In this case it would make a lot of sense why the localisation team chose the word "recall" for the ability, both to imply the reversed movement and in terms of "to remember"
Wasn't Fi kinda high tech Zonai-like now that we've seen more of Zonai...? It even sounded like those weird pitched voices from the trailer.
I think I know which one you're talking about. It's this one, right?
Rauru is definitely Zonai, he's the figure on the mural standing on the bird stone surrounded by 7 tears. His design has all of the same aesthetic features as he Zonai architecture and constructs.
Rauru is more of a sage figure IMO, having the owl motif and being names after the Sage of Light from OoT. I don't think he's meant to be analogous to the ancient hero.
Good point, maybe only the dungeons with the 4 races are required. You collect their tears for story purposes and then can beat the game.
This is where I have been leaning for awhile, I think the glyphs on the ground tie into part of the puzzle we are missing and just don’t have enough info about. The glyphs are too much of a prominent feature not to have a large game play loop mechanic tied into with them. We know there are 11 and one of them is basket and Gannon and they have tears mixed into their designs in art book as well. So I really think they will have a large story element to them relating to however the past and the present are handled which I think will involve some type of dungeon type experience for us with each one.
Riju doing Fi style dancing moves is awesome. I liked Urbosa most of the old Champions, but always preferred Riju as she was portrayed a bit more down-to-earth. Riju's design is also an awesome blend of Middle Eastern and Buddhist, a mashup that inspired the modern Gerudo according to Creating A Champion.
Woops, meant to put this in the other Zelda thread but oh well.
Such a shame the "new landmass opposite to Faron" theory is out of the window again, as Looygi Bros' video was crystal clear on her location being the Temple of Time. Curious how deep the time / dimension hopping goes - wouldn't say no to parts of Hyrule shifting around or having playable Zelda parts in her pocket of Hyrule, but honestly I'm more inclined to think it's limited to narrative.Zelda is shown standing outside in the open world with Hyrule landmarks in the background. Unless it's a big trailer edit where none of the dialogue matches with what is shown on screen, then if she were in the same Hyrule as Link, why would Link need to find her? She's not captured but she's in a place can't access and the obvious scenario is that she is in a different time period. When she says "You must find me", I don't think she's saying that because she needs to be rescued but because she has something that Link needs to defeat Ganondorf.
If what Reddit speculation a few pages back is true and she is standing in a structure where the Temple of Time currently is in present day, then this may suggest that this is the place where they can travel between time periods. However, Link's means of traveling through time, the Master Sword, is broken. So he can't open the gate to get to Zelda.
Notice that the Master Sword is glowing, seemingly reacting to the golden glow in front of Link, the same golden glow when Link uses some of his abilities and when Zelda falls. My guess is that one of the main objectives is to repair the Master Sword to access the Gate of Time at the Temple of Time. This will allow Link to go where Zelda is and bring back the power he needs to defeat Ganondorf.
I now expect underground to be as big of a focus as skylands in-game. Maybe they focus on the latter in marketing because it's more immediately impressive. Hateno Village is completely themed after the underground after all, with all those mushrooms, and the drilling towers have a similar aesthetic up-close.
In the Art book we see at least 4 possible dungeon styles and the mine cart scene confirms at least one of them. I mentioned glyphs as a possibility as well. I look at it like this, Nintendo showed a few things in the art book but not much in the last trailer and the Art book has a very narrow focus in my opinion and is mostly from the beginning of the game. It doesn’t even show one picture of Hdry Gannondorf or Zelda really for that matter.
People just need to replay Elden Ring and get it out of their system
Dungeons having to be done in a certain order is a no-no, but eh, I’m fine if the final boss isn’t accessible from the start. There wasn’t much to that for me in BotW besides it being neat that it was an option
To me, if they take that option away from the player, then no matter whether or not I overall like ToTK more than BoTW, I'll always think of it as a lesser open world game. Even as someone whose favorite Zelda is Wind Waker, the last thing I want is for Nintendo to change directory from this new game design ethos. I already have a dozen classical style Zeldas, give me something that pushes what you started with BoTW even further.
Well, a lot of that seems to come down to the quality of the dungeon quests themselves, which have lots of room for improvement here.
They could at least have 4 beginner dungeons that you can complete in any order before completing 4 advanced dungeons in any order, that would be a good compromise, adding somewhat of a difficulty curve and progression, but still giving the player choice.
Then just make him obscenely difficult. Or maybe throw in 2 Lynels that accompany him during the fight. Anything, that makes it nearly impossible for a beginner but still doable for an experienced player. This is Nintendo, gamplay comes first. And I'm sure they can invent some reason why you can do it and make it fit.
I just don't think it's going to happen. Not only would having the boss being obscenely difficult would completely ruin the entire point of being able to access it from the first place, but it would feel like a rehash of botw. It worked well in botw, but there are other ways to give the player freedom without letting them skip the entire game.
This isn't about skipping the whole game or low quality. This is about being able to skip or delay whatever you want and personal preferences/mood.
", and then finally "I want my three hour arrow dungeon, followed by my three hour bomb dungeon, followed by..." and we're back to Twilight Princess again.
The tears are this game's macguffins. There are 7 macguffins. Zelda and Ganondorf each have a macguffin. You get Zelda's at the start, and likely "get" Ganondorf's at the end. That leaves 5, and 4 are clearly associated with the 4 races from BotW. That means 4 or 5 segments where you're accompanied by a hero of each race, beat a boss, and obtain a macguffin. Hence, 4 (or 5) dungeons, plus a final dungeon for Ganondorf.
