What timeline do you think Breath of the Wild takes place in? 🤔
Well, despite their questionable attitude towards their customers, Nintendo still knows how to make good games.
Scratch that: Nintendo knows how to make games, and not press X to watch next cut-scene simulators or open world fuckaroundery sandboxes.
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Problem is that they only make like 2 good games for each gen.... (from some years ago)
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As long as they are good enough to play the ever-living hell out of them.…
Sometimes 3rd-party can do some nice things, too; look at Bayonetta 1-2, where the second is Nintendo exclusive. Still regarded as one of the absolute best hack & slash spectacle fighters ever made.
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Well, for me nintendo started falling when they lost some good franchises (metal gear, ff) and when they broke with rare... And with this new switch... i think they did some major mistakes, like the pay multiplayer online....
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Butthurt Nintendo tools fanboys already crying and threatening critics who didn't give 10, only a 9 :D
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MAJOR SPOILERS
There are references to some of the older games in items found by people so far...
would you like to know more?
like 1 reference to Twilight princess
would you like to know more?
'Broken shard of the twilight mirror'
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Which is supposed to place it squarely the "Twilight Realm" chronology. Gotta love how there are three timelines to the universe due to Ocarina of Time and that the canon one was created when Link dies and Ganon wins.
EDIT: Though on the surface this makes little chronological sense, and it sounds like it should take place some time in the pre-schism chronology, likely some time between Minish Cap and Ocarina of Time. Damned series needs a degree in Hyrulian History to make sense.
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Thank you. I was unaware of the confirmation. Twilight Realm schism it is. Guess I'll have to play it to understand how, but first I'll have to convince myself to buy a WiiU or Switch.
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Oh, don't thank me, like you that just got me even more confuzzled 🤷 But yeah, playing it would be the best 🤗
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my GF is playing it right now on wiiu , we preordered it damn early and got it delivered today in the morning ! awesomegame indeed
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It's the one thing I want the Switch for (besides the eventual Super Smash Bros) but I'll wait until there's a bundle with a game or the price goes down a bit (or a sale).
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Indeed, I want to buy the switch. But in my opinion there is no need to get it right away. I'd rather get it when more games are available.
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I'm a bit surprised by the high scores. I don't mind, in fact I'm very glad that it's getting high scores. I just expected less from Nintendo :P I would love to play the game, but I don't have a WiiU, and I don't plan to get a Switch anytime soon.
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I hear the PC wii u emulator is pretty good. You can insert a wii u disc and it will play.
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Oh, that might be worth looking into! I've considered trying to run an emulator for my Wii games. I've heard that that actually fixes some of the slowdown issues that some games have, but I've not really looked into it further.
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Breath of the wild doesn't run on the emulator currently, but I bet the dev will focus their efforts on making it work
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Well, I don't know why you should be surprised, considering that a significant number of the top games on Metacritic have been developed by Nintendo; in fact, the first one is another Zelda. Their consoles might be quirky and a bit obsolete graphics-wise, but they do know how to make games. Most of them good, and some like Super Mario Galaxy or this one simply exceptional.
There are few companies capable of delivering such quality in a sustained manner over the years, and very, very few, that have managed to do so for more than 30 years.
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I'm surprised because the last few console Zelda titles have not done as well. They've not been bad by any means, but Skyward Sword was considered a massive disappointment by many, and while Twilight Princes was well received, I do remember there being some "controversy" (see fanboys/girls not accepting a non-perfect score) over its review scores not being high enough. And Nintendo have not really impressed the last few years in general.
I'm still very glad that this game turned out good. I like the Zelda series, and I don't want Nintendo to go away, they've made plenty of stellar games.
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Thanks for the explanation, though I slightly disagree. Both Twilight Princess and Skyward Sword are great games, easily among the best on Wii or any other coexisting console - and as such they received really positive scores. Even if this new Breath of the Wild had been at the level of the latter, it would still be a fantastic game worth playing. That being said, Skyward Sword had very strong features in my opinion, such as a truly exciting fighting experience thanks to the motion control or the ability to fly, but unfortunately also some major downsides like the lack of an authentic open world (i.e. areas are not connected) or the repetitivenes of certain actions. Still, I would still are it with a 9 or 9.5 and it remains one of my favorite games of the last decade.
As for Nintendo as a whole, I agree that perhaps the average quality of their games has decreased over the years. They are still able to release brilliant gamees (like this one or Xenoblade Chronicles X), but for some reason they have also published some crappy spin-offs of lately. Some outstanding examples are the Animal Crossing amiibo thingy or Metroid Federation Forces, both of which were a total failure. Why not create proper Animal Crossing or Metroid games? This is beyond me.
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I've not played Xenoblade Chronicles X, but I played the first Xenoblade Chronicles. It was a game that I think started really strong, but ended up dragging a lot towards the middle & end.
And as for Skyward Sword, I'm a bit surprised to see it having so high reviews, I remember there being a lot of negativity surrounding it at the time of release. Personally I would not rate it higher than an 8, which is still a good score (I did like the game), but I thought the exploration felt weaker than in previous games. Most of the ground sections felt like dungeons, even if they technically speaking were not, and the flying bits were not as fun. In many ways Skyward Sword felt like a weaker Wind Waker (Wind Waker was my favourite Zelda title because of the stronger story).
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Always happy to hear that a Nintendo title has gotten good reviews, just hope the reviews are justified with the unwashed masses.
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Shame I will likely never buy a Nintendo console again...
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Never been a big fan of the Zelda series, so I doubt I'll play the game anytime soon or get a Switch for that matter.
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Getting my switch tomorrow with zelda, so excited for that :D
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It's also worth pointing out that so far the lowest score it got is 9/10. I think the low popularity of WiiU might actually be helping Nintendo a little bit right now (it's easy to forget that WiiU also got the new Zelda).
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Famitsu gave it a perfect score of 40/40, and they are probably the harshest critics known.
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But it has friend codes! A very unique feature. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
Still worth it I guess. And you wouldn't need those for Zelda anyway.
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Also updated that friend codes are not the only way to add friends, and fortunately, only one friend code is needed and the other person accepts, instead of both people having to input the code.
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[ x ] doubt
it cant be better than zelda windwaker gc
.. looks like a filthy landlubbers adventure
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I wouldn't take the score seriously, Every zelda received positive reviews on release.
Yes, even Link: The Faces of Evil and Zelda: The Wand of Gamelon
But since im not paying anyway...heh
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I'm uh...
I'm gonna wait and see what the CEMU devs manage with the WiiU version.
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I'm planning on getting a Switch at the end of the year. I need to see more.
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It's not a very nice thing to say, but part of me is hoping that the Switch flops so we see Nintendo games on other platforms at some point down the line. If not on Sony/Microsoft platforms then on PC at least (and on Steam, not their own storefront). I'd love to play some of their games but have no interest at all in owning one of their consoles.
They've just started dabbling in smartphone games so it's not completely out the realm of possibility but if it never happens... oh well. Got too much to play on PC anyway.
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I still have 965412358 Zelda games to play before I get to this one so perfect score or not it will wait.
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Not at all interested in the switch but used to love Zelda games, Until Nintendo stops making under-powered gimmicky consoles or lets there games on PC i wont be playing any more Zelda :(
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What was the last Zelda you played? They won't release them on PC but there are ways to play them nonetheless. Wind Waker and Twilight Princess are awesome pieces of software, highly recommended. Skyward Sword is ok, but those two, oh boy (especially TP).
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Oh heck i dont even remember anymore it was the first one to come out for the Wii,i picked up a Wii just so i could play it then sold the Wii for twice its value because it was hard to get at the time lol.
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The plan was to gift a Switch to my nephews, but now i'm thinking to complete BOTW first and then gift it, haha.
Damn, it has been a long time since i last played a Zelda game...
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Doesn't happen often but damn I'm hyped. I've waited over 10 years for this! ;_; DIS BETTER BE GUD!
No, seriously, I didn't watch/read anything about BOTW besides the two short trailers but it's nice to see they probably did a good job. Sadly I don't own a Wii U nor do I have the money to buy a Switch, but I'll play it with a friend on his console tomorrow evening/night. :) So excited!
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...and counting
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