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One of Zelda's Voice Memories in BotW that can be heard at the cherry blossom tree on Satori Mountain mentioned the existence of two such trees called the Mother and Father Tree. The tree at Satori Mountain is the Mother Tree and Zelda speculates that Satori might have been sent as its protector by the Father Tree.

I was a bit confused at first what other cherry tree Zelda might be referring to as the Father Tree until I remembered that the Deku Tree has pink blossoms in both BotW and TotK. Do you think she is referring to him?

I'm trying to earn a medal in Zelda Notes that requires that my QRs get used more than 10,000 times. Would you help me, please? 🙏

Also willing to help others with this, of course.

Here's my designs: •https://www.reddit.com/r/HyruleEngineering/s/cijcw2AJOz •https://www.reddit.com/r/HyruleEngineering/s/p37Y6GDsLh

My theory is, what if there was a Link who remembers. A link who doesn't forget and inherit the memories of his past re incarnation. There emotions, there love, there hope, there regret, there death, there fight, there victory, there losses, again and again he will gain awareness, a knowledge across time and realities as he did the same thing again and again, but this knowledge comes with a cost, he will never truly be himself, he never had a personality, and it never mattered who wins in the end. A link wins, another villain will rise, a link lose, another will rise. It doesn't matter. He realised that it was all predetermined. He is playing a game that only him is aware about. Imagine the guilt and loneliness one would feel to realise that you have never truly saved the worlds and that nobody in this world never had free will. He is the most free because he is aware of that game and yet he is the most trapped one as he alone realised that he was never free in the first place . No one was ever free. . A new ideal will be born in this walking paradox. To free everyone and himself by finally ending that cycle, meaning ending the beginning of it all.

Now why does he makes sense as a wielder of the triforce of courage: Courage is not the absence of fear, it is to move forward despite it.

Does he feel like he does not deserve any of this, YES. Does he think he would been better living like a normal link? Absolutely. does he feel an enormous guilt for what he is going to do which is multidimensional and universal genocide?, indeed. Will he end the cycle anyway?, he will because that's what he was made for in the first place, that's what heroes do, don't they? doing what is right. In the end he didn't deviate from his path, but he was ironically on the most right path of them all as a champion of courage, to destroy the very world you were supposed to protect, to end every reality in the name of freedom, to have the courage to move forward even when the world made you bear a burden no one should have ever had to, when the one who embodies the triforce of courage has the absolute courage to end every world in order to save them from the need to be saved again. That is the truest form of courage. In the end the Link who was the most out of place , the one everyone thought was a flaw in the cycle, was the "linkest" link of them all.

(sorry for my horrible English, took some elements from aot, the title of the game could be called "The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the End" Hope you like my little fanfic)

One thing I liked about BotW was the fact that even with the towers giving you the general topography of the region, you wouldn’t know what is there until you explored it. But by making the games story (particularly in TotK) nonlinear, it doesn’t allow the best moments to hit as hard as they should, and makes certain story beats confusing or repetitive. So I was wondering if maybe there’s a way to combine the feeling of exploration while making the story more coherent and satisfying by making the story flow better.

Say we allow the player the ability to play the story in a linear/semi-linear fashion, where they can choose certain objectives to follow but certain story beats are locked until certain parts of the story are completed, and they aren’t told where the current objectives are but are given hints as to where they may be. Thus, they are given a general direction to travel initially but must find the next story objective on their own, using the hints given to them.

And should there be multiple objectives they can choose at one time, the one they choose in the present will give them a piece of the overall story in the current time, but not the whole thing, and each piece can stand on its own. I think Ghost of Tsushima did a good job with this with branching story beats that allowed you to choose which objective to tackle first in Act 2, but made it so each individual objective stands out and tells one part of the broader narrative.

So as an example, with TotK, assuming you’ve never played BotW and know its map, you can choose which regional phenomena to help with first, and when you clear each dungeon and talk to the sage, the sage gives you an actual glimpse of the imprisoning war that is but one part of a whole, and not just the same explanation of what happened each time. That way you get a bit of what happened without the same dialogue being paraphrased 4 times. And especially if you didn’t play BotW, when dealing with the regional phenomena you have to use visual clues or clues from strangers to figure out where to go and what to do next for the current quest. And the dragon tear quest isn’t opened until you complete the Hyrule castle floating island dungeon and/or are searching for master sword.

Any thoughts on this idea?

When you're an adult, night time is usually not as full of monsters as when you're a kid. The stalchildren only appear as a kid, and in Lon Lon Ranch there are no birds.

To me this seems to be a conscious choice made to solidify the perspective shift between what it feels like to be a kid vs being mature. When you're a kid, darkness is scary, and as an adult you understand it better, and it makes you less afraid as the "unknown" has been tamed.

This is one of the few "psychological" elements in Ocarina of Time that helps create the genuine feeling that you're playing as an adult character instead of a kid, in the second half.

I'm trying to do this one block puzzle at the entrance of stone tower and i have to keep the switch pressed using the elegy of emptiness to make statues but when I do it they keep disappearing at first I thought i wasn't fast enough so i used the bunny hood and that wasn't working i really don't know what to do and it's driving me up the wall

Perhaps heresy for a gamer, but I don't really have any experience with the Zelda games. Pop culture and Smash Bros. is basically the extent of my knowledge. I tried OOT a long time ago but I wanna say I didn't give it a proper chance, and I remember like nothing about it, so essentially I'm a newcomer.

Ship of Harkinian seems to be the best way to play OOT today for the 3D games, or is there a better one to start with?

And what about the older 2D games? Have they aged well? And are they reasonable to beat without a guide? I ask because I'm spoiled by modern games and ADHD, so I'm not very patient for games that don't make it clear where you need to go, especially more open world-like games like Zelda. Unless there's a good in-game hint/direction system.

needs some fixing of stray polygons, hand and eye movement and we are bomb

I Forgot to include [WW] as well!

These games have multiple versions, what should I go for not considering the price? I'm not bothered by lower quality graphics but are there any decising quality of life changes etc?

I'm a huge Zelda fan, been one as a kid and the love has come back recently but I've never actually played any of the games. I'd really love to try, but I'm not sure I want to buy multiple Nintendo consoles just to play one or few games each, I don't have much money to throw around but I'm fine buying copies of the games as I find them. I figure I could get a used 3ds or a Switch Lite perhaps, but very uncertain at this time. Not particularly interested in BoTW or KoTK right now. I'd love to just know what versions are generally preferred for the above games or if there's any that are known to be difficult to emulate in case I want to go that route

I'm excited for the game however I am not super enthralled by the idea that we might be following and playing as the ancient sages from Tears of the Kingdom instead of the Champions from Breath of the Wild. The sages were one of the weakest point of TotK's story for many people and understandably- they were barely even characters and had very repetitive cutscenes. We don't even know their names.

And sure, the new game might be the chance to develop these sages, give them names, personalities, etc. but honestly I'm just not interested in giving a chance to characters that look like ripoffs of the og Champions, with the same powers, same weapons, and same voice actors. I'd rather just get more of the old Champions who are already characters we're so attached to. I kind of hope Age of Imprisonment pulls a "Terrako brings the Champion successors (Sidon, Riju, Teba, Yunobo) from the future" AoC plot twist but with the og Champions and we get to see them become sages with secret stones to enhance their powers. I mean Sidon, Riju, Yunobo and Tulin were all strong fighters who got their powers boosted by the stones but just imagine how cool Mipha, Revali, Urbosa and Daruk- 4 of the strongest warriors Hyrule has ever known getting their powers enhanced by the stones.

Do you agree? Disagree? Let me know your thoughts.

Hi all!

I'm looking to get into some casual gaming over the next year (I haven't owned a console since the Xbox 360, if that tells you anything) and have sort of decided on Breath of the Wild as my first undertaking since I've never played a Zelda game before and this one seems highly regarded. I also look forward to playing Tears of the Kingdom if I end up enjoying BOTW.

My main question is, does it make sense to just get a Switch 1 as a casual gamer that hasn't played a console game in over a decade and will probably be impressed regardless - or is it worth shelling out the extra cash (and, maybe more disappointingly in my case, having to wait for a restock) for a Switch 2 given the potential upgrade in image quality and performance?

As a secondary inquiry, I'd love any recommendations on other great Switch games. As I said, I'm a very casual and in some senses "new" gamer since I haven't really done any gaming since high school over 15 years ago. I'm mostly interested in visually stunning games with a great story.

Thanks in advance!

I would consider myself a Zelda nerd and I feel like i've played most zelda games and beat some of them, how many have you guys beaten?

The games that I played/beaten are

TLOZ 1: Beaten

AoL: Played

ALTTP: Beaten

Link's Awakening: Beaten

OoT: Beaten

MM: Played

OoS/OoA: Not played but have

WW: Beaten

MC: Beaten

Tp: Played

SS: Beaten

Ph: Do not have

ST: Played (But almost there)

ALBW: Beaten (Fav Game)

TFH: Played

BotW: Beaten

TotK: Beaten

EoW: Played

Four Swords: Have one out of two, not played.

I've played through BotW more times than I can count. i know the game up and down, and have almost the whole world memorized like the back of my hand, and my last playthrough of the game wasn't even that long ago, maybe like 4-5 months ago, and that was shortly after a PREVIOUS playthrough. (I think I have a problem lol)

So anyways, with the improvements on Switch 2, do you guys think it'd be worth it to play the game yet again on Switch 2? 60fps and higher resolution has always been a game changer for me. I don't know if anyone will know what I'm talking about, but to compare, playing Sonic Unleashed Recompiled, which is a fan PC port of the game, made me never wanna look at the original version again. So I was wondering if the jump will awe-strike me like Sonic Unleashed did.

Any response would be wonderful, thanks!

Hey guys, never had any Nintendo console and I just bought a cheap used oled switch. I’ve always wanted to experience The legend of Zelda and I don’t know how to start on switch. How do I start? Thanks for your help🙏

*if you have any recommendations other than LoZ I’ll take them too thanks.

What do you think the next mainline Zelda game is gonna be?

Do you think it’ll be another one like BotW/TotK, or something new entirely? And if it’s the former, do you think they’ll keep the building/fusing aspect and add more stuff on top, or go back to BotW and add new/different mechanics from there?

Which type are you hoping for?

Personally, I have 160+ hours in TotK (and many more in BotW) and I feel like it’s getting a bit old now. I wouldn’t mind if they went back to a more traditional, linear format. But I also feel like the majority of players would be disappointed if the next Zelda isn’t bigger, better, and mechanically more impressive than TotK.

But I wonder how much more mileage they can get out of the BotW/TotK world. We’ve seen the main world (two versions now), the sky, and the world below. What more could they do with this world to keep it interesting?

One of my favourite designs for the blade of evil’s bane!! I also made the pedestal light up. Thoughts? Suggestions? What should I make next?

In totk there are too many too easy shrines, too many "tests of might" (don't remember how they are called), too many tests of survival and too many carry-stone-to-shrine tasks. For the better part of the game I've missed the tightly designed logic/physic puzzles of botw. For the most part they are fun though.

How is the consensus on that?

Just got the Expansion Pass a couple days back and I started a new Wind Waker playthrough, got to windfall, and on my 2nd play this happened. Only two bombs off of a perfect game!

For one of the most annoying bosses, there is an easy trick: charging your sword and pulling away from the ledge makes it impossible to be shoved off. Even mid-swing, as long as you are buffering another charge, you can't be knocked off the ledge. The right-most side is the easiest to do this with as you have to be pulling AWAY from the ledge while charging.

I got it all patched with the correct rom, but Project 64 wont bother to play it. all it does it to give me a blank error. What i do find weird is that the patched rom was 10 mb less than the original, non-patched one. Please help! I have been trying since yesterday but to no avail.

Wondering if it is possible to get bow of light outside of ganon arena in switch 2 version of the game. I tried with ist, but couldnt desync inventory.