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Played this to completion at the time, literally cannot remember that ending.

Disappointing to see it's a full price game. This is going to be 12 zones, so safe to assume 3 acts each makes it up to 36 levels. About standard for a Sonic game but most platformers have upwards of 50 levels if they're asking top buck. Mario will likely have nearer to or over 100. Sega need to start putting more content into their Sonic games or charging less.

It's NSMB with a new lick of paint. Not a bad thing. They couldn't keep using "new" forever could they?

Let the unreasonable demands begin! Golden Sun 4! F-Zero! Switch 2!

It doesn't need to be a huge re-imagined 3D realistic remake like FF7 is getting though. It can still be a top-down game using 3D characters. It should have happened years ago when they gave us a 3D version of III and IV on the DS. For some reason they didn't go to V or VI on 3DS. It only needs to be just as those were but with modern polished graphics. So I don't know how exactly it is difficult. They wouldn't need to stretch it out over 3 or 4 releases like FF7 Remake.

Co-op only being Mario Galaxy style point and shoot instead of full control over 2nd character is disappointing, but it's not something I'd use anyway.

I've only filled in half the map. Barely touched the sky or underground yet. 80 hours.

I guarantee there's still a casino level. They can't help but recycle ideas even if they don't recycle the actual zone. Anyway I hope there is a substantial number of levels. One of the few things I'd complain about the original games is being too short. Give us like at least 50-60 levels, like in the region of content we get for NSMB.

As a lot of others has said, I don't think an animated movie by Illumination is right for Zelda. It worked for Mario and making it a comedy film, there are comedy scripts in Mario RPGs. Zelda is not comedy, it needs to be grand and epic. A few quirky characters, that's it. There are so many games Nintendo could give another animation to, Animal Crossing, Yoshi, Kirby, Kid Icarus, Pikmin. They could've given Zelda a live-action adaptation whilst having Illumination work on something else. I'm not feeling confident about this, but will wait for the trailer before losing my mind.

@Cia I disagree. I've played huge open world RPGs (Xenoblade as I mentioned) and the music lifts the environment, it's not a distraction or off putting. See what happens to Satorl Marsh at night and imagine it without the music. Sure there ARE different piece of music in different areas, but it's still the same old subtle silence with a mellow piano melody every so often. It's genuinely refreshing when you get to a settlement or a stable and you actually have a theme being played constantly. None of the overworld themes are particularly memorable or iconic imo. It's even just down to something simple like the title screen. Why is there no music? Someone posted a clip of the Wind Waker title screen the other day and it hit me with nostalgia. No one is going to get nostalgic about the BOTW or TOTK title screens. For a series that was once known for it's cinematic title screens and iconic theme music, such as Ocarina of Time, it's a big let down. I haven't watched any of the last trailers for this game, so I still don't even know what the "Tears of the Kingdom" theme music is. I'm waiting for it to appear.

Don't get me wrong, I love the game. I just hope we move away from this idea that exploring needs to be done in near silence in the next entry. Let people turn it off if they find it annoying. But some of us remember when music was a staple of wandering around Hyrule.

I was worried I would find it boring having the same map, but I needn't have worried. One thing which absolutely has to change next time though is giving us some actual overworld music. Just throwing out the same silent track with the same piano melody interrupting it certainly makes me miss the old Zelda's. Music feels as if it's taken a back step in the series now, which is a massive shame as it was one of the most beloved parts of Zelda. I'd love to have a different theme playing in every part of the map, the same way we do in games like Xenoblade. In whatever game is next, we need to have Link playing music to solve puzzles or change the environment again. Wind direction, time of day, weather conditions. I'd even love it if they did similar to the Oracle games and change seasons or time period to find a way forward. Make music a part of Zelda once more.

More of a Mario gamer I reckon.

Of those I only experienced the slow down outside the Triet Ruins. Can they fix the audio during the final credits? It's awful. It's actually criminal that they lost the original GameCube code and so we're just stuck with the inferior PS2 version.

I'm all for it, but I'd love a new world to explore besides this map if they make more. Why not base one outside Hyrule? They always limit themselves when setting games in Hyrule because they need to keep the usual races and landmarks intact, have Ganon as the big bad and try to follow the usual conventions like the Master Sword existing. The few that are set elsewhere are when they go shackles off on the story and world building. Holodrum, Labrynna, Koholint, Termina. I'd love an open world adventure set in an entirely different place.

But I also hope we get more traditional games too. Maybe an opportunity to keep making top down games using a similar style to Link's Awakening, just to keep the moaners happy.

Feels like one of these is released every 3 months

@johnedwin who's given it 0? No review sites give zeros surely

Top class studio. No better world designers out there right now imo

I'm sure it would be higher on Metacritic too if not for that review

Seems really pointless to host this hours before people are playing it. Unsurprisingly people are saying they won't bother to watch it. Not that it's at a reasonable time for me in the UK anyway, it'll be out to download already here by then.

$40 for a mug, which costs more than the t-shirt?! That's mental.

I don't know why they'd rush it to streaming when it's making a killing at the box office.

Barbie's Fashion Designer though? Was it really that notable? I've never heard about it. I don't know why they drip feed these Hall of Fame inductions, everyone knows Goldeneye belongs there, just add it along with all the other obvious ones then debate the merits of everything else.

He actually made them delete their account! That's hilarious. That's what you get for showing off on twitter.

@RetroGames it's Nintendo and Mario, they'll smash the records

Dr. Evil voice "one billion dollars!"

Another couple of hundred to come from the Japanese market at least. It's a huge hit which hopefully gives Nintendo justification for even more movies and adaptations of other kinds.

@Spoony_Tech I think Zelda fits into that category along side Mario and Pokemon. Just look how big BOTW was, because it's a Zelda game. They've pumped out any number of Zelda amiibo, because they know there's a market for it. People know Zelda (well, Link). Even if it's just nostalgia for OOT in their youth, which was another massive hit at the time. A movie would be a success, especially in this era of fantasy love we're in. Something like Metroid or Star Fox would be more obscure, of course. The only other huge hitter they'd have would be Animal Crossing. If they could somehow turn that into a film, that would be massive.

At least we know there's no danger of Nintendo going bust anytime soon. Maybe they can afford to throw all the money at a live action Zelda or Metroid

This is the way

Please have more than about 4 in stock

Feels a bit weird they're dropping this now, I know they have the soundtrack out in a couple of months so need to get it out before then, but Zelda is just over 2 weeks after that. I know not everyone is gonna be into that but a good 70% are. Seems as if they're trying to get in ahead of Zelda. I was trying to clear my playlist before TOTK, but whatever, I'll throw this into the mix as well.

It prints money!! Hopefully Nintendo see how viable it is to adapt other popular series to screen. Zelda, Metroid...it may be a bit obscure but even a Kid Icarus series.

Finally!! I'm glad to see XCDE is getting a separate soundtrack too. I prefer the original arrangements but would like to hear the new ones in proper quality instead of youtube quality.

And I thought we knew the last part of the DLC was coming in like December? I can't imagine it'll be ready in a couple of months.

I thought it was a great watch. Obviously dramatised with a bit of creative license thrown in. Found it a bit hard to keep track of who was claiming to own what at the beginning but by the sounds of it, so were the companies involved! A little bit annoying when they made a "that's why Zelda has Link" reference despite showing a clip with two Link's from a game that came out well after the 80s, when Link and Zelda are famously NOT a partnership in the game.

I'm not being funny but why so long? I'd be happy with a 3 minute trailer. I'm aware this is odd to be moaning about getting something that's supposed to be good, but I'm conflicted. We've come this far with knowing hardly anything. I'd be happy enough to keep it that way. But at the same time it only means I'm gonna have to dodge everyone else talking about it from this point on.

Completely forgot this was a thing. All these cool little bits for customisation 3DS had, there isn't a single thing on Switch. Wow.

Pokemon getting best scenario and best character hahahah sure. Heaven Burns Red for best music? We've not had a western release for that at all have we?

Personally I'm quite glad to be kept in the dark as much as possible about this. They could reveal absolutely nothing more about it and I'll still buy it, as would most people who played BotW. Though, it would be nice to see some actual gameplay even if it's just a couple of minutes.

@gojiguy not so much of a superfan then

NFTs aren't even a big thing now are they? I feel like that fad passed last year. I haven't seen a cartoon monkey in 2023.

Wow that photo looks absolutely nothing like Chloe Kelly. Not even the same hair colour, she's bleach blonde.

Didn't one of these just come out this week? Damn they don't let people catch their breath. It's worse than Sonic!

Would prefer to just buy any of it separately

It's cool but you can tell it's fan made. If they really made this there would be a lot more guiding and signposting to make sure you stay on the correct route. Also lots of course hazards. But cool to see someone race around the actual map.

Gimmighoul coins. That's all I'll say

Why do they keep messing with it??

I'd love it if you guys actually put together a list, instead of relying on user ratings.

"Print at home" rewards are as bad as print at home tickets. Fewer and fewer people even use a desktop/laptop these days let alone have a home printer, and one in which the ink hasn't dried up from 4 months of inactivity. You're then spending £ on new inks and the right paper to make it look decent. No thanks.

It's not even a limited release! It'll be available for months and years to come. What's the reason behind the US getting it a week before the rest of us anyway? Distribution issue?

I haven't noticed anything major tbh. A little slow down when entering the first seal dungeon when the sand is blowing, but that's it. If they could patch in the original intro music instead of that japanese song that would be lovely. It fit the video so much better.

Starlink being on here just to pad it out. I actually really rate Zero, the controls didn't bother me much at all