Legend of Zelda Offical The Legend of Zelda Thread - Part 1

[DarthSkywalker]

Less then a minute of footage, and I haven't been this hyped for a Zelda since OoT.

 

[zenith16]

they 're showing Hyrule warriors now http://www.twitch.tv/nintendo

Zelda Plays Very Differently From Link In Hyrule Warriors. June 10, 2014 . 1:52pm

If you wanted to fight dozens of Zelda enemies at once, Hyrule Warriors is your game. The Wii U title shows at least 50 units on-screen at once.

If you wanted to fight dozens of Zelda enemies at once, Hyrule Warriors is your game. The Wii U title shows at least 50 units on-screen at once. Like other Warriors games, most of them don’t attack, they stand still until Link strikes them.

The Y button does a weak attack and X does a slower, but more powerful heavy attack. You can do combos like YYYX or simply button mash. B is used to dodge and A is a special attack. Keeping in line with the Zelda series, you have different weapons like bombs and in Hyrule Warriors Link throws a bunch of bombs at once. You can only equip one item to the ZR button like a health bottle or bombs.

The D-pad cycles through items. ZL is used to guard. When you find the bombs, enemies stop attacking and the game cuts to Link doing his classic treasure finding animation where he holds the bombs to the sky. Zelda has a similar animation, but we’ll talk more about her in a bit.


Link’s spinning sword technique is flashier and knocks enemies up in the air. Link completes the move by slamming enemies to the ground with a downward stab. His special move (aka Musou Attack) is a spinning slash with more reach. Special moves are charged when you attack enemies.

While Link is chopping through hundreds of enemies, Hylian Troops are also fighting and fortunately, they don’t mind if you accidentally hit them in the heat of battle. Impa is in the demo and she gives Link tips. Tutorials also have the classic “hey, listen” line when they pop up.

In the Castle Keep, I found a power up bomb, a one use item with a huge blast radius. Link can also collect Rupees dropped by enemies and glowing hearts to restore his life.

The demo I played at E3 ended with a King Dodongo boss fight who appears at the North Square. King Dodongo breaths a cone of fire Link has to dodge. Like the first Legend of Zelda game, the trick to beating him is throwing bombs in his mouth when he inhales. Then Link can follow up with a combo ending with a fatal downward slash.


Meanwhile, Zelda uses a glowing rapier to fight and has a combo where she darts left and right. Unique to Zelda are three orbs. You can charge these by pressing heavy attack and then use orbs as combo finishers like creating a golden triangle on the ground that damages all of the enemies inside it. She also has a combo, which ends with a barrage of arrows from a golden bow. Zelda’s special move is a charged bow strike that knocks enemies back.

Lizardos was the first enemy with a weak point and if you hit him on the head you’ll knock him down. I suppose that works, but Hyrule Warriors is so hectic I killed him with regular combos before I could exploit his weak point.

Magic jars fill up your Focus Spirit meter. When this is full you can press R to get a speed and attack burst. Your character will glow yellow and get a new combo too. Zelda can use three elemental magic spells as her Focus Spirit combo.
Similar to the other Warriors games, Hyrule Warriors says “Zelda defeated Moblin” when you knock out a general.

source siliconera

 

[Solidus]

Less then a minute of footage, and I haven't been this hyped for a Zelda since OoT.

Have to agree with that.

 

[X Knight]

Less then a minute of footage, and I haven't been this hyped for a Zelda since OoT.

Have to agree with that.

same here!!

oh. and you can play as Zelda in Hyrule Warriors??!!

 

[Scarecrow_King]

That WiiU footage was gorgeous. I've been on the fence about the WiiU, but since you can get the Windwaker bundle for $300 and they've shown some promising stuff, I think I'll go ahead.

 

[Tron Bonne]

Before you get the WW bundle, know this. There's a promotion right for anyone who buys Mario Kart 8 to get a free game, and Wind Waker is on the list. This does include MK8 bundles, too. It's valid through July 31st. Thought I would let you know, if that's something you might also be interested in.

 

[Scarecrow_King]

It certainly is.

Thanks, Tron Bonne. You're a pal.

 

[spiderman2]

So i was not home this affternoon have we got a name for this zelda game yet? I am glade we have got a glisp i hope we see more during the treehouse or something. I was suprised that we didnt get a name this morring. I still have sever stage demos i need to watch and i need to watch the treehouse but i have had trouble finding a place where i can watch it form the start and i am watching the nba finalys game right now.

 

[Tron Bonne]

No, there's no name, yet. I don't expect we'll see anything else about it at this E3.

 

[Solidus]

Before you get the WW bundle, know this. There's a promotion right for anyone who buys Mario Kart 8 to get a free game, and Wind Waker is on the list. This does include MK8 bundles, too. It's valid through July 31st. Thought I would let you know, if that's something you might also be interested in.

Wait...I just bought Mario Kart 8 last week. So how do I get this promotion?

 

[Tron Bonne]

Do you have a Club Nintendo account?

 

[Solidus]

I don't think so. I see a pamphlet inside wanting me to join and get games with a PIN number.

 

[Iceman]

With this, Starfox, MK8 & SM3DW a cut price wii U would suddenly look a hell of a lot more appealing than ever before.

 

[Tron Bonne]

We just got a price cut, that's not happening anytime soon.

I don't think so. I see a pamphlet inside wanting me to join and get games with a PIN number.

Yeah, you need to create an account, and register that PIN. From my understanding, after you do that, you'll get a prompt that will ask which of the games you want to chose (if you're in NA, you get a choice of four, if you're EU, you get a choice of eight). I know the servers were getting slammed at first and people were having problems, but I think it's calmed down now.

 

[Thundercrack85]

While the trailer is definitely promising, I do wonder how representative this will be of the final product. It felt very much like a tech demo, not an actual trailer or teaser for a game.

Compare this to say the teaser for Twilight Princess.

I still remember Spaceworld.

 

[Iceman]

We just got a price cut, that's not happening anytime soon.

I don't mean now and in general, I mean for me at whatever time a price cut is viable after the new Zelda and Starfox are out. That's enough truly huge games including the 2 Mario ones that are already out for me to get a wii U after the next price cut (whenever it is).

 

[Tron Bonne]

I'm sure the art style will be similar, otherwise I don't think they would've shown it now as "Zelda U", and would've just shown a straight up tech demo early on in the Wii U's life cycle. They've been working on it for awhile; it was almost shown at last year's E3. I'm guessing the art style is pretty well established.

 

[zenith16]

I don't mean now and in general, I mean for me at whatever time a price cut is viable after the new Zelda and Starfox are out. That's enough truly huge games including the 2 Mario ones that are already out for me to get a wii U after the next price cut (whenever it is).

BTW the all the VOD has been put up in the E3 (both this mornings and stuff after that ) thread man. Enjoy.

 

[Scarecrow_King]

Some people are claiming this iteration of Link might be a girl.

http://www.cnet.com/news/the-legend-of-zelda-wii-u-has-nintendo-made-link-a-girl/

 

[Solidus]

We just got a price cut, that's not happening anytime soon.

Yeah, you need to create an account, and register that PIN. From my understanding, after you do that, you'll get a prompt that will ask which of the games you want to chose (if you're in NA, you get a choice of four, if you're EU, you get a choice of eight). I know the servers were getting slammed at first and people were having problems, but I think it's calmed down now.

Thank you so much! I just started downloading it!

 

[Tron Bonne]

Some people are claiming this iteration of Link might be a girl.

http://www.cnet.com/news/the-legend-of-zelda-wii-u-has-nintendo-made-link-a-girl/

Haha, I saw that. It's so not going to be. Unless they change Link into Zelda to actually make it the Legend of Zelda.

 

[Tron Bonne]

Thank you so much! I just started downloading it!

Which did you pick? Wind Waker?

 

[Benstamania]

http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/06/10/e3-2014-the-legend-of-zelda-for-wii-u-first-details

 

[Benstamania]

Some people are claiming this iteration of Link might be a girl.

http://www.cnet.com/news/the-legend-of-zelda-wii-u-has-nintendo-made-link-a-girl/

Oh people..

Link has always looked like a kid.. He's never been buff and macho.. He looks like he did in Skyward Sword with a Wind Waker art twist.

 

[Thundercrack85]

Interesting Aonuma quote:

“No one explicitly said that that was Link.”