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RE: The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
« Reply #2350 on: June 22, 2006, 09:43:17 AM »
But The Minish Cap tells the backstory of Four Swords, doesn't it?  Does it count as part of the main series if Four Swords doesn't?

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RE: The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
« Reply #2351 on: June 22, 2006, 09:57:53 AM »
Yes, Four Swords Adventures was a full-blown adventure, so it DOES count...
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RE: The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
« Reply #2352 on: June 22, 2006, 10:48:37 AM »
Noble Links and stuff...Wind Waker Link could have just quit after he saved his sister,  but he keeps going.  Also, he's not officially part of the hero bloodline, which you could claim would make things harder for him (although the game itself definitely isn't harder).

But I have to agree with Pro, Majora's Mask is probably the hardest journey of all.  Link's lost in a totally new world, he's stuck as a freaky Deku thing, and he only has three days to come up with a solution.  Obviously things get a little easier for him after the first three days, but what if he ran into a problem that he couldn't solve in three days?  That's what I would always be worrying about.  Link's Awakening is really rough too, since he has to destroy everything to save himself.  That's one game where it gets harder for Link as he goes rather than the other way around.

And then there's the original game, where there's barely any sign of human life in Hyrule.  That, of course, is because the game is an artifact of it's age, but taking it out of context it's a pretty desolate world, with people living in caves and no villages to speak of.  Mostly it's a  savage wasteland overflowing with monsters.
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RE: The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
« Reply #2353 on: June 22, 2006, 10:58:11 AM »
But Link isn't necessarily part of a bloodline. Every young boy at a certain age is given a green tunic in WindWaker. It's about reincarnations and the eternal forces of good and evil, not about anything so manifest destiny as "blood lines."

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RE: The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
« Reply #2354 on: June 22, 2006, 11:15:35 AM »
Yeah, even though it's not really explained in Wind Waker, I'm pretty sure the King of Red Lions was mistaken about Link...Ganondorf himself says that Link is the reincarnation of the Hero of Time...
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RE: The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
« Reply #2355 on: June 22, 2006, 11:57:29 AM »
So it's kind of like the Hero's spirit that returns whenever Hyrule is in trouble?

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RE: The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
« Reply #2356 on: June 22, 2006, 12:24:17 PM »
Exactly...
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RE:The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
« Reply #2357 on: June 22, 2006, 03:43:03 PM »
hm all this talk about WW and FSA reminds me...

i recently bought four swords adventure on whim and after i beat it i remembered the tingle tuner in WW. i had the players guide laying around (free gift from NP) and read the part about using the tingle tuner in the Tower of the Gods. i can find all the peices of the letter but how do i read it? is this just another case where NP is wrong in a players guide?
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RE:The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
« Reply #2358 on: June 22, 2006, 03:52:39 PM »
Nah, I'd still say that FSA was a side-story and had nothing to do with the regular Zelda installments.  Sorta like Final Fantasy Tactics is to the main Final Fantasy series, or even Final Fantasy X-2.  The CD-I games were full blown adventures too (albeit terrible ones), so what is that saying?  Nothing.

But ultimately, Nintendo will officially say (maybe).

I still have my FSA... no one to play with.  

I hear the 1-player mode is actually good though, is that true?  
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RE: The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
« Reply #2359 on: June 22, 2006, 04:17:03 PM »
The point is that it is directly connected to another game in the series, Minish Cap.  You can't call Minish Cap a "side story"...The CDi games weren't even overseen by Nintendo, so they obviously don't count...(And from what it looks like, you haven't even played FSA, so you know nothing about what goes on in the game!  I call foul!)

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RE:The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
« Reply #2360 on: June 22, 2006, 10:48:17 PM »
Yeah. Tetra's Trackers is a side game. Four Swords, at least in my opinion, is part of the main series.

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RE:The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
« Reply #2361 on: June 23, 2006, 09:27:13 AM »
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The point is that it is directly connected to another game in the series, Minish Cap.  You can't call Minish Cap a "side story"...The CDi games weren't even overseen by Nintendo, so they obviously don't count...(And from what it looks like, you haven't even played FSA, so you know nothing about what goes on in the game!  I call foul!)

And yes, I had a blast with Four Swords Adventures playing just by myself...


Actually, I know all about Four Swords tieing into The Minish Cap.  But I used FFT and FFX-2 to illustrate how a game can be directly linked story wise but not be a part of the main series - which is what I consider FSA to be (unless Nintendo says otherwise).  Maybe when TP is released, they'll refer to it as the twelth or thirdteenth installment to the series.

But enough of that though...

I'll go on and play FSA alone, though I feel like I'm missing out because I can totally see the potential riot it would be with four players.  But yeah, I'll start it as soon as I'm done with Symphonia or Fire Emblem 7 (Hector Hard Mode is no friggin' joke).
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RE: The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
« Reply #2362 on: July 12, 2006, 04:03:12 PM »
There's some brand-spanking-new artwork up at IGN!



This one in particular interests me...I believe you can see this creature materializing in front of Wolf Link in the E3 06 trailer...
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RE: The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
« Reply #2363 on: July 12, 2006, 04:05:04 PM »
Is that a bajingo?

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RE: The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
« Reply #2364 on: July 12, 2006, 04:37:39 PM »
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RE: The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
« Reply #2365 on: July 12, 2006, 05:40:49 PM »
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RE: The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
« Reply #2366 on: July 12, 2006, 07:11:42 PM »
Is it me or the quality of the artwork isnt very good? for instance the fishing girl looks a lot better in the game than she looks in the artwork... its weird.

I really don't like how Im starting to not get excited about the game when something new appears, well the artwork isnt really showing anything new, but at this point I just dont care about screenshots or trailers, I just want the game.

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RE: The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
« Reply #2367 on: July 12, 2006, 08:09:59 PM »
it's CONCEPT ART, DORF!
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RE:The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
« Reply #2368 on: July 12, 2006, 09:00:00 PM »
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Is it me or the quality of the artwork isnt very good? for instance the fishing girl looks a lot better in the game than she looks in the artwork... its weird.

I really don't like how Im starting to not get excited about the game when something new appears, well the artwork isnt really showing anything new, but at this point I just dont care about screenshots or trailers, I just want the game.


I think that Aonouma has finally slipped off the edge and is now just freaking insane.

Oh, but you're lucky Mantidor. You won't get spoiled at all since you're not interested in Zelda news. Me, I'm doing my darndest to stay away from TP news and videos, I want to be pure on launch day so I can wear a white ... shirt.

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RE: The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
« Reply #2369 on: July 13, 2006, 06:35:15 AM »
Just 2 more short months to go
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RE: The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
« Reply #2370 on: July 13, 2006, 09:32:10 AM »
Two?  Try four, considering the game is launching with Wii...
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RE: The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
« Reply #2371 on: July 13, 2006, 08:54:00 PM »
Its actually just the fishing girl. The first batch of concept art was fantastic, the Zelda and Link models were very well drawn and that cover of egm was simply awesome (the one with Link and the cloaked figure and the background with the wolf and the castle), and the recent one with Link and the master sword is also a great (although Link's expression is a bit too "mature"), the soldier with the walking shield and spear looks very nice as well, but fishing girl looks drawn in a rush, its just weird among all this quality concept art that the game has.

 
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« Reply #2372 on: July 13, 2006, 10:51:46 PM »
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Two?  Try four, considering the game is launching with Wii...
I'd say three..
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« Reply #2373 on: July 14, 2006, 02:59:58 PM »
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Two?  Try four, considering the game is launching with Wii...
I'd say three..


Well no one said anything about release date yet but looking at nintendo last systems which almost all came out in september and the cube was to going to be release in september before it got delay which is just two short month again... [/dreaming]
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RE: The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
« Reply #2374 on: July 20, 2006, 05:58:23 AM »
Yeah, the fishing girl art was a little off, but that's the problem with releasing rough concept sketches.  I'm actually annoyed that people have complained so much about it, I'm afraid we won't get to see this type of thing as much in the future, and I love it.  I don't care if it's not production level art, it's still neat.

That white critter is interesting, I'm guessing it's going to be some sort of helper or "goal" character like Kaepora Gaebora or Jabu-Jabu.

Hey, update on my Majora's Mask playthrough: I'm in Ikana trying to get through the well.  I'm not crazy about the well, I hate having to leave and come back and leave and come back with what the Gibdos want, but I liked the whole plot with Pamela and her dad, and the graveyard was fun too.
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