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The Legend of ZELDA: Echoes of Wisdom

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A new toon styled Zelda where you play as Zelda, not link

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It's got immersive sim elements, EMERGENT GAMEPLAY n shiet. Command an army of simps to defeat enemies:



Of course, the usual suspects aren't happy:

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What's the verdict, rpghq? Did Nintendo go WOKE or do they need to DO BETTER?

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japan is homos
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Segata wrote: June 18th, 2024, 15:17

Of course, the usual suspects aren't happy:

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What's the verdict, rpghq? Did Nintendo go WOKE or do they need to DO BETTER?
If she knew how to fight with a sword, she'd have managed without Link a long time ago.
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At least it's better than making Link a ****** I guess.
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Looks like a mobile game
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Narrator sounds like a real ***
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Why are they midgets lmao
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It's a puzzle game for children that 30-year-old man babies will spend the next 6 months alternately simping and fighting over.
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Anon's got a point... Nintendo has gone WOKE

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Is that already the new best game ever?
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Segata wrote: June 18th, 2024, 15:17
Of course, the usual suspects aren't happy:

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Can we get a Link series of games now where he doesn't have to interact with women at all?
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Link and his harem game
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Segata wrote: June 18th, 2024, 15:53
Anon's got a point... Nintendo has gone WOKE

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Link being rescued by Zelda isn't even new. Ninteno has been woke since the 90s.



"The story takes place in the land of Tolemac. Ganon has rudely stolen the kingdom's seven celestial signs and kidnapped Link. Gaspar, Tolemac's resident new age crackpot, reaches out to Princess Zelda of Hyrule for help, and so the adventure begins!"
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Those games weren't made by nintendo.
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Acrux wrote: June 18th, 2024, 17:13
Segata wrote: June 18th, 2024, 15:53
Anon's got a point... Nintendo has gone WOKE

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Link being rescued by Zelda isn't even new. Ninteno has been woke since the 90s.



"The story takes place in the land of Tolemac. Ganon has rudely stolen the kingdom's seven celestial signs and kidnapped Link. Gaspar, Tolemac's resident new age crackpot, reaches out to Princess Zelda of Hyrule for help, and so the adventure begins!"
Yeah, I even posted Wand of Gamelon above.

https://zelda.fandom.com/wiki/Zelda:_Th ... of_Gamelon

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rusty_shackleford wrote: June 18th, 2024, 17:15
Those games weren't made by nintendo.
Nintendo owned the license and allowed them to be created. Ipso facto, a Nintendo game.
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The gameplay seems interesting, but it speaks to the Zelda team's bizarre new philosophy to always subvert expectations no matter what. It's almost as if they are TERRIFIED of just making another, traditional Zelda game. Many expected remakes of the Oracle games after Link's Awakening, I did especially when the trailer first started and you witness a scene similar to the final boss fight with Ganon (if you linked both games anyway). But even that was subverted, and after 5+ years it turns out to be an asset flip with completely new gameplay.

Not saying it won't be fun, I will give it a shot perhaps, but this looks like something that should've released two years ago. It looks like DLC for the Link's Awakening remake. To say nothing of making Zelda the protagonist. At least they knew well enough to not give her a sword, but it shows that even Nintendo is dipping their toes into DEI territory. They're doing JUST enough not to **** off longtime customers, but enough to signal to the Death Cult that they are on the same page. That they aren't a threat anymore. Nintendo's fans won't care one bit either way, because they worship the brand itself. They could've given Zelda a sword and a more masculine appearance, and it wouldn't have mattered. They will find ways to justify any decision made by this company, in a manner that they would never do for any other company.
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Goodness gracious
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japan, the last bastion of the conservative christian faith, has fallen :(
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To be completely fair to Nintendo, I am not sure that it's so much that they want to be woke, as that, with how few Japanese are left these days, they feel they desperately need to do what they've been told western audiences want.
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Wish I could find that old newspaper from the early 1900s that called the Japanese "Not yellow, but not quite White enough" or something like that.
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Stack of Turtles wrote: June 18th, 2024, 18:21
To be completely fair to Nintendo, I am not sure that it's so much that they want to be woke, as that, with how few Japanese are left these days, they feel they desperately need to do what they've been told western audiences want.
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I think we’re forgetting just how long this franchise has been going, with each entry having some radical change or at least experimental gimmick. It’s not surprising that they’d try Zelda as protagonist again eventually.

The toon (not *****) style and use of magic also makes me think this isn’t something egregiously woke, not that it might still find its way in. Zelda has always been shown or at least implied to have great magical power considering she holds a piece of the triforce.

All in all, not something to get upset over.
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rusty_shackleford wrote: June 18th, 2024, 18:23
japan has a higher population than any single european country
It is funny how hard they simultaneously push the Japan is overpopulated AND underpopulated meme. Once those ******* ancient boomers die out it's going to be a paradise of opportunity for young Japanese adults. Assuming the GAE doesn't important a billion ******* of course.
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Vergil wrote: June 18th, 2024, 18:28
rusty_shackleford wrote: June 18th, 2024, 18:23
japan has a higher population than any single european country
It is funny how hard they simultaneously push the Japan is overpopulated AND underpopulated meme. Once those ******* ancient boomers die out it's going to be a paradise of opportunity for young Japanese adults. Assuming the GAE doesn't important a billion ******* of course.
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rusty_shackleford wrote: June 18th, 2024, 18:29
Old people going without ******* to wipe their *** so young people can actually afford to raise a family is a sacrifice I'm willing to make
The problem is the old people aren't willing to make that sacrifice.
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rusty_shackleford wrote: June 18th, 2024, 18:23
Stack of Turtles wrote: June 18th, 2024, 18:21
To be completely fair to Nintendo, I am not sure that it's so much that they want to be woke, as that, with how few Japanese are left these days, they feel they desperately need to do what they've been told western audiences want.
japan has a higher population than any single european country
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Looking like a hella cool imsim, I'm game.
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Doesn't look woke, just looks like a game for little girls like that princess peach game. Of course adult males will be playing it.
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