Nintendo has continued its series of articles providing a countdown to this week's DLC for The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, this time profiling Midna's Helmet.
First of all, the helmet will allow for "Guardian Resist Up" in the game, which is always handy. One neat screen from the article shows Link in the helmet along with the Wolf Link buddy (unlocked by scanning the relevant amiibo).
This post also gives some interesting background on Midna as a character. It turns out that she evolved from a 'goblin/devilkin' design that was produced for a 'secret project' worked on before Twilight Princess. You can see examples below.
Amusingly, early builds needing a companion to ride on Wolf Link (as a placeholder) used a familiar character while designers worked on Midna.
Creating a "buddy" character who would stay next to Link at all times and battle in tandem with him was a first for a Legend of Zelda game. The challenge started with brainstorming among designers for ideas, and we eventually finalized this character through a trial-and-error process for her shape, facial expressions, actions, etc.
In early prototypes, as a placeholder for Midna, Tetra from The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker was riding on Wolf Link as he ran around Hyrule.
Tomorrow's post will focus on the Tingle outfit, which should be interesting.
[source zelda.com]
Comments (21)
It weirds me out because the hair on the helmet is Midna's actual hair. So was she... Scalped? Now I'm gonna have nightmares T_T
Hope you can combine this with the Ancient shirt and pants to get the set bonus. The Ancient helmet just looks goofy.
Weird and creepy...
I would love to see footage of the prototypes that used Tetra.
They already released the info a long time ago.
@abbyhitter
Agreed on the set bonus. I bought most of the Gerudo town jewelry items and spent resources upgrading them, but I never wear them because they don't count towards the set bonus. I kind of wish the developers would allow that to work so that you can do a little more customizing of your outfits, should you desire. The Midna helmet is especially fetching.
Yup, it was interesting when I read it in Hyrule Historia.
These tidbits continue to be fascinating. Seeing the in-development stills for Midna's emotions, finding out that an unreleased game featuring a Midna-like character was in development prior to Twilight Princess, and discovering that Tetra's model was the original prototype for a character riding Wolf Link are all fun new information, and I don't think they even appeared in the lovely Hyrule Historia! Thanks for directing more views to this cool feature.
So functionally midna's headpiece is identical to the diamond one? Sorta disappointing, we have two guardian resist headpieces already...
I'd like to see the helmet use some of Midna's attacks in Twillight Princess.
This was in Hyrule Historia.
Couple Midna's helmet, ancient armour and greaves; you've got a rough cosplay of Season 5 Samurai Jack
That looks like a majora's mask sequel!!
It's interesting to see how many iterations of Midna (one of my favorite Zelda characters) existed. Some of those designs are really cool, but I can't argue with the end result.
@LUIGITORNADO Yeah, I saw this and thought, "Isn't everyone familiar with these photos?" And then realized that not everyone has Hyrule Historia...
Tetra on Wolf Link. Really want to see that...
@ZurapiiYohane I don't hate it (I do think it could have been a bit more streamlined with some creative retconning). I can't wait till its amended to include BotW, although I know people have their thoughts on where it's placed.
I love Midna. Had a bit of a videogame crush on her when I first played Twilight Princess xD
"Creating a "buddy" character who would stay next to Link at all times and battle in tandem with him was a first for a Legend of Zelda game."
Really? Isn't Midna just a dark combination of Navi/Tatl/Tetra's Talking Rock, an animal mask, and the Ocarina/Wind Waker? What did Midna do in a battle besides draw Wolf Link's focus and give advice?
Lol, I wished it was Tetra. I am not a big Midna fan.
Wasn't this in Hyrule Historia?
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