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Title: The Legend of Zelda for GameCube!
Post by: Mario Maniac on May 11, 2004, 07:18:28 PM
Nintendo released screenshots of a new Zelda gamme for GameCube! The game is called The Legend of Zelda (tentative title?), and looks A LOT like the Ocarina of Time for the N64. This means the game has NO CEL SHADING! The graphics...oh my gosh, look so real!

Link looks even better than he did in Soul Calibur 2. His clothes have seams and knotches, his hair is free-flowing, his shield and sword look like real metal and stone (they are shiny and actually look like the materials they are made of).

One screenshot showed Link inside a huge castle, fighting monsters and traversing through mazes. Like fought two Dinofols (I think that is what they are called), which looked real.

Another screenshot showed Link ina  feild with his horse Epona, battling an army of monsters on horseback!

Another screenshot showed Link and Epona inside a forest, surrounded by tall trees that allowed specks of light to shine through...

As I said before...The graphics look very detailed and actually look like a CG movie! I am glad that Nintendo has FINALLY made a new Zelda game for GameCube, one that looks better than the Ocarina of Time!

Go to www.nintendo.com for more info on The Legend of Zelda game for GameCube.
Title: Re: The Legend of Zelda for GameCube!
Post by: WarpRattler on May 11, 2004, 07:37:42 PM
http://media.nintendo.com/mediaFiles/e2bcbfd3-aa36-4b65-8170-b07c7083bab5.mov

Man, this is great. A new Zelda game that isn't cel-shaded! I mean, I like WW, but Link doesn't really look intimidating when he looks like a comic character, does he?

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Title: Re: The Legend of Zelda for GameCube!
Post by: Forest Guy on May 11, 2004, 08:11:18 PM
Ahem. I believe this is General Mario Chat. Oh well.

Yes. This game looks incredibly spectacular. They also have what appears to be Wind Waker 2, but is called "Legend of Zelda The Minish Cap" for GBA.

I like how Link is wearing chain mail now.

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Title: Re: The Legend of Zelda for GameCube!
Post by: MEGAߥTE on May 11, 2004, 11:01:58 PM
Minish Cap is not Wind Waker 2, they are completely separate games.  Minish Cap looks like it may be based off of the Four Swords Adventures engine and is sort of a cross between LttP and Wind Waker like Four Swords Adventures is, but doesn't require 4 players.
Title: Re: The Legend of Zelda for GameCube!
Post by: Luigison on May 11, 2004, 11:14:32 PM
The GCN Four Swords doesn't require 4 players.  It has a single player mode in which you control all four characters.  That makes me think of the way you controlled both Mario and Luigi in M&L:SS.  I hope Super Mario 64x4 also has the original single player mode, but lets you play as Luigi.
Title: Re: The Legend of Zelda for GameCube!
Post by: Hope(N Forever) on May 12, 2004, 08:43:13 AM
THAT GAME IS SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO AWESOME!!



I bet it will put the Ocarina of Time to shame!!

I can't wait to see more of it!!

I really want to know what's the story here, and will we see the actual Triforce this time...



I am a pure Super Mario lover!!

...and in no point in the future will he ever be abandonded by me!

I will even drawn the best Super Mario comics ever to exist!!

Title: Re: The Legend of Zelda for GameCube!
Post by: MEGAߥTE on May 12, 2004, 09:10:58 PM
Luigison, I actually own the Japanese import of Four Swords +.  And that's what I meant: four characters, though it does look like Link will still be able to split into 4 from time to time in this new game...


I just found something else out about the new Zelda game that's interesting.  Believe it or not, it's running on the Wind Waker game engine.  Yet, neither Shigeru Miyamoto nor Eiji Aonouma are working on the game (they're only working as producers).

Edited by - MEGAߥTE on 5/13/2004 12:29:49 PM
Title: Re: The Legend of Zelda for GameCube!
Post by: Lizard Dude on May 14, 2004, 01:34:54 PM
I am saddened by the turn in Zelda's wonderful graphical progress. I lay in bed for about an hour before sleeping last night just thinking about how much I liked the Wind Waker graphics and how Zelda games were supposed to look. Link, what has the marketing department done to you?

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Title: Re: The Legend of Zelda for GameCube!
Post by: MEGAߥTE on May 14, 2004, 06:32:50 PM
LD's just upset because it's much easier for him to kill a cartoon Lizalfos than one that looks like a real lizard.
Title: Re: The Legend of Zelda for GameCube!
Post by: Forest Guy on May 14, 2004, 08:09:53 PM
I never said it was the sequel, I said it looked like a sequel, since it contains the same look and enemies.

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Title: Re: The Legend of Zelda for GameCube!
Post by: Lizard Dude on May 14, 2004, 08:13:18 PM
Semantics - they're all sequels.

(;_; Lizalfos)

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Title: Re: The Legend of Zelda for GameCube!
Post by: Luigison on May 15, 2004, 02:07:34 AM
In reference to LD's signature:

Should it be "Easy Bake oven" or Easy Bake Oven"?

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Lizard Dude:  the skinny Mario Bros.  Oh no, that should be Luigi.

Lizard Dude.  He's not stupid; he's LD.

LD:  shot given to people suffering from Lizard Deficiency.

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What was the subject?  Oh yeah, Zelda.  Link kills Lizard Dudes.

Edited by - lUiGiSon on 5/15/2004 1:17:18 AM
Title: Re: The Legend of Zelda for GameCube!
Post by: MEGAߥTE on May 15, 2004, 11:36:08 AM
Reports are indicating that the yet unnamed "realistic" Zelda game is in fact Wind Waker 2.
Title: Re: The Legend of Zelda for GameCube!
Post by: Black Mage on May 15, 2004, 11:46:29 AM
 Eh, it's only "Wind Waker 2" in regard to the engine used.

Aside from using a modified WW engine, I don't believe there's any other indication to allow it to be considered "Wind Waker 2".

I reckon it was deemed that earlier to throw people off, and now, they're using the engine as an excuse for not "lying."

 I'm not upset or anything, don't get me wrong, but the last thing we need is everyone proclaiming the new Zelda "the sequal to Wind Waker", when, infact, it is a stand-alone game.
Title: Re: The Legend of Zelda for GameCube!
Post by: MEGAߥTE on May 15, 2004, 04:27:36 PM
I didn't say it was a sequel to Wind Waker as such, it's just what most of the media believes Nintendo referred to as "Wind Waker 2" on their one slide a few weeks ago.  Since Eiji Aonouma stated many months ago that he was working on WW2, some have assumed that he is working on WW2 while this other Zelda game is separate.  If you closely look at how these things were worded, though, everything seems to point towards this being what was referred to as WW2 all along, since that was to be presented at this E3.  This is of course not definite since Mario 128 was also supposed to be shown at this E3.  The new Zelda is not a Wind Waker sequel as such because it won't focus on wind-- though they haven't stated what the key feature of this game will be yet.  All Zelda games have not been sequels, many have actually been prequels, though it seems nobody can agree on a timeline anymore.  In general, it seems there had been 2 games for any given Link generation, but with so many plot inconsistencies the whole thing is quickly falling out of any coherency.  Let games just be games.
Title: Re: The Legend of Zelda for GameCube!
Post by: The Big Boo on May 15, 2004, 05:12:50 PM
The first time I saw the new Zelda movie, I literally shed a tear out of happiness.

... I'm such a dork. :)
Title: Re: The Legend of Zelda for GameCube!
Post by: Chupperson Weird on May 15, 2004, 07:42:38 PM
The look of Wind Waker is awesome, and the look of this new game is awesome too.

In short: LD, it's all good.

It’s hard to make up your mind when you don’t have one.
Title: Re: The Legend of Zelda for GameCube!
Post by: Claws on May 16, 2004, 07:51:30 PM
With me, WW was sort of a "grin and bear it" affair (because of the graphics); this new game is something I can enjoy completely. I really think Nintendo is starting to wise up. This gem, New SMB, multiplayer Metroid Prime, online capabilities for the DS- they're starting to listen to the fans.
Title: Re: The Legend of Zelda for GameCube!
Post by: Markio on May 16, 2004, 08:01:03 PM
There's a Legend of Zelda movie?

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Title: Re: The Legend of Zelda for GameCube!
Post by: Luigison on May 16, 2004, 08:52:29 PM
Markio's question "There's a Legend of Zelda movie?"

Luigison's answer "There's a Legend of Zelda movie."

Go to http://www.e3insider.com/articles/floored/63TIV6VPE1.htm

Click "Watch Show"

On the bottom of the List click "Trailer - Zelda".  The words may be cover by download speed so look carfully.

Title: Re: The Legend of Zelda for GameCube!
Post by: Markio on May 16, 2004, 10:20:06 PM
Thanks.

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Title: Re: The Legend of Zelda for GameCube!
Post by: MEGAߥTE on May 17, 2004, 04:14:26 PM
I think this interview pretty well confirms WW2 = the new Zelda.

Excerpts (EA = Eiji Aonuma)


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EA: So, but obviously at E3 our big focus is going to be on the Wind Waker 2, which is under development as we speak. And, so that’s going to be our big focus...

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Q: I have a real question, though. [laughter] I wanted to ask, since this interview will not be posted until E3, if you could tell us a little about what the direction of WW2 is. I thought that MM felt and played very differently from OoT, I enjoyed it a lot. I was wondering if the WW2 is taking a whole new direction versus the original and if it is rooted in Link’s younger years, or maybe as an adult?

NOA: Even though this is embargoed, we can’t say much because we’re kind of working off the big bang theory, so we are going to hit you with a big bang at E3…there are still things that we will save for the E3 show even though this is embargoed, but maybe there is a hint he can give…

EA: We’re making something that is going to be very interesting, that is going to surprise you all very much.

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Q: I was wondering when development on WW2 began. Was it before the original Wind Waker was finished? And also, you’re calling it WW2. Is that an actual sequel, or is that just a working title?

EA: As I explained in my speech yesterday, the [main] Zelda games are developed with the same team, so we have one group of team members carry over from the last game and start work on the next. So we had to finish WW1 before work began on WW2. And as to your second question, unfortunately I cannot answer that question today.

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And the best quote of all: "I have never asked Mr. Miyamoto to eat my curry." - Eiji Aonuma

Edited by - MEGAߥTE on 5/17/2004 3:18:38 PM

Title: Re: The Legend of Zelda for GameCube!
Post by: Markio on May 17, 2004, 05:24:01 PM
Darn, I thought you guys maent they were making a movie about Zelda.  Like a movie, not a video game...



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Title: Re: The Legend of Zelda for GameCube!
Post by: Screech on May 17, 2004, 05:26:42 PM
I really did like WW Link.
But I like cartoons and adult Link is...well...an adult. Link Should be a kid.

I might be Sadib...
Title: Re: The Legend of Zelda for GameCube!
Post by: Tingrio on September 02, 2004, 04:51:00 PM
The Windwaker 2 is starting to look like a prequel with updated graphics to attract more attention because it takes place in Hyrule before the flood. Tingle must not be in The Windwaker2 because of what I said in the sentence above.
Title: Re: The Legend of Zelda for GameCube!
Post by: Black Mage on September 02, 2004, 05:08:55 PM
 Tingle was in Majora's Mask, and Wind Waker.

 Considering Nintendo has no trouble destroying continuity, I think it's safe to expect Tingle to make an appearance.
Title: Re: The Legend of Zelda for GameCube!
Post by: Chupperson Weird on September 02, 2004, 07:26:04 PM
Well they wouldn't really need to destroy the continuity if you think this next game comes after Majora's Mask, and it looks like the N64 Link. So yeah.