Poll: What Are Your Hype Levels For Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom?

I’m sure it will be a good game. I have no worries there. Just don’t know if it will be a great game - which is surely what any Zelda fan is hoping.

hoping it’s not just BOTW DLC, it needs its own unique story and features

@Krull I'm more like, I know it will be a great game; I just don't know if it will be an all-time classic.

Bursting with excitement since it's a direct sequel to my favorite game of all-time. Been eagerly awaiting since it was confirmed to be in development in 2019.

Have never been dissapointed by a mainline Zelda game, so until that happens I'm okay going in completely blind and enjoy them to their fullest.

Meh honestly they have shown so little its hard to get a grasp on what its even gonna really be. Itll be good yes thats a no duh but its hard to get really amped when Nintendo has kept such a lid on it and what they have shown looks like we are just gonna be exploring the same land we have put 100s of hours into

but why was the first one so bad? Like, did anybody ever figure that out?

I'm going in with low expectations. I mostly just want it to come out already so they can start working on a new Zelda game.

It’s hard to be bursting without knowing more about the game. But, from what I do know, I’m crazy excited.
I think what’s really going to make me the most excited is being able to travel the same map as breath of the wild but with a whole new set of tools. It appears to me they took the base game and added a “FL2” (Floor 2) to the original map with the sky sections. Wondering if they also added a “B1” level!! It certainly seems so from those older trailers.
I love when you can “go back” to the original areas from previous entries. (Ahem, Pokémon gold/silver’s after campaign area where you go back to the whole first area from red/blue, as an example)

I'm surprised I'm not alone in not caring in the slightest, 10% are with me, interesting.

Unsurprising that so many are excited for a $70 expansion pack though lmao

I’ve been excited for years, but there is some “excitement fatigue” going on for me. Like, let’s just do this already!

First time I’ve seen a poll gauging interest in a new Zelda.
That’s a first for the series and not in a good way.
At least not where, at this moment, 40% isn’t really THAT interested in the newest entry which is cause for concern

@Anachronism I believe work on the next Zelda is already happening, could be why this game has taken so long, with the exception of Covid, the Zelda teams could be working on other projects at the same time, it wouldn’t surprise me if work has already been started on the next mainline Zelda for the next system

BOTW was my favourite Zelda in the end and after completing all shrines and dlc.
My concerns are the shrines gave me very good reason to explore the land and of course gave us hearts and stamina as a reward. It worked perfectly for me.

If there are no shrines of short with good rewards or maybe also korok then my reason for full exploration and discovery of the world will have no point.
Yes of course I could still roam around but with no real reason like the shrines and reward what’s the point.

I just hope we have real dungeons! I still don’t know how I feel about botw. I find it frustrating having to look for something fun to do all the time. I know dungeons are fun so let me have them.

I’m always excited for a new core Zelda game. But this probably the least excited ive ever been for one. Idk, I’m sure it’s going to be a great game, just doesn’t really have a wow factor to it yet. Personally, I’ve played a lot of souls games since playing botw, and it scratches a certain Zelda itch that Zelda itself hasn’t in a very long time. But that’s just me

I did enjoy BotW but I donno if I'd be up to dealing with some of the things I disliked about it, namely the samey as hell shrines. I do look forward to exploring the overworld though at the very least, hopefully it does hit some of the same feels as BotW did in that.

I'm carefully optimistic but I feel like so many things could go wrong with it at the same time.

Hard to care when its been hyped up for 4 or so years at this point, and all we have seen doesn't suggest much "new" stuff, nor anything particularly mind melting. The game will be good, as was BOTW, but I cannot see myself getting it until long after it has released after I see more of the actual gameplay part of the video game.

I am excited for sure, but not as excited as I was for BotW.

@OldManHermit Same!

They killed my enthusiasm with that $70 price tag. Haven't beaten Breath of the Wild anyways

I'm not too excited.
Until I get the game and I play it myself, until then I will wait quietly with hope.

I just finished Horizon Forbidden West and that game was amazing, if it is as good as that I will be happy.

As great of a game as BOTW was, it has some issues. Now, if they address those issues - COUGH*Weapon Durability*COUGH - then I will be really into it. We haven't really seen enough to know though. I'm sure it will be good though - but will it be great?

Excited but to be honest, I would love so much a Twilight Princess version for Switch!That would get me over the moon.

Honestly ...I'm not hyped at all. Sorry.

Now, if Wind Waker was on the way ...then sure. I'm excited.

I've put so many hours into BotW, and still can every now and then. It's on par with the original Pokémon games as my favourites of all time But from what I've seen, I see quite some similar with Botw and that would be disappointing. I see the same areas that I've crossed so many times. I'm not looking for that in a new game. I want a new new game.

Maybe I'm expecting the impossible, something completely new yet similar, but I'm not ready for the hype train yet.

People have kinda ruined the hype. They exaggerate things about the game, leak the plot line, leak the art book, and there’s a select few that are absolutely addicted to the hype for this game. It’s a pain these days.

I'm kinda indifferent but that's cause they haven't shown anything to get excited about. I think they're banking on the fact that it's a sequel to botw but I didn't even love the 1st one so I'm not exactly jumping for joy at the thought of the same but more

I am nervous though. With expectations comes disappointment

My favorite part about Breath of the Wild is when I had to put the controller down and stop playing whenever the game decided that it's raining. I hope they bring that back

It's funny. Zelda is up there with Metroid as one of my favorite series. A new Metroid is announced and I go ape$#!# that moment. A new Zelda is announced, and I'm not at all excited until it's starting up ony system

I've got that wary excitement, as I know better than to hope that this'll perfectly re-capture the magical first few weeks playing BotW.

And now in a post-Elden Ring world, TotK has big shoes to fill in terms of having an engaging world to explore (not even getting into combat). No doubt it'll be great, but gonna keep expectations right down to "this is just BotW+". Anything more than that will be a pleasant surprise.

I'd reasonably excited, but don't think I will be blown away. I enjoyed Super Mario Galaxy 2, and that was arguably better than its predecessor, but it didn't blow me away like the first one.

For the sake of hype control I'm expecting "more BTOW"

Of cause I am hoping for more with all the time in dev it has.

I'm excited but not bursting with excitement. I'm sure I'll love it, but I do worry that it will be a bit too same-y to BotW in some aspects that it will feel a bit too ''been there, done that''.

That won't necessarily be a bad thing for me, but it will take away some of the wow factor even if I end up enjoying it.

no where even close to the level of hype Breath of the Wild had and that's all Nintendos fault

I'm interested to see what it's like, but not excited. As far as I'm aware, we still don't know if it has dungeons or whether or not the weapons are breakable. "Breath of the Wild 2", in its own right, doesn't appeal to me that much.

@ChromaticDracula actually that is the only thing I am afraid of. We all know it is going to be a superb game, but for me the best part of the first game was exploring and discovering the map for the first time. If this is the same map with just a new floor/ bunch of islands in the sky, it is going to be the biggest letdown of the decade for me.
I am already sold on the game even without almost any information about it , but please give us a new map, the sense of discovering it for the first time again.

Breath of the Wild is my favourite game but 6 years later things have moved forward and I'm not sure how much Nintendo will improve it, especially on the same console.

At this stage, I would have preferred to wait an extra year and see it on Switch 2.

I honestly don't know if I should be hyped. They have shown way too little gameplay so far to get a good idea of the game. But if it plays similar to BOTW then I am not particularly hyped.

Indifferent at the moment. I'm sure it will be a good game but I don't think I'll be finished with Trails into Azure by the time it comes out so I'll probably be picking it up a bit down the road.

It also doesn't help that they have shown basically nothing of the game so far so maybe after an actual presentation I might change my tune. If actual dungeons don't return though that would be disappointing.

So, so stoked. Can’t wait to dive in.

I'm really looking forward to it. I have no doubt nintendo has another fantastic game coming and they don't want to spoil it. I'm okay with that. I'll experience it first hand soon.

I don’t need any information. I also didn’t look the trailer direct for XC3. Those games are best enjoyed going in blindly.

Time for my unpopular gaming opinion: AHEM!!

BOO!

No offense to anyone, I just don't like Zelda..

After playing recent open world games like Elden Ring and even poorer performers like Biomutant, the Switch limitations has killed any excitement I had of any upcoming switch games.

TotK looks pretty much identical to the original with a few new areas and crafting options. For £60 I expect a modern AAA game, not a continuation of a wii-U game using the same 6 year old engine.

Will keep my pre order as I was lucky to get a collectors edition, at least I will be able to make a bit of money out of the forced scarcity even if the game sucks.

@Vil Thank you, now I know I'm not alone with this. It's always about a BOTW sequel, and I enjoyed BOTW and understand the hype, but I always wanted Wind Waker to be ported to the Switch before anything else. I never bought the Wii U and I always wanted to try the HD remakes of WW and TP. Of course, I still have high hopes for TOTK, but as a long-time Zelda fan, I never liked how dungeons were replaced with shrines. Of course, I get why they did it, and it works beautifully in combination with an open-world game. I was hoping Nintendo wasn't going to make a habit out of it though.

With how little they've actually shown, this poll only proves that the majority of fans are fine getting themselves excited on nothing but their own imagination of what the game could be. That's fine, but I'm personally more cautious. If Nintendo had footage to show us to get us excited, why wouldn't they have shown us by now? BotW felt so new at the time, at least for the franchise, but in the time since then we've seen some leaps in gaming, especially Elden Ring which is just on a whole other universe on so many levels. Nintendo NEEDS to be getting us excited right now IMO but maybe, hopefully, they're just very confident with what they have and don't feel the need to waste money with advertising. We'll see soon enough.

It's at the top of my most wanted list for this year beating final fantasy 16 and spiderman 2, so yeah I'm pretty hyped.

I just hope the word map has changed a lot so it feels new and fresh to explore.

I am pretty hyped for the game, but not overly excited. I know I will enjoy the game though. I didn't adore Breath Of The Wild, though there was something so meditative about the game when I was having a bad day, that I kept coming back to it. It took me close to a year to get through it to the end due to my many on and off periods of playing it. Honestly, I didn't comb through the details too much so I could easily play through it again and experience many things I didn't before. That being said, the next Zelda game is too close, and I will be experiencing that one instead.

@BiscuitCrumbsInMyBed I hope you're right, but I honestly doubt it. With their regular development period and how hard covid hit Nintendo, I think these delays are still within normal expectations. We'll be lucky if we get another entry before 2028.

I think Majora's Mask and Link's Awakening worked because they subverted the standards set by Ocarina of Time and Link to the Past respectively.

I wasn't old enough to make such comparisons for the Game Boy and SNES games, but in the lead up to Majora's Mask it was clear that it was going to be something different.

I'm far from convinced that Tears of the Kingdom will be yet.
Don't have to decide now and there's plenty of time to be convinced, but yeah that's my response to the poll question right now.

Completely missed opportunity for an I'm really feeling it poll answer.

I'm not a huge Zelda fan but did enjoy most of BOTW. I hope typical dungeons will return as I didn't enjoy the Beasts portions of the game. There are so many games I'm currently juggling that I likely will buy TOTK down the road a bit, possibly used or on sale around $50.

I’ve been hyped for this game since that first trailer was released…with only 50 days till release it seems like the perfect time for me to go a on a media blackout for it so that way I’m walking in blind once I actually have it in my possession.

@ALinkttPresent What do you mean the first one was bad?

It's easily my most anticipated game of this year. I fully expect to spend a similar amount of hours (200-plus) exploring every nook and cranny of Hyrule. With that come some hopes and concerns, though:

1) Hoping for better enemy variety including genuine, dungeon-dwelling bosses.

2) Concerned that breakable weapons will again render the rarest heroic weapons as useless trophies on the mantle at Link's house so as to avoid losing them forever.

3) Hoping for genuine, fully realized and themed dungeons to return.

4) Concerned that the "Nuts & Bolts" mechanic of building makeshift vehicles with your powers could be too much of the game's focus. Steering too far away from the core gameplay and exploration that's always been the hallmark of the franchise too much or too often could prove disastrous.

5) Hoping to see the return of meaningful chests, such as those containing iconic items from previous Zelda which are permanent and unbreakable. Chests in BotW simply didn't have any sense of reward or accomplishment to them.

6) Hoping for some sort of connectivity between BotW and Tears of the Kingdom, from maybe finally seeing what those ruins in BotW were like during their heyday (time travel, perhaps?) to simpler stuff like items and ingredients carrying over from the other game's save file.

7) Concerned regarding the lack of actual information this close to release. As great as it was, BotW was by no means a perfect game. TotK could be even greater, but with so many unanswered questions and only a month and a half until it releases, there's a lot of nervous uncertainty. A full blow-out Direct highlighting its plot, mechanics, and changes to the world from BotW before release would help assuage many of those concerns.

Already pre-ordered. I can’t wait.

Though, I don’t think I will have the same “wow factor” as I did leaving the Shrine of Resurrection for the first time on my TV and in surround sound.

I could be wrong though.

Regardless, more excuses to roam Hyrule are never a bad thing!

Second option. I’m very excited, but I can easily wait the month and a half left.

I think it'll be a really cool game.

... But I also think it's going to be one of the biggest disappointments in the history of the Zelda series, especially after the insane heights that were achieved by the original and that this game is being expected to meet or exceed.

@BiscuitCrumbsInMyBed I'm on board with that theory. I don't believe Nintendo has poured the entirety of the Zelda team's development resources into making this sequel.

Very hyped buy I'd like to see actual uninterrupted gameplay footage of the game to be fully overloaded with excitment, particularly in the sky islands/underground and the shrines/dungeons.

@bransby Same here. I am sure it will be a great game. I just wish for a similar "Holy Sh*t" this game ruined other games for me like Botw was.

@Aerona Cleary you weren't alive in the 90's.

@Anti-Matter Exactly how everyone here values your opinion on the subject.

Probably my most anticipated switch game of all time.

Not that exited really... from the trailers it looks just like a DLC for BotW

I’m excited but the hype level isn’t amazingly high. Due to the fact that there’s such little information on the game, I’m really not expecting it to be better than BOTW, but on par with it.

I’m kinda getting Majora’s Mask vs Ocarina of Time levels of excitement…it looks like a similar experience than before and will still be great. That’s okay with me.

Any Zelda release is heavily anticipated by most... But I'm most curious to see if it has actual, epic dungeons and boss battles. I loved BOTW, but did miss the proper themed dungeons and inventive boss battles.

I'd be hyped if a WWHD and TPHD pack gets announced. Still looking forward to ToTK, but I'd actually be pumped for the other two on switch.

I have it pre-ordered because I like Zelda in general. But right now my hype for TotK is super low. BotW was good, but I also burned out on it (as I do with all open world games), so TotK really needs to bring something fresh to the table to not feel like a rehash. So far, Nintendo has failed to show that this is going to be a really fresh experience.

I’m excited but I’m keeping it in check. Personally if there is not a new world to explore I’ll be disappointed. I’ll also be disappointed if there are not better dungeons and boss fights than BotW. It looks from the trailers like I may be in for some disappointment but I would love to be wrong!

BOTW was the best game of all time so of course I’m excited for the sequel

I absolutely can't wait. Taking days off for it.

@theModestMouse Again, a rare negative take from you.

My indifference runs deep do to not liking botw all that much but I did immediately pre-order the link amiiiiiibo.

I'm excited but thanks to it's lackluster marketing, it's no longer my most anticipated game of 2023. That honor goes to the Xenoblade 3 DLC

I'm actually preoccupied with the 3DS and Wii UeShop closures at the moment. I'm sure Tears of the Kingdom will be awesome though.

I am excited but I have to see more. The last trailer got me more excited. 1. Maybe Epona. This is big. Twilight princess feeling now. That game was great. 2. New enemies. 3. Little dark. 4. Ganondorf or new enemy is that. 5. Quality graphics. Yess. 6. Little like Skyward sword and I liked Skyward sword.

This is the Zelda game with the longest development time right? That should mean something.

The reason I am indifferent is that the switch lacks the power for something like this. I play mostly retro and low demanding indie titles which the switch is perfect for. If a switch 2/pro came out then I’d be hyped.

I’ve been waiting a LONG time for this game. The hype hasn’t started too much yet, but it usually doesn’t until the month of the game’s release. Late April and Early May are going to be ROUGH for me.

I'm really looking forward to it, but until we see more that's new, I can't exactly say I'm "hyped." Nintendo has been incredibly cautious about not showing off too much in the trailers.

I know this may almost certainly come across as a controversial/contrarian opinion, but I'm a hipster who believes that Breath of the Wild is one of the most overrated games in existence and I refuse to play it out of principle.

My only experience with the Zelda series so far has been with the N64 games. Ocarina of Time was my first Zelda game, and Majora's Mask might just be one of my favourite games of all time. Unlike Ocarina of Time, Breath of the Wild wasn't nearly as revolutionary as people like to claim, and while I'm excited to play through the remaining pre-BotW 3D Zeldas, I can't bring myself to play that particular game due to it lacking almost everything that made Zelda good in the first place. This is the only A-tier Nintendo franchise that I can confidently say I've lost interest in, and Tears of the Kingdom is doing absolutely nothing to change that.

Seriously, for the direct sequel to the most successful Zelda game of all time with a development cycle of at least 5 years by now (with multiple delays), the marketing for this game has been absolutely abysmal. We're less than 2 months from release and so far, it's done very little to differentiate itself from its predecessor, and Nintendo have already confirmed they're charging more for it! If this game ends up being less innovative than Majora's Mask, one of the most unique and creative Zelda games with one of the shortest development cycles that was ALSO a direct follow-up to the most successful game in the series at the time, that would be seriously embarrasing.

Oh yeah, and the vehicle building looks stupid lmao. I want The Legend of Zelda, not Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts.

I’m really excited for it but the top tier of hype won’t hit until like a week or two before release. I’ve been playing through all the Fromsoft Soulsborne games so that’s had me pretty busy games wise. Also decided to revisit Elden Ring for NG+ a year after platinuming it so I’m good till release date for games.

@SpaceboyScreams Legend of Zelda Tears of the Kingdom dont need a huge marketing campaing to suceed, just Breath of the Wild impact in the franchise will be enough to make the game sales explode.

I'm honestly super unsure. If it has weapon durability then I probably won't be getting it. A big part of open world RPG's for me is hunting down unique and cool weapons. If those weapons just break eventually then they wind up like all those fortify conjuration potions I have in Skyrim. Needless bag space occupiers. In BotW I just avoided every enemy I saw so as not to waste my weapons on something I didn't need to fight and it made the game really unenjoyable for me. I never finished it two divine beasts in.

If weapon durability is gone though then it's more or less an instant buy.

I’m kinda burnt by BOTW. Back then my excitement was very high. And during play at some point I realized it wasn’t really what I love so much about Zelda since the 80s. It felt hollow. This new one doesn’t seem to do anything different, it’s again a very mechanical Zelda. And something else is a bit off-putting, the color palette.. compared to BOTW it looks a bit uglier no? That mint ice green?

Based on how great BOTW was, length of development, the fact that this is the game they’re testing the $70 water with, and how good previews have been… I am 85% confident this will be a top-tier Zelda game and 60% confident it will be the best yet. So yeah, I am hyped.

I'm kinda funny with Zelda games. In the lead up to release, I generally don't care. I'm indifferent and apathetic. Previews and reviews don't interest me and I've no trouble passing the time until they come out. But when they do and I play through them, it's such a magical and I unforgettable experience. Every damn time. And yet I never feel the hype for the next one even though I know it's going to be a fantastic time.

@ALinkttPresent
It was a glorified Tech Demo!

@Giancarlothomaz I'm worried they may have had that same perspective during development, much like how Game Freak puts minimal effort into Pokemon games because they know they'll sell millions regardless.

As a life-long Zelda fan (Zelda 2 being my favorite game and loving the cartoon) I am not interested in this game at all.
Breath, for me, was the worst Zelda game (not counting CD-i {which were actually kind of fun} or Tri-Force Heroes.

@SpaceboyScreams you are worrying far too little, Nintendo EPD 3 alway aim for the best game, unlike Game Freak

The six-year wait has killed my buzz for this tbh. When the first teaser for it was released, then yeah I was hyped. But the game uses the same models and engine as BOTW. Why have they taken so long? Nintendo hasn't even released a real original Zelda in the 4+ years that we've been anticipating this. There's been so little for me this generation (although I'll admit there's been more to play than on Wii U).

@Eggolor so you haven't played it or have?
It sounds like you just said "I have almost zero experience with this series and no experience with this game...but I refuse to play it because I heard it lacks the things I heard made the series great."

Pretty much entirely intellectual. Like I imagine I'll like it since I like BotW (though it's not really one of my favorites) but I haven't really entirely committed to the idea that I'm buying it yet and even if I end up doing so I'm not jumping up and down for it.

My belly-button is puckering and unpuckering in feverish anticipation.

THAT'S how excited I am.

My 1st Zelda title was back in 87 when the franchise was new. Been with it ever since. Shockingly, I feel nothing. I pre-ordered, like a good little fan, and I've no doubt once it arrives I am going to love it, but my pre-hype is non-existent

No breakable weapons or super obtuse physics-based shrines? Bring it.

Breakable weapons or super obtuse physics-based shrines? Nah.

I'm not really interested at this time. I have a ton of games in my backlist and diablo4 on my radar. Granted I didn't play the first one until the hack to get the master sword right away. If this next game has the same breaking weapons I'll prolly pass.

@Maulbert I was too broke to buy new video games in the nineties, the more things change the more they stay the same 😏

@Aurumonado Do you mean the long development will make it good or bad? It seriously worries me. As if somewhere along the way they realised that it wasn’t going to top BotW, and they needed a lot of time to find an interesting direction for it.

I'm excited. I'm replaying, and actually finishing, BotW right now. It's such a great game, and I know that Nintendo could top it. The only concern I have is that...well, I mean it's the same Hyrule, right? We explored every inch of it in BotW. It looks like this game doesn't take place too much further into the future, so will the world just be the same? It's going to be a major drag if the world feels the same as the last game. I'm sure there'll be new mechanics and all, but the world itself was the star of BotW, and they'll need to do something to make it feel fresh if they use the same world in another game.

@ALinkttPresent I don’t remember anyone ever saying the first game was bad because I’ve heard nothing but positive things about it

I’m excited, but I’m not letting myself get any more excited than I would for any other game. I love Zelda so much, and anything new from it will be perfect for me. I’m not expecting the game to be perfect, but I know I’ll love it and I’ll be more than satisfied. I feel like people have blown expectations too large. Botw is great, and I’m sure TotK will be great.😆

Im affraid it will feel much like the first game with same map even with some changes, like a dlc. I think we have a zelda direct in april after the mario movie though.

@YoshiF2 it is surprising to be sure, personally It looks like an expansion pack to me and I’d much rather have an all new Zelda experience instead of BOTW 1.5. It could be great, but I’m also annoyed at the lack of WW and TP on switch

So far, 78% of people are varying levels of excited.
But like the Twitter post, most of the comments are negative.
I think this really shows that people who are worried about Totk or think the lack of news prevents them from looking forward to it are the vocal minority.
Not to mention Tears of the Kingdom pre-orders are already out-pacing Breath of the Wild.

@jrt87
Reads like doomposting to me.
I'm just telling you the facts. Most people are exciting for the new Zelda yet when given the chance, people like to moan. Making them the vocal minority by definition.
Yes, Botw had both Wii U and Switch pre-orders, what's your point? If it's that the current Switch user base outnumber the previous Switch user base and Wii U user base then that's fine. I wouldn't know those numbers myself. But either way it means more people are pre-ordering Totk than Botw even with the lack of news. So neither Nintendo's approach to the next Zelda game nor their marketing is having an adverse effect on the series. And your Hong Kong 97 part is so nonsensical it doesn't deserve a proper response.
You act like Zelda fans never complain about a Zelda entry but whatever happened to the so-called Zelda Cycle? Wind Waker was received poorly at first despite being a lot of people's favourite Zelda now. I've seen tons of people complain about Skyward Sword's being linear too. Hell, I can't get into 2D Zelda games like A Link Between Worlds sometimes too.
Yet here you are, acting like Zelda fans will praise any Zelda game no matter what.
Perhaps you should accept that maybe, just maybe, a lot of people actually enjoyed Botw and are confidant that since that same dev team spent 6 years making a sequel that it'll be a great game too.
The only real reason to be cautious is if you didn't like Botw to begin with.

To be fair, I'm a bit, meh, about it I will get it at release but just hoping they dont ruin the Zeldaness, and hopefully bring back dungeons

To be honest being more into Mario games, i haven't tried a Zelda game just yet, so im basically indifferent. Despite that i would love to have either Breath of the Wild or Links Awakening as my first entry point to the franchise sometime in the future.

I'm sure it will be good but its been 6 bloody years in the making and they are reusing the engine and world from the original. The original was one of my favourite games ever but Nintendo have exhausted all my good will over the past 6 years. Where is the sequel to Mario Odyssey, where is MK9?

I feel like Nintendo just constantly take the piss with their customers and most people lap it up.

@LikelySatan "I refuse to play it because I heard it lacks the things I heard made the series great."

Normally, I'd say you got me with this response. However, the word in bold is what I'd like to address. I haven't just heard what makes Zelda great, I know what makes it great. I first played OoT back in 2015, and I did a 100% playthrough of both it and MM last year, so I've been a Zelda fan for 8 years now. I'll say it again: these two games, especially Majora's Mask, are some of my favourites of all time. Not only do I have first-hand experience with this series (although less than I'd like to admit), but I think it's safe to say that I have an understanding of what makes the "Zelda formula" so beloved.

What made the older Zelda games work was their emphasis on collecting and using different tools to fight enemies and solve puzzles not just in the overworld, but inside of themed, well designed dungeons. Couple this with an engaging narrative and an iconic soundtrack, and you have a recipe for a great Zelda game.

Breath of the Wild has almost none of what I just mentioned. The weapon durability inhibits and discourages combat, and with no way to repair weapons, which should be a bare minimum feature in a game like this, the game instead constantly rewards you with more weapons that will inevitably break. This all comes at the cost of staple items (like the Hookshot) that became permanent parts of your kit in older titles.

BotW's overworld also looks too big and too empty with seemingly little to do in-between searching for shrines or other landmarks. Admittedly, with the exception of Majora's Mask, overworlds have never been 3D Zelda's strong suit, but in this game, it's like they took all the complaints people had with areas like Hyrule Field and The Great Sea and made an entire game built around them. People complained about Skyward Sword being too linear and not open enough, so the Zelda team overcorrected by making the most empty and barren overworld in the series.

The game's "dungeons" are by far the biggest letdown though. We lost amazing areas like the Forest Temple, Spirit Temple and Stone Tower Temple in exchange for hundreds of copy-pasted shrines with same-y visuals and minimal puzzle-solving and combat. Shrines are not a replacement for dungeons, and neither are the Divine Beasts.

The older Zelda games typically had pretty engaging narratives and soundtracks to go along with the adventure. BotW's narrative suffers due to its open-world structure, and for the vast majority of the game, the music is practically non-existent outside of the occasional piano note every 10 seconds.

tl;dr: I may not have played Breath of the WIld, but in the 6 years since its release, I've heard more than enough complaints about it to know that it's not what I personally want out of Zelda.

(looks at poll results, reads comments...)

Gotta love the comment section. Almost needs its own sad violin soundtrack.

@CMS_Glalie It's fashionable for hipsters to pick apart any type of media that achieves near-universal praise (and conversely, it's fashionable for them to praise mediocre things). It happens with every great movie, album, and video game, and it's boring as hell.

Probably not going to rush into this bc I have barely played BotW. It’s possible but not likely that I run out and get it anyway. I have too many games in the backlog and I am a bit tighter with $$$$ these days.

@Eggolor Right, so you heard.

@LikelySatan I never said I didn't hear things about Breath of the Wild. I was trying to say that I've experienced the qualities that made previous Zelda games so enjoyable first-hand, so I can sympathise with people who didn't enjoy BotW due to it lacking those things. I'm entitled to not want to try a game if its faults sound like they would be enough to hinder my enjoyment of it.

Let's just agree to disagree. You can enjoy Breath of the Wild all you want, I'm not stopping you. If you're hyped for Tears of the Kingdom, more power to you. But me personally, I'm perfectly content with sticking to the older games for the foreseeable future.

@Eggolor you're allowed to do whatever you want. It's just videogames anyway. It's just pointless to hear you out on BotW because you haven't played it. You don't know if you like it. To me, BotW is the closest Zelda has come to nailing the freedom of the first game and far surpasses the 3D Zeldas. They've been doing the same thing since OoT. They're great, but stagnant.

@LikelySatan I will concede to that. I still stand by my points about the game, but I will fully admit that they're less "reasons I dislike this game" and more "reasons I'm not interested in this game or its sequel." That was the point I was trying to get across with my previous comments after all. I guess we'll see how Tears of the Kingdom addresses those issues when it comes out. Until then, have a nice day. No hard feelings, I hope!

I hope I would think it's nothing but a glorified dlc. That would mean it would go way above my expectations.

@Eggolor Same.

@jrt87
Nice job putting words in my mouth.
Have you never played a sequel on the same console before?
The trailers have shown that besides being in Hyrule with some differences, there's also tons of space above Hyrule that'll be completely new, caves and some kind of spiritual underground area. Link's new arm, the ability to craft vehicles and even weapons, reverse time and we haven't even seen what's in the giant constructions in the sky. The trailers have only scratched the surface of what we can do and see in the game, yet you're practically determined to convince everyone that the Zelda team spent 6 years on something that would only equate to little more than a bigger version of Botw's DLC. It's ridiculous. Excuse me for having faith that the Zelda team creating "6 years of DLC" leads to something worthy of being its own sequel.
Also, I had over 300 hours of fun in Botw. And I'm looking forward for more in Totk. It's a shame you're not. But you don't have to look down on everyone that does just because they're not as cynical and pessimistic as you are.

Honestly, even if they just shook up the map with more cities and things to do - and added a new story - I would be satisfied. The gameplay could be identical (except weapons breaking in 5 hits) and I'd still beat it.

I'm genuinely excited and hyped. I'm also not at all concerned that we haven't gotten an extensive look at the game yet. I suspect partly because they don't want to spoil some stuff. But also, we'll probably get some kind of Zelda specific Direct next month

I also think the comments about it being BotW DLC is ridiculous. They've already stated how it initially started out that way and why it ultimately isn't.

This is my first new Zelda game since I got back into Zelda. I played the original in the late 80’s early 90’s, and then didn’t play any until about 5 years ago. I have since played a ton and love it all. I am beyond excited!

me: Man im so looking forward for its release

Exams: Hell no u dont

@ALinkttPresent what was wrong with the first one?

Just not that hyped for this! Which is weird considering I’ve been a Zelda fan for all my life.
Maybe the lack of structure in the BOTW has put me off.

Really cautiously optimistic. The gaming world has changed tremendously since BOTW. It was an amazing game, I'm just hoping this one isn't more of the same in today's gaming environment. Breakable weapons and/or no traditional dungeons and I might have to wait for a sale. The fact they've been so secretive about the (supposedly not a sequel) game content is either a really, really good thing or the total opposite. Guess we'll see, and we don't have long to wait. It's like waiting to see if your Christmas gifts were a boon or a bust.