Gaming Zelda Fans Come Hither...

I got Hyrule Warriors for the Switch not long ago. It's a lot of fun; i just beat the Legends mode, so now I'm moving on to Adventure mode.

It's got a lot of great attention to detail- every game that has a stage has tons of elements either appear or referenced.

 

I think that was specifically referencing both the Z2 backstory and the descriptions of ALTTP's era as being just past a golden age (ie: declining due to unnatural weather and other evil influences like Agahnim, etc).

 

I'm referring to pre-Hyrule Historia descriptions. I believe it was the ALTTP Player's Guide that first described the ALTTP era as a golden age to explain why Hyrule seemed in decline during LOZ/AOL (no castle, no village, people living in caves, etc).

Hyrule Historia likely nodded towards them when labeling the content for that era/timeline branch, even if their specific application was adjusted.

 

Speaking of the timelines, looks like BOTW is officially at the very end of the Zelda timeline. Going by it's placement on the official Zelda site and Aonuma's comments, it's the very last sequel to every game. It's a little unclear if that means it's at the end of a unified timeline, or at the end of the three different timelines. But still, nice to get some official word on that.

 

It's placement seems to be "at the end of the timeline" but with no established connections (lines between boxes) to which timeline branch it is a part of, yet. Looks like they're keeping it vague for now so that they have room to adjust it later on (much like how the timeline was slightly changed between Hyrule Historia and the recent Encyclopedia).

 

Oh sure. If there's one thing we've learned over the years it's that the timeline is very fluid.

 

Since it will probably be a bit before I can play BOTW (I might be able to squeeze in a Switch before the end of the year, but I gotta buy Smash first, so Zelda would have to wait a couple months), I may try to spend some of my holiday time (that isn't used playing Smash) to going back and picking up my Skyward Sword save file. Has about 6 years of dust on it, but, hey, I've yet to beat a 3D Zelda game without a few years pause in the middle, so why start now?

 

1) Normally I would, but finite funds and I simply won't have the time to invest in such a huge open world game until after the holidays. SS is more linear and, in conjunction with already being half started, can be completed in the time I'll have available.

Smash I'll need for the smaller sessions inbetween and for holiday gatherings. Zelda is still single player (thankfully).

2) Other games (and the Wii U) came out and I had limited time to devote to everything. I buy games much faster than I can play them. Plus I was in school for that stretch on top of two jobs so I didn't have much play time in general.

But, in particular, I tend to start a 3D Zelda game, take a few years break, then come back to finish it just before the next one comes out. Happened with OOT before TWW (MM is a different situation) and TWW before TP. TP I actually had to start over due to a Wii failure but I finished that right before SS came out, so by time i got partway into SS I was kinda burned out and needed to play a different type of game for awhile. Then the Wii U hit and I had a whole slew of new games to keep me busy.

If i didn't take such breaks, I would be on a constant cycle of Mario, Zelda & Metroid games even more so than usual and I try to fit other types of games in there when I can.

 

Oh, I'll never abandon a Zelda game entirely. I finish them all eventually- it just might take me 5-10 years to do so .

MM, being the one big exception of, now, 18 years, is probably the only one I'll have to start over from scratch on purpose. Still have my original save file but the nature of that game really leverages being familiar with the character & event patterns, so it's probably best that I start over on that one whenever I get around to it.

I didn't mind the controls for SS at all, really. I do need to replace the rechargable batteries in my wiimotes, though. Hopefully I can get ones still compatible with my Rabbid charger, as I'd hate to lose that.

 

Well there's plenty of meat in MM besides the 4 dungeons. Each area also has at least one mini dungeon that you have to get through in order to progress. And the side quests are great; they flesh out the rest of the game's lore and really creates a connection between you and the townsfolk, which makes the race to stop the moon from falling all the more personal.

 

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