarded.
>>342745629
like this guy
>>342745716
>semantics
Post some BotW gameplay webms please and let's pretend no one claimed that NES Zeldas were open world
>>342745716
explain to us fucking retards how it's different to the original, o wise guru
>>342745814
>want a definition of open world
>complain about semantics
>>342745926
look up emergent gameplay
>>342745541
>Also Morrowind is not an open world game for fucks sake
Are you for real?
I guess I fell for the bait by responding.
>>342746056
So every game with an overworld is now by definition open world? Any game where you can go outside?
Okay.
>>342745716
>making your own playground when wandering.
So Zelda is now an open world game distinct from its NES roots because the devs included some bonus content like shield surfing? You're fucking retarded.
>>342746042
ok. how does that apply here?
>>342746173
>>342746173
>>342746292
They literally introduced mechanics that have you lift up trees, rocks, arrange them, pull chests from water, start fires, roll rocks down slopes, ignore or attack mobs at campfires and surf and fly around.
>>342746359
Just to add, they introduced all this and made it not relevant to the main plot.
I still can't believe I'm being called out by a retard who thought that going from Balmora to Shitvale while assaulted by birds in Morrowind represents an open world game.
>>342746131
So are you retarded?
Okay
I've played every Zelda for 1 to 2 hours and lost interest every time. I know they're good. I don't know why I do it. I'll probably be really excited before doing the same to this one.
>>342746131
How can a game be any more open world than Morrowind? Do you consider Skyrim to also not be open world?
The Elder Scrolls games from Daggerfall to Skyrim are all open world.
Please compare the TES games to a game or games that you do consider to be open world, and then explain why one is and why one isn't open world.
But do know that your idea doesn't mesh with the common idea of the public.
Just about any list of open world games or description of the Elder Scrolls games mentions the games and describes them as open world.
>>342746359
you can burn trees in the original zelda. so because it has slightly more experimental mechanics, BotW is an open world game and the original isn't?
>>342746359
All of that shit had a heavy impact on the gameplay. Climbing has been shown to be pretty fucking important to get around, as has making bridges out of trees, gliding across chasms, and rolling down slopes. Campfires are essential for cooking which is essential to recover your health.
Nothing you've mentioned is purely for goofing around like some sandbox game.
>>342746484
>I know they're good.
That's a misconception. Many of them are bad.
>>342736153
Hahaha NO.
The existed far before even SS. since the cking origin story of the series has time travel and the stones have a symbol far to similar to the skiekah.
BotW is far after SS and the shiekah were already gone by then.
UNLESS the shiekan merely adopted the ancient technology and learned magic that way. Either way chances are low.
>>342747335
and thats your opinion
Enough open world definition bullshit. Let's get to the lore!
>>342747531
And it's his opinion that Zelda games are boring.
What's your point?
>>342746484
To be fare a lot of zeldas arent as amazing as everyone raves, and the first 5-ten hours can be extremely boring in the 3d games if you arent speeding through to the good stuff.
>>342747542
What is this image trying to convey?
>>342747638
there is no point
What if BOTW is just a sort of "remake" of the original game?
Did the developers ever say anything about it necessarily being in the traditional timeline?
>>342747921
Wow, someone get this guy to the UN stat so he can let everyone know that opinions are irrelevant
>>342748374
What the fuck is wrong with those textures, that yiff rabbit carnage simulator has better ground
Will BotW have another poor girl?
On one hand I'm scared that the world will be too empty in a sense
On the other hand I feel the charm oozing of a less populated world in the way they have presented it
>>342748796
That's clearly a bird
>>342748367
you sound angry, are you mad
>>342739746
It would be cool if the lake you fight him in looked almost identical to the OoT area you fought him in. Just enough differences to keep people from realizing until they trigger his appearance.
>>342737259
>>a bear companion
That'd be super.
I don't even know who the Sheikah are or how they came to be such a mainstay in Zelda tbqhfam
What do you guys think the towns and NPCs will be like in the finished game?
>>342749874
I don't know, but I wish there weren't actually any.
That would be a much more interesting exercise in game design, I think.
>>342749874
Interesting hopefully.
Or rather. I hope we'll get variety. The regions themselves are varied enough so I'd love to see different cultures actually be reflected in living settlements.
>>342748562
who cares nerd
>>342750434
I always liked the mix of barren hostile lands but with a few NPC inhabited areas that LoZ games usually have.
>>342750753
dont do this to me anon
>>342749874
Hopefully full of cryptic clues and prostitutes like Zelda 2.
>>342749643
They weren't a thing until OoT. They were implied to be a dying race then, with Impa and (until the reveal) Sheik being among the last. They were described as a group of "shadow folk" dedicated to protecting the Hyrule royal family from the shadows. They're basically a tribe of ninjas with a technomagic culture that are behind a lot of the stranger artifacts within the Zelda canon like Gossip Stones.
>>342749643
They're a secretive group who protect the royal family
>>342751173
from the shape of the island being perfectly the same to the coral reef around or the elevated ground at the middle of the island, there's not much possibility here anon
>>342750753
Imagine if zoras live there and are dicks
>>342751756
considering there are koroks from wind waker and that in wind waker the Rito were an evolved race based off the Zora as the Zora were cursed and could not swim anymore, i'd doubt it
>>342751954
You know there's no convincing evidence to support that the rito descended from zora
Just because someone is connected spiritually through an instrument does not mean they are the same descendants
>>342751756
Could be. It depends on the game. In Oracles of Ages it is stated that river Zoras are cruel savages where as sea Zoras are normal.
>>342751954
The Rito are in >>342747756 too.
I'd love me some more bird girls.
>>342751756
>Island of feral zoras that shoot fireballs
I needs this
>>342751954
You realize the koroks are just tree spirits right? Sam as the kokiri.
Difference being the koroks are for spreading the forest where as the kokiri are quite the opposite, they already have an established forest and are stewards.
>>342752204
Kind of like blacks in the suburbs vs the ones in the inner city.
>>342752124
>You know there's no convincing evidence to support that the rito descended from zora
Well Aonuma said it himself that they descended from the Zoras. He's not the only one to have worked on the lore of the games so i doubt he would say that without it being true.
That plus the fact that Makar is a descendent of Fado make sense that Medii would be a descendent of Laruto.
>Yfw all races appear in this game
>>342752591
Yes, and the koroks have been said to be immortal. You can also observe that every korok that was shown into the footages that we got at E3 were also in Wind Waker. As in looking exactly the same as in Wind Waker using the same tools and talking the same way.
>>342752972
You missed the point.
I'm saying the koroks can be in literally any time period since they are immortal like you said as long as the deku trees spirit (same as the koroks spirit) carries on.
The "korok" you know and remember is just a physical form that changes depending of the forest spirits current needs. Since botw is a massive open world it makes sense the koroks choose their flight capable form.
>>342743352
Riding those fuckers was the best of part of those games. I need Ricky to come back.
>>342753321
>I'm saying the koroks can be in literally any time period since they are immortal like you said as long as the deku trees spirit (same as the koroks spirit) carries on.
You are right, 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." — Great Deku Tree (The Wind Waker)
That and the fact that you can find "Salt from The Great Sea" and other dried rocks from the Great Sea implies that the game happen post Wind Waker.
>>342750753
reaching
>>342736443
From the smoothing of the corners and the way the circles are slightly triangular, it is an auto-trace of a very small image.
>>342754624
the circles in the original aren't perfectly circular anyway, it's supposed to look drawn. but it is probably an auto trace
>>342754624
>>342736443
Should be from the press kit. But the original is a 20 MB png file.
>>342755053
If it is from a press kit, then Nintendo is using autotrace to enlarge a small picture.
Something's been bothering me about Aunouma's description about Towns
Why is he vague?
Story terms? In what way? Can't he simply say "Yes there's towns", but he stated that and that it had importance to story that he doesnt want to spoil
You think it's more deeper than simply having a town? Maybe the experience of finding towns is equal to that of finding sunken hyrule?
>>342755345
The smaller pictures are the same though.
>>342755630
One of the firs thing I thought about when I heard and then also saw and realized that the game was fully embracing its world and exploration, was the idea of hidden towns. I really do wish they make something neat with it.
They have to have at least one interesting hidden settlement.
>>342755630
what did he say about them
>>342755672
That's the idea of a vector, is that is scales to any size imaginable without losing quality. But the vector was made by using an algorithm to trace something that originated as a bitmap. That's where the flaws were introduced, and the flaws scale along with the rest of the picture. Autotrace saved someone a few hours worth of tracing carefully by math/hand.
>>342755630
They don't have them fleshed/programmed out yet would be my guess.
I want Fi to show upWith chocolate splattered all over her, that'd be hot
>>342756418
dumb fiposter
>>342751435
How do they relate to the Hylians though? They sure look like them at least, aside from the tanner skin and red eyes.
>>342756418
That's not chocolate Anon. She's rusted and gashed. Fi will show up with heavy battle scars, and possibly and eye-patch. She'll be ill tempered because no Link has hugged he in at least 100 years.
>>342755630
Towns relate to the different races in the game which he doesnt want to spoil.
I imagine each town will have a crisis you solve at some point, like oot only with an actual town for each race.
The real question is if zoras are coming back will there be an underwater town? I would love a zora village like in oracles fully fleshed out with atlantis ruins fill with ancient tech as the dungeon
>>342736153
KAIGAN
>>342756623
Tsundere punished Fi then?
>>342756623
>Punished Fi
>>342753812
It said "salt from an ancient sea". No mention of "The Great Sea" whatsoever. It could literally be any sea at all.
>>342756623
Fi wont show up because she was a mistake
>>342756418
>Fi shows up when you get the sword
>she's old, rusty, full of holes and scars
>she's disappointed in you for taking so long
>>342756190
>>342756418
so is that mud or dried blood?
>>342756743
it could even be the great sea
>>342756889
ferrous oxide
>>342756889
rust. im guessing you have to restore it
>>342756907
Yeah but it's doubtful.
>>342756418
Calling it now, you get the rusted MS and fi but you break it (like in WW only more cereal) and she dies.
You must forge a new MS using the power of the sages located across the various towns spread throughout the lands.
The real question is why are gorons one of the first races to exist and why can they survive literally anything
>>342757331
you should not live your life with doubt in your heart anon
>When asked about BotW place in the timeline Aonuma only said the Sheikah symbols is the same one that in OoT
Aonuma you fucking liar.
>>342756907
Its not, time to move on anon WW happened a long time ago.
>>342757537
Well my heart wants this game to have nothing to do with WW 2bh
>>342757497
Gorons are the master race.
>>342757619
>there can't be variations of the same symbol
>>342757497
>and she dies.
You can go fuck yourself with a rake m8, killing Fi is not fucking OK
>>342757692
same to be desu honest
>>342757772
She was never alive anon, you cant kill her.
>>342757772
Not that guy. But I could see it happening as an explanation of why the Master Sword hasn't spoken to the player in any other Zelda game.
>>342757772
But see how you reacted? It'd be a huge punch to the gut for the player. I want something like that to actually happen.
>>342757920
you can fuck her though. guilt-free.
>>342757858
word, i think aonuma-fampai will come through for us this time around
>>342757772
>getting upset when nintendo siri croaks
Who gives a shit, she was bad tech anyway.
>>342753812
>>342756743 this, we learn in SS the Lanayru province was an ocean before the Sheikah ruined it
Also in TP the Zora domain in Lanayru looks like it was once under the sea with shell fossils in the walls
Any specific reason they chose to call it "Calamity Ganon"
>>342741858
I'm sure that they'll give us tons of lore, but it will be MM-tier in actually explaining things.
In other words, tons of unique fridge-horror lore that will provide far more questions than answers.
>>342757497
Because they're fucking GORONS.
>>342758685
"he" or "it" is probably more of a phenomenon this time around or at the very least at this stage, more so than a character or singular being.
Is my guess.
>>342756602
they protect the Princess of Hyrule I think
Impa in SS protected Zelda on the grounds that she was related to Hylia and the Sheikah were servants to the Goddess Hylia
>>342758685
just a cool name
>>342758685
Because it's a goddamn calamity and it's clearly Ganon.
>>342747904
I was the guy that took that. I was trying to find some stuff that matched up with BotW and TP's Temples of Time to see if it could take place in the Child Timeline. Seeing as how >>342747756 this is on the Castle Market Walls and Pillars in TP HD (too hard to make out in Base TP).
I could find nothing, but I took every pic of the stairs leading to something that I could as a reference comparison. The bottom left was just something interesting I saw inside the Temple of Time, not sure what it depicts, that's clearly the Dominion Rod being held (which was made by the Oocoo) and some other mysterious item, a lantern perhaps? Just thought it was an interesting mural inside ToT.
I couldn't find anything that matched up between the two. Which is interesting, considering we also have Koroks and a lot of stuff matches up with OoT's Castle Town/Hyrule Castle Royal Courtyard (where you meet Zelda).
So it might actually be a timeline converge, or maybe it's just a nice little nod and nothing more.
If anybody would like me to find some Sheikah symbols in WW and TP, or try to, I definitely can, it may take me a day or two to completely scope the games for all possibilities however.
>>342758685
Possibly a reference to the Oracle games. Ganon is brought back to life, but is just a mindless monster, Calamity Ganon.
>>342745876
Gta is not open world you tard
>Tfw you realize that the Zora evolved in WW not to actually better adapt to the ocean, but so that they would not be able to go back to Hyrule.
Is the huge world the "gimmick" of this game?
How poor are the chances of an alternative world, time travel, season changes, or whatever else?
Then again. The runes we've seen are pretty damn unique. I guess that's more than special enough already.
>>342759648
I believe there are only two instances of Sheikah symbols in WW.
>>342756418
>Punished Fi
>A Sword Abandoned by it's Master
>>342760465
There's no way we're getting an alternate world, thank god. They aren't going to pour all that development and pr hype into the supposed 100+ mile overworld just to throw in some dimension/time travel.
>>342759648
>If anybody would like me to find some Sheikah symbols in WW and TP, or try to, I definitely can, it may take me a day or two to completely scope the games for all possibilities however.
That would be interesting. If you're going to do it anyway I'd b interesting in seeing it. It's been far to long since I played the game myself to remember personally.
>>342760478
I'll go through it later, I'm curious myself honestly. I imagine you're right, but can't hurt to check on one of the random ass backwater islands. I think the one place I can't check is the Ghost Ship unfortunately. You can't re-enter that after you did it, correct?
>>342760948
Will do anon, I'll get started on TP after I get some food in the next 20-30 minutes, I'm likely better to find more there, though I might not be able to post things until another day or two, if I want to compile it all, since I'll be going back through dungeons too just in case.
has anybody been findinglinksto this game in TP?
has anyone ever decompiled TP and get all the castle town citizen models?
>>342761352
Just this one so far.
>>342761492
have you?
>>342761820
No, I'm retarded.
But I do now they were some qts in those crowds
>>342761696
Is the image on the left from TPHD, or a capture from the GCN version?
>>342761954
The image on the left is from the GCN version, top right is HD version, bottom right is BotW.
>>342759648
I want you to do that. I'm replaying TP HD now looking for Sheikah/Twili lore and planning to look in WW HD next, there are far too few eye symbols there.
Thought for a minute I found an old Sheikah eye on a beamos in TP but it's just the Goron symbol. Interesting they both seem to have the Triforce triangles above them.
Are there any translatable runes in the Tower of the Gods? I didn't know any of those things could be translated on my first playthroughs
>>342759648
>>342760948
>>342760478
I can already tell you're all heading down a path you don't want to tread. So I'm going to tell you this as a friend. Take this image as a consolation prize, and turn the other direction. Don't pursue this.I don't want anything bad to happen to you. ;_;
It's going to be agonizing to wait almost a full year for the game.
Kind of makes me wish that they would have a handheld Zelda for us or something in the meantime at the very least.
>>342762251
There should be, but I couldn't tell you what they were. I can't translate it myself off the top of my head.
I've just been running the isos since I've had them sitting around for awhile. Not great for some texture work, but it's better than nothing since I don't own a Wii U in which to look for things.
I'll definitely give them a run and go though. I know the TP Temple of Time has the Light Medallion placed about it in random spots, and considering it's similarities to the Tower of Gods and where it jettisons from above the Master Sword, they're likely the same location and WW's Hyrule Castle was built over the Temple of Time after it was destroyed in the adult timeline.
So I wonder if the Tower of Gods has Light Medallions too. I'll definitely go through them both and find out anything that I possibly can that might be interesting to post.
>>342762118
The wall relief is from BotW?
>>342762118
No, no it's not. This image is just a joke. That's the same texture ripped from TPHD.
>>342762406
It's alright anon, I love exploring in games, I spent hundreds of hours in SotC just running around exploring. Realistically I know there probably isn't no connecting to any of the games whatsoever beyond what is directly stated, especially for BotW, but I wan't to do it all the same.
The west has an abundance of stories featuring magical swords.
So how come all the stories featuring actual sword-people, are from Asia?
>>342762714
Yep, I believe it's first seen in the demo with the Magnet around the first Shrine. I could be wrong though and someone is free to correct me.
>>342762251
>Thought for a minute I found an old Sheikah eye on a beamos in TP but it's just the Goron symbol. Interesting they both seem to have the Triforce triangles above them.
You know, now that I think about it, I think the Kokiri emblem and both versions of the Gerudo emblem are the only Hyrulian cultural symbols we've seen that don't either reference the Triforce or have a theme of three symbols/objects somewhere in the design.
>>342762778
>BotW is Zelda Flashpoint
That'd be trippy.
>>342762849
Could be the Shinto belief of spirits and gods in everything?
>>342762772
Tragic that head had to be attached to a chicken body. She really needs to be further anthropomorphized from the neck down.
>>342762930
Well you can argue the Kokiri symbol since it has 3 points. Gerudo Desert seems to be it's own country with it's own lore, Sand Goddess. It would explain why they don't have Hylian Ears and why the desert is so massive in the first place but we never see it all.
>>342762885
Just googled it, it's in TPHD. Which makes sense.
Can we agree about the Temple of Time in TP isnt the same in OoT, since this is the Faron's Temple of Time present in SS? And The OoT Temple is the one in Lanayru, after its desert-era
>>342763103
you can imagine she has boobs
>>342737834
They could do it right though. Maybe she could turn into Shiek but instead of playing the "lol it's me Zelda" before the final boss, we could know it's her already. The gimmick this time is that she needs to be able to reawaken as Shiek and needs Link's help or something, maybe he'd need to find the "sacred Sheikah attire" that OOT Zelda used, or maybe some sort of magical object which allows it to happen. Some sort of fun fetch quest, maybe one of the dungeons would hold this sort of item.
I was also thinking, maybe intead of Sheik directly, we get a pseudo Sheik in the form of Link becoming some sort of Sheikah member who can use Sheikah magic, like the needles, teleportation, granade (from SSB4 maybe?). I just think this is a big possibility. Link already has a direct link witht he Shiekah this time, in the form of the Slate. And in the trailer Zelda or Goddess Hylia (or are they one and the same? I forgot) is/are telling Link to "open our [his] eyes". Maybe this is foreshadowing for when Link will awaken as a Shiekah, and it'll be like he opened his Shiekah eye, you know, like the eye of the Shiekah symbol? Maybe that's what all this is pointing towards?
>>342760283
Fucking hell, I'm stupid as shit for not realizing this until now aren't I?
>>342739746
This sounds perfect.
>>342763921
Chicken breasts.
>>342763997
Zelda is the mortal incarnation of Hylia.
>>342764216
Only the one Zelda.
>>342736153
Did you see Link's underpants? They are Sheikah clothing.
>>342762591
Interesting. Light temples and dungeons seem to often have tech in them too.
>>342762778
>that fucking inconspicuous swirl on the very top of the Twilight Gate
I swear this symbol has relevance. I SWEAR IT
>>342763863
I can't agree with you, because you're wrong about the Lanayru tidbit. It is in Faron.
I do however agree with you because the Hyrule Historia claims Castle Town moved. And because the Master Sword isn't present.
So either this game is taking place pre-Twilight Princess, or there's two Temple of Times in BotW, which means the Hyrule Historia is wrong about there being only one Temple of Time (it doesn't say that but it says the TP ToT is the same as the OoT ToT, which anyone can tell is bullshit by the geography and the fact Castle Town hasn't moved from the center of Hyrule).
>>342760884
I disagree, at least in part. We may not get a whole second world, but I bet we'll get a segment set in the past localized at least around the Temple of Time.
>>342762930
i always thought they were supposed to be 1, 2, 3 kind of thing. like the kokiri emblem has one gem, the goron one is symmetrical so has two points, and the zora one has 3
>>342764186
yum
>>342736153
>playing ocarina of time
>it's great
>slowly getting more and more hyped for botw
I will have to give jewtendo money AGAIN
>>342762406
Hoo boy, did you post her for any other reason than she owned that golden Sheikah mask?
If you really want to stretch it, that symbol around her coat has the circle, tear drop under it, and three symbols above the circle
>>342764804
I can see something like that, but nothing on the scale of a Lorule or a Twilight Realm.
>>342764743
Oh shoot, ignore that, I misread. I thought >>342763863
you were saying that this temple is in Lanayru.
IGNORE! IGNORE!
>>342764586
its just a spiral. its a common shape like a triangle or square
>>342764743
>>342765073
Actually wait, it's the other way around.
BotW Temple of Time is the one in Lanayru.
The Master Sword at the end of trailer is in the real Temple of Time in Faron.
>>342764586
oh look it's that boss from Kirby/DK/Mario METAVERSE CONFIRMED
>>342764343
wrong-o bud
>>342762772
delete this
>>342765112
Well of course it's a shape, as is a triangle which is often significant.
This particular shape seems to come up around the Twili. I'll gradually add more things to this image as I remember and find them
You guys ready for the obligatory Sheikah Slate app on iOS and Android?
>>342766209
Explain Zelda 2's situation.
>>342766335
i said it's just a shape, its about as significant as a circle. they appear everywhere and arent linked. its like linking two different enemies that are the same color
>>342766469
The only re-unite when hyrule in in danger.
>>342767025
What only reunites?
>>342767441
they
>>342767596
Who is they?
>>342766469
A. Nintendo introducing deeper storytelling elements via another heir to the throne.
B. Nintendo's attempt to modify what was originally a love interest story about the Zelda from Zelda 1 falling under a deep sleep, cast by her brother possessed by Ganon's lingering evil, into a tragic fable in the mold of Sleeping Beauty.
C. Zeldakle
>>342767662
the
Post Fi
>>342766624
I disagree. The places this symbol crops up can be linked already without it. Could be related to their wormhole magic/tech, maybe to do with their desire to get out of the Twilight Realm back when they were first banished.
It's all over Zant's big disembodied Gohdan-hand, similar curls down the back of the Fused Shadow look like they're on the BotW guardians as well.
>>342767746
why has there been a resurgence of dumb fiposters
>>342767662
ur mumlink and zelda, and reunite is used very very loosely
>>342767752
shut the hell up
>>342767689
>B. Nintendo's attempt to modify what was originally a love interest story about the Zelda from Zelda 1 falling under a deep sleep, cast by her brother possessed by Ganon's lingering evil, into a tragic fable in the mold of Sleeping Beauty.
But when the game came out they specifically claimed it was a separate Zelda from 100 years ago and she's the reason why Zelda is the Hyrule princess naming convention. It's not a retcon or anything.
Zelda can't be the incarnation of Hylia if there are two Zeldas roaming around, especially if they're of the same bloodline.
>>342766348
I'm looking forward to it, but what'll it be and what will it feature for the game?
>>342768056
I'm not saying it was a retcon. I'm saying that was what Nintendo's original intent was.
You can't retcon SOMETHING THAT HASN'T EVEN BEEN RELEASED.
REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE-
Why do I argue with you people?
>>342768396
Bro what are you yelling about?
All I'm saying is that Zelda can't be Hylia incarnated every time. People can't hold up Hyrule Historia to be the be-all end-all source of canon when Zelda II spits right in its face.
I will mention this since I have no one bring it up, at least properly. The clothes that you find in BotW mention that they are too small, so they got me thinking that they where prepared for a child Link, however he somewhat grew in stasis. At first it made me think of OoT child Link but since we have TP I think this train of thought can be discarded.
So thoughts?
>>342743615
I hope not.
I hated that bitch.
>>342768796
maybe they shrunk in the wash
>>342768686
Who the heck said I think it's canon?
Everyone and their mother posting in this thread knows Hyrule Historia is bullshit, but the thing about Zelda being Hylia is canon and from Skyward Sword.
I don't think you're thinking this through very far. If you were, you would be arguing that BECAUSE Zelda is Hylia, that she can be two people.
D. Nintendo thought of the idea of Hylia and adopted into the story by making her Hylia persona be put to sleep, while her human personality is the Zelda in Zelda 1.
>>342742141
>goat legs
>>342769249
Every Zelda is of the bloodline that originates with the first Zelda, who was an incarnation of Hylia. Those Zeldas have magical properties because of that bloodline, not because each one is Hylia reincarnated every time into another human form.
>>342767942
Go away Impa. I've seen the Sheikah rune for the letter A. My Eye is open.
>>342769876
you should see the sheikah runes for the letters G A Y
>>342768686
Then I guess there are also two triforces of wisdom. The one left with sleeping beauty and the one the other zelda brakes into pieces in the first game.
Seriously though the location of the triforce of wisdom and power is a complete toss up in the first two games as its never explicitly mentioned outside of ganon is bad and probably has it somehow.
The damn triforce even evolves from the first two games and the later ones.
>>342770012
There wasn't a separate triforce of wisdom left with sleeping beauty though. Link seemed to have had both, or at least access to both wisdom and power, after the events of LOZ.
Alright went through Ordon and Faron to try and see what I could find. Not much honestly. Went through the Forest Temple trying to see if there were any connections layout wise to the Great Deku Tree of Forest Temple in OoT, not much really, a little loosely for the Forest Temple/OoT, but not enough to be anything note-worthy.
I did however find some interesting things. The Kokiri Symbol is reversed in the GCN version, likely an oversight, but I thought I'd include it anyways.
The Guardians for the Master Sword, do have a eyeball like design with a tear type deal dripping down, whether this has anything to do with the Sheikah or not is debatable, likely not since there aren't three 'eye-lashes'.
Outside the Temple of Time where you fight the Skull Kid there are 6 equal distant rocks surrounding a perfectly centered one, maybe a Medallions reference? It's also roughly where the ruins of things stop and forest begins again in the Sacred Grove.
The Tombstone I thought was just interesting to include since I was in the Faron Woods for those that didn't know about it. The second tombstone is always the most interesting one, what is the Statue of Time exactly, is that a reference to the Temple of Time and that it moves, and what about the rain? Is that a reference to the Adult Timeline where the rain didn't stop and flooded the world? So in Downfall/Child the Temple of Time moves around accordingly? Who knows.
Would love to get thoughts before I continue looking for other things a little bit later.
>>342769984
Nothing. Next time maybe do your research.
>>342770353
The reason zelda original was put to sleep was because she had the triforce of wisdom and wouldnt give it up or the location of courage so shes put down for 11 years.
Sometime later defferent zelda from zelda 1 decides she has it now and breaks it up to stop ganon from getting it after he assaults hyrule and steals the triforce of power (so thats where it went)
>>342739746
I want him to try use the environment to kill you, just as you can towards him
>been chasing Dark Link around for a bit but lost him
>"where the fuck could be be"
>hear a stasis rune activate somewhere
>look around
>there's a giant boulder flying at you and in the distance is dark link running away, presumably from where he launched the boulder from
>>342737259
>Power Bracelet/Gloves as a weapon type; lets you use Goron style sumo/punches (think Goron Link + TP Goron sumo) when not holding anything, and also lets you pick up stuff that's usually too heavy so you can throw them
>Lots of cool throwback outfits that provide different benefits hidden throughout the land; TP Link Farm outfit that provides horse taming bonuses, Zora Link dress thing that provides improved swimming (less stamina used and faster), Lobster pajama shirt for cozier fireside rests etc
>>342736153
Question:
Is it possible for BotW to be any kind of Fierce Deity and Majora origin story? Majora is already well known to be linked with the Shiekahs in a lot of ways
>>342739121
>go to a far corner of the map
>one of the oracles is there
>they give you a super hard challenge relating to their element that gives you a rad reward if you succeed
>>342770856
How does that not make sense? Why would sleeping beauty need to hold the triforce of wisdom while she sleeps for a century?
I really hope there's enemies that roam around or have excessively long aggro periods
>be doing bumfuck nothing in bumfuck nowhere
>suddenly stormclouds and lightning and thunder
>hide
>a huge posse of darknuts on evil horses with warhammers and claymores ride by looking around for shit to fuck up
>barely have enough stuff to take them on if I played my cards right, whereas they have rad gear that would look really good on me but might also look really good covered in my blood
>tfw gotta decide to fight or flight
>be poking about a volcano
>climb to the summit, look down
>a fucking dragon is inside
>it notices me and gets pissed
>shieldboard the fuck outta there
>it follows me, spewing fire across the badlands
>tfw there was treasure in it's next that I would like but I'd either have to sneak past it or kill it and it's literally hot on my trail
This kind of thing would go so well with the emergent gameplay it's not even funny. It's like a pop quiz on how you're managing your resources.
>>342771867
>>barely have enough stuff to take them on if I played my cards right, whereas they have rad gear that would look really good on me but might also look really good covered in my blood
>>tfw gotta decide to fight or flight
Just parry one and rush for their weapon, kill one and hope their armour drops and equip it, now you can defeat the entire horde.
Oh and if you get hurt just pause the game and eat some food.
Fuck I want this game to be more difficult
>>342770630
Nice. Where the rain stops does sound like a reference to the fact that this timeline didn't get flooded. I'm not knowledgeable enough to theorize much about it but maybe the Statue of Time is the statue of Hylia?
To call those statues "Guardians" is interesting though, are they referred to by that name in game? Mentioned this in the last thread, enemies with the same name are usually the same or connected across games, and pic related seem to be robots.
It's also interesting to compare that symbol to the Sheikah eye, while you could compare that to the tear drip it does seem like a stretch. It also very slightly resembles the "horn" like parts on the Sheikah eye on the Timeshift Stones in SS. That circle within a circle is also seen on a lot of Twili stuff.
>>342771250
Just seems weird that the triforce can fly around and choose where to be whenever it wants.
Eitehr way the whole thing is that hylia had a boner for link and became zelda in SS so that they could defend whats left of hylia again and again. I mean if sleeping beauty was basically a vegetable it makes sense the goddess would choose another vessel for the upcoming tribulations just like the triforce did.
Now to some real lore. Why doesn the trifore of power only corrupt in the later titles. Is it because of ganon twisted nature being influenced by demise that corrupted a piece of the triforce itself? The rules are iffy at best when it comes to wicked hearts.
>>342771867
Jesus fuck, anon, stop getting both my boner and my hopes up.
>>342772382
Possible it's a Statue of Hylia, who knows though, I believe TP is the only occurrence of anything called a Statue of Time.
As for Guardians, I believe they're just called Sacred Grove Guardians. They also light up very similarly to other technology in Zelda games, specifically the Timeshift/Guardian stuff in SS and Guardians in BotW since you brought it up. There's also a Guardian in AoL, though I don't believe we ever see it outside of an Overworld sprite.
I'm definitely curious to go back into the Twilight Realm and see what we get there when I get back to it. I think next I'm gonna take a look around Hyrule field to see if I can't find anything that was once a place or has any other connections to other games, probably not, though I know there is that Amphitheater ruin with the Owl Statue.
>>342770630
>In the land where the rain stops the statueu of time moves
Honestly this sounds like a nod to WW. The land where rain stops would be frozen hyrule castle, and in that you actually move the statue of the hero of time to progress.
>>342773058
True, that was my guess as well, that it had to be a reference to the Adult Timeline.
It's very curious that that would be there though, especially by a supposed Hero of Time tombstone, both of which are by their lonesome in Hyrule Castle and only access through a wolf dig-spot near a Triforce symbol. Makes it even odder that Hyrule Castle as the Rito Murals around the place too.
Makes you wonder if BotW actually isn't a game where it's crossing between the timeline streams and jumping around, very similarly to Hyrule Warriors (granted spin-off, it could have been used as inspiration in a way).
>>342770741
you should research this dick
>>342770630
those symbols on the statues in TP look more like the dominion rod not the sheikah
>>342772393
Well it doesn't need to fly around, there's no reason one of the later Hyrule rulers couldn't have discovered it and taken it elsewhere before the events of LOZ.
>it makes sense the goddess would choose another vessel
Sounds more like possession than incarnation 2bh...
Is the triforce of power corrupt? I mean how often have we seen it outside of Ganon/Gdorf's hands anyway?
>>342773436
You're more than likely right, one of the earlier screens that were posted, the mural in the Temple of Time also has a woman with the Dominion Rod as well.
Just figured I might include it either way and let people assume some stuff and discussion, given the technology stuff with the Sheikah.
>tfw NX game cartridges look like this
i believe in a nintendo future
>>342772382
>>342772776
>>342773058
>>342773280
I'm pretty sure it refers to the puzzle. If you kill all the enemies in the area, the rain stops and the statue moves where you can then dig a hole or something. I forget.
i admit, it would be cool if it was BotW Link though.
>>342773724
that gimmick would only apply to zelda game
>>342773724
>pass the game cart, bro
>>342773724
>Dorito sponsored cartridges
>>342756418
Reminder, link died and the sword was barely salvaged.
>>342773916
but it's in the stone thing and it's rusted from years of not being used. link always puts it back after defeating ganon
>>342737834
I hope they do include Sheik, buy this time, instead of the cheap "Sheik is really Zelda" reveal, the twist this time is that Sheik and Zelda are separate characters. Like the whole time we're expecting the same tired reveal, but near the end they both appear in the same scene, throwing that out the window. They need to include Impa, too. But badass Hyrule Warriors Captain of the Guard Impa, not the boring "kinda magic I guess" Impa.
>>342774498
>Sheik and Zelda are separate characters
thats stupid, then why in oot would zelda disguise herself as an existing person?
>>342773471
>Sounds more like possession than incarnation 2bh...
Yeah I guess so ha.
>Is the triforce of power corrupt? I mean how often have we seen it outside of Ganon/Gdorf's hands anyway?
Well at one point it corrupts link but thats probably not canon. I just thought for some reason it was. I dont even kno why now that I think about it.
>>342774219
It's not just rusted, it clearly got fucked up pretty badly. Swords don't get huge chips taken out of them like that with just rust.
>>342775351
it can if the rust wears away
>Master Sword lost it's power and that's why the previous Link failed in his quest and was resurrected a 100 years later
>this is why the MS is all sorts of fucked up
>>342773724
>current year
>cartridges
>>342774846
Why did Lucina disguise herself as Marth in FE Awakening?
You left the Master Sword in Ganons head in WW; maybe it being underwater for so long fucked it up
>>342775750
that's the other way around though. we've already seen sheik being introduced as a new character
>>342736153
the Sheikah aren't going to be in the game at allMy dad works at Nintendy
Why the FUCK does Link have acellphone?
>>342775516
Dude there are gashes in it, clearly from battle damage.
>>342776368
TEKKNAWLEDGY
>>342776423
nah it's rust
>>342775662
it won't be the current year it will be the f u t u r e
>>342776368
so he can take zelfies
>>342770630
Made my journey across Hyrule Field, didn't really find anything of note besides these things. Most of which was already known, but I am curious about the textures/murals on the Hylian Bridge and what they are in the HD version and what Impaz Poster says, if anybody can help out with those two.
Do you think we'll be able to?
Would be a shame for BotW not to have a photography minigame. Especially since you can easily share screenshots online now.
I need a photography rune.
>>342775286
I think it's because the games always give the triforce of power to Gman so in our minds its ingrained to associate it with corruption and darkness.
If you could bring back one character from the past games who would it be?
>>342772776
If the Guardians in SS and BotW and those temple statues in TP can all be connected, maybe there were two factions of Sheikah, one serving the Godesses and the other getting up to all the blasphemous darkness with the Majora's Mask and Fused Shadow.
That theater near castle town was always weird. I can't make anything of it but there's a kind of upside down heart symbol on the blocks there and in different places around Hyrule like the great bridge.
>>342777134
Majora
>>342777134
Midna, easily. Otherwise I'd go with Cia because I really enjoyed her in HW, I think she'd fit in wonderfully in other games.
>>342776995
>How is the antagonist having some character and depth a bad thing? You can hardly complain about him overshadowing Link's character
I don't care about him overshadowing Link's character. I care about him taking time and focus away from the game content and whatever themes it introduced.
Link actually not having much of any character at all is one of the reasons that makes him work. If every damn game had to go through Link's character that would be a great detriment to the series and you would have each game going through the motions each time. Zelda's character is also incredibly downplayed for the very same reasons and you barely interact with her in any Zelda game made so far, with the sole exception being Skyward Sword. And that game takes a fucking hour to get started as a result.
And of these three characters, Ganondorf has hands down the most established character. Because he is the most overused antagonist, being not only being the end game challenge to overcome, but also a repeated mid-game obstacle. Giving him way too much damn time and focus in the games that would be so much better spent on new characters or themes.
BotW Link has the same hairstyle as TP Link... ... ... ... and LttP Link and LoZ and LA and AoL and OoA and OoS
>>342777219
who the fuck is majora
>>342776914
Accents from Scotland and Ireland are both Celtic, you pleb.
>>342777182
I always thought the Sheikah were up to some nasty shit after awhile and stopped really dealing with the Royal Family outside of Impa's lineage. I mean the Shadow Temple/Well are pretty suspect, you can assume it's just a torture dungeon for prisoners, but I always saw it as like a dark Sheikah place nobody knew about.
>>342776807
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8XqXkIcA2I
>>342777552
but it's clearly a biritsh RP, you would have to be retarded not to see that
>>342736153
You better believe it
>>342777443
> Complaining about the Dorf
How can someone have this much shit taste
>>342777777
>>342777551
a dragon or some shit
>>342776997
Those are mirrored so it's wonky but it looks like the letters T N M
I'll take a look at the bridge in HD in a few minutes
Did you look through the eyes of all those stones with senses on? They could've done something cool with that
>>342777787
THE GOYIM KNOW
>>342777941
>342777777
newfag detected
>>342752556
what did the weeaboo mean by this?
>>342777645
Considering you don't seem to know that Scotland is part of Britain, I can only assume you have no idea what you're talking about. Also you seem to be under the assumption that all the accents in Ireland are the same, which I'm afraid is not the case. Not everyone there sounds like the leprechauns from muh Hollywood movies.
>>342777973
it's ANT
>>342778124
>Scotland is part of Britain
kek and who knows how long that'll last amirite lads?
>>342778124
i said british RP
>>342777973
Yeah, I went through them all, they all seem relatively the same just with the sense filter over it.
I wasn't aware that Hylian was mirrored, so that oddly makes two things mirrored in the GCN version, Kokiri symbol and Hylian, interesting. Now I'm beginning to wonder if the GCN ver. wasn't actually mirrored over the Wii ver. It seems odd that certain things would be mirrored and not the whole.
>>342778114
He's right you know. When has a dub ever been better than the original voices? I hope BoTW has dual audio.
>>342777593
Yeah they seem to have gotten up to really dark stuff, it could be that in the far distant past their entire race was dark and a faction split happened eventually with Impa being descended from those who chose to serve the Goddesses
>>342778012
Hylia's chosen people indeed
>>342778163
VANTC with maybe a Z at the end
>>342778163
Maybe WANT
and then a C and a D?
WANTCD
WANTCD
WANTCD
WANTCD
WANTCD
WANTCD
>>342778475
ITS FUCKING WANTED FUCK
>>342778279
If you can't tell the difference, it's ok m8.
>>342778251
Britain is the name of the island. Are you implying the landmass of Scotland is separate and return to it home planet?
>>342778337
>I hope BoTW has dual audio.
It won't. There is no chance.
The option between English or Japanese comes with the implication that English voices may not actually be the best voices. And that would resonate negatively with mainstream masses who don't care about Japanese voices.
>>342778475
WANTED
it's a wanted poster.
>>342778607
fuck
>>342778420
Definitely possible. It's definitely interesting to note that if Termina is a parallel dimension, which I think the Historia does confirm that (someone can correct me). Is that Majora is their equivalent of the Fused Shadows. Midna does manage to use them to become a huge monster/demon thing.
Makes you wonder if it's connected to Lorule at all, similar to how Holodrum and Labrynna are likely connected to Hyrule.
>>342778475
>>342778559
>>342778607
Interesting, does fit the western theme, wonder who it's a wanted poster of, it was the only one I found in the entire village.
Maybe Ganondorf directly after OoT/MM?
>>342778583
aye, everyfin beyond 'adrian's wall oughta drift off any bong now...
>>342778651
It's ok, I was the one that said vantcz at first.
The right half of v / w look similar and since you can see less than half of the letter it's not that bad of a mistake.
c and e look alike, and with the darkness it was hard to see the top of the letter which is the only part that distinguishes c from e,
and the last letter also isn't all the way on the paper, and I got the mirroring in my head backwards.
>>342778790
Directly above the word wanted you can see a portrait of someone. Kind of looks like Robin Hood from Robin Hood Men in Tights.
>>342778598
Then I hope there isn't much actual voice acting, or I'm going to have to buy a Japanese NX...
>>342778337
Japanese doesn't even fit Zelda. I could understand you making that argument if we were talking about some samurai game, but not a western fairy tale setting like Zelda.
Does anyone have the game awards map overlayed with the E3 map that matched up right?
>>342778447
>shut it down
>>342779206
Japanese sounds good in any setting, I just don't like the English language. It sounds crude and not at all majestic.
Who cares, Hiyama doesn't voice Link anymore.
>>342779085
Zelda has always been made primarily for the western market, ever since the first one proved to be a smash hit. We've even been getting Zelda games before Japan for the past decade. If anything the English version is the true version.
>>342779206
The Japanese voice sounds young, sweet, and almost a bit magical/mystical.
You could argue that the English also sounds a bit magical/mystical, but it mostly just sounds dry and hazy. Which the Japanese voice doesn't at all.
>>342744294
>retard reaction time
yep looks like zelda enemies
>>342779542
The Japanese voice sounds like an average anime twelve year old talking to her oniichan. Doesn't fit the context of a dire situation at all.
>>342779734
They are probably the dumbest enemies in the game.
>>342779295
Never forget the 10 gorillion
>>342780010
it won't get any harder. trust me.
>>342780201
I won't call it hard. But every other enemy in the game has already been shown to be harder. Relatively speaking that is.
>>342771159
I'd seriously love a main console game exploring the story behind the ancient tribe but we haven't seen anything that looked particularly dark yet so it's unlikely it's going to be this gameand I kind of hope it isn't because the art direction is a little on the bland side compared to usual. I'm a little worried about the sheikah connection.
>>342780201
There is literally a Rock Golem that can one shot you and some Guardians can take you from like 7 hearts to death.
That's leagues and miles better than what we've seen in previous Zeldas.
>>342777134
Depends on the plot for this game.
If it's going to have a dark plot, then Majora.
If a lighthearted plot, then Groose.
>>342780746
Are they making implications about the Twili here?
>>342778607
>>342778559
>>342778475
nah im pretty sure it's VANTCZ
>>342779542
The Japanese version is literally generic moeshit.
Both of them are disappointing but if I had to pick one over the other, it would be the English version by a wide margin.
>>342779376
who in TP has a funny hat and moustache
>>342777134
Fi. I am not exactly crazy about her character though so I would be perfectly fine with them keeping it very brief. Like just a single scene with Fi or something.
Just something before she finally enters an eternal restor death.
I think it would be cheap to ignore that the Master Sword was "alive" in Skyward Sword.
But I also think it would be cheap to ignore that there has been no implications of this in any other game.
So go ahead and give Fi her Swan Song. You can keep it brief, but just acknowledge Fi somehow and then make it so that it makes sense that she never reappeared again.
>>342779742
neither does the english voice. the english voice is light and airy and sounds like she's smiling while saying it, like she's happy link is finally awake. it doesn't sound urgent or dire at all
>>342777787
I'm not really understanding this image.
Is it supposed to be compilation of Zelda characters that are "in the know?" If so, the HMS should be at the top, not Impa. Don't even know why Gonzo, a foot soldier and a moblin are there.
Am I a fag for hoping that Cia and/or Lana will make an appearance? I know it won't happen, but still.
They shown lizalfos or my boys in armor yet? I want to fight some real enemies.
Even a wizzrobe would be neat
>>342781796
Her appearance can't be especially brief. If you think about it from a story writing perspective, they can't just drop in a random face into the narrative without explaining who she is first, because they have to assume that there will be players that have never played any Zelda before.
GUYS GUYS GUYS.
FASTBALL ROBOT TRIVIA.
http://zelda.wikia.com/wiki/Lanayru_(Skyward_Sword)
"As an Easter Egg, Lanayru comments how Link is not much of a name, and assigns him a model number, "LD-Link-16". Like all the Ancient Robots, the model number starts with "LD-", signifying that they all came from the Lanayru Desert. The number sixteen was chosen because Skyward Sword is the sixteenth Legend of Zelda game released, excluding all ports, remakes, CD-i games, and spin-offs. "
EVEN JUST AN EASTER EGG, WE KNOW MULTIPLE LINKS HAD BEEN ORPHANS.
>>342781983
I'd be cool with that. I am pretty sure the vast majority of the audience would hate it though.
Just went through Kakariko Village, Death Mountain/Goron Mines, and Snowpeak Ruins, couldn't find anything of note outside of the Snowpeak Ruins pictures, which most you can't make out on the base version, we'll need HD screens of them.
I know for sure though that there is a pic of the Temple of Time, Ordon Ranch Goats, Hyrule Castle, and Queen Zora though. I couldn't make out 2-3 other pics though.
All that leaves is Lake Hylia, Zora's Domain/River, Gerudo Desert/Arbiter's Ground, Twilight Realm, and Hyrule Castle.
So far only one Sheikah Symbol (the original intent of this) and that's the Hero's Shade summon stones.
>>342782178
i doubt they would hate it, just be confused about these non-canon characters
>>342781572
Nobody off the top of my head, closest peope with a mustache is Ilia's father and I believe Colin's father.
>>342782247
I really don't know how anyone can think this takes place after TP or WW. The Sheikah are the main focus of this game and nowhere to be found in those other two.
>>342781190
Possibly. If the Sheikah are Twili and/or the Ancient Tribe theories are true then I hope they're saving another game to cover the Twili faction's war because this one seems to focus more on the tech side we saw a lot of in SS, and I don't think the darker side of the Sheikah (the fucking execution and torture chambers from Shadow Temple and the super creepy vibe from Majora's Mask and to a lesser extent the Twili themselves) would mesh as well with the game based on what we've seen so far.
>>342782159
She could always explain who she is, and more to the point what the Master Sword is.
And then she could die during the first battle following or something.
They could have a little goodbye, and Fi could just lament over how Link now has to manage with a Sword without its AI or something. I don't know.
I trust that they could actually come up with something better.
>>342777134
Fucking Linebeck, please.
>>342782365
>The Sheikah are the main focus of this game
No, they really arent.
>>342782175
You know, I always found it kind of weird that the robots in Lanayru referred to him as some kind of robot model. Even if it was some kind of joke or their way of categorizing things, I always found it weird regardless.
But know with all of the theories surrounding BoTW and this new Link.... I don't know, anon... I just don't know...
>>342782365
Impaz is believed to be a Sheikah in TP actually. In fact they don't exist in any timeline period beyond Impaz in the child and the Impas in the Downfall. Not enough to really base an entire culture on at that point.
Honestly, I'm just looking for any amount of connection at all. It's harder with the Downfall timeline because most are far older games and 2D ones at that. So I'm focusing on TP/WW right now. I'll eventually get to OoT and see what we can find there as well just to be absolutely sure.
>>342782341
actually i think it's this guy, the moustache and hair match perfectly
http://www.zeldawiki.org/Chudley
>>342782583
Yeah they're totally not responsible for the iphone that grants you countless boons or the 100 shrines you go through along the way or the resurrection chamber you awoke from in the first place.
>>342782812
I completely forgot about that asshole. inb4 it's this timeline's >>342782538
Honestly probably just a generic outline of a face and doesn't mean much.
>>342782389
I like to think of the Interloper/Twili war as being extremely technological, the bright neon straight angles all over them, their pixelated "magic", the entire Twilight Realm looks like Tron.
Look at this motherfucker, he's a hologram
>>342782609
>Brightness adjustment to support my theory
>>342782902
>the resurrection chamber
I can't get over how ominous the implications behind this really is in the end after all.
Imagine if we encounter a legitimate "clone chamber" some time in the middle of the game, and have to fight a freshly baked not!DarkLink.
>>342782902
see
>>342747491
So maybe its a 50 50 but knowing nintendo we aint gonna get shit
>>342783120
The entire point is that there is so much important Sheikah shit in BotW and basically none whatsoever in TP/WW that it would be pants-on-head retarded to make them connected.
>>342782970
nah its definitely that faggot
>>342783069
it's a similar shade of blue it must be correct!
>>342781975
>Don't even know why Gonzo, a foot soldier and a moblin are there.
ANYBODY can be a member of the Illuminati, even (You).
>>342783391
How fresh and working their tech looks in BotW compared to any other example of technology in the games could be used to argue it takes place before SS
>>342783391
If I was to just jump in and add to this discussion a little bit.
While admittedly there is extremely little explicit "Sheikah" stuff in TP, there is an abundance of Twili stuff.
And the most things points towards the Twili in fact being old Sheikah banished to the Twilight Realm that later adapted to the Twilight Realm, becoming Twili.
And with this we have implications of a major prejudice towards Sheikah. So it's entirely plausible that the kingdom/royal family simply got rid of / relocated any Sheikah artifacts if you're wondering why we didn't find resurrection chambers and sheikah slates and whatever else all over TP.
>>342782134
>Even a wizzrobe would be neat
I am pretty sure they'll be in the game in one form or another.
I mean, there has to be some enemy that spawns with the flame rods (and whatever other rods are likely in the game), right?
>>342783834
I swear to christ if Nintendo does the fucking "no THIS time we PROMISE it's the REAL origin story!" bullshit ONE MORE TIME
>>342783081
>YFW mid-game plot twist is Link realizing he is a clone/robot
>huge tonal shift in the game from thereon out
>some NPCs and towns start catching word of mouth, and they treat you differently, several even kicking you out or outright attacking you
>come across optional body upgrades that remove the required programming to eat, sleep, etc if the player desires, or to increase stamina, binocular eyesight, thermal vision, increased strength, etc
>run into abandoned clone/robot factories that housed rejected Link bots/Link clones
>all of them have been corrupted by Calamity Ganon, except for you
>some of them you come across in these factory chambers, others chase you across the map
>killing them is the equivalent of gold skulltula hunting/poe hunting/treasure chart hunting in BoTW
>>342776134
If he's a "generic force" than there's no reason it has to be Ganon, they can just make a new threat with a less retarded design and more possibilities.
>>342782247
Went through the Twilight Realm since there seems to be a discussion going on with them and the MM Tribe (which I personally think is just their parallel equivalent and not the same exact tribe).
Didn't find anything, no symbols, nothing. Outside of the technology within the Twilight Realm, which consisted of automatic doors, floating light platforms, and what appears to be holographic/light railings, which is all stuff everyone has seen who played the game obviously. Not a thing, no Sheikah symbols, nothing.
Also does anyone find it odd that the Twili don't say a word to you while you're there, you can't talk to them or do anything, they just stand there.
>>342784245
Circular timelines.
>>342784504
I think zants throne might have had an eye on it, kind of like how the fused shadow did. Not really shiekah but still
>>342784253
what is this tales of the abyss? i really hope they don't do this
>>342784589
Triangular Timeline.
>>342784705
Went and looked actually, I thought it did too. Just has the typical little square swirl patterns you see on every other Twili thing. Even went behind the throne to see if the back had anything, same stuff.
I'm just gonna leave this here.
>>342784504
>Also does anyone find it odd that the Twili don't say a word to you while you're there, you can't talk to them or do anything, they just stand there.
I find it hard to believe anyone didn't notice that. Tried transforming to see if they would react to the sacred beast but nope.
>>342784954
faggot
>>342784954
I'm sure skyrim is bigger, not by much but stillOr at least I want to think so, holy fuck Nintendo
>>342784850
>Triangle Timeline
>>342785425
I read somewhere that botw Hyrule is 9x the size of the Skyrim province.
>>342784850
>Just has the typical little square swirl patterns you see on every other Twili thing
Ah well good man being thorough. My memory isnt the best.
So which would you rather see Iron knuckle or darknut?
>>342785159
I had completely forgotten about it until I went in to see if they had anything important to say, didn't say anything, they didn't even have animations it looked like to follow you like most characters do.
It's eerie, kind of like they're robots in a weird way, which I wouldn't put it past Nintendo.
>>342785783
Both, obviously
>>342785679
plz no
>>342785783
deeznut
>>342785679
just what in the hell is going on here
>>342785851
I agree
>>342785783
Heres the image I meant to post
>>342785783
I'd personally like to see the WW Dark Nuts. I loved their Anubis design.
Finally sat down and beat AoL the other day since I never had, Iron Knuckles just piss me off anymore, though I do like them in OoT quite a bit.
I'm debating on whether doing Hyrule Castle or Gerudo/Arbiter's Ground next. I can't imagine Zora's Domain/Lake Hylia honestly has much in TP. It'd be nice if I could actually go through Snowpeak without getting warped.
>>342784504
>>342784705
It's a little hard to make out but I can't find a bigger picture of the throne. The eye isn't there on the GCN version right on the back of the throne (facing it)?
>>342785256
>>342785425
>>342785705
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ig9-4HeBEFk
http://www.giantbomb.com/the-legend-of-zelda-breath-of-the-wild/3030-41355/forums/breath-of-the-wilds-known-overworld-map-size-estim-1798562/
http://www.techinsider.io/legend-of-zelda-breath-of-the-wild-map-size-2016-6
>>342786335
>giantfaggot.com
>literallywhoinsider
>size == quality
>>342785917
>>342786003
The Triforce is what is going on there. Look at it anons, you can't deny it.
>>342786206
I'll go back through it and take some screens for you, one sec.
>>342784312
coughCiacough
>>342786467
>Size == quality
When the fuck did I say that?
>>342786667
Why the fuck else would you bring that point up "le bigger than skyrim"? Fuck off you cuck-bait nigger.
>>342786482
>no link's crossbow training
>no rosy rupeeland
ya fucked up
>>342786586
Y-you see it though right? At the very top of the back in that picture.
You don't have to do that I believe you, I know I've seen a clearer shot before. Can't remember if I even inspected the throne on GC and in HD I'm only just at the lakebed.
>>342786763
>posting a size comparison map to give a solid visualization based on the current information
>bait
It's embarrassing that that's all it takes to trigger you fucks.
>>342786586
>>342786935
I got a snip from the wii version thanks to the tubes.
The giant magic lines kinda make an eye but not really. The top of the throne DEFINITELY has an eye, taken from the cutscene
>>342786983
Alright cuck, its information.
That doesn't mean anything other than the world is 10x more empty than a empty game. Great!
>>342787180
>being this fucking buttblasted your console of choice didn't win E3
>>342786935
>>342787068
You're both right, I can see what you're getting at.
I must have just completely overlooked it's actual design due to it being very similar to everything else Twili, that's a mistake on my part.
I overlayed the Sheikah symbol on top of it. It can match up, but it would have to be distorted a bit with the eye-lashes/triangles and no longer have the curl parts.
>>342785679
DEEPEST
>>342787068
Phew, don't mess with muh Sheik LORE like that guys
The only really interesting bit here would be the Timeshift Stone, though it's a stretch. Gohdan too but of course you can also say it's just "wind"
(fucked up and lost the image before)
>>342787494
What about right up at the top of the throne though?
>>342787494
this is really reaching
>>342787494
Also that symbol you overlayed the Sheikah eye on looks quite similar to the one on those guardians >>342770630
>>342787708
>What about right up at the top of the throne though?
If there was anything there, I couldn't personally make it out.
>>342787734
I don't disagree it, but symbols have changed over time in terms of design, especially if we're to assume the Twili are the Sheikah, it's possible the symbol was updated.
Personally I don't think it is the Sheikah symbol, but I can definitely see how it can be construed as once being a Sheikah symbol or very close to it. Especially given the technology and how the Sheikah symbol has changed slightly in some games.
>>342787734
I don't see how. The eye and the tear drop down the center are plain as day.
You could argue that it lacks the triangle crown but it's present in this one >>342787068 in the same place.
Not a stretch at all.
>>342787993
Hm, the clear Sheikah symbol on the left image here? >>342787068 Hard to believe they added it in the Wii version, doesn't look like that image is from the HD version
>>342778659
Skullkid and possibly the Mask Salesman are from Hyrule, at the very least the Mask Salesman isn't from Termina since he was in the middle of his travels and got mugged in the forest between the two lands (he even followed Link into Termina himself). The mask could be and probably is from Hyrule too.
>>342779742
>>342781541
The jap voice sounds more like a disney princess than anything, nothing like the squeaky moe voices from weebshit, you guys are trying too hard.
So, this is what I have left to check.
>Gerudo Desert/Arbiter's Ground
Other than finding a connection to the outside camp or say the Sand Goddess statue inside, I don't personally think I'm gonna find all that much here, and I'm not going to bother with the Cave of Ordeals, I know there isn't jack shit in there other than the Great Fairy and Postman.
>Zora's Domain/River/Fishing Hole
I can't imagine anything will be here other than the Zora's symbol and the Fishing NPC from OoT's picture. I can check it out though and look either way.
>Lake Hylia
All I can imagine being here is the Zora's symbol, unless there is something on the canon.
>City in the Sky
Ugh I hate going through that place, but I can give it a look around to try and find something, can't imagine much either.
>Hyrule Castle
There is bound to be something here other than the Cursed Swordsman Tombstone. I can't really check out the throne room with Zelda though, that'll trigger the boss fight.
Anybody want me to bother with these, or have any preference to which I do first?
>>342788467
It doesn't sound anything like a Disney princess.
>>342772339
Plenty of games allow you to pause to restore health, and zelda has always done that. If an enemy is tough enough, it'll depelte your food storage. Or if it really bothers you, you could just not wear armor and do a naked link run or something.
>>342788789
Legendary Hero mode when?
>>342788756
Listen to it again, it's not even that high-pitched.
>>342784253
You picked the right picture anon.
Is that Sheikah design the new Triforce eagle in terms of tattoo ideas by fangirls?Because I want it but I can see it bring overused real quick.
>>342788934
I never said it was squeaky or grating, just that it sounds like any generic anime middle school girl. Which it does, come on now.
>>342788397
Yeah, doesn't look like that on the gamecube version, mostly just looks like a muddled mess of nothing.
It's why we need some actual HD comparisons, particularly of the few Snowpeak Ruins pictures I can't personally make out and the Great Hylia Bridge Murals/Symbols.
>>342788467
Well you got me there actually. Then again, for all we know Majora could be from Holodrum or something too. I always wondered if people who got lost in the Lost Woods, didn't actually end up as Stalfos and instead end up in Termina. Doubtful, but it'd be cool, at least I think.
>>342789140
Anime middle school girls are way squeakier than that. She sounds more like something between Belle and Ariel if they were jap.
>>342743157
>jump onto wild horses and ride them
>no seats
>link's balls bust
>mailman link
>skirt link
>now naked link
its not even subtle anymore
>>342786482
>>342785679
What about Link Between Worlds?
>>342789563
Well either way, it doesn't bother me, it works for the Japanese audience and that's okay.
Just glad ours doesn't sound like that.
If you guys want to make a new thread and post the link here before this one archives in a bit, I'll make sure to hop in it with any new info I can find in TP before I start the journey into WW shenanigans.
>>342788753
I'd say the Arbiter's Ground could be interesting with the Mirror of Twilight being there and all.
I don't have a flashdrive for screenshots but I'm gonna take a peek around and report back, at least at the bridges.
>>342789147
That's really strange though, maybe that left image is from the HD version. At least it's there.
>>342789604
nigga, have you even rode a horse bareback? big motherfuckers have huge canters and gallops, its really slow and comfy as fuck, its more a ball massage then anything
>>342789782
Not him, but it's between LA and LoZ.
Looking at the official trailer again.
What in the world happened to this mountain?
>>342789985
Mad scientist tested laser
Shit went wrong
>>342789985
That is a cloud moron
>>342789790
I don't care about the Japanese dub at all, I just wish ours was better. I'd rather have Banjo-Kazooie grunts over this.
>>342789985
That may be the hollow where Biggoron was living.
>>342789915
Nigga, have you ever rode a full sprinting horse being chased by a gigantic robot spider on uneven ground?
>>342789808
Yeah I'll make one in a minute and start it off with a few webums. I'd think a dedicated LORE thread would be janitor'd pretty quick for inactivity, or is it too late in the US for that?
Why is link wearing his clothes from Windwaker in this?
>>342790505
>his cloths
How do we know its his?
Look at the item description again.
http://m.imgur.com/a/7aQR7
4k screenshots
I don't give a fuck what anyone says, this shit is gorgeous.
>>342790227
Aw I kinda like it. It's refreshing, even if a bit weird for now.
Her voice sounds like a friendlier Daenerys.
>>342790285
tl:dr yes
long version: i was in a shed learning to ride, when the intructor said "okay listen up, the weathers not looking good, and it might hail and thatll scare the horses. if it starts to ha-"
it starts to hail, and under a tin roof this sounds like world war 1. the horse takes off like its dodging 500 pound bombs, bucking every second step, and i made it around half of the shed before it timed its bucks correctly, and bucked me right before it turned, so i was still continuing forward in the air while the horse was turning left. the only part that hurt was hitting the ground, really
>>342790749
>this game will never run at 4K 60fps
why fucking live
>>342789819
I just did Arbiter's Ground actually, I have a few things of note, need someone who is good at Hylian Translating, want to wait until the next thread to post it though since it's almost at the end of this one.
>>342790749
That floating thing is definitely looking less like a ship and more like Skyrim now.
>>342791329
Believe in the NX.
>>342737834
She's getting fucked in that castle
>>342790505
the clothing he wore in windwaker wasnt even his. it was traditional wear for any young kid at the time. remember, link in wind waker ISNT link, everyone in those floating villages called their kids link as a tradition in memory of the ACTUAL link who did shit before the games time. you become the link, because your the first person to be bad ass enough, that the gods decided "well, shit, youve fufilled all the requirements, i guess your it now, brah".
its also why in almost every other zelda game link has no known family, but in wind waker, hes got a grand mother and a sister
>>342791724
>Open Your eyes Link
>Watch us!
>>342791808
He talkin' about the blue outfit you start in
>>342790912
>Her voice sounds like a friendlier Daenerys.
That's probably why I don't like it, Zelda takes inspiration from western fantasy as well as JRPG aesthetics but also consciously pushes away from them to make its own thing, those typical fantasy voices immediately make me feel like I'm watching a cheap tolkien rip-off fantasy game rather than Zelda.
>>342792173
you mean this one? the one called "Heros new clothes"?
because
yeah
>>342790749
I can't wait to play it on the NX
