#i love botws world

[blueskittlesart]

*sigh* thoughts on Nintendo's botw/totk timeline shenanigans and tomfoolery?

tbh. my maybe-unpopular opinion is that the timeline is only important when a game's place on the timeline seriously informs the way their narrative progresses. the problem is that before botw we almost NEVER got games where it didn't matter. it matters for skyward sword because it's the beginning, and it matters for tp/ww/alttp (and their respective sequels) because the choices the hero of time makes explicitly inform the narrative of those games in one way or another. it matters which timeline we're in for those games because these cycles we're seeing are close enough to oot's cycle that they're still feeling the effects of his choices. botw, however, takes place at minimum 10 thousand years after oot, so its place on the timeline actually functionally means nothing. botw is completely divorced from the hero of time & his story, so what he does is a nonissue in the context of botw link and zelda's story. thus, which timeline botw happens in is a nonissue. honestly I kind of liked the idea that it happened in all of them. i think there's a cool idea of inevitability that can be played with there. but the point is that the timeline exists to enhance and fill in the lore of games that need it, and botw/totk don't really need it because the devs finally realized they could make a game without the hero of time in it.

[smilesrobotlover]

Small Revali’s for anyone who needs it. This guy has me in a chokehold

[spacekatdet]

One of my main loves is Legend of Zelda, I've gone so far as to rebuild the botw world for an au I made. Remaking zoras how I like them. So awhile ago I put Grian and Scar in that world in place of Link and Sidon Bluie suggested Scar be blue which works really well to make his green eyes pop I didn't take this further but if others want to pick it up please make sure to tag me I'd love to see!

[chibi-haifish]

Easy Link for today... not between worlds, but between work

[ganonfan1995]

And it's not exactly that all fans ever want linear games (some do~) Most people I've spoken to who didn't like BoTW, simply wanted a game with a bit more depth and energy put into the story and the world.

While I don't fully agree on that front with BoTW (personally I think BoTW was one of the most concise LoZ games to date) ToTK only amplifies BoTW's weaknesses, rather than its stengths.

I understand the desire to expand on Hyrule, to make a truly vast and vibrant world, flush with exploration. Now with next-gen consoles and better hardware, there's a lot more opportunity for these types of games to take front and centre.

But at the same time, large procedurally generated landscapes can often break immersion while feeling bleak and unnatural. Even if landscapes are generated to be as natural as possible, worlds are as much a character, as well...the characters. (I could go on a whole tangent about design here, but I digress..)

I think what people miss from LoZ titles, is the human touch and energy invested into making Hyrule, feel like a place, rather than an idea.

BoTW wasn't perfect, but it was their first swing at this type of world and gameplay. I do think it can be improved on, and honestly, I was expecting progress on that front in ToTK.

But given that ToTK (past the demo lmao) was nothing more than a 100$ expansion on BoTW...I'm not feeling too confident myself moving forward with these open-world Zelda games.

Despite being linear games, growing up OOT and WW felt open world enough for me. LttP was a super fun play that had both a linear story line, and open world possibilities while giving the player full access to all the dungeons and tools off the bat.

If sacrificing genuine, thoughtful, world-building and design is what it means to have a truly open world Hyrule...I kind of don't want it either.

I dunno just some thoughts

[lace4forest]

Hey so, you know how the old man in A Link Between Worlds is actually a secret super boss??

You know how he uses all your equipment???

Did you know that the Hero of Legend's actual Hero title isn't the hero of Legend but actually "The Legendary Hero"????

Huh.

I'm doing research for a video and it's going very well :)

[yogurtlid10000]

Stupid stuff I’ve drawn recently 😓

Had to hop on the trend with my personal favorite characters I WOULDVE DONE BRAINSTORM OR PERECEPTOR but I thought it was funnier with Megan

Recently I’ve been thinking about whirl 🤔hes a very interesting character to me

Another whirlydoodle

😎I CAN ONLY DRAW THE HOLOFORM sob it’s embarrassing

Ok goodbye 😇I need to speed run Christmas cards

[autumnoakes]

hi im ranting (positively! this game kills me but in a good way) about breath of the wild again

i know it's controversial but i love the way the story of the game is told. because you start the game in the middle, perhaps near the end, of the story. the game is entirely through link's perspective and he wakes up knowing and remembering nothing. in turn, the player starts off knowing nothing. the past is revealed as the story goes along, and the player learns about the past and about the land as link does. there are little tidbits about hyrule and about the calamity scattered across the land. an old woman in hateno village tells you of an age of desolation that she grew up in. the travellers you see on the road are younger people because they're described by older characters as more bold, whereas the older characters grew up being told to never leave the village, it's too dangerous outside (compare this even to tears of the kingdom, where travellers are more common because the land has been safer. even older characters have left their home to travel elsewhere (not including the lurelin villagers)). battlefields are still strewn with old rusty weapons and deactivated guardians that no one but monsters will go near. myths and legends about the princess and hero have been passed down, to the point where their legitmacy is questioned and everyone has a different opinion on them.

it's environmental storytelling. it's things like seeing drawings and a bow in zelda's study and seeing a child reading a storybook with a hero that wears a blue tunic similar to link's. it's the stories that the villagers share about old myths that turn out to be true. it's the ruins scattered across the land, long since overtaken by monster camps but still unmistakably being houses that people once lived in. it's the utter lack of civilization anywhere remotely near the castle and the feeling of dread in the ruins of the town that surrounds it. it's a kingdom entrenched in its past, with no ability to move away from it until the calamity is finally defeated.

[undergoing-mitosis]

so what if i just

*stares at you in ^-^ and ._.*

[ozsvessalius]

nintendo het baiting w sidon and his fiancee only to pull the gayest shit ive seen in a While by having sidon renew his vows w link (they got married at the end of ruta’s quest in botw. obviously. clearly.) and giving him a power that lets him ‘stay by his side forever’. i see you husbands i am so glad your marriage is thriving. good for them. good for them. they also both have two hands for anyone who wants to pull any nonsense im js. there is room for yona she just has to understand link has held sidon’s heart for years first.

[phannamime]

Thinking about Skyhold, honestly one of the prettiest home bases in gaming. Like even being 10 years old I just love running around and staring at certain sections of it. The touches of it changing and improving, each character having their own little space. The bedrooms tucked away for certain characters are so good.

That being said it feels a bit empty, like the gorgeous bedroom only used in cutscenes and to change clothes is so sad. Let my Inquisitor journal at her desk, or take her personal war room quests there. Put our storage in there as well, have us be able to access the codex from bookshelves, or save at the bed with a 5 second cutscene of the inquisitor getting into bed. Just little things that don’t need to be there but could are my favorite in video games.

[margoshansons]

THE WORLD BEYOND :: CHAPTER TWO

summary: One hundred years ago, divine relics were unearthed and champions decimated by the very beings they were chosen to control. One hundred years ago, a princess and a knight stood as beacons against a doomed world. One hundred years ago, a girl wielding a mysterious power disappeared in the sands of the desert. One hundred years ago, Calamity struck. One hundred years later, a girl and a knight awake on a great plateau with no memory of anything but their names and a voice inside their heads.

{aka the legend of zelda: breath of the wild with an original character}

Aitana moved much slower than the boy beneath her. Carefully placing her feet and hands in the correct position, she descended the tower slowly and surely, in stark contrast to Link, who’d simply jumped down to each platform. Her limbs were still sluggish from her nap, and her brain felt miles behind as she tried to keep up.

She eyed her new companion with a wary gaze, disappointed to find nothing about him jogged her memory. Golden hair the color of the sun and eyes the color of the sky, she was sure if he had been important to her, she would have remembered him. 

Instead, she remembered nothing.

AO3

taglist: @bisexualterror @darth-caillic

[creativesplat]

Early Morning

[scootatwoni]

The strongest warriors are those that love botw but don't ship zelink (me its me I'm the strongest warrior)

[strawberryjcm]

three of them.. . ..

[smilesrobotlover]

I’ve seen some people with their own takes on Mipha and Sidon’s mom and so I wanted to do my own thing with her too! She looks a little too much like Sidon but I know I wanted him to take after her more so idk what’s up with that lol. None of the two take after Dorephan except for Mipha’s more softer features so they look a LOT like their mother

She’s a very tough and mama bear kinda lady and is very protective of her kids. But I assume she died right after Sidon was born. How? Idk, but rip.

The picture doesn’t do its justice but I know I want her to be TALL. Like taller than Sidon. But yeah! I wish these games would do more with her but they literally don’t mention her once lol. Rip.