When I first saw this isle, it made me think that it was a beta version of Dragon Roost but the theory of it being a beta Fire Mountain sounds way better. Plus, it being a place for Gorons is also a good theory since Fire Mountain is where the power bracelets are found, comparing it to Oot where you get the Goron bracelet from Darunia🙂
Whats interesting about doing the cut/unused content is that it doesn't have to be strictly married to the unflooded project, something like this is a pretty good candidate to be modded into the game for real as either an additional landmass within one of the existing ocean tiles or if that pushes the hardware too much, a replacement for one of the filler islands like the reefs
I never clicked something so fast 😭 I am so happy about this whole project.. I wish Wind Waker got more time for development and we wouldve seen an underwater Hyrule And Stovepipe Island looks awesome!!
Oh, I can't say I expected my comment to get read out! You pronounced the username well, especially considering it's a mash up of three words I randomly picked while flipping through a dictionary two decades ago (I had a lot of free time in high school). As for the meat of your commentary: I mostly agree. It would be nice if every creative mind could craft the vision they have without any constraints, but you know people have to eat, and food isn't free. Wind Waker will always hold a special place in my heart, and the possibility of What Could Have Been will plague me forever, but I can't deny that for all the formulaic approach later games might have taken they still always aimed to reimagine a new world for us to experience. Twilight Princess may have consumed the original concept of a Wind Waker sequel from us, but it's not like the idea never got explored between Phantom Hourglass and Spirit Tracks. This is an incredible project, and I'm so happy you've pulled in Stove Pipe Isle. It was always the one piece of cut content I hated that we missed out on the most.
I think you're doing fantastic. Ever since I first played and beat Wind Waker, I'd wondered what Hyrule had looked like before the Great Flood. It's amazing to see someone bringing that childhood curiosity to life.
It would make too much sense to me that stove pipe aisle would basically be another city in the Goron province ... it would be a perfect place in my opinion to put hot springs there because the gorons love their hot springs
amazing modeling! you do a good job of replicating the WW style:) it'd be super cool if modders got involved so it could be a map people could properly explore. my mind is already buzzing lol
Wonderful work on this project!! As someone who one did similar terrain recreation work on a different game, I hope to be following this project of yours with great interest!
Been watching since the beginning, and I just love how far it has come along. Edit 1: I would love to see this completed and in a Wind Waker Mod. Edit 2: Twilight Princess' Lake Hylia's destroyed upper area is based on Greatfish Isle
Tbh, I always imagined Stovepipe Island to be inhabited by both Gorons and Sheikah, since Death Mountain and Kakariko Village were geographically very close to each other in OoT. (Or, if not Sheikah then at least other Hylians, like in TP.) Despite Gorons being very skilled in metalsmithing, their residences were still very primitive, essentially being caves. To live in proper houses like in the concept art of the island, they probably would be cohabitating with humans of some sort.
I know what you mean when it comes to wanting Zelda to be more than just the cycle of reincarnation it's been tethered to. The series has a lot of room to experiment with, and I don't think it does as much as it wants to with that experimentation. I actually remember writing up a document imagining different themes, characters, and locales from Zelda as if they took place in an urban fantasy setting. A version of Hyrule where Epona was a highly modded motorcycle, Hyrule Castle was a skyscraper, and while the fantasy races such as the Goron, Zora, and Rito were still notably non-human, they held every day jobs suited to their fantastical biology and physiology. And it's a shame that I don't think that'll ever happen outside of my theorycrafting.
This is why I love Majora's Mask so much. It lets us explore an entirely new world that feels familiar but drastically different. No Zelda, no Ganon, no Hyrule. With each new villain of the new games I always get this preconceived question "Now, how is this guy going to actually be Ganon?"
I think Goron city would be more traditional, they are somewhat secluded, only trading bombs and maybe some minerals, they still have a council of elders, and protect the Fire Temple under the city. Stovepipe is a more industrial town, there are forgeries specialized in forging weapons, armors, maybe even ships and all sort of machines. It is inhabited by younger Gorons or those that have controversial ideas, but there might also be people from other races living and working alongside them. As a small easter egg, there could be a Goron focused on inventing things, Darquimides, and they could have sketched or made partial prototypes of the sacred beasts and guardians. Random Headcanon: Goron city is lead by Darunia the fifth or something like that, but their son named after the hero of time, choose to live in Stovepipe. They don't speak to each other, but both regret it, so through a chain of item exchange you can help them reconnect, Gorons from Goron city start visiting Stovepipe, and new machines from Stovepipe are added to Goron city.
The 'Gorons' on Stove Pipe Island were an evolution of the Gorons: they had volcanic vents growing out of them. (Look at the Goron Elders in Twilight Princess's Goron Mines for examples of what they other 'evolved Goron' race could have looked like.)
Goron Mines potentially being what the dungeon in Windwaker's StovePipe isle could have been. A lot of that dungeon's "decorations" also had pipes and steam everywhere. Not saying that the "iron boots gravity mechanic" would have been included, but Windwaker AT LEAST had one cut item called water boots. I know a lot of useless Zelda trivia lol
I like to think Stovepipe would be inhabited by an evolution of the gorons, similarly to what the koroks are to the kokiri. They would have adapted to the sea and become steam themed in some way.
Since we now have a game starring Zelda, it opens up more possibilities. This version of hyrule fell because there was no hero. There was no Link, but what if there was a Zelda? If Echoes of Wisdom is successful, I wouldn't mind a Wind Waker Prequel, starring her trying to fight back the great flood. It obviously wouldn't end on the highest note, but I still think there's a lot of story potential there.
That would be amazing, an open world in wind waker style would be a perfect refresh from totk, a prequel could end with zelda herself asking the gods for the great flood, a dramatic ending
If I were to offer any feedback about this map, I'd say it's a little weird that Ice Ring Isle is just a giant chunk of ice in an otherwise temperate area. Feels a little weird that it's not a full Lanayru or Hebra style mountain range.
Maybe you should create some totk chasm like, where Ganon will come from after breaking the seal. Or some mining, like totk, with some malice, and it will eventually open the chasm for Ganon unintentionally
@@Cretaceous158 yeah, but WW starts telling the story about Ganon coming from the depths before the flood.. There are some theories about being the same place as totk's depths
I'm fairly new to the project, but I'm curious - do you have, or are there plans for proper villages and such, like im BotW/TotK? I would love to see little places scattered here and there, with various tribes populating them. I mean, the people aren't necessary, but it would be cool to see like, Lurelin or other villages like that
You know what my biggest complaint about wind waker is that there was a forest area but no Lost woods and what about snow peak in Twilight princess which eventually became the Hebra region and the inconsistent placement of Zora's domain curious to see how you tackle some of these things
Would you be willing to have a third breath of the Wild game if it brings in the Minish from the Minish cap? That could be an easy way to introduce new areas and dungeons and have the easy explanation of why nobody has seen them before because they are all super tiny ... and maybe vaati can be the new bad guy but in this version he becomes super powerful because ganondorf's malice hasn't fully evaporated yet and he use some of that malice to make himself stronger and basically become vaati Ganondorf hybrid ... and also another cool mechanic is that maybe the sheikah technology and the Zoni technology get fuse together and give us more cool machine parts to stick together ... and maybe link still has a trace amount of Zoni power inside of him but it gets Amplified with sheikah Tech so that he now has Ultra handbag but it also doubles as a grappling hook and maybe you can get the four sword/picori blade which cannot only grow and Shrink yourself but maybe also grow and Shrink other objects and you could use the tiny or big version of each item as fuse items ... and you know how you had basically the ghosts champions following you around in tears of the Kingdom maybe this time you get three more links because you have the four sword and since you have so much armor and weapons you can literally equipped the different links with whatever you want, and maybe with a push of a button you could switch between each link and control them
I agree with the team. I despise "franchises", in neon quotation marks, that reboot themselves every installment. A story is soposed to progress and change and evolve and reach a point where the only reason they call it a Hercules story, to give a contemporary example and show this has alway been the rule, is because he comes tags allong with the main cast. It's what startrek, starwars, and all the western greats did.
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One of our contributors has already "fixed" Greatfish Isle! Posted the video a couple of months ago, it's titled: "CallumsArmy Restores Greatfish Isle"
I'll be depressed when this project ends because... we had very good times with you making it
no no don't say this
When I first saw this isle, it made me think that it was a beta version of Dragon Roost but the theory of it being a beta Fire Mountain sounds way better. Plus, it being a place for Gorons is also a good theory since Fire Mountain is where the power bracelets are found, comparing it to Oot where you get the Goron bracelet from Darunia🙂
I was CONTINOUSLY promised NO further ado, and yet I was BOMBBARDED with further ado! xD
Love the progress!
Bro I bid you adieu.
Whats interesting about doing the cut/unused content is that it doesn't have to be strictly married to the unflooded project, something like this is a pretty good candidate to be modded into the game for real as either an additional landmass within one of the existing ocean tiles or if that pushes the hardware too much, a replacement for one of the filler islands like the reefs
or Seven Star isles or Star Belt Archipelago. You know, the islands that we don't use for ANY reason (other than maybe a Triforce Chart.)
I never clicked something so fast 😭
I am so happy about this whole project.. I wish Wind Waker got more time for development and we wouldve seen an underwater Hyrule
And Stovepipe Island looks awesome!!
Oh, I can't say I expected my comment to get read out! You pronounced the username well, especially considering it's a mash up of three words I randomly picked while flipping through a dictionary two decades ago (I had a lot of free time in high school). As for the meat of your commentary: I mostly agree. It would be nice if every creative mind could craft the vision they have without any constraints, but you know people have to eat, and food isn't free. Wind Waker will always hold a special place in my heart, and the possibility of What Could Have Been will plague me forever, but I can't deny that for all the formulaic approach later games might have taken they still always aimed to reimagine a new world for us to experience. Twilight Princess may have consumed the original concept of a Wind Waker sequel from us, but it's not like the idea never got explored between Phantom Hourglass and Spirit Tracks.
This is an incredible project, and I'm so happy you've pulled in Stove Pipe Isle. It was always the one piece of cut content I hated that we missed out on the most.
I think you're doing fantastic. Ever since I first played and beat Wind Waker, I'd wondered what Hyrule had looked like before the Great Flood. It's amazing to see someone bringing that childhood curiosity to life.
It would make too much sense to me that stove pipe aisle would basically be another city in the Goron province ... it would be a perfect place in my opinion to put hot springs there because the gorons love their hot springs
This is awesome! plz keep going and finish this!
Really nailed the creativity of Wind Waker with your execution
amazing modeling! you do a good job of replicating the WW style:) it'd be super cool if modders got involved so it could be a map people could properly explore. my mind is already buzzing lol
You're doing something *SO COOL*. Sending you guys inspiration from Europe.
This was very cool to see you work on. I love hearing your thoughts on the Zelda series through these videos.
I love the concept of Stove Pipe island!
Wonderful work on this project!! As someone who one did similar terrain recreation work on a different game, I hope to be following this project of yours with great interest!
Crossing the world on boat takes forever so walking would be insane 😂
The Goat keeps dropping bangers 🙌🙌
Been watching since the beginning, and I just love how far it has come along.
Edit 1: I would love to see this completed and in a Wind Waker Mod.
Edit 2: Twilight Princess' Lake Hylia's destroyed upper area is based on Greatfish Isle
Tbh, I always imagined Stovepipe Island to be inhabited by both Gorons and Sheikah, since Death Mountain and Kakariko Village were geographically very close to each other in OoT. (Or, if not Sheikah then at least other Hylians, like in TP.)
Despite Gorons being very skilled in metalsmithing, their residences were still very primitive, essentially being caves. To live in proper houses like in the concept art of the island, they probably would be cohabitating with humans of some sort.
Yesssssss another UNFLOODED banger video
I know what you mean when it comes to wanting Zelda to be more than just the cycle of reincarnation it's been tethered to. The series has a lot of room to experiment with, and I don't think it does as much as it wants to with that experimentation. I actually remember writing up a document imagining different themes, characters, and locales from Zelda as if they took place in an urban fantasy setting. A version of Hyrule where Epona was a highly modded motorcycle, Hyrule Castle was a skyscraper, and while the fantasy races such as the Goron, Zora, and Rito were still notably non-human, they held every day jobs suited to their fantastical biology and physiology. And it's a shame that I don't think that'll ever happen outside of my theorycrafting.
BABE, WAKE UP!! ! A new Wind Waker: Unflooded video just dropped! 😱✨!!
I love this project so much bcs WW is my favourite game
This is why I love Majora's Mask so much. It lets us explore an entirely new world that feels familiar but drastically different. No Zelda, no Ganon, no Hyrule. With each new villain of the new games I always get this preconceived question "Now, how is this guy going to actually be Ganon?"
I think Goron city would be more traditional, they are somewhat secluded, only trading bombs and maybe some minerals, they still have a council of elders, and protect the Fire Temple under the city. Stovepipe is a more industrial town, there are forgeries specialized in forging weapons, armors, maybe even ships and all sort of machines. It is inhabited by younger Gorons or those that have controversial ideas, but there might also be people from other races living and working alongside them. As a small easter egg, there could be a Goron focused on inventing things, Darquimides, and they could have sketched or made partial prototypes of the sacred beasts and guardians.
Random Headcanon: Goron city is lead by Darunia the fifth or something like that, but their son named after the hero of time, choose to live in Stovepipe. They don't speak to each other, but both regret it, so through a chain of item exchange you can help them reconnect, Gorons from Goron city start visiting Stovepipe, and new machines from Stovepipe are added to Goron city.
Thats sooooo cool.
The 'Gorons' on Stove Pipe Island were an evolution of the Gorons: they had volcanic vents growing out of them. (Look at the Goron Elders in Twilight Princess's Goron Mines for examples of what they other 'evolved Goron' race could have looked like.)
Goron Mines potentially being what the dungeon in Windwaker's StovePipe isle could have been. A lot of that dungeon's "decorations" also had pipes and steam everywhere. Not saying that the "iron boots gravity mechanic" would have been included, but Windwaker AT LEAST had one cut item called water boots.
I know a lot of useless Zelda trivia lol
I like to think Stovepipe would be inhabited by an evolution of the gorons, similarly to what the koroks are to the kokiri. They would have adapted to the sea and become steam themed in some way.
You could incorporate the minish into stovepipe island
I just want you to know that my rabbit picked your video because he licked my phone
This is great news. Give your rabbit a pet from me!
This project is inspiring me to finish my windwaker playthrough!❤ (i lost my save like twice and have a track record of being a serial game starter 😅)
Since we now have a game starring Zelda, it opens up more possibilities. This version of hyrule fell because there was no hero. There was no Link, but what if there was a Zelda? If Echoes of Wisdom is successful, I wouldn't mind a Wind Waker Prequel, starring her trying to fight back the great flood. It obviously wouldn't end on the highest note, but I still think there's a lot of story potential there.
i totally agree!
That would be amazing, an open world in wind waker style would be a perfect refresh from totk, a prequel could end with zelda herself asking the gods for the great flood, a dramatic ending
You need to turn the ocean layer on and show us everything you have created under the ocean surface.
If I were to offer any feedback about this map, I'd say it's a little weird that Ice Ring Isle is just a giant chunk of ice in an otherwise temperate area. Feels a little weird that it's not a full Lanayru or Hebra style mountain range.
Maybe you should create some totk chasm like, where Ganon will come from after breaking the seal. Or some mining, like totk, with some malice, and it will eventually open the chasm for Ganon unintentionally
The Zonai are theorized to have come to Hyrule after the land unflooded.
@@Cretaceous158 yeah, but WW starts telling the story about Ganon coming from the depths before the flood.. There are some theories about being the same place as totk's depths
@@carlosamgalaxy Oh, ok. Makes sense, although why didn’t he do that in the downfall timeline? He captured the sages descendants to escape instead.
I'm fairly new to the project, but I'm curious - do you have, or are there plans for proper villages and such, like im BotW/TotK? I would love to see little places scattered here and there, with various tribes populating them. I mean, the people aren't necessary, but it would be cool to see like, Lurelin or other villages like that
I totally agree. We have a couple of new villages, but I'm definitely interested in adding more!
You know what my biggest complaint about wind waker is that there was a forest area but no Lost woods and what about snow peak in Twilight princess which eventually became the Hebra region and the inconsistent placement of Zora's domain curious to see how you tackle some of these things
I so wish this island could have been in the original game.
You're doing God's work.
I never noticed before but at 0:31 why is sky city there?
Would you be willing to have a third breath of the Wild game if it brings in the Minish from the Minish cap? That could be an easy way to introduce new areas and dungeons and have the easy explanation of why nobody has seen them before because they are all super tiny ... and maybe vaati can be the new bad guy but in this version he becomes super powerful because ganondorf's malice hasn't fully evaporated yet and he use some of that malice to make himself stronger and basically become vaati Ganondorf hybrid ... and also another cool mechanic is that maybe the sheikah technology and the Zoni technology get fuse together and give us more cool machine parts to stick together ... and maybe link still has a trace amount of Zoni power inside of him but it gets Amplified with sheikah Tech so that he now has Ultra handbag but it also doubles as a grappling hook and maybe you can get the four sword/picori blade which cannot only grow and Shrink yourself but maybe also grow and Shrink other objects and you could use the tiny or big version of each item as fuse items ... and you know how you had basically the ghosts champions following you around in tears of the Kingdom maybe this time you get three more links because you have the four sword and since you have so much armor and weapons you can literally equipped the different links with whatever you want, and maybe with a push of a button you could switch between each link and control them
a wooden bridge that close to lava? Wouldnt it be a stone bridge instead? U know... flamability?
I agree with the team. I despise "franchises", in neon quotation marks, that reboot themselves every installment. A story is soposed to progress and change and evolve and reach a point where the only reason they call it a Hercules story, to give a contemporary example and show this has alway been the rule, is because he comes tags allong with the main cast. It's what startrek, starwars, and all the western greats did.
if someone wanted to put stovepipe isle in wind waker
could they use the model?
please use uv squares
Niceu
do you have a discord server ?
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I'M SO EARLY
i wanna see a recreation of jabu jabu's island before it got destroyed and the gamecube island
That is a really good idea! I would love to see Greatfish Isle before it got all janked up by Ganondouche!
One of our contributors has already "fixed" Greatfish Isle! Posted the video a couple of months ago, it's titled: "CallumsArmy Restores Greatfish Isle"