Topic: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

@Kinan: They were confirmed in the 2014 Game Awards presentation. So unless they lied, which as we know, is utterly impossible... (cough)

@Kinan: Well, it was available in A Link Between Worlds and A Link to the Past. I wonder if the SNES or 3DS could handle a "picking" animation, though. It could probably work on Wii U, the state-of-the-art console experience.

ALBW shows link picking them up and eating them. In ALttP, they're just reskinned hearts.

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.

@SpookyMeths: Woah, you mean while he's riding Epona at full speed? That would be pretty cool!

@SpookyMeths: Or, maybe while riding Epona under trees, Link could pick apples on his own like you say, but they could replenish health. It would be a cool way to replenish hearts without having to stop and drink a potion or pick an apple manually.

@rishisquid: Cool! They would probably restrict the feature to a few apple trees scattered throughout an area. If you could do that to any tree in a dense forest, you'd have a really easy time!

Well, not all trees produce apples.

And they're usually not in forests. I think.

@Kinan: I'm gonna be straight up with you, man. I'm not gonna read your last message. We both just need to move on, ok?

That could also be a way to make "safe" areas, where there are lots of apple trees, and more deadly ones where there aren't.

Well, of course, but video game logic doesn't always synchronize with real logic. I would think that some apple trees grow in forests, though. I dunno, I'm no apple expert.

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And you wonder why we pick the juicy topics

That explains the apple talk.

Oranges FTW. dat Vitamin C.

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.

Holy— Well played, QUALITY PUN!