Ok where to begin? Just know that for me I do get fairly excited for Zelda titles but they have always been much farther down on the ladder in my favorites list. It was probably TP that finally cooled me down on the franchise, I still haven't finished A Link Between Worlds. I loved the motion controls and puzzles in Skyward Sword, absolutely loved them but over all I just don't love the entire game like I do Tropical Freeze, Majoras Mask or Galaxy. Being so limited in flight really bothered me to. Zelda has just been feeling really dated to me.
First impression with the latest trailer wasn't so great. Mainly because I looked at some animations and didn't think they were too hot. Once the tree house started going I realized that Zelda has finally caught up with the rest of the world! I know some folks are really against voice acting and even though there were only like 3 lines of dialogue so far, in the grand scheme voice acting will just give Zelda far more positive mind share in the minds of people who don't normally play Nintendo. It just will. The girl speaking telepathically(probably Zelda) sounded wonderful and I can't wait to hear more!
Link just woke up in the middle of no where and the game said go! Come on now how awesome is that?! It's like Zelda 1 and 2 all over again! How long have so many of us been complaining about the long boring openings?! Don't you just want to shout YABADABADOO!!!?
The landscape is so envititing and so vertical! Being able to climb almost anything is so wonderful! I really do hope by the end of the game we get a bird to ride on, sure warping will come in place but I think being able to traverse such a vast landscape with a new Loftwing would be ideal at some point. Being able to see something in the distance and actually being able to go and explore it really excites me! All that classic NES Zelda art is alive in this new game!
Normally Animations in 3D Zelda games are just lame looking to me but after watching more I really like how far they come. Particularly how Link and his enemies get hit and fall to the ground. It's not perfect but it just looks so much better than some of the previous stuff we've had. The Mokoblin's seem to have the WW life again, I don't remember much about them in the last few games only that they seemed "less" than the moblins of WW who would fight amongst themselves, run from bombs, etc. I do like their looks as well. The pig faces and red booties stand out and I can clearly see who and what they are. Nothing bothers me more than looking at an enemy and not being able to make out its face. I didn't mind the red moblin troll things of SS but these new red piggys are just so much better looking.
Link's abilties remind me of Mario 64, like as soon as you begin you can just do all these things and you just figure out where and how to do them! Oh it just makes me so excited! So glad stealing weapons is a thing now and look how Link stores some of it on his back! Such a nice touch! I assume things like the Master Sword, Hook Shoot and certain items found in actual dungeons won't deteriorate so having the open world items fall apart isn't a big deal with so many enemies around!
Also did you notice the stealth portions really look meaningful this time around? Sneaking up on animals for food or enemies keeping your sound down just looks so fun!
I don't even know what else to say. The game looks inviting and oh so fun with sooo much freedom! It's a world I really want to explore and haven't been this hyped for a Zelda game since TP and that game burned me real good.