How Zelda Reinvents Itself & Stays the Same
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- Опубліковано 29 вер 2024
- Occasionally Mikey talks about not-movies. This time he's putting those 17 years spent working in the game industry to work and talking about what makes The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild a Masterpiece.
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Was waiting for the notification to pop up,excited for this one. Hope more similar videos can come in the future
*Similar referring to being video game based
Yeah, especially considering your background, I think more video game videos would be really cool.
Great video, definitely going to play a little today after that. If you want to see the best video out there on the timeline, find it from MatPat over at GameTheory.
Love love LOVE the use of the Link's Awakening cave theme for that intro. It's brilliantly woven into each of the dungeon tracks in that game, and when it suddenly appears again in the shrine music I almost burst into tears (granted this was probably also because I'd just waited in line for ten hours for the Switch launch so I was already vulnerable, but still!).
'Switch' it up
Mikey hitting us with a 5 minute cold open, and I am here for it.
I love your videos man!
There's something so nice about seeing content creators admire each others work, and with good reason. Keep up the great work, both of you!
Oh hey
It's the other design guy I like. That's cool.
OH, Hey Raz, didnt expect to see you here lol, have a good day (even though this was 2 days ago) and ill see you on your next video (or twitch) also thx for getting me into Hyper light drifter. Good Game!
Inspired me to replay this sucker, not enough praise can possibly be given to how good this game looks ON A WII U for crying out loud. Also, a taco sounds great right now.
This game's atmosphere lets you believe that everyone has lives outside of their interactions with you, and that you're just a part of the world instead of its center. Huge dragons fly around and don't give much of a damn about you, even when you shoot arrows at them for materials. People walk back and forth between places and fight monsters that attack them. Hell, even the _monsters_ have lives apart from yours. If you watch a camp full of Moblins without getting their attention, they'll eat, argue with one another, etc. Right next to the Faron Tower, you'll find two Lizalfos chattering excitedly because they're so happy to have found Hearty Durians to eat. It's a world to explore, and it functions on its own.
The last part almost brought me to tears. Awesome video.
This video's take on Link is the reason Skyward Sword, for all its flaws, has my favorite ending of any Zelda. After a game that sets up why Zelda and Ganon are at odds, being incarnations of warring deities, Link is the wildcard that defeats the evil god, and his reward is that he's reincarnated whenever the gods clash again. And even if he wins every time, he will spend every life he's got from now on at war. Skyward Sword is Link's origin story and his origin story is that he's cursed by the devil to never know peace.
Well, to be fair, we don't know what happens to most Links *after* he/they save(s) the world. It is known that once defeated, Ganon takes a very long time to re-awaken, or reincarnate. Add to that the fact that no Link that we know about has ever been in his 20s or older when he saves the world. For all we know, after achieving his destiny, Link often gets to live a full life of peace, relative to his fight to save the world.
@@D.H.1082 Unless you're the Hero of Time, in which case you're either dead or forever searching for your only friend.
@@dasquirrelfish I did say most, haha. We have the story of Ocarina Link. Not anything others that I can think of, though.
@@D.H.1082 I do like the theory that Gramps from A Link Between Worlds is the Hero of Legend though. You're right though, it's kinda weird to think of Link just settling down for life as like, a shopkeeper or something.
Love it Mikey. I came back to Breath of the Wild last fall after putting it aside for no good reason when it originally came out. Obsessed over it for a good 2-3 weeks, just sucking all the marrow out I could. It truly is a piece of art, and if I wasn't wrapped up in Nintendo's latest chill masterpiece, Animal Crossing, I probably consider doing BotW all over again.
Oh, and I need a number 6 combo, but with curly fries.
I've got the MwM theme for my notification music and it's the first time in better than a decade that I keep my ringer on. Love it
I started playing Zelda with Ocarina when I was 4. I learned to read with Zelda (and Pokémon). I’ve played every 3D Zelda and a few of the 2D ones.
Personally, Breath of the Wild is my favorite. It helped me get through rough times in my life more than once. I owned it for Wii U and later bought it again when I got a Switch, and it absolutely does not lose its magic on a second playthrough. I’ve been playing since launch, and I’m still finding things I’ve never seen before.
Love the appreciation for getting this masterpiece of a game on the WiiU, since that really was my experience with Breath of the Wild. I'd had the WiiU and couldn't get the Switch version because 1) I didn't have a Switch and 2) both the Switch and BotW were sold out for a while.
I have a lot of good memories of spending afternoons sitting on the couch in the living room with the WiiU gamepad plugged in, TV turned off, because the game text is just so small. It was great. I nearly 100 percented the game and after spending a year away at college I'm ready to pick it up again. My dorm thrived on a mix of old Wii games and brand new stuff and I began to miss spending that time playing BotW. This video game me a whole lot of emotions.
Umm, PRETTY sure Link's favorite food is carrots. I mean, the that could just be the lies of Kakariko's carrot farmer... but the two plants you find around fairy fountains are Silent Princesses and carrots, so I'm considering it to be canon.
Yes Mikey. Six seasons and a movie. Every time.
I thought The Elder Scrolls IV: Skyrim was the perfect action/adventure game. I never wanted the short story to end......but then Breath of the Wild blew Skyrim out of the water (for me personally).
Both games are amazing in different ways. I have an emotional connection to both because playing them helped get me through some difficult times in my life, but Breath of the Wild really, truly hit the mark for me in so many ways no other game has (and I’ve been a hardcore gamer since the 80’s).
For me, no amount of credit and praise Breath of the Wild gets is ever going to be enough to justify the game’s perfection. It’s the perfect world you’d want to escape to just to have a “slice of life” getaway experience.
Well, I first played it this year (didn't have a switch and still don't actually), so I get what you say Still awesome. Thanks for the video, and I agree, it is good to talk about it even though it was along time ago wen it came out. It is that good.
I really enjoy this video but the thorn in my side is that you say Link doesn't have any form of personality of his own but in games like Wind Waker and Twilight Princess, he dies have a life before being the hero. He also does talk, it's like a fill in the blank, whatever your inner monologue when you selected "yes" or "no" is what Link says
Your voice relaxes me
To me, the reason BotW is my favourite game is...
Sidon.
Oh, how I missed you, Michael.
I love video games, but have carpal tunnel & can't play most of them. That said, that wasn't always true. I had an NES, but never owned The Legend of Zelda. I rented it a few times. It was freaking hard and we didn't have internet then and I have a low threshold for frustration (like, I would never play a Soulslike, because I would end up breaking my hands and my console and my television). I admired people who played it, but I was more of a Super Mario Bros. 2 person, if I'm honest. Peach FTW (unless you needed to dig; then Toad FTW). Also Arkanoid. I freaking loved Arkanoid.
I know BotW was a revelation for Zelda lovers, and I'm so happy for you all. It's a beautiful and engrossing game, perfect for... /gestures vaguely at everything/
I had a Wii, but not a Wii U; don't have a Switch because my hands would never forgive me. Been playing a lot of PSVR during the apocalypse, though. Gave myself tennis elbow playing Beat Saber. Fun times.
Enjoy riding the horses and parachuting off of things and cooking with the adorable little cooking song.
I never knew there were batteries in NES cartridges, & I was in high school when that thing came out.
This was my first Zelda game, and I started playing during the pandemic. I had no idea the lore was so detailed. This video gives me ALL THE FEELS.
Song at 10:47?
5:18 “Cool, cool, cool, cool, cool.” Mikey, has somebody been watching Brooklyn Nine-Nine?
Community rewatch!
@@filmjoy Hell yeah! Same here
Please consider doing Disco Elysium next. I think it may be exactly your type of game.
Hey Mikey, I like Zelda 2 also.
Commenting because Mikey is good and UA-cam interaction metrics are stupid. Yay such interactivity!
Now time to eat some tacos!
"You are given a tool that looks suspiciously like a Nintendo Switch"
*Wii U gamepad cries*
Wii U gamewhat? What... That's not a thing is it?
That made me irrationally angry.
It is shaped like a switch. Not a gamepad.
@@PsychoDiesel48 Yeah it has a sleek tablet disign like the switch, but it was clearly meant to be the in game representative for the Wii U GamePad before they took out the touch screen functionality.
Like before they decided to put it on both systems all the slate stuff was certainly gonna appear on the touch screen.
@@MuddyMoleMania ok that makes sense
One never finishes playing Breath of the Wild. You simply stop for a bit.
I still have yet to beat it. Owned it since day 1. I'm just prolonging the inevitable. And I play a bit of it every second day or so. It's just such a fun world to escape to
@@codekhalil6437 I finished the game a while back but I still jump into the game just to run around.
It's true. I'll never manage to beat those sword trials. Master Mode Ganon was easier.
Code Khalil same here. I got it from the day it dropped in the stores, and haven’t completed it yet.
A part of me doesn’t want to finish it. I don’t want that sad, emotional, depressive “goodbye” you get when your favorite anime/tv show ends for good. You can always go back, but deep down, you know it’s over already 😞
It's so true.
I fired it up again last week. Two days ago I decided to wring the wet towel and finish the side quests.
Last night I counted them up and got really sad when I realized that they're done.
On to koroks!
The Legend of Zelda: Wii U for the NX is my favorite video game.
I also got to BOTW pretty late, I basically bought the Switch just to play it. I've been playing Zelda since I was a kid, I'm practically as old as the franchise, and I just loved it too.
Thanks for your work, it just made me remember wonderful experiences and connect it all together :)
What like 2019
Same for me
I'm saving up for the switch purely because I want to play BOTW.
The name of the main character isn’t Zelda, it’s “Zelda’s Monster”, a common misunderstanding.
No, the main character is "The Legend of Zelda". Like from the catchphrase, "Bitch, I'm the Legend of Zelda!" that he uses in every game.
Woah. Kinda deep
I see Breath of the Wild, I click. It's that simple.
I see Movies With Mikey, I click. It’s that simple.
That's what an npc does. Just follow the programming. Lol
Hex Pool Aren’t we all just NPCs with very advanced input/output coding? 🤔
@@Original-Phantom Leaders vs. Followers
@@Original-Phantom spoken like a real npc.
I think open world games have always seemed unappealing to me because they feel profoundly lonely and expansive, but they don't really seem to acknowledge the loneliness. This game changed that for me, and I think it also kind of re-connected the lonely part of me with the adventurous kid in me. Thanks for this masterwork, Mikey.
You didn't even go into how incredible this Zelda was, and I mean Princess Zelda. She's devoted, anxious, incredibly curious and intelligent. You can feel the weight of all the previous games on her shoulders and the expectations from her place as "Zelda". Through her, we also get the most defined Link. We learn he's a huge glutton who chose silence because he doesn't want others to ber his emotional burdens. Zelda's story carries the emotional core right to the end, where she gets to deal the final blow and *end* this saga in a way that none of the previous heroes have. It's finally the legend of *Zelda* .
Also she's a big cute nerd and I love her.
BotW's Zelda is great, the sort of person I'd like to just follow around collecting bugs because she's just pleasant to be around. Here's hoping the teaser for the sequel is right and a decent part of the game is doing just that.
And British for some reason
I just found her so annoying, i’m not sure about 2 if she’s gonna be following you around
Thank you! I agree :) She's the real hero in this one, the first game to truly be the Legend of Zelda. That first big trailer in 2017 was beautiful too.
Hopefully BOTW2 stars her!
David “she’s the real hero”.
Link sits in a dark corner slitting his wrists, knowing no on gives a shit about his efforts having traversed the entire world doing so much shit, and after overcoming being killed after doing more of this shit 100 years ago.
#1: Excellent video, amigo. I absolutely adored this game when it came out, and your take on it was top notch.
#2: On a personal note, just thanks for doing your thing, man. The way I view art and movies, the way I attempt to take a positive and loving look at things the best way I can; you had a big influence on that. I try to take that with me in my UA-cam channel and my life, so thank you. A lot.
I think there’s even more to be said about how the story of the past era comments on the “eternal roles” of Link and Zelda. Each of them suffers acutely from the weight of the expectations placed on them by Hyrule’s legends and they’re constantly doubting themselves (such as Link consciously choosing not to talk to people because he’s worried he’ll say something wrong and Zelda just destroying herself emotionally because she can’t do the Triforce magic she’s supposed to). Their only real solace in the midst of it all is each other’s company, but by the time they realize this it’s too late and everything is coming crashing down around them. Arguably, it’s precisely _because_ of Hyrule’s obsession with these legends and the resultant crushing pressure on Link and Zelda that they aren’t able to stop Ganon the first time, and it’s only after they find each other once again 100 years later that they’re able to pull together and overcome it all.
It makes me wonder what will be the true end of the LOZ series...what will be the final and last mention of Link and Zelda in the histories because there's only so much you can run a character before the story gets tired and run its course even with Nintendo's propensity to milk a property for every drop of blood.
I'm curious as to what will be Link and Zelda's final story.
I agree that Breath of the Wild is a masterpiece. It's willing to be what you want it to be. Introspective exploration and survival based game? Sure. A silly physics-based sandbox? Absolutely, friend. Rambo, but cute and androgynous? Yeah, it's got you covered.
Play it however you like for as long as you want to.
Great look at a great game.
Nothing has quite the same desolate feel as Breath of the Wild, and I love it. So much of the story and characterisation happens in the past with folk who aren't around any more and it just gives me the feels my dude
Hollow Knight comes close for feelings of desolation. Nothing else looks this good while desolate though. Every single second of BoTW looks like a painting. I enjoy roaming around and just soaking it in sometimes
What about Shadow of the Colossus? I don't think any game tops SotC for quiet desolation in vast epic landscapes.
@@ninjadodovideos Yeah shadow of the colossus is more quiet and desolate. But it didn't give players any reason to explore its world. It's technically an open world game, but a vastly different one than BotW.
This was such a wonderful look at both this game, and basically any video game. It so wonderful to hear you talk about your experiences with how the game made you feel, and how your experiences make you feel ABOUT how the game makes you feel. It's very meta and super cool, and I learned a ton of crazy-cool facts as always which is one of my favourite bonuses from your videos. Thank you so much!
^This
Im 35 year old dude, never figured I would play a game where you just explore, enjoy and giggle its hard once you get older to get immersed and enjoy games like before when you where younger Botw did that for me and i didn't had that nostalgia feel since this was my first zelda game so that makes it even more impressive.
Botw indeed is a masterpiece.
I'm over 50. I first played Zelda in 1987. I never get tired of this series.
Why is this demonetized???
I'm so sorry man, this is such a good video...
nintendo is very aggressive
SPUTNIKV just like my ex wife... Haha. Ha.
please come back Jennifer :(
Perverted UA-cam Algorythm probably thinks shirtless, pantsless Link is sexual content.
@@John-X isn't it ?
32:38
My hand instinctively reached for my phone hearing that vibration
Didn't expect to cry during this one. I received Breath of the Wild as a gift while recovering from a life threatening illness. I escaped into Hyrule over and over when I could. So that part where you talk about playing it during a very difficult time hit me right in the feels. Thank you for so eloquently putting into words what I've been feeling and thinking for so much of my life. And thank you for making amazing content!!
@Callie Cothern Omg, I'm so sorry that you suffered so much, but I'm so glad that you are still here with us and that this truly wonderful game brought you so much joy! 😄❤
I'm glad you're still here. Keep fighting.
I cried so much more for Skyward Sword. It was hard to get emotional about these characters. Releasing the champion's long trapped souls touched me, but nowhere near as much Link racing up the steps to stop Zelda locking herself into a golden cacoon for thousands of years, or for Groose learning how to become selfless, or saying goodbye to Fi.
me: has been watching movies with mikey for a couple years now
coronavirus: arrives
me: time to hyperfixated on botw even tho i literally never play video games
mikey, after ive fallen head over heels for this game: *cash money time*
Same
I've never fallen so hard into a game before. Didn't think it was possible. The world will just own you.
My mom is looking at me like i'm some strange phenomenom. The thing is, i was laughing like an idiot for a straight minute at "Legend of Zelda: Fury Road"
I remember being little and playing Ocarina of Time. And after totally beating everything in it I kind of would play it like Breath of the Wild and just use my imagination. Then as an adult playing this masterpiece it brought me right back to being a kid haha.
I've loved BOTW since it came out but I only got to play it last year, April 2019 (bought myself a Switch for my birthday) and I always ALWAYS love watching people gush about this game. I love it so much. And I love that so many people have had the same spiritual experience as me. I haven't watched the video yet, but I'm sure it will be fantastic. Thank you for this FilmJoy!
Movies with Mikey's 'Breath of the Wild is a Masterpiece' is a Masterpiece
Oh to be young again and have the free time to devote to this. One of these days I will actually play more than an hour of this game. Thank you for letting me game vicariously through you.
You are 100% my absolute top-of-the-mountain favorite creator, and it feels weird to realize that as I type it (it originally was just going to say "favorite UA-camr" but that felt too small). Your work has real value, and I hope you know that.
Me: goes to share video
UA-cam: copy Link
Me: :o
I’ve never played a Zelda game before in my life except for maining Link in Smash Bros at friends’ houses (I was a PlayStation kid and I still don’t have a PS4). I’ve clocked in many hours on Skyrim and still not even gotten close to finishing the main story line but that was my favorite game for a very long time, but it was missing some of the puzzle aspects that I enjoyed from my other favorite games/game franchises: Uncharted and Prince of Persia.
Finally when quarantine hit I bought a Switch and BOTW because it looked amazing and my friends who ARE big Zelda fans wouldn’t shut up about it.
I had played it at a friend’s house briefly but didn’t have the intimate time with the game that I wanted... I didn’t even get to a second shrine on The Great Plateau.
Finally, I had my own console and a HELL of a lot of free time on my hands. Roughly an hour after finally leaving the Plateau I decided this was the perfect game for my relatively casual taste in video games and that it’s my favorite game of all time so far. Eventually I found and completed all the shrines and defeated Ganon and although it does feel slightly emptier now, I can still wander Hyrule aimlessly for hours on end without getting bored. I’ve also been rewatching all the Movies With Mikey so this video was perfect. Thank you for adding more context and depth to, what I consider, an already perfect game.
BOTW is so good that every other Switch game I’ve downloaded has been quickly abandoned so I can continue to murder Bokoblins and uncover more Korok Seeds. I’m gonna buy the DLC pack very soon.
Nothing compares to this game, but maybe I just really fucking suck at Dark Souls.
Breath of the wild sold more than 18 million copies in newest update.
@Joshua Suh yes, you are right.
Took me a while to watch this one because I wanted to get this game for my Switch but was on the fence about it, aside from finances and actual time to play but definitely I will get this one in time.
Every time I sit and watch one of your videos Mikey, I feel like a joyful child sitting at the knee of an elder happily listening to a story or teaching. Your comforting voice and your own eager enthusiasm to explain or tell a story just...is exhilarating.
Never stop sir. You are talented and your work is wonderful. Never let that voice in your head lie to you and tell you aren't good at it.
Breath of the Wild is unique to me in how both playing it and watching someone else play it are equally satisfying. They really found a perfect balance of engaging gameplay and cinematic look.
I've been looking for a really good French dip sandwich. But during this pandemic, it's not easy.
Oh, the video? Great as usual.
Gotta make your own! I have faith in you to make a tasty one.
Probably my favorite game of all time. Spent the ridiculous amount of time it took to 100% this game. My fiancée had so much fun watching me play that she took up the controller and played through the whole thing herself as well. Love you, Mikey!
Impa's first appearance is in the 1st Zelda game, not the 2nd. The game's story is included in the instruction manual. It's a several page long, illustrated story that opens with Impa ordering Link to go kill Ganon.
I spent 700+ hours in Hyrule, and only due to massive self restraint is it that short a time.
I still haven't seen everything I want to see.
I spend hours just running around and watching the sun move around the sky.
And I still can't get enough of it.
This game is the sole reason why I now enjoy playing video games.
This game is the most amazing piece of media I ever enjoyed, and possibly the love of my life(still in debate)
It is so beautiful to know that there are people out there who enjoy this game as much as I did.
Agreed. And I'm in the exact same boat as you. I just like traversing the world. Sneaking up on moblins or whatever. Flying around. And I will fight every disguised Yiga clan adversary loll. I STILL haven't beat the game. And I've owned it since day 1! I don't mind prolonging it. It's the game you never want to end
I stopped at about 130 hours because I had literally seen everything. meh
@@codekhalil6437 Sounds boring as fuck bro, have you heard of Literally Any Other Game
@@OGR-4394 LMAO - you still invested 130 hours into it?!? You could have said "meh" at hour 1 or 2. but nope. 130 hours! Fun fact: you don't dislike a game you put 130 hours into🤦
@@codekhalil6437 I did everything to see if there was any way to salvage it, this is one of my favourite series. The game begins eating itself with it's own repetitiveness around the 50th shrine.
God, Mikey. Your editing gives me chills!! You have a gift.
After Breath of the Wild videogames for me are not the same, i fell it is the ultimate gaming experience, there's no other game beyond its sense of freedom and discovery, and on top of that is the unique gameplay with no words to describe it, and las but not least the hauntingly beautiful art (desing, music, history), a true masterpiece, next level, up to the level of the gratests artists of humankind
the first 5 hours are literally one of the best experiences in gaming
The whole damn plateau is a tutorial and never once did it feel like it. Amazing design.
meh
@@OGR-4394 Seanilieus2 is back! the person who poured over 100 hours into the game, only to deliver a "meh!" Legends shall speak of you
@@codekhalil6437 I smell bitch
@@jenniferchough I showed it to my younger sibling, she believed it was the whole game itself and was still impressed.
My favorite game of all time. Spent weeks just exploring.
Hate to be that guy, but Impa goes back to the first game as she's mentioned in the instruction manual when they give the backstory: www.nintendo.co.jp/clv/manuals/en/pdf/CLV-P-NAANE.pdf
#justiceforimpa
Bless you. This is one of the best video essays I’ve ever watched. The others in the top 10 are all by you too. Thank you for existing.
Well, time to play Breath of the Wild again.
What an experience, one in a lifetime.
I've always found hard to play zelda games, if not any games, but all the hype this game created push me to play it, and at first I experience by a glimse what that feeling was, that discovery, revisiting Botw once in a while makes the same feeling, there is, always, something to discover, something to fight, something to see.
Can't wait to see the secuel of this, I wish it has all that information about Link that we dont know.
Great video man, thank you for remember me that I left Link over a cold mountain waiting to go to discover something anywere else.
I never liked Zelda. I found it to be a dumb series, and I never could get into it in my childhood, despite owning Ocarina of Time. But this game, Breath of the Wild, I thought I might as well pick it up on Switch, not a whole lot of games I play on that, besides Pokemon. And I could not put down the game. Breath of the Wild managed not only to turn me around to the Zelda series, but absolutely love that masterpiece of a game.
So I watched this video when it came out. I just recently finally got a switch and bought this game largely because of this video. I love it so much. So now to watch the video again.
16:30
Zelda and Chill on Spotify if you want more of that background music.
Came to the comments just to look for this nugget of info. Thank you!
Can't find the song at 5.51 you know it?
Thanks!
@@Siris101 It's the classic Gerudo town one from ocarina, but like, edited low fi
now, if anyone knows the one at 33:18 and onward, please do tell
nvm, Fi's Lament from skyward sword
Okay, Okay. This has been in my backlog long enough, I’ll do it. Thanks as always, Mikey. Keep on keepin’ on. (And by all means, do more game content!!!!)
Only recently got a switch for isolation times. Started playing this, I see I’m in for a wild ride!
i never thought i'd feel this way about link 😳
The Sheikah slate is designed to look like the wii-u pad. When the art assets were being designed this was still going to be a wii-u exclusive! Also Yes, Blue Hero clothes is best Link Outfit. Fight me.
this was my first game for Switch and I swear I pick it up every couple of months it's just so rich with replay value!
"No task too big, no Thank you too small."
PAW PATROL!
I love this game, and I love this video! Thanks so much for your hard work- I know its hard for everyone to be productive right now.
Stay safe everyone!
I will watch the entire vidro when I finish the game (I'm afraid of spoilers), but it looks promising
So many "gaming" videos are nothing but one big spoiler, retelling what their game play was like without adding anything.
1. Open FilmJoy video.
2. Click thumbs up.
3. Watch video.
Mikey & Breath of the Wild? I’m going to cry
I just wanna make a quick note on the Link/Freeman connection. Freeman is effectively mute in his games, though to my memory it's never addressed by any other characters (other than maybe a passing, "Man of few words, huh?" kinda comment). Link, however, is treated as a speaking character by the NPCs. They ask him questions, and react as if he responded. There's a discussion to be had about the idea that Link's reactions to things shouldn't "override" the players, but it's a different tactic they took with the Hero of TIme compared to the One Free Man. It's definitely more Nintendo-y.
Link speaks in this game, as evidenced by 2:40. I don't think it is ever shown that he isn't allowed to speak; it is just rarely written out. Usually it comes in the form of a character responding to Link's implied questions or explanations. For example a character might say something like "What happened?" and then "Oh that's terrible!" suggesting that Link answered between text boxes. Link even gives vocal commands to Macar and Medli in Wind Waker.
As for character traits, Link likes to sleep in and is "a bit of a glutton" according to one of Zelda's diaries.
I may be overanalyzing but, the number of smashy smash pretty pretty jewel pots mean that in the game they're not valuable? like take something we think is useless now or so common that if it broke it sucks, but you can go down to target and get more. so wouldn't that be the case in the game, minus not having a target in which you have to make them. I don't know I need coffee hope you have a good day I'm gonna research the pots more. Sorry I'm not good at comments
I love this game and this video!
Link is not a blank slate or a vessel for the player. Characters that are that need to have possible development, and he doesn't have any. Games where you customize your character and then have meaningful dialogue choices are vessels for the player. Link is not that at all. He does not need to eat, drink or sleep to survive. He does not need friends, he does not need comfort, he does not need *anything* except a villain to fight. His courage and emotions cannot fail him. He has none of the flaws of being a person, so he is not a person *at all*. You might feel lonely, or awe-struck, or comforted by the amazing world, but Link is not. Link doesn't care about anything. I'd question if he's even self-aware. Link is a quest-solving elemental.
Could you pleeease do the story of Borderlands? It’s a beautiful, wonderful game. I’m sure you have incite that few people do about it. Thank you
There’s a really good video by a channel called Beyond Ghibli that discusses the influences of Studio Ghibli movies, and more specifically Princess Mononoke, on Breath of the Wild, and I highly recommend checking it out if you feel you need even more reasons to love this game
Can I get a large cheese pizza with fresh garlic?
Well done as always.
As frustrating as Nintendo’s business practices might be, there’s a reason they’re still one of the titans of the industry. Simply nobody makes games like Nintendo.
I am going to comment before watching any of the video, Mikey zelda is a vidja game, not a film. dont you feel silly now :P
There is no doubt in my mind, that games has the largest of unfulfilled potentials. But going into a nintendo lore story is completely uncalled for. Like half of this video, does nothing for explaining how amazing the game is.
Everytime I play through the original game and I get the blue ring I say, "Finally, Link is in his iconic blue tunic"
It took me three years but I finally saved enough money to buy a switch to play this game. It arrives on Friday and I can't wait.
I have spent literally over a thousand hours on this game, I got it day one, and I still havent found everything
Link talks. He talks more in this game than in any other.
Im just happy there making a second one ,im not keeping my expectations high though as i don't wanna disappoint myself
I finished watching this an hour ago and I have been just mulling over how much I appreciate the craftsmanship and artistry that goes into creating video games. Your videos have such incredible depth and inspire so much passion, not just for art but life itself, so I just wanted to say thank you. So.... Thank you.
(and sorry if this came across as weird lol)
Enjoying the hell out of this video so far! But I have to ask:
16:52
Referring to a UA-cam video's 'Description' as 'the doobly' or 'the doobly-doo' is something I've only ever heard one other person say, which is Matt Colville.
Is this a reference I'm not getting? Where did this strange and funny phrase come from? Is it just a coincidence? Is Mikey a fan of Colville? Are Mikey and Colville both fans of someone or something else?
K, thx!
PS: This was an amazing video!
The term dooblydoo is an older one. A lot of people who were around when UA-cam started getting big mid to late 2000s tend to use the term. I think it was popularized or invented by John and Hank Green who were known as thevlogbrothers.
I'd like to have crispy duck with kung pao sauce (and veggies and rice of course)
I'm 2 years into the game and I'm STILL finding new things in it! Best game ever for me.
... It somehow never occurred to me to sell meals to make money. Three years later and I'm still learning new things about this game.