You can make brightly lit and colorful cave systems. The fantasy setting gives Zelda a lot of leeway in terms of realism. They can just fill the caves with glowing crystals and stuff.
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The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Sequel Development Thread- News, Updates, and Speculation
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True, but I'd also like to see the return of the classic lamp.
This could potentially also make underground battles challenging - because Link couldn't use his shield.
Underwater and proper boat sailing were both missed in BotW. I would love to see physics based water/mud/lava flows too. If they were physics based it might mean streams could be redirected thus flooding certain areas and draining others. It could be an amazing dynamic. Imagine flooding a bokoblin camp with lava, or draining a pond to collect fish, or draining a fortress moat. Digging and terrain deformation could be cool too, but maybe only in certain soft soils.
As much as I'd love to have a playable Zelda, those expecting it will get burned hard. I sincerely doubt that Nintendo would put any resources into making Zelda playable. If it happens I'll eat all the crow, but I'm banking on Nintendo staying unreservedly conservative.
Underwater and caves should be the focus like I've said before. Nintendo should revolutionize what it means to have underwater in a video game. Not a single developer, including Nintendo, has done it yet.
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That very well could be, but this is Nintendo, and they are typically very much about having gameplay dictate design, and then developing plot around that gameplay concept. So for that reason, I see it as more likely that they altered Zelda's design to accommodate a gameplay function than for a narrative reason. For example, the main reason why Link isn't green by default in Breath of the Wild is that it doesn't contrast well against the green fields you'll spend most of the game in, and green is notably absent from most of the available outfits (aside from amiibo bonus outfits and the end game reward outfit). And you could be totally right, but its my suspicion that Zelda's hair is a pretty significant detail.
possibly, but Nintendo is all about justifying aesthetic decisions. typically function comes before fashion
Zelda's hair being short could be nothing more than an indication that she'll be an in-game asset this time around, rather than strictly relegated to cutscenes, as she was in BotW.
For me personally, I'd like to think that, just as BotW was focused on delivering an experience similar to the original LoZ's Overworld, BotW 2 will focus on delivering an experience similar to LoZ's Underworld. But I wouldn't at all be surprised if the trailer is really just the first 30 minutes and everything after that is different.
I wouldn't be at all surprised if the opening sequence ends with Hyrule Castle lifting up in the air with Ganon and Zelda both still in it, and Link tumbling to the ground and having to spend the entire game getting back up there. In fact, knowing Nintendo, I'm actually kinda expecting it.
I have a question: has anyone ever tried reassembling the trailer to put the events in order? I've screenshotted the entire trailer and once tried reassembling all the different images into what I think is a chronological sequence, but I didn't finish that project. I was wondering if anyone out there went all the way with that.
Alright, I am baselessly certain that you will receive Loftwings towards the endgame to fly to a floating Hyrule Castle to face Ganondorf.
Also I really hope there's a way to play in a pre-calamity or either partially rebuilt Hyrule.
Also I really hope there's a way to play in a pre-calamity or either partially rebuilt Hyrule.
What's the second art from? Fanmade? That looks beautiful.Alright, I am baselessly certain that you will receive Loftwings towards the endgame to fly to a floating Hyrule Castle to face Ganondorf.
Also I really hope there's a way to play in a pre-calamity or either partially rebuilt Hyrule.
Ah right, thanks. Really need to go through the DLC again sometime.
Alright, I am baselessly certain that you will receive Loftwings towards the endgame to fly to a floating Hyrule Castle to face Ganondorf.
Also I really hope there's a way to play in a pre-calamity or either partially rebuilt Hyrule.
If BOTW2 gives me a rebuilt Hyrule Castle Town with the depth of Clock Town I will die happy.
Gerudo Town was probably the most Clock Town place in BotW. But it needs the time mechanic and not just generic day/night.
What would be incredible is if you got into a town in the game and got a Bomber's notebook and then that town has an hour-by-hour cyclical set of days that details where each NPC will be after you talk and get rumors.
I desperately hope BotW 2 has a major, game-long subquest of restoring Hyrule to its former glory. Being able to freely run around a setting like a rebuilt Hyrule Castle Town, not to mention a fully operational Hyrule Castle, is one of the few remaining experiences I still yearn to enjoy in a Zelda game. This is something I desire as much as others seem to desire a playable Zelda. But I've basically given up on Nintendo ever providing me with that experience. I don't think offering a "free" and full Hyrule jives with their vision for the LoZ series. The Champions' Ballad was such a tease.
It still pains my heart to have to walk past all those mounds of rubble and ruin in BotW. The framework is there; oh, how I wish Nintendo would build on it.
It still pains my heart to have to walk past all those mounds of rubble and ruin in BotW. The framework is there; oh, how I wish Nintendo would build on it.
Alright, I am baselessly certain that you will receive Loftwings towards the endgame to fly to a floating Hyrule Castle to face Ganondorf.
Also I really hope there's a way to play in a pre-calamity or either partially rebuilt Hyrule.
An idea I liked was the initial quest just being checking in on everyone since BotW. You could run around the old map (with some development like around the castle) and then an earthquake or something happens that leads to the trailer's events.
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I'd like to see this as well, as the main optional quest in the sequel. Something like Tarry Town on a far larger scale, or the Colony 6 restoration from Xenoblade. Then again I'm thinking the sequel might have a slightly more standard progression curve than Breath of the Wild, and something like restoring Hyrule Castle town to get the infrastructure in place to chase Ganon into the sky of where ever the castle goes could accomplish that.
Have the incentive to progress be to rebuild this city or military base or something and then for the climax have it take to the skies for a huge floating Hyrule Castle vs. floating city battle
Fuck it, we anime now
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At least I didn't say space.
That would be ridiculous...
...I kinda hope it's space...
...I kinda really hope it's space...
I don't see Hyrule Castle floating in the sky...why is it being ignored that you can kind of see legs underneath the castle implying it could be walking away?
I think a lot of it has to do with the leftover concept art from BotW showing a floating landmass, which has gotten people to think that Nintendo is going back to some old ideas and trying again with them. They do this a lot, plus, Link's glowing arm from the trailer is in line with another piece of leftover concept art from BotW.
And I have to say, I honestly haven't seen anyone mention legs underneath the castle. I'll have to take another look.
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This made me go back and rewatch the trailer. I don't really see the legs, but if it is legs, that might be awesome.
I've often wondered about the whole "cutting your hair symbolizes choice, freedom, and a big life change" concept, is this something that comes up a lot in Japanese history/culture? I've seen it several times before, but it's always been in Japanese video games (I think the first time I encountered it was in FF9).
I'm just wondering if there's some kind of context I'm missing, since I recall my reaction to the cutscene that plays in FF9 (which was a full FMV that seemed to make a BIG DEAL out of the hair-cutting, complete with a dramatic camera angle, emphasis on the action, etc.) was basically just "So... she cut her hair? So what?"
Important Haircut - TV Tropes
When a character cuts off their hair, it often symbolizes a rite of passage or bout of character growth. A princess striking out on an adventure, or a new recruit at boot camp, for instance. Parting with it voluntarily can be greatly symbolic.
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Yeah anyone expecting playable Zelda will probably be disappointed. I could see her taking the lead for a dungeon to rescue link or something but at best i'm expecting her to just come along with us in the adventure and interact with the environnement with her powers.
I do think Nintendo listened to the fans requests, they have been hiring for dungeon designers after all, hinting that we might have some other stuff solved after all like the lack of variety of monsters.
To me, Botw was a game that revolutionized the Zelda franchise (and the open world genre) but still staying pretty classic and not too confusing with it's environnements and story. It really feels like they had a lot of more crazy ideas looking at the early concept arts for the game with Space elements and alien invasions and i'm expecting more things crazy like that in the sequel as MM was to Oot (which revolutionized but still remained classic in it's environnements).
No way we will keep the same overworld, it's Nintendo and even more, Zelda, the game that changes even the art-style in almost every episode. I think Aonuma meant it in which, we are keeping the same lore and characters as the first game. He wouldn't reveal where the game is taking place so early on in development and it's crazy to me so many think that. Same goes to the "a little darker", which i'm sure he just said the clip in itself was a little darker than usual/it's predecessor botw.
I do think Nintendo listened to the fans requests, they have been hiring for dungeon designers after all, hinting that we might have some other stuff solved after all like the lack of variety of monsters.
To me, Botw was a game that revolutionized the Zelda franchise (and the open world genre) but still staying pretty classic and not too confusing with it's environnements and story. It really feels like they had a lot of more crazy ideas looking at the early concept arts for the game with Space elements and alien invasions and i'm expecting more things crazy like that in the sequel as MM was to Oot (which revolutionized but still remained classic in it's environnements).
No way we will keep the same overworld, it's Nintendo and even more, Zelda, the game that changes even the art-style in almost every episode. I think Aonuma meant it in which, we are keeping the same lore and characters as the first game. He wouldn't reveal where the game is taking place so early on in development and it's crazy to me so many think that. Same goes to the "a little darker", which i'm sure he just said the clip in itself was a little darker than usual/it's predecessor botw.
I don't have high hopes for greater variety in monsters. I just don't think Nintendo sees this as a serious problem. As function-oriented as Nintendo are, I believe they see the weapons as being the true source of combat variety in the game. To them, a Bokoblin with a club is functionally different than a Bokoblin with a spear, or a Bokoblin on horseback. I believe they consider each of these different instances of Bokoblins to be different types of enemies, whereas the player just sees endless waves of Bokoblins. And from what I've read, I can't remember anyone at Nintendo ever acknowledging the smaller enemy roster as something they're looking to change.
Remember, Skyward Sword was criticized for its own lack of monster variety. BotW has even less. They've been going backwards in this area. This is one of those aspects of the game experience where Nintendo and the players see things very differently, I believe.
Well Botw monsters are as basic as it gets, i can't see them using only the same ones, i'm sure they will add a few others or change some things atleast. But with that, i just meant a sequel will probably correct some of Botw's flaws and used the monster variety as an example, could be that or something else.
New monsters are one aspect that interests me
most. This being a direct sequel to BotW I'm curious how they balance old and new. Specifically the overworld (sub)bosses, like Hinox and Lynels. What kind of creature could fit in, without being redundant?
most. This being a direct sequel to BotW I'm curious how they balance old and new. Specifically the overworld (sub)bosses, like Hinox and Lynels. What kind of creature could fit in, without being redundant?
I'm curious if we'll still see Guardians return. Trailer gave off the impression much of that Sheikah stuff was gone. No Shrines or Towers and the focus is probably going to be on the Zonai . So at the very least they need to come up with some new main enemy types for us to battle. Failure to really add a healthy dose of new enemy types and variations after nearly 4 years would be quite underwhelming. BotW's enemies were by no means bad, but after 100+ hours it would be quite disappointing if that's what we'll pretty much be facing again for the next 100+ hours.
An idea popped in my head today about BotW2 possibly using your BotW save file in some way. I haven't given it much thought, but as a direct sequel on the same map, I figure there is something that could be done. Maybe even just some bonus items at the start. It would be nice to acknowledge your specific journey in some way and truly feel like you are continuing it.
Here for the same reason. I really wanna see a populated Hyrule
It could work if the entire game was designed around 2 characters traveling together. Assuming Link and Zelda, they could have totally different roles in combat and in puzzles. Tricky to make a game like this that always works in 1 or in 2 player. BotW had an AI; Wolf Link. Really fun to run around with, but he only was in the overworld and only an assist in ground combat. A true 2p game would need an AI for 1 player that can fly and assist in puzzles. You wouldn't want Zelda waiting outside while Link completes a shrine. Everything would need to be designed with 2 characters in mind. But the only thing better than BotW would be BotW with a friend. They could also do an interesting relationship story to go with it.
It probably won't be.
It'll be called The Legend of Zelda: Death of the Wild. The entire game is gonna be a metaphor for climate change.
I think I would rather see them incorporate dungeon enemies, since those are most definitely not in BotW.
This would screw over the people who only played BotW on Wii U, though.
I think Player 2 would be far more likely to control a fairy or a cursor or something than an actual character, like the 3D Marios, which, except for 3D World (which had much more segmented stages as opposed to full "worlds"), have never had Mario and Luigi running together side-by-side.
omg again with this?! it is set in the same world, not in the same map!
To be fair we don't know, but to conclude that it is based on that one vague comment by Aonuma is not the way to go either.
Yeah, seems towns are gone too. Just underground caves.
It's going to be the same map, but with variations. Just like A Link Between Worlds used the same map, but with variations.
I wanna see more overworld "bosses"
A great sea octo inside a cyclone would be amazing, having to fly around it and hit it with you bow. Dodongos would be a perfect fit for the fire area. Hyrule Castle could have Darknuts nearby. Some of the darker forest areas of the world could feature Ghomas. Redeads could show up near graveyards. Poes could only show up at night. There could also be ball and chain knights where you could use the magnetic rune to manipulate the ball and chain.
A great sea octo inside a cyclone would be amazing, having to fly around it and hit it with you bow. Dodongos would be a perfect fit for the fire area. Hyrule Castle could have Darknuts nearby. Some of the darker forest areas of the world could feature Ghomas. Redeads could show up near graveyards. Poes could only show up at night. There could also be ball and chain knights where you could use the magnetic rune to manipulate the ball and chain.
Imma need a source on all this even though I know you don't have one.
EDIT: Your 'towns are gone' comment makes me nostalgic for the time period people were convinced there weren't towns in BOTW lol.
Where are you guys getting this from? It may well turn out to be true but right now it's certainly not as confirmed as these post suggest.
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