Zelda Musou

[Aeolus]

Also Team Ninja's invovled for whatever that's worth.

Oh gee, I can't wait to see people bitching about stuff. :T

And there it is....

I'm surprised it took you more than a day to jump on that one.

Since obviously my meaning wasn't clear the first time, my comment was made more in the spirit of trepidation of their lack of noteworthiness as of late, rather than due to some lingering grudge or resentment over Other M or the dismay of them potentially DOAifying a Zelda game. I mean seriously, what are they bringing to the table of a Dynasty Warrior game with a Zelda theme to it? What could they bring? A Ryu/Kasumi cameo?

[Dice]

Link's design here is the best one I've seen since Twilight Princess.

Yeah... it's not too bad.  I love the additional colours, for one.  I don't know if a contrasting blue/red scarf was the way to go -- but I guess they wanted a scarf-version of the shield[???], but it matches the gloves nicely and I got kinda bored of the *strictly* green dress code (meanwhile I'm also gonna ignore how 'pretty' he's looking here and just take it in).

More than that though, I'm surprised at the interesting addition of an aquiline nose.  I know that Link's always had a bit of a 'shnoz', but I think this is the first time he's started to look like Greek statuary.

Speaking of noses; apparently there's supposed to be a few surprise "additions" with respect to playable characters.  Being honest, nothing will surprise me...

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...unless they throw in Roam from the old school Zelda comics (that whole series was a TRIP).



...Needless to say, I'm excited for this game and I don't know why.

[Aeolus]

Link's design here is the best one I've seen since Twilight Princess.

Yeah... it's not too bad.  I love the additional colours, for one.  I don't know if a contrasting blue/red scarf was the way to go -- but I guess they wanted a scarf-version of the shield[???], but it matches the gloves nicely and I got kinda bored of the *strictly* green dress code (meanwhile I'm also gonna ignore how 'pretty' he's looking here and just take it in).

More than that though, I'm surprised at the interesting addition of an aquiline nose.  I know that Link's always had a bit of a 'shnoz', but I think this is the first time he's started to look like Greek statuary.

Speaking of noses; apparently there's supposed to be a few surprise "additions" with respect to playable characters.  Being honest, nothing will surprise me...

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...
...
...unless they throw in Roam from the old school Zelda comics (that whole series was a TRIP).



...Needless to say, I'm excited for this game and I don't know why.

Only if he is able to fly.

That said, I am expecting Shia to be playable once she's done getting Hijacked by Ganon.

[Ranadiel]

I like Link's design, but I don't get why they didn't give him the Hylian Shield, unless his weapons are sword and shield as a combo. But even then I'm pretty sure there are enough shields in the series so that they could have given him 4 different existing ones easily. Although I just sort of realized that the Dynasty Warrior weapon progression is going to feel weird on Link since the most likely case seems like it will be the Master Sword being his fourth weapon meaning you won't get it till end game grinding.....and if it isn't his fourth weapon then you'll end up with like 5 Master Swords.....I suppose they could just go with the shield as his "weapon" so that he always has the Master Sword.

Only if he is able to fly.

That said, I am expecting Shia to be playable once she's done getting Hijacked by Ganon.

Yeah Shia will probably be playable. Betting Zelda becomes playable at about the same point. Anyone have any ideas on the surprises? I'm thinking Tingle.

[Yggdrasil]

@Aeolus: The tone in which I made that comment wasn't serious.

[Klutz64]

Speaking of noses; apparently there's supposed to be a few surprise "additions" with respect to playable characters.  Being honest, nothing will surprise me...

Well, this is Nintendo 2.0 we're talking about here, so any secret characters will probably be revealed (by Nintendo itself) two months before the game comes out.

[Dice]

http://www.zeldauniverse.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Hyrule-Warriors-Famitsu-scan-2.jpg
Damn Impa looks nice too.

[Aeolus]

http://www.siliconera.com/2014/05/22/hyrule-warriors-screenshots-shows-link-impa-shia-black-witch/

Here's a few more pics in better quality.

http://www.siliconera.com/2014/05/22/nintendo-tecmo-koei-discuss-hyrule-warriors-came/

And a brief interview.

http://gematsu.com/2014/05/hyrule-warriors-japanese-website-opened

Also the JP website is open and lists the contents of the special editions.

[Ranadiel]

Impa is a freaking badass in those screens. I approve.

[Dice]

http://gematsu.com/2014/05/hyrule-warriors-japanese-website-opened

Also the JP website is open and lists the contents of the special editions.

[Aeolus]

http://www.siliconera.com/2014/05/23/hyrule-warriors-details-games-heroes-villains/

Some extra dirt on the characters, though none of the specifics really adds much to what we already knew (other than Shia's name being localized as Cia).

[Dice]

http://youtu.be/z107NbGUIOk

New e3 trailer showing (amongst the older reveals) Zelda and Midna in action!

Good to see you back, Midna (undoubtedly a fan favourite)
And good to see Zelda doing something!

...And sadly the return of the N64 Great Fairy.... ... ...fuck.

[Ranadiel]

Oh hey Gannondorf, didn't expect to see you here. (jk) Also Zelda with a hookshot, because why the heck not.

Also I just realized that 75% of the shown playable characters are female. I am okay with this.

[kofvscapcom]

Hmm...in terms of characters that would be cool to be in this game, Nabooru, maybe Majora's Mask Link with all of his mask forms. Would be nice if Gannondorf was playable, but that would require some serious plot stretching. Wonder if Tingle is going to make an appearance. Also, I would buy a WiiU for this game if you could just play as a flock of cuccos and obliterate everything in your path.

[Aeolus]

Hmm...in terms of characters that would be cool to be in this game, Nabooru, maybe Majora's Mask Link with all of his mask forms. Would be nice if Gannondorf was playable, but that would require some serious plot stretching. Wonder if Tingle is going to make an appearance. Also, I would buy a WiiU for this game if you could just play as a flock of cuccos and obliterate everything in your path.

This is a Musou game. Of course Ganondorf will be playable (you probably won't have full access to his Ganon form).

http://gematsu.com/gallery/albums/hyrule-warriors/june-10-2014/Hyrule-Warriors_2014_06-10-14_014.jpg

No idea who the third person is in this pic of the cover, though if I had to guess, I'd bet on Naryu.