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Pre-Release The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Pre-Release Discussion Thread

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Serif said:
I went back to that doc, looks like they translated the 'hare' symbol as 'うく' "to float", so I see where you got floating from. He didn't provide a possible character for the first symbol though, so I'm excluding it, so "Sa Uku Ku Te Tsu No" さうくくてつの so far. With no understanding of Japanese this seems tough without that first symbol possibly giving more context.
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I’m about to go to bed so I’ll talk about this tomorrow, did you resolve the very last letter though?

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I wouldn’t argue your point on grasping by Switchforce on these points but it’s just two more smaller details that just don’t quite look right, combined with some other small details, like the quality of photos, no dock picture but controller pictures and that left controller with that color green and design. It Just kind of looks too amateur in my opinion, perhaps I was expecting more and I am biased, but it just looks like something that a laymen would buy from Alibaba by mistake thinking it’s real.
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I think the quality of the photos is decent, if his/her phone is a few years old I’d expect these kind of photos. Lack of dock photo is definitely suspicious. Left joy-con with the green detail might be accurate if those weird symbols have something to do with magic (which Zelda has represented with a green bar). What is kind of next level is the right joy-con. Someone pointed out the circles might be representing a Japanese zen garden, and I think many of us agree with that statement. The right joy-con has white circles, and many zen gardens use white sand. Someone brought this up only about a week ago, and I’ve never seen anyone bring up that idea before. The white circles on the right joy-con support the idea of a zen garden, so if this is fake, this is a REALLY good fake since I believe most people, including myself, thought the ripples represented droplets/tears falling into water and creating ripples. If this is fake, I’d wager the faker would have thought this too and used blue ripples, but they’re white like (some) zen garden sand.
 
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How so? It matches Link's toga color and the website banner / sky island design.
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The design is fine it’s the color of green that’s too dark to me. My initial reaction was that it is fake and so far there hasn’t been anything concrete to show how it’s real IMO. There was a poll in another forum on if people think it’s real or fake and so far out of 2000 responses it’s running about 70% real - 30% fake.
I couldn’t come up with reasonable explanation on why someone would go through the trouble of doing this until now, yes it’s a bit of a stretch but quite genius.
Let’s say I manufacturer knock-off Joycon controllers in another country, I can anticipate Nintendo will make a Special Oled edition for their biggest game next year pretty easily. I post a fake box art along with the controllers I make and pass them on as real. There has been enough people talking about them and showing them as real, that even if Nintendo puts out the real version, a lot of people will still be interested or confused enough to buy my knock-off controllers.
 
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BY2K said:
Didn't the Special OLED leak come from the exact same source that leaked the Splatoon and Pokémon OLED?
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I m pretty sure it did which makes the case stronger for it being real, we will know soon enough. I respect the fact that most people are leaning towards it being real, I guess I’m expecting it to have more to the design especially the back of the dock other than just a bunch of zen swirls. At least put Link or Zelda on the back, even the new Master sword design would be nice.
 
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BlightStar said:
What more could they do, other than general merchendice tho. Like, hm. Also a JoyCon set, maybe? I am all for more stuff to add to my collection anyways, haha
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They could do TOTK joy-cons (could be bought separately), maybe a light green or light blue Switch lite (unlikely since TOTK oled is likely real), TotK earphones (BOTW got earphones made by Astro), and I think BOTW got about 9 Amiibo so TOTK could get similar.
 
Awesomegames23 said:
They could do TOTK joy-cons (could be bought separately), maybe a light green or light blue Switch lite (unlikely since TOTK oled is likely real), TotK earphones (BOTW got earphones made by Astro), and I think BOTW got about 9 Amiibo so TOTK could get similar.
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About the Amiibo, I meant just for launch, with more of course coming, but that is true, earphones I could see. ^^ A Lite, most likely not, but... you never know with Ninty.
 
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Well seems like the leak might be real after all. That infographic is weird too like why most times they don't send stuff like this during holidays cause a lot of people are on break. We'll have to wait until prob end of Jan to middle of February for info. It will come up real fast. Can't believe the game is releasing in a couple of months.
 
Golden said:
Well seems like the leak might be real after all. That infographic is weird too like why most times they don't send stuff like this during holidays cause a lot of people are on break. We'll have to wait until prob end of Jan to middle of February for info. It will come up real fast. Can't believe the game is releasing in a couple of months.
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Which leak? The OLED or the 4chan online one?
 
It feels like Nintendo is trying their hardest to become this multi channel entertainment company, now that they are officially moving into movies with their most popular IP, perhaps trying to give Disney some competition with their Parks, BUT something major has to change with their marketing, advertising and especially their merchandise. Imagine if they actually produced or even tried to sell all the millions of different items you can buy that have Mickey on them or all the other Disney characters how much money they could make and how happy fans would be. We are still locked ininto hoping for anything related to a game when it comes out And most of the time it’s near impossible to get your hands on.
 
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Do you think that ToTK could be the first Nintendo developed game to use 32GB cardridge on Switch?

BOTW on Switch was 13.4GB. ToTK will be more than that very likely, exceeding the 16GB limit so they will likely use 32GB cardridge. And ToTK is made ground up for the Switch so I think some assets will be highter quality when not held back by the Wii U, and we saw how Nintendo developers tend to be better with compresion (Splatoon 3 less file size than Splatoon 2). We should know the exact file size by February I assume.
 
Golden said:
Isn't 4 months a couple of months ?
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Depends, apparently. I've always thought "a couple" specifically meant "a pair," or "two," like how you'd call a romantic pairing of two people a couple. And then a small grouping of more than two is "a few." But I've had several really weird arguments with people over the past few years who insist "couple" and "few" are interchangeable, so couple could mean.. like.. however many you want. I don't know. Language is weird and dumb.
 
One thing I'm probably alone in wanting is more motion controls, as an option.
We see the game takes a bit of Skyward Sword, like the sailcloth and skydiving theme(even corroborated by its showing at E3). I think having the option to shake the joy con and do a sword attack and some more stuff like SS had would be a very welcomed addition.
Now that the game is Switch only, they don't have to worry about other systems not having joy con features, so I expect at least an intense/immersive HD Rumble, and hopefully other features of joy con and more uses of gyro will be possible as well.
 
Golden said:
Isn't 4 months a couple of months ?
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Please refer to your nearest dictionary 🌝

chocolate_supra said:
I've had several really weird arguments with people over the past few years who insist "couple" and "few" are interchangeable, so couple could mean.. like.. however many you want. I don't know. Language is weird and dumb.
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Those must be the people that hit the bar and go “I’m only having a couple drinks tonight” and then they get shitfaced
 
Marce-chan said:
One thing I'm probably alone in wanting is more motion controls, as an option.
We see the game takes a bit of Skyward Sword, like the sailcloth and skydiving theme(even corroborated by its showing at E3). I think having the option to shake the joy con and do a sword attack and some more stuff like SS had would be a very welcomed addition.
Now that the game is Switch only, they don't have to worry about other systems not having joy con features, so I expect at least an intense/immersive HD Rumble, and hopefully other features of joy con and more uses of gyro will be possible as well.
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I love optional motion where it makes sense, but adding SS style swordplay would completely change the gameplay of Botw/Totk. And the alternative, just adding waggle to attack like TP Wii doesn't add anything at all to the experience.

I think with the mechanics as is, there's not really much they can add to Totk with more motion controls. Gyro for shooting and aiming is already perfect, imo. The gyro shrines left a lot to be desired sadly. Even for a gyro fan, those are some of my least favorite shrines. If they can't make it feel better, at the very least they should make the motion control optional, or just don't bring that back.

Only other mechanic I can think of from what we've seen is tilting to adjust your skydive, like you could in SS.
 
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I watched the September TotK trailer again and compared a spot to its BOTW equivalent and there is a significant change. In the final scene of the trailer, right before Link lands on the stone bird, you see a Zonai tower.

That tower is on top of Lindor's Brow, but Lindor's Brow is completely different in BOTW. They basically blew up/wiped out the top part of the Lindor's Brow, put in a hole instead, and put a Zonai tower there too.

Hopefully they make lots of significant location changes.
 
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Words cannot describe how badly I want to see this game. We are something like 4 months and 9 days away from release and we have seen nothing at all that has made me even slightly hyped or excited and yet I know the game will likely be something special. So it's a weird feeling for me. I expect greatness but I really badly want to see it. I don't need the whole game spoiled, I just want to see enough to get me incredibly hyped, excited and dreaming!
 
Awesomegames23 said:
I watched the September TotK trailer again and compared a spot to its BOTW equivalent and there is a significant change. In the final scene of the trailer, right before Link lands on the stone bird, you see a Zonai tower.

That tower is on top of Lindor's Brow, but Lindor's Brow is completely different in BOTW. They basically blew up/wiped out the top part of the Lindor's Brow, put in a hole instead, and put a Zonai tower there too.

Hopefully they make lots of significant location changes.
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Oh yeah, this?

 
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Yeah that.
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Hmm, yeah It doesn’t look like any structure we saw in Botw from what I can remember. I’d love to see a comparison of that area but I’m not able to go look myself right now.

I also want to look at the concept art for the Zonai towers in Creating a Champion. It looks like if this is a dragon tower, it might have a long horn or set of horns.
 
TheCongressman said:
Hmm, yeah It doesn’t look like any structure we saw in Botw from what I can remember. I’d love to see a comparison of that area but I’m not able to go look myself right now.

I also want to look at the concept art for the Zonai towers in Creating a Champion. It looks like if this is a dragon tower, it might have a long horn or set of horns.
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The top of Lindor's brow is very similar to the top of the Satori Mountain (where the lord of the mountain is), it is like a hill top split into thirds. Obviously in the photo you posted, you can see there is no such hill top, just a Zonai tower and a hole/crater.
 
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Awesomegames23 said:
I watched the September TotK trailer again and compared a spot to its BOTW equivalent and there is a significant change. In the final scene of the trailer, right before Link lands on the stone bird, you see a Zonai tower.

That tower is on top of Lindor's Brow, but Lindor's Brow is completely different in BOTW. They basically blew up/wiped out the top part of the Lindor's Brow, put in a hole instead, and put a Zonai tower there too.

Hopefully they make lots of significant location changes.
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check this analysis for more changes

 
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I keep seeing UPDATE: New Trailer in the thread title and feeling disappointed when I check. I should know better by now lol.
 
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i don't remember if we've ever talked about the bokoblins having a long horn now. At least the ones we see in the trailer. Could be a signal that time has past enough for them to grow longer
 
Vash said:
i don't remember if we've ever talked about the bokoblins having a long horn now. At least the ones we see in the trailer. Could be a signal that time has past enough for them to grow longer
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I wonder if it's a target for one of the initial arm abilities 👀
 
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There a few websites that have just reported on this but someone in the General Discussion thread (I believe) wrote about it yesterday. I read from a Chinese amiibo supplier that restocks were coming to them in January, (I checked and this restock news was written way back in March, saying restocks were coming in Jan 2023, so it's pretty accurate).

I'd love if Nintendo announced some TotK amiibo soon.
 
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I’m about to go to bed so I’ll talk about this tomorrow, did you resolve the very last letter though?
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The last one? Checking on the subreddit for Zonai translations (/r/totklang), looks like only 7 characters on the bottom left, with it being repeated for the top right.
These are what I interpreted as __ さ うく く て つ の. So I could only get the last six characters, the first one (the hourglass shape) doesn't have a corresponding symbol in the doc yet.

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Serif said:
The last one? Checking on the subreddit for Zonai translations (/r/totklang), looks like only 7 characters on the bottom left, with it being repeated for the top right.
These are what I interpreted as __ さ うく く て つ の. So I could only get the last six characters, the first one (the hourglass shape) doesn't have a corresponding symbol in the doc yet.

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I believe the symbol on the right down corner is presented in the delay announcement clip.
 
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You guys think Age of Calamity is worth playing or will have any bearing on Tears? Got to chapter 3 and the story isn’t doing much for me. Gameplay is cool I guess
 
Leviraps said:
You guys think Age of Calamity is worth playing or will have any bearing on Tears? Got to chapter 3 and the story isn’t doing much for me. Gameplay is cool I guess
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Age of Calamity is like a weird alternate reality of BOTW, great game, but I don't think it will have anything to do with TOTK.
 
Meelow said:
January 13th will be four months since the trailer; the 12th will be four months until the game comes out.
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It’s also 6 years since the Switch presentation and the big BOTW trailer. Also my birthday!

Man, that presentation was a great coincidental gift…
 
So, regardless of the existence of new hardware or special edition, Zelda is going to release this May.

While I had hope of Switch 2 release alongside Zelda (and haven’t give up on that), what really excites me is the prospect of a new Zelda.

This one, while recycling the same map as BotW, has a mistery surrounding it about the new mechanics or changes to the overworld. We already know about sky islands, malice in some areas like Death Mountain, or the speculation about caves or underground dungeons.

However, I feel like they still have some final twist that we don’t know, yet, and they may show us in the, nearby, future trailer.

Of course, my pessimistic side also tells me that maybe they don’t have anything new or outstanding to show us, but 🤷‍♂️
 
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