xianc78 @xianc78@gameliberty.club

@beardalaxy Wii was a fad and was basically dead after 2009 even if it was the best-selling console of that generation and Wii U goes without saying. Nintendo always had a near-monopoly on handhelds so the DS and 3DS don't count and as much as a success the Switch is, it's really just a rebranded Nvidia Shield Tablet with detachable wiimotes.

It's funny that you mentioned the "in my hear I'm a gamer" quote because one of the last things he proposed was a non-gaming entertainment device (that "quality of life" project that probably went nowhere because whatever purposed it served was already covered by smartphones). He was compassionate about video games though. He made calculator games back in high school and PC games in college. He was just wrong in trying to market to people who would otherwise never play video games which only worked with the Wii.

@ChristiJunior@neckbeard.xyz @Secftblgirl Last year, I was hoping the BLM riots would make people forget about COVID while also developing herd immunity.

@ChristiJunior@neckbeard.xyz @ArdanianRight
Hyrule Castle launching in the trailer implies it involves more than BoTW Hyrule. Some have been suggesting space travel, but I doubt that given that we know little of the world outside of Hyrule let alone its entire universe.

>unless the game's dungeon selection gets a serious boost in terms of quantity, quality AND variety
I want actual dungeons this time. The shrines and even the divine beasts were nothing more than physics puzzles, but I guess it's hard to come up with traditional puzzles when you have a realistic physics engine that could allow you to cheat on some of them. And breakable items don't allow that Metroidvania feel from the dungeons of previous games. They probably have to write a separate physics engine for dungeons and shrines.

Another thing I'm speculating is that they want the game to be fully voiced this time, not just in cutscenes which can add development time finding voice actors and recording lines. BoTW proved that voice acting in Zelda can work, so they're probably going one step further.

@ArdanianRight @ChristiJunior@neckbeard.xyz My guess is that they added a second region/world. Which seems natural because people don't want to just play on the same map as the previous game.

@Secftblgirl Surprised it's not a Funko Pop!

@rasterman @n8 Well you got me there. I will say that up until 1999 circumcision was recommended for medical reasons. It might be the same as giving vaccinations to infants.

But now that it's no longer recommended it's a NAP violation. However, being ethnically jewish doesn't violate the NAP.

@beardalaxy As a hobbyist game programmer myself I admire his programming efforts, but his role as corporate president was mostly terrible.

@rasterman @n8 Well, you might as well argue that cutting the umbilical cord violates the NAP.