Bill Trinen, Product Marketing Manager at Nintendo of America has revealed that The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword features a newly implemented system that allows you to upgrade your items. Check out the embedded video for brand new Skyward Sword gameplay footage and some interesting narration from Bill Trinen himself.
“What I can say, though, is what we have done with the game this time that I think a little bit different is…they’ve built an entire upgrade system into the game. So for example, right now you can see that Link has his traditional shield, but he actually will get a lot of different shields in the game.”
“He will start off with a very basic one, and then as you fight enemies, you will recover kind of these treasures or artifacts that you can then use as resources to upgrade your items. And you can do that with your shield, you can do that with the beetle, and some of the other items that you have where you’re able to kind of combine your collection of rupees and your collection of resources and improve the items that you have.”
I really hope for voice acting in this game!
Noooooot gonna happen…
I like it that they don’t speak in the game. It’s one important and great thing in Zelda, in my opinion. :) I think it’s good that they give some sounds though, of course! But speaking would be strange for the Zelda characters.
Nintendo has got to get with the time. I say just don’t have Link speak or have him say very little. At least have voice acting for cutscenes and instructions.
There is no need to have voice acting in a Zelda game, its nothing to do with getting with the times, its the atmosphere of the game. Who cares if a game has voice acting or not? It doesn’t make or break a game for me
Voice acting would be terrible in a Zelda game. I really hope they never do that.
I agree.
Zelda CDi had cutscenes with voices and you see how those ones did….
…terribly? :B
it ruined mario sunshine
Hell no NEVER Going to happen
Nooooooo nooo no no no nooooo no
Giving Link a voice would be a catastrophe and engender an outrage. It would shatter all our interpretations of Link. So that will never happen. But giving the locales and other minor characters voices wouldn’t be terrible, but honestly, it’s not needed. I assume we all can read?
CDi had Link talk. You see how that did….
Besides, given the fallout of Metroid: Other M’s reinterpretation of Samus, I think Nintendo will not give another traditionally “voiceless” character a voice that could redefine a character for quite a while.
You want voice acting?
Look how Metroid: Other M did a “great” job then think deeper about it.
I think everyone agrees the CDi games were TERRIBLE! Im pretty sure they werent made by Nintendo, anyway… But, i’d like voice acting, so long as Link wouldnt talk. I really liked the lip moving in Twilight Princess, i think it could work.
brand new? Like in A Link to the Past?
Jajajajaja exactly what i was thinking.
except that this are indeed a different process and different basis.
I LOVE IT! :D
For the one referring to A link to the past, there where items upgrades, but this upgrades where easy(trow a item to a fairy pond, trow money to other fairy pond, or the sword temper with the smithys) but this sounds different. Like in RPG’s, where you collect monsters drops and use them in quest or as resources for NPC’s to upgrade your items or make new ones. I like how that sound.
This game’s gonna be epic!!
The upgrade system is probably what the tinkering guy does in Skyloft ;D
Yeah this sounds pretty good. =) I hope they don’t go overboard and make it too complex (like a true RPG). I can imagine some sort of customization… who knows?
Argh we all need this game NOW!!! XD
If it’s similar to the Monster Hunter upgrade system (I.E. kill a monster, use its parts to build better armor) then I’m fine with it. If it’s like regular RPG’s where you kill X amount of monsters and your sword automatically does more damage somehow, then I’ll rage.
I agree with this also.
Exactly what I was thinking. It sounds closer to MH, though, so I wouldn’t worry about it. I assume it’ll be more linear than that, but I could be wrong.
Lets hope it doesnt take that per item…and lets hope it doesnt mean we need 4 of each gear depending on area.
taht is good, good, good….
Oh damn this is wicked news. All I need now is a pre-order to appear which includes the gold WiiMote then I can comfortably sit and wait for the release.
man i love how this game is turning out BTW i noted something really interesting, if u look at the door at 32 seconds, the symbol that its on it, its the same one as in the hylian shield but without the triforce, also that symbol is in red in the shield, could this symbol refer to links bird since the symbol resembles a bird?
Looking at the video make me want this game more and more lol
My body is ready.
I had no idea I’d be waiting for this game this long when I first saw it last year in June.
RELEASE DATE ALREADY.
The game will reveal itself to you only when your body is truly ready.
Currently I am able to pre-order this game (PAL) set at an Oct 28th release date by the store, naturally this date could change however. The only certainty so far is Q4. Still nothing showing up with the gold WiiMote though, so I’m holding off for now.
I want the gold Wiimote too!
Gold Wiimote? Didn’t hear this.
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That looks awesome. That boss fight was interesting. This game goes far beyond what Ubisoft did with Red Steel 2. And please, no voice acting for Zelda! A lot of different things can go wrong with voice acting, and Zelda has always been about setting the mood with atmosphere and music.
This shit looks absolutely amazing
Wait a second.
There wasn’t really anything new in this video. ._.
Great to hear this!
Sounds awesome. Means we should get more items in Dungeons instead of ‘dun dun duuuun! A NEW SHIELD!’ ‘dun dun dun duuuuuun! A longer Hookshot!’
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Voice acting is not necessary in a Zelda game. This game looks better every time I see it.
oh nevermind, it’s kinda like a synthesizer in Kingdom Hearts or upgrades in Monster Hunter, instead of throwing your item into a fountain.
Should be awesome without voice acting.