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New Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity gameplay, includes new character Impa.
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If any character will be fetishized or waifu-fied, it will be Purah. Idol poses and trendy dresses and cute glasses. I'm ready for this predictable outcome, but I suspect there will be a noisy conversation here at that time, lol.
Considering that Paya was basically that trope, its not a leap for people to think that.
Link, Zelda, Impa and Robbie should all be somewhere between 15-18 when this game starts. Purah should be 22ish. Mipha is clearly a peer, but Zora aging makes that weird.
My expectations are:
- Link
- Zelda
- Impa
- Champions
- MAYBE the King
And that's it. I know "bu bu musou always has 400 characters" but this is a pretty new kind of partnership project here, not a "festival" game, I expect a tight cast. But I wouldn't be surprised if Link had like ten movesets based around the varous BotW weapon types. I'm not sure how easily that variety applies to the rest of the cast but I guess we'll see.
Happy to be proven wrong, but I don't wanna get my expectations outta whack out the gate.
- Link
- Zelda
- Impa
- Champions
- MAYBE the King
And that's it. I know "bu bu musou always has 400 characters" but this is a pretty new kind of partnership project here, not a "festival" game, I expect a tight cast. But I wouldn't be surprised if Link had like ten movesets based around the varous BotW weapon types. I'm not sure how easily that variety applies to the rest of the cast but I guess we'll see.
Happy to be proven wrong, but I don't wanna get my expectations outta whack out the gate.
I imagine we'll see some shared quirks to show the relation, but not too many. Paya was frightened by a light breeze and felt the most she could do to help Link was pray. Impa, on the other hand, survives the apocalypse, fights alongside Link, coordinates his resurrection and becomes chief of her tribe. Not a bad résumé.
Impa and Paya are two different characters. The extent of the interactions we have with Paya illustrate that she acts as Impa's chamberlain and is extremely bashful around Link specifically. There's never an instance of her tripping or otherwise being clumsy.
I am also thinking this will be a tight cast, with greater mechanical complexity for a richer gameplay experience.
I am conservatively thinking the King and/or Purah are most likely beyond the current cast.
Anything beyond them is up in the air, and I'm not counting on it, though I would welcome it.
Impa looks fantastic, the world looks fantastic, gameplay looks engaging, I still can't believe this is real. I hope musou will click with me.
I don't think the weapon variety in BotW would be so good for this
there are really only, like, three or four types of weapon in BotW, especially since we've already seen how this game is handling Rods
Purah will inevitably play a major role in cutscenes if nothing else. She is mentioned all throughout Making A Champion. If they're going to give her a younger design, it would be odd to pass her up as a playable character. She could wield the Ancient Tech weaponry. Granted, so could Robbie, who actually makes said weaponry.
A good number of Link's DLC weapons were gimmicks or jokes that made sense for HW1 but would have a harder time fitting in Age of Calamity. The spinner and the Great Fairy probably aren't coming back.
Though I really want to know what the Great Fairies are doing in AOC.
Though I really want to know what the Great Fairies are doing in AOC.
The Master Cycle Zero will be the Epona vehicle moveset equivalent
You do realize Impa and Paya are different characters, right?
No Paya doesn't trip but she does act like the insecure anime waifu type character.
Like she definitely doesn't get embarrassed when she sees Link or anything, or she definitely doesn't have a birthmark on her butt, or she definitely doesn't write about him in he diary or anything like that.
Well considering Impa and Paya act differently in BOTW it's safe to say Impa will keep acting differently in this game
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Come to think of it was being clumsy even a thing for Paya?
Maybe I'm forgetting something but she just came across as really shy which isn't something I'm getting from Impa.
Maybe I'm forgetting something but she just came across as really shy which isn't something I'm getting from Impa.
I don't think it matters at this point. No matter what else she does if one trip defines her prior to the release any misstep will define her in the game contrary to the rest of her character development regardless of trope useage. That much is clear. That's why it's kinda pointless to even discuss any more lol.
The people who have made their decision on the character will use literally all contradictions against her, regardless of how it plays out and regardless of tropes not being a negative thing on their own.
She could be one of the best written characters in the game but if she blushes once in Link's presence we're never going to hear the end of it :P
Now I really want old man Manta to be playable.
Are we not expecting any playable villains this time through?
Hyrule Warriors had 8, 9 if you count Tingle...
I wouldn't be surprised if we actually get some cool villains again this time. Especially since we didn't get the classic dungeons bosses like before. It'd be cool to see them used as army leaders this time around.
the great thing about Kilton is it's super easy to come up with a canon reason for him to be alive 100 years ago
just say he preserved his body by pickling himself in monster bile or whatever
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I don't expect more then the Yiga leader but a playable Lynel would be awesome.
They're still different characters and I would not go in expecting Impa to be a clone of Paya's personality.
My hope is that Nintendo and Koei get to work together to create a character that's a true rival and antagonistic foil for Link. The various Blights are going to be the ones to take out the Champions, but I love the idea that Ganon crafted something (or someone?) "special" to take out the Hero, as well. In other words, this game needs a "Lu Bu" that's a true terror on the battlefield, and even the Master Sword isn't enough to give Link much of an edge against them. Obviously, Link has to still be able to triumph against them in the end. But doing such should be at such a cost, it's understandable why he's nearly finished off, and then the remaining gang have to lay him down for his magic puddle nap for 100 years!
Koei's not going to have a better chance to craft a character that truly leaves a lasting mark on the franchise. So, I'm hoping for the best!
Chill out~
I mean, HW1 had tons of characters...?
Sure, but it was that "festival" game, a non-canon celebration of the whole Zelda history. This is a canon story about a specific period of time featuring established characters. I dunno if "two more sheikah" makes for a particularly worthwhile cast, and I can't imagine them making botw-visually-styled versions of non-botw characters for side modes or anything. This feels more like a special kind of "zelda game, but a musou" vs Hyrule Warrior's "musou game, with zelda" approach.
HW1 base was 16(including a free update a month after launch making the 3 original villains playable). 6 of those being villains
Currently AOC has 7. We have 4 more known heroes that are completely possible, being King Rhoam(mentioned in PR), King Dorephan(who was active at the battle of Zora's domain throwing Guardians around), Purah and Robbie. We have one known villain in that era's Kohga. That puts us at 12 already which would match launch HW. Throw in 4 original characters which could totally happen, with say Kass's mentor, an original Hyrulian General and an original villain. There's also BOTW's 100 years later champions and Kass who could be a story epilogue or dlc
16 is totally possible
That's true. But speaking for myself, I'm anticipating fewer characters this go-around, at least where the campaign is concerned, just because the scenarios will likely revolve around mostly pre-established characters. The ones BotW mentions as playing a key role (beyond those already confirmed) are Purah, Robbie and Rhoam. Those, plus maybe some villains (i.e. the Yiga leader). Dorephan would be awesome but he doesn't appear playable in the Zora's Domain scenario we've seen, though he could fight later.
Of course, anything is possible in a Free Mode or Adventure Mode. I would love to play as Sidon and Riju in a non-canon mode. I just get the impression they're heavily focused on the campaign and making it mechanically varied (i.e. unique slate powers for each character, etc).
Side mode unlockable characters can show up as unplayable allies in story missions. Also just did the full breakdown above but base HW only had 16 characters. If we got some playable villains it'd be pretty easy to fill the 8 remaining slots to match that.
That would be siiiiiiiiick
Its combo finishers could be Faroosh, Dinraal and Naydra. Maybe even the Great Fairies.
Basically roll all the mythical characters into LotM!
deep side plot where LotM doesn't give a fuck about anything other than his mountain and wrecks everyone looking at it sideways but peaces out of the other battles cause they're not ...on his mountain :)
according to Creating a Champion Link and Paya are both between 18-20 years old, so I imagine Impa is the same here.
Yes. Or maybe his spirit becomes the playable character. Who knows at this point.
I imagine we'll get a couple of deeper cut characters to expand the roster, even if they're not really in the story mode. That being said, I agree with you about the likelihood of multiple Link play styles. I imagine Zelda might be similar.
I don't see why villains won't be playable. How fun would be to play as a big Bokoblin or Lizalfos, or even Ganon?
I think DLC is very possible too. The first few showings of Hyrule Warriors 1 we barely saw any playable characters outside of Link IIRC.
yeah this would actually be sick lol.
They were all around 100 years ago right? Just doing their thing. Wouldn't be surprised at all to see them appear, even if not playable
