I really hope the system feels fun and engaging and not Weapon Durability 2.0. Looking at the art definitely activated my Monster Hunter brain cell so I have hope.
I never even thought about the new monster hats being turned into craftable weapons. That’s actually genius. The Keese Eyeball arrow thing blew my mind as well. Great video!
was thinking the exact same. It really makes so much sense and seems to perfectly fit the game's design. Really great catch and great video. One of the more useful speculation/theory video's out there!
@@sundayfestival having all flying enemies drop arrow and bow parts would be pretty cool. elemental keese fangs to make arrow heads and large wings bones to make the bow itself
I think being able to craft weapons is an elegant way to alleviate some of the frustrations players have with the durability system without making fundamental changes. It also reinforces exploration and experimentation! I can’t wait to see the possibilities the system will allow for.
How is going out of your way to get materials to craft something that will break in 20 hits going to make me feel any better than something that I could find in botw with less effort. This will only make the durability mechanic feel worse.
@@petercottantail7850 Because you can hold far more materials than weapons in your inventory, meaning that if a weapon breaks you can craft the same weapon immediately, you could potentially very easily fill your entire inventory with weapons in just one crafting session. It's also very likely that boss monster parts will be reusable, so you'd be able to keep unique weapons even after they break by re-crafting them.
Really loving your new coverage of Zelda games! Your content is very insightful and is amazing even compared to others who have been covering these games for a long time. Keep up the good work man.
My first thought with the hidden Hinox horn was that maybe it's random, making you have to defeat it before you get to see whether the horn was something you were specifically hunting for.
I think the entire thing on the Hinox's head is the weapon part like a spiked club. The spikes are its horns and they put rope and wood on it for whatever reason, but the entire thing is likely a weapon part you can get.
@@mirrorblade6268 This is something I can’t predict how they’ll do in totk. The longest you spend in a menu in botw is changing outfits and deciding which ingredients to cook with. I seem to remember an interview with the head designer of the last game who mentioned wanting to keep the player actions as the main way to interact with the world. To not have as many contextual “press O to watch cutscene of character hopping on a ledge.” Rather, make player actions be able to accomplish goals without having to meet lazy/arbitrary conditions. So I wonder how assembly will work. Obviously can’t be like cooking since you can fit parts together in lots of ways.
@@zacharynovak2180 I feel like it'd be like moving different parts around Like you could move a sword part on top, hilt part below it, and maybe designs on the side etc Then it'd show the finished creation
Honestly feel like it's a great expansion of the system they already had. Weapon durability is kinda necessary for this sort of crafting system. Breaking your axe over a Moblin skull and then using their bits to forge a replacement weapon. Makes it less annoying and more satisfying, at least in my mind.
@@zacharynovak2180 as long as there isn't a cutscene I have to skip everytime I craft a weapon I'm fine. Made upgrading armor at the Great fairy fountain a bit annoying
What a cool observation about the keese eye... Very INSIGHTFUL. :D You're right, that implication of the bat eye having THAT kind of effect is incredibly interesting and bodes well for the kind of creativity we may be able to expect from this feature. Imagine what the horns, teeth of other parts from that dragon may be capable of. :) This sort of crafting seems like it could be exactly what I WISHED I had back when I played the first game. On Eventide Island it just felt like the solutions to conflicts were just handed to you in the form of what you found laying around, because you couldn't do this sort of crafting. Something I wonder is if we'll be able to build standalone things that can maybe operate remotely in some way like traps. Perhaps Link can use a power that connects to an object like Magnesis, but to activate it instead. Seems like they'd do that for puzzles already, and if so, it'd open up a hell of a lot of options. :)
I think you're bang on with the idea of there being a cool-down on the zonai infusion ability. The vial like things at Link's waist are likely "charges" of the infusion (that refill) and you can gain more as you explore. Hyrule.
Weapon crafting seems too likely at this point. The vehicles seem to be products of a crafting system also. Interestingly, the rod that Link uses on that zonai weapon looks to be similar or the same to the steering shaft he uses on the vehicles. So perhaps there will be crossover between the two systems? Can we put weapons on our vehicles??
the yellow and green symbol on the connection points of the dragon heads is also found on the dragon-shaped front wheels of the car. maybe you can affix cannons and flamethrowers there?
Leting us craft weapons out of monster parts solves the largest problem with combat in BotW, that being that the majorety of enemies had to be humanoids who wield and can drop weapons so you wont be out of weapons when finishing off a combat encounter.
I'm not completely sure the robot is an enemy. But yes I noticed the common symbol & I think that's just a zonai symbol. We also see it on the vehicles we make. Hopefully we discover why that's the zymbol for zonai...but I think in the robot that's something else of theirs & the dragonheads are for making weapons the way that they did. Btw 1 theory I have is that the arm has different abilities but to unlock some we'll have to beat dungeons. 1 ability is to activate jade structures that will help us, like the robot OR the bird that we fly in that other scene
Can you add a further discussion about weapon crafting like how actual deep and whether you think can you craft on the fly or have to go somewhere to craft
One of the things I'm loving about witcher 3 is the crafting system because it makes looting useful. If its in botw2 it'll no doubt make exploration a good thing
Botw has a lot of materials that go unused in the endgame phase. Only thing you can use it for is monster monies and sell. And a few cooking matierals. But that becomes useless when you only use the boss type matierals only for the best quality. Using the low quality matierals for crafting would be amazing
I think one alternate reason the hinox could have it's horn hidden is so that you don't know which type of horn it has- or which type of weapon you could get from it
Why do we assume that there is somthing beneth the thing on his head? I am just seeing a block of wood with spikes, it doesnt appear there is something hidden under it. Could be just another thing you can put on your handle
Every single thing you said makes complete sense and i totally agree with. The only thing i would add is that the wooden handle thing attached to one of the weapons is some kind of staff that i think Link will permanently have. The staff will also double it's use for the steering mechanism for the craftable vehicles. The staff looks slightly different on vehicles but i think it will morph for different uses. It will be a multipurpose staff but is only for use with the crafting systems. weapons and vehicles (and maybe other crfted items we have yet to see)
If they do make the horns craftable weapon pieces, I think it would be nice if there were options like the boss bokoblin's axe horn could be made into an average axe OR a halberd. Also being able to add elemental monster drops like chuchu jelly to arrows to make the weapon elemental would be pretty awesome
I think the green resource thing is similar to the mana we had in OoT and Majora's Mask, as for the craftable arrows and weapons, I remind you of the guardian/ancient weapons. You needed to craft some of them at the top right of the map, they probably have expanded that
I think it might function somewhat in between that and how the runes in botw worked. Maybe we won't have cooldowns for specific abilities anymore but instead a finite 'global' resource we have to ration, especially during combat, for our abilities in general which slowly refills
I think there is actual evidence of craftable normal weapons. in the 1st official trailer, right around 1:00, you can see an axe weapon on link's back (he is climbing the side of a sky island when he's holding it). the handle for this axe is white, maybe made out of bone or some white rock. in the recent trailer, at 1:07 - 1:09, you can see one of the flying enemies carrying a bokoblin, and the bokoblin is holding a weapon, with the same axe head, but with a different handle. I believe this indicates that the handle and the axe head are two seperate items, and that eenemies/link will be able to combine them using some sort of crating system. edit: first official trialer: th-cam.com/video/2SNF4M_v7wc/w-d-xo.html recent trialer: th-cam.com/video/fYZuiFDQwQw/w-d-xo.html let me know what yall think of this idea!
I've played games with craftable weapons, and it's a cool mechanic and all, but I am a filthy casual, and tend to prefer when a game takes care of the weapons for me. Dark Souls had many types of titanite shards which could be annoying for someone like me, but at least the weapon was always that weapon and I knew what I was in for beause I could use it and it was a matter of finding the farming method for that type of shard. My hope for this system is that when said weapon breaks (cause why would Nintendo not do that at this point) that it can be repaired and maybe upgradedand strengthened. I wouldn't want crafting weapons to be just for when you run out of other weapons, but I have to admit, it would be an improvement. It's clear these weapons will provide some much needed variety which is a welcome addition.
Probably could help with the whole lose one weapon to get another as well as giving you good reliable weapons you can discard as you can easily get them later.
Makes sense. We were already using monster parts to upgrade armor. Now we're using it to craft weapons. Or maybe just augment the weapons we get from enemies. Though I wonder how/if the whole crafting thing will tie into non repeating bosses.
I am convinced - enemy weapons might be infused with Malice - that when the enemy dies consumes the weapon - because with more of a mind behind it all Ganondorf knows to not let weapons fall into this Links hands. so we make due by crafting our own weapons. AND I think that Links Maliced arm will serve as to why his weapons degrade this time around. meaning cleansing ourselves of malice means the degradation becomes less as we "level up". akin to a bigger inventory with korok seeds except the weapons themselves become more durable instead. one more thing I'd like to add is that if you can craft at specific locations then you can probably repair weapons as well (by using up those crafting consumables) for the weapons you like.
To build off of that idea of enemies not dropping weapons, it could also let items come back by just making them weapons in link’s inventory. Make them like master sword where you can’t throw away the weapon. Items like the hammer, boomerang, and the elemental rods could become important items for link by just making them act like permanent weapons in his inventory and designing puzzles around them. I don’t think that the game will go this direction but it’s cool to think about
@@NuiYabuko this would at least give you exactly the weapon you want when you want it since you craft it. You just have to keep up the pool of materials...
It would be awesome that you could keep crafting or fixing weapons and killing monsters would give you more stuff to keep those weapons alive. It would actually give you a reson to fight monsters after 15 hours.
I love to see that you used my theory I posted on the totk subreddit to make your video ! It's the first time I feel I had some kind of impact on the community
6:47 Hinox = loot boxes of Hyrule maybe? As in killing one would reward you with a random horn, maybe some special hinox pool or some chance to get horns of other enemies.
Best analysis video of the new trailer I’ve seen! Really great work! This video is spot on and I was just on the same page as you with everything you say in the video. Well spotted on the eye/arrow. Totally missed that one. Also, thanks for not milking this into a 20 min video like other people would do.
Oooo, I'm quite excited at the notion of crafting weapons in this way! Reminds me of Dead Rising's weapon crafting and one of my absolute favorite Minecraft mods, Tinker's Construct, which has a very flexible and mechanically rich tool/weapon crafting system. This is a MUCH better way to fill out the world than weapon durability. It makes every piece of junk you find out in the world a building block of creativity and it gives your weapons the emotional value that was lacking with Breath of the Wild's disposable/consumable weapons.
I mean you get hundreds of enemy parts from a fighting random enemies in botw, if the monsters drop parts that you can craft weapons with you won't need to travel to specifically look for weapon parts to craft with, you'll get them naturally
Lol. I doubt they would do that. What a cynical take. I think fixing the weapon durability complaint (even though I didn’t see it as an issue) is almost a guarantee for this game. Or at least much less annoying for people that complained.
The green energy seems to be able to animate the dead, after all it's related to Gonondorf being reanimated and coming back to life. So I guess it makes sense that link can reanimate crafted monster parts. Pretty dark though!
Great video! Really hope you're right about everything you mentioned, sounds like a natural evolution of the weapon system from BOTW. Also, my guess for the Hinox horn is that it'll be used for a large 2-handed spiked mace.
The Hinox hat is definitely a spiked mace/hammer. In fact it's really similar to the Bone Hammer in Monster Hunter (look up Bone Hammer MH2) or even the spiked boko weapons in botw.
It might, though I'm still a bit skeptical over how much of an improvement this would be over the current system. Not that I doubt they could pull it off, but in the scenario that weapons shatter just as easily as they have in the first game, how exactly would crafting weapons be any more convenient that simply taking them from enemies or finding them in the wild? Killing a bokoblin to fashion a spear out of its remains currently just seems like snatching a spear from their hands with extra steps.
It's a little worse than that because you also need the handle and probably something else to complete the crafting process. So you have to do even more steps than just go to menu and craft. I want to say they ditch breaking completely but the concept of restricting the player from being stronger than the area explored is the issue. Hopefully crafted weapons will restrict how strong a weapon can be in the first place so breaking wont be needed and just crafting a new weapon as an upgrade, but that's a stretch to assume they would give us a crafting system and actually let you only have to craft 1 thing and never engage with it again. Even tho that would be good game design the fact they forced weapon breaking in botw means they will probably force crafting tons of things. We can see the rusty weapons the enemies use so that tells me everything will break and those are the emergency use weapons. So with how bad it is looking my optimistic viewpoint is we can finally have the ability to repair the weapons to keep them from breaking since we're making them in the first place. And finding better wood or metals to make better durability to ease the process even more so we can actually keep a weapon for way more than 10 minutes.
Having base enemies only carry terrible weapons might be a good way to balance out how easy it gets mid game. Breakable weapons don't really matter when every bokoblin carries royal weaponry.
Yes, thank God! Monster parts will now finally have a use outside of outfit upgrades and being sold. Also, I'm replaying BOTW right now, and I think the weapon durability HAS to change because nothing lasts for more than an encounter and a half. I just don't think melee weapons are well suited as expendable resources, especially if there's no way to upgrade them, repair them, or just make them yourself. So I'm really hoping all this speculation is accurate.
First time hearing this theory, but it makes so much sense. Especially because of the complaint about weapon breaking. This way you can make your favorite weapon again with just a few materials.
I mean I wouldn't call it definitive evidence, it could merely be a coincidence... but really the most notable evidence I feel is the monster horns literally being shaped like weapon heads. Everything else is sort of iffy, and could very easily just be unrelated to craftable weapons, but the horn thing makes it a lot more likely.
If not weapon crafting, we at least need a weapon repair/maintenance system like Witcher 3, Fallout, Metro, etc. Just have it require some flint and oil and we're good. Hopefully this means the weapons we find in shrines will be more unique, not just copies of stuff in the open world sometimes with worse stats
I found your channel through your scepticism of the new trailer. I felt a bit let down by that trailer aswell, but got more hyped the more i understood and learned of what was happening in it. I am curious to know whether your opinion has shifted regarding your expectations for the game?
Maybe trough the crafting syestem is how we're gonna get traditional dungeon items (or something similar). That flamethrower could be something from a miniboss, and you make gear with it, or attach to existing gear. I can see traditional zelda items working similar to Sekiro prosthetic tools, where they are not mandatory, but can be make a lot of fights or other situations much easier or more enjoyable. So basically you'd be able to approach the game just using regular weapons, which could be more challenging, or craft unique items/tools and figure out clever ways to use them.
Man thats a cool feature and with everything you said it seems very possible. It got me thinking that, maybe The Green spirals we saw on The fields may be a way to recharge the "infusion" energy. Either for the vehicles crafted or Even for all the weapons etc.
I kind of hope his arm has some form of effect which triggers explosives when the energy touches the explosive, so you could maybe use an energy dart to trigger an explosive (kind of like the lightning from bioshock?) , but it also means you cant use the homing arrow with the explosive augments as link charges the homing arrow. Also maybe the magic effect will turn the monster parts back on (like an electrical impulse) which temporarily revives that part, allowing the effects to work (as an explanation to the magic effect and each monster parts usage).
Expertly crafted analysis 😉 What about crafting vehicles? Perhaps the blacksmiths in each town could offer Carpentry to let you 3D model (with wooden blocks and planks) a boat/car like the one seen in the trailer. You could find parts in the wild or buy them (at a premium) from the Carpenter One of the blacksmith/carpenter combos could be Talon and his Luigi-like brother
This was the exact thing i predicted almost exactly wow! I thought so too, especially seeing how basic lots of the enemies weapons are. Also, in botw there isn’t a single one handed axe like the one that red bokoblin was holding. Every axe is a heavy weapon. It could just be a new one handed variation. Personally, I don’t think breakable weapons are leaving. I think theres the possibility that powerful but breakable weapons exist. But i think collecting stuff will actually have a bigger impact now. Something interesting to note, for all the enemies we see different weapon variants on their heads. But we dont see any bows. Although the keese eye for the arrow might add to the fact that flying enemies will upgrade bow stuff. If thats the case then storage upgrade might be changed completely since we dont need to hold multiple weapons all the time. We might even get some sort of chest to keep stuff in. The zelda team has always listened to feedback. The reason its never fully seen is because they always change up each game significantly. And MM was a while ago. I think its extremely likely that the weapon system is significantly revamped in some way.
Considering that the devs wanted a hook shot in the game and that in some of the designs for link in BOTW he had a shapeshifting arm that could also turn into a hook shot, it could make a come back in TOTK
Probably a bit late to comment but it's perfect timing this channel is now leaning so heavily towards zelda. Was thinking about getting into zelda as it seems like the Nintendo property I'd enjoy the most. Should probably finish Link in time and play the rest. Only other one I've played was the 2nd one. Links adventure which I did not enjoy honestly.
Do you think that Axes could be a new weapon type we've seen the ones carried by the Bokoblins, one on Link's back in an earlier trailer and now the Boss Bokoblin appears to have a larger more robust single edged axe.
Honestly I’m hoping they let the player keep the weapons and just deal with balance by making the materials you need to level up your weapons challenging to get.
Excellent observations! I was not a fan of the durability system in breath of the wild and was hoping that IF they keep it in this game that they will at least increase the length of time a weapon lasts before breaking but watching this I can see craftable weapons as another way to go. I think its pretty cool if so but Ill still be pissed if they break super easy. If there is a master sword like in breath of the wild you can bet your ass Ill be making a bee line for it.
@@repingers9777 That's what I am hoping. I would even settle for a kind of recharge mechanic like used in breath of the wild one. I just want a consistent weapon even if its a bit on the weak side.
Some materials may contribute to the durability of an item. There was a duability enhancement effect equipment could have in BotW, so we may be able to effectively add that, though hopefully not at too much expense to other factors you may want. The base materials could also greatly affect durability as well.
The soldier sword link holds in one shot seems more reminiscent of damascus steel and kintsugi pottery repair. I belive the weapon repair mechanics will have a visual element too. Maybe if you can choose attributes of the weapon it may be reflected
Honestly i think the damaged weapons imply the ability to fix weapons like repair them i also believe it means we will be able to improve weapons using crafting and craft completely new weapons they seem to be giving us more freedom and more story which is exactly what we asked for and i think zelda will be playable at certain points of the game but it will be linier and that is a big way of how they will drive the story with gameplay and cutscenes will be driven by link and zelda but i think zelda will be a big part of driving the plot obviously like will too but we will have much more freedom with link
The dragon head used for crafting could potentially come from the Gleeko heads seen on Hyrule bridge in the new trailer. I think this is especially true if we use monster parts for crafting modified weapons.
Very astute observation! I wish they just had a small selection of legendary weapons, weapons with actual names and distinct powers and they can be upgraded (but also need to be repaired), rather than having millions of generic weapons that break 5 minutes later. But if they introduce a weapon crafting system that’s similar to the food crafting from BotW that’ll definitely be an improvement.
No, I think you got it right on this one. Yeah, the evidence seems to point out to some sort of craftable weapons> idk if Crafting will extend the lifetime of the weapons you have or only give more powers to them, but the second option seems to be certain at least in some weapon designs.
So okay now we have an incentive to fight monsters even if they have weaker weapons then what we fight with, but how about treasures and special weapons? Do you think it will revolve all around rare pieces to craft with or they will mantain the classic Breakable weapon roaster
Damn the eyeball arrows thing pretty much guarantees crafting and it’s soo damn cool monster parts can be used like that Good catch on that I tried to convince people crafting is a big deal in totk but I had no evidence like that This game will be incredible
Crackpot non-serious theory time!: Its interesting that you're using the green power coming off of your prosthetic to power these weapons, since they seem to be weapons that correspond to MONSTROUS being and powers in particular. We also saw that a hand likethat was holding Ganondorf's corpse in place, and Zelda was asking ~something~ to give Link their power. Thus i propose this theory: Your arm and powers are those that once belonged to Ganondorf. That voice from the trailer directing the monsters was not Ganondorf's but was actually Demise, who is currently piloting Ganondorf's body and is the true source of all the Malice. Ganondorf has thusly used the last of his power he has for himself to rebel against the influence of Demise, by imbuing it into Link, thus granting Link some modicum of his power over Monsters and their parts and nature. Again, this is not a serious theory, but its a fun one.
I really hope that instead of crafting using a menu, they make you actually have to connect items in game. The green glue shown on cars already seems it’s made this way, so I hope the weapons are the same. So like dropping down a shield, putting a dragon head on it, and having it become a makeshift fire shield.
Haven't you made a video about a story focused jrpg series? I wanted to check out the game, but forgot the name and I can't seem to find the video on your channel anymore.
I was right.
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Ya the leaked totk art book shows the weapon parts on each enemy that they will drop when killed that will be used to craft weapons
I really hope the system feels fun and engaging and not Weapon Durability 2.0.
Looking at the art definitely activated my Monster Hunter brain cell so I have hope.
It's really cool to see how close you were, looking back.
I never even thought about the new monster hats being turned into craftable weapons. That’s actually genius. The Keese Eyeball arrow thing blew my mind as well. Great video!
was thinking the exact same. It really makes so much sense and seems to perfectly fit the game's design. Really great catch and great video. One of the more useful speculation/theory video's out there!
@@sundayfestival having all flying enemies drop arrow and bow parts would be pretty cool. elemental keese fangs to make arrow heads and large wings bones to make the bow itself
ITS NOT A KEESE EYEBALL
If you zoom in you'll see they're mistakable but definitely different things
It's much more likely to be a pinecone
@Goddess yeah it's not EXACTLY the same. I also don't think it's the keese eyeball.
Wait until you see my frog arrow! Zelda says to eat more frogs. Open up!!!
I think being able to craft weapons is an elegant way to alleviate some of the frustrations players have with the durability system without making fundamental changes.
It also reinforces exploration and experimentation! I can’t wait to see the possibilities the system will allow for.
They’ll still need to increase the weapon durability
Eloquent is not the right word here.
How is going out of your way to get materials to craft something that will break in 20 hits going to make me feel any better than something that I could find in botw with less effort. This will only make the durability mechanic feel worse.
@@petercottantail7850 it’s an open world game… if your not picking up stuff while exploring the world that’s a you problem
@@petercottantail7850 Because you can hold far more materials than weapons in your inventory, meaning that if a weapon breaks you can craft the same weapon immediately, you could potentially very easily fill your entire inventory with weapons in just one crafting session.
It's also very likely that boss monster parts will be reusable, so you'd be able to keep unique weapons even after they break by re-crafting them.
Really loving your new coverage of Zelda games! Your content is very insightful and is amazing even compared to others who have been covering these games for a long time. Keep up the good work man.
My first thought with the hidden Hinox horn was that maybe it's random, making you have to defeat it before you get to see whether the horn was something you were specifically hunting for.
or they could be used for two handed hammers, that's what I thought when I saw it.
A surprise gift
Some have a killer mace-like weapon on their head, others have baby shark teeth that break after one hit. Good luck! haha
I hope they have repairing as a feature as well, using the parts to repair existing weapons would be pretty cool
Why repairing if you can just craft one yourself.
But you could just craft another one
I think the entire thing on the Hinox's head is the weapon part like a spiked club. The spikes are its horns and they put rope and wood on it for whatever reason, but the entire thing is likely a weapon part you can get.
I didn’t mind the weapon system in Breath of the Wild, I always played games with weapon durability, but weapon crafting is always fun and rewarding.
If it with a diagetic menu like system sure. If you have to fiddle with a regular menu often its going to suck.
@@mirrorblade6268 This is something I can’t predict how they’ll do in totk.
The longest you spend in a menu in botw is changing outfits and deciding which ingredients to cook with.
I seem to remember an interview with the head designer of the last game who mentioned wanting to keep the player actions as the main way to interact with the world. To not have as many contextual “press O to watch cutscene of character hopping on a ledge.” Rather, make player actions be able to accomplish goals without having to meet lazy/arbitrary conditions.
So I wonder how assembly will work. Obviously can’t be like cooking since you can fit parts together in lots of ways.
@@zacharynovak2180 I feel like it'd be like moving different parts around
Like you could move a sword part on top, hilt part below it, and maybe designs on the side etc
Then it'd show the finished creation
Honestly feel like it's a great expansion of the system they already had. Weapon durability is kinda necessary for this sort of crafting system. Breaking your axe over a Moblin skull and then using their bits to forge a replacement weapon. Makes it less annoying and more satisfying, at least in my mind.
@@zacharynovak2180 as long as there isn't a cutscene I have to skip everytime I craft a weapon I'm fine. Made upgrading armor at the Great fairy fountain a bit annoying
If there’s a Green Magic meter, I imagine it would function similar to Stamina… but maybe on a much slower refill cycle
What a cool observation about the keese eye... Very INSIGHTFUL. :D
You're right, that implication of the bat eye having THAT kind of effect is incredibly interesting and bodes well for the kind of creativity we may be able to expect from this feature. Imagine what the horns, teeth of other parts from that dragon may be capable of. :) This sort of crafting seems like it could be exactly what I WISHED I had back when I played the first game. On Eventide Island it just felt like the solutions to conflicts were just handed to you in the form of what you found laying around, because you couldn't do this sort of crafting.
Something I wonder is if we'll be able to build standalone things that can maybe operate remotely in some way like traps. Perhaps Link can use a power that connects to an object like Magnesis, but to activate it instead. Seems like they'd do that for puzzles already, and if so, it'd open up a hell of a lot of options. :)
I think you're bang on with the idea of there being a cool-down on the zonai infusion ability. The vial like things at Link's waist are likely "charges" of the infusion (that refill) and you can gain more as you explore. Hyrule.
Aww yes, all of this sounds super cool and if it turns out to be accurate craftable weapons might be even more exciting than the craftable vehicles!
The Hinox horn kinda looks like the top of a wooden Hammer. Could be used to make hammer weapons
But can tears of the kingdom measure up to pizza tower?
I have a strong feeling they take influence from Banjo Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts based off your previous theories
I seems like a cross between that and the experiments fans came up with like the double mine cart flying machine.
Weapon crafting seems too likely at this point. The vehicles seem to be products of a crafting system also. Interestingly, the rod that Link uses on that zonai weapon looks to be similar or the same to the steering shaft he uses on the vehicles. So perhaps there will be crossover between the two systems? Can we put weapons on our vehicles??
the yellow and green symbol on the connection points of the dragon heads is also found on the dragon-shaped front wheels of the car. maybe you can affix cannons and flamethrowers there?
I think what's more likely if that the thing that's on links car is probably also gonna be were you can stick things like weapons on it
Leting us craft weapons out of monster parts solves the largest problem with combat in BotW, that being that the majorety of enemies had to be humanoids who wield and can drop weapons so you wont be out of weapons when finishing off a combat encounter.
That's a very good point.
I'm not completely sure the robot is an enemy. But yes I noticed the common symbol & I think that's just a zonai symbol. We also see it on the vehicles we make. Hopefully we discover why that's the zymbol for zonai...but I think in the robot that's something else of theirs & the dragonheads are for making weapons the way that they did. Btw 1 theory I have is that the arm has different abilities but to unlock some we'll have to beat dungeons. 1 ability is to activate jade structures that will help us, like the robot OR the bird that we fly in that other scene
Can you add a further discussion about weapon crafting like how actual deep and whether you think can you craft on the fly or have to go somewhere to craft
One of the things I'm loving about witcher 3 is the crafting system because it makes looting useful. If its in botw2 it'll no doubt make exploration a good thing
Botw has a lot of materials that go unused in the endgame phase.
Only thing you can use it for is monster monies and sell.
And a few cooking matierals. But that becomes useless when you only use the boss type matierals only for the best quality.
Using the low quality matierals for crafting would be amazing
The hinox headpiece looks like a mallet with spikes. Or something the hinox drums when defeated.
How do you just suddenly become the best channel for news / insight on any game you cover? Been here since the monster hunter content, fuck yes dude
Thank you.
I think one alternate reason the hinox could have it's horn hidden is so that you don't know which type of horn it has- or which type of weapon you could get from it
Why do we assume that there is somthing beneth the thing on his head? I am just seeing a block of wood with spikes, it doesnt appear there is something hidden under it. Could be just another thing you can put on your handle
Every single thing you said makes complete sense and i totally agree with. The only thing i would add is that the wooden handle thing attached to one of the weapons is some kind of staff that i think Link will permanently have. The staff will also double it's use for the steering mechanism for the craftable vehicles. The staff looks slightly different on vehicles but i think it will morph for different uses. It will be a multipurpose staff but is only for use with the crafting systems. weapons and vehicles (and maybe other crfted items we have yet to see)
Amazing video, it makes all sense! And here I was, for months, thinking that the design of the weapons felt off and ugly :D Now it all makes sense!
If they do make the horns craftable weapon pieces, I think it would be nice if there were options like the boss bokoblin's axe horn could be made into an average axe OR a halberd. Also being able to add elemental monster drops like chuchu jelly to arrows to make the weapon elemental would be pretty awesome
I think the green resource thing is similar to the mana we had in OoT and Majora's Mask, as for the craftable arrows and weapons, I remind you of the guardian/ancient weapons. You needed to craft some of them at the top right of the map, they probably have expanded that
I think it might function somewhat in between that and how the runes in botw worked. Maybe we won't have cooldowns for specific abilities anymore but instead a finite 'global' resource we have to ration, especially during combat, for our abilities in general which slowly refills
This is awesome stuff man keep up the Zelda Talk I Love it!
I didn't know i needed you covering zelda until you did it. I am loving the zelda stuff for real, keep it up bro
I think there is actual evidence of craftable normal weapons.
in the 1st official trailer, right around 1:00, you can see an axe weapon on link's back (he is climbing the side of a sky island when he's holding it). the handle for this axe is white, maybe made out of bone or some white rock.
in the recent trailer, at 1:07 - 1:09, you can see one of the flying enemies carrying a bokoblin, and the bokoblin is holding a weapon, with the same axe head, but with a different handle.
I believe this indicates that the handle and the axe head are two seperate items, and that eenemies/link will be able to combine them using some sort of crating system.
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first official trialer: th-cam.com/video/2SNF4M_v7wc/w-d-xo.html
recent trialer: th-cam.com/video/fYZuiFDQwQw/w-d-xo.html
let me know what yall think of this idea!
I've played games with craftable weapons, and it's a cool mechanic and all, but I am a filthy casual, and tend to prefer when a game takes care of the weapons for me.
Dark Souls had many types of titanite shards which could be annoying for someone like me, but at least the weapon was always that weapon and I knew what I was in for beause I could use it and it was a matter of finding the farming method for that type of shard.
My hope for this system is that when said weapon breaks (cause why would Nintendo not do that at this point) that it can be repaired and maybe upgradedand strengthened. I wouldn't want crafting weapons to be just for when you run out of other weapons, but I have to admit, it would be an improvement.
It's clear these weapons will provide some much needed variety which is a welcome addition.
Artbook leaks also support this video a lot, the keese eyeball arrow is literally shown in the artbook so this vid is pretty spot on
Probably could help with the whole lose one weapon to get another as well as giving you good reliable weapons you can discard as you can easily get them later.
This video aged so well I had to come and watch it again.
Makes sense. We were already using monster parts to upgrade armor.
Now we're using it to craft weapons. Or maybe just augment the weapons we get from enemies.
Though I wonder how/if the whole crafting thing will tie into non repeating bosses.
Really great video, your point of fusing with zonai tech makes a lot of sense, likely being how you need to restore the master sword
I am convinced - enemy weapons might be infused with Malice - that when the enemy dies consumes the weapon - because with more of a mind behind it all Ganondorf knows to not let weapons fall into this Links hands. so we make due by crafting our own weapons.
AND I think that Links Maliced arm will serve as to why his weapons degrade this time around. meaning cleansing ourselves of malice means the degradation becomes less as we "level up". akin to a bigger inventory with korok seeds except the weapons themselves become more durable instead.
one more thing I'd like to add is that if you can craft at specific locations then you can probably repair weapons as well (by using up those crafting consumables) for the weapons you like.
To build off of that idea of enemies not dropping weapons, it could also let items come back by just making them weapons in link’s inventory. Make them like master sword where you can’t throw away the weapon. Items like the hammer, boomerang, and the elemental rods could become important items for link by just making them act like permanent weapons in his inventory and designing puzzles around them. I don’t think that the game will go this direction but it’s cool to think about
This is even worse than the weapon breaking. I want to get weapons just by defeating monsters, not gather materials.
@@NuiYabuko this would at least give you exactly the weapon you want when you want it since you craft it. You just have to keep up the pool of materials...
It would be awesome that you could keep crafting or fixing weapons and killing monsters would give you more stuff to keep those weapons alive. It would actually give you a reson to fight monsters after 15 hours.
I love to see that you used my theory I posted on the totk subreddit to make your video ! It's the first time I feel I had some kind of impact on the community
I love weapons breaking it makes me think more strategically and makes the game quite realistic.
You’re absolutely nuts man! That’s totally a keese eyeball! Super interesting video!
6:47 Hinox = loot boxes of Hyrule maybe? As in killing one would reward you with a random horn, maybe some special hinox pool or some chance to get horns of other enemies.
Technically BOTW had craftable weapons but only the ancient weaponry at Robbie's Lab
Best analysis video of the new trailer I’ve seen! Really great work! This video is spot on and I was just on the same page as you with everything you say in the video. Well spotted on the eye/arrow. Totally missed that one. Also, thanks for not milking this into a 20 min video like other people would do.
Oooo, I'm quite excited at the notion of crafting weapons in this way!
Reminds me of Dead Rising's weapon crafting and one of my absolute favorite Minecraft mods, Tinker's Construct, which has a very flexible and mechanically rich tool/weapon crafting system.
This is a MUCH better way to fill out the world than weapon durability. It makes every piece of junk you find out in the world a building block of creativity and it gives your weapons the emotional value that was lacking with Breath of the Wild's disposable/consumable weapons.
I think weapons you craft and upgrade is better than finding new weapons. Making a build or loadout can make the game more personal
Can't wait to travel all across the land to collect items to craft a sword that breaks in 6 hits!
I mean you get hundreds of enemy parts from a fighting random enemies in botw, if the monsters drop parts that you can craft weapons with you won't need to travel to specifically look for weapon parts to craft with, you'll get them naturally
Lol. I doubt they would do that. What a cynical take. I think fixing the weapon durability complaint (even though I didn’t see it as an issue) is almost a guarantee for this game. Or at least much less annoying for people that complained.
The green energy seems to be able to animate the dead, after all it's related to Gonondorf being reanimated and coming back to life. So I guess it makes sense that link can reanimate crafted monster parts. Pretty dark though!
Great video! Really hope you're right about everything you mentioned, sounds like a natural evolution of the weapon system from BOTW.
Also, my guess for the Hinox horn is that it'll be used for a large 2-handed spiked mace.
The Hinox hat is definitely a spiked mace/hammer. In fact it's really similar to the Bone Hammer in Monster Hunter (look up Bone Hammer MH2) or even the spiked boko weapons in botw.
If that truly is a keese eye, then perhaps Links green energy brought life to the eyeball itself.
Your channel is really blowing up man. You deserve it.
It might, though I'm still a bit skeptical over how much of an improvement this would be over the current system. Not that I doubt they could pull it off, but in the scenario that weapons shatter just as easily as they have in the first game, how exactly would crafting weapons be any more convenient that simply taking them from enemies or finding them in the wild? Killing a bokoblin to fashion a spear out of its remains currently just seems like snatching a spear from their hands with extra steps.
It's a little worse than that because you also need the handle and probably something else to complete the crafting process. So you have to do even more steps than just go to menu and craft.
I want to say they ditch breaking completely but the concept of restricting the player from being stronger than the area explored is the issue.
Hopefully crafted weapons will restrict how strong a weapon can be in the first place so breaking wont be needed and just crafting a new weapon as an upgrade, but that's a stretch to assume they would give us a crafting system and actually let you only have to craft 1 thing and never engage with it again.
Even tho that would be good game design the fact they forced weapon breaking in botw means they will probably force crafting tons of things. We can see the rusty weapons the enemies use so that tells me everything will break and those are the emergency use weapons.
So with how bad it is looking my optimistic viewpoint is we can finally have the ability to repair the weapons to keep them from breaking since we're making them in the first place. And finding better wood or metals to make better durability to ease the process even more so we can actually keep a weapon for way more than 10 minutes.
Having base enemies only carry terrible weapons might be a good way to balance out how easy it gets mid game. Breakable weapons don't really matter when every bokoblin carries royal weaponry.
Yes, thank God! Monster parts will now finally have a use outside of outfit upgrades and being sold.
Also, I'm replaying BOTW right now, and I think the weapon durability HAS to change because nothing lasts for more than an encounter and a half. I just don't think melee weapons are well suited as expendable resources, especially if there's no way to upgrade them, repair them, or just make them yourself. So I'm really hoping all this speculation is accurate.
I think they're adding crafting because most of Hyrule will be dead or under massive siege and in hiding, so vendors, etc will be in short supply.
Ehhh not sure bout that since we mainly only got special arrows from the vendors and weapons from enemies
man i thought the homing arrow was a sun bleached octorock balloon i never even thought of the arrow having an eye
rip the stream, hope he gets it back up
This whole theory is just... YES! I never even thought about this and the realization that the new arrow was a Keese eyeball... GENIUS!
First time hearing this theory, but it makes so much sense. Especially because of the complaint about weapon breaking. This way you can make your favorite weapon again with just a few materials.
Some other TH-camrs have covered these leaks too.
This info was under my nose the entire time and I didn’t see any of it, thank you for pointing it out! Hype has increased tenfold
That's one huge eyeball.
I mean I wouldn't call it definitive evidence, it could merely be a coincidence... but really the most notable evidence I feel is the monster horns literally being shaped like weapon heads. Everything else is sort of iffy, and could very easily just be unrelated to craftable weapons, but the horn thing makes it a lot more likely.
If not weapon crafting, we at least need a weapon repair/maintenance system like Witcher 3, Fallout, Metro, etc. Just have it require some flint and oil and we're good. Hopefully this means the weapons we find in shrines will be more unique, not just copies of stuff in the open world sometimes with worse stats
I found your channel through your scepticism of the new trailer. I felt a bit let down by that trailer aswell, but got more hyped the more i understood and learned of what was happening in it. I am curious to know whether your opinion has shifted regarding your expectations for the game?
Maybe trough the crafting syestem is how we're gonna get traditional dungeon items (or something similar). That flamethrower could be something from a miniboss, and you make gear with it, or attach to existing gear.
I can see traditional zelda items working similar to Sekiro prosthetic tools, where they are not mandatory, but can be make a lot of fights or other situations much easier or more enjoyable.
So basically you'd be able to approach the game just using regular weapons, which could be more challenging, or craft unique items/tools and figure out clever ways to use them.
Man thats a cool feature and with everything you said it seems very possible. It got me thinking that, maybe The Green spirals we saw on The fields may be a way to recharge the "infusion" energy. Either for the vehicles crafted or Even for all the weapons etc.
it’s nice that you clearly showed the evidence behind your conjectures
I kind of hope his arm has some form of effect which triggers explosives when the energy touches the explosive, so you could maybe use an energy dart to trigger an explosive (kind of like the lightning from bioshock?) , but it also means you cant use the homing arrow with the explosive augments as link charges the homing arrow. Also maybe the magic effect will turn the monster parts back on (like an electrical impulse) which temporarily revives that part, allowing the effects to work (as an explanation to the magic effect and each monster parts usage).
Expertly crafted analysis 😉
What about crafting vehicles?
Perhaps the blacksmiths in each town could offer Carpentry to let you 3D model (with wooden blocks and planks) a boat/car like the one seen in the trailer. You could find parts in the wild or buy them (at a premium) from the Carpenter
One of the blacksmith/carpenter combos could be Talon and his Luigi-like brother
This was the exact thing i predicted almost exactly wow! I thought so too, especially seeing how basic lots of the enemies weapons are.
Also, in botw there isn’t a single one handed axe like the one that red bokoblin was holding. Every axe is a heavy weapon. It could just be a new one handed variation.
Personally, I don’t think breakable weapons are leaving. I think theres the possibility that powerful but breakable weapons exist. But i think collecting stuff will actually have a bigger impact now.
Something interesting to note, for all the enemies we see different weapon variants on their heads. But we dont see any bows. Although the keese eye for the arrow might add to the fact that flying enemies will upgrade bow stuff.
If thats the case then storage upgrade might be changed completely since we dont need to hold multiple weapons all the time. We might even get some sort of chest to keep stuff in.
The zelda team has always listened to feedback. The reason its never fully seen is because they always change up each game significantly. And MM was a while ago. I think its extremely likely that the weapon system is significantly revamped in some way.
The wood on the hinox’s head reminds a lot of the hookshot points in earlier games
Considering that the devs wanted a hook shot in the game and that in some of the designs for link in BOTW he had a shapeshifting arm that could also turn into a hook shot, it could make a come back in TOTK
@@Tyreker Not all concept art was ever actually considered.
Nice catches, didn't notice most of this from the trailer. Craftable, customizable weapons would be awesome!
Probably a bit late to comment but it's perfect timing this channel is now leaning so heavily towards zelda. Was thinking about getting into zelda as it seems like the Nintendo property I'd enjoy the most. Should probably finish Link in time and play the rest. Only other one I've played was the 2nd one. Links adventure which I did not enjoy honestly.
I remember some guy theorising crafting on the second tease trailer of TOTK
Do you think that Axes could be a new weapon type we've seen the ones carried by the Bokoblins, one on Link's back in an earlier trailer and now the Boss Bokoblin appears to have a larger more robust single edged axe.
Wouldn't quite say they're new. Axes were present in the original BotW, though they weren't plentiful. Could just be an expanded pool of axes though.
@@brellom I know lol, I'm thinking based on the amount maybe they could be there own weapon type. Wishful thinking I admit.
Really good video was thinking about this yesterday
I hope we can make a Darth Maul type double-bladed sword through fuse.
Honestly I’m hoping they let the player keep the weapons and just deal with balance by making the materials you need to level up your weapons challenging to get.
Excellent observations! I was not a fan of the durability system in breath of the wild and was hoping that IF they keep it in this game that they will at least increase the length of time a weapon lasts before breaking but watching this I can see craftable weapons as another way to go. I think its pretty cool if so but Ill still be pissed if they break super easy. If there is a master sword like in breath of the wild you can bet your ass Ill be making a bee line for it.
I mean there is 😂 you start with it all broken and repair it over time maybe it's always there and does some base damage.
@@repingers9777 That's what I am hoping. I would even settle for a kind of recharge mechanic like used in breath of the wild one. I just want a consistent weapon even if its a bit on the weak side.
Some materials may contribute to the durability of an item. There was a duability enhancement effect equipment could have in BotW, so we may be able to effectively add that, though hopefully not at too much expense to other factors you may want. The base materials could also greatly affect durability as well.
The soldier sword link holds in one shot seems more reminiscent of damascus steel and kintsugi pottery repair. I belive the weapon repair mechanics will have a visual element too. Maybe if you can choose attributes of the weapon it may be reflected
Hinoxes had leg armor you have to burn off sometimes, so there may be some precedent
Honestly i think the damaged weapons imply the ability to fix weapons like repair them i also believe it means we will be able to improve weapons using crafting and craft completely new weapons they seem to be giving us more freedom and more story which is exactly what we asked for and i think zelda will be playable at certain points of the game but it will be linier and that is a big way of how they will drive the story with gameplay and cutscenes will be driven by link and zelda but i think zelda will be a big part of driving the plot obviously like will too but we will have much more freedom with link
As soon as I saw the new horns enemies have I thought yeah were definitely gonna be able to use that as a weapon
Rumor has it that the Zelda Switch will be up for pre-order on March 10 so a March 8 Tears of the Kingdom direct?
The dragon head used for crafting could potentially come from the Gleeko heads seen on Hyrule bridge in the new trailer.
I think this is especially true if we use monster parts for crafting modified weapons.
I hope we get a sort of magic bar for the green stuff. Would be incredibly nostalgic
Evil arm allows for taking evil monster parts to LEND LINK HIS STRENGTH. Classic Nintendo
Very astute observation! I wish they just had a small selection of legendary weapons, weapons with actual names and distinct powers and they can be upgraded (but also need to be repaired), rather than having millions of generic weapons that break 5 minutes later. But if they introduce a weapon crafting system that’s similar to the food crafting from BotW that’ll definitely be an improvement.
No, I think you got it right on this one. Yeah, the evidence seems to point out to some sort of craftable weapons> idk if Crafting will extend the lifetime of the weapons you have or only give more powers to them, but the second option seems to be certain at least in some weapon designs.
So okay now we have an incentive to fight monsters even if they have weaker weapons then what we fight with, but how about treasures and special weapons? Do you think it will revolve all around rare pieces to craft with or they will mantain the classic Breakable weapon roaster
Damn the eyeball arrows thing pretty much guarantees crafting and it’s soo damn cool monster parts can be used like that
Good catch on that
I tried to convince people crafting is a big deal in totk but I had no evidence like that
This game will be incredible
Crackpot non-serious theory time!:
Its interesting that you're using the green power coming off of your prosthetic to power these weapons, since they seem to be weapons that correspond to MONSTROUS being and powers in particular.
We also saw that a hand likethat was holding Ganondorf's corpse in place, and Zelda was asking ~something~ to give Link their power.
Thus i propose this theory: Your arm and powers are those that once belonged to Ganondorf. That voice from the trailer directing the monsters was not Ganondorf's but was actually Demise, who is currently piloting Ganondorf's body and is the true source of all the Malice. Ganondorf has thusly used the last of his power he has for himself to rebel against the influence of Demise, by imbuing it into Link, thus granting Link some modicum of his power over Monsters and their parts and nature.
Again, this is not a serious theory, but its a fun one.
I really hope that instead of crafting using a menu, they make you actually have to connect items in game. The green glue shown on cars already seems it’s made this way, so I hope the weapons are the same. So like dropping down a shield, putting a dragon head on it, and having it become a makeshift fire shield.
kinda seems tedious. it might be more similar to cooking where there's a station you put it together at but you don't really need to think too much.
Haven't you made a video about a story focused jrpg series? I wanted to check out the game, but forgot the name and I can't seem to find the video on your channel anymore.
Trails in the sky and ive played all 3 they beat all the final fantasies and what not out of the water
@@JimC1984 Thanks! Did he remove the video?
Great video. I liked the weapon system. This should be good too
really like your zelda content!
6:35 My first though was that it's not hidden, but that that's the weapon
I can't imagine how many times you've watched the trailer to have figured this out.