Yeah I was thinking something similar would happen, we know that the power is at least so great that it can terraform the land around hyrule castle at least. If its not the Dark Realm it could at least be the reincarnation of evil that terraforms everything, like Demise possesing ganon (as he always does, but this time its more obvious).
If BotW2 takes place in large part underground (pure speculation), then seeing creatures like this in the depths would be amazing.
nintendo is hiring for 3D terrain designers for botw 2.
https://www.nintendo.co.jp/jobs/project/index.html
https://japanesenintendo.com/2019/07/05/nintendo-recruiting-for-breath-of-the-wild-sequel/
I think we maybe get something else this year, if not then early next. (I obviously do not know, it's just a guess)
For the Game Awards? They could do both honestly, but if Nintendo wanted to show a new IP I think they would do so under their Direct. A sequel to another franchise (Bayonetta 3 footage maybe?), there are too many options for me to guess for a Game Awards reveal.
Game Awards then E3, but that is only IF its coming next year, they may delay it to 2021 to ensure the highest quality ever
The only way I see it being 2021 is because of the launch of next-gen and to give the game breathing room, not to be cramped in a November slot with two $500 consoles launching. If that is the case, I could see a March 2021 release then.
I don't expect anything. I feel many people today have expectations set too high on these types of things and devs/artists/directors can never live up to the expectations. I'll just go about my day until I see something here that says BotW2 new footage. Until then I won't really care about it other than posting here and there in forums.
TGA is a good canditate, if this is indeed a 2020 game
I'm pretty sure this will be a 2020 game. It's a sequel to what everyone has basically agreed is the game of the generation, it's not going to get lost under the next-gen launches. There usually isn't anything truly amazing at launch (stuff like BotW and Halo are outliers) so it should be fine.
Ahh, the NG+. I thought you were talking like Capcom Zelda games that were the same but different.
If it's 2020 title than we will see more at TGA.
Holy shit.
I'm in the same camp. I think whatever takes over Link's arm is going to replace the sheikah slate abilities.
Thirded. My outlandish hypothesis is that there is time travel in this game, and the slate is needed/consumed to make this happen.
My bet has been: TGA 2019.
Absolutely. It would make exploring more rewarding, especially since I doubt they'll re-use a lot of things that acted as "rewards" for exploring in the first: shrines, korok seeds, probably towers.
