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New Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity gameplay, includes new character Impa.
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I'm torn, because Urbosa is definitely the better BotW rep, but also Impa is a character who really should've been in Smash years ago. But yeah, I'll take either, and at the very least this Impa moveset looks like it will be plenty to keep her from feeling like a Sheik clone.
Impa's first appearance in the series is as humpbacked, elderly, witch-like character. She's not "supposed to be" anything. Each Impa is different in each game. That said, there's nothing about her sharing certain personality traits with her granddaughter in BOTW that means she can't also be a fierce warrior. And that's exactly what she looks like in the gameplay video...
In a perfect world, Skyward Sword Impa would already be in Smash while Urbosa gets added in FP2.
This is jumping to conclusions honestly. We don't know what her character will be like in this game yet. And she doesn't seem like she'll be like Paya
She looks great but I don't like the portrayal, young Impa has always been a capable, serious warrior and now she seems more clumsy and kawaii like her granddaughter. Hopefully the localisation changes that a bit.
The world did not deserve HW Impa anyway.
I'm disappointed that they went this direction with her design, but I'm not too surprised, I guess.
bracing myself for purah
I'm disappointed that they went this direction with her design, but I'm not too surprised, I guess.
bracing myself for purah
No but you see there were two seconds of her stumbling in a cutscene so clearly she's incompetent
Though on a serious note, why do people care what Impa is like? We've seen "rigidly badass" Impa before. I'm fine with them going in a different direction, so long as that direction is good. Which I don't think we can judge from the short clip we have
Impa deserves it far more than Urbosa. Prior to this game and I suppose BotW2, Urbosa was basically a one off character with maybe 12 lines total, and equal to three other characters who also don't deserve to get into Smash. I don't care how bad I want her to crush my face between her thighs, Impa has put in the time and effort and dear god they need to put her in Smash.
Honestly, it makes sense that the young Impa would look like her granddaughter at about the same age. She's combat-capable, but also shows a certain worldly inexperience you won't get in a wizened 120-year-old.
No, not the approach of having Impa be different in every game. That approach is great. I'm talking about the approach I described, where her character design is directly cribbed from another character with an established personality.
I also don't really appreciate having other people's posts attributed to me. Impa's ninja designs have always been distinct and unique with one of the best ones to date coming from this series. I don't think it should be controversial to say I dislike the artistic approach taken here where she is modeled after another chatavyer
Impa has historically been portrayed as two alternating archetypes, an old woman or a ninja. This is obviously meant to show the ninja side of an older Impa, something cool that has not been done before. This is the first Impa to be portrayed as both archetypes. [Edit: I seem to have successfully forgot about Skyward Sword.] So given that, I am disappointed that she looks almost exactly like her granddaughter, who is already a popular character. Instead of getting a new original design, it feels like Impa is simply using an existing design that fans already like. I find that disappointing because fierce and imposing Impas are one of my favorite recurring elements of the Zelda series.
Just because it "makes sense" that Impa looks like Paya and it can be justified creatively doesn't mean I have to like it or think it's good. This is not an approach that excites me.
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Impa looks great and really fun to play as.
I never liked the first Hyrule Warriors art style or Impa design, so I'm really glad they captured the BotW look so well.
I never liked the first Hyrule Warriors art style or Impa design, so I'm really glad they captured the BotW look so well.
Impa looks awesome and I love pretty much everything about what I just watched and I'm pumped this comes out so (relatively) soon
Link and Impa both look really fun to play as
I have no complaints
Link and Impa both look really fun to play as
I have no complaints
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Hmm well, Impa hasn't always been the "badass ninja warrior" in the Zelda series.
Sometimes she's just an old lady, or an overweight woman (in the Oracle of games), or the badass ninja warrior we usually see. I think it's fine she has a different look and personality in HW2 as long as she's not completely reduced to the "cute clumsy girl" stereotype.
Also we already have Urbosa who fills the role of the "badass warrior" so I'm okay with this, eh
Sometimes she's just an old lady, or an overweight woman (in the Oracle of games), or the badass ninja warrior we usually see. I think it's fine she has a different look and personality in HW2 as long as she's not completely reduced to the "cute clumsy girl" stereotype.
Also we already have Urbosa who fills the role of the "badass warrior" so I'm okay with this, eh
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Just because it can be justified doesn't mean it's good or people have to like it. I think everyone fully understands the in-universe justification for this character design. This is, however, not something everyone is going to like. Something being explainable isn't the same as something being good.
I dislike this depiction of Impa. These are fan service games and Paya is a popular character who could not appear in this game due to the time period. It is transparent that Impa looking so similar to Paya is a convenient way to portray a popular character design in a game intended to appeal to BotW fans.
Yes, it makes sense logically and can be rationalized. But it sucks if you are a fan of Impa because your own fan-favorite character has been supplanted by someone else's.
Impa is like a playable Monk Maz Koshia and that's pretty freaking cool.
It's fun to have these games in a row (Skyward Sword and Breath of the Wild/Age of Calamity) where a long time gap allows us to see two versions of Impa (the classic elder and the young warrior) within the same story.
It's fun to have these games in a row (Skyward Sword and Breath of the Wild/Age of Calamity) where a long time gap allows us to see two versions of Impa (the classic elder and the young warrior) within the same story.
They are anime trops only when they don't like them lmao.
Every single one of the characters of BotW is an anime trope. Literally every single one.
I'm not sure I really follow what you're even talking about. Impa has only had 2 official character designs and they've looked completely different. She didn't even look like a ninja till Skyward Sword. "Historically" the only commonality between her designs has been a woman with silver/white hair and lots of blue in her outfit. She's had completely different looks and builds
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edit: Okay, more than 2 official ones, because I always forget the handheld Zelda games :P
But the point is, she's looked different in different games
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The truth jumps out when people say they're "tired" of anime tropes
I guess that's where Nintendo's heavy involvement comes in. I get that Paya is a popular character, but I wish that they leaned a bit more on the HW1 variant of Impa.
Her moveset on the other hand is fantastic.
That's fair.
Though I will say that, when I attended my grandmother's funeral, one of her friends approach me and said I looked just like my deceased grandfather when he was young. So I think it's pretty cool that Impa shares a lot in common physically with Paya.
This is also fair. And I know that this Impa won't appeal to everyone.
I more appreciate that the Sheikah are seen as a full tribe in Breath of the Wild, as opposed to a singular person. Yes, they're basically Hylian ninjas, but Breath of the Wild gives them more of a sense of place and history, and I think part of that is aided by seeing Impa have family, and that familial resemblance has carried over. I know that not everyone is going to see it the same way as I do and I respect that.
I just think it's neat!
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You know she dates back to the original NES legend of Zelda right?(was only in the manual though)I'm not sure I really follow what you're even talking about. Impa has only had 2 official character designs and they've looked completely different. She didn't even look like a ninja till Skyward Sword. "Historically" the only commonality between her designs has been a woman with silver/white hair and lots of blue in her outfit. She's had completely different looks and builds
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Yeah, but these were the only 2 I actually consider characters in their respective games worth noting lol
It's like how we had Zoras back in Zelda 1, but no one really cares about their original designs
Lots of people getting real defensive over slight disappointment, issa Nintendo thread.
If you look at Impa's introduction, VA direction, and official artwork, it's obvious what direction they're going for, but yeah all right just stay sassy everyone.
If you look at Impa's introduction, VA direction, and official artwork, it's obvious what direction they're going for, but yeah all right just stay sassy everyone.
I meant the first musou but a badass old granny ninja like Lady Butterfly would be cool as hell too.hell yeah
I am a Zelda fan, I don't need the series explained to me. Likewise, I don't think me explaining it back to you would really be productive at all. I think we should just accept that you like it and I don't. There is no reason for us to fight or split hairs over this because there is a 0% chance either of us is going to convince the other person to feel differently.I'm not sure I really follow what you're even talking about. Impa has only had 2 official character designs and they've looked completely different. She didn't even look like a ninja till Skyward Sword. "Historically" the only commonality between her designs has been a woman with silver/white hair and lots of blue in her outfit. She's had completely different looks and builds
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You are allowed to like it based on how you relate the character and I am allowed to dislike it over how I do. We don't have to try to quantify our opinions as some sort of text-supported objective conclusion.
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Yeah, I was really hoping they'd take cues from that design. :/
Then say you don't like the design instead of posting factually incorrect things and then getting upset when people correct you. If that had been the case it would've been whatever
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I literally have no idea what you are talking about. Nothing I've said has been controversial or inaccurate and certainly does not warrant a reply like this.
Yeah, really weird. Gotta shove in that insecure female character trope anyways!
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People need to understand that folks have a right to be disappointed about Impa not following the character rules we have decided on, and if you dont, why are you allowed to be here spreading toxicity?
Game looks fun at least, smh that it has ruined the lore and it's characters like this tho.
Game looks fun at least, smh that it has ruined the lore and it's characters like this tho.