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Title: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: SantaC on January 21, 2011, 04:29:07 PM
copied and pasted from gaf

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"I wouldn't anticipate any extra dungeons," Nintendo's Bill Trinen told Kotaku in an interview yesterday in New York City, a few hours after I played the visually-impressive Ocarina re-make. (Watch my session with the game.)

Which probably translates to no extra areas at all.

Now I dont see any reason to re-buy this game for the billionth time.


spoiler (click to show/hide)
Oh wait  it got a refined item menu  :teehee
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Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: Joe Molotov on January 21, 2011, 04:29:59 PM
More like "All off the 3DS wagon". Nothing about it sounds good at the moment, especially the launch lineup.
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: Himu on January 21, 2011, 04:31:10 PM
Still buying.
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: magus on January 21, 2011, 04:32:29 PM
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Now I dont see any reason to re-buy this game for the billionth time.

EXTRA FRAME OF ANIMATION!
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: Bebpo on January 21, 2011, 04:42:27 PM
Why would anyone expect a port to have new stuff
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: ManaByte on January 21, 2011, 04:44:11 PM
Because Nintendo has a history of adding extra shit to their ports?
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: Diunx on January 21, 2011, 04:47:56 PM
Still buying.

 :derp
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: Corporal on January 21, 2011, 04:53:02 PM
Was never on that wagon, so now's my time to feel superior, eh?

:smug

Awesome.
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: Sho Nuff on January 21, 2011, 04:57:12 PM
I can't wait to play this game in 3D at 400x240 as opposed to the game's original resolution of 256x224, wow what a jump
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: Great Rumbler on January 21, 2011, 04:59:36 PM
I can't wait to play this game in 3D at 400x240 as opposed to the game's original resolution of 256x224, wow what a jump

You could be playing it in 1680x1050 with 16X AA. :smug
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: maxy on January 21, 2011, 04:59:52 PM
wagon looks very old and populated by zombies
thanks
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: Smooth Groove on January 21, 2011, 05:05:47 PM
Himu obviously hates gaming. 
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: Sho Nuff on January 21, 2011, 05:15:41 PM
I can't wait to play this game in 3D at 400x240 as opposed to the game's original resolution of 256x224, wow what a jump

You could be playing it in 1680x1050 with 16X AA. :smug

(http://images.wikia.com/zelda/images/7/74/Ocarina_Playing_%28Ocarina_of_Time%29.png)

BIGGITY BAM
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: Great Rumbler on January 21, 2011, 05:19:31 PM
You need to get in on some of that high-resolution texture pack action, Sho Nuff.
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: SantaC on January 21, 2011, 05:27:56 PM
Why would anyone expect a port to have new stuff

it's not exactly a port... since they remade the graphics.
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: Great Rumbler on January 21, 2011, 05:29:57 PM
(http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k33/GreatRumbler/zelda.jpg)

Deal with it, Nintendo.  8)
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: archie4208 on January 21, 2011, 05:33:52 PM
:omg at those screenshots.

:bow PC gaming :bow2
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: Akala on January 21, 2011, 07:09:37 PM
 :-X
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: HyperZoneWasAwesome on January 21, 2011, 07:41:46 PM
How about the alternate dungeons that were available on the GCN bonus disk.  Eh?

Not that I'm buying this, but it seems stingy to charge full price for something like this without ANYTHING that you can't get out of the 10 dolla virtual console version of same.
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: EmCeeGrammar on January 21, 2011, 10:24:32 PM
I swear, Santa C is like nega Oblivion. Neither will shut up about zelda but are on opposite ends of the spectrum.

btw metroid prime is the best 3d zelda game guys.
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: Trent Dole on January 21, 2011, 10:44:17 PM
I swear, Santa C is like nega Oblivion. Neither will shut up about zelda but are on opposite ends of the spectrum.

btw metroid prime is the best 3d zelda game guys.
Yeah, but that's like being the most attractive Special Olympics participant.
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: EmCeeGrammar on January 21, 2011, 10:49:10 PM
There are hot handicapped people.  I'd do an amputee, no lie.

But no more than two missing.  That just gets into stump fucking territory.
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: Oblivion on January 22, 2011, 01:30:40 AM
Depressing, but meh I wasn't expecting any other major additions like extra dungeons. Even the graphics aren't coming close to pushing the 3DS's capabilities. If you bother making a remake, you shouldn't do it half assed.


Still, best game ever according to Edge (TM) magazine. :bow :bow :bow
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: OptimoPeach on January 22, 2011, 10:33:54 PM
I'll get it, but only because I haven't really played it since it came out
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: TakingBackSunday on January 22, 2011, 10:38:14 PM
I'll get it, why the fuck not
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: Purple Filth on January 23, 2011, 01:26:04 PM
I'm suprised at the people who were on the wagon.

doesn't help that seemingly most of them has played the game already.
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: Himu on January 23, 2011, 01:32:23 PM
The next time one of you homos get happy they're re-releasing Blade Runner or fucking Lord of the Rings or Star Wars on blu ray or whatever cut your balls off because you're a hypocrite of the ninth degree.
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: OptimoPeach on January 23, 2011, 01:33:07 PM
I'm suprised at the people who were on the wagon.

doesn't help that seemingly most of them has played the game already.
Even the Bore isn't immune to nostalgia, as evidenced by the DNF thread
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: Smooth Groove on January 23, 2011, 01:41:19 PM
Handhelds are mostly for nostalgic freaks anyway, like Himu, who don't want to move beyond outdated Japanese game design.  It's a good thing handhelds exist because otherwise we'll hear even more whining from those losers about how gaming isn't the way it used to be anymore. 
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: Himu on January 23, 2011, 02:09:36 PM
What outdated japanese design do you speak of? Actually interesting and unique game design concepts?
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: cool breeze on January 23, 2011, 02:16:06 PM
OoT is still my favorite game (not the best game, but lots of nostalgia with it) so yes.  I will spend $290 to experience this game in 3 hour long headache inducing chunks.

[youtube=560,345]SJdJhsTV0yM[/youtube]

That is a good video showing it off. 

one niggle is the mapping of the main two buttons.  technically the position of the main two buttons should be y and b since the N64 controller layout was different from other nintendo controllers.  on the n64, a and b were west south and west; on the 3ds, they're east and south.  and in general I dislike using the 'a' button for games because it's in an uncomfortable position at the edge of the controller /asspie
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: Himu on January 23, 2011, 02:22:00 PM
haha the words navi blink any time she has something to say now.

i might as well kill myself right now
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: TakingBackSunday on January 23, 2011, 03:53:25 PM
what bothers me is that they haven't even updated the music :-/

it's the same terrible midi
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: Himu on January 23, 2011, 03:55:34 PM
same
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: Smooth Groove on January 23, 2011, 03:58:29 PM
price
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: Bebpo on January 23, 2011, 04:03:38 PM
What's weird about the 3DS is you have games looking like N64 games, games looking like GC/Wii games, and games looking like X360/PS3 games all on the same hardware.

I dunno just going to seem strange when you have N64 graphic game like Zelda OoT competing at the same price with a new RE game that looks like X360/PS3.
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: Himu on January 23, 2011, 04:08:04 PM
You need new eyes. Those are not N64 graphics.
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: Smooth Groove on January 23, 2011, 04:09:42 PM
::)

Is it any wonder why Nintendo keeps selling old shit like new games when dummies like Himu keep begging for more?
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: Himu on January 23, 2011, 04:11:51 PM
Nintendo tends to actually alter their games upon re-release. Shelling out non-updated versions of games is actually a rarity with them. Their updates happen far more frequently.

And there's nothing wrong with releasing old games as new so long as they're not as lazy as Super Mario All Stars wii, which is insulting.
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: Bebpo on January 23, 2011, 04:17:40 PM
You need new eyes. Those are not N64 graphics.

It looks like an N64 game @ 60fps.  It's an N64 game with N64 graphics.  2 generations behind PS3/X360 style graphics.  The next graphical jump from N64 graphics is the GC gen graphics.

This is a GC Zelda.  This is the worst picture I could possibly find of TP:
(http://wiimedia.ign.com/wii/image/article/744/744044/the-legend-of-zelda-twilight-princess-20061103051519023_640w.jpg)

OoT 3DS does not look anywhere near that.
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: SantaC on January 23, 2011, 04:19:07 PM
they should release Wind Waker with the extra dungeons instead.

(http://i55.tinypic.com/51sj80.png)

(http://i55.tinypic.com/baekm.jpg)



Why do Nintendo hate this zelda game  :'(


edit: Oh god, TP look like a steaming pile of shit compared to WW, lol.
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: Himu on January 23, 2011, 04:21:46 PM
Now that bebpo got his stupid hyperbole out of the way, let's look at facts:

1. Show an n64 game that has as much detail as this one pic.

(http://i.imgur.com/bu09f.jpg)

Look at the forest foliage in the background, the boulder, Link's new character model, the grass. I know it's blurry, but the point still stands.

2. Let's look at the actual N64 model

(http://i.imgur.com/uai37.png)

The game doesn't look like TP, but it is far from ugly and hardly looks like an n64 game unless you're a fucking idiot.
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: Smooth Groove on January 23, 2011, 04:26:58 PM
Your N64 pic is much larger.  Of course it looks much worse.  Why do you think sfags are always using small gifs to show off Killzone graphics?
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: SantaC on January 23, 2011, 04:28:48 PM
Your N64 pic is much larger.  Of course it looks much worse.  Why do you think sfags are always using small gifs to show off Killzone graphics?

they game on a 14" tv?  :teehee
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: Himu on January 23, 2011, 04:29:44 PM
Notice the Goron Bracelet and how it's an actual object and not just and a texture grafted to Link's hand. If anything, the OoT port looks like an early ps2 game, probably better. Keep revising history and acting like graphics are important while playing your "new" shooters.
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: cool breeze on January 23, 2011, 04:34:16 PM
guys, this looks marginally better than a game from 1998.  nintendo got this.


for real for real, it is maybe the quality of dreamcast versions of ps1/n64/pc games like Rayman 2 and Soul Reaver...maybe
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: Himu on January 23, 2011, 04:39:20 PM
We haven't seen direct feed shots in a while, but aside from Shenmue, it looks better than Dreamcast to me. Of course, I'm comparing to stuff like Skies of Arcadia and Grandia 2.

In any case, the graphics are serviceable, and are certainly more charming than that of the original's and I actively await the Majora's Mask 3d release.
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: Himu on January 23, 2011, 04:44:49 PM
Maybe I'm concentrating on Link's model a bit too much but I can't think of any n64 or dreamcast game that has a comparable character model, with that level of detail -- down to the boots and the belt -- except maybe Shenmue.
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: Diunx on January 23, 2011, 04:50:35 PM
This looks like a n64 game with some emu filters stop kidding yourself himu.
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: Himu on January 23, 2011, 04:51:16 PM
Yet it still looks better than this.

(http://news.cnet.com/i/bto/20090910/skies_of_arcadia.jpg)
(http://pcmedia.ign.com/pc/image/grandia2_030802_027_640w.jpg)

Whether it's on a smaller screen or not is not pertinent.

Many of have completely forgotten what an n64 game actually looks like.
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: Himu on January 23, 2011, 04:58:23 PM
I hate gamers.
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: maxy on January 23, 2011, 05:00:19 PM
 :omg

Only Nintendo can make people fight about 10+ year old game graphics

 :bow

:whip
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: Himu on January 23, 2011, 05:03:13 PM
fuck you too, but I also hate gamers. Involving everything with games.

Always with their vain superiority us vs them complexes. Who cares if someone wants to play or buy Ocarina of Time for 3ds?

And always so petty too, bringing up superficial things like graphics.

Gamers suck balls.
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: Trent Dole on January 23, 2011, 05:25:22 PM
Old ass blocky game looks old and blocky, inspires multi-page argument.  ::)
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: Diunx on January 23, 2011, 05:31:44 PM
But look at the bracelet!!!
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: Oblivion on January 23, 2011, 05:39:32 PM
Buncha homos up in this bitch.


The game is still months away, so hopefully they'll tighten up the graphics by then. And I refuse to believe that even Nintendo wouldn't create updated music.
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: The Sceneman on January 23, 2011, 05:42:24 PM
Yet it still looks better than this.

(http://news.cnet.com/i/bto/20090910/skies_of_arcadia.jpg)
(http://pcmedia.ign.com/pc/image/grandia2_030802_027_640w.jpg)

Whether it's on a smaller screen or not is not pertinent.

Many of have completely forgotten what an n64 game actually looks like.

uh no it doesn't? At least in terms of aesthetic. Awesome character design vs. little shithead in faget green tunic
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: The Sceneman on January 23, 2011, 05:43:44 PM
Buncha homos up in this bitch.


The game is still months away, so hopefully they'll tighten up the graphics by then. And I refuse to believe that even Nintendo wouldn't create updated music.

Elvis is still hiding out there somewhere too, right?
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: AdmiralViscen on January 23, 2011, 05:45:28 PM
what bothers me is that they haven't even updated the music :-/

it's the same terrible midi

Tell me again Himu how this is the same as a Blu Ray updated release

Hint: Blade Runner on Blu came with 5 versions of the movie, some of them unreleased. This doesn't even come with Master Quest from that FREE bonus disc I have on GameCube.
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: The Sceneman on January 23, 2011, 05:49:47 PM
Himuro is on full damage control here. He will go down with the ship if necessary
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: pilonv1 on January 23, 2011, 06:27:40 PM
Himuro is on full damage control here. He will go down with the ship if necessary

it's pretty pathetic honestly. 2011 console looks indistinguishable from 1996 game
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: cool breeze on January 23, 2011, 06:33:03 PM
I submit to himumu's sermon.  Let's breakdown all the good things about OoT 3DS:

1) First good portable Zelda game since 2005

2) It
 

Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: Oblivion on January 23, 2011, 06:38:59 PM
1) First good portable Zelda game since 2005

bububu now we won't get any more awesome zeldas like ph or st   :'( :'( :'(
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: magus on January 23, 2011, 08:02:07 PM
what bothers me is that they haven't even updated the music :-/

it's the same terrible midi

Tell me again Himu how this is the same as a Blu Ray updated release

Hint: Blade Runner on Blu came with 5 versions of the movie, some of them unreleased. This doesn't even come with Master Quest from that FREE bonus disc I have on GameCube.

there are 5 versions of blade runner?
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: MCD on January 23, 2011, 08:08:02 PM
I haven't played OOT in a long time. This will be awesome even with shit graphics (I think they are fine though).
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: Great Rumbler on January 23, 2011, 08:08:54 PM
what bothers me is that they haven't even updated the music :-/

it's the same terrible midi

Tell me again Himu how this is the same as a Blu Ray updated release

Hint: Blade Runner on Blu came with 5 versions of the movie, some of them unreleased. This doesn't even come with Master Quest from that FREE bonus disc I have on GameCube.

there are 5 versions of blade runner?

-Final Cut [definitive version]
-US Theatrical Cut [Happy ending, narration]
-International Cut [Happy ending, narration, additional violence]
-Director's Cut [No happy ending, no narration]
-Workprint [Early test version that led to changes that resulted in US Theatrical Cut]
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: demi on January 23, 2011, 08:09:54 PM
I wish I had the Cube Zeldas, that shit is pricey on eBay.
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: Smooth Groove on January 23, 2011, 08:19:37 PM
I still have my Windwalker and maybe the N64 disc.  How much is that worth? 

I don't think my N64 disc had Major's Mask though.  If I remembered correctly, Nintendo had some kinda Madoff scam that made you buy a couple of games before you could order the collector disc with MM.

Fuckety fuck.  Just thinking of Nintendo's ripoffs pisses me off. 
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: demi on January 23, 2011, 08:25:12 PM
"pricey" considering what most games of that era are worth, is a better way of words

And prices I dont feel like paying
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: Smooth Groove on January 23, 2011, 08:39:12 PM
Look at the small list of games that you had to choose from:

Mario Kart Double Dash!!, Mario Party 5, Mario & Luigi, Superstar Saga, and 1080 Avalanche.

http://cube.ign.com/articles/457/457897p1.html

At most, I'd want one game from that list.  Notice how Windwalker isn't on the list so that Zelda fans would have to buy 3 games. 

If Nintendo wasn't trying to pull a fast one again, why didn't they just include the rest of the Zelda games on the original Windwalker bonus disc? 
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: Oblivion on January 23, 2011, 08:53:20 PM
Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga was pretty sweet, tho.
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: Smooth Groove on January 23, 2011, 08:56:49 PM
I'm a big Mario fan but I've never tried any of the Mario rpgs.  Mario rpg just seemed kinda dumb. 
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: AdmiralViscen on January 23, 2011, 09:01:44 PM
Superstar Saga is the only good one.


edit - handheld. never played the others
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: Positive Touch on January 23, 2011, 09:03:09 PM
"pricey" considering what most games of that era are worth, is a better way of words

And prices I dont feel like paying

i have them all and ill give you $5 off each
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: demi on January 23, 2011, 09:04:20 PM
What does that make it $30 each? :lol

No thanks...
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: Sho Nuff on January 23, 2011, 10:55:15 PM
(http://wirelessmedia.ign.com/wireless/image/article/113/1137190/infinity-blade-20101208115930637_640w.jpg)

Hey dipshits

The above are graphics from hardware that's out NOW and $20 cheaper than a 3DS

(http://static.gamesradar.com/images/mb/GamesRadar/us/Daily/2011/01-Jan/10/Zelda%203DS/Zelda%201--article_image.jpg)

:derp Let's defend 15-year-old graphics instead :derp
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: EmCeeGrammar on January 24, 2011, 12:09:31 AM
What's weird about the 3DS is you have games looking like N64 games, games looking like GC/Wii games, and games looking like X360/PS3 games all on the same hardware.

I haven't seen any 3DS games that look like GC games, never mind X360/PS3 games. What are you smoking?

The resident evil stuff is very close to GC/ps2.
Marlboro Milds.
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: Positive Touch on January 24, 2011, 12:37:48 AM
(http://wirel essmedia.ign.com/wireless/image/article/113/1137190/infinity-blade-20101208115930637_640w.jpg)

Hey dipshits

The above are graphics from hardware that's out NOW and $20 cheaper than a 3DS

(http://static.game sradar.com/images/mb/GamesRadar/us/Daily/2011/01-Jan/10/Zelda%203DS/Zelda%201--article_image.jpg)

:derp Let's defend 15-year-old graphics instead :derp

BUT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ONE OF THE GREATEST GAMES EVER MADE that i could easily emulate on my pc in under 10 minutes
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: Bebpo on January 24, 2011, 12:58:31 AM
Well, I was going by the Revelations bullshots that look like RE5 with far less polygons in tiny corridors.
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: Sho Nuff on January 24, 2011, 01:00:34 AM
Some of the RE demos I saw at E3 were mindblowing, but it was literally 1 or 2 characters on a black background with no gameplay.
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: Smooth Groove on January 24, 2011, 01:02:32 AM
Look at the small list of games that you had to choose from:

Mario Kart Double Dash!!, Mario Party 5, Mario & Luigi, Superstar Saga, and 1080 Avalanche.

http://cube.ign.com/articles/457/457897p1.html

At most, I'd want one game from that list.  Notice how Windwalker isn't on the list so that Zelda fans would have to buy 3 games. 

If Nintendo wasn't trying to pull a fast one again, why didn't they just include the rest of the Zelda games on the original Windwalker bonus disc? 

Well yes, they obviously used it as a sales incentive.  That doesn't automatically make it a rip-off.  They provided multiple ways to get the collection, and at the very worst, a person would have to buy a Nintendo Power subscription, which was at the time $15.  All of these methods resulted in a free Zelda Collection.  If that's an anger-inducing rip-off to you, I have no idea how you actively participate as a customer in this hobby.

It's a matter of principle, dammit!  Nintendo could have just included everything on the original bonus disc instead of making me buy a sub to their crappy mag or another shitty game.

spoiler (click to show/hide)
Actually, I'm not even sure why I'm complaining since I never even bothered to play Zelda 64 on the bonus disc.  :derp
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Hey dipshits

The above are graphics from hardware that's out NOW and $20 cheaper than a 3DS

correction, it's just Himumu
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: Damian79 on January 24, 2011, 05:08:12 AM
spoiler (click to show/hide)
(http://cubemedia.ign.com/cube/image/article/576/576574/resident-evil-4-20050103002225575_640w.jpg)
(http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100930235818/residentevil/images/4/45/Resident-evil-revelations_1285785280.jpg)
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Not even close :-\

The shaders might help the games look better than some last gen stuff but you still had better geometry/textures last gen

Judging from the videos they look about the same if not better.  You are using a resized image to make your point.

[youtube=560,345]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmGbcS4u1gI[/youtube]
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: tiesto on January 24, 2011, 09:14:25 AM
I'm a big Mario fan but I've never tried any of the Mario rpgs.  Mario rpg just seemed kinda dumb. 

I've only played Super Paper Mario, the original Mario RPG, and Bowser's Inside Story. I liked the original the best... and for as much praise as Bowser's Inside Story got, I thought the game was pretty shitty, gimmicky and repetitive (and the soundtrack was :yuck :yuck :yuck)
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: magus on January 24, 2011, 09:23:44 AM
the mario rpg's are good especialy when you consider it's a wacky humorous game in a genre that's full of people dying and heroes doing the big no (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BigNo)

one scene i particulary like in super mario rpg it's this one which is lifted straightly from a looney tunes cartoon

[youtube=560,345]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1TLZ4SO7iw[/youtube]

oh and the original paper mario also has a whole level dedicated to shy guys which are the best mario character evah

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and for as much praise as Bowser's Inside Story got, I thought the game was pretty shitty

yea i agree lamest mario rpg of the munch together with super paper mario,stick with the original by squaresoft or the two paper mario's

heck the first paper mario is even on virtual console so.....
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Post by: demi on January 24, 2011, 09:30:03 AM
1 > 3 > 2
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Post by: EmCeeGrammar on January 24, 2011, 10:31:53 AM
What's weird about the 3DS is you have games looking like N64 games, games looking like GC/Wii games, and games looking like X360/PS3 games all on the same hardware.

I haven't seen any 3DS games that look like GC games, never mind X360/PS3 games. What are you smoking?

The resident evil stuff is very close to GC/ps2.
Marlboro Milds.


(http://cubemedia.ign.com/cube/image/article/576/576574/resident-evil-4-20050103002225575_640w.jpg)
(http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100930235818/residentevil/images/4/45/Resident-evil-revelations_1285785280.jpg)

Not even close :-\

The shaders might help the games look better than some last gen stuff but you still had better geometry/textures last gen

Let's not play the game where we pick specific screenshots to prove our point.  Its a reasonable comparison when comparing both games in motion.  Resi 4 came out in the twilight of the cube anyway,  3ds isn't going to be an exception to developers improving their handling on the hardware as time goes on.

Let's get real though, there is no pleasing many of you.
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Post by: cool breeze on January 24, 2011, 11:00:11 AM
From what was shown, Revelations (and Mercenaries 3D) are definitely not RE4 quality.  There are some neat effects that are more out of RE5 than RE4, but a lot of that just hides the other problems.  It's pretty noticeable when you do first person aiming and see her block hand.

[youtube=560,345]SFWPM5XrzIk[/youtube]

still looks really good and better than most PSP games (especially with that smooth frame rate and considering it is probably early).

and it is comparing 2011 portable hardware with a 2004 portable and 2001 console.  You would think it could manage to best them.
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Post by: iconoclast on January 24, 2011, 11:39:34 AM
All of the handheld Mario RPGs have been kinda crappy. I don't know how they fell off so hard after the amazing TTYD. That was probably the best GC game, right after F-Zero GX.
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Post by: iconoclast on January 24, 2011, 11:51:08 AM
Oh wow, for whatever reason I just assumed they were by the same developer. I guess because they play so similarly. :derp

This explains everything.
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Post by: Bebpo on January 24, 2011, 12:02:55 PM
The only mario rpgs I've enjoyed have been the SNES one which was awesome, M&L1 which was at least playable until the end, and Paper Mario 2 which was fairly good.

I still need to play Paper Mario 1.  Really disliked M&L2 and no interest in ever playing M&L3.  Not much of a fan of alpha dream.
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Post by: TakingBackSunday on January 24, 2011, 03:20:22 PM
Mario RPG for SNES is fucking awful!  :yuck  it's square for dummies, and it's not at all well designed

Paper Mario 1 and 2 (TTYD) are some of Nintendo's best games, especially in regards to localization and design.  SPM is one of the most disappointing games I've played by Nintendo, but it looks as though they're going back to regular Paper Mario design for the 3DS iteration.

Mario and Luigi was one of my most played GBA games; I loved it.  The second was a terrible excuse for a game that was hastily made for a release on the DS.  Mario and Luigi 3 is really fun, but it'd be better if you played as Bowser the entire time, NOT mario and Luigi.
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Post by: Himu on January 24, 2011, 03:21:11 PM
Mario RPG sucks balls
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Post by: Oblivion on January 24, 2011, 03:43:59 PM
Wow, I think Bowser RPG is leagues ahead of the snorefest first two M&Ls.  The Paper Mario games are good I guess but I never made it to the end of any of them except Super Paper Mario. 

My condolences.  :-\
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Post by: Van Cruncheon on January 24, 2011, 03:55:53 PM
mario rpg is the worst by far. the "best" -- very much in air quotes --  are the first and third mario & luigi games, and paper mario 2
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Post by: TakingBackSunday on January 24, 2011, 03:56:49 PM
sorry they don't have any lolli rape sims   :(
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Post by: Great Rumbler on January 24, 2011, 03:58:55 PM
Super Mario RPG :rock
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Post by: cool breeze on January 24, 2011, 04:09:24 PM
Paper Mario N64, Paper Mario TTYD Gamecube, and the first Mario Luigi are probably the only good ones (TTYD especially bein great) so hopefully Paper Mario 3DS is good too.

Super Paper Mario, Mario and Luigi 2 and Bowser's Inside Story were all really boring.  It's a shame because the latter two were similar to the first mario and luigi, and Super Paper Mario had a cool concept, but goddamn they were just so unbelievably boring.  The 10 hours or so I played of Bowser's Inside Story felt like a slow tutorial.
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Post by: magus on January 25, 2011, 07:05:05 AM
sorry they don't have any lolli rape sims   :(

clearly a fake statement!

[youtube=560,345]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0l3ImH6SGjc[/youtube]
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Post by: Oblivion on January 29, 2011, 07:24:13 AM
(http://www.infendo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/IMG_0561.jpg)

Bad day to be a hater? Seems so.
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Post by: AdmiralViscen on January 29, 2011, 08:22:35 AM
Everyone knows Link's model is better. It is gonna be funny if the house interiors are still pre-rendered bitmaps.
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Post by: magus on January 29, 2011, 11:16:12 AM
i don't give a care about graphics if they are good,if they are not or if they aren't good enough..... but you guys give me the same vibe of those....

*kirby game get announced*
"AND PEOPLE SAYS THAT WII HAS NO GAMES!"

that!
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Post by: EmCeeGrammar on January 29, 2011, 11:18:37 AM
bu bu bu what about forcing people to have big budgets for handheld games!!! </nintendofansarethebiggestdoublestandardprawncocksontheplanet>

Nintendo doesn't really have standards for third parties.

See dsiware/wiiware  :'(
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Post by: cool breeze on January 29, 2011, 12:20:55 PM
So this game releasing in 2011/2012 does look better than the one from 1998? damn, Nintendo is going all out on this.

but really, is there any chance this will be a 2011 game? I've been looking at the other 3DS games there isn't really anything I want other than this except maybe pilot wings.
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Post by: Himu on January 29, 2011, 01:00:17 PM
Everyone knows Link's model is better. It is gonna be funny if the house interiors are still pre-rendered bitmaps.

You mean that very same screenshot where there was a pre-rendered bg in the orignal?
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Post by: Himu on January 29, 2011, 01:01:42 PM
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_u16Mk7z9Zdk/TUNcdrPE5eI/AAAAAAAAIX4/R26zW_Ruq9k/s320/IMG_0561.jpg)

clearly an n64 game

Wow that looks rad :drool

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Get your ngp crap out of this thread, you probably won't even buy one or play one.
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Post by: Smooth Groove on January 29, 2011, 01:55:24 PM
"cause you might be dead from AIDS by the time NPG releases. 
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Post by: MoxManiac on January 29, 2011, 02:37:55 PM
Uh, 3DS has SSF4.

:bow 3DS :bow2
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Post by: Van Cruncheon on January 29, 2011, 03:04:05 PM
do you really thing the ngp won't get a version  of ssf4

and at a resolution massively higher than (ugh) 400x240

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Post by: magus on January 29, 2011, 03:17:27 PM
yea and while they are there they can also bring marvel vs capcom 3

cap-port :bow2
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Post by: Oblivion on January 29, 2011, 03:51:46 PM
The hell is an NGP?

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Bad day to be a hater? Seems so.

nothing changes the fact that it's STILL Ocarina Of Time

Is that supposed to be an insult, SIR?  :tophat
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Post by: magus on January 29, 2011, 04:28:13 PM
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The hell is an NGP?

PSP 2
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Post by: Oblivion on January 29, 2011, 05:34:46 PM
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The hell is an NGP?

PSP 2


huh, so it is.
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Post by: EmCeeGrammar on January 29, 2011, 07:08:58 PM
do you really thing the ngp won't get a version  of ssf4

and at a resolution massively higher than (ugh) 400x240



Gawd, you're just fixated on this aren't ya.
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Post by: Phoenix Dark on January 30, 2011, 02:18:59 AM
(http://www.infendo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/IMG_0561.jpg)

Bad day to be a hater? Seems so.
:bow :bow :bow
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Post by: AdmiralViscen on January 30, 2011, 02:51:03 AM
Everyone knows Link's model is better. It is gonna be funny if the house interiors are still pre-rendered bitmaps.

You mean that very same screenshot where there was a pre-rendered bg in the orignal?

uh yes that is exactly what I was getting at

I would hope bitmaps would be higher res when carts are greater than 8MB in capacity
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Post by: SantaC on January 31, 2011, 11:04:56 AM
http://www.youtube.com/user/NintendoWorldReport#p/u/31/SJdJhsTV0yM

same music and sound effects as in the original verion. N64 quality  :teehee

deku tree looks as crappy as ever.
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Post by: demi on January 31, 2011, 11:12:03 AM
Could they make Link any more of a cool young dude elf. Look at those ears.
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Post by: magus on January 31, 2011, 11:46:17 AM
http://www.youtube.com/user/NintendoWorldReport#p/u/31/SJdJhsTV0yM

same music and sound effects as in the original verion. N64 quality  :teehee

deku tree looks as crappy as ever.

ocarina music is horrible :yuck "DUUUUUHHHH DUUUUUUUHH  DUUUUUUUUUHHHHHHH"
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Post by: Diunx on January 31, 2011, 11:54:34 AM
Stupid modern game and their stupid orchestrated music! You show them how is done nintendo!
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Post by: Himu on January 31, 2011, 11:59:49 AM
OoT has a lot of good music. Mostly not the dungeon music, though. But it does have fantastic music.
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Post by: Great Rumbler on January 31, 2011, 12:08:55 PM
[youtube=560,345]KsRtpr-bo9U[/youtube] [youtube=560,345]unwvjNclZ3A[/youtube]

[youtube=560,345]6T_NJOQpGqU[/youtube] [youtube=560,345]TuKdoJfXMHU[/youtube]

[youtube=560,345]tudnA7H80BQ[/youtube] [youtube=560,345]R76C1vBsI0Y[/youtube]

:rock
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Post by: Himu on January 31, 2011, 12:16:32 PM
Gerudo Valley is amazing.
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Post by: Himu on January 31, 2011, 12:18:10 PM
forgot one

[youtube=560,345]euVDWUep2cs[/youtube]
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Post by: magus on January 31, 2011, 12:47:22 PM
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OoT has a lot of good music. Mostly not the dungeon music

too bad that's where you spend 80% of your gaming time eh?

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Post by: Himu on January 31, 2011, 12:49:15 PM
Not really. Some dungeon music has good music. Forest Temple for example. A lot of other dungeons have ambient tracks. Nothing wrong with that, and doesn't mean OoT's soundtrack is bad.
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Post by: Raban on January 31, 2011, 01:56:40 PM
I loved the fire temple soundtrack

The one with your people's hymns in it?
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Post by: SantaC on January 31, 2011, 02:52:12 PM
I loved the fire temple soundtrack

The one with your people's hymns in it?

nintendo removed that pretty quickly. I doubt a lot of people heard the original version.
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Post by: Raban on January 31, 2011, 03:04:00 PM
I did. Gold cartridge, nicca.
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Post by: EmCeeGrammar on January 31, 2011, 03:11:30 PM
Midi has its place.  Its kind of sad people want it dead or think it detracts from a game.  Metroid Prime series always used midi and the soundtrack to those games are phenomenal.

[youtube=560,345]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6Ky2BMVWfs[/youtube]
[youtube=560,345]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6OTbdgt_Ms[/youtube]
[youtube=560,345]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nMFLquJeCc[/youtube]
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Post by: Oblivion on January 31, 2011, 03:15:43 PM
I refuse to believe even Nintendo would jew out on the music.
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Post by: Raban on January 31, 2011, 03:17:57 PM
I refuse to believe even Nintendo would jew out on the music.

Then you're an idiot, sorry. When have they done otherwise?
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Post by: Oblivion on January 31, 2011, 03:21:20 PM
I refuse to believe even Nintendo would jew out on the music.

Then you're an idiot, sorry. When have they done otherwise?

Super Mario Galaxy? Super Mario Galaxy 2?

:smug
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Post by: EmCeeGrammar on January 31, 2011, 03:31:47 PM
Smash Brother Brawl had some amazing arrangements too.
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Post by: Raban on January 31, 2011, 03:38:06 PM
I refuse to believe even Nintendo would jew out on the music.

Then you're an idiot, sorry. When have they done otherwise?

Super Mario Galaxy? Super Mario Galaxy 2?

:smug

Oh I thought we were speaking strictly of their remakes! The soundtrack to SMG is pretty fantastic.
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Post by: Corporal on January 31, 2011, 04:24:55 PM
Let's get something straight.

MIDI is the base of pretty much every music, ever. It basically describes how long and at what pitch a certain instrument needs to play at any given moment in time so that the outcome may be pleasing to the listeners. The ancients wrote little girly scribbles on parchments and gathered together in huge stinking halls to achieve that effect. Us superior modern humans have computers to attend to our every whim, so it's only natural that we should give things fancy names and have them do all the work.

The only difference in quality is the difference in instruments and software. If y'all only remember MIDI from your assy cellphones from 500 years ago going bleep blop blip, then that's one thing. Hell, the official MS solution provided with Windows is only marginally better. However, I'd like to remind peeps that the quality of the soundbanks and the playback software is tantamount to the MIDI experience. You don't expect a ragtag team of misfits with beaten up handmedowns standing under a bridge to sound anywhere near the same as a distinguished orchestra with its multi-million-dollar worth of instruments, years of expertise playing in a concert hall. :derp

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MIDI does have its ample supply of problems. It's not perfect. Far from it. Many problems stem from the fact that it's far easier to write a comparatively dumb OGG/MP3 streaming engine instead of a highly complex mod player/synth.
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Note: I will, on principle, not agree with anyone slandering modules (aka tracked music). :violin
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Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: Raban on January 31, 2011, 04:42:01 PM
I sure as hell love MIDI music, I just hate Nintendo.
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Post by: Himu on January 31, 2011, 04:44:25 PM
i love zelda

mario is okay here and there. has only maybe one or two great games a decade. metroid has like three good games total.

that means zelda is the only nintendo franchise worth talking about, because every game owns except zelda 2.

cuz zelda 2 sucks.
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Post by: Diunx on January 31, 2011, 04:47:50 PM
Majora's mask and wind waker are pretty shitty and TP was merely good.
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Post by: TakingBackSunday on January 31, 2011, 04:52:18 PM
shut the fuck up, diunx
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Post by: Diunx on January 31, 2011, 04:56:03 PM
It's the true mang.
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Post by: EmCeeGrammar on January 31, 2011, 05:11:44 PM
Wind Waker and Twilight Princess ARE tedious approximations of good zelda games.  Ocarina has aged terribly and is really dull after the virgin run.  Its an empty 3d world with sluggish controls.  Zelda 1 has solutions to puzzles that you'll never figure out on your own or at most will require that you check every square tile of the world to find the one bush that can be burned to proceed or some shit.  Link to the Past is just boring, can't get into it.  Majora's Mask would be good except you have to go into the item screen an obscene amount of times to get anything done in that game.  Minish Cap/Oracle pfft who cares loosers.

The only zelda games I want to play again are Phantom Hourglass and Link's Awakening.
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Post by: naff on January 31, 2011, 05:12:30 PM
Majora's mask and wind waker are pretty shitty and TP was merely good.

Worst taste ever as well as being a filthy poor :piss2
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Post by: Himu on January 31, 2011, 05:12:36 PM
Majora's mask and wind waker are pretty shitty and TP was merely good.

Majora's Mask is the best in the series and Wind Waker is an extremely fun and interesting take on the OoT formula without dual worlds.

TP has flaws but also has some of the best dungeons in the series.

So nope.
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Post by: Himu on January 31, 2011, 05:14:06 PM
blasphemy

you're the worst nintendo fan i've ever seen.

in any case, oot is great because of how you sequence break, particularly in the second half of the game. So it is ALWAYS fun to replay.

link to the past allows you to explore and go into dungeons without hand holding and allows immense sense of adventure without the "burn a random bush" stuff that Zelda 1 employs. You don't have to go into the menu THAT much in Majora's Mask, that's just being picky for no reason. And Wind Waker and TP are hardly "tedious".
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Post by: Corporal on January 31, 2011, 05:38:06 PM
I care little about Zelda besides Links Awakening, a Link to the Past and maaaybe the Oracle games, since I haven't played those yet.

So I guess I'm some sort of Zelda heretic.

Edit: OK, so Windwaker is kind of neat for its novelty too, but nowhere on the same level as the games I mentioned above.
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Post by: Himu on January 31, 2011, 05:39:18 PM
my replay of LA last year was pretty bad. It's too gimmicky for my tastes. LttP rams it up its asshole. Still a great game, though.

I like just about every Zelda I've played except 2. Haven't played those gbc games, though and I seriously need to correct that before Skyward Sword.
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Post by: magus on January 31, 2011, 06:53:45 PM
it's not like emcee is saying something exagerated,i like twilight princess but that doesn't excuse the whole light bugs hunt segment which are mind-numbingly boring and are there just to pad the game,same thing can be said about wind waker sea travel so yea saying that they are tedious is right,and that's not even counting how every 3D zelda seems way to happy to drop you into nothing for the first 30 minutes and in fact it seems to get worse and worse with every next zelda

ocarina had the whole "hack bushes until you can buy the shield or we won't let you procede the game"
then you had majora where you have to play hide & seek and after that you literaly have to wait on your ass for the game to proceed
then wind waker upped the ante and introduced a stealth sequence
and twilight princess had that whole sheep business and even after you are done with that there is a lot of inconsequential blabbing around before you get to the actual game

i actualy didn't like link to the past a lot on my first run too but after replaying the game i came to the conclusion that it's on a decent game... what i find puzzling is that emcee doesn't like the oracles (which come pretty close to link's awakening) but likes phantom hourglass (which has horrible stealth sequence that the game force you to repeat)

i also find surprising that himuro thinks LA is too gimmicky... why you think so himuro? cause if you think so about LA let me tell you,you can already skip the oracle games now
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Post by: EmCeeGrammar on January 31, 2011, 07:26:52 PM
The whole point of the Temple of the Ocean King is that when you return to it they want you to find all the shortcuts your ever expanding arsenal provides you with. Its a way to convey empowerment and I really feel people just straight up didnt realise how fast you could get through some floors.
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Post by: Himu on January 31, 2011, 07:33:21 PM
The bug hunt quest in TP is a sidequest. Pad? You don't even have to do it.

Half of those complaints are fucking stupid. It takes like 2 minutes to get the rupees required to buy a shield.

In any case, Majora's Mask's intro is fine because you have just a few minutes to get the ocarina and become human again. The only part where you really have to "wait" is when you're waiting for the clock tower to open, and that's 5 minutes at most if you use the scarecrow to fast forward time.

Wind Waker's intro is slow, but it makes up for it by actually attempting to make Link an actual character, by giving him a family and a reason to journey beyond save the world. It was interesting.

TP's long ass intro is horrid, but that doesn't mean the overall game is shabby.

LA is gimmicky because of the stupid trade system and the plethora of ridiculous, although cool, items. Hey, go get those bananas to that monkey! zzz
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Post by: EmCeeGrammar on January 31, 2011, 07:39:05 PM
The bug hunt quest in TP is a sidequest. Pad? You don't even have to do it.

Half of those complaints are fucking stupid. It takes like 2 minutes to get the rupees required to buy a shield.

In any case, Majora's Mask's intro is fine because you have just a few minutes to get the ocarina and become human again. The only part where you really have to "wait" is when you're waiting for the clock tower to open, and that's 5 minutes at most if you use the scarecrow to fast forward time.

Wind Waker's intro is slow, but it makes up for it by actually attempting to make Link an actual character, by giving him a family and a reason to journey beyond save the world. It was interesting.

TP's long ass intro is horrid, but that doesn't mean the overall game is shabby.

LA is gimmicky because of the stupid trade system and the plethora of ridiculous, although cool, items. Hey, go get those bananas to that monkey! zzz

Tp had lots of mandatory bug  hunts that sucked, don't try and make yourself forget now

Majora's mask compounds the item switching requirements by forcing you to also juggle masks a lot of the time. It gets annoying.

Did you just say Wind Waker's strength is its characterization?  Whogivesashitharrisonford.gif, these are videoGAMES we are talking about

LA has exactly ONE fetch quest, which is fine.  What's wrong with ridiculous but cool items? That's right you are reaching, sir.
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Post by: magus on January 31, 2011, 07:41:19 PM
The whole point of the Temple of the Ocean King is that when you return to it they want you to find all the shortcuts your ever expanding arsenal provides you with. Its a way to convey empowerment and I really feel people just straight up didnt realise how fast you could get through some floors.

i get that but even with shortcut it's still tedious and stupid because blargh stealth sequence

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The bug hunt quest in TP is a sidequest.

uh,no it's not,i'm talking about that invisible tears of light shit you have to do each time for the first three dungeon to cleanse the land of evil or something..... was there some other bug sidequest or something?

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LA is gimmicky because of the stupid trade system and the plethora of ridiculous

really? that's the problem you have with LA? and you are telling me that "complaining about the whole shield ordeal in ocarina" is stupid? :lol
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Post by: Himu on January 31, 2011, 07:45:22 PM
Bug hunts? You mean the light things in wolf form? I don't remember bugs at all aside from the bug sidequest in castle town.

You act like you DON'T have to switch items all the time in past Zelda's. I'd hate to see how you'd play Zelda 1 or 2 where there's only a sword and an item button. In fact, Link's Awakening probably has just as bad item switching. See a gap? Start, feather. Oh no, my sword isn't equipped because I was doing other shit. Start, equip sword. Almost every screen.

I did not say Wind Waker's strength was characterization, however, it was enjoyable to play as a Link with actual goals beyond saving the world for once.

Link's Awakening has multiple fetch quests because the entire world is pretty much one dungeon. Gotta get that monkey some bananas. Gotta trade that one shit to the alligator. Help, my dog is missing! Use the "dog" on

This is without mentioning the vast amounts of Nintendo fan wank, usually from Mario characters or Mario related things.

Link's Awakening, while great, is gimmicky as fuck. Link to the Past fucks it like a champ.
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Post by: magus on January 31, 2011, 07:47:24 PM
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Bug hunts? You mean the light things in wolf form? I don't remember bugs at all aside from the bug sidequest in castle town.

yea,some of the lights taked the form of bugs and you had to sniff them out and kill them and it was the most annoying shit ever,one of them involved burning a house,remember?

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Post by: EmCeeGrammar on January 31, 2011, 07:47:57 PM
(http://strackattack.com/gifs/harrison%20ford%20who%20gives%20a%20shit.gif)

I just wanted to post this for reals because its lulz
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: Himu on January 31, 2011, 07:48:06 PM

really? that's the problem you have with LA? and you are telling me that "complaining about the whole shield ordeal in ocarina" is stupid? :lol

Yes, because it's nit picking at its worst. Fetch questing is tied into the core design of Link's Awakening, and you have to "help" some person after every dungeon. Whereas in OoT, it takes a measly 30-40 rupees, to get the wooden shield, which, for any Zelda player, should take 2-3 minutes at most.

Just sounds like bitching from the two people on the forum who should stop playing games to me.
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: Himu on January 31, 2011, 07:48:55 PM
(http://strackattack.com/gifs/harrison%20ford%20who%20gives%20a%20shit.gif)

I just wanted to post this for reals because its lulz

I don't see the problem with wanting more or better story in Zelda. The best Zelda for instance, has a fucking awesome story. There's nothing wrong with liking story in games, so long as it's not the main reason you play them, and who the fuck plays Zelda FOR story. Not me! But that doesn't mean I can't appreciate, so get off your soap box and play some Pokemon.
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: magus on January 31, 2011, 07:50:21 PM
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and you have to "help" some person after every dungeon

yea i'm pretty sure that majora mask never had any monkey to save,baby to put to sleep or aquatic rock band's to save amirite?

Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: Himu on January 31, 2011, 07:51:26 PM
The difference is that in Majora's Mask they're not one-dimensional. Also, they're rarely ever REQUIRED.
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: Himu on January 31, 2011, 07:54:10 PM
I'll be honest. I actually liked the tears of light sections of TP. That one part where you ride the dragoon and control him like it's Panzer Dragoon :bow
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: EmCeeGrammar on January 31, 2011, 07:56:35 PM
(http://strackattack.com/gifs/harrison%20ford%20who%20gives%20a%20shit.gif)

I just wanted to post this for reals because its lulz

I don't see the problem with wanting more or better story in Zelda. The best Zelda for instance, has a fucking awesome story. There's nothing wrong with liking story in games, so long as it's not the main reason you play them, and who the fuck plays Zelda FOR story. Not me! But that doesn't mean I can't appreciate, so get off your soap box and play some Pokemon.

Games are not appropriate avenues for narrative. They get in the way of the interaction that is the strength of the medium.  The "story" of any game is best told through the actions the player takes and how he approaches his goals.  Any exposition outside of that makes no sense because all of a sudden my motivations are not my own.  It turns out instead of going around and empowering myself and exploring for fun I'm doing it for some greater good blah blah blah don't care, which button skips this cutscene.
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: magus on January 31, 2011, 07:56:51 PM
uh... nope... once again i'm pretty sure all that stuff i mentioned above is required

i don't even want to question what constitutes as one-dimensional and what doesn't
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: Himu on January 31, 2011, 08:01:14 PM
(http://strackattack.com/gifs/harrison%20ford%20who%20gives%20a%20shit.gif)

I just wanted to post this for reals because its lulz

I don't see the problem with wanting more or better story in Zelda. The best Zelda for instance, has a fucking awesome story. There's nothing wrong with liking story in games, so long as it's not the main reason you play them, and who the fuck plays Zelda FOR story. Not me! But that doesn't mean I can't appreciate, so get off your soap box and play some Pokemon.

Games are not appropriate avenues for narrative. They get in the way of the interaction that is the strength of the medium.  The "story" of any game is best told through the actions the player takes and how he approaches his goals.  Any exposition outside of that makes no sense because all of a sudden my motivations are not my own.  It turns out instead of going around and empowering myself and exploring for fun I'm doing it for some greater good blah blah blah don't care, which button skips this cutscene.

:wtf
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: EmCeeGrammar on January 31, 2011, 08:01:31 PM
And you know what, I take issue with you dogging Link's Awakening's better moments as fetch quests.  Taking a chain chomp for a walk so you can kill all the plant monsters blocking the dungeon door was fucking awesome. Its no different than activating an event in one part of the world and walking to the next.

:wtf :wtf :wtf :wtf
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Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: naff on January 31, 2011, 08:04:07 PM
Games are not appropriate avenues for narrative....

STFU. Disillusioned ninthings talking like they have a clue :-\ You need to get out more bro
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: EmCeeGrammar on January 31, 2011, 08:08:21 PM
I'd say the people disillusioned with thinking story has any place in a good videogame, or ever contributes to it, need to get out more.  But whatever, keep playing your male empowerment fantasies preoccupied with a delusion of eloquence or whatever helps you sleep at night.

edit: Oh wait, need to be more condescending um
 :-\  :stfu
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: Himu on January 31, 2011, 08:09:16 PM
And you know what, I take issue with you dogging Link's Awakening's better moments as fetch quests.  Taking a chain chomp for a walk so you can kill all the plant monsters blocking the dungeon door was fucking awesome. Its no different than activating an event in one part of the world and walking to the next.

Meh.
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: Himu on January 31, 2011, 08:10:45 PM
I'd say the people disillusioned with thinking story has any place in a good videogame, or ever contributes to it, need to get out more.  But whatever, keep playing your male empowerment fantasies preoccupied with a delusion of eloquence or whatever helps you sleep at night.

You haven't played a good videogame with a good story, then. Stories have their place. That's not to say every game, but in games like Zelda -- that is, action-adventure, classic adventure games, and rpgs, story does a lot to help motivations. Otherwise, stick to action games.
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: EmCeeGrammar on January 31, 2011, 08:12:35 PM
Its like bitching that you have to help Nabooru escape from jail and THEN you get to go to the spirit temple.  Its a trope of Zelda and nothing LA did in particular. 
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: Himu on January 31, 2011, 08:14:13 PM
LA has a lot of moments where you have to fetch quest to continue the story, though. Or at least, it feels more menial than other games. I'd rather just play LttP.
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: EmCeeGrammar on January 31, 2011, 08:16:18 PM
I'd say the people disillusioned with thinking story has any place in a good videogame, or ever contributes to it, need to get out more.  But whatever, keep playing your male empowerment fantasies preoccupied with a delusion of eloquence or whatever helps you sleep at night.

You haven't played a good videogame with a good story, then. Stories have their place. That's not to say every game, but in games like Zelda -- that is, action-adventure, classic adventure games, and rpgs, story does a lot to help motivations. Otherwise, stick to action games.

Why does a story need to define my motivations in a videogame?  If the game is good I'm going to proceed anyway.  I don't mind a premise, I don't mind some ancillary information that isn't required viewing, but exposition and cutscenes need to gtfo already.

edit: Zelda 1 did this right.  I have problems with it, but its nice that it just dumps you into the world and its up to each individual player how they explore and therefore, interpret Hyrule.  The only words spoken are cryptic hints and whatnot. I would love a Zelda game where link is dropped in a foreign country and can't understand the language or customs. The motif would be culture shock.
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: Himu on January 31, 2011, 08:18:25 PM
Because if that was the case you would just play muds and shit like the original rogue. Except you don't. Motivations and reasons give a reason to give a fuck. "Why am I fighting this dragon?" If I'm investing 50-60 hours into a game, I wanna know why dammit. This is half the reason I find FF13 to be average: the story telling. "Why am I going to this place?" "Why am I fighting this guy?" "What are my motivations? WHY AM I DOING THIS AND WHY ARE MY PARTY MEMBERS distinguished mentally-challenged fellows?"
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: EmCeeGrammar on January 31, 2011, 08:21:10 PM
Because if that was the case you would just play muds and shit like the original rogue. Except you don't. Motivations and reasons give a reason to give a fuck. "Why am I fighting this dragon?" If I'm investing 50-60 hours into a game, I wanna know why dammit.

I'm fighting the dragon because its (hopefully) fun.  I'm fighting the dragon because he stands in the way of my goal, be it an item or new area to explore.  Speaking of which, there's a dragon in the first dungeon of Zelda one!  Yet despite having no backstory such as Volvagia did, they both accomplish the same task. 
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: Himu on January 31, 2011, 08:22:25 PM
I know you guys are off on another thing entirely now, but the problem with retaining OoT's music/sfx isn't that they are MIDI, it's that they're really poor quality MIDI necessitated by the inherent limitations of the platform the game was originally on.  Leaving that shit more or less untouched in a remake is just awful.  It would be like if the DS remake of Dragon Quest 4 still had the NES music.

Yep it's fucking dumb dumb.
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: EmCeeGrammar on January 31, 2011, 08:23:10 PM
No doubt OoT 3d feels like a rush job.  I'm not buying it.
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: Himu on January 31, 2011, 08:23:34 PM
Because if that was the case you would just play muds and shit like the original rogue. Except you don't. Motivations and reasons give a reason to give a fuck. "Why am I fighting this dragon?" If I'm investing 50-60 hours into a game, I wanna know why dammit.

I'm fighting the dragon because its (hopefully) fun.  I'm fighting the dragon because he stands in the way of my goal, be it an item or new area to explore.  Speaking of which, there's a dragon in the first dungeon of Zelda one!  Yet despite having no backstory such as Volvagia did, they both accomplish the same task. 

It's purely circumstantial. Not all games are designed alike or even remotely play alike.
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: EmCeeGrammar on January 31, 2011, 08:29:05 PM
Circumstantial?
I'm playing a Zelda game. I get to the end of the dungeon.  There is a dragon boss.  I want to defeat the boss for goodies and opening new areas.  That's my motivation. This happens in Zelda 1 in the usual first dungeon, and Mount Doom in OoT.  Difference being that OoT tells me I'm doing it to liberate the gorons.  Why is that necessary information?  What if I didn't like the Gorons?  What if I'm racist and don't want to save brown rock people?  Its at these points that I find story and games incompatible. 

see also: Metroid Other M vs. Super Metroid
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: Great Rumbler on January 31, 2011, 08:34:28 PM
see also: Metroid Other M vs. Super Metroid

People don't back on Other M because it has a story, they bag on it because the story is PUTRID.
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: Himu on January 31, 2011, 08:34:50 PM
I'm talking about "why am I going into this dungeon?" "Why am I getting all of these medallions?" I prefer Majora's Mask's approach more so than the traditional "to do good!" approach. Does expounding upon the Gorons or Zora's plight take away from the game? No, it does not. So there's no reason to vilify the story telling in the least bit.

And yes, it is circumstantial. The fact that in Crush, a puzzle game with mind bendingly hard puzzles, has a story and has story scenes in between each level doesn't take away from the fact it's a great game. In fact, they add to the game, and to the game's design because the design is based AROUND the story.

Bringing up Metroid: Other M is stupid because it is an awful way of implementing story. It's like saying Transformers movies is a good argument as to why action shouldn't exist in movies. After all, Transformers sucked. So why bother?

You have no footing in this argument and seriously need to play more games or something.
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: Sho Nuff on January 31, 2011, 08:36:44 PM
I think the new Zelda would be better if the music was public domain favorites like Old McDonald and Turkey in the Straw

[youtube=560,345]TSwqnR327fk[/youtube]
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: Himu on January 31, 2011, 08:36:49 PM
I mean, I laugh at dude's who play games for story just as much as the next guy, but seriously.
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: EmCeeGrammar on January 31, 2011, 08:38:02 PM
see also: Metroid Other M vs. Super Metroid

People don't back on Other M because it has a story, they bag on it because the story is PUTRID.

It could never have been good. 
I think this is some impasse which partly explains why I'm so fond of Nintendo.  I'm kinda mixed on Zelda of course but most Nintendo franchises have silent protagonists and a huge deemphasis on plot.
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: Van Cruncheon on January 31, 2011, 08:38:29 PM
i actually agree with emceegrammar. story gets in the way more often than not. i am happy solving a dungeon and killing a boss just cuz.
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: Great Rumbler on January 31, 2011, 08:38:58 PM
see also: Metroid Other M vs. Super Metroid

People don't back on Other M because it has a story, they bag on it because the story is PUTRID.

It could never have been good. 

Well, not turning Samus into a whiny, 12-year-old girl would have been a nice place to start.
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: EmCeeGrammar on January 31, 2011, 08:39:11 PM
NNNNNEEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRRRRRRDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: Himu on January 31, 2011, 08:39:28 PM

see also: Metroid Other M vs. Super Metroid

Hence circumstantial.

Some games benefit from light storytelling, some benefit from a bit of storytelling, some from a quite a bit of storytelling.

This does not mean that all games should have story or that all games would benefit from no story at all.

It is wholly dependent on its use.
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: Himu on January 31, 2011, 08:41:45 PM
i actually agree with emceegrammar. story gets in the way more often than not. i am happy solving a dungeon and killing a boss just cuz.

Normally I would agree, but it depends on the genre and sometimes even game.

Some rpgs I don't give a fuck and just wanna slaughter fuckers with my atk stat.

Some, the world is so interesting I'd like to know more.

I mean, take Tactics Ogre or Final Fantasy Tactics. I wouldn't find either game nearly as fun without the story because then, it's just a bunch of random chess battles. But the story transforms them into something more than that. That doesn't mean I'm going to play them solely for the story, but the story adds to the larger whole, kinda like the cherry on top of a delicious ice cream sundae.
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: Great Rumbler on January 31, 2011, 08:44:41 PM
i actually agree with emceegrammar. story gets in the way more often than not. i am happy solving a dungeon and killing a boss just cuz.

Some games have more story than they need, some games don't have enough. Some games have absolutely horrible characters and cutscenes, some have really good characters and cutscenes. It's kind of ridiculous to just make some blanket statement about gaming as a whole. RPGs thrive on story, for the most part. Cutting out all the story from Planetscape: Torment would leave you with a simplistic battle system and that's about it [there's a reason Icewind Dale gets lost behind every other Black Isle/early Bioware game]. But shoving story and cutscenes into a bullethell game would be a terrible idea, because they're about simple arcade action and a fast pace.

Basically, there's a balance going on in a lot of games. Too much story bogs everything down [particularly is the story isn't very good], but too little story [in a lot of games] and it starts to feel sparse and bare. As far as non-RPGs go, I think Half Life 2 probably has one of the best means of conveying the story and that it by the things you hear, see, and do that provide you with information about who everyone is and what's going on. It doesn't pull you out of the game for lengthy cutscenes and it doesn't try to feed you too much exposition at once.

Story has its place in games, is what I'm saying.
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: EmCeeGrammar on January 31, 2011, 08:44:42 PM
How would a good game SUFFER if I removed all of its cutscenes, dialouge, and/or narrative?  A game stands on its principles of play first and foremost.  Believe it or not I've had my fair share of systems, I've played more than enough games to come to this conclusion.  It really was the difference between Katamari Damacy and GTA San Andreas for me.  One didn't take itself seriously and charmed me with its goofy aesthetics and simple mechanisms.  The other was CJ's got problems I don't really care about. How long until dicking around in faux-cali isn't fun anymore?
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: EmCeeGrammar on January 31, 2011, 08:46:05 PM
And wtf is wrong with a series of random chess battles?!?  I skip all the text in ffta2 and the advance wars games. STILL AWESOME.
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: Himu on January 31, 2011, 08:46:06 PM
I like the way Nintendo handles the story in some of their games like Zelda: MM. They have the perfect balance. Not a lot of cutscenes, but enough dialogue to savor and tell the story mostly through symbolism and theme, more so than shitty hubris and pathos and melodrama that a lot of games fall into.
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: Van Cruncheon on January 31, 2011, 08:46:44 PM
it has a place in games as DECORATION (and preferably marginal decoration at that), giving a cohesive theme to the art direction and level design. explicit storytelling can die, though, and i wouldn't cry.
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: Great Rumbler on January 31, 2011, 08:47:09 PM
How would a good game SUFFER if I removed all of its cutscenes, dialouge, and/or narrative? A game stands on its principles of play first and foremost.

Well, see, this implies that story ISN'T part of a particular game's principles, and I would argue that for a number of games story IS the foundation [or at least a part of it].

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It really was the difference between Katamari Damacy and GTA San Andreas for me.

So, that's the REAL difference, huh?  :lol
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: EmCeeGrammar on January 31, 2011, 08:49:00 PM
I had trouble articulating the differences between GTA and KD until that brave poet emceegrammr found a way

PICK A SIDE!

edit: And of course I realise there are many differences!
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: Himu on January 31, 2011, 08:49:31 PM
And wtf is wrong with a series of random chess battles?!?  I skip all the text in ffta2 and the advance wars games. STILL AWESOME.

I dunno. Killing the dark knight dude in FFT wouldn't be nearly as fun without holding a grudge for his earlier betrayal. Or fighting that preppy fucker after being a total dick. It wouldn't be the same game or the same experience. But then I LIKE FFT's story (for the most part), I don't think I could say the same for FFTA2's considering FFTA's is absolutely awful.
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: EmCeeGrammar on January 31, 2011, 08:51:18 PM
I don't have emotional attachments to sprites and plastic looking 3d models.  I guess that's why I can't appreciate the intricacies of game plot  :'(
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: Himu on January 31, 2011, 08:51:40 PM
How would a good game SUFFER if I removed all of its cutscenes, dialouge, and/or narrative?  A game stands on its principles of play first and foremost.  Believe it or not I've had my fair share of systems, I've played more than enough games to come to this conclusion.  It really was the difference between Katamari Damacy and GTA San Andreas for me.  One didn't take itself seriously and charmed me with its goofy aesthetics and simple mechanisms.  The other was CJ's got problems I don't really care about. How long until dicking around in faux-cali isn't fun anymore?

What about games like Silent Hill, Day of the Tentacle or Grim Fandango?
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: EmCeeGrammar on January 31, 2011, 08:53:27 PM
More than anything else you are highlighting why the point and click adventure genre is terrible and has subsequently died.  Silent Hill doesn't certainly need cutscenes to be creepy as fuck.
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: Great Rumbler on January 31, 2011, 08:54:26 PM
I don't have emotional attachments to sprites and plastic looking 3d models.  I guess that's why I can't appreciate the intricacies of game plot  :'(

You DO realize that the people in movies are just actors, right?

And RoF wouldn't be nearly as much fun without the ridiculous cutscenes:

[youtube=560,345]tVibNKrp8sQ[/youtube]

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More than anything else you are highlighting why the point and click adventure genre is terrible and has subsequently died.

If there's one thing the adventure genre isn't, it's dead. It just happens to be that LucasArts won't make them anymore and Sierra kicked the bucket years ago.
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: cool breeze on January 31, 2011, 08:55:03 PM
All a Zelda game needs for story is a reason to go adventuring.  MM and LA were different in a good way, but retained the same brevity as other Zelda games.  And both those games started with Link already adventuring.  That's why these games are fun.  I don't care if I'm saving the princess and fighting some arab pig thing again.  C'mon son toss my blade I'm gonna pump this likelike UNGGGH
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: Himu on January 31, 2011, 08:58:31 PM
All a Zelda game needs for story is a reason to go adventuring.  MM and LA were different in a good way, but retained the same brevity as other Zelda games.  And both those games started with Link already adventuring.  That's why these games are fun.  I don't care if I'm saving the princess and fighting some arab pig thing again.  C'mon son toss my blade I'm gonna pump this likelike UNGGGH

Yeah, ultimately I play Zelda for adventure and sense of thrill of exploration. Doesn't mean I can't appreciate some reasons to adventure though.
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: naff on January 31, 2011, 09:05:01 PM
I'd say the people disillusioned with thinking story has any place in a good videogame....

edit: Oh wait, need to be more condescending um
 :-\  :stfu

I'm not the one making sweeping statements like,

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narrative has no place in videogames
:lol

Obviously I don't play games for a literature worthy story and play many games without narrative and play some games which I wish didn't have a narrative but simply saying narrative has no place in any game is ridiculous. A games flexibility makes for interesting opportunities for exposition relative to other mediums and people should give it's shortcomings some slack regarding mediums youth. But yeah, narrative encompasses a lot, even very basic things like the story of your little paddle in shatter escaping it's prison, implied visually yet it still offers something more to the player on top of the gameplay to give a sense of purpose and progression through the game, a flippant yet nice touch and in my opinion it's better off for it, again it's the same in L4D2, very little traditional narrative but what's there is still a nice touch like the character exposition through their speech. I think more traditional narratives certainly have their place in certain games/genres too.
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: Himu on January 31, 2011, 09:06:36 PM
Yeah, seriously. Even dialogue adds to stuff like TF2 and L4D2.

It's mind boggling, that statement.
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: Van Cruncheon on January 31, 2011, 09:10:06 PM
dialogue is not narrrative
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: EmCeeGrammar on January 31, 2011, 09:11:13 PM
Whatever guys I need a smoke break.
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: Van Cruncheon on January 31, 2011, 09:12:00 PM
The only zelda games I want to play again are Phantom Hourglass and Link's Awakening.

Your opinion is now invalid.

cosign. you can't praise mechanics uber alles then laud phantom fucking hourglass, a game so bad even gameloft would feel ashamed to release it
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: cool breeze on January 31, 2011, 09:12:43 PM
I would just like to add that I'm not against story or anything in games, I just believe those who work on Zelda games are incapable of it.  Spirit Tracks was embarrassing animu shit and Zelda literally uguu'd on multiple occasions.  I would have tossed my DS but I was in a passing out from the four billion hour long train ride.

I speak as someone who considers the Zelda games to be his favorite games. 

and Super Mario Sunshine with Bowser telling his son that he wasn't Peach's rape baby.  Come on!
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: EmCeeGrammar on January 31, 2011, 09:13:27 PM
I don't have emotional attachments to sprites and plastic looking 3d models.  I guess that's why I can't appreciate the intricacies of game plot  :'(

The average human being can display empathy and show emotional response to simple geometric shapes, let alone objects with the appearance of a human.  Not to pick on you for your disability, but the inability to properly empathize is often seen in people suffering from autism-spectrum disorders and may point to the rationale behind your preferences here.

Dude, I'm way ahead of you on that one.  It's something I've suspected for a long time but can't confirm. 
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: Oblivion on January 31, 2011, 09:14:15 PM
The massive hard on that people have for LA is really baffling to me some times. Not because it's a bad game or anything, but because for some strange reason, it's seen as some shining example of how to make a Zelda game feel less stale. But the only distinguishing feature it has from say, LttP is the story. The gameplay, for all intents and purposes is IDENTICAL. At least when people mention something like MM, it had an interesting new gameplay mechanic. LA has absolutely no innovating features whatsoever.

Now, mind you, that's perfectly fine. If you're into story over gameplay, more power to ya. But that's all it is, story. Other than that, LA is LttP/the Oracles for lightweights.


Also, this makes Emcee's comments all the more confusing.
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: Himu on January 31, 2011, 09:14:36 PM
I thought Wind Waker and Majora's Mask were solid on the story front. The others....not so much. I definitely doubt Nintendo of today lacks the desire, creativity and initiative to make another Majora's Mask.
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: Himu on January 31, 2011, 09:16:36 PM
LttP has a gameplay > story focus, unlike LA. In LttP you can do many dungeons in any fucking order you want. Such an amazing game.
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: Himu on January 31, 2011, 09:19:54 PM
Ocarina Of Time's story was good, it wasn't original but it was done well.

See, I kinda agree, but OoT is a personal classic example of the tried and true Zelda formula that I want to see an end of. It's so...simplistic. In MM and WW, you are often given reasons and goals and motivations, which feel a lot more interesting than simply collecting even more medallions to kill Ganon...AGAIN. I guess you could say I feel Oscar on this, except I have no issues with the gameplay because very often the gameplay in 3d Zelda's is designed AROUND the story. So if you had a more interesting story, I'm sure we'd have less stale gameplay.
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: Oblivion on January 31, 2011, 09:23:14 PM
Himu, you can have meaningful motivations and intimate relationships while still retaining classic Zelda staples like Ganon. They're not mutually exclusive. Unless one simply doesn't want Ganon, then that's another issue.
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: Himu on January 31, 2011, 09:26:12 PM
You're right. It's just that we've seen him so much I just want less of him.
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: naff on January 31, 2011, 09:30:46 PM
dialogue is not narrrative

Dialogue in the case of L4D forms a part of the narrative through character exposition, along with the environments, your objective, the characters roles etc
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: Diunx on January 31, 2011, 09:46:50 PM
A zelda game with an awesome story? I must have missed that one.
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: iconoclast on January 31, 2011, 10:06:39 PM
The worst thing about video game stories is when it starts invading genres where it doesn't belong. WHY do I have to skip through a bunch of dialogue while my group of lolis sit at a campfire in Death Smiles? At least you can just press start and skip it completely in DS2.

That said, I think traditional RPGs would be borderline worthless if they didn't focus on story and characters. SRPGs don't really need stories though. They'd be boring as fuck, but at least every map could stand on its own.
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: Van Cruncheon on January 31, 2011, 10:17:43 PM
dialogue is not narrrative

Dialogue in the case of L4D forms a part of the narrative through character exposition, along with the environments, your objective, the characters roles etc

not saying it CAN'T contribute to or even define narrative, derp. just that it isn't necessarily narrative, either.
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: Oblivion on January 31, 2011, 10:33:20 PM
Why isn't it considered pandering with games like PH and ST?
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: cool breeze on January 31, 2011, 10:40:26 PM
Phantom Hourglass was "Pirates of the Caribbean was cool, let's rip off Jack Sparrow and have him team up with Link."
Spirit Tracks was "People like train games and bad anime.  Let's make our entire game trains and bad anime."

maybe not to fans of fun and video games, but they're pandering to a certain group with those games.  I dunno.


and uh, OoT is like my favorite game but it is straight up LTTP in 3D.  And Twilight Princess was LTTP in slightly better 3D.  And OoT 3DS is somewhere in the middle of that.
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: Diunx on January 31, 2011, 11:07:14 PM
Trains are popular in japan?
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: cool breeze on January 31, 2011, 11:11:35 PM
from what I understand, those Densha de Go games are popular.

[youtube=560,345]gVBKVGn47fk[/youtube]
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: Raban on January 31, 2011, 11:31:29 PM
I loved the fire temple soundtrack

The one with your people's hymns in it?

actually no, I heard that one on youtube and loved it though.

It's a lot better than its replacement, imo.
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: Smooth Groove on February 01, 2011, 12:19:19 AM
I bet a huge reason for the popularity of trains in Japan is due to the molestation opportunities presented in trains. 
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: SantaC on February 01, 2011, 02:19:56 AM
The only zelda games I want to play again are Phantom Hourglass and Link's Awakening.

Your opinion is now invalid.

cosign. you can't praise mechanics uber alles then laud phantom fucking hourglass, a game so bad even gameloft would feel ashamed to release it

 :lol

it is the truth though. Phantom Hoursglass is like a smartphone download for 5 bucks. It was my worst zelda game until they managed to top it with Spirit Tracks, lol.

Wind Waker is still the king for me.
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: Trent Dole on February 01, 2011, 04:24:43 AM
How could you guys forget this classic piece from OOT. Game has an amazing soundtrack one of my favs of all time.

[youtube=560,345]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJBCkTXnIew[/youtube]
:bow TIME PARADOX :bow2
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: magus on February 01, 2011, 05:51:31 AM
Its like bitching that you have to help Nabooru escape from jail and THEN you get to go to the spirit temple.  Its a trope of Zelda and nothing LA did in particular. 

yes this is what i don't get

saving monkeys trough stealth sequence = ok
boring hunt for small light balls = good
cutting bushes for getting money = not a problem
waiting on your ass while waiting the ship arrive at your destination = i can do that
giving banana that you can even get before needing them to monkeys = BAN THIS FILTH!

it's like himuro problem is that i'm kicking him in the balls,but i'm not kicking him hard enough to enjoy it ???

as regards "plot in videogame" i present to you
[youtube=560,345]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xq1cqn9zBvs[/youtube]
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: SantaC on February 01, 2011, 06:47:07 AM
Maybe you shouldnt be playing LA in 2011 Himuro, game is from fucking 93 or something. In 93 it sure as hell didnt feel fetch questy and gimicky, its a bit anachronistic to label it as such now eh?

excatly, people shouldn't complain at a fetch quest 18 years later. Zelda LA was the pinnacle of handheld gaming when it was released.

Oh and those who complain at the stealth in Wind Waker, comon it is like 3% of the overall game. There is like five moblins you need to sneak by.  :omg
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: Himu on February 01, 2011, 09:05:07 AM
Kosma: it was only a reply to the LA fan wank. People who shit on the rest of the series while putting LA on pedestal make no sense.
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: tiesto on February 01, 2011, 09:12:35 AM
The only zelda games I want to play again are Phantom Hourglass and Link's Awakening.

Your opinion is now invalid.

cosign. you can't praise mechanics uber alles then laud phantom fucking hourglass, a game so bad even gameloft would feel ashamed to release it

Phantom Hourglass looks like a masterpiece next to Spirit Tracks... I can't believe Nintendo ever put their name to something that terrible.
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: magus on February 01, 2011, 09:30:52 AM
Kosma: it was only a reply to the LA fan wank. People who shit on the rest of the series while putting LA on pedestal make no sense.

i don't see anything wrong with liking 2D zelda and not liking 3D zelda
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: Himu on February 01, 2011, 09:36:29 AM
2d zelda is so simplistic. it's like the 3d games enabled them to do everything they wanted to do in the 2d games but just couldn't manage. the one 2d zelda i'd play on any day of the week is lttp.
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: Himu on February 01, 2011, 09:39:03 AM
And on that note, almost every person I've seen who prefers 2d zelda over 3d is trying to be edgy or something. Almost every single time.
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: Diunx on February 01, 2011, 09:40:34 AM
Real talk: lttp and minish cap are the best zelda games.
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: magus on February 01, 2011, 09:44:27 AM
And on that note, almost every person I've seen who prefers 2d zelda over 3d is trying to be edgy or something. Almost every single time.

:bow hipster gaming :bow2
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: AdmiralViscen on February 01, 2011, 09:51:08 AM
2D Zeldas have a faster pace and more to do in the overworld.
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: Himu on February 01, 2011, 09:51:27 AM
Use space, height, and more. You can't do the Shadow Temple or the Forest Temple or even Stone Tower in 2d.

Show me a 2d Zelda game that has nearly as much depth as Arbiter's Grounds and maybe I'll concede.
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: Himu on February 01, 2011, 09:57:14 AM
Sheit, show me the spirit temple in 2d. The pacing in 2d zelda's tends to be faster, but I'll take depth over that any day.
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: Himu on February 01, 2011, 10:03:06 AM
Zelda? Janky? Disagree there. Pretty smooth experiences for me.
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: demi on February 01, 2011, 10:22:25 AM
Zelda? Janky? Disagree there. Pretty smooth experiences for me.

I'm convinced
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: SantaC on February 01, 2011, 10:43:15 AM
And on that note, almost every person I've seen who prefers 2d zelda over 3d is trying to be edgy or something. Almost every single time.

Ehn, I prefer 2D Zelda to 3D Zelda, and I'm a hell of a lot less fickle and prone to attempting to be edgy than you are.  Come at me, bro.

OoS and OoA are amazing 2D zeldas, that said my favorite is still Wind Waker due to great enviroment. <3 windfall island. And I dont mind the sailing either, because it actually got that adventurous feeling.

Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: Himu on February 01, 2011, 10:53:02 AM
And on that note, almost every person I've seen who prefers 2d zelda over 3d is trying to be edgy or something. Almost every single time.

Ehn, I prefer 2D Zelda to 3D Zelda, and I'm a hell of a lot less fickle and prone to attempting to be edgy than you are.  Come at me, bro.

Meh. I really don't try to be edgy. I just like to troll. :(

In any case, I just don't get the mentality that 2d Zelda is oh so great while 3d Zelda is oh so boring. It's two different takes on the same formula. I like both, which is I don't understand all the hate 3d Zelda gets, usually from weird retro enthusiasts.
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: demi on February 01, 2011, 10:55:57 AM
COME IN ME BRO
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: magus on February 01, 2011, 11:31:58 AM
i personaly don't like ocarina that much because it feels so by the number,there is a forest dungeon,a fire dungeon,a water dungeon..... and all of this happens "BECAUSE THE HERO NEEDS THE 8 MAGIC MEDALLION OF FETCH QUESTING TO BREAK THE ANCIENT FETCH QUESTING SEAL!"

:bow twilight princess and his awesome ice castle dungeon with his awesome chain ball :bow2
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: EmCeeGrammar on February 01, 2011, 11:46:19 AM
2d zelda doesn't have camera problems, allows you to engage multiple enemies without the constraints of the ztargeting system, and practices density over scope.  Think of the hyrule field in Ocarina, compare that to the main expanse of Koholint Island.  Koholint island has secrets and activity in every tile (exagerrating).  3d zelda repeatedly ferries you to the main points of interest through uninteresting hubs. The puzzles in 3d zelda devolve usually down to going into first person to find some switch or inconsistency in the room.  Then blocks are pushed. A lot.  Maybe you have to kill some bad dudes before the blocks can be pushed. :l
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: Himu on February 01, 2011, 11:50:17 AM
You can bring up Koholint island and I can just as easily bring up Majora's Mask's Termina which is far more dense than Link's Awakening hopes it could ever be.

Most Zelda's are about hitting switches and obtaining keys. Your puzzle complaint is moot.
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: EmCeeGrammar on February 01, 2011, 11:54:13 AM
Majora's mask is often the exception when talking about how dull and stale and poorly designed 3d zeldas can be.  Still, it doesn't beat the immediacy and approachable play of a 2d zelda game.  I'm really glad Skyward Sword has a sprint button.  The third dimension makes zelda feel much slower than would be preferred, sprinting should help a lot with that.
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: tiesto on February 01, 2011, 11:56:06 AM
And on that note, almost every person I've seen who prefers 2d zelda over 3d is trying to be edgy or something. Almost every single time.

Ehn, I prefer 2D Zelda to 3D Zelda, and I'm a hell of a lot less fickle and prone to attempting to be edgy than you are.  Come at me, bro.

I prefer 2D to 3D Zelda as well, but then again I am a pretty edgy cat...
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: magus on February 01, 2011, 12:02:01 PM
2d zelda doesn't have camera problems, allows you to engage multiple enemies without the constraints of the ztargeting system, and practices density over scope.  Think of the hyrule field in Ocarina, compare that to the main expanse of Koholint Island.  Koholint island has secrets and activity in every tile (exagerrating).  3d zelda repeatedly ferries you to the main points of interest through uninteresting hubs. The puzzles in 3d zelda devolve usually down to going into first person to find some switch or inconsistency in the room.  Then blocks are pushed. A lot.  Maybe you have to kill some bad dudes before the blocks can be pushed. :l

don't forget to light all the torches!
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: Himu on February 01, 2011, 12:09:36 PM
Meh. I really don't try to be edgy. I just like to troll. :(

In any case, I just don't get the mentality that 2d Zelda is oh so great while 3d Zelda is oh so boring. It's two different takes on the same formula. I like both, which is I don't understand all the hate 3d Zelda gets, usually from weird retro enthusiasts.

For me, it's the pacing.  The 2D games usually have more compact worlds and more action than the 3D ones.  I always enjoy my playthrough of the 3D Zelda games, but it's only ever one playthrough, because I just can't face slogging through all the slow parts to play the parts I do love.  Ocarina you have sit through the boring-ass early areas.  Windwaker you have to do that fucking Triforce hunt and all that bullshit sailing.  Twilight Princess you have to get through one of the most painfully slow intro/tutorial sections I've ever played and constantly traverse the really big, really empty hub.  Majora is the best about it but even that game involves a lot of re-doing of tedious shit. 

Don't get me wrong, the 2D Zelda games (or at least the latter ones) all suffer from similar problems, but it's all a lot shorter and easier to get through.  I don't think it's as simple as saying the 3D Zeldas are everything the 2D ones are and more anymore than it's appropriate to say that about 3D Mario/2D Mario.  Aside from the broad outline, they're very different animals. 

I would say 2d Mario/3d Mario is different though as 2d platforming is fundamentally completely different from 3d platforming.

2d Zelda and 3d Zelda, though, have extreme similarities and one builds upon the other. In 2d Zelda, it's pretty obvious where you can use a grapple. In 3d Zelda, they can put some place to grapple high up in the ceiling and you'll have to actively look for it. Stuff like exploration and adventuring are considerably better in 3d Zelda than 2d Zelda for me as well, which is the entire premise of Zelda for me, and not puzzles or dungeons, even though those are considerably better in 3d to me since you have to actively look in first person to find hints and clues.

Using the teleport to go from Zora's fountain to Lake Hylia, or using pea pods to go get to a new exclusive location, or finally reuniting Kafei and Anju in Majora's Mask. Even sailing the seas in Wind Waker is a joy to me and it's something I prefer over the yawn worthy simplicity of 2d Zelda.

Although it's true that the 3d Zelda's tend to have slower pacing, I don't really mind the slower pacing because they tend to more than make up for it.

The one lone exception for me is Link to the Past.

I really like 2d Zelda, but I'd take 3d Zelda over it any day.

Majora's mask is often the exception when talking about how dull and stale and poorly designed 3d zeldas can be.  Still, it doesn't beat the immediacy and approachable play of a 2d zelda game.  I'm really glad Skyward Sword has a sprint button.  The third dimension makes zelda feel much slower than would be preferred, sprinting should help a lot with that.

I don't care about approachability, I care about depth and features. LttP is the only 2d Zelda I can think of that is up to par. Since this past summer I've beaten Legend of Zelda, Link to the Past, and Link's Awakening. In terms of 2d Zelda I should really tackle the oracles for the first time next. I dread playing Minish Cap again because I find that game mind numbingly boring.

Also, I tend to enjoy Wind Waker's approach as well, though it's certainly flawed.
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: AdmiralViscen on February 01, 2011, 12:18:03 PM
Himu is a cigarillo
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: Himu on February 01, 2011, 12:18:49 PM
2d zelda doesn't have camera problems, allows you to engage multiple enemies without the constraints of the ztargeting system, and practices density over scope.  Think of the hyrule field in Ocarina, compare that to the main expanse of Koholint Island.  Koholint island has secrets and activity in every tile (exagerrating).  3d zelda repeatedly ferries you to the main points of interest through uninteresting hubs. The puzzles in 3d zelda devolve usually down to going into first person to find some switch or inconsistency in the room.  Then blocks are pushed. A lot.  Maybe you have to kill some bad dudes before the blocks can be pushed. :l

don't forget to light all the torches!


You light torches in LttP.

Many problems retro fetishists complain about that occur in 3d Zelda happen in 2d Zelda as well, hence the confusion. It would see palpable and reasonable to conclude that if one likes 2d Zelda, one would like the other. After all, this isn't like Mario where they completely different.

For example:

[youtube=560,345]ZznLKBYcvc0[/youtube]

That switch puzzle complaint? I see a multi-floor dungeon with switches and elevating water levels to solve puzzles.

But this video explains why LttP is the one exception when it comes to 2d Zelda for me. I can't think of a 2d Zelda with dungeons as good as this.
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: Himu on February 01, 2011, 12:19:35 PM
Waitasec.  You haven't played the Oracle games?  Jeez man, that would be like me talking about 3D Zelda without having played, like, Windwaker and Majora or something.  We shall re-engage these talkies after you appropriately educate yourself, sir.

Really? I didn't figure they would be THAT different.

Himu is a cigarillo

and proud
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: Himu on February 01, 2011, 12:45:57 PM
I didn't have a gbc. I had a gameboy pocket. I thought gbc was fucking stupid so I passed on one. Oracle games remain the only mainline Zelda's I've never played. I'm slowly going through the whole series now like I did with FF series pre-FF13, one game every few months. Thankfully, unlike with that FF playthrough, my love for Zelda has only risen due to this. I'm holding out on Ocarina for the remake. Before SS and OoT 3d I should replay MM, then WW, TP, and then play the Oracles. Gonna pass on Minish Cap and the ds games because they bore me. I've beaten Zelda 1, LttP and LA on my replays. Still haven't beaten 2 cuz it sucks or I suck or possibly both.

I used to think LA > LttP until this recent replay. Hadn't played both in about like 5 years.
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: iconoclast on February 01, 2011, 01:35:56 PM
Woah, Skyward Sword has a sprint button? Interest increased from zero to very little.
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: magus on February 01, 2011, 02:11:04 PM
They're really weird games.  They're even pretty different from *each other*.  Plus the zapping system from RE2, used for the last time ever!

i don't think that they are that weird but..... zapping system? what the heck is that?
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: demi on February 01, 2011, 03:16:41 PM
He means where you can play either game in any order, etc. And it effects stuff on the other game/disc.
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: Raban on February 01, 2011, 03:32:24 PM
Nintendo rebooted Mario? ???
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: magus on February 01, 2011, 03:37:34 PM
if mario galaxy counts as a reboot then wind waker might as well count as a reboot,and skyward sword with his whole "MATOOR CELL-SHADING AND MOTION CONTROL" can count as a reboot

so yea....
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: Raban on February 01, 2011, 03:38:55 PM
I don't see how they rebooted Mario. And they probably won't ever "reboot" Zelda.

The only Nintendo IP I can think of that's gotten a reboot is Metroid, and now Kid Icarus. Punch-Out as well.
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: Raban on February 01, 2011, 03:46:04 PM
It's the secret stages of Super Mario Sunshine with power ups thrown in and some great visuals and music.
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: SantaC on February 01, 2011, 04:08:04 PM
skyward sword looks like a turd graphically. It is like Miyamoto and Aonuma vomited on the tea-table and said, HEY LETS GO WITH THIS STYLE SINCE WERE OUT OF IDEAS!


(http://cdon.se/media-dynamic/images/product/00/07/81/06/86/7/legend-of-zelda-skyward-sword.jpg)

it is like bloom-lightning mixed with terrible cell-shading and twilight princesses shitty textures  :yuck

hopefully the game plays better than it looks (or that they have tweaked the look since last E3)
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: TakingBackSunday on February 01, 2011, 04:32:09 PM
that was nearly a year ago, with a test demo level.  stfu
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: magus on February 01, 2011, 04:39:05 PM
actualy the latest screenshot released showed that they were going to reduce all that bloom

http://thegamingliberty.com/index.php/2010/09/30/is-zelda-skyward-sword-looking-a-little-dark/

Quote
that was nearly a year ago, with a test demo level.  stfu

::)

Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: Diunx on February 01, 2011, 04:44:00 PM
Woah, Skyward Sword has a sprint button? Interest increased from zero to very little.

Zelda finally catch up to GTA.
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: Himu on February 01, 2011, 04:53:26 PM
skyward sword looks like a turd graphically. It is like Miyamoto and Aonuma vomited on the tea-table and said, HEY LETS GO WITH THIS STYLE SINCE WERE OUT OF IDEAS!

hopefully the game plays better than it looks (or that they have tweaked the look since last E3)

you can't be this dumb, santa. please. PLEAAASE.
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: Purple Filth on February 01, 2011, 05:08:22 PM
i've never played a 2d Zelda for very long (even the lauded A Link to the Past)

 :tomato
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: Oblivion on February 01, 2011, 09:59:32 PM
was nearly a year ago, with a test demo level.  stfu
Quote
::)

Why the rollin eyes? He's right. TP improved drastically from when it was revealed.
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: demi on February 01, 2011, 10:34:02 PM
Oh... did it? Must have not noticed
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: SantaC on February 02, 2011, 02:25:17 AM
was nearly a year ago, with a test demo level.  stfu
Quote
::)

Why the rollin eyes? He's right. TP improved drastically from when it was revealed.

Drastically? Really? i am looking at the 2005 shots, and it does not seem much different from the end product graphically.



Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: pilonv1 on February 02, 2011, 06:31:27 AM
http://www.ebgames.com.au/ds-150614-Nintendo-3DS-Blue-Nintendo-DS

:rofl AUS$400, and we're at parity with the US$.
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: Dickie Dee on February 03, 2011, 07:38:00 PM
I suppose every screen is either gonna look like shite or be great depending on what elements they've updated so far.

Perhaps that's what happens when you're remaking an old game  :omg
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: Diunx on February 03, 2011, 10:46:22 PM
That's what happens when you are porting an old game and calling it a remake.
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: Lucretius on February 07, 2011, 01:40:57 AM
all this talk has made me go back and start playing Wind Waker again.  Never got very far in it.  I'm in the Forbidden Forrest dungeon or whatever it's called.  And one thing has struck me about it that I've never experienced with any other Zelda game. 

Nausea. 

That's right, apparently, I'm such a wuss that Wind Waker gives me motion sickness.  WTF.
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: The Sceneman on February 07, 2011, 04:19:05 AM
so the N64 games didnt make you want to puke? Unusual...
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: Lucretius on February 07, 2011, 11:35:04 PM
I think it's just extended sessions in tight dungeons.
I need... wide open spaces!
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: demi on February 07, 2011, 11:43:13 PM
:teehee
Title: Re: All off the OoT 3DS wagon?
Post by: Lucretius on February 08, 2011, 12:07:58 AM
teehee