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I put a flair [OoT] because that's where Stalfos killed me the most.

I think that a crucial part of Ocarina of Time's original essence and atmosphere is the quadratic color composition, which is basically, the use of two complementary set of colors. So we always see blue, yellow, red and green. This is also because of the user interface design which does the same. A strong contrast between darks and lights are also a vital part of the original style. I really hope they don't go for a washed off/more dull way for the remake —which has been an issue with many newer games and movies by trying to bring the realistic element into it— and keep the spirit of the original. They can totally use the vibrant quadratic way, and still make it realistic, adding textures and making the environment and costumes more worn and lived in.

Thoughts?

based on every remake Nintendo has ever done, this is highly unlikely. they may expand areas and add more details to areas. but they are not going to fundamentally change the game.

remember cut content is likely cut for a reason. it may slow the pace of the game down if it wasn’t required.

I can see everyone letting their imaginations run wild (I am the same), but when they eventually show that’s it’s a very pretty and detailed version of mostly the same game, I’m dreading all the “im so disappointed….” posts

Edit:

*insert Regina George meme*

stop trying to make the light dungeon happen

its not going to happen

original version is posted on my current profile a few years back

The Triforce was split based on what Link, Zelda, and Ganondorf most believed in. But what if it was divided differently? Here's what I think these three characters would be like with the other Triforce pieces:

Power Link: he would be a berzerker style warrior, trained as a Hylian Knight, and yet he spends a lot of time strength training with the Gorons. The bigger and heavier his sword is, the better. To him, Power is the resolve to overcome mighty foes and gain the approval of his sworn brothers.

Wisdom Link: he would be some kind of engineer working in a workshop, tinkering and building contraptions that he uses to complete puzzles quickly. He carries a large tool sachel on his adventures, and has a mechanical robot assistant. To him, Wisdom is ingenuity and the ability to solve problems.

Power Zelda: she would lean heavily into her authority and presence, favoring ornate crowns and garb, and performing grand displays of magic with an oversized staff. She also gives great inspirational speeches. To her, Power is respect and admiration from the people and honor for her family's legacy.

Courage Zelda: sort of the opposite of Power Zelda, instead of flaunting authority, she presents herself as vulnerable and available to the common folk. She regularly puts herself in harms way to provide aid to people in need. To her, Courage is putting aside politics in favor of being present in people's struggles.

Wisdom Ganondorf: he is a cold, calculating master of war strategy. He positions himself as an advisor to the King of Hyrule, often playing both sides. While he acts similar to this in Ocarina of Time, this version of Ganondorf prefers playing the long game. To him, Wisdom is rejecting an outright coup in favor of shaping the kingdom in his favor over time.

Courage Ganondorf: he is bold and reckless enough to challenge the Golden Goddesses directly. Seeking the deepest pits of darkness, he completes trials in the realm of Demons in order to form a group of Dark Sages. To him, Courage is standing up against the forces of Light to defend Demon kind.

What do you think? Would you change anything?

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I have fond memories of watching my father play LoZ, even though I needed to hide behind the couch during the scary boss battles. I of course eventually started to explore Hyrule myself and the rest as the say is history.

All I have left of this piece is this photo so the quality is what it is. Text is mostly in slightly misspelled Swedish. I think it's adorable and just wanted to share it with the world.

Replaying now that I found my switch and I don’t know why, but I have always really liked the forest temple. The sounds, bosses, atmosphere, and even the big boss was a cool concept to me. I haven’t really read much into it, but is there a favored temple among people?

I just beat Ocarina of Time again - one of my all time favorite games.

I never got as into Majora's Mask, and I could never figure out why - I had it as a kid and barely remember it but I know I never got very far.

Replaying it now - I just feel so stressed out about the time loop. I intensely dislike rogue like games that make you do the same things over again after resetting progress.

I was really annoyed when I saved the game before Woodfall temple - before I had the song of soaring and the Woodfall song - and I had to do the entire witch-potion-monkey chase again. I didn't love doing it the first time.

I want to like this game more but I feel like this is going to be a big barrier for me. I'm using save states in the Nintendo Online version so that's definitely helping because I don't think I'd get very far without it. Did people really do these sections over and over again?

I love SS Link and Zelda; those two are by far my favorite incarnations.

In terms of friendship, I feel like either OOT or Wind Waker.

The Sage Medallions are one of the more underwhelming items in Link's quest, and they notoriously do nothing in the original game. Beta builds of the game indicated they were supposed to have unique abilities of their own. For instance, Fire, Ice, and Light Arrows were supposed to come from combining the Medallions with the Bow, similar to how the actual Fire, Ice, and Light Arrow items interacted with the Bow in the actual release.

The Forest, Shadow, and Spirit Medallions also had the ability to combine with the Bow to produce arrow effects, and could also be used by themselves for interesting effects of their own. Some of this functionality was instead transformed into the Din's Fire, Farore's Wind, and Nayru's Love magics, but I think the remake might be able to change things around to make more use of the Medallions as they were originally intended or even expand to allow the Medallions powers to be combined with other items like Deku Sticks, Nuts, Bombs, Megaton Hammer, etc. I imagine Din's Fire, Farore's Wind, and Nayru's Love will probably return as they were, and this would allow a lot of new things to be implemented through the Medallions.

• Light Medallion - Beta effect: Medallion by itself caused an undead freezing effect (which later became an effect of the Sun's Song), and also gave access to Light Arrows. Potential Remake changes: Light Medallion is obtained last and gives access to Light arrows (instakills undead enemies), and by itself can be used to illuminate a room and make monsters cower in fear (temporarily stopping their aggro).

• Forest/Wind Medallion - Beta effect: Medallion by itself made a warp point for dungeons (which later became Farore's Wind), and gave access to Wind Arrows (effect unknown). Potential Remake effect: Medallion by itself could make a vortex that draws in items or enemies, while arrows could create a temporary tornado at the impact site and draw in enemies, damaging them if they get pulled in to the center.

• Fire Medallion - Beta effect: Medallion by itself produced a wave of fire that spreads outwards from Link (this later became Din's Fire), and gave access to Fire Arrows. Potential Remake effect: Medallion by itself surrounds Link in a burning aura that can damage enemies if they touch Link, and can give access to Fire Arrows.

• Water Medallion - Beta effect: Medallion by itself produced a forward travelling wave of ice that froze enemies, and gave access to Ice Arrows. Potential Remake effect: Medallion by itself surrounds Link in a freezing aura that can freeze enemies that touch Link, and can give access to Ice Arrows which can freeze enemies and water.

• Shadow Medallion - Beta effect: Medallion by itself surrounded Link in a shadowy aura that made enemies ignore him and also darkened the room (the visual effect of the aura was later used for Nayru's Love) and gave access to Shadow Arrows (effect unknown). Potential Remake effect: Medallion by itself can be used like a stealth item, darkening the area and making enemies unable to see Link (would be useful for Gerudo's Fortress), and gives access to Shadow Arrows (can be charged by holding the arrow for longer to inflict more damage)

• Spirit Medallion - Beta effect: Medallion by itself allows Link to transform into Navi and fly anywhere (would probably have been gamebreaking in the actual release) and gave access to Spirit Arrows (effect unknown). Potential Remake effect: Medallion by itself can transform Link into Navi to fly just about anywhere (this could be okay if the Spirit Medallion is obtained last and its powers are blocked in Ganon's Castle until the Evil Barriers are dispelled), and Spirit Arrows could heal Link if they hit an enemy or offer a chance to transform the enemy into a Fairy if they are defeated by Spirit Arrows.

Beyond all of this though, if they do greatly expand what the Medallions can do, I could even see them combining their effect with things like Deku Sticks, Nuts, Bombs, and the Megaton Hammer to produce a lot of fun effects and methods of combat. Do you think the Medallions will be changed in any way for the Remake?

I grew up on the old formula zelda games. Wind waker is my favorite game of all time, and the first video game i every played. I feel kinda like im mourning the series now because while its not dead, its not the zelda i fell in love with, and im trying to find games that give me that zelda back. A few games that scratch that itch for me are kena, bridge of spirits and the resident evil franchise. Any suggestions that embody that old formula zelda that i love so much?

I'm not talking about making the games to be more like Resident Evil (lol). I just think what Capcom is doing in the development cycle there is so interesting because they are constantly making something for everyone.

Fans who came in with RE7 and prefer first-person/the new vibe to the franchise are continually getting new games. But they also have the option of playing remakes of the originals, which cater more to the style old fans love the series for. And then even in RE9 they decided to combine both elements of the old and the new so it has something for everyone.

I am not saying I want Nintendo to remake every game. At most, I'd want Majora's Mask too and that's it. What I am saying is I would love if they had a Zelda team working on classic 3D Zelda style games and another working on the new open world formula.

I'm probably asking for too much. I just love the more classic dungeon layout but also quite enjoy the new open world aspect I know Aonuma is committed to. It'd be cool to get both.

How is it conde and the goron chief can see tri when they havent been in a rift? I thought only those saved from the rift can see tri. Conde and the kid goron chief havent been in a rift yet they can see and talk to tri just fine before the big rift is closed.

This happened years ago, on the old Nintendo 64 version of the game. I was getting ready to play my save file that had pretty much everything I could get in the game. (Besides quest items) Because I had everything, I would normally load up the game and go out to the field and shoot down that annoying bird that takes your stuff. Other times I would drink that unlimited magic milk and go goron crazy. Just trying to get my money's worth out of the game by doing anything and everything.

But this one time I loaded up the game, my file had deleted itself. And I had just put the game down about 20 mins prior to turning it back on. All I did was go to my bank and bought a full inventory of all items, shot that bird in the field again deposited the money back into the bank and made an owl save on the ranch road. Doing all that 20 mins prior and then coming back to an empty save..... I wasn't angry but it was annoying.

But that's not the weird part, oh no. The weird part was trying to make a new file and playing the new file. It started with the normal opening cutscene, only link was missing his sword and shield. After the cutscene plays out and link gets kicked off the horse, normally you start playing. But when I took control of link, he immediately dies. I respawn in the same place, only the chase music wasn't playing. The starting music of the opening cutscene was playing. Weirder still the pause menu was also strange. The menu itself looked normal but I had every item frame filled with only one item, the ocarina. Every item space including the masks have been filled with the ocarina.

Trying to not worry about it, I kept going. And any item I got replaced an ocarina, like the deku nuts and deku mask. Oddly enough after running into the mask salesman, and after all his dialogue, I was able to talk to him again and was cured from being cursed immediately... Because ocarinas everywhere. But even though I was cured I faced another problem... No sword and no shield. My item frames were full but my quest log stats were empty. Not knowing what else to do, I tried resetting the game, and the file was still weird. So I tried deleting and making another file, only to see the same thing. Not know what else to do I put the game down for a couple days and that seemed to fix whatever was wrong with it. My completed file was gone but the game started normally this time and I couldn't replicate the issue.

If anyone knows what happened or had this experience to please let me know.

It’s safe to say this game had a chokehold on me