Nintendo quietly dropped a trailer on their YouTube channel today for a new Legend of Zelda spin-off, Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity. Pitched to Koei Tecmo Games by Legend of Zelda series producer Eiji Aonuma, it will be developed by the same team and use the same hack-and-slash gameplay style as the original Hyrule Warriors. Unlike that title, this will take place firmly in the world of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, set during the Great Calamity that took place a hundred years before the beginning of Breath of the Wild. The trailer shows gameplay featuring Link, Zelda, and the four Guardians. According to Koei Tecmo producer Yosuke Hayashi, his team worked closely with the core Zelda team to help capture the look and feel of the world, and that while the original Hyrule Warriors adapted to traditional Zelda conventions, Age of Calamity will break those conventions the same way Breath of the Wild itself did.

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Source: GBAtemp Inbox

 

[velgis]

not quite sure how they wanna play this out considering that this part of the story ends in a total loss..

Everyone knows what happened to the Titanic but bought tickets to the movie

 

[gamecaptor]

This makes me so happy!

 

[Rahkeesh]

P5 Scramble/Strikers shows that Koei/Tecmo can do something more interesting than a Warriors game. But then again that wasn't labeled a Warriors game.

 

[ov3rkill]

This news came out of nowhere. I was surprised and now I'm hyped.

 

[diggeloid]

I hate how Warriors games are all the same exact shit with a new coat of paint every time, and I hate how I keep buying and playing them, and I especially hate how much time I'm going to waste playing this one.

 

[Clydefrosch]

Everyone knows what happened to the Titanic but bought tickets to the movie

titanic wasnt a game that you want to win.

 

[Rail Fighter]

Looks meh at best.
Same old Warriors shit, just with a new paint work.

I'm good, I can get everything I want from this from a simple playthrough on YouTube and Wikipages, that being the story/lore alone. Gameplay has nothing new to offer.

I actually liked Hyrule Warriors because of the amount of content, but the Fire Emblem one sucked and I hope it's not the case here.

 

[Stealphie]

First

This isn't YouTube.

 

[MarkDarkness]

I don't get why Nintendo keeps on announcing games like this. Maybe in their minds this is working somehow? I have entirely lost focus on my Switch and have mostly played on PC the entire year. My game planning also does not include Switch and I cannot fit potential new releases anywhere...

Yeah, I need to plan what games I will play when. Adulting and etc.

 

[jt_1258]

ok...so clearly the company koei works with makes a big difference when it comes to the worldwide release of these games...I'm looking at you phantom strikers...

 

[thekarter104]

I fkn love Hyrule Warriors to death. Still not 100%d it because of the maps lol and on some I don't have the items. So I'm hyped for this game.

 

[Deleted User]

I might be alone with this opinion but this game is better than botw1 to me. It has no big world for sure but it has a story probably.
And i t will have the same amount of dungeons as botw 1.... Yes.... 0 Dungeons...

So overall it at least has action and is no walking simulator

.. repetetive... Yes, sure
But still better than botw

 

[Bladexdsl]

Cool! First

you'll never get likes with a shit first post like that

 

[Deleted User]

I find these Dynasty Warrior type games so boring. Kill a thousand enemies, then move to the next area and kill a thousand more.

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I might be alone with this opinion but this game is better than botw1 to me. It has no big world for sure but it has a story probably.
And i t will have the same amount of dungeons as botw 1.... Yes.... 0 Dungeons...

So overall it at least has action and is no walking simulator

.. repetetive... Yes, sure
But still better than botw

If you like mindless action sure. Those "walking simulators" at least have puzzles and other things to keep the games interesting.

 

[Deleted member 534671]

Everyone knows what happened to the Titanic but bought tickets to the movie

People still read the Bible and they know the dude in that gets nailed to a cross.

 

[Deleted User]

I find these Dynasty Warrior type games so boring. Kill a thousand enemies, then move to the next area and kill a thousand more.

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If you like mindless action sure. Those "walking simulators" at least have puzzles and other things to keep the games interesting.

botw was mindless too. Walk from a to b. Do nothing there.. Puzzles? Not really. There s just walking. Its horrible . Those shrines are simplest logic.. there was so much potential... And they wasted it

 

[AshuraZro]

If there's enough unique twists on the formula like Dragon Quest Heroes 2, this could have my interest. However right now, more of the same is a very unappealing thing.

 

[Deleted User]

botw was mindless too. Walk from a to b. Do nothing there.. Puzzles? Not really. There s just walking. Its horrible . Those shrines are simplest logic.. there was so much potential... And they wasted it

Compared to a Hyrule Warriors games where there's no puzzles at all good or bad, I'll take BOTW.

 

[Sonic Angel Knight]

So this game gonna have voice acting too? Or is it gonna have none like the last game... WITH CUTSCENES... THAT FEATURED DIALOG!

 

[Jayro]

Finally, a Hyrule Warriors game I can get hyped behind! I can't wait to play this!!! And it seemingly came out of nowhere. Not even a Direct.