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The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds: A New Trailer

Can you believe this comes out on the same day as Xbox One and Super Mario 3D World and Tearaway?

Nov. 4 2013

Posted by: Patrick

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The 2D to 3D mechanic could probably produce a lot of head scratchers.

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Never owned any of the Zelda games... might give this a crack

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I'll play it, but I'm not too keen on the art style.

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Not at all a fan of how the game looks but it still could be great gameplay wise!

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@patrickklepek And Mario Party for the 3DS, what in the world does Nintendo have in store?

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The wall mechanic is gonna fuck with my head...

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Never played a zelda game but since i bought the pokemon machine i might as well give it a try.

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Oh hey a fire and ice rod.

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Really dislike the way this looks. Not my style at all. Think i'll pass

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This wall thing looks fucking insane.

Especially because I haven't played a Zelda-game since Link's Awakening

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Goddammit, I might have to get a 3DS now.

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I really hope the game is great but I'm not a fan of the look at all.

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i dont get why so many are down on the art style

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Just started playing 3D Land again, and this graphically looks less impressive than that game, which is odd. I might pick this up, but I don't know how far into it I will get. I never do very well in Zelda games.

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Nice to see Link with his massive hair back.

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Oh man, got too much stuff on my 3ds. With pokemon and Phoenix Wright right now. New professor Layton in a few days, and now this. Better get back to playing!

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Please please, hire someone else to do your trailers, nintendo. PLEASE

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graphically and stylistically, this looks terrible

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@doe3879 said:

graphically and stylistically, this looks terrible

Yeah, this looks like a Zelda knockoff.

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Nintendo couldn't of picked a worse time to release two big games just before my PS4 arrives.

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Looks like I'll be buying a new 3DS in the coming months.

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When they said that the magic meter would now just regenerate instead of having to pickup magic to refill it, I never imagined it would be that fast.

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Man this game looks ugly as fuck

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This is gonna be the best Zelda yet!

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Not understanding the graphics hate, to me it just looks like LttP HD. Nov 22 is gona be a great shopping day, Xbox one and a brand new Zelda edition 3DS XL.

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The lighting and texture work are both looking great, very much a rounded/smoothed over translation of ALttP visual style. The game's flow/movement seems fluid and responsive too.

Forgetting all of that, as long as the dungeon design is sweet and boss battles are mostly great then that's all I give a shit about. Hopefully the OST, recurring and new themes, are up to or near par. Early indicators have me hopeful

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Unfortunately it appears some of the hate for the art style comes from those that never played Link to the Past on Super Nintendo. I actually think this looks great and can't wait for it to come out. Link to the Past was my very first Zelda game and to date probably one of my favorite.

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Yikes, those are some seriously ugly environments/textures..

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I think it's kind of hilarious that Nintendo thought it was necessary to advertise that you'll be able to "explore all new dungeons." An original Zelda with NEW dungeons?! Wowie!

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I love ALttP, but I can't say this looks like the HD version of this (that would be more this). It kind of looks like the same soulless art style the New Super Mario Bros games have, which is such a bummer as Nintendo can definitely do better.

The game itself looks great, of course, but I really wish they had made it look more unique.

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Despite the ugly graphics I am incredibly hyped up for this. I just hope that the art style will seem more consistent when playing the whole thing.

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@crosstheatlantic said:

I love ALttP, but I can't say this looks like the HD version of this (that would be more this).

This doesn't look amazing, but what you linked looks like trash.

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I really dislike the art style they chose for the 2D stuff. I would have liked to see some regular animations for the movement when Link is in flat mode, rather than just wobbling the texture from side to side. I get what they're going for but it's just not working for me.

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I'd play this but I lost my Gameboy Colour.

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@bit_agent: @joeshabadoo: I'll be the first to admit that blowing up 3DS' image to higher resolutions will make it look like absolute shite, but compared to other titles on the 3DS that can pull off PS2 era graphics, this just looks like something from the N64 era. The lighting seems way too sharp, the "polygonal" models look like they belong in Donkey Kong Country for the SNES. I have a bad feeling about this.

And Nintendo, for the love of God: the 2DS is not a different platform. I understand that someone in the marketing department felt the need to highlight the new version of the 3DS, but Come On.

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Man love that remastered Zelda theme.

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I have to say, I'm really not a fan of how the game looks, both from an artistic and technical standpoint. The 3DS has shown itself to be capable of a lot better. This looks closer to an N64 game than a GameCube one.

Still, I'm sure the gameplay will be solid.

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Guess what I'm exited for all 3 of those things. FUCK ME RIGHT!!!!

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I think it's kind of hilarious that Nintendo thought it was necessary to advertise that you'll be able to "explore all new dungeons." An original Zelda with NEW dungeons?! Wowie!

Because some geniuses didn't understand that this is not a remake of ALTTP.

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I really hope this has more than four dungeons.

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Dat verticality.

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I had almost no hype for this at all...but goddamn I do now.

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Looking good! No complaints here.

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Personally, I think this looks rad.

It's probably also worth pointing out that in almost every 3DS quick look they've said that the game looks much better on the actual screen than on the capture feed. If your complaint is the art style then ok, but I'd wait for some more hands on stuff before writing off the technical aspect.

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Why is his hair not pink?

I'm definitely picking this up with my birthday money. It looks like a must-play with the 3D slider allllll the way up.

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Seems a bit of a stretch to throw Tearaway into the same group as a next-gen console launch (and all the games that go along with that), the first 3D HD Mario game, and the sequel to Link to the Past...even if they are all on the same day.

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Part of the music in this trailer is A Link to the Past's Hyrule Castle theme reversed.

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Just like two years ago with that Skyward Sword trailer.

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People saying it looks ugly, remember, 3DS footage always makes the games look a fair bit worse than they do on the actual device.

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Hmmm I have yet to be disappointed by a handheld Zelda.