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[FDL]

So you think this isn't just that they just gave the horse a name everyone would recognize and that it'll have a different name officially? That makes sense. Her name probably is Epona.

[mohammedali]

So you think this isn't just that they just gave the horse a name everyone would recognize and that it'll have a different name officially? That makes sense. Her name probably is Epona.

Glad you agree with me. I think that those that take the boys name to be Link because its a name used in the demo, should also take the name of the horse to be Epona because it is used in the same demo. Hence, those people that say the horses name isn't Epona should in theory not make any assumption on the boys name being Link.

I myself take the boys name to be Link and hence, I accept that the horses name is Epona. Notice that the horse in the latest trailers looks a lot more like Epona than the one we saw before. I think this was done to hide the surprise.

Mohammed Ali

[FDL]

That makes sense. I wonder if this game's Epona will be connected with the OoT/MM one in any way. I know Epona was in FSA as well but this game seems more connected to OoT/MM than FSA was.

[MK.]

Some info about Zelda, the robe, dungeons and items...

Source: http://cube.ign.com/...6/616118p3.html

Zelda is in the game. She is the mysterious robed figure seen in the trailer and featured on the cover of the most recent EGM issue. Nintendo would not say how important she is to the story. However, the robe she wears is in fact a funeral robe, the developer says, and she's wearing it because she feels helpless; probably because Hyrule is slowing being poisoned by the Twilight and she can't stop it.

Nintendo says there will be more dungeons and temple themes in Twilight Princess than in Ocarina of Time. Similarly, Link will gain more weapons than in Ocarina of Time, many of them unique to the series. The idea, according to the development team, is to make Twilight Princess the best Zelda game ever created.

[FDL]

I hope we do see the Earth and Wind Temples. Any stuff linking the games is welcome in my book. It'll be nostalgic going to dungeons from past games.

[coinilius]

Aqumentios! I have no idea if I spelled that right, but I'd love to see a 3d one of him!

I'd rather they didn't just have the same temple as from other games - maybe a few, but do we really need to have all of them? It might seem a little 'been there, done that.'

[MK.]

I wonder if that plant boss is really Manhandla (Manhandla is a plant, which I was unaware of until last year)... and if that spider is Gohma... I want to see a Dodongo now... and Gleeock... Digdogger... Holy crap, a 3D Digdogger where you use the Grass Whistle to play that song.... WHA!!!

Whooooooo...

All wishful thinking...

So yeah, I'd love to see a bunch of old dungeons and bosses. Obviously not remaking the same dungeon (unless they have a RETRO TEMPLE with all old stuff that looks exactly the same... wow...no...).

For what its worth, here's how the boss fight goes...

You enter the room, and there's just the "two" big deku looking plants on each side. You gale boomerang some "exploding bomb like things" and send them into the plant's mouths... After you do that to BOTH plants, the BIG one in the center emerges and the two small ones on the sides come back up.

Eventually, a monkey appears, and he is holding bomb plant like things. Well, he swings back and forth on a vine and you have to target him and boomerang him to steal the bomb from him. You can then either try to throw the bomb into one of the plants mouth's (or even better target the plant AFTER targeting the monkey and the bomb goes straight into the plant's mouth).

Like WW, you can target multiple targets with the boomerang before firing.

Once you bomb both little plants again, the BIG plant falls down and of course you then either slice it with your sword or boomerang it while its next to you. Repeat process and then it dies. It turns into a dirt dried out color and dies...

I played this demo, and the boomerang controlls were kinda difficult...

-MK

[coinilius]

Why are the boomerang controls kind of difficult? Has it been changed around from in tWW (it was always pretty easy to use in that game)?

[FDL]

For what its worth, here's how the boss fight goes...

You enter the room, and there's just the "two" big deku looking plants on each side. You gale boomerang some "exploding bomb like things" and send them into the plant's mouths... After you do that to BOTH plants, the BIG one in the center emerges and the two small ones on the sides come back up.

Eventually, a monkey appears, and he is holding bomb plant like things. Well, he swings back and forth on a vine and you have to target him and boomerang him to steal the bomb from him. You can then either try to throw the bomb into one of the plants mouth's (or even better target the plant AFTER targeting the monkey and the bomb goes straight into the plant's mouth).

Like WW, you can target multiple targets with the boomerang before firing.

Once you bomb both little plants again, the BIG plant falls down and of course you then either slice it with your sword or boomerang it while its next to you. Repeat process and then it dies. It turns into a dirt dried out color and dies...

I played this demo, and the boomerang controlls were kinda difficult...

-MK

Was everything else intuitive? Like the Horse(if you played that part aswell)? Do you think this game has the chance to be the best Zelda ever(atleast control wise if you can't answer for the whole game)? Also, I have one other question. Is there a move in this game where Link can stun an enemy by hitting them with his shield? I thought I saw this in the video.

[MK.]

I had troubles locking on to multiple targets...

I don't think its a matter of a simple "highlight the enemy" anymore, I think you have to like press L while still holding down the boomerang button or something dumb...

But hey, I could have been doing it wrong, we basically had like 5 mins to try it out so there wasn't much time to experiment, it was do or die...

I didn't play any of the horse parts but they looked great...

This game will rival Ocarina of Time, some people will probably consider it the best zelda ever. Due to personal experiences, Ocarina of Time cannot be topped (for me). I.E. I might give OOT a 9.9 and TP a 9.8

-MK

[FDL]

That sounds like it might start off frustating but it'll be easy to get used to.

[FDL]

Yeah, I got used to those after a little while.

[FDL]

I don't think anyone mentioned that there is a bow with Fire arrows in this game.

[FDL]

Yeah, that's true. They probably have it like that so that every little Bokoblin doesn't blow you up when you fight it. BTW, I really think Link has a move where he pushes forward with his sheild and damages the enemy. Countless times I've seen this happen in the footage.

[FDL]

Yeah, it could be a parry, but not a TWW style one. The TWW ones were the ones where Link rolled behind someone while this looks like he guards and then pushes forward and kills or stuns the enemy.

[Neon Z]

Yeah, it could be a parry, but not a TWW style one. The TWW ones were the ones where Link rolled behind someone while this looks like he guards and then pushes forward and kills or stuns the enemy.

Actually, in one of his rare parries(IIRC, it only happened agains floormasters) Link jumped towards the enemy and slashed them. So, not all parries involved Link getting behind the enemy.

[SnowsilverKat]

There's also a kind of downward-slash one that he does and then he backflips out of the way. Try parrying a Magtail, you'll see what I mean.