The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Wii U) - March 3, 2017

[Talal86]

Originally Posted by jimidini

See, I can do this too.

yeah you made it look muddy, but it still has more details than what I posted, I asked if it was fake or not, because the game looked good in the trailer, not sure what's your whole rant is about? watching a 360p video on youtube doesn't magically erase all color and details from the video

Originally Posted by jimidini

But I'm too lazy to create a similar JPG for Uncharted 2.

not sure what uncharted has to do with this? I hope it's not because I have an uncharted avatar, because I'd like to that you are not that simple

and why do you want to create a "similar" jpg? what is your point exactly? that a game released in 2009 can look just as bad as a game shown in 2016??

maybe if you aimed a little higher you wouldn't be comparing it to a game released more than half a decade ago, but then again, most of the "new" game mechanics that this zelda is adding are from 2009 as well, so I guess that's why

[detective392]

Originally Posted by HimmelBlau

This game will come out with the NX??

Yes, it's going to be an NX launch title.

[jimidini]

Originally Posted by Talal86

and why do you want to create a "similar" jpg? what is your point exactly? that a game released in 2009 can look just as bad as a game shown in 2016??

My point was actually that any game can be made ugly in a screenshot, you just need to go through tons of footage. And I already said that me changing that other screenshot to look bad isn't the same, because I would need a video stream with tons of footage and then I would go through it to find the worst screenshot to properly reproduce it.

Uncharted 2 normally doesn't look like this but it is in fact an actual screenshot of the game. It's not representative of the game's graphics.

And no, it had nothing to do with your avatar. It's just the one screenshot that always comes to my mind when I see stuff like that. Your avatar also is from Uncharted 4, not 2.

So to answer your question again: it's properly not "fake", but it's surely not representative of the game's graphics. Someone looked for the worst screenshot and then even used a horrible resolution to make it look as bad as it can be. For the other shot the original resolution was used of course. Which means it was probably not some actual fan, but some troll, who created it.

[Steelmaker]

Originally Posted by jimidini

My point was actually that any game can be made ugly in a screenshot, you just need to go through tons of footage. And I already said that me changing that other screenshot to look bad isn't the same, because I would need a video stream with tons of footage and then I would go through it to find the worst screenshot to properly reproduce it.

Uncharted 2 normally doesn't look like this but it is in fact an actual screenshot of the game. It's not representative of the game's graphics.

And no, it had nothing to do with your avatar. It's just the one screenshot that always comes to my mind when I see stuff like that. Your avatar also is from Uncharted 4, not 2.

So to answer your question again: it's properly not "fake", but it's surely not representative of the game's graphics. Someone looked for the worst screenshot and then even used a horrible resolution to make it look as bad as it can be. For the other shot the original resolution was used of course. Which means it was probably not some actual fan, but some troll, who created it.

Not only that, the only way you could have a fair comparison is if it were a side by side shot of the exact same spot on the map. Some areas are more barren than others. Clearly those aren't the exact same spots in that world.

[Derb]

Originally Posted by dyne

You're joking right? Tell me you're joking.

Maybe slightly better then average indie games. Oh & it has Zelda in the title.

[Chris60119]

I was disappointed in the trailer. I was expecting much better graphics. It did not make me want to run out and buy a wiiu or NX right away.

[Hatter]

Originally Posted by Chris60119

I was disappointed in the trailer. I was expecting much better graphics. It did not make me want to run out and buy a wiiu or NX right away.

Sadly true. There are enough stunning looking games on the Wii U to remind us that they should have done better.

[Steelmaker]

Originally Posted by Hatter

Sadly true. There are enough stunning looking games on the Wii U to remind us that they should have done better.

Well, the game is nearly a year away. Surely we'll see a good bit of polish on it between now and launch. I know Kimishima said the NX version would be the same "experience" but that doesn't mean it wont have higher graphic fidelity and better frame rate. He could have just meant that the core game itself wont change.

[Hatter]

Originally Posted by Steelmaker

Well, the game is nearly a year away. Surely we'll see a good bit of polish on it between now and launch. I know Kimishima said the NX version would be the same "experience" but that doesn't mean it wont have higher graphic fidelity and better frame rate. He could have just meant that the core game itself wont change.

I don't care for the NX. The Wii U itself is capable of more. Games like Bayonetta 2 and even launch titles like Need For Speed: Most Wanted show quite clearly that the Wii U is capable of very nice graphics. Heck I played Fast Racing Neo wondering if the cool rain effects in one of the courses would be retained in splitscreen and sure enough it was. Downgraded slightly but most companies would have removed it. Game still kept up pretty good during the whole race.

Yes graphics aren't everything but the Wii U is quite capable of having both graphics and gameplay. Companies saying otherwise are usually just lazy.

[Steelmaker]

Incidentally, IGN has awarded Zelda Breath of the Wild Game of Show. Personally I disagree. I would have given it to Horizon Zero Dawn or God of War but, at least thats something .

[TomN245]

I think LoZ: BotW looks great. I think it's pointless comparing it to games with realistic graphics (like Uncharted 2), as this world has it's own unique, cell-shaded art style.

It's like comparing The Tale of Princess Kaguya (2014) with a Pixar film. Lots of people did and said TToPK looks awful, but it's an entirely different art style all together.

The comparison shot from the last page isn't great. The E3 2014 image is from a video promo, not from gameplay. It's the same with every game that gets a swanky teaser trailer or cutscenes. Gameplay rarely looks as good.

Even still I probably won't get this. I have too many Zelda games to get through.

[Steelmaker]

Originally Posted by TomN245

I think LoZ: BotW looks great. I think it's pointless comparing it to games with realistic graphics (like Uncharted 2), as this world has it's own unique, cell-shaded art style.

It's like comparing The Tale of Princess Kaguya (2014) with a Pixar film. Lots of people did and said TToPK looks awful, but it's an entirely different art style all together.

The comparison shot from the last page isn't great. The E3 2014 image is from a video promo, not from gameplay. It's the same with every game that gets a swanky teaser trailer or cutscenes. Gameplay rarely looks as good.

Even still I probably won't get this. I have too many Zelda games to get through.

It's not the art style of the game that bothers me. Personally I love the water color artsy look. However even within that style I think it should look better. For example, when Link chops down a tree and it falls over, all the branches magically disappear and it becomes this smooth, perfecly formed log that looks exactly the same everytime. To me that kind of stuff is lazy programming.

[SlaughterX]

I wonder if they're going to make a CE for this. I hope they don't make a LE NX, because I don't want one but uf they made a Zekda LE console I'd probably buy it...

[redxrebellion]

Originally Posted by SlaughterX

I wonder if they're going to make a CE for this. I hope they don't make a LE NX, because I don't want one but uf they made a Zekda LE console I'd probably buy it...

Same here. I'm actually planning on it

[jimidini]

Originally Posted by SlaughterX

I wonder if they're going to make a CE for this.

Of course they will.

The actual question is: Will they only make a lame-ass "plus amiibo" edition or an actual proper Collector's Edition w/ artbook + soundtrack + other stuff.

The Hyrule Warriors Treasure / Premium editions from Japan give me hope. On the other hand those were exclusive to Japan (and I imported them). Europe only got 1 item of each instead of the full deal.

[dyne]

Originally Posted by SlaughterX

I wonder if they're going to make a CE for this. I hope they don't make a LE NX, because I don't want one but uf they made a Zekda LE console I'd probably buy it...

Sure they will. 500 pieces only available at the Nintendo World Store in NYC.

[Himmel]

The Legend of Zelda E3 Demo Contains Coded Messages..

It looks like Nintendo embedded secret messages into The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild footage from E3.

Zelda fans have already created a translation key for the written language seen throughout Breath of the Wild. They haven't figured out every letter just yet—but they're well on their way.



NeoGAF user RagnarokX mentioned it all began when Nintendo released a teaser image with Hylian text. Another GAFer "noticed a pattern," and figured out the text read THELEGENDOFZELDA. It was enough letters to begin translating the Hylian found in Breadth of the Wild's E3 footage.

Nintendo seems to be using the language to tell fans what they're looking at, or how they should use something; on the entrance to a dungeon, the word is spelled out repeatedly with the symbols. Letters on a gear spell out rotate, and a tower spotted around Hyrule is labeled sheaktower.











Thanks to neogaf for the scoop.

[redxrebellion]

So where will this one take place in the timeline?

[jimidini]

Originally Posted by dyne

Sure they will. 500 pieces only available at the Nintendo World Store in NYC.

lol, yeah. US will get ****ed over. That will happen for sure.

[detective392]

Hoping for an NX bundle at launch.