Gaming Zelda Fans Come Hither...

Hey IDK about you, but Intro to Fishing was one of the BEST ways to start a Zelda game, fo sho.

Also I like to think that Armogohma is just that little eyeball spider, and the big thing you fight is a giant mecha suit.

 

I've played the demo and I liked it but aren't in a rush to buy it, especially with me still having a bit left to get on ALBW.

 

So I finished a project I made as a gift for two kids I see at Xmas (who both loved ALBW) that you guys might find interesting. Basically I was giving them the original LOZ on VC (via eShop card) and decided to make a manual to go with it since the VC version doesn't come with one (at least not the story, guidebook & illustrated reference type like you physically got with the cartridge). I also made a treasure chest to store it in.

So, about 50 illustrated or written pages later, the result is pretty neat, I think:

Here's my FB album with all the photos.

A few samples:

 

They seemed to like it- I think the older of the two boys will appreciate it more once he has a chance to dig into it as he seems to like the lore and world aspect more. The younger one is more of a Zelda fan but the game might be too hard for him right now (he's 5) but he'll get there. He apparently loved the treasure chest though and uses it to role play when he dresses up as Link.

It was fun making it regardless (though now I want one for myself, lol)- I enjoyed trying to merge the booklet illustrations with the sprite designs with my own flourishes. I'm oddly proud about how Moldorm came out since it's difficult to mix the simple NES sprite, cartoony later sprites and the more realistic general design aesthetic of the booklets.

I figure next year I'll get them AOL and give them the missing Triforce corner I tore off that page. Probably won't do another book though for that one since there's enough crossover. Maybe I'll do a small scroll with the backstory for that one.

On the subject of TFH, I don't have it yet so can't help ya there.

EDIT- NA non-bundle disc art for TP HD has a SS style to it:



and the EUR style is closer to the original:


Another small detail is that it seems like they've reduced the number of Tears of Light you need to collect (a screenshot shows 11 in Lake Hylia instead of the original 15). Presumably this will help streamline the game by shortening the wolf sequences people complained about,

 

Aw what, people complained about those parts? I thought those were pretty creative portions of the game.

Also cool that they've added Ilia to the cover art. She more important to the plot than Zelda, anyway.

 

The wolf sections got mixed reaction for feeling unnecessary- thus the longer ones like Lake Hylia made it feel like the game was kept in low gear for too long. I don't think people actively. Disliked them, they just weren't enthusiastic about them.

They were sort of the equivalent of the Triforce shard hunt in TWW (though nowhere near as game-halting or derided). So, like the hunt in TWW, they're seemingly streamlining that a bit to enhance the game's pacing.

 

See I always thought the owl stature section dragged the most and was most akin to the Triforce shard hunt. Though admittedly having to go all the way to Hyrule Castle Town for a lone bug was a bit much. Splitting them between the lake and the river was enough, IMO.

 

Mechanically, I can see how they would be similar (though I think they're even more similar to the three statues you use to make the Tower of the Gods appear in TWW). But the owl statues are basically a single puzzle and I think the criticisms over the wolf levels were more that you're doing the same thing in each section so it feels like (and, really, is) multiple sections/puzzles/objectives that just happen to be identical.

But I liked the wolf sequences, so, I can't go too far into the opposing viewpoint.

 

That barely sounds like a legit criticism. I mean mechanically the bug sections are your way to get a sense of the terrain in each section. Let's you learn about where certain ledges and shortcuts are, so you can utilize them as a human. Hardly identical.

In contrast, by the time of the owl statues you're treading old ground, so other than allowing access to some treasure chests you probably don't even need at that point, they don't really expand anything or introduce new terrain. Plus, each one is find the statue, move it a bit, walk to where it was and gain a letter. Repeat about 7 or 8 times, whatever it was. Highly engaging gameplay, that.

Not that I care much anyway, seeing I liked those parts myself. I'm guessing these people just didn't like the wolf form in general, which is alright, but then they shouldn't make it seem like those parts of the game are somehow inferior to others.

 

Yeah I think it just boils down to: "Some people didn't like wolf levels, made wolf levels slightly shorter".

EDIT- Another tweak revealed: the max rupees level has been doubled to 2000. That's a great change- I had to leave too many chests behind in dungeons due to hitting the cap too easily.

 

Cool- so this will be more LA-DX than TWW-HD.