Theguy123
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Official DLC Speculation Discussion Volume II
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Rather bold to "expect" things like this for an upcoming game still largely shrouded in mystery (though indeed looking to be a banger.)
You mean like PM: TTYD? Idk, BoTW struggled with story as is because they couldn't do much without conflicting with the original design philosophy, which was player freedom. That's why the plot in motion is as simple as your usual Mario game and most of the interesting stuff happens in the past, so I doubt outright playable sections with different characters would work. Zelda of course is a possibility as in maybe they both have separate journeys through the air and ground as well as the underground respectively, but having mini-sections which you'd only expect in an RPG which obviously go hardcore on plot don't gel well with what was the initial idea behind BoTW. Whilst I guess it technically could have changed with the sequel, since they seem to be expanding the world further with the sky idea I wouldn't count on any kind of mini-sections aside from possibly a second journey type deal with Zelda. And yeah, someone else said it, but its true nonetheless that BOTW2 does not line up on any front as smash has the deadline as December which misses 2022 by a month and BoTW2 by a lot further
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I think that if Level-5 weren’t in a bad financial state, we would have already get, at least, the first Layton trilogy.
Plus localizations of various Yokai Watch titles and Inazuma Eleven Ares.
IMO, Switch/Mobile/Steam would be a good opportunity for Level-5 to re-release their NDS/3DS catalogue (6 Layton games, Layton vs PW, Inazuma Eleven 1-3, YW, Little Battlers Experience, Time Travelers….)
That talking about Smash, I will found rare the Level-5 don’t get anything, even just a mii costume or hat. Their titles were huge in japan ~5-7 years agos.
Regarding Nintendo Direct; i’m extecting a 50-50 split between announced/non-announced titles. Maybe lf we are lucky, a 30-70 split. Dread, MPS, SMTV, AW1+2, Wario Ware, Pokemon SP/BD-Arceus, Triangle Strategy and Splatoon 3 needs a marketing push. Thats 10 headlines (though Dread, MPS and Wario Ware can be condensed as part of sizzle reel).
And there is also AoC, Smash Ultimate and AC NH updates/DLC.
Plus localizations of various Yokai Watch titles and Inazuma Eleven Ares.
IMO, Switch/Mobile/Steam would be a good opportunity for Level-5 to re-release their NDS/3DS catalogue (6 Layton games, Layton vs PW, Inazuma Eleven 1-3, YW, Little Battlers Experience, Time Travelers….)
That talking about Smash, I will found rare the Level-5 don’t get anything, even just a mii costume or hat. Their titles were huge in japan ~5-7 years agos.
Regarding Nintendo Direct; i’m extecting a 50-50 split between announced/non-announced titles. Maybe lf we are lucky, a 30-70 split. Dread, MPS, SMTV, AW1+2, Wario Ware, Pokemon SP/BD-Arceus, Triangle Strategy and Splatoon 3 needs a marketing push. Thats 10 headlines (though Dread, MPS and Wario Ware can be condensed as part of sizzle reel).
And there is also AoC, Smash Ultimate and AC NH updates/DLC.
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Given that Nintendo has essentially never made Zelda playable in their mainline developed titles (with only Brace Yourself Games, Koei Tecmo and... sigh Philips doing so in their LoZ spin-offs) it would be quite a leap for them to not only have a non-Link character be a main playable lead, but also having it be one that's only been fairly minor NPC thus far.
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I heard good things about The Outer Worlds, though.
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Could you repeat that part? I couldn't hear you.
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I think they've done it occasionally before in WW with Medli IIRC and OoT but they are usually quite fixed in function. I guess Phantom Hourglass technically had that as it's whole shtick but IDK, BoTW's vision would just not work as hardcore story was something the original just could not do, unless they decide to go back on the original idea behind BoTW.
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to be fair their situation is starting to get a lot better so it’s just a choice now off what they do going forward. They just recently gave out their licence to an official licensing company outside of Japan to make merch for the Layton franchise and with the 15th anniversary coming up next year for the franchise now would be a good time to announce a game or 2 or even the whole trilogy to come to the switch.
curious village and lost future if I remember rightly were leaked to be coming to the switch by a localisation team in mid 2019. Now would be a good time to pick them back up.
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You mean "YOU DARE BRING PHILLIPS TO MY LAIR?!! YOU MUST DIE!!!"?
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Zelda was kind of playable in Spirit Tracks(it was her, but in a Phantom Knight suit), but that's a stretch even then. And it's a mainline game after all. But yeah, they don't really go for that. The whole point is "who can Link save then?" which is a pretty poor... reason.
That said, BOTW Zelda is actually pretty awesome as a design, has her own unique style, and has multiple abilities optionable Link doesn't use in Smash. Even then, unless she has a big role to any real degree in the sequel, well... I don't think they'd choose her. Whether she's playable or not in BOTW 2 doesn't matter in that regard.
That said, BOTW Zelda is actually pretty awesome as a design, has her own unique style, and has multiple abilities optionable Link doesn't use in Smash. Even then, unless she has a big role to any real degree in the sequel, well... I don't think they'd choose her. Whether she's playable or not in BOTW 2 doesn't matter in that regard.
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Smash rumors, theories, leaks?! You want it?! It's yours, my friend. As long as you have no life.
Depends, at least Zelda is a different character with actual significance to the BoTW plot. Paya is just a random NPC with no real significance even if she is also a unique character. The only real flipside outside of the arbitrary triforce complaints are that we get a new race, but at that point, if you want to add a character who is a sheikah, just add Impa. Even as a joke character, Impa would be way better than Paya since she literally has versions of her as an old lady which would be way more funny than just... girl who doesn't fight.
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I love you all for posting CDi Zelda memes.
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Please don't let Morshu become the next Waluigi...
Mah boi, these memes are what all true Smash fans strive for!
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As strange as this would be, I’d totally accept this as a character. And I’d buy the amiibo
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With no news on Smash...
I just wonder what Sakurai's up to...
I just wonder what Sakurai's up to...
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Maybe finally having that break he long deserved? Playing some games I supposed?
ryuryunonoroi
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Stumbled upon something interesting to chew on. Here's a translated interview with Sakurai from 2008 where he answers 100 different fan questions they've sent him.
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Pretty interesting read if I do say so myself. number 62 tho
Sakurai Answers 100 Questions from Fans
Hi everyone, Brando here with a translated Q&A session translated from 桜井正博ゲームについて思うことDX, released July 30th 2008. In this article, Sakurai answers fans’ questions about games, his person…
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You do know that was based on Link's quote from Zelda CD-i, right? As in, "I just wonder what Ganon's up to."?
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Why bring in another Breath of the Wild character? Link already promotes Breath of the Wild 2 by being in Smash Bros.
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One of the big complaints have generally been with the dungeons. I think we could easily get a dungeon where we can play as Zelda and another dungeon where we can play as Paya. This would be similar and improved version of WW dungeon
As far as missing the timing again COVID messed everyone's timeline for their releases
because she would be a bonus character.
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Covid did but since Paya is first party, if she was just being added to plug BoTW2 and that game wasn't being released anytime soon, they'd still have the time to replace her with someone else first party. There's also how BoTW2 just doesn't need shilling since the original sold 23 mil which means the sequel, even in the worst case scenario where it somehow sells like 10 mil copies, that still doesn't warrant a shill, since that scenario wouldn't imply a game not being marketed properly as much as it does suggest that people knew about it but there was a lack of interest. That is the absolute worst case scenario anyway and is not going to happen as it should crack 15 mil at least which, no matter how you slice it doesn't really warrant a shill to begin with.
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Watch the game end up being different enough that this statement becomes false.
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"Nahobino is too new, his game's not even out yet."
"Breath of the Wild 2? A game where we don't even know the release date yet? Oh **** yeah dude."
The duality of Smash.
"Breath of the Wild 2? A game where we don't even know the release date yet? Oh **** yeah dude."
The duality of Smash.
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that doesn't seem that weird to me. There's several dozen active people on this subforum, bound to be total opposite opinions in some spots yknow?
TBF no-one is outright saying those things in duality but if they were then...
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Kill off Link in the first two minutes of the game and then Impo, Impa's long lost brother becomes playable.
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Impo is hated in his introduction but years later Impo gets a solo hack and slash spin off with a kick-ass soundtrack and people come to appreciate him
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I mean, it's comparing a Nintendo game to a 3rd Party game. Sakurai can at least get access to the Nintendo stuff compared to the 3rd Party stuff. And last time I checked, Greninja and Incineroar were still in concept art when they were picked.
But if BotW gets a character, I'm positive it would be mainly to represent Breath of the Wild and it's success, much like Splatoon, ARMS, Xenoblade 2, etc, with advertising BotW2 being a bonus.
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My biggest question is: Why Paya? All she does is just stand in a single location and act all shy (unless I missed her sidequest, which is likely, but that also probably means it's hard to find). That doesn't really scream "important character" to me, even hypothetically as the plot advances.
If anything, I'd put my money on the Champions's successors, or Kass.
If anything, I'd put my money on the Champions's successors, or Kass.
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MasterCheef buys into the Rapper Mario leak as he has said in the past, even though most believe that leak is fake, which is why he has his chips on Paya.
What if I told you that depending on who the final character is, there's a good chance that leak is both real and fake at the same time? How is that even possible you might ask? I'll break it down after CP11's reveal is done and over with, since I'm suspecting that CP11's origins are from a certain cluster, and this wouldn't really fit as well if this isn't the case.
What if I told you that depending on who the final character is, there's a good chance that leak is both real and fake at the same time? How is that even possible you might ask? I'll break it down after CP11's reveal is done and over with, since I'm suspecting that CP11's origins are from a certain cluster, and this wouldn't really fit as well if this isn't the case.
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