The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom - May 12th, 2023

[No Fun Shogun]

Zelda has always been open world, its just 3D games between OoT and SS have mostly been hampered by technology and lack of technical know-how by Nintendo into being pretty segmented open world areas versus being truly open world.

BotW was a natural evolution of the series and a return to form, tbqh.

 

[ChaoticOrange]

Zelda has always been open world, its just 3D games between OoT and SS have mostly been hampered by technology and lack of technical know-how by Nintendo into being pretty segmented open world areas versus being truly open world.

BotW was a natural evolution of the series and a return to form, tbqh.

Good point. Even from the very first iteration, there's nothing stopping you from trucking off wherever you want right from the get-go. You might find enemies you can't beat or dungeons you can't access, but that doesn't mean you can't GO there.

 

[x Tame Impala]

Longshot but I hope they add a combat difficulty on par with Dark Souls. Not in a damage sponge way or whatever that quick heal thing they tried on Master mode.

 

[93LEAFS]

Seems official it's going to retail at 70 USD. I'll end up paying it, but a bit annoying. And, unlike other companies it's not like, oh, it's 70 at launch, I'll just wait a few months to get it at discount.

 

[Emperoreddy]

Supposedly the biggest Switch Game as far as file size goes, and need to use 64 gig cards instead of the standard 32.

Might be why they raised the price

 

[Soedy]

Glad I pre ordered it months ago for 53€.

 

[MVP of West Hollywd]

Zelda has always been open world, its just 3D games between OoT and SS have mostly been hampered by technology and lack of technical know-how by Nintendo into being pretty segmented open world areas versus being truly open world.

BotW was a natural evolution of the series and a return to form, tbqh.

I agree with the idea but I can't really see how any of the 2D games are more open world than Ocarina or Majora's, especially the latter iirc.

 

[WeThreeKings]

Are there any twitter follows who will alert Canadian users when the deluxe version is in stock?

Asking for my wife.

 

[X66]

Are there any twitter follows who will alert Canadian users when the deluxe version is in stock?

Asking for my wife.

Follow Lbabinz on twitter and turn on notifications, they'll be flickering now since they've sold out.

Comes out to around $190 cad after everything

 

[X66]

Are there any twitter follows who will alert Canadian users when the deluxe version is in stock?

Asking for my wife.

Also goes without saying but you have to be quick, they sell out in 1-2 minutes.

 

[TheGreenTBer]

Also goes without saying but you have to be quick, they sell out in 1-2 minutes.

Let me tell you, 1-2 minutes is not a problem!

 

[No Fun Shogun]

Going into official blackout mode to maximize my surprise going forward on this. Seeing some new enemies in the last trailer disappointed me as I would've preferred future me being surprised at stumbling across them.

Fully expecting loads of more surprises left to be revealed.

 

[67 others]

I agree with the idea but I can't really see how any of the 2D games are more open world than Ocarina or Majora's, especially the latter iirc.

In the original games, you could accidentally go into the wrong dungeons first and fight way stronger enemies, but also find stronger gear you were not meant to have yet to a far greater degree.

Levels 2 and 8 can basically played at any given time. Yes, you can play and beat the eight dungeon first, which sounds crazy, but you can try. Sometimes you needed the items in the dungeon, but you could leave without killing the boss after you got it.

Same in Zelda 2. in fact, most people who played Zelda 2 a lot as kids leave the 1st palace to very last because its so easy and since completing it grants you a free level up, its better to get the free level when experience needed to level is 6000 as opposed to 200 lol

 

[No Fun Shogun]

Gonna have to fight the temptation to watch. Don’t want any other surprises spoiled.

 

[HanSolo]

Forgot to mention but I bought that 2 games for 99 dollars voucher to bring down the cost of this game. Pre-ordered and picked up Splatoon 3 with it (after some trepidation and somewhat figuring out the controls it's basically the only game I play right now). Just throwing the option out there for anyone who doesn't want to pay a full 70 for it. You end up paying more but you get a whole second game.

As for the trailer.

Spoiler

These new systems make me cautiously optimistic that this game won't just be an expanded DLC. I'm not entirely sold on the sky islands but at least it's definitely new terrain to explore. Hoping the Hyrule "surface" landscape is significantly different and not just placing enemy camps in different spots. Also I really hope they do better with the dungeons. I liked the divine beasts to an extent in the sense that it felt closer to a classic dungeon but the issue is the mini dungeons were really just tech demos to show off their combat systems and gyro control capabilities. Some were pretty inventive puzzles while others were braindead inconveniences you had to slog through, while the worst of the bunch were shitty mini bosses that required little to no thought of effort to defeat.

But those new systems I mentioned look like absolute bangers. Especially fusing. At minimum it can cut down on the impact of weapon durability issues since weapon durability and breaking is confirmed to still be a thing. But it looks like there's some serious expansion of the sandbox possibilities of this game.

But, actually now that I think about it, the ascend mechanic could be too positive a QOL change. Still have to see how often you can abuse it but it does kind of streamline exploration and climbing a bit too much.

 

[x Tame Impala]

I’m staying away from any info at this point as well. Unless someone hacks into my bank account and my Switch breaks there’s zero possibility I’m skipping out on TOTK.

Worst case it’s an expanded DLC to BOTW and it’s still worth $70 to me. I’m really excited to hop in.

 

[The Grim Reaper]

Gonna have to fight the temptation to watch. Don’t want any other surprises spoiled.

Doesn't talk about the story at all, just demonstrates some of the new abilities. Game looks fantastic and is going to be a lot of fun.

 

[Do Make Say Think]

I’m staying away from any info at this point as well. Unless someone hacks into my bank account and my Switch breaks there’s zero possibility I’m skipping out on TOTK.

Worst case it’s an expanded DLC to BOTW and it’s still worth $70 to me. I’m really excited to hop in.

What was shown is basically "amazing DLC" level. The game looks the same, the map is mostly the same and there are some pretty big changes for the mechanics.

 

[The Crypto Guy]

It definitely looks identical to the first one.

 

[x Tame Impala]

Idk they worked on it for 5 years I’m sure there’s more to it than than what’s been shown so far

 

[KeithIsActuallyBad]

It definitely feels like there's a lot they're not showing us, but Link's new powers are pretty neat.

 

[Mikeaveli]

I was hoping we would see more about the actual structure of the game, these gimmicks do nothing for me

 

[Beau Knows]

Neat solution they came up with to the weapon durability complaints.

 

[S E P H]

Idk they worked on it for 5 years I’m sure there’s more to it than than what’s been shown so far

Japan has definitely been one of the most strict post-Covid countries out there solely now allowing tourists. Just because they've been working on it for five years doesn't mean they've been working on it in the same time frame as other gaming studios have been working on games for five years.

 

[Emperoreddy]

These new mechanics have the potential to be quite substantial depending on how much freedom you get.

Which fits with how BOTW was. Climbing on the surface seemed like such a basic mechanic to add to an open world game, but it radically changed how you approached and explored the map