I think it would be neat if picking and eating apples didn't even do anything, it was just an idle animation that happens when you auto-ride Epona under a tree. Would be a nice "atmospheric" touch.
High-speed. Apple. Picking. Parkour.
You're riding breakneck through the plain, being chased by bulbins on half a heart when you ride under a tree and grab an apple, restoring your health.
I hope apple picking is a timed contextual button press when you're riding underneath a tree, just like the counter attack in the Wind Waker.
Nintendo has always taken inspiration from Hollywood and Disney. In keeping with this I hope there's a random chance for each apple to put you to sleep, entering a coma quest ala Snow White. What that would look like:
You're riding breakneck through the plain, being chased by bulbins on half a heart when you ride under a tree and grab an apple aaand—slump off of your horse, falling to the ground, asleep.
Crafting? How could they do it? If we want to talk about something besides fruit...
Or classes? Do you think a class system could work in zelda? Or something like a skill tree? So you could specialize on certain aspects of the game?
I think those are two RPG systems that just don't work in Zelda. The upgrades we've seen are too few and two useless to matter at all. The ALBW ones worked for combat, but good Zelda games never put the challenge in the combat, but rather in the puzzles.
Crafting? How could they do it? If we want to talk about something besides fruit...
Or classes? Do you think a class system could work in zelda? Or something like a skill tree? So you could specialize on certain aspects of the game?
I think those are two RPG systems that just don't work in Zelda. The upgrades we've seen are too few and two useless to matter at all. The ALBW ones worked for combat, but good Zelda games never put the challenge in the combat, but rather in the puzzles.
I don't see why that couldn't work. I think the class system would ruin Zelda, but crafting: not at all. As long as Link isn't the one being upgraded, the game's integrity would sustain itself. Crafting would be fine. What I would love is if there are choices that Link makes via dialogue that alters the game as a whole. Maybe not to the extent of Mass Effect, but going beyond what Skyward Sword did.
I think before we can answer that question, we would need to first answer the question why crafting in the first place. What value does it add to Zelda gameplay? These are games built around exploration and as you point out yourself, interaction with the environment.
Sure, you could add it, and then give the player a basic item which they then need to upgrade with supplies they find in the next dungeon or in the overworld. But then I have to wonder, will that make the game more fun?
That's what I was getting at. It certainly doesn't seem central to the experience.
Sure, we can have crafting and skills in Zelda, or not, I don't really care.
(sigh), can we go back to talking about apples again? Or how about we talk about what swimming is gong to be like! We could have it overly encumbering, like in most games, or we could have the ridiculous spinny thing we got in Skyward Sword! One of the best things in Zelda, however, is how swimming starts off as being really limiting at first, but you gain items that create that liberating feeling of fluency in the water, like Iron Boots, Zora Scales, Flippers, etc.
P.S. The spinny thing in Skyward Sword actually felt more encumbering at times, because it was admittedly pretty hard to keep track of where you were going, and being propelled forward really fast didn't help. But a little difficulty never hurt anyone.
@Octane: What about cool underwater grotto exploration? They should have it at least for optional exploration. Besides, I like it when items give you the ability to explore places you weren't normally able to go. Iron boots = underwater, Hookshot = rooftops, Hover boots = large gaps, Deku Leaf = Sky, etc. Those are always the best items, especially when their usefulness is littered all across the landscape. I sure hope they do that with Zelda U, with the world being so huge this time.
@Nicolai: I was joking, I'd love to see an underwater section, as long as the controls are decent.
I've never been a big fan of the hover boots, they were too unrealistic and too situational. Hookshot and iron boots are a given I think and the hookshot already replaces the hover boots to an extent. We've seen some sort of sail cloth / deku leaf, so that one is guaranteed as well and can also be used to cross gaps. If you can climb every mountain in the game, I'm sure at least the sail cloth is going to be useful.
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