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The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild sequel announced
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Having the game set in the dark world would be pretty nice.
Some are suggesting it might be set in skyloft due to the floating castle.
Some are suggesting it might be set in skyloft due to the floating castle.
Hm interesting ideas. I think that Ganondorfs body has been there since before BOTW and the Calamity Ganon was the malice seeping from his trapped body. I definitely agree that links glow hand his his new way to use Sheikah Slate powers because Zelda will be using her Sheikah Slate herself now giving them both a way to have the abilities.
What if Ganondorfs Island basically is constantly flying over Hyrule. Zelda and Link are still in the under world after the castle rises and once they make their way out after fighting this large rat like monster (HINT HINT) they find a corrupted hyrule with Dorf spewing malice over the land (just like the small rat we see in the trailer that they just fought). That way we are exploring a corrupted Hyrule and returning light to the land. It a new land that we return to how we remember it. Even more Dorfs floating castle travels the land and buffs the monsters near it. Also make it so it passes by high landmarks allowing you (if your good enough) to infiltrate the castle from the start just like BOTW. Would also make speed runs more interesting if it is not on a preset path.
My guess is that they'll reuse the same map but it'll be changed significantly. The castle rising up will probably reshape the land and reveal a bunch of hidden dungeons and whatnot (pls, I want to explore and come across caves and dark dungeons).
And depending on how long after BotW this takes place there will likely be a new towns and stuff to visit.
And depending on how long after BotW this takes place there will likely be a new towns and stuff to visit.
For me it makes more sense for the game to be a more even split of over/underworld.
I doubt the whole overworld will be playable.
Based on the view from the Great Plateau it doesn't really look all that different either.
I doubt the whole overworld will be playable.
Based on the view from the Great Plateau it doesn't really look all that different either.
Make this BOTW: Metroid Prime 2 Echoes.
Or an inverted BOTW, where most of the game is in dungeons/caves and you travel to small pockets of the overworld.
Do it.
Or an inverted BOTW, where most of the game is in dungeons/caves and you travel to small pockets of the overworld.
Do it.
Of course not. But even if its 50% the same, that's still not different enough imo.
I hope it's all new landscape/map. I want to exore an all new world.
It seems they are listening to criticism about there being no traditional dungeons.
Now it would be cool if you could co-op play the game.
If this is the exact same map perhaps this is some kinds of advanced expansion pack for the original game. Downloadable expansion?
It seems they are listening to criticism about there being no traditional dungeons.
Now it would be cool if you could co-op play the game.
If this is the exact same map perhaps this is some kinds of advanced expansion pack for the original game. Downloadable expansion?
I mean that bright and shiny world looked like it was crumbling and something was coming through the woods to scare the birds off. I'd say you dont have to worry about not getting a dark game.
The birds flew away because the ground starts shaking when Hyrule castle lifts off the ground. That said, I think just about any retreading of Hyrule will be limited to fan-service toward the very end of the game, at most.
Anyway to humor myself I went back to the old place and found a big 'ol post I made in 2017 enumerating some of the changes I'd like to see in a BotW sequel and so far it looks like they might actually implement a lot of the things I'd hoped for:
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To a degree yeah I get that feeling. But I think its more because I want to be ensured a lot of new areas and designs to explore.
The thing that disappoints me is that the entire point of BOTW was that Ganondorf gave up his immortality for the ultimate power, he could finally be killed for good.
If this is just Ganondorf again I'll be real disappointed. It feels like a huge step back.
If this is just Ganondorf again I'll be real disappointed. It feels like a huge step back.
This is how I feel too. See what they've rebuilt now the perceived threat is gone. Hyrule Castle repopulated, rebuilt barracks, other destroyed places we found repopulated and re-purposed. Temple of Time being reconstructed... I think that would be cool.
Where did you get that? We've seen the basement of Hyrule Castle.
But it would be cool for sure.
I'd like to point out, save for one occurrence in Four Swords Adventures, Ganondorf is the same man. He doesn't reincarnate.
The corpse in the trailer is bedecked in finery like a BotW style Gerudo, not in Ganondorf's usual style.
Perhaps that's not Ganondorf. Perhaps that's just a Gerudo Voe from who got caught up in all of this mess.
Couldn't be one from 100 years ago. We'd have heard of him if he got embroiled in Calamity Ganon's return.
So maybe he was around 10,000 years ago. Back when the last hero helped to stop Ganon.
The last hero who, I remind you, is depicted as
Always did think the flowing red hair and emerald green eye was strange for a character we'd expect to be blonde and blue-eyed.
Funny, you know who do have green eyes in BotW Hyrule?
And you know who has flowing red locks?
He isn't Ganondorf, or at least he wasn't before the Malice. We're looking at Hyrule's previous Link.
The corpse in the trailer is bedecked in finery like a BotW style Gerudo, not in Ganondorf's usual style.
Perhaps that's not Ganondorf. Perhaps that's just a Gerudo Voe from who got caught up in all of this mess.
Couldn't be one from 100 years ago. We'd have heard of him if he got embroiled in Calamity Ganon's return.
So maybe he was around 10,000 years ago. Back when the last hero helped to stop Ganon.
The last hero who, I remind you, is depicted as
Always did think the flowing red hair and emerald green eye was strange for a character we'd expect to be blonde and blue-eyed.
Funny, you know who do have green eyes in BotW Hyrule?
And you know who has flowing red locks?
He isn't Ganondorf, or at least he wasn't before the Malice. We're looking at Hyrule's previous Link.
One of the most exciting aspects of this sequel is getting more time with the all-time best Zelda character roster. More time with Kass, Sidon, Riju, and (lol) Paya is a great thing.
The Hyrule of BOTW is so huge that I'm not really sure I want to spend that much time exploring it again. I hope that most of this game will be set in a sprawling new open world that is mostly underground.
It's going to be interesting to see how they use the old map, I can't believe that they would have a new underground world as well as a retouched Hyrule with a massive amount of new content.
It's going to be interesting to see how they use the old map, I can't believe that they would have a new underground world as well as a retouched Hyrule with a massive amount of new content.
I can't wait!
And this time, the Wii U isn't around to hold the sequel back from the Switch's full potential graphically like with the first.
And this time, the Wii U isn't around to hold the sequel back from the Switch's full potential graphically like with the first.
I'd rather have a new land. An underground overworld is a bit too Metroidish for Zelda. Zelda lives by its dark and light balance, if the whole game is mostly underground the game is just too dark, and it would have the same problem with diversity as botw had with there being only overground places just reversed.
I'd love to see a ALTTP Dark World version of BOTW Hyrule.
Well the Calamity Ganon was a really, really, really underwhelming final manifestation, so I for one am glad that they decided not to leave it at that.
I thought that too, but unfortunately that interpretation might have mostly been due to a localization misstep.
You know, maybe the whole reason they make Zelda short-haired is so that she can be animated more easily during gameplay...............
Hyrule Castle seems to lift off. Maybe were revisiting Skyloft from Skyward Sword
We don't know. This is the first time we're getting the same world.
We don't know anything. Could be the same world, could be altered extremely, could introduce new ways of exploration, could be destroyed by whatever Ganondorf (?) is doing, could be a dark world.
Wait for more information is what we all should do before drawing conclusions.
I do like the idea that the corpse isn't Ganondorf (at least, not any incarnation we've seen) but actually the hero from 10,000 years ago. There's just enough there to give it some credibility as a theory.
Link's typically shown as blond, and the hero shown in the flashback story in BOTW shows him with red hair. I assumed it was initially a visual design simplification...but past Zelda is clearly shown to be blond here. So why wouldn't the past hero be shown be blond as well?
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Good catch. The green arm also has golden jewelry entwined around it, which reminded me of the Gerudo designs in Breath of the Wild (things like the weird thunder hat etc). Ganondorf's corpse also has a lot of golden jewelry, too.Finally got a chance to really sit down and watch this teaser. I'm so god damn in. I hope we get a real deep dive on the Zelda lore.
The green symbols look like the Gerudo language:
Gimme more Gerudo/Zonai lore. That music was creepy as heck. The teaser was oozing atmosphere. I really hope we get more story than what Breath of the Wild gave us.
I did wonder if it was the Sheikah who'd sealed Ganondorf's corpse. In BotW, the idea Ganon was once a Gerudo is a myth - so maybe at some point the Gerudo sealed his corpse away, to hide their connection with him? There might also be a connection to the Yiga, who wanted to steal the Thunder Helm and whose hideout is actually a Gerudo temple.
The Yiga being involved would also give this more Adventure of Link dimensions. If BotW was heavily inspired by the original Zelda, then this could be partially inspired by Adventure of Link: a cult trying to (or succeeding in) reviving Ganondorf and gameplay with more of an emphasis on magic.
