The Zelda Thread: TOTK officially out May 12th, spoilers out now. Avoid social media if you can.

[Sonichuman]

 

[JGreen]

Another thing to consider spoiler tagging would be builds of different things if one of the items is a hidden item. I’m just imaging that you’ll probably have the building abilities pretty early on, but I could see maybe a dungeon item or some hidden item be a key component. 

[Sonichuman]

 

[Volt]

4 hours ago, Sonichuman said:

 

I actually bookmarked this vid this afternoon because I had to go to work and couldn't watch it.

 

It sounds fascinating. Honestly, the biggest issue of TotK might be having this foundation to work with. Like damn, what else can you do to follow up THIS game?

[iStu X]

Strategy guide by Piggyback launches June 16th

 

 

Edited May 10, 2023 by iStu X

[Volt]

29 minutes ago, iStu X said:

Strategy guide by Piggyback launches June 16th

 

 

Are these ever useful? 🤣

[RSG3]

Yes........

[iStu X]

4 minutes ago, Volt said:

Are these ever useful? 🤣

Yes. The one they wrote for Breath of the Wild is genuinely one of the best written strategy guides ever printed 

[Volt]

Huh. I'm actually surprised. Most of these used to have wildly inaccurate/bad info.

 

Sounds like a good thing to have, especially with how big this game will be.

[RSG3]

Always depended on who the publisher was. Prima for example was always super hit or miss. 

Edited May 10, 2023 by RSG3

[Sonichuman]

Hmmmm...wonder if I should invest in having a strat guide just to have it.  Like just not use it at all for my first playthrough and then just have it to look through for things I missed.

[Sonichuman]

TotK Ask the Dev Part 3

https://www.nintendo.com/whatsnew/ask-the-developer-vol-9-the-legend-of-zelda-tears-of-the-kingdom-part-3/

 

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We've only discussed the skies, but this title has its dungeons too, right?

Fujibayashi: Yes, we haven't talked about the dungeons yet. They've changed from the previous game. For example, there is a dungeon that connects directly from Hyrule's surface. If you dive from the sky straight into the dungeon, you'll trigger an event. We think this will be a new experience that wasn't possible in the previous game.

Dohta: We’ve made dungeons unique to their respective environments, so we think you’ll be able to enjoy the wide variety of regional characteristics.

Takizawa: Making a "wide variety" was pretty challenging. The four Divine Beasts were the dungeons in the last game, and they shared similar designs. This time, the dungeons are huge and each carry their own regional look and feel, just like traditional The Legend of Zelda games. We think they will provide a satisfying challenge for players. They were certainly a challenge to develop! (Laughs)

Edited May 10, 2023 by Sonichuman

[RSG3]

 

 

[TheInfernoman]

Sooo a return to just dungeons? No shrines at all? I haven't been following much news just to go in without any expectations 

[RSG3]

1 minute ago, TheInfernoman said:

Sooo a return to just dungeons? No shrines at all? I haven't been following much news just to go in without any expectations 

Seems to be something of a mix of both. The Sky Islands have the flavor of shrines about them from what I can gather, but there are apparantly deffintily Dungeon like biomes to traverse with unique looks and bosses at the end. 

[Sonichuman]

Man Nintendo really told the media to hold up on those reviews until the last minute eh?  I thought for sure I was gonna wake up with my feed full of TotK reviews.  I'm gonna guess they told them not to put them up until Treehouse goes live tonight.

[Sonichuman]

Spoke too soon!

[Sonichuman]

 

[Chadouken]

Dang, looks like it performs better than BotW. That's impressive considering the hardware.

[Volt]

1 minute ago, Chadouken said:

Dang, looks like it performs better than BotW. That's impressive considering the hardware.

Not really. BotW was released for the Wii U too.

 

They had time to optimize TotK to the Switch and work out the issues they had in BotW.

[Chadouken]

6 minutes ago, Volt said:

Not really. BotW was released for the Wii U too.

 

They had time to optimize TotK to the Switch and work out the issues they had in BotW.

What I mean is, there are a lot of AAA games coming out right now that run like complete shit on much better hardware. 

 

It's impressive that a game of this magnitude runs so well on such old and weak hardware, comparatively. Kudos to the developers for optimizing it. This is how it should be.

Edited May 11, 2023 by Chadouken

[Volt]

12 minutes ago, Chadouken said:

What I mean is, there are a lot of AAA games coming out right now that run like complete shit on much better hardware. 

 

It's impressive that a game of this magnitude runs so well on such old and weak hardware, comparatively. Kudos to the developers for optimizing it. This is how it should be.

Oh yeah, definitely.

[Chadouken]

Fuck my ass for having such a huge backlog right now. Gotta finish RE4, start Jedi, Horizon DLC, Dadnarok new game+, and a new goddamn season of Destiny in less than two weeks that looks really fucking cool. 

 

I might go by Best Buy tomorrow just to look and see if any loose copies are available anyway.

[Sonichuman]

Nintendo showing again their tech wizardry.  I think I heard this game is like 16 gigs?  This game has all this shit in it with all the systems interacting and its 16 gigs.  For comparison, BotW is 15.7 gigs

[Chadouken]

Just now, Sonichuman said:

Nintendo showing again their tech wizardry.  I think I heard this game is like 16 gigs?  This game has all this shit in it with all the systems interacting and its 16 gigs.  For comparison, BotW is 15.7 gigs

That's insane.  It's amazing how artistic fidelity more than makes up for graphical prowess  and yet we keep getting these hot messes because the industry would rather push graphics over performance. 

 

Anyway, I'm starting to get really hype for Zelda now. I was planning on waiting a bit to pick it up but I don't know if I can do that. Watch me go buy a fucking OLED now 😂

[Sonichuman]

Listening to GI talk about their review and the guy said he got the game Wed (3rd) and beat it on Monday.  Says clocked in about 70 hours and believes he's only seen 70% of the game. 

[Sonichuman]

 

[JGreen]

Wtf. Another thing I didn’t know you could do. Never would have thought to chain them like that. 

[iStu X]

amiibo unlocks for TotK 

 

Spoiler

 

[Sonichuman]

Ask the Dev Part 4

https://www.nintendo.com/whatsnew/ask-the-developer-vol-9-the-legend-of-zelda-tears-of-the-kingdom-part-4/

 

Ask the Dev Part 5

https://www.nintendo.com/whatsnew/ask-the-developer-vol-9-the-legend-of-zelda-tears-of-the-kingdom-part-5/

 

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You mentioned that you worked on this game from the perspective of enabling players to do exactly what they think they can do. I recall players of the previous title playing in lots of different ways. Do you ever watch fan-made gameplay videos?

Aonuma: There was some talk about them among the development team. The direction of giving players the freedom to do anything in this game came about precisely because of the reactions of people who played the last game.

Takizawa: Even though it's been six years since the last title was released, many fans still post drawings, comments and videos on social media. Especially when the team is facing difficulties during development, these things light up the eyes of our staff and make them think, “Alright, let's show 'em what we've got!” I really want to thank all our fans.

Fujibayashi: I totally agree. Our fans have motivated us so much in the development of this game. Thank you so much!

 

Edited May 11, 2023 by Sonichuman

[Sonichuman]

So much footage out there now...I'm trying SOOOO...HARD...not to watch too much.  GI's review was pretty good at talking about the game without going too far into stuff about the game and I had to cut IGN's off about halfway. I think they'res probably went a bit too far and also what they wwas showing was making this wait even more unbearable lol.  I'm pretty sure this Treehouse stream won't help either.

 

 

Edit:

 

Apparently Xbox fans are having a go at Nintendo fans right now because of Redfall getting shit on for 30fps and Zelda getting all this praise while running at 30 fps which is quite hilarious.

 

Edit 2:  Oh shit Nintendo took over that big ass 3D monitor in Times Square?  They really going all out for the marketing at the very last minute for this game.  Wonder how much money they paid to take that over lol.

 

Edit 3:  This game is gonna be so god damn amazing to play lmao.  I can't wait for the videos that people are going to put out once this game has been unleashed officially tomorrow.

Edited May 12, 2023 by Sonichuman

[iStu X]

I’m posting this as a no context and non-story spoiler to TotK but something that makes me excited about traversing

 

 

Edited May 12, 2023 by iStu X

[RegH81]

Me knowing some people are already playing this game via digital copies, plus the fact that I work all weekend:

 

 

[iStu X]

 

CE Edition still available at BB as of 1am central. 

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/sku/6535550.p?skuId=6535550

 

Edited May 12, 2023 by iStu X

[TheInfernoman]

I have the next 2 days off to play the game...

 

 

 

 

[iStu X]

More amiibo are trickling onto sites

 

 

[RSG3]

8 hours ago, Sonichuman said:

Apparently Xbox fans are having a go at Nintendo fans right now because of Redfall getting shit on for 30fps and Zelda getting all this praise while running at 30 fps which is quite hilarious.

Yea, Cuz Redfalls biggest issue is that it runs at 30fps 🤪

 

Fuckin clowns. 

[iStu X]

CE version still available as of 6:55am central

 

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/sku/6535550.p?skuId=6535550

[Sonichuman]

6 hours ago, iStu X said:

 

CE Edition still available at BB as of 1am central. 

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/sku/6535550.p?skuId=6535550

 

"This item can't be shipped"

".... *goes in line for it anway*"

"Please wait...*moments pass* This item isn't available to you within a 250 mile radius"

[iStu X]

3 minutes ago, Sonichuman said:

"This item can't be shipped"

".... *goes in line for it anway*"

"Please wait...*moments pass* This item isn't available to you within a 250 mile radius"

Check in-store if you can too. I’ve been reading GameStop and Best Buy both got decent amounts of the CE. 

[Sonichuman]

2 hours ago, RSG3 said:

Yea, Cuz Redfalls biggest issue is that it runs at 30fps 🤪

 

Fuckin clowns. 

I don't understand why they can't understand the difference here.  Switch has been out for 6 years+ and when it got released it was already just behind the curve of the past gen systems.  So when Nintendo puts out the sequel to one of the biggest open world games in the industry and not only manages to put more shit to do in said game while making it more dynamic and vast while just managing to keep the game running at 30 fps with all these systems interacting with each other ON A 16 GB CARTRIDGE...then yeah...thats absolutely an amazing feat.  Compared to a first person shooter game that isn't as open and doesn't nearly have as many systems interacting with each other on the most powerful console of the current gen that takes up 95 to 86 gigs of space and thats CURRENTLY...WITHOUT UPCOMING PATCHES.  This really shouldn't even be a conversation or an argument.

Edited May 12, 2023 by Sonichuman

[iStu X]

 

[iStu X]

Sorry for the spam. I’m just doing what I can to help the homies. 
 

@Sonichumanit’s back up at Bb. 
 

 

 

 

Edited May 12, 2023 by iStu X

[Sonichuman]

Trying to get one in between calls.  Almost had the one on Nintendo's website.

 

Edit:  Appreciate you! @iStu X

Edited May 12, 2023 by Sonichuman

[iStu X]

@Sonichumanits still available homie as of 10am central 

Edited May 12, 2023 by iStu X

[iStu X]

 

[iStu X]

[iStu X]

2 hours ago, iStu X said:

@Sonichumanits still available homie as of 10am central 

Surprisingly still available for everyone who wants it.
 

I’m glad Nintendo didn’t skimp on the CE’s for this game. We all know how notorious they can be for short printing their CE’s 

[RSG3]

2 minutes ago, iStu X said:

I’m glad Nintendo didn’t skimp on the CE’s for this game. We all know how notorious they can be for short printing their CE’s

They must have really high expectations for this title and considering how BOTW sold, they are probably justified. 

[Sonichuman]

I got busy so I missed the window again.   I checked the Best Buy link and of course it was sold out, so I clicked on check other providers and they were 200 plus...I laughed.