Topic: The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

I like both of those things.

I think the weapon durability made for more tactical fighting, especially towards the end when you had so many weapons of different abilities.

The shrines were fun, and I think they should keep them, but change the music and interior art. All looking and sounding the same was a huge disappointment. Also a wider range of puzzles wouldn't go amiss. It would be good if some were not enclosed so had more interaction with the overground environment.

However the beast dungeons were rubbish. The size was rubbish, the mechanics were rubbish, the maps were rubbish. Redesign them and have more of them. The only one that was even half-way to being good was in the DLC.

This game might be my graduation gift lol. I adore BOTW and this looks to be even better.

I have no interest in TOTK/BOTW myself but damn does this game look fantastic. Decently confident this'll be GOTY 2023

Also, @Octane you might need to change the thread name now that we finally have a title after....nearly 3 years oh wow.

I hope the weapon durability stays except for the Master Sword. Fi should be ready to go by now.

@Fizza it felt like 6 years lol

@VoidofLight Well, nothing new on the surface. But they have dropped some major clues story wise, which at this point will certainly involve the so called zonais in relation to the Yiga clan and the Sheikah tribe. if that's your thing. i think it's substantial since one of the main critics to the first one was that it had a lackluster plot (which the sequel could also still have, admittedly). Gameplay yes, nothing extensive. we see new flying enemies (supposedly), a new axe, and a sort of cartridges belt link has on the side which doesn't appear to be simple apparel, but most likely has to do with link's powers or things he has to collect. We see some shots of hyrule from above, and it appears that death mountain will have a role with malice. So maybe the classic structure of "every tribe in hyrule has been affected, visit them and save the day"? admittedly, that would be a bit boring. From the single panning shot we can't see new islands, but it's not conclusive. From above we can see some new structures, some of the land appears to be different, and right at the end, when the green logo with two dragons appear, we can see down on the bottom left what seems like a shrine structure, but new, with the same green spiral that stands above ganondorf in the first trailer. other than that i agree, we still don't know how much diversity it has. Some confirmations on the patents: it appears link can decide how fast he falls from the sky. i would have loved to see new tribes and cities, but since the date is May 12, at this point we have to wait a last trailer, maybe even a dedicated direct, at the beginning of next year.

Alright, so what's with the Malice leaking out of Eldin Volcano?? Is it because Malice is running underground and is trying to escape through any sort of opening? Did the Malice build up pressure in the ground causing chunks of the ground to get shot into the air, like Hyrule Castle?

@Fizza Like this?

@Octane ....Not exactly no. Pretty good joke though (though you might need to change it to the actual name before everyone in here loses it XD).

@Octane Lmao I love how the first message of this thread is about Pikmin 4 😂

Seen the key art, couple of points of discussion: Are those hebra mountains? in the midst of a tornado or a fog or something, next to the castle. Also the yellow leaves in the sky: is it winking at an autumn theme? a dying cycle of life? i'm surely stretching.

@Octane can you add a sad emoji, even if it’s old skool text, to the title too?

@StarPoint I have no idea, I just noticed that a while ago, could lead to some interesting new environments. (Can't help but think you're right and that's another reason ventures underground may be here.)

Is this the normal BOTW2 thread? I can't tell by the title...

I'm glad Nintendo is giving me a real break from buying games, instead of putting this earlier next year. This also delays my next 100+ hour Xenoblade experience, since I'm playing DE until I'm done with this game.

That sounds like a diss somehow, no I'm being serious, I have too many bought and unplayed games at this point, and many others I need to get, thank you for the break.

Rip and Tears of The Kingdom

Zeltik broke down the trailer already and as usual, it's all good stuff.

So, does Link need to cry to fly? I mean the poor dude has seen and been through some rough stuff.

@NintendoByNature The only thing that I disagree with in his video is that the falling body is Ganondorf, since the body is depicted with pointed ears. It's probably meant to be Zelda falling into a pit.

Is this gonna be like emo Link?