#some ppl have said hes a zonai

[herospledge]

aluhk is the reincarnation of this guy actually

[mythicalartisttm]

Have you played botw2? If so, what do you think of it so far?

I've been watching playthroughs! I can't afford the game rn, but I hope to get it myself eventually! In part for the experience, in part bc the ppl I'm watching play are hardly looking in the direction I want to. A game with so many options means that no one will play the same way, so that means if I want the best TotK experience, I'll have to make it for myself.

That said, the game thus far is driving me nuts (/pos and derogatory).

First and foremost, the game is trying to sell the fact that Hyrule and it's founders only came into play just before the Imprisoning War??? Baby, I understand that Hyrule could have been refounded after Ganondorf came in guns blazing after having just squashed the Hero and Princess of Time, and so Sonia and Rauru would be rebuilding Hyrule and re-establishing the monarchy. That makes sense. But that's just straight up not the case! I could go over all the timeline inaccuracies right here but my brain hurts trying to put it into words. The LoZ timeline has been a mess for over 20 years but this is the first time it's contradicted itself without a fix from what I've seen.

Naming the king Rauru was a fun little detail though, I like that 🙂

Speaking of Rauru, I have only seen as much of him as the Great Sky Island and one (1) tear, but he's going into the Fictional Dads of All Time folder. Both a goat and a G.O.A.T. I do not know much about Sonia yet but I like her. Both the king and queen really scored on marriage partners imo.

Tulin, my son. I have not played the game but the AI is so darn good it's job and he's saved the guy I've been watching so many times. I do kinda wish we could've fought alongside Teba but dang, Tulin is not just good, he's a really fun character in his own right and I'm glad he's here.

I haven't as strong feelings about Yunobo but he is a delight to be around. Rolling him around and smashing stuff is quite fun as well.

Bonus that I've taken to naming the sage mimics. So far we have Terin and Shobae. I've already decided to name the next (last?) two Raja (pronounced "rah-hah") and maybe Po (Po and Sidon).

Mostly unrelated, but Tulin's champion ability reminds my of the LU Champion AU craze from a a while back! That was the first thing I thought of when I saw Tulin use his power for the first time and it made me chuckle.

It still doesn't feel real to have the name of Zonai popping up in so many places in-game. Like, wow. Ok. I guess this is happening. This has still not sunk in.

Speaking of which, did you know that the Zonai tech was originally Sheikah tech in development? I'm actually really glad that it got changed because using a different kind of tech with it's own distinct color/aesthetic not only separates TotK from BotW, but it also prevents the Sheikah tech from getting stale. I wish we could maybe see some more Sheikah tech aside from the towers and the Purah Pad though, just to make it feel like it hasn't totally up and left. I did see a comment on yt say that the ppl of Hyrule probably dismantled the divine beasts and other weapons so they never have to worry about the tech turning on them again. I think that's a good way of looking at it, although the removal of the towers felt highly unnecessary from an in-universe perspective imo if they're just gonna build new towers.

Side note that when that one character (I can't remember if it was Purah or Josha) called them Skyview Towers my SS brain went 👀👀👀👀👀👀👀

There's for sure more I have to say but this is all I can call upon atm! Thank you for asking <3

[gailardiagalan]

okay so it seems like the game takes place 2 years later or so

also super interested in ganondorf??? like some ppl think hes gonna be redeemed or have an actual fuckin backstory for once

some ppl speculate that the overworld will be altered because of the malice or time shinanigans

vr seems less likely the more i watch trailer

playable zelda seems more likely than vr

connections between the twili from tp, old hyrule from ww, and the zonai, which tbh to me more so solidifies that the timeline converges (yknow like how nintendo kinda already said it does)

which is also super weird cuz some ppl think that the corpse is either tp ganondorf, ww ganondorf, or the original hero from the legend from 10,000 years ago (most ppl say tp ganondorf it seems tho)

i honestly dont know what i think personally all i think is that the corpse is ganondorf and is possessed by malice and that possibly ganondorf was never actually evil but demises curse fucked him over

things im worried abt for the botw sequal:

- the entire/most of the game is underground

- the game’s overworld (this is the first direct sequal that takes place in the same exact overworld)

- how zelda and link’s relationship is handled

- shrines/dungeons

- the time between botw and the sequal

things im excited for:

- THEMED DUNGEONS THEMED DUNGEONS THEMED DUNGE—

- locations and villages rebuilt

- new creepy zelda game :0

- GANONDORF (pls make him like a fuckin person again fbskdkkf)

- zelda either being playable or at your side the entire time

- vr????? vr