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Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity announced, developed by Koei Tecmo, taking place 100 years before Breath of the Wild (releasing November 20th, 2020)
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I wonder if this game will have larger maps or maybe some sort of traversal between areas.
Hyrule Warriors was great with its arcade like mission select that throws you right into the action but I can't help but wonder if they'll take some more inspiration from BotW and have an almost open world approach that obviously is to a much, much reduced scale. It seems like they're basically using the exact map from BotW for locales. Basically, I'd just like to walk around Hyrule Castle Town and possibly other areas before they were destroyed.
Hyrule Warriors was great with its arcade like mission select that throws you right into the action but I can't help but wonder if they'll take some more inspiration from BotW and have an almost open world approach that obviously is to a much, much reduced scale. It seems like they're basically using the exact map from BotW for locales. Basically, I'd just like to walk around Hyrule Castle Town and possibly other areas before they were destroyed.
Purah should be 24 years old in this game. I completely expect her and Impa to be in the base roster (and little Purah as DLC.)
if sexy Sidon isn't contrived to be playable somehow, I will be Upset.
Yes, I expect Kass' teacher to be in the game, probably playable, as a stand in for Kass (who wouldn't be born yet)
Looks like an artistic choice for the amiibo.
This is another damn good trailer. Almost as hype as THAT BoTW trailer.
To add to that, it's more than just button mashing when it comes to the actual fights. The combos are simple, but they're there for a reason. Certain characters in HW Definitive Edition were more focused on crowd control, while others were better at knocking down the Weak Gauge of monsters. And particular combos were more effective at one over the other, and they differ depending on who you're using, the situation and elemental weaknesses. Waiting to dodge a boss to reveal a Weak Gauge and trying to get hits in before it vanishes was a thing as well, and if you didn't time it right, the Gauge wouldn't even show up.
I recently tried to go back to Warriors Orochi 3 a couple months ago and dipped after one battle because Hyrule Warriors just made everything so much better.
Huh, I didn't know she actually had a canon age. I knew she was at least adult height (based on the Champions Ballad cameo) but I assumed she was closer to the 17 of Link and Zelda. That makes it even better. Hopefully we get both her and Impa, and I guess Robbie too.
HW and FEW both broke a million and they're likely not very expensive to make.
I share the concern of others about this possibly feeling a little light in content, but for me its primarily regarding the roster. I really hope once you beat the story you unlock a bunch of characters that don't make sense to be included. I'm not expecting it to match the original version after all the DLC, that'd be ridiculous, but I do hope it includes more characters than it currently seems it will (and I imagine it will). Give me multiple Links and Zeldas even, go crazy with it. Zelda was one of my favorites in the first game.
I'm also looking forward to the hopeful return of Adventure Mode. Man, that was great.
I'm also looking forward to the hopeful return of Adventure Mode. Man, that was great.
I don't understand Nintendo at all.
This looks great. A spin off of one of their most successful games with new lore players like me will want to experience.
and they just randomly drop it on a Tuesday? I mean...what?!
This looks great. A spin off of one of their most successful games with new lore players like me will want to experience.
and they just randomly drop it on a Tuesday? I mean...what?!
I mean they did open world with DW9 and see how that went.
Hyrule Warriors was sickeningly addictive, I put like 200 hours into WiiU version, also rebought it on Switch although I was busy with other games. Contrary to how they look, there's a tremendous amount of tactical decision-making involved, i.e. when to advance, when to fall back, which strongholds to take, what reinforcements to handle, which characters to defend, captains to defeat, etc. Very dynamic gameplay.
Okay here comes my signature Hot Take that shouldn't be a Hot Take but is because Zelda fandom:
GIVE LINK A VOICE
LET THE MAN SPEAK
Like I swear they're talking about a dramatic story and stuff but if they do backbends to try and make a silent protagonist work while everyone around him is fully voiced I swear I--
GIVE LINK A VOICE
LET THE MAN SPEAK
Like I swear they're talking about a dramatic story and stuff but if they do backbends to try and make a silent protagonist work while everyone around him is fully voiced I swear I--
I imagine it was probably greenlight as an easy way to keep BotW relevant, while hyping up the big main course sequel coming... uhh... eventually
OH MY GOD. THIS IS SO HYPE AND SO AMAZING.
I played 150h of HW back in WiiU and one month ago I decided to buy the DE for Switch and I'm glued to it. So this is so hype. The fact that this game has been developed closer to Nintendo's eye, is canon and acts as a prequel to BotW, suits so perfectly the events that occurred 100 years before that game, and acts as an appetizer before BotW2 (hopefully next year?) is perfect.
Thanks Nintendo and Tecmo Koei.
Btw: make Xenoblade Warriors next, please.
I played 150h of HW back in WiiU and one month ago I decided to buy the DE for Switch and I'm glued to it. So this is so hype. The fact that this game has been developed closer to Nintendo's eye, is canon and acts as a prequel to BotW, suits so perfectly the events that occurred 100 years before that game, and acts as an appetizer before BotW2 (hopefully next year?) is perfect.
Thanks Nintendo and Tecmo Koei.
Btw: make Xenoblade Warriors next, please.
Isn't that
Where link finally succumbs to injuries against a insane guardian horde? It's a graveyard because he killed all of those there single handedly. If so, that'll definitely be in the game.
Granted it's now been years since I played BOTW so I might just not be correctly remembering.
edit: I did misremember, Zelda first awakens her triforce power there and wipes out a bunch of the guardians too.
Granted it's now been years since I played BOTW so I might just not be correctly remembering.
edit: I did misremember, Zelda first awakens her triforce power there and wipes out a bunch of the guardians too.
Not particularly exited for this game but I I have to say the Idea behind it is crazy good. Aonuma is a genius creating an idea like this. Like if you need a reason to sell Hyrule warriors what else
'HYA EYYYYYYYYY'
VOILA, LINK HAS SPOKEN!
You won't get this, sorry :(
Probably:
The story of the game will get to the part where the Champions fall and everything goes to hell, leading to the event where Zelda unlocked her abilities. After all, they never showed us how Calamity Ganon got sealed after Link was in stasis, so the finale of the game could very well be goddess-powered Zelda vs. Ganon.
I think that's what the little guardian buddy will do much like Proxi in the original.
It feels like such a great obvious idea and yet it had never occurred to me.
War-time prequel to BotW in Warriors style...it's perfect.
I'm pretty positive about this, excited to play it.
Maybe now I'll finally finish BotW...I've been putting that off because I don't want to say goodbye
War-time prequel to BotW in Warriors style...it's perfect.
I'm pretty positive about this, excited to play it.
Maybe now I'll finally finish BotW...I've been putting that off because I don't want to say goodbye