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The final day of press conferences has begun, featuring only Nintendo's Live Treehouse event. So let's get down to business!

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• Here's Reggie, remembering the Orlando victims with a moment of silence.
• Reggie explains how every year is different for Nintendo's E3. Well yeah.
• NEW ZELDA TRAILER! Huge open world.
• Title is "The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild". New world "teems with adventure". One of the "biggest experiences made by Nintendo."
• Now we're on to Pokemon. Junichi Masuda and Shigeru Omori are here to talk about Sun and Moon with a live gameplay demonstration. They're all talking in Japanese with no translation >_<
• New Sun and Moon trailer. Actually I think that's just the old one.
• They talk about the inspiration behind the titles Sun and Moon, with the Sun being the "giver of life".
• The legendaries are the emissaries of the Sun and the Moon respectively.
• They talk about the new legendary recently revealed in Taiwan.
• Alola region is "teeming with life" which is where the name comes from. It has 4 islands and one man-made island.
• They talk about the Pokemon themselves being accessible and understandable by everyone in the world. This factored into the design of the characters as well. They wanted to make the characters more realistic. They won't yet talk about the bracelets the characters are wearing.
• Here's gameplay inside the player's house. The player has recently moved into the Alola region. Ledyba is a wild pokemon in the early game. The battle UI is greatly changed to be more realistic and immersive. It's also more accessible to both new and old players alike.
• They want to encourage people to "catch 'em all" once again.
• They're battling a new Pokemon called "Yungoos". Now they're talking about the Rotom pokedex but the stream is dying a bit.
• There is terrible lag in the stream but now they're showing off the walking animations for some reason.
• A shadow appears if there is a trainer near who wants to challenge you, a nice practical addition
• Enemy trainers are ALL presented in full 3D models now as opposed to some 2D animations like in X/Y
• Pikipek is a new woodpecker style Pokemon.
• A character called Hala gives you your first Pokemon. He's a very strong trainer. Here's your friend Hau, Professor Kukui and his assistant. They're taking part in some kind of festival.
• They're doing a pokemon battle as some kind of worship to the island's deity, whoa
• Something something kawaii desune... I think that's it for the footage.
• Battle Royal is a new multiplayer mode that they're showing footage of. 4 players choose 3 pokemon and battle with one at a time. It's a free-for-all that ends when the first player gets knocked out. Then they tally a score based on pokmeon defeated and remaining.
• Even more languages are being added to the game. They say they're really proud of their work on the game.
• Next comes Aonuma to show some Zelda gameplay after a short break. Woot!
• Aonuma wants to break the conventions of Zelda.
• New gameplay has a reaaaaaally weird opening. Link does still start by waking up in the Shrine of Resurrection. Link picks up a Shiekah Slate which is supposed to guide him. He's putting on some old clothes from old chests, ew. They talk about adding technology to the series.
• For the first time ever, Link can JUMP!
• This open world is looking crazy.
• This just in: Nintendo loves mushrooms.
• They're showing a large rectangle of the map at E3. The Shiekah Slate is supposed to tell you where to go. The plateau is the remains of the old Hyrule Kingdom.
• You can chop down trees to access different locations and collect firewood. This looking crazy unconventional for a Zelda game.
  
• WHOA IT'S A KOROK FROM WINDWAKER! They're hiding everywhere in the world!
• In classic Zelda fashion, the first sword is found in a rock.
• Link is fighting some bokoblins, it looks like weapons can become damaged and broken but you can steal the weapons of enemies permanently!
• You can just take apples off trees and eat them to restore health. Awesome.
• There are combat mechanics that have to do with timing, this game is beginning to look a lot like Windwaker.
• Those things that attacked Link in the first trailer are guardians of the temple. The story is supposed to be told by exploration rather than exposition. The world is inspired by Japanese animation.
• The demo ran into the time limit on stage by accident, lol
• They're talking about the approach they took to the music since they game is different from its counterparts. Environmental noises are a large part of the experience.
• The music is intended to blend with the environmental noises and be a unique track for every player.
• New Zelda Miitomo items are going online today. Who cares.
• More exploration is coming up after this break. Geez this list of stuff is running long.
• We're back. Now we're climbing on top of the old temple which is awesome. It proves to be a great vantage point.
• Using the Shiekah Slate you can place beacons to see where you are going.
• They try and fail to hunt a wild boar.
• They're talking about the transitions between biomes - right now it's just more exploration. Everything in the world is interactable.
• The environment really is breathtaking. I'm having fun just watching them explore it.
• They're really focusing on how every player will have a different experience with how they play through the game.
• You can surf down a mountain on your shield. 10/10
• Ooh they found a treasure trove in a cave.
• Sorry there's not much to report on here- it's just gratuitous exploration. I recommend you just tune in.
• Here's another short break, they'll be back with still more Zelda.
• Now they're going to see some shrines. The shrines' challenges give you items which can be exchanged for other important gear.
• The Shiekah Stone can be upgraded with Runes that can be used all over the world. They give you special abilities like being able to pick up and manipulate metal objects.
• The shrines feel like mini-dungeons. They made it clear that they are separate from a regular dungeon.
• The guardians of the shrines help Link get new abilities to be able to beat Ganon. They give you Spirit orbs which can be exchanged for powerful items.
• Into another shrine they go. Uh-oh, one of the guardians has awoken and is chasing Link.
• There are two types of bombs, cubic and spherical
• You can look into the skies at night and see many constellations
• There are over 100 shrines that supplement the dungeons, but the classic Zelda dungeons are still present in the game.
• After another short break, they'll be back to talk about combat in more detail!
• The stream is lagging so bear with me for a bit.
• They're showing off various kinds of weapons and how they differ in attack range and speed.
• There's a meter in the bottom that measures how much sound you make when close to enemies.
• They are discussing the inventory system a little bit.
• When you pick up an item, it shows how much of an upgrade/downgrade it would be over your current gear.
• They are hilariously attempting to kill a guardian with a crazy amount of health.
• After the break they'll be back to talk about Amiibo in the game. Booooo!
• If you tap the Wolf Link amiibo, it brings in Wolf Link as a partner to fight with you. Cool. He also can hunt wild animals. If you get separated from him, you can call him back with a whistle.
• There's a new amiibo called Archer Link. Another one is Rider Link. Also a Guardian. They all are highly detailed.
• After the break is Miyamoto!!!
• Miyamoto is looking old as always. He's here to talk about how this game returns to the roots of the original Zelda game.
• They said they got tired of how sequential the game was and wanted to return to Zelda's roots of freedom. The beginning of the game returns to how in the beginning of Zelda you are bare and defenseless.
• They see you don't need an image of the world because it's all there to explore. They showed the image from the original Zelda manual which shows Link overlooking a cliff similar to the opening of this new game.
• The lack of explanation of the story is true to the original.
• Miyamoto's role is to ensure that Link's motion remains natural.
• They're repeating a lot of the same they've said before...
• Miyamoto really likes having lots of different solutions to puzzles. They talk about the physics engine and how it influences that.
• Miyamoto's days as a boy scout somehow influenced the development of Zelda.
  
• That's it for Miyamoto, after the break they're going into another shrine
• All they're doing is playing through a shrine, nothing too exciting
• Now they're talking about the hunting and gathering system.
• They're talking about the cooking and how it's a lot like real life. Real talk though I am getting bored with this footage
• They failed to take down a giant golem boss.
• There's really not anything interesting going on here anymore...
• They're telling us to stay tuned for another shrine but dear lord I do not want to stay tuned anymore
• And they're back... sigh
• Still absolutely no new news
• Next up is Aonuma who will explore outside of the plateau
• They're strolling around the edge of the plateau
• They're not actually going off the plateau but they are looking at other hyrule landmarks
• The reason that there are no NPCs or towns in the demo is because they don't want to spoil the game in the demo.
• They're talking about ways they can prevent players from getting lost
• That's it for Aonuma, up next is... more shrines... yay?
• If anyone is somehow still following, they're still just showing shrines. FML
• This thing is finally freaking over. Thank god.

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[nasune]

Nasune,

The game does actually have progression and suggestions on were to go...They've just been ignoring it to focus on different things in this Treehouse demos.

You can actually see the waypoints on the map several times when they show it off.

Yeah, I've said before that some of the info that is yet to come may give us more insight and show that there is indeed more story and sense of progression. I've seen the waypoints too, but what's not said is whether it'll give us plot when we get there, or will the voice simply say good now go to the next waypoint. The first way will give us a sense of progression, but the second way will basically make me at least feel like I'm dicking around.
Still I'm hoping that there will be that sense of progression, with some apprehension because of Aonuma's words (If I understood him correctly what he said boiled down to the environment will tell you the backstory, and not so much plot will tell you what's going on). I hope that I'm wrong about that though.

 

[Deboog]

The only thing I really don't like is... where are the people? Are there any cities? Shadow of the Colossus is a great game, but it's an experience. It isn't something I want to play over and over. Zelda, on the other hand, I do want to play over and over, in part because of the beloved characters and towns. Hell, I'm finishing the gallery in WWHD, and I'm having a blast chasing down every last NPC.

 

[Sick Wario]

wolf looks really cool

this game is so heavily reliant on the gamepad i am guessing no pro controller options.
also NX must be either compatible with wii/wii u controllers and pad, OR come with a new version of the gamepad

 

[TripleSMoon]

Did you hear about that bit about the game tying into the original Zelda game? I fucking called it! Ever since the beginning I said it was either a sequel to Zelda II, or takes place around it in some way. Can't wait to see what they say!

 

[Ryufushichou]

That's something that I have accepted. I am also willing to accept it again. It's not being a graphics whore to me. I know they can do way better and I feel like it's just an easy way out for them. Them doing this does not give me very high hopes of what's to come with the NX.

Stylized games like this aren't lazy, Stylized games stand the test of time, stuff like Uncharted and Beyond Two Souls will not stand the test of time, as technology gets better, games like that, with a realistic graphics style quickly start looking old and dated, but go back and play something like Borderlands, Viva Pinata or even old super nintendo games that used stylized art styles, they still look incredible today. It takes just as much hardware power to create stylized stuff well as it does to make realistic stuff.

Fair enough you don't like the art direction, but its far from a step backwards, and its certainly isn't an easy way out, it takes much more creativity to create something stylized that it does to make something realistic.

Realistic stuff is impressive, but looks rubbish at the next big leap.

 

[Sick Wario]

link from nes on the cliff wow! we have come full circle folks

 

[nasune]

Am I the only one that kind of disagrees with Miyamoto in that in the original Legend of Zelda you didn't know who you were and what your role was? The backstory and who you where/what you needed to do was given if you just waited a little at the start screen. Plus I think there was info in the manual too (I haven't seen the manual in years, so I'm not a 100% on that)

 

[nando]

wolf looks really cool

this game is so heavily reliant on the gamepad i am guessing no pro controller options.
also NX must be either compatible with wii/wii u controllers and pad, OR come with a new version of the gamepad

actually teh gamepad is hardly used, doesn't even use gyro aiming. the pro controller is an option. nintendo is abandoning wiimote and gamepad for nx it seems.

 

[petethepug]

I was looking information on the game "The legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild" seems more like a Minecraft Survival type of genre but instead of building its more of a survival, and mostly everyone in Hyrule is gone.

I do like the concept it's just... Why couldn't they add something more "unique" I get it won't be 100% like Minecraft, or any other survival game. But for a Zelda game I think this game may be a little over the top to even be considered a proper Zelda title, but hey the fighting mechanics sound okay.

Also thanks for spreading the news about E3 .

 

[retrofan_k]

Hope that framerate in Zelda is polished and fixed in the final release.

 

[Sick Wario]

hopefully youre right about the gamepad not being necessary

 

[Urbanshadow]

Hope that framerate in Zelda is polished and fixed in the final release.

So I'm not the only one feeling it choppy? I thought it was the livestream.

 

[Joe88]

it was running at like 15-20 fps

 

[Urbanshadow]

it was running at like 15-20 fps

Well that's way worse than I imagined. Ninty usually delivers good fps. Lets just hope.

 

[petethepug]

So I'm not the only one feeling it choppy? I thought it was the livestream.

Either it's your device not supplying amount of pixels on screen

The game is a beta (not fully released.)

Or it's supposed to be like that (although I find that unlikely.)

 

[Urbanshadow]

Either it's your device not supplying amount of pixels on screen

The game is a beta (not fully released.)

Or it's supposed to be like that (although I find that unlikely.)

Yeah I blamed my bandwidth, but seeing the comments there's still work to do there.

 

[sarkwalvein]

Well that's way worse than I imagined. Ninty usually delivers good fps. Lets just hope.

It's just a nod to the original oot for the fans. /s

 

[banzai200]

yea, it seems a "hero has fallen" timeline zelda
maybe after ocarina, when the world had fallen apart

 

[Lycan911]

So is Zelda really all we're gonna see today? I mean, I love Zelda, but watching others play it can be boring, especially if you're watching it for 3 hours straight.

 

[MeowMeowMeow]

and especially when they only scavenging items...