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If that action sequence is any indication of what will be going on in this Zelda game it will be the final betrayal of the series and a final nail in the coffin of 3D Zelda.



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HoloDust said:
Kane1389 said:

This was by far the best looking Link model, why the hell did they go for cartooney style again?? I wonder what Nintendo has against realism

Imagine what specs you need for that in open-world...


Assasin's Creed 4 has similar looking models and it's open world made by a 3rd party. I think Nintendo can make it work, if they want to.



dharh said:
If that action sequence is any indication of what will be going on in this Zelda game it will be the final betrayal of the series and a final nail in the coffin of 3D Zelda.


That's.... a bold statement. What makes you say that? WHat's the "final betrayal" of the series? What were the other betrayals? 



Blob said:
Its not realistic but you know what..... It actually looks amazing!!
Still wanting a darker Zelda at some point but im suprisingly not at all dissapointed by this art style.

Well, realistic visuals require huge horse power whcich Wii U lacks (you can see that from the game X in the new trailer about the details) so they are going art style in this game so they can get better loooking visuals like MK8.



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Kane1389 said:

This was by far the best looking Link model, why the hell did they go for cartooney style again?? I wonder what Nintendo has against realism


Cartoony visuals are easier to create and make look good.



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Kane1389 said:
HoloDust said:
Kane1389 said:

This was by far the best looking Link model, why the hell did they go for cartooney style again?? I wonder what Nintendo has against realism

Imagine what specs you need for that in open-world...


Assasin's Creed 4 has similar looking models and it's open world made by a 3rd party. I think Nintendo can make it work, if they want to.

Yeah, but AC4 on WiiU is quite ugly. This Zelda reveal is quite nice looking.



This was a risky move with that art style considering the demand for realistic graphics these days...

But sweet jesus this looks amazing and open world simply sealed the deal for me.



They should re-upload the video or something; The lagging is terrible. The graphics doesn't look like the demo but it still looks great.



biglittlesps said:
Blob said:
Its not realistic but you know what..... It actually looks amazing!!
Still wanting a darker Zelda at some point but im suprisingly not at all dissapointed by this art style.

Well, realistic visuals require huge horse power whcich Wii U lacks (you can see that from the game X in the new trailer about the details) so they are going art style in this game so they can get better loooking visuals like MK8.

Realistic/Zelda tech demo. Pretty sure they could've made it if they wanted too.

With the sci-fi elements maybe they thought it just wouldnt work in a more realistic style, which id have to agree with.



Kane1389 said:

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This was by far the best looking Link model, why the hell did they go for cartooney style again?? I wonder what Nintendo has against realism

The old build probably wasn't viable/too resource intensive for an open world set up. Going for a more cartoony look let's them create nice visuals while also making it less demanding.