The ascend ability tells me we're definitely starting underground. It's the perfect opportunity to make the ascend ability seem significant; we're stuck underground for a significant amount of gameplay, then suddenly we're granted a bunch of new powers along with the power to leave.
Actually I feel like since link doesn't start out with his new arm I think he'll get the arm then not know everything about it then get captured and then learn it from someone
When I saw that Construct drop a Zonai Charge, I *FELT* the Zelda Theorist fandom just scream out in ecstasy, and when I say “felt” I mean the same way Obi-Wan Kenobi felt the Destruction of Alderaan in Episode IV.
Except the combat animations all seem to be the same or very similar to BotW, which had the least variety of all Zelda games sadly. Hopefully there's more to it! At the very least discovering new combinations of items will be fun
@@hylianro I'm interested to see how the Redeads fight. I really hope we get some enemies that aren't damage sponges and instead require a little strategy to fight like in old games
If you pause right at 1:20, there's a Korok wearing a big backpack. At first i thought it was a regular traveler - but then realized the sound it made. I know the point of this trailer was gameplay, and this is a weird thing to note - but that little guy being there tells me it's very likely we'll see more of Hyrule's species out and about or integrated in society? Idk, something about different areas being more diverse in species is so cool to me. Hopefully that also means there aren't 900 hidden koroks to find... lol.
I thought it was Beedle at first glance. But now that you mentioned it I saw it. Maybe the Korok needing to find its friend is like a sidequest thing to replace Korok seeds, also with Koroks being more out and about coupled with the Deku Tree seemingly being missing must mean they were chased out of the forest.
Ok, hear me out You attach one of those bombs we saw being thrown to your shield and boom, windbombing is now a feature Edit: After saying that I realized that they literally made durability transfer a feature since you can do it with fusing
And when you have built something it looks like you will be using it for a brief time in a mini puzzle, then you just leave it. It doesn't seem to be a "save build" feature. You wont be able to horde 20 propellers and then build a flying jet.
What I love is that I was able to tell my wife who isn't as good at combat that she could overcome the gap by being a little more creative or resourceful, make use of many smaller weapons with fusion, or fight a completely different way instead of just finding a stronger weapon. It was there in BotW, but it's like this took that creativity and multiplied it by 5. I'm very excited to see the speedruns or ways people may just play it in general.
The little Korok with the huge backpack at 1:19!! He needs to find his friend! I can't wait to find him when the game comes out and see what secrets he holds. I wonder if the Koroks will sell the Korok items that you can fuse with weapons and arrows.
Indeed, so glad they decided to give them a new purpose, after upgrading everything and getting everything from that dark shop, those were pretty much useless
One thing I've noticed was that those enemies are now guaranteed to be Zonai related because they drop an item called "Zonai Charge". So that means the sky islands likely have something to do with them.
@@aster-tataricus I wonder if they are related to the sky people from Minish Cap. They did the same thing, they just floated their kingdom away. Now that I think about it, their architecture looks kinda similar to what we've seen so far in the sky islands.
I love the vehicle system, it’s like Nintendo saw the minecart hovercrafts people would make in breath of the wild and though, “what if we make a whole mechanic based on this?”
@@gektoast4968 You lay the foundation of the entire game based upon the mechanic/gameplay you need for it first. No way this is anything recent, the delay is most likely trying to input virtually ALL of the items to be coded properly for both Ultrahand and Fuse abilities. It's been 6 years since BotW has been released.
I think it's cool that they seem to be embracing the whole sandbox thing and figuring out how to let people get creative and tackle problems in unique and interesting ways. The fuse ability has the potential to take the idea of crafting to a whole new level. At this point, I can only imagine the possibilities.
There's 4 things I want to know. 1 What's the limit on making machines? Can you only stick so many things together or is it just whatever your switch can handle? They clearly saw people make flying machines in the first game and just said. Let's save em some trouble and just make flying machines. (Among other contraptions.) 2 What is going on with hyrule castle? We have had no info about it since the first time we saw it kinda start to rise out of the ground at the end of the first trailer. 3 Generally ANYTHING regarding zelda herself. And 4 Where is the master sword?! Did he lose it in the fall? How will we get it back?
Soldier constructs are hostile, while these ranger constructs appear passive The minimap now has X Y AND Z coordinates on it Rotation uses the directional buttons The arrow swapping icon no longer appears, perhaps to focus on the fusing mechanic, no more elemental arrows as you can make them on the fly, makes room for more bows in the inventory too. So far we see four abilities - Recall - Fuse - Ultrahand (get it?) - Ascend R seems to be a secondary action button instead of always being throw weapon, perhaps you draw your weapon and then R allows you too throw it. Fuck magnesis, we can now levitate *anything* Magnesis is dead, long live ultrahand I miss the darker brown horse seen in the marketing material for BOTW
@@captainpep3 An ancient tribe who lived in the BotW world many years ago that went extinct, you can see their statues on the Faron region (dragons and dumb looking birds), the Typhlo ruins above the Korok Forest also seem to be made by them. We are seeing a lot of their symbols in the trailers, so people are excited
I see a lot of people being doubtful towards the idea of revisiting the same hyrule again (for the land part) but for what I have seen, Death mountain, Hebra mountain and the Gerudo desert all have some noticeable differences.
Those who are being doubtful simply aren't paying any attention whatsoever. From just the trailers and this gameplay clip alone it should be very obvious that there's a huge amount of changes to the game and the landscape and that's only scratching the surface. Some people of course just like to moan (and troll). Their loss.
I think what people are underestimating is that the world will have changed a lot in (unknown amount of) years that have passed since botw. It’s not like we’ll have to do the same things again just with new mechanics… idk why people saying it looks like a glorified dlc, it’s obvious that everything will be new and different
@@SlartiMarvinbartfast Yeah there are changes, but it still is the same world, it's like you add some extra elements to a painting, is it really a new painting? Anyway, the game isn't out yet, we'll see
I am a little worried still, to be honest with you. I'm mostly afraid I won't have the same wonder as my first time exploring in BOTW, where every corner felt like a new experience, if they're reusing areas. Of course, I expect them to do well and get it right, but there's still a part of me that's going to worry I won't enjoy it as much until the game is actually in my hands and I see for myself
@@Fermin-hw5pd idk are spiderman and miles morales the same game because they’re set in the same New York/world? Is god of war? It was literally stated in the trailer that it would take too much time to detail all the ways the world has changed, to believe it might not be as exciting as they make it out to be could be a cautious approach but to believe it’s a blatant lie is taking it too far with the negative attitude. Besides when has a main entry of the series been an uninspired, copy/paste letdown? It’s Zelda for crying out loud!
These mechanics are great and we can see how they'll make the open world fun, but man, I want to see this kind of stuff worked into dungeons. Imagine having to ascend into a hidden room above you to find some rare treasures or to escape a room you've been locked inside, or to have to fuse stuff to build a makeshift mechanism to open a gate or something.
I never got people's love for dungeons, but I'm pretty sure they'll be in this game. The director keeps saying that there's so much in this game that they haven't shown and many unique and creative ways to apply the new abilities.
For the ascend ability, Aonuma certainly alluded to it being useful when you are stuck in a cage or something with a ceiling. This might just be a reference to potential usage in a dungeon or at least a boss fight. Or it isn't and he just said that to illustrate the ability, but at least to me, it seamed like he is referring to a specific situation.
When I watched the gameplay and see that Zonai Zeltik is the first one that comes to my mind cause he theorized a lot about the Zonais having a huge role in this game and how hyped he would be
I'm interested to see the significance of the yellow trees, since Aonuma mentions them specifically being found mostly on the sky islands it seems they might significant in some way
Notice the dilapidated houses everywhere? They have foundations and sign posts. I still think we will be rebuilding as a theme and that enemy bases, towns, and our home base will be buildable.
One of the items Link picked up from the Constructs was called the "Zonai Charge"! Seems like the Zonai, or at the very least their creations, weren't entirely lost to time.
That, or they got re-activared due to the precence of ganon being much stronger, I mean, the guardians got taken over by ganon, so i assume the zonai though this could happen and made sure their zonai things would float into the sky instead of just letting themselves be taken over.
@@Y_u_dum ooo that's a good point, hell they may have thought of this when Calamity Ganon first started appearing which is why they're entirely gone this time round. And now since it seems the true Ganon is back in full force their technology was activated to fend off potential threats, which may now include Link. But I wonder, it was theorized and hinted at in the game that the Zonai were something of a barbaric tribe, but I doubt if that was the case they'd have floating islands and an army of robots to defend themselves, with this seeming to be another form of ancient technology, maybe the Zonai and Sheika are more connected than we thought.
@@hylianro yea, wasn't it not made clear way back to 2019 that this game is a sequel? Of course it's gonna look somewhat similar, the UI ig is a bit of the same, but still, what did you really expect? The game to have a completely new map? With a completely new UI?
The name of the ability ''Ultrahand'' is probably named after the toy that Nintendo manufactured in the 60's, created by the late Gunpei Yokoi, creator of the D-pad, among other things.
I noticed right after he builds the boat and reaches the shore there is a zonai construct that has a speech bubble. This makes me think that some of the constructs get corrupted by Ganon. You can't see it in your video due to your camera, but if you go to 9:04 of the trailer on nintendo's channel it will appear on the right side of the screen for a split second.
How are so few people talking about this? I paused the video, it says ‘Ranger Construct’. They look kinda reptilian? It’s hard to tell what meant to be what at this angle.
The dog still being at duelling peaks stable is a great detail, i just hope we can pet it this time.... I wonder if all the npcs from botw will still be around
I'm calling it now, one month after release we'll all see a video titled "I made a working nuclear reactor in TotK with the fuse system" and I'm living from for it. So hyped
My two cents on a meat arrow: You could probably use it to place bait at a distance. Luring enemies with meat was already a feature, but we could only do so as far as we could throw it. But with a bow and arrow? Way easier to lure enemies away from camps.
I also wondered about the meat arrows! I'm very excited about all of the piles of building materials, hope that we get to interact with and help build new (hopefully usable) facilities throughout Hyrule like we did Tarrey Town in the last game. I was always very disappointed that we didn't have more of that as post-game content.
I think the ascend ability is going to be used for underground exploration. Think about it, it makes sense if you can’t fast travel underground but simply use the ascend ability to climb back up to Hyrule from where you currently are.
I'm noticing that they've taken a few notes from Age of Calamity for certain things. Like having an instant food option. I wonder how it will work in the game?
the crafting and fusing is so much more intricate than what i expected. I wonder if they took inspiration from people making makeshift airships and stuff? People are gonna make some crazy stuff with this
The fact that those enemies are called constructs makes me wonder if even they are modular. Like there could be a great variety of enemies with some of the same basic parts. One can dream.
It seems like the Sheikah tech (esp. the shrines and slate) may no longer be present in TotK in favor of the Zonai techs. A good hint is in at the end of the BotW secret ending where Zelda mentioned that Vah Ruta is not functioning
The world didn't seem darkened like in Twilight Princess or gloomy like in Mjora's Mask, so I am curious about how they will build the ambiance and depth of a world that is allegedly supposed to be the darkest game yet.
I LOVE that fuse ability! The possibilities are basically endless! I love how they looked at what people were doing with botw (making makeshift flying machines with minecarts and magnesis for example) and decided to go all in on that. It's going to be so fun!! And I love how the Ascend ability looks too! The fact that when you reach the top, there's a prompt to exit which makes me think you can actually hang out there for a bit before exiting? Can't wait for this game!
There is also a _back_ prompt at the verrry bottom of the screen when you begin to Ascend, and it remains there even while Link is in that half-buried state the top. So I assume the game lets you hang out like that until you decide to either commit to the Ascend (exit) or return (back) to where you originally came. Clever. Let's players experiment and peek around freely.
@@Graphomite oh yeah! I see it now, cool! That's so cool! It means you could ascend up and peek out but if you see the area is infested with monsters or something you could go back and drop back to the ground! Such a cool feature?
@@Vixin24 I know, right? Not only can we shoop a doop up mountains and platforms, but "nope" right back down them? So neat. Nintendo really just letting the players have fun with the mechanics. TotK Link is overpowered in the best way.
This has almost nothing to do with the gameplay footage itself but I ADORE Eiji Aunuma's English Translator as he even replicated Eiji's giggling as he talked during the segment talking about Fuse 😂its such a good detail that most would leave out in translation and it made it really feel like Aunuma was speaking to us in English and I love his translator for doing that
I feel ascend confirms surface world caves. Think about it. You delve down, but they're natural constructs and don't teleport you to the surface. Instead you go through the ceiling to get back to ground level. Gonna be some puzzles related to that I guarantee
So still hoping for underwater options. My guess is crafting items will be required, maybe with an armor that we need to reacquire or make? Heavy metal/stone attached to a shield to be pulled down? Gems to upgrade items? Looks like there is still cooking options... Probably even more options to do the same things!
Kinda makes you wonder though if ancient weapons will even be in this game. If all the sheikah tech and guardians are gone, than how would you get these things? Unless, theres a new marketplace for scavaged items and people are selling them
In the section where he demonstrates the ascend ability, its in a town of some type. There is an item shop icon on the minimap. Also noted some type of shrine on the minimap when he is skydiving.
These feel like features that would be really cool. In game that isn’t Zelda. There’s something about a battery icon in that setting that just rubs me the wrong way.
The new crafting system solves the issue of players hoarding top quality gear that they'll never use. Experimentation with combat is encouraged since you'll most likely be using expendable sticks and stones
The reason why nothing much has changed in the graphics of the game from botw is that they focused more on the innovations that will make this game different. Imagine finding a hundred items and in-game and you can fuse it as you like depending on how you think you can use it. Damn our imagination is our limit in this game.
Did you guys catch the the construction mechanic tease at the very end when link get out of the lake after free fall. You see foundations with 2x4s ready for construction. You see these construction sites near the horse stable as well. Looks like we will be rebuilding towns.
As someone that is known to get lost in crafting, I am hyped for this. Now the only thing I’m left questioning is if we’ll actually get to play as Zelda in some parts of the game. Doubtful, but still something I’d love to see happen.
Gameplay mechanics are very cool. But. I need some traditional Zelda stuff too to keep the essence of the series alive. If there’s no dungeons to utilise this stuff then I’ll be extremely disappointed! Cos god knows I can’t take anymore shrines!
When the word “Zonai” appeared on the screen, I started imagining all the Zeldatubers going wild. So many years of theories and so many of you predicted things far in advance.
Ok. Hear me out. In most of the promotional images, we see Link has four green vials on his hip where the Sheika Slate used to be. In this gameplay demo, we see link has four base abilities, essentially runes: Recall, Fuse, Ultrahand, and Ascend. I think we get these four abilities on the first sky island via the green vials on Link's hip. We probably unlock them in the first four shrines. Link also has four empty vial slots on his hip. These are almost definitely the dungeon items/abilities. The number four also matches how many divine beasts and therefore Champion abilities there were in BOTW. I think the evidence is pointing towards four dungeons with unique abilities/vials in each one. I just hope the abilities are more like classic Zelda dungeon items and not the same as the Champion abilities (passive buffs that you don't really get until after beating the whole dungeon). I want these new abilities to be critical to solving the dungeons, but you can tackle the dungeons in any order. Overall, this gameplay demo was so cool and I can't wait to discover what the Zelda team is hiding so carefully in this game.
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In-depth analysis in the works, don't worry! :D
Was it really a new Dragon?
Do you speak Japanese?
Cute little korok with a backpack near the beginning
(Edit: it's at 1:19, look to the right side)
I love that for our community. Your literally a life saver when braking things down and your theory is showing 😂😂
you are really amazing!!
I just love how they made these monster body parts way more useful rather than for just potions!
Yes! Especially for those annoying common parts, now I have a reason to kill Keese and Chu Chus
I wonder what a keese wing would do to an arrow?
@@supersonic20091 light weight arrows to travel further?
@@supersonic20091 My best guess would me longer range, like the Anchent Bow in BOTW.
Lol someone beat me to it.
i wanted to see what can the meat do with the arrow 😭
The ascend ability tells me we're definitely starting underground. It's the perfect opportunity to make the ascend ability seem significant; we're stuck underground for a significant amount of gameplay, then suddenly we're granted a bunch of new powers along with the power to leave.
Actually I feel like since link doesn't start out with his new arm I think he'll get the arm then not know everything about it then get captured and then learn it from someone
@@just_a_boy704 the fact he alludes to using it to get out of a cage definitely stands out
Maybe we spawn in a cage like he was referencing
What if there's a descend ability they haven't revealed yet?
@@davadh probably not? cause if there was everyone would have the ability out 24/7 to see if they can go underground
When I saw that Construct drop a Zonai Charge, I *FELT* the Zelda Theorist fandom just scream out in ecstasy, and when I say “felt” I mean the same way Obi-Wan Kenobi felt the Destruction of Alderaan in Episode IV.
They all jizz simultaneously
Yep. TotK is gonna be a fun one for the theorists.
ZOOOONAAAAAAAIIIIIIIIIII 🐉
So accurate
OHMAHGAWD! IS THAT A ZONAI CHARGE!?
The enemies crafting their own items means endless fight possibilities
Except the combat animations all seem to be the same or very similar to BotW, which had the least variety of all Zelda games sadly. Hopefully there's more to it! At the very least discovering new combinations of items will be fun
@@Keanine that's what I'm pissed about Link and the enemies are literally fighting the same way as in botw there's no variety
@@hylianrook and?
@@hylianro my guy, you dont have to buy it
@@hylianro I'm interested to see how the Redeads fight. I really hope we get some enemies that aren't damage sponges and instead require a little strategy to fight like in old games
If you pause right at 1:20, there's a Korok wearing a big backpack. At first i thought it was a regular traveler - but then realized the sound it made. I know the point of this trailer was gameplay, and this is a weird thing to note - but that little guy being there tells me it's very likely we'll see more of Hyrule's species out and about or integrated in society? Idk, something about different areas being more diverse in species is so cool to me.
Hopefully that also means there aren't 900 hidden koroks to find... lol.
Hopefully
I thought it was Beedle at first glance. But now that you mentioned it I saw it. Maybe the Korok needing to find its friend is like a sidequest thing to replace Korok seeds, also with Koroks being more out and about coupled with the Deku Tree seemingly being missing must mean they were chased out of the forest.
Nice eye! I didn't see it at first cause I was watching everything.
900 _travelling_ Koroks
Nah there's gonna be 9000 now 😅
The moment Aonuma says 'it feels so good!' when Link is diving you can feel he achieved what he wanted!
@@rhovenom04 people in UA-cam comments literally disagree just for the sake of it lol
Wow I’m so glad they spent 6 years developing diving DLC
@@billymanziel5666 Same! Are you getting it day one?
@@SozBoz yes I was wrong it looks awesome
@@billymanziel5666 real?
Nice! The Fuse ability explains the fire-breathing dragon head shield and dragon head cannon stick in previous trailers.
OHHH Heck, true! ^^ Good point!
Yup, thought they were just cool new weapons, but apparently you can just make them
From the time he glued the stone to the stick, every step was beyond my expectations🤣
And i was thinking, Can we fuse a hammer with a fairy? Like i kill you but resurrect you at the same time? schrodinger hammer
Right? I love that this is the furthest point in the timeline and Link can finally attach a rock to a stick.
@@SchmergDergen he invented glue
Imagine if you could fuse a fan to your shield and then when you shield surf the initial hit activates it and you can hover around.
DUDE
That is going to be one of the first things I try.
Or become the Spinner from Twilight Princess allowing you go to speed going upward slopes
... Wait that might actually work
Ok, hear me out
You attach one of those bombs we saw being thrown to your shield and boom, windbombing is now a feature
Edit: After saying that I realized that they literally made durability transfer a feature since you can do it with fusing
I am SO ready for people to get game-breakingly creative with these new features!!... I will be one of them
oh same
And when you have built something it looks like you will be using it for a brief time in a mini puzzle, then you just leave it. It doesn't seem to be a "save build" feature. You wont be able to horde 20 propellers and then build a flying jet.
Dude forget vehicles - I am going to be building massive forts and campsites
@Boosie Woosie sure. Im going to build a hot air ballon with a propeller. Ground is lava run.
Me too !! I can’t wait !
TotK can't come soon enough. The Fusion ability alone makes the durability system almost perfect. So excited for May!
What I love is that I was able to tell my wife who isn't as good at combat that she could overcome the gap by being a little more creative or resourceful, make use of many smaller weapons with fusion, or fight a completely different way instead of just finding a stronger weapon. It was there in BotW, but it's like this took that creativity and multiplied it by 5. I'm very excited to see the speedruns or ways people may just play it in general.
When I was watching PointCrow’s stream I couldn’t hold my nut for very long. IT LOOKS TOO BEAUTIFUL!!!
@@TayoEXE people are going to make some INSANE stuff!!
Play SS HD, BOTW in the meantime to hype yourself. That’s what I’m doing.
@@songoku9348 Been watching my partner play through them building up to release! She's made it through BotW, SS, TP, and is now on WW!
The little Korok with the huge backpack at 1:19!! He needs to find his friend! I can't wait to find him when the game comes out and see what secrets he holds. I wonder if the Koroks will sell the Korok items that you can fuse with weapons and arrows.
Suddenly monster parts seems so much more useful. My inventory was always full of these, so finally having a consistent use for them is awesome
Indeed, so glad they decided to give them a new purpose, after upgrading everything and getting everything from that dark shop, those were pretty much useless
One thing I've noticed was that those enemies are now guaranteed to be Zonai related because they drop an item called "Zonai Charge". So that means the sky islands likely have something to do with them.
Didn't they all just disappear one day? Maybe they escaped to the skies 👀
If you want more confirmation:
In the Dutch translation of the game, these robots are called Zonoïdes, which translates to Zonoids.
@@aster-tataricus I wonder if they are related to the sky people from Minish Cap. They did the same thing, they just floated their kingdom away. Now that I think about it, their architecture looks kinda similar to what we've seen so far in the sky islands.
I love the part where link says "it's tearing time" and tears ganondorf apart
I love when Link says "it's Fusing time" and fuses Ganondorf to the Master Sword and Hyrule is saved.
It really is the game of all time. I think I teared up when Link finally said "this is the Legend of Zelda."
I love the vehicle system, it’s like Nintendo saw the minecart hovercrafts people would make in breath of the wild and though, “what if we make a whole mechanic based on this?”
If you can't beat 'em, join 'em
Exactly.
TotK was already being worked on when BotW released
@@bk6555 it’s been five years since botw released bro. It’s entirely possible they didn’t even think of this until players did it
@@gektoast4968 You lay the foundation of the entire game based upon the mechanic/gameplay you need for it first. No way this is anything recent, the delay is most likely trying to input virtually ALL of the items to be coded properly for both Ultrahand and Fuse abilities. It's been 6 years since BotW has been released.
I could have sworn one of the mechs had a talk bubble above its head meaning that they can also be NPCs.
It did
Pretty sure the tiny white triangles indicate it was close enough to target
Aww, heck, that would be so cool! ^^
I think it's cool that they seem to be embracing the whole sandbox thing and figuring out how to let people get creative and tackle problems in unique and interesting ways. The fuse ability has the potential to take the idea of crafting to a whole new level. At this point, I can only imagine the possibilities.
There's 4 things I want to know. 1 What's the limit on making machines? Can you only stick so many things together or is it just whatever your switch can handle? They clearly saw people make flying machines in the first game and just said. Let's save em some trouble and just make flying machines. (Among other contraptions.) 2 What is going on with hyrule castle? We have had no info about it since the first time we saw it kinda start to rise out of the ground at the end of the first trailer. 3 Generally ANYTHING regarding zelda herself. And 4 Where is the master sword?! Did he lose it in the fall? How will we get it back?
Soldier constructs are hostile, while these ranger constructs appear passive
The minimap now has X Y AND Z coordinates on it
Rotation uses the directional buttons
The arrow swapping icon no longer appears, perhaps to focus on the fusing mechanic, no more elemental arrows as you can make them on the fly, makes room for more bows in the inventory too.
So far we see four abilities
- Recall
- Fuse
- Ultrahand (get it?)
- Ascend
R seems to be a secondary action button instead of always being throw weapon, perhaps you draw your weapon and then R allows you too throw it.
Fuck magnesis, we can now levitate *anything*
Magnesis is dead, long live ultrahand
I miss the darker brown horse seen in the marketing material for BOTW
Vials on links waist are batteries
There's an apple icon in place of where the Sheikah runes used to be
Istg I just saw you on a Bandit video 💀
Long live the Ultrahand!
@@ultomatosouper2194 true
I love how excited he got about the Zonai charge, we all know Zeltik loves his Zonai
I knew he'd love that! 😅
The Zonai are kind of a meme in this community by now, so it's nice to see them being directly named.
I see people talking about that, what exactly are the Zonai?
@@captainpep3 An ancient tribe who lived in the BotW world many years ago that went extinct, you can see their statues on the Faron region (dragons and dumb looking birds), the Typhlo ruins above the Korok Forest also seem to be made by them. We are seeing a lot of their symbols in the trailers, so people are excited
@@Fermin-hw5pd damn, then that gets me even more excited if we’ll be learning more about this tribe then!
I see a lot of people being doubtful towards the idea of revisiting the same hyrule again (for the land part) but for what I have seen, Death mountain, Hebra mountain and the Gerudo desert all have some noticeable differences.
Those who are being doubtful simply aren't paying any attention whatsoever. From just the trailers and this gameplay clip alone it should be very obvious that there's a huge amount of changes to the game and the landscape and that's only scratching the surface. Some people of course just like to moan (and troll). Their loss.
I think what people are underestimating is that the world will have changed a lot in (unknown amount of) years that have passed since botw. It’s not like we’ll have to do the same things again just with new mechanics… idk why people saying it looks like a glorified dlc, it’s obvious that everything will be new and different
@@SlartiMarvinbartfast Yeah there are changes, but it still is the same world, it's like you add some extra elements to a painting, is it really a new painting?
Anyway, the game isn't out yet, we'll see
I am a little worried still, to be honest with you. I'm mostly afraid I won't have the same wonder as my first time exploring in BOTW, where every corner felt like a new experience, if they're reusing areas. Of course, I expect them to do well and get it right, but there's still a part of me that's going to worry I won't enjoy it as much until the game is actually in my hands and I see for myself
@@Fermin-hw5pd idk are spiderman and miles morales the same game because they’re set in the same New York/world? Is god of war? It was literally stated in the trailer that it would take too much time to detail all the ways the world has changed, to believe it might not be as exciting as they make it out to be could be a cautious approach but to believe it’s a blatant lie is taking it too far with the negative attitude. Besides when has a main entry of the series been an uninspired, copy/paste letdown? It’s Zelda for crying out loud!
These mechanics are great and we can see how they'll make the open world fun, but man, I want to see this kind of stuff worked into dungeons.
Imagine having to ascend into a hidden room above you to find some rare treasures or to escape a room you've been locked inside, or to have to fuse stuff to build a makeshift mechanism to open a gate or something.
I never got people's love for dungeons, but I'm pretty sure they'll be in this game. The director keeps saying that there's so much in this game that they haven't shown and many unique and creative ways to apply the new abilities.
my thoughts exactly i need to know if we will have dungeons in this game
For the ascend ability, Aonuma certainly alluded to it being useful when you are stuck in a cage or something with a ceiling. This might just be a reference to potential usage in a dungeon or at least a boss fight. Or it isn't and he just said that to illustrate the ability, but at least to me, it seamed like he is referring to a specific situation.
YO MAMA !!
@@JayJayNoelastnam You never got people's love for dungeons? Dude, do you even care about Legend of Zelda games?
I was worried about the gameplay spoiling things for me, but all this did is hype me up so much more. I CAN'T WAIT. ❤
When I watched the gameplay and see that Zonai Zeltik is the first one that comes to my mind cause he theorized a lot about the Zonais having a huge role in this game and how hyped he would be
They saw us sticking guardians on top of rafts to fly around and they ran with it didn’t they
There is a korok at the beginning when Link is riding the horse towards the stable! He’s saying he needs to find his friend 🙂
I'm interested to see the significance of the yellow trees, since Aonuma mentions them specifically being found mostly on the sky islands it seems they might significant in some way
Crafting/combining maybe
Notice the dilapidated houses everywhere? They have foundations and sign posts. I still think we will be rebuilding as a theme and that enemy bases, towns, and our home base will be buildable.
I hope so
I really hope so.
This is gonna be Tarrey Town on steroids!
With all this crafting, all I can think of is Star Lord saying: “I’m gonna make some weird shit” 😂
One of the items Link picked up from the Constructs was called the "Zonai Charge"! Seems like the Zonai, or at the very least their creations, weren't entirely lost to time.
That, or they got re-activared due to the precence of ganon being much stronger, I mean, the guardians got taken over by ganon, so i assume the zonai though this could happen and made sure their zonai things would float into the sky instead of just letting themselves be taken over.
@@Y_u_dum ooo that's a good point, hell they may have thought of this when Calamity Ganon first started appearing which is why they're entirely gone this time round. And now since it seems the true Ganon is back in full force their technology was activated to fend off potential threats, which may now include Link. But I wonder, it was theorized and hinted at in the game that the Zonai were something of a barbaric tribe, but I doubt if that was the case they'd have floating islands and an army of robots to defend themselves, with this seeming to be another form of ancient technology, maybe the Zonai and Sheika are more connected than we thought.
This game is a lot more amazing then i expected it to be
It really doesn't it just looks like botw
@@hylianro and what were you expecting?
@@hylianro yea, wasn't it not made clear way back to 2019 that this game is a sequel? Of course it's gonna look somewhat similar, the UI ig is a bit of the same, but still, what did you really expect? The game to have a completely new map? With a completely new UI?
@@hylianro Its the botw sequel, so ofc it will look like it. It has so many more changes and so much more gameplay- well worth the 70$
@@hylianro bro just learned what a sequel was
The race to make the first functioning battle mech is going to be real
Will probably finished one day after release. Never underrestimate the dedication of people.
@@dorianwiesner4477 More likely: Will be finished two weeks before release when the game leaks.
The second I saw an item with “Zonai” in the name during the video, I instantly pulled up your channel to see your reaction.
Just the thought that we merely saw the hint of a glance of this game and that there is SOO much more to see excites me so much.
IKR? Alls they showed off was three abilities, and it was the perfect amount.
The name of the ability ''Ultrahand'' is probably named after the toy that Nintendo manufactured in the 60's, created by the late Gunpei Yokoi, creator of the D-pad, among other things.
meat arrows bouta go crazy 🔥
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I noticed right after he builds the boat and reaches the shore there is a zonai construct that has a speech bubble. This makes me think that some of the constructs get corrupted by Ganon. You can't see it in your video due to your camera, but if you go to 9:04 of the trailer on nintendo's channel it will appear on the right side of the screen for a split second.
You can see it here too, but its for a split second
How are so few people talking about this? I paused the video, it says ‘Ranger Construct’. They look kinda reptilian? It’s hard to tell what meant to be what at this angle.
Things are making sense now... like why all of the monster horns look more weapon-like now, and why the Master Sword isn't much more than the handle.
If we can fuse the Master Sword's hilt to other items, I'm definitely using the Master Hammer!
I was thinking the same. I will be the true hero who will wield the Legendary Master Torch!
The dog still being at duelling peaks stable is a great detail, i just hope we can pet it this time.... I wonder if all the npcs from botw will still be around
I loved your enthusiasm while reacting to the gameplay! Looking forward to your in depth analysis :)
This may be a very small detail, but I'm very exited to see what that travelling korok is about
New islands new golden drops to give xDD
I'm calling it now, one month after release we'll all see a video titled "I made a working nuclear reactor in TotK with the fuse system" and I'm living from for it. So hyped
Cant even explain how excited I am 😂
My two cents on a meat arrow: You could probably use it to place bait at a distance. Luring enemies with meat was already a feature, but we could only do so as far as we could throw it. But with a bow and arrow? Way easier to lure enemies away from camps.
Meat + fire arrow = tasty meal delivery + death
I also wondered about the meat arrows! I'm very excited about all of the piles of building materials, hope that we get to interact with and help build new (hopefully usable) facilities throughout Hyrule like we did Tarrey Town in the last game. I was always very disappointed that we didn't have more of that as post-game content.
_shoot meat_
_bear attack_
@@Graphomitethe meat arrows will probably be a way to bait certain enemies/animals to go where the meat is, separating them from the group
He did say that the arrows might be useful for hunting. Maybe the meat arrows would be useful as bait or something?
Grumble, grumble...
@@Y_u_dum Or, alternatively, *joining* them. With a bear.
Something easy to overlook is that the map now has Coordinates. Also the Zonai have to do with this as the constructs drop Zonai Charges
The numbers in the map are X, Y, Z coordinates to show position and height over/under the map
I can’t wait to see what speedrunners do when the game comes out!
I really hope they have regular weapons like the royal guards gear or just weapons that were in the first game
Love the way they found other uses for monsters parts then just elixirs
I think the ascend ability is going to be used for underground exploration. Think about it, it makes sense if you can’t fast travel underground but simply use the ascend ability to climb back up to Hyrule from where you currently are.
Someone else said. What if there's secret hidden rooms you can't get to by normal means so you have to ascend to get into them from within a cave
I'm noticing that they've taken a few notes from Age of Calamity for certain things. Like having an instant food option. I wonder how it will work in the game?
I think that the food icon is more to do with fusing, like the menu used when creating new arrows. I reckon its just for items in general
the crafting and fusing is so much more intricate than what i expected. I wonder if they took inspiration from people making makeshift airships and stuff? People are gonna make some crazy stuff with this
The fact that those enemies are called constructs makes me wonder if even they are modular. Like there could be a great variety of enemies with some of the same basic parts. One can dream.
It seems like the Sheikah tech (esp. the shrines and slate) may no longer be present in TotK in favor of the Zonai techs.
A good hint is in at the end of the BotW secret ending where Zelda mentioned that Vah Ruta is not functioning
The world didn't seem darkened like in Twilight Princess or gloomy like in Mjora's Mask, so I am curious about how they will build the ambiance and depth of a world that is allegedly supposed to be the darkest game yet.
Maybe there’s a progression over the course of the game.
Oh it's you
I LOVE that fuse ability! The possibilities are basically endless! I love how they looked at what people were doing with botw (making makeshift flying machines with minecarts and magnesis for example) and decided to go all in on that. It's going to be so fun!! And I love how the Ascend ability looks too! The fact that when you reach the top, there's a prompt to exit which makes me think you can actually hang out there for a bit before exiting? Can't wait for this game!
There is also a _back_ prompt at the verrry bottom of the screen when you begin to Ascend, and it remains there even while Link is in that half-buried state the top. So I assume the game lets you hang out like that until you decide to either commit to the Ascend (exit) or return (back) to where you originally came. Clever. Let's players experiment and peek around freely.
@@Graphomite oh yeah! I see it now, cool! That's so cool! It means you could ascend up and peek out but if you see the area is infested with monsters or something you could go back and drop back to the ground! Such a cool feature?
TotK was being made basically when BotW was released.
@@Vixin24 I know, right? Not only can we shoop a doop up mountains and platforms, but "nope" right back down them? So neat. Nintendo really just letting the players have fun with the mechanics. TotK Link is overpowered in the best way.
This has almost nothing to do with the gameplay footage itself but I ADORE Eiji Aunuma's English Translator as he even replicated Eiji's giggling as he talked during the segment talking about Fuse 😂its such a good detail that most would leave out in translation and it made it really feel like Aunuma was speaking to us in English and I love his translator for doing that
4:47 "Is that a really long spear in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?"
I have loved seeing everyone (you, bandit, monster, commonwealth & NBC) reacting to the weapon fuse. 🤣
I feel ascend confirms surface world caves. Think about it. You delve down, but they're natural constructs and don't teleport you to the surface. Instead you go through the ceiling to get back to ground level. Gonna be some puzzles related to that I guarantee
It's slightly overwhelming to think about. So exciting!
My thoughts exactly!! Probably no fast travel underground, so using ascend would get you back up to Hyrule where ever you are at the time.
I love that you don't need the champion tunic to see enemies energy bars
I noticed in Japanese the constructs are called "golem"
So still hoping for underwater options. My guess is crafting items will be required, maybe with an armor that we need to reacquire or make? Heavy metal/stone attached to a shield to be pulled down? Gems to upgrade items? Looks like there is still cooking options... Probably even more options to do the same things!
fuse your own heavy boots just by adding a bag of rocks 😂
Under water is not gonna happen 😢.
This game will be one that people will tell stories about. A true legend
... of Zelda
Well, it's already world famous everyone talks about every Zelda game.. i don't know what more u want.
@@XpRnz What do people get out of snarky comments like this? I'll never understand.
We couldn't have asked for more; this is perfect and the amazing part is that Zeltik covered it AAAHHHHHHH ♥
I'm 100% certain now, those green things on links waist are battery cells, the more you collect, the longer your crafted vehicles are powered
I like the idea of the possibility of fusing a korok leaf to a claymore and making a charge attack tornado thing
A Boomerang with octo ballons, will do the same thing?
@@MrDarkWind o what about fusing balloons and chuchu jellies, or fusing chuchu jellies with the old elemental weapons
@@GunmarTheBlack Frezze or burn ++ and elemntal bombing!
I LITERALLY WAS JUST SITTING THERE SAYING "OMG" "WHAT THE FUCK" EVERY 5 SECONDS LMAO THIS GAME IS GONNA BE INSANE I'M SO EXCITED
Fuse items to weapons for elemental weapons, bomb barrel to hammer, so many combos to be had.
As soon as I heard them say the word Zonai, I thought of you 😂 You were right all along!
Very curious to see what would happen if you fused the Great Elemental Blades.
Or the Ancient Chainsaw with literally anything.
Hear me out... Ancient Chainsaw + Ancient Chainsaw
Can't wait to create the Monado in this game
Kinda makes you wonder though if ancient weapons will even be in this game. If all the sheikah tech and guardians are gone, than how would you get these things? Unless, theres a new marketplace for scavaged items and people are selling them
Did you see the Korok with a huge backpack by the stable?
I saw it! Does that mean no more Korok Seeds and the Koroks are just part of proper Hyrule.
In the section where he demonstrates the ascend ability, its in a town of some type. There is an item shop icon on the minimap. Also noted some type of shrine on the minimap when he is skydiving.
looking forward to ur analysis in detail！ I cannot WAIT！
These feel like features that would be really cool. In game that isn’t Zelda. There’s something about a battery icon in that setting that just rubs me the wrong way.
Zelda purists.
I’m digging the mini-map coordinates
This will make it so easy to share the location of secrets with other players
Was worried a bit at first this was from the leak, this looks so exciting! I'm so glad I got the preorder
remember how certain mobs would get distracted by food? Especially the yiga. Imagine the possibilties with food arrows
never have i been more excited for a game in my entire life, can't wait!!
If you shieldsurf with that puffshroom on it, does Link bounce up?
That'd be awesome!
the ascend example he gave about a cage makes me think of having to use it in the labyrinths
I can't wait for your totk content, it's gonna be amazing!
Indeed
The new crafting system solves the issue of players hoarding top quality gear that they'll never use. Experimentation with combat is encouraged since you'll most likely be using expendable sticks and stones
The reason why nothing much has changed in the graphics of the game from botw is that they focused more on the innovations that will make this game different. Imagine finding a hundred items and in-game and you can fuse it as you like depending on how you think you can use it. Damn our imagination is our limit in this game.
I wonder why they translated the new enemy as "construct" when Aonuma is clearly calling it a "golem". Golem is already an accurate term in English.
Did you guys catch the the construction mechanic tease at the very end when link get out of the lake after free fall. You see foundations with 2x4s ready for construction. You see these construction sites near the horse stable as well. Looks like we will be rebuilding towns.
And that's how we will get NPC's and life filling the world back up.
Fusing items to arrows probably means that bomb arrows are returning as well I love it
Then bombs may be collectible, considering the lack of the Sheikai Slate
This looks like a prime example of Nintendo innovation. The potential with these new abilities will be wild!
Zeltik's reaction to the Zonai charge was exactly the same as mine lol
Same! I was giddy the whole showcase!
yes i can finally achieve my dream of defeating ganon with my raw whole bird arrows
As someone that is known to get lost in crafting, I am hyped for this. Now the only thing I’m left questioning is if we’ll actually get to play as Zelda in some parts of the game. Doubtful, but still something I’d love to see happen.
Same animations, same combat, same land world, same music, same sound effects... I'm seeing far more same than new here.
7:54 Every time I see this, I'm reminded of the Y-Wing fighters from Star Wars. Is it just me?
Man, I always love zeltik’s content
Gameplay mechanics are very cool. But. I need some traditional Zelda stuff too to keep the essence of the series alive. If there’s no dungeons to utilise this stuff then I’ll be extremely disappointed! Cos god knows I can’t take anymore shrines!
It's confirmed by the artwork there will be dungeons
@@Xf3rnaPlays oh really ? I didn’t know that
When the word “Zonai” appeared on the screen, I started imagining all the Zeldatubers going wild. So many years of theories and so many of you predicted things far in advance.
I told myself if we get a little bit more gameplay I would pre-order this game and I'm definitely going to. This has sold me.
Ok. Hear me out. In most of the promotional images, we see Link has four green vials on his hip where the Sheika Slate used to be. In this gameplay demo, we see link has four base abilities, essentially runes: Recall, Fuse, Ultrahand, and Ascend. I think we get these four abilities on the first sky island via the green vials on Link's hip. We probably unlock them in the first four shrines. Link also has four empty vial slots on his hip. These are almost definitely the dungeon items/abilities. The number four also matches how many divine beasts and therefore Champion abilities there were in BOTW. I think the evidence is pointing towards four dungeons with unique abilities/vials in each one. I just hope the abilities are more like classic Zelda dungeon items and not the same as the Champion abilities (passive buffs that you don't really get until after beating the whole dungeon). I want these new abilities to be critical to solving the dungeons, but you can tackle the dungeons in any order. Overall, this gameplay demo was so cool and I can't wait to discover what the Zelda team is hiding so carefully in this game.