Poll of the Day > Why are people upset about the Tears of the Kingdom gameplay

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adjl
05/11/23 11:58:11 AM
#301:


papercup posted...
https://www.nintendo.com/whatsnew/ask-the-developer-vol-9-the-legend-of-zelda-tears-of-the-kingdom-part-3/

What a weird way to announce that there are dungeons in this game. It feels like some marketing person at Nintendo either isn't doing their job, or the dev team is just doing their own thing and ignoring the advice from the marketing people.

The marketing for TotK has been kind of weird all around. They've tried to be so strict about what does and does not get revealed, in a way that almost seems like they're tying not to hype people up too far in advance. I know that in the last year or so they've tended toward shorter windows between announcing and releasing a game (like Xenoblade 3's announcement coming out of absolutely nowhere last February with a September release date), and with TotK they seem to be following that trend extra-strictly. The release date was only announced in September, trailers up until the last one and the fusion showcase were very limited in what they showed beyond "it's Zelda again and also there are sky islands," and they've been even more uppity than usual about leaks (not uncommon in the games industry, but this seems like a particularly egregious example).

It's possible that they're trying to keep hype to a minimum until the last minute so that it hasn't worn off by the time the game launches. I imagine there are quite a few fence-sitters that have been holding out to see what the dungeon situation is, and finding out this close to release may excite them enough to push them into buying it before they have a chance to reconsider or incorporate other new information that comes out post-launch. It's also pretty common to see long-anticipated games get hyped up so much pre-release that there's no chance that the game will live up to it and everyone ends up disappointed, so maybe they're trying to avoid it.

Either way, Nintendo's gonna Nintendo. They've never given us any particular reason to believe that they're in touch with what their customers want. They just keep doing their own thing and we happen to like it most of the time, which is honestly kind of refreshing in an industry plagued with so much manipulative marketing and monetization even if it does lead to a whole lot of questionable decisions.

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ConfusedTorchic
05/11/23 12:00:03 PM
#302:


adjl posted...
they're tying not to hype people up
this should be bolded

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LinkPizza
05/11/23 12:04:23 PM
#303:


People already posting walkthroughs on YouTube

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wpot
05/11/23 12:13:29 PM
#304:


adjl posted...
Nintendo's gonna Nintendo
You can bold that also.

That said, I'll give them credit: when they tell us what we should like they're better at it than many other developers. :)

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ConfusedTorchic
05/11/23 1:01:59 PM
#305:


LinkPizza posted...
People already posting walkthroughs on YouTube
this isn't that strange

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papercup
05/11/23 1:04:30 PM
#306:


LinkPizza posted...
People already posting walkthroughs on YouTube
Yeah my brother told me that he's seeing big spoilers in thumbnails. That's why I've been watching a bunch of unrelated stuff for a while now, so the algorithm doesn't shove this bullshit down my throat until I get to play it.

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adjl
05/11/23 1:58:06 PM
#307:


Yeah, I full-on stayed off of youtube between XB3's DLC release and when I beat it. I'll probably do the same with TotK. People like to post obvious spoilers as clickbait.

Granted, it's a Zelda game and "spoilers" is therefore a pretty generous term, but still.

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wpot
05/11/23 2:01:14 PM
#308:


adjl posted...
Granted, it's a Zelda game and "spoilers" is therefore a pretty generous term, but still.
Spoiler: Ganon is revived and Zelda is imperiled.

Sorry not to mark that one. :)

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ConfusedTorchic
05/11/23 2:25:16 PM
#310:


uhhh

wouldn't be so sure about that

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LinkPizza
05/11/23 2:27:14 PM
#311:


Yeah. Y YouTube is mostly random things that arent gaming related

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Blightzkrieg
05/11/23 6:30:50 PM
#312:


adjl posted...
Yeah, I full-on stayed off of youtube between XB3's DLC release and when I beat it. I'll probably do the same with TotK. People like to post obvious spoilers as clickbait.

Granted, it's a Zelda game and "spoilers" is therefore a pretty generous term, but still.
I just need to know if the fish waifus and husbandos are back. I want to dive into the salmon canyon.

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adjl
05/11/23 7:13:27 PM
#313:


Blightzkrieg posted...
I just need to know if the fish waifus and husbandos are back. I want to dive into the salmon canyon.

Sidon was in the most recent trailer, among other Zora. Go forth, flounder pounder.

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Metalsonic66
05/11/23 7:19:54 PM
#314:


https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/8/2/3/AAFUswAAEd2H.jpg

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FellWolf
05/12/23 8:18:56 AM
#315:


I can't wait for the next inspirational 2d Zelda game with a unique mechanic no one has thought up before and packed with love.

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papercup
05/12/23 9:43:27 AM
#316:


Oh no, I don't know if my copy is coming in today or not, supposed to be storming all day.

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Revelation34
05/12/23 10:07:57 AM
#317:


Is the blood moon back? I just learned that you can stop it from activating. Wish I had known that before.

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LinkPizza
05/12/23 10:30:32 AM
#318:


Revelation34 posted...
Is the blood moon back? I just learned that you can stop it from activating. Wish I had known that before.

Idk But maybe I just havent seen it yet

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papercup
05/12/23 11:20:33 PM
#319:


My brother played for 3 hours, I played for 50 minutes and he was like wait let me show you something and he played for 3 more hours :|

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Blightzkrieg
05/12/23 11:45:37 PM
#320:


Having your brother play using your save file is the childhood equivalent of cuckolding

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Revelation34
05/13/23 12:12:00 AM
#321:


Blightzkrieg posted...
Having your brother play using your save file is the childhood equivalent of cuckolding


Is there actually more than one save file this time?

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LinkPizza
05/13/23 12:25:09 AM
#322:


Couldnt he just make another profile in the switch?

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papercup
05/13/23 12:30:34 AM
#323:


He switched over to his profile since he was further along, then just never gave the controller back.

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LinkPizza
05/13/23 12:32:28 AM
#324:


Take it But force, or by wit

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ConfusedTorchic
05/13/23 12:34:13 AM
#325:


papercup posted...
He switched over to his profile since he was further along, then just never gave the controller back.
tell your brother that he will never, ever, figure out how to unlock the great faeries and he should just quit now because he done fucked up already

tell him helly said that

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papercup
05/13/23 7:48:01 AM
#326:


Okay Ill tell him

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Blightzkrieg
05/13/23 8:17:35 AM
#327:


When I played BotW I think I did every requirement to get the true ending except I missed the fairy in the desert and that kind of miffs me

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Revelation34
05/13/23 9:28:54 AM
#328:


Blightzkrieg posted...
When I played BotW I think I did every requirement to get the true ending except I missed the fairy in the desert and that kind of miffs me


I found that by accident. I was looking for the skeleton for the picture side quest.

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OhhhJa
05/13/23 9:53:22 AM
#329:


https://twitter.com/ZAKUYA_BOTW/status/1657265674400706560?s=20
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Metalsonic66
05/13/23 10:30:01 AM
#330:


Nice

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papercup
05/13/23 10:40:52 AM
#331:


Finally got to play some :0 this game is neat

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Revelation34
05/13/23 10:53:16 AM
#332:


OhhhJa posted...
https://twitter.com/ZAKUYA_BOTW/status/1657265674400706560?s=20


Reported for posting pornography.

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OhhhJa
05/13/23 11:00:52 AM
#333:


Honestly, won't be shocked if I get banned for that lmao
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Revelation34
05/13/23 11:03:31 AM
#334:


OhhhJa posted...
Honestly, won't be shocked if I get banned for that lmao


It would be well worth it.

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Nichtcrawler-X
05/13/23 12:22:21 PM
#335:


I am reminded of ToQ-Oh.

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Metalsonic66
05/13/23 12:35:27 PM
#336:


Reminds me of the LBP2 heyday

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papercup
05/13/23 11:36:36 PM
#337:


So I noticed that the big glowing seed things in the underground that you activate and shows you the map, those correspond to the locations of shrines on the surface, and the names of those things are the names of the shrines spelt backwards.

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ConfusedTorchic
05/13/23 11:48:11 PM
#338:


papercup posted...
So I noticed that the big glowing seed things in the underground that you activate and shows you the map, those correspond to the locations of shrines on the surface, and the names of those things are the names of the shrines spelt backwards.
my friend texted me after he got there, "man lowrule went to shit"


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papercup
05/14/23 12:13:11 PM
#339:


I bet western developers have been playing this game all weekend going "fuck, how do we compete with this"

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Revelation34
05/14/23 12:14:28 PM
#340:


papercup posted...
I bet western developers have been playing this game all weekend going "fuck, how do we compete with this"


Elder Scrolls announcement later this year.

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papercup
05/14/23 12:15:12 PM
#341:


Isn't Starfield supposed to release later this year too?

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papercup
05/14/23 1:46:11 PM
#342:


https://twitter.com/PaperCupDRG/status/1657803617666207744

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Revelation34
05/14/23 2:52:12 PM
#343:


papercup posted...
Isn't Starfield supposed to release later this year too?


Yep. I'm expecting them to announce it right after.

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Blightzkrieg
05/14/23 2:54:09 PM
#344:


Just started playing

People give Metroid a lot of shit for stealing your missle launcher or something but I don't think they've ever done something that blatant

Can't wait to take ages to climb up a set of stairs again

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ConfusedTorchic
05/14/23 4:09:33 PM
#345:


Revelation34 posted...
Elder Scrolls announcement later this year.
probably not, since they already announced 6 5 years ago

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Revelation34
05/14/23 11:41:28 PM
#346:


ConfusedTorchic posted...

probably not, since they already announced 6 5 years ago


They didn't announce anything. They gave a trailer with no names.

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ConfusedTorchic
05/15/23 3:26:47 AM
#347:


an announcement trailer made specifically to announce the 6th title in the series is still an announcement trailer

don't expect anything tes this year, or even next year

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Metalsonic66
05/15/23 3:50:00 AM
#348:


https://youtu.be/3XXLUqc3-M8

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LinkPizza
05/15/23 6:19:49 AM
#349:


Metalsonic66 posted...
https://youtu.be/3XXLUqc3-M8

Just saw this one earlier Haha.

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Revelation34
05/15/23 6:21:12 AM
#350:


ConfusedTorchic posted...
an announcement trailer made specifically to announce the 6th title in the series is still an announcement trailer

don't expect anything tes this year, or even next year


So then what's the setting?

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ConfusedTorchic
05/15/23 6:43:14 AM
#351:


summerset

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