It's up to Princess Zelda to save Hyrule in a brand-new The Legend of Zelda story. The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom launches September 26th on Nintendo ...
  • Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    5 months ago

    I fell in love with the concept of this game instantly. I think they will probably spin off these concepts into it’s own series. Or at least I hope they do.

    I feel a lot can be done with the whole enemy spawning thing. Obviously I haven’t played it, but I bet it’s going to merely open the window to it’s full potential. Forget the tables, and plants…I think you could have a whole game type where the whole thing is just being essentially kamiek (from the mario series).

    If you have enough enemy types, and some kind of balancing system, I think that would be cool. Make it so you CAN just spawn endless guards…but maybe it’s not the best choice. You can still DO it…you can do anything. It’s a modern Zelda game after all. But some situations might make more sense to use 2-3 of one enemy type rather than 500 of another. But you do you.

    I’m just so hyped for this game. 3 days before my birthday! I may be turning 41, but I’ll get MYSELF a birthday present. And maybe an ice cream cake.

  • Klnsfw 🏳️‍🌈@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
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    5 months ago

    It’s the only announcement I’m excited about in the whole Nintendo Direct.

    The only downside is that, for the moment, I don’t really see the point of summoning crates rather than tables (or vice versa). But summoning monsters to fight is so cool.

    For me, it’s most likely a Day 1 purchase.

    • Captain Aggravated@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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      5 months ago

      Crates are opaque where tables aren’t so you can hide from baddies behind a crate?

      Or “We’re Nintendo so we have to take this to some logical extreme?”

      • 🔍🦘🛎@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        5 months ago

        Crates are 1 block high instead of 0.5, and the number of triangles you have limits how many things you can summon. There will certainly be gratuitous echos though.

    • Glemek@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      5 months ago

      It is directly pulled from their recent remake of link’s awakening, so that makes a lot of sense

  • the16bitgamer@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    5 months ago

    Been waiting for a new 2d Zelda game since link awakening was rereleased. So far it looks interesting. The only issue I can see with this game is that it to is going to be $79.99 CAD and from what I’ve seen it’s so not going to be worth that. Hoping for a $49.99 or $59.99 CAD price tag, but this is Nintendo.

    • Kelly@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      5 months ago

      Do you get vouchers?

      I find buying vouchers brings the per-title cost down to au$67.5.

      In comparison Sony is charging au$125 for a 1st party title like the last of us part 1 so Nintendo feels like they are priced competitively.

      • the16bitgamer@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        5 months ago

        We do, but they aren’t that good of a deal, especially since you can get the same discount… if not more, if you buy used. And you can sell the game when you are done rather than being stuck with digital.

        That said, outside of Nintendo, who rarely if ever discount their games, most games on modern systems get heavily discounted months if not a year after they come out. You are a fool if you buy the latest Ubisoft Game new since it’s usually $15-$30 before it’s been on-sale for a year. Even Sony first party IP, I got most of them for $10-$20 a pop new or digital, since I bought in at the tail end of the PS4 generation.

  • ShittyBeatlesFCPres@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    5 months ago

    I enjoyed the Link’s Awakening remake and Link Between Worlds on 3DS. It looks like it’s got a similar style as those games even if the gameplay might be different.

    It might also be setting up a full-blown BoTW-style game for Switch 2 as well. I could totally see this as a “Let’s work out how Zelda’s combat works because Switch 2 is going to have you play as both Link and Zelda.” Kind of like how GTA games have multiple protagonists now.

    • BubbleMonkey@slrpnk.netEnglish
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      5 months ago

      If you play hyrule warriors age of calamity, you get to play around with her in combat, and they explored her as a mage (don’t really recall in the first one how she played, tbh, I feel like she was melee for that one)

      It’s kinda wonky AE stuff, basically AE versions of all link’s sheika abilities in botw, since the slate is literally her weapon, but it’s a warriors crossover game so that’s pretty par for the course on the wonkiness.

      Idk how this wand thing or the abilities from it compare to that (I don’t watch trailers, they spoil things), but I think they’ve had it on their mind for a while now.

    • slumlordthanatos@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      5 months ago

      It looks to me like they’re reusing the Link’s Awakening map, like they did for BotW.

      I’m gonna pick it up, if only to encourage Nintendo to give Zelda her own full-size, mainline game.

    • garretble@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      5 months ago

      I had a very similar thought myself.

      They said the next big Zelda was going to be different than TotK/BotW style, so after getting some baseline skills/items/ideas that Zelda uses in this game, they could leverage that for the next big game where you can swap between the two.

      It’d just be cool to play as Zelda in 3D.

  • hOrni@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    5 months ago

    Looks fun. Unfortunately I’ve given away my Switch to my cousins children. Maybe they will borrow it to me for a while.

    • MimicJar@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      5 months ago

      It sounds painful, and I’m concerned there will be too much menuing, but in general I’m trusting Nintendo on this one. (Well, maybe wait for a demo/review.)

    • garretble@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      5 months ago

      If you look to the left of the screen it does look like there are 4 shortcut slots, one in this video taken up by the wand. My hope is that she gets some other items to use along with the wand. Zelda has always had bows, for example, so that’d fit right in.

  • atrielienz@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    5 months ago

    Wish they’d add the new games to the website so I could wishlist them. I’m looking forward to this.

  • Tamlyn@lemmy.zipEnglish
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    5 months ago

    Looks quite interresting. Still not a fan of the style, but i can life with that. But playing Zelda in a Zelda game. Seems nintendo like to push it’s pincesses this year.