There was an interview with Miyamoto and Aonuma way back when BotW was still known as Zelda Wii U where they said that the game would feature massive labyrinth-like dungeons on a scale the likes of which this series has never seen before. I remember them saying that a dungeon in the game could be comparable to the size of Hyrule Field from Ocarina of Time. There was also the footage at the 2014 Game Awards where Miyamoto said that the owl statues in the Faron region marked the proximity of a dungeon nearby (which we know now to be false as there is no dungeon or divine beast in that region). We now know that those statues were connected to the Zonai which seem to be of importance in the sequel. Could these massive labyrinth-like dungeons return in the sequel and could one be located in the forest of Faron perhaps even at the Dragons den?
Don't be fooled with all these TH-cam channels saying how the Zonai will be important to the sequel. Nobody knows that for sure. As far as what you wrote.... technically the Divine Beast were Labyrinth like dungeons on a scale that we've never seen before.
@@Latinofire202 I don't need TH-cam channels to tell me what I can see with my own eyes through my own observations. It's in my own opinion from what I know from the first game and what I've seen from the sequel that the Zonai tribe will be important to BotW 2. Also when talking about the size of the Divine beasts (which size was the focal point regarding the previous alluded to labyrinth-like dungeons) they do not at all fit the description of "scale of which the series has never seen before", in fact even the largest and most complex Divine beast(Vah Naboris) is still smaller than most dungeons in Twilight Princess and Skyward Sword. That's not even mentioning the referenced comparison to Hyrule Field in Ocarina of Time which the Divine Beasts are completely dwarfed by and the only dungeons even close were Hyrule Castle in BotW and the City in the Sky from Twilight Princess. So sure, "technically" the Divine are dungeons on a scale the series has never seen but that's only if you disregard the rest of the statement... Otherwise they're simply dungeons the series have never seen before.
Maybe BotW2 will have an underworld. In many Zelda games (particularly ALttP and ALBW) there is a second map that you can switch between. What if BotW2 introduces the “Underworld” a large expanse of caves and tunnels beneath Hyrule that act as a second world map. This would also act as a reference to how Zelda 1’s manual described the land of Hyrule as having an overworld and an underworld filled with labyrinths. Forget about dungeons. Imagine a *world map* entirely made of dungeons and caves
For a moment, I thought it was Darby, from Blue TV Games hahahahaha I hope it doesn't bothers you, and if you don't know him yet, his content is great. About your comment, I really hope it is like that, so more gibdos and dark enemies underground would be great additions!
What if the underground enemies are just regular enemies, but with more malice. Or maybe that rat that got devoured by malice becomes an ugly enemy creature.
Card44 They’re excellent cryptids and I’d love to see them as, say, bosses? But...I’m not a fan of them as Guardians. I like the ones we ended up with. (And the Sheikah were LONG overdue for a spotlight.) Which, sure, the Sheikah probably the ones to create necromancy on the orders of the Hyrulian Royal Family (then...most likely got wiped out for their trouble once finished), but at most all these are is Frankenstein’s Monster as “Biological Experiments” vs a true defense.
Yup, I hope he covers the world in darkness with zombies and redeads and gibdos and all kins of creepy corrupted creatures lurk across the whole world, and that Link has to purify each area by finding a hidden dungeon entrance, traversing through these massive subterranean lairs to defeat the root of evil--the boss of each area, which will purify the overworld around that dungeon.
@@SalvableRuin To think of a Hyrule so corrupted and distorted that it's very fabric can be tortured beyond endurance is disturbing. We'd be dealing with a kingdom so tainted that even though we'd feel concern for its residents we'd still be nervous to venture out alone. And if the surface were to be that bad there's no telling what the underground would contain, hidden in the depths and shadow
I’d seriously still want to see an old man bearded link. Hell even meeting the fallen Hero in Twilight Princess was an amazing moment because it was your prior incarnation coming forward to redeem himself.
Hidden Desire Which...if he sought redemption? The only events he’d be seeking forgivness for would be the fates of the Gerudo, Sheikah, and Twili. TP had SEVERAL forms of genocide heavily implied, which were the direct result of OoT Ganondorf getting apprehended before he did a thing. The Sheikah are relocated to what’s essentially a Camp and are left to rot while they “wait for the messenger of the heavens” with no help in sight (as they were already functionally extinct well before Old Kakariko got sacked.) It’s hinted that the Twili were probably a mix of Yiga and Gerudo who protested (and were either slaughtered or banished) New Kakariko’s remaining two natives bear traits of both Sheikah and Gerudo, so it’s likely that the Gorons sheltered them until it was safe enough for them to rebuild generations later (thus creating the alliance between the Tribe and Village). And if you go into Castletown? Various characters and crowd npcs either have Gerudo and/or Sheikah physical traits despite being hylian (implying forced intermarrying to destroy those cultures...which unfortunately is a very real thing in IRL History), or outright appropriate their symbols (many of which are probably sacred to the original groups) Renaldo also mentions that TP Link’s actions reminded him of “the Hero” ...despite OoT’s events having been prevented. (Assuming OoT Link is the Stalfos Hero...despite that build being too large/NO OoT Contemporary ever wore anything similar to that armor...but whatever) But if a Past Hero tried to prevent a genocide he accidentally triggered? That WOULD create its own legend as well as give that Hero the sort of shame that’d doom him into becoming a stalfos
@WRFM PaRaDoX But that theory doesn’t make sense since all the Links are reincarnations (they can meet in spirit, but they can’t be alive at the same time). Gramps is most likely the son or grandson of a previous Link.
@@WideMouth Indeed they are all reincarnations, but what is a reincarnation, if not necessarily of one single spirit (rather than more than one spirit). If you haven't seen it, this is interesting: th-cam.com/video/PUYmfneNc1w/w-d-xo.html
If it's anything like the last game in which Zelda was the one that followed Link around (Spirit Tracks), she'll actually be rather sweet and very useful, and her interactions with Link will be downright adorable.
honestly i dont want hyrule castle to be ANOTHER dungeon. it had been the final dungeon in so many games that i just want a game where we can explore it without risk of death
Zachary Erickson But...you didn’t actually get to *explore* it. See where the kitchens and armory and barracks and dungeons and library were etc etc. All that stuff that makes it feel Real, like an actual fortress&palace. The closest we’ve Ever Gotten was the ruined castle in BotW. (We actually saw the library!!!!)
Hear me out, what if the final confrontation is in some new hidden by sandstorm castle that was ganondorf's and broken down and decrepit. I know that the final confrontation will be in Hyrule Castle, but this is really cool in my opinion
How funny would it be if after all this speculation the Zonai were never touched upon again? Everyone thinks BotW2 will involve them somehow, but maybe Nintendo doesn't care to flesh them out.
That will always remain a possibilty. this is Nintendo we're talking about. It's still fun to look at the possible clues and make assumptions based on what we are presented with. The next trailer could ofcourse always throw everything out the window ;)
I want the Zonai to be a Monsters’ Society, since they predate Hyrule, Monster Societies and neutral NPCs have existed since literally the first game (and one even became a sage in LBW), and the game’s “darker” while still continuing on BotW’s Themes of Redemption&Restoration Time to acknowledge Hyrule’s bloodsoaked past! (Which didn’t JUST stop with the monster races; oh no, it literally includes anyone non-hylian. And it was King Roame’s insistence on the “traditions” (and gender roles) that crippled Zelda and therefore doomed the land)
Anonymous Fellow I’m sorry but why tf does everyone want Hyrule in the past to be this ruthless society that commits a mass genocide on the Zonai, is it because you guys want a new antagonist to try and avenge the Zonai I don’t get it
RisingDiving ...it’s...literally in the games since the very first one with Moblins who pay you off, and another enemy you feed in a dungeon? The “it’s a secret to everybody” being referenced ever since in several games, and often said by Monster NPCs? The Hidden Zora and the guy you get the boomerang from in LA? The Gerudo stuck in the desert and only surviving via thievery, and the Sheikah functionally extinct? Genocide outright confirmed for the Gerudo and Twili in TP with the Sheikah basically extinct yet again because they were forced into isolation By Royal Decree? The Gorons treated as Second Class in TP while a rich zora kid was refused life-saving treatment in the same game and the Yeti slaughtered for pelts despite being Friendly NPCs, and the Rito treated as Second Class in WW while the Gorons felt the need to disguise themselves? LBW outright having a “monstrous” River Zora as one of the Sages? BUDDY. It’s *been* there since the start. OoT, TP, and BotW specifically say off-hand “bloody and greed” in association to Hyrule’s (and the Royal Family’s) History. And in SS? The bokoblins specifically have their own society mentioned with their love of skull ornamentation (FUNNY, same aesthetic for the BotW Barbarian Set, which has been heavily suggested&theorized to be Zonai in origin), as well as “their love of wearing flashy underwear” if you read Fi’s dialogue. That suggests they’re actually people vs weapon-wielding beasts. And now we’ve been promised a “As dark/darker than MM” game, as a sequel to a cathartic game that ended on Hope for Reconstruction, and a Brave New Hyrule. PLUS stuff about the Zonai with a pun meaning “mystery” as their name...which I come from an area where indigenous peoples are treated as “both mystic and savage” and many people believing these nations are either completely extinct or “deadbeats”, with common folk and politicians both spouting xenophobic bullshit...which also exists in MANY regions worldwide, including Japan where this series has been developed and has been known to borrow elements from its creator’s beliefs and themes from their history and the individuals’ actual lives. It’s Been There. Time to stare Checkov’s Gun in the face and unpack it while they rebuild this Brave New Hyrule
Anonymous Fellow then what makes you think that Hyrule some time during that 10,000 year gap, that they would commit a genocide against a race of people who have debatably helped them fight against Ganon. What reason would they have to kill them?
Imagine a Gohma fight where you have to cut of each leg and , after each leg is cut off, a new phase of the battle begins, with Gohma having slightly different attacks.
I still think it’d be brilliant and extremely dark if: -Ganondorf was the “barbarian hero” in the tapestry (and wielding the trident-like OneHitObliterator as his weapon of choice since he could not use the MasterSword when a Hero never came...only to learn that he was the source of the Malice and then betrayed and sealed in probably the most graphic way to date) -the Zonai was a name given to a Monsters’ Society, but were destroyed by the Hylians, with their decendents either being driven from Hyrule, driven underground, or going feral as Usual Enemies. (There are plenty of Neutral NPCs to support this, as well as SnowPeak and the RiverZora having their own established society in LBW, including with a Sage being one of their own) -Rebuilding Conflict as Zelda and Link uncover the Sins of the Past (along with Ganondorf’s Corpse) and make the extremely unpopular decision to try and integrate monsters into Hyrulian Society, much like with Terrey Town. (Demise or not, no conflict exists in a vacuum. And hylian elitism/outright racism and frequent genocide of even “non monsters” has LONG been a theme in Zelda Lore.) -the Seal is No Seal At All, and what they saw (and what attacked Link) was an attempt to Harvest Malice to Resurrect Demise (not Ganondorf). The “Seal” and the Hand’s moveset is strikingly similar to the Sealed Grounds and Ghirahim (which, Ghirahim has the knowledge, motive, and lifespan as a Sword Spirit to actually do so. Plus, we had Fi referenced in various ways in BotW. And the Malice completely ignored the Hand, but was weeping from a mortal wound as Ganondorf cried out in eternal silent agony. I’m sorry, “good guys” don’t do any of that and still remain Good, the Seal did Nothing as the Malice did waaaay more than ANY Ganon(dorf) to date...and the fastest way to get someone to empathize with a so-called villain? Torture the villain.) - - (LA spoilers) - What made LA so dark was Link in that game functioned as the island’s antagonist, complete with the bosses pleading with him to reconsider what he was doing as they died. (Then of course the Island died, dream or not. Which, we already had a Dead Hyrule as a result of collecting long forgotten mcguffins with the best of intentions-and had Zelda been allowed to stay with the project? She might’ve discovered that flaw and either found a workaround OR put a stop to it all before it became too late. Oh...and Hylia’s underrated legacy in SS was creating and being the patron of technology, including robotics. She did more than just create Fi&sword. She also built a society of robots who continued their work long after the hylians went to the sky. Zelda’s academic and scientific pursuits were just as much a part of her divine lineage as “glowing it up”. So, we don’t need Ruined Land again. But we COULD have Learn from the Past, as “known history” is so rarely how things actually happened, and learning from the past vs relishing in “the good ol’ days” is *PAINFUL* but so needed (and always brings conflict with it naturally)
It's honestly most likely. Nintendo is known to use ideas they originally thought of into later games. And the creator said it himself. Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild sequel will be even darker than Majoras Mask. Remember those creepy looking monsters from their art? That stuff could possible be in the sequel. EDIT: I forgot to mention that Super Mario Galaxy had a sequel that came out 3 years later. The sequel to BotW was already in development for 2 and a half years so it's most likely it'll happen in 2020.
Acknowledge the long-ignored but heavily hinted bloody history of genocide while trying to rebuild Hyrule into Something Better? Yeah. That right there would make it EXTREMELY dark and morally ambiguous, greatly add to and use existing lore, pave the way for a new age for the franchise with SO much to explore, and continue on the hopeful note BotW ended on (with its main themes being Redemption and Restoration)
Imagine that after link gets his hand possessed and has to switch hands the controls completely switch in the middle of the game and you have to learn how to get good again with weird controls while link has to get good again with his left hand which makes the game weird, annoying, and emersive
@@javiervasquez8995 They didn't implement that for extremely-motion-control-heavy Skyward Sword (which is the reason I never bought it, as I'm left-handed) so I doubt that they would implement it for BOTW 2.
I really like the idea that Link loses his right hand in the teaser trailer and it's replaced with some Guardian/Shiekah tech that can transform into various utilities (such as a hookshot, musical instrument, arm-laser etc.). It could make the game more like a traditional Zelda where you unlock new abilities throughout the game to gain access to new areas, since climbing mountains would be quite tricky with only 1 hand it would open new paths to exploring the world. Then we have lefty-Link back! It would work as a sequel too as Link will have to learn how to use a sword with his left hand thus starting the game out as inexperienced again.
Maybe we could see some giant octoroks like the one mentioned in zora history. I'd also like to see more elemental weapons like spirit, sound and wind. Sound weapons could put enemies to sleep or knock them back with shock waves. A returning of skyward swords beetle and twilight princess's hook/claw shots would be nice.
I remember a video in which it explained hyrule castle being Ganondorf's own Divine Beast. Since Link was getting so power ful he decided to use links new Mechanical friends against him. Oh wait...
I would really like for BOTW 2 to have Link struggle with wielding weapons with his non-dominant hand. Link is probably going to be ambidextrous, but still, something that would be fun to witness.
Something that the unused monster models could be used for could be: 1. The unused monsters could be monsters made by Calamity Ganon or Ganondorf himself, made out of malice and his own will as a last attempt to kill Link. 2. The unused monsters could be used for a more “horror” type LOZ game. 3. The unused monsters could be used by the obsessed fans as creepypasta material.
Imagine if the castle is actually just one giant corrupted flying fortress guardian, and all it does is fire lasers out in the overworld. What if that was the reason for going underground, and everytime you go to the overworld, you get sniped. That sounds dark, but I think it'd introduce unique gameplay, with Link having to somehow "blind" this guardian to safely access parts of the overworld. Once the fortress guardian is defeated, then maybe Link could enter the castle to defeat Ganondorf in the main castle hall. To keep things similar to BotW, you could enter the castle early, but because the fortress guardian is undefeated there would be insane security in the castle, with lasers firing off of many drone guardians that could surround it. My imagination is running WILD thinking about this game, and I should probably stop. One thing is for sure: BotW's sequel will be AMAZING!
@Mr. JoJo I can only IMAGINE what your teacher and friends will say if they saw you cosplaying as Link. 😏😂 PS: I LOVE Breath of the Wild as much as the next person but i feel that game IS a little "overrated". 😒 Ocarina of Time is the TRUE MASTERPIECE. 👍😉
6:38 While you were talking about the Guardian Arm, I couldn't help but also notice Link using a broken Master Sword. That could've actually been neat: the power of Ganon + the Corrupted Guardians was so great that the Master Sword broke, and Link would wake up with the handle of the Master Sword in the Shrine of Resurrection and have that to fall back on if his other weapons break. He'd then need to collect the other pieces and bring it to the Lost Woods for it to be fully re-forged. That could be neat to bring back for the sequel: if the Master Sword is actually broken at one point and needs to be re-forged.
I don't think that Link will use his left hand to wield the master sword, but that he will use his right, now more powerful magic hand to get more power in his sword strikes
If I were to add an instrument to BOTW for link to use I'd genuinely just make it whistling. Use the whistle button and then pitch with the stick. No magic until fairly late and mostly makes things like bird calls and calls your horse. Maybe you learn a yiga signal that can distract them. It'd be something nice and basic that fits link's state. As for the next game sure real instrument.
The link you show at 10:22 kinda looks like what I'd imagine the hero of time to look like closer to the time of his death, what with the eye missing and all.
I’ve said this before on different videos. Link will NOT be wielding the master sword on his left hand. So if we apply the logic that he can’t use a sword on his right then he shouldn’t be able to use a shield on his right. Yes I know that this video is old but people still think that he’s going to use a sword on his left. Unless his right hand can turn into a shield or creates a magical shield then I don’t see Link using a sword in his left hand.
I think the thing I love the most about botw, I've seen tons of gameplay, easter eggs, theories and speculation on the game and I haven't played a second of the game yet but I know full well that the game isn't ruined for me, I know it's going to be satisfying to play through it myself, whatever was cut for the first game that gets used for then second, I hope it has the same feel to botw2
I know it’s unlikely but I would love to see loftwings make a return, like maybe there’s like a sacred and hidden forest area where the last few loftwings in existence are and you get to tame and keep one, imagine just flying over hyrule on a big bird
That would be cool, but as we all know even having the master cycle made the game chug hard and I just don't think the Switch has the horsepower for it sadly.
It's kinda funny how people are concerned with which hand Link uses. I'm left handed, but it really doesn't matter to me. And yes to the new enemies. BOTW was sorely lacking in enemy variety.
I think the concept art of a Guardian-corrupted Link is definitely in the cards. I expect that after initially getting corrupted by the green energy, it will continue to take over more and more of Link and part of the darkness Anouma mentioned will be with Link and Zelda's struggle to come to terms with Link's slow loss of self as both he and Zelda work together to defeat Ganondorf.
oh MY GOD. The Ganondorf on the floating mountain will 100% be him on a floating or walking Hyrule Castle. The thing friggin starts rising at the end of the BOTW2 Trailer
Hey! At 2:09 that gdc image, in the bottom right corner we see what seems to be the very same scene from the sequel trailer! Ganondorf flying castle confirmed!? I think soooOoo. Edit: i see now that lil image was edited in. Fook. But still, im sure there is somethin there.
I have a theory. The hand that is holding Ganon might be of a race we haven't seen yet. It is unlike any hands we've seen on the first game. The shape, the size of the nails, the jewelry, its all very foreign. So I came up with a whole speculation. Made a video about it. But thats scummy to just ask people to watch so I'll just state it. Maybe its a Zonai warrior. It doesn't look hylian, so it shouldn't be any link. The guy on Impa's monologue may look different, but if you see closely, the skin color and size of both Zelda and the guy in the painting is the same, heavily implying that is Link. So, its not the guy from the monologue either. Also, the guy fought the calamity, not Ganondorf, pretty sure Impa wouldn't mess that distinction up. So, I believe that this was an event from an even earlier time, where this Zonai warrior battled Ganon as he awoke from his TP stance. But there were no competent Zelda or Link at that moment. SO he battled Ganondorf and won. But as he isn't a descendant of Link, he couldn't land the finishing blow as he can't wield the master sword. So he had to just hold him there for eternity. The theory is far longer than that but I can't type much more. Care to give my theory a look?
Dude, why is guardian link so much cooler than real link. I would've loved to play as a human-guardian hybrid link instead of the speechless blondie we always get. #MakeGuardianLinkPlayable
I would like the next game to be very VERY dark and scary. Not horror-like with cheap jump scares, but with locals and enemy designs that make you feel really uneasy.
a massive creepy underground dungeon would be awesome. imagine a secret entrace btween some gigantic bones into a vast cavecomplex. torturechambers, moldy storagerooms. allkinds of fiendish enemies some malice infused shiekah undead monster hybrids. a boss mixed between a spiderlike guardianorso, that has a skeletal lynell upper body on top. it grabs behind its back pulling out a towershield and a gigantig red glowing and blight dripping guardian twhohandsword it swings with one hand. and teh tactic to defeat it is by usign teh dungeosn weapon, the trusty grapplinghook by hooking its legs to teh roof making it fall over and then bashing the weakspot on the guardiantorsos underside till it explodes to a million pieces
I hope Ganon gets rehydrated because o want to see the conflicts his rise would cause within the Gerudo village as their tradition holds the male Gerudo to be their King. It would be so cool to see the rise of a Yiga Clan style branch of the Gerudo form or even see the current princess cast out as the other Gerudo fall back into tradition.
Really hope the developer team includes and adapts some of the mechanics inspired by the Shinobi Prosthetic from Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice. Imagine Link switching between a Hookshot and the Hylian Shield with just a flick of his arm! (Of course wielding the Hylian Shield on his back when not using it).
The Goddess Harp isnt Cool, you know what's cool? The Full-Moon Cello. Imagine Link dishing out sick beats with a string instrument that isn't a harp? I'd dig it.
Hey it's a gamer from the future finding this video after the second teaser for botw2 came out and it looks like the first cut content thingy turned out to hold some ground, as the teaser we now saw has a lot to do with air and platforms/ground/structures floating. Makes perfect sense for the floating mountain idea
I just hope they take a look at Bloodbourne and say "yes"! This is the level of creepy we need with its enemy and environmental design. I want a Really dark Zelda game. MM was melancholy, I want Dark, creepy, tough enemies throughout the land. An actual mature Zelda game. Plus Link needs a beard.
There were definitely some creepy enemies in OoT, MM, and TP. But you’re right, we need to go darker. The only problem I see is BotW’s art style which is way brighter than any of the three other games I mentioned. But it’s definitely possible.
I think it would be so cool if link gets sheika technology as an upgraded item, and not just the slate or armor. Like gauntlets. It could work like the goron bracelets and such other items that there are 2 other versions thay are much stronger. Another thing could be that it could possibly be a thing that had its own rune to it, like a psychic rune that could move things that arent metal, like small rocks and boxes, but never able to move the big boulders we have in puzzles.
Kinda like the theory of Gannon being the power source for the sheka tech, what if it turns out in 2 that the guardians & beasts were living monsters with controlling tech built around/on them to harness their power. Would give continuity to the cyborg link concept art & be a real dark tone to what the king was doing 10,000 years ago & how hyrule rose to power over the more advanced shika & even killed off the zonri... Under the castle dungeons/tombs would be where all the spider monsters & demons hang out/are spawned partly because of Gannon being imprisoned down there?
The idea of a mechanical arm sounds great. BotW2 Link loses an arm and has to resort to sheikah's technology to recover. I also want to see a vulnerable Link, not an invincible champion with almost no emotion. A character that also has fear on his side and must be more cautious since he lost an arm. Idk, thats just me lol.
BOTW had so few enemies. I really want to see more classic and new organic monsters in BOTW2. Gibdo, redeads, giant spiders and scorpions, etc. I really hope they go all out on the creepy monsters, dungeons, caves, etc.
Guessing the arm glowy power will replace the sheikah slate, hopefully you reach the floating castle and its a dungeon like Botw1 hyrule castle design, but improved on. And i hope that most of the enemies now are like grotesque mummified horrors. That would be awesome.
It needs a new snappy title with blight in it. I can see it now, the first dungeon will be in the korok forest and the boss will be the "scourge of the forest: Blight Link"
Okay something came up in my mind at the part about the goddess harp. If, say, we _do_ travel back in time for the sequel, and Sheikah towers & shrines are not above the surface and thus not usable as warp points... What if the goddess statues become the new warp points, and the harp is used for travelling to them? Just a minor idea, but it would make sense :0
What if Ganondorf sends Link back in time Samurai Jack style and Link becomes the ancient hero mentioned in BotW. Then after defeating Calamity Ganon, he returns to the present (but he’s much older now) and the second half of the game is finding a way to reach Ganondorf on the flying Hyrule Castle.
@@WideMouth Too much of a time paradox if you ask me. 🤔😕😖 Plus if Ganondorf were to send Link back in time to the era of the first Calamity and starting an ENDLESS LOOP of time then that would make Link the living proof that the Zelda Universe is in fact *DETERMINISTIC* given that the Future was the reason why the Past ocurred in the FIRST PLACE. If EVERYTHING that we've EVER seen happen in Zelda has ALWAYS been predetermined from the very beggining then that would be evidence to suggest that the Golden Godessess and Hylia are nothing more than EVIL SADISTS for taking away FREE WILL and FORCING the people of Hyrule to endure Death and destruction at the hands of Ganondorf FOR ALL OF ETERNITY. 😣
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There was an interview with Miyamoto and Aonuma way back when BotW was still known as Zelda Wii U where they said that the game would feature massive labyrinth-like dungeons on a scale the likes of which this series has never seen before. I remember them saying that a dungeon in the game could be comparable to the size of Hyrule Field from Ocarina of Time. There was also the footage at the 2014 Game Awards where Miyamoto said that the owl statues in the Faron region marked the proximity of a dungeon nearby (which we know now to be false as there is no dungeon or divine beast in that region). We now know that those statues were connected to the Zonai which seem to be of importance in the sequel. Could these massive labyrinth-like dungeons return in the sequel and could one be located in the forest of Faron perhaps even at the Dragons den?
sonymicronin let’s hope so god damn it!
Don't be fooled with all these TH-cam channels saying how the Zonai will be important to the sequel. Nobody knows that for sure. As far as what you wrote.... technically the Divine Beast were Labyrinth like dungeons on a scale that we've never seen before.
@@Latinofire202 I don't need TH-cam channels to tell me what I can see with my own eyes through my own observations. It's in my own opinion from what I know from the first game and what I've seen from the sequel that the Zonai tribe will be important to BotW 2. Also when talking about the size of the Divine beasts (which size was the focal point regarding the previous alluded to labyrinth-like dungeons) they do not at all fit the description of "scale of which the series has never seen before", in fact even the largest and most complex Divine beast(Vah Naboris) is still smaller than most dungeons in Twilight Princess and Skyward Sword. That's not even mentioning the referenced comparison to Hyrule Field in Ocarina of Time which the Divine Beasts are completely dwarfed by and the only dungeons even close were Hyrule Castle in BotW and the City in the Sky from Twilight Princess. So sure, "technically" the Divine are dungeons on a scale the series has never seen but that's only if you disregard the rest of the statement... Otherwise they're simply dungeons the series have never seen before.
Maybe BotW2 will have an underworld. In many Zelda games (particularly ALttP and ALBW) there is a second map that you can switch between. What if BotW2 introduces the “Underworld” a large expanse of caves and tunnels beneath Hyrule that act as a second world map. This would also act as a reference to how Zelda 1’s manual described the land of Hyrule as having an overworld and an underworld filled with labyrinths.
Forget about dungeons. Imagine a *world map* entirely made of dungeons and caves
No dungeon will ever be bigger than a chamber dungeon with all slots filled.
It would be cool if the enemies underground were more scary than above ground enemies, like those ideas
For a moment, I thought it was Darby, from Blue TV Games hahahahaha I hope it doesn't bothers you, and if you don't know him yet, his content is great. About your comment, I really hope it is like that, so more gibdos and dark enemies underground would be great additions!
I don’t know that person sorry
@@bluegames3020 it's ok man.
Have a great day. 👍
Those creepy organic Guardians would fit well underground.
What if the underground enemies are just regular enemies, but with more malice. Or maybe that rat that got devoured by malice becomes an ugly enemy creature.
If we get some of those cut guardian designs in BotW 2... it will officially be the best piece of media ever created.
Card44
They’re excellent cryptids and I’d love to see them as, say, bosses? But...I’m not a fan of them as Guardians. I like the ones we ended up with. (And the Sheikah were LONG overdue for a spotlight.)
Which, sure, the Sheikah probably the ones to create necromancy on the orders of the Hyrulian Royal Family (then...most likely got wiped out for their trouble once finished), but at most all these are is Frankenstein’s Monster as “Biological Experiments” vs a true defense.
Especially that 3 legged long nosed one. It completely freaks me out, and I love it.
Maybe they’ll even add some new creepy monsters or quests
That titan class guardian would be amazing
Imagine fighting them like a shadow of the colossus boss
Since no one is talking about it I will
*That design of link with a broken master sword and a arm that has shieka tech on it is absolutely beautiful*
Borg-link 10/10
want to play as.
i do not want to play as that tbh
Also he was left handed again which made me nostalgic for tp
I find the Guardian Link the most interesting.
a giant enemy crab you say... so breath of the wild was originally meant to be historically accurate?
lol, I was thinking that too
Im afraid that this has wooshed me...could you explain, please?
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Lmfao perfect comment!
If Ganondorf is coming back in more of a corpse form, then those eerie monster images would fit in with that kind of creepy atmosphere for Hyrule.
Yup, I hope he covers the world in darkness with zombies and redeads and gibdos and all kins of creepy corrupted creatures lurk across the whole world, and that Link has to purify each area by finding a hidden dungeon entrance, traversing through these massive subterranean lairs to defeat the root of evil--the boss of each area, which will purify the overworld around that dungeon.
@@SalvableRuin To think of a Hyrule so corrupted and distorted that it's very fabric can be tortured beyond endurance is disturbing. We'd be dealing with a kingdom so tainted that even though we'd feel concern for its residents we'd still be nervous to venture out alone. And if the surface were to be that bad there's no telling what the underground would contain, hidden in the depths and shadow
I’d seriously still want to see an old man bearded link. Hell even meeting the fallen Hero in Twilight Princess was an amazing moment because it was your prior incarnation coming forward to redeem himself.
Hidden Desire
Which...if he sought redemption? The only events he’d be seeking forgivness for would be the fates of the Gerudo, Sheikah, and Twili.
TP had SEVERAL forms of genocide heavily implied, which were the direct result of OoT Ganondorf getting apprehended before he did a thing. The Sheikah are relocated to what’s essentially a Camp and are left to rot while they “wait for the messenger of the heavens” with no help in sight (as they were already functionally extinct well before Old Kakariko got sacked.) It’s hinted that the Twili were probably a mix of Yiga and Gerudo who protested (and were either slaughtered or banished)
New Kakariko’s remaining two natives bear traits of both Sheikah and Gerudo, so it’s likely that the Gorons sheltered them until it was safe enough for them to rebuild generations later (thus creating the alliance between the Tribe and Village).
And if you go into Castletown? Various characters and crowd npcs either have Gerudo and/or Sheikah physical traits despite being hylian (implying forced intermarrying to destroy those cultures...which unfortunately is a very real thing in IRL History), or outright appropriate their symbols (many of which are probably sacred to the original groups)
Renaldo also mentions that TP Link’s actions reminded him of “the Hero” ...despite OoT’s events having been prevented. (Assuming OoT Link is the Stalfos Hero...despite that build being too large/NO OoT Contemporary ever wore anything similar to that armor...but whatever)
But if a Past Hero tried to prevent a genocide he accidentally triggered? That WOULD create its own legend as well as give that Hero the sort of shame that’d doom him into becoming a stalfos
Imagine if the hero of time became a recurring mentor.
It is heavily implied that Gramps in Link between worlds is Link from Lttp/LA.
@WRFM PaRaDoX But that theory doesn’t make sense since all the Links are reincarnations (they can meet in spirit, but they can’t be alive at the same time). Gramps is most likely the son or grandson of a previous Link.
@@WideMouth Indeed they are all reincarnations, but what is a reincarnation, if not necessarily of one single spirit (rather than more than one spirit). If you haven't seen it, this is interesting: th-cam.com/video/PUYmfneNc1w/w-d-xo.html
Sold. I expect a grizzled old one-armed Link who plays a harp to lure small animals, which he then blows up for meat.
He then uses the meat to build himself a new meat arm
This reads like a Metal Gear description lol
As long as Zelda doesn’t follow you around saying, “Hey, Listen!” this will be game of the year.
That's when they reveal fi was in the master sword the whole time and won't shut up
@@goggles8691 "Master, the batteries in your joy cons are low"
If it's anything like the last game in which Zelda was the one that followed Link around (Spirit Tracks), she'll actually be rather sweet and very useful, and her interactions with Link will be downright adorable.
Game of next year
“There’re not that many musical instruments in breath of the wild”.
Kass: AM I A JOKE TO YOU?
Kass*
Lol thx
You know what the word many means?
Burn
@@TheBrazilRules Nice burn
Sheikah Cybernetics Link: *"I never asked for this..."*
honestly i dont want hyrule castle to be ANOTHER dungeon. it had been the final dungeon in so many games that i just want a game where we can explore it without risk of death
endoverlord423
This
Zachary Erickson
But...you didn’t actually get to *explore* it. See where the kitchens and armory and barracks and dungeons and library were etc etc. All that stuff that makes it feel Real, like an actual fortress&palace. The closest we’ve Ever Gotten was the ruined castle in BotW. (We actually saw the library!!!!)
yeah I think it would be cool to be able to see it restored in botw 2
Same
Hear me out, what if the final confrontation is in some new hidden by sandstorm castle that was ganondorf's and broken down and decrepit. I know that the final confrontation will be in Hyrule Castle, but this is really cool in my opinion
How funny would it be if after all this speculation the Zonai were never touched upon again? Everyone thinks BotW2 will involve them somehow, but maybe Nintendo doesn't care to flesh them out.
That will always remain a possibilty. this is Nintendo we're talking about. It's still fun to look at the possible clues and make assumptions based on what we are presented with. The next trailer could ofcourse always throw everything out the window ;)
I want the Zonai to be a Monsters’ Society, since they predate Hyrule, Monster Societies and neutral NPCs have existed since literally the first game (and one even became a sage in LBW), and the game’s “darker” while still continuing on BotW’s Themes of Redemption&Restoration
Time to acknowledge Hyrule’s bloodsoaked past! (Which didn’t JUST stop with the monster races; oh no, it literally includes anyone non-hylian. And it was King Roame’s insistence on the “traditions” (and gender roles) that crippled Zelda and therefore doomed the land)
Anonymous Fellow I’m sorry but why tf does everyone want Hyrule in the past to be this ruthless society that commits a mass genocide on the Zonai, is it because you guys want a new antagonist to try and avenge the Zonai I don’t get it
RisingDiving
...it’s...literally in the games since the very first one with Moblins who pay you off, and another enemy you feed in a dungeon? The “it’s a secret to everybody” being referenced ever since in several games, and often said by Monster NPCs? The Hidden Zora and the guy you get the boomerang from in LA? The Gerudo stuck in the desert and only surviving via thievery, and the Sheikah functionally extinct? Genocide outright confirmed for the Gerudo and Twili in TP with the Sheikah basically extinct yet again because they were forced into isolation By Royal Decree? The Gorons treated as Second Class in TP while a rich zora kid was refused life-saving treatment in the same game and the Yeti slaughtered for pelts despite being Friendly NPCs, and the Rito treated as Second Class in WW while the Gorons felt the need to disguise themselves? LBW outright having a “monstrous” River Zora as one of the Sages?
BUDDY. It’s *been* there since the start. OoT, TP, and BotW specifically say off-hand “bloody and greed” in association to Hyrule’s (and the Royal Family’s) History.
And in SS? The bokoblins specifically have their own society mentioned with their love of skull ornamentation (FUNNY, same aesthetic for the BotW Barbarian Set, which has been heavily suggested&theorized to be Zonai in origin), as well as “their love of wearing flashy underwear” if you read Fi’s dialogue. That suggests they’re actually people vs weapon-wielding beasts.
And now we’ve been promised a “As dark/darker than MM” game, as a sequel to a cathartic game that ended on Hope for Reconstruction, and a Brave New Hyrule. PLUS stuff about the Zonai with a pun meaning “mystery” as their name...which I come from an area where indigenous peoples are treated as “both mystic and savage” and many people believing these nations are either completely extinct or “deadbeats”, with common folk and politicians both spouting xenophobic bullshit...which also exists in MANY regions worldwide, including Japan where this series has been developed and has been known to borrow elements from its creator’s beliefs and themes from their history and the individuals’ actual lives.
It’s Been There.
Time to stare Checkov’s Gun in the face and unpack it while they rebuild this Brave New Hyrule
Anonymous Fellow then what makes you think that Hyrule some time during that 10,000 year gap, that they would commit a genocide against a race of people who have debatably helped them fight against Ganon.
What reason would they have to kill them?
Imagine a Gohma fight where you have to cut of each leg and , after each leg is cut off, a new phase of the battle begins, with Gohma having slightly different attacks.
Gohma gets picked up by spiders and is just a laser
Goggles Luxio That would be terrifying. But it could mirror the scrapped guardian designs, which would also be pretty cool.
AIM FOR THE EYE OF GOHMA
Stephen Anderson *WHICH ONE*
I can imagine Ganondorf just sitting underground while the concept arts for the guardians just reaked havoc on the world above.
The sound of silence in BotW lead me to 955+ hours of playin around there, my Switch claims.
I still think it’d be brilliant and extremely dark if:
-Ganondorf was the “barbarian hero” in the tapestry
(and wielding the trident-like OneHitObliterator as his weapon of choice since he could not use the MasterSword when a Hero never came...only to learn that he was the source of the Malice and then betrayed and sealed in probably the most graphic way to date)
-the Zonai was a name given to a Monsters’ Society, but were destroyed by the Hylians, with their decendents either being driven from Hyrule, driven underground, or going feral as Usual Enemies. (There are plenty of Neutral NPCs to support this, as well as SnowPeak and the RiverZora having their own established society in LBW, including with a Sage being one of their own)
-Rebuilding Conflict as Zelda and Link uncover the Sins of the Past (along with Ganondorf’s Corpse) and make the extremely unpopular decision to try and integrate monsters into Hyrulian Society, much like with Terrey Town. (Demise or not, no conflict exists in a vacuum. And hylian elitism/outright racism and frequent genocide of even “non monsters” has LONG been a theme in Zelda Lore.)
-the Seal is No Seal At All, and what they saw (and what attacked Link) was an attempt to Harvest Malice to Resurrect Demise (not Ganondorf). The “Seal” and the Hand’s moveset is strikingly similar to the Sealed Grounds and Ghirahim (which, Ghirahim has the knowledge, motive, and lifespan as a Sword Spirit to actually do so. Plus, we had Fi referenced in various ways in BotW. And the Malice completely ignored the Hand, but was weeping from a mortal wound as Ganondorf cried out in eternal silent agony. I’m sorry, “good guys” don’t do any of that and still remain Good, the Seal did Nothing as the Malice did waaaay more than ANY Ganon(dorf) to date...and the fastest way to get someone to empathize with a so-called villain? Torture the villain.)
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What made LA so dark was Link in that game functioned as the island’s antagonist, complete with the bosses pleading with him to reconsider what he was doing as they died. (Then of course the Island died, dream or not. Which, we already had a Dead Hyrule as a result of collecting long forgotten mcguffins with the best of intentions-and had Zelda been allowed to stay with the project? She might’ve discovered that flaw and either found a workaround OR put a stop to it all before it became too late. Oh...and Hylia’s underrated legacy in SS was creating and being the patron of technology, including robotics. She did more than just create Fi&sword. She also built a society of robots who continued their work long after the hylians went to the sky. Zelda’s academic and scientific pursuits were just as much a part of her divine lineage as “glowing it up”.
So, we don’t need Ruined Land again.
But we COULD have Learn from the Past, as “known history” is so rarely how things actually happened, and learning from the past vs relishing in “the good ol’ days” is *PAINFUL* but so needed (and always brings conflict with it naturally)
Anonymous Fellow
I don’t have much to add, but I wanted to say that I love the way you think. Thank you for sharing your thoughts!
Wow, I never made the connection between the Lanayru Robots and BotW Zelda’s fascination with Sheikah technology. That actually makes a lot of sense
I don’t think you understand what dark means
Cringetier
@@TheGrizzlo503 she probably meant dark as in Ganon and the monsters mixing with the hylians an making the game's version of mixed race ppl
It's honestly most likely. Nintendo is known to use ideas they originally thought of into later games. And the creator said it himself. Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild sequel will be even darker than Majoras Mask. Remember those creepy looking monsters from their art? That stuff could possible be in the sequel.
EDIT: I forgot to mention that Super Mario Galaxy had a sequel that came out 3 years later. The sequel to BotW was already in development for 2 and a half years so it's most likely it'll happen in 2020.
@S he did actually. IGN interviewed him and asked if BotW sequel had any relation between it and Majora. He said no, HOWEVER, it will be darker.
Acknowledge the long-ignored but heavily hinted bloody history of genocide while trying to rebuild Hyrule into Something Better? Yeah. That right there would make it EXTREMELY dark and morally ambiguous, greatly add to and use existing lore, pave the way for a new age for the franchise with SO much to explore, and continue on the hopeful note BotW ended on (with its main themes being Redemption and Restoration)
2021 now friend and im sorry to say botw2 isnt out yet
@@snatcherevil9879 yes I know. However we will be getting news this year in a couple months from now... that's good enough for me
really?maybe ill get it when it comes out
Would love to see the tall guardian.
The one at 9:28 is my favorite and the most terrifying imo
Imagine that after link gets his hand possessed and has to switch hands the controls completely switch in the middle of the game and you have to learn how to get good again with weird controls while link has to get good again with his left hand which makes the game weird, annoying, and emersive
Oh my god the floating Ganondorf castle looks like something straight out of Laputa: Castle In The Sky and I love it!!
Tsukikumoon
It’s Ganon’s Moving Castle
Link should be left-handed
Change my mind
I thought you cussed. nvm you no spanish oop
@@WideMouth Maybe the sequel will allow the player to CHOOSE which hand Link will use for the sword? 😮
@@javiervasquez8995 They didn't implement that for extremely-motion-control-heavy Skyward Sword (which is the reason I never bought it, as I'm left-handed) so I doubt that they would implement it for BOTW 2.
Lmao that Game Grumps clip got me 🤣
Where 😭
8:00
LOL glad they used that
I thought I heard Dan's voice! Lmao!
I really like the idea that Link loses his right hand in the teaser trailer and it's replaced with some Guardian/Shiekah tech that can transform into various utilities (such as a hookshot, musical instrument, arm-laser etc.). It could make the game more like a traditional Zelda where you unlock new abilities throughout the game to gain access to new areas, since climbing mountains would be quite tricky with only 1 hand it would open new paths to exploring the world. Then we have lefty-Link back! It would work as a sequel too as Link will have to learn how to use a sword with his left hand thus starting the game out as inexperienced again.
Or he is ambidextrous and faces even tougher enemies and has to learn new techniques, imagine using that magic hand thing in combat or other new stuff
The art looks good
imagen you walking under hyrule castles dark caves with a torch, suddenly u see that long figure with skeleton head's on the art work. MonkaS
The Legend of Zelda: Ganondorf's Awakening
How to make a scary boss for BotW2? simple, make a Cucco boss
a true nightmare
Calm down... Your inner satan is showing.
Does it breathe fire?
O no
That lady who planted flowers at the shrine
So many of these concepts look like they're coming back in totk and it got me hyped af!
That's gonna be a meme hahahahahha Giorgio Tsoukalos stating "Zonai".
Sounds Italian haha
@@MonsterMaze Hahahaha I thought it was Greek. Googled it, and he's Swiss hahaha
Liam Neeson from Taken should voice ganonforf. Would be so epic. “I will find you and I will kill you”.
That actually sounds like a great idea
Hey that could actually be a possibility since he has voice acted in games before one of my favorites being fallout 3. 🤞
Damn. That would be awesome
I can understand why they didn’t use guardian link, but you can’t deny he looks awesome.
*Picks up Ganondorf and throws him three times*
Womp, womp, womp!
Link whistles a lil tune to call his horsey. I call that an instrument
Maybe we could see some giant octoroks like the one mentioned in zora history.
I'd also like to see more elemental weapons like spirit, sound and wind.
Sound weapons could put enemies to sleep or knock them back with shock waves.
A returning of skyward swords beetle and twilight princess's hook/claw shots would be nice.
I think the Yiga claymores had wind properties in BotW.
@@WideMouth it just shot a beam out think you mean the korok leaf
@@WideMouth the weapons are called windcleavers so they are somewhat wind themed.
I remember a video in which it explained hyrule castle being Ganondorf's own Divine Beast. Since Link was getting so power ful he decided to use links new Mechanical friends against him. Oh wait...
I would really like for BOTW 2 to have Link struggle with wielding weapons with his non-dominant hand. Link is probably going to be ambidextrous, but still, something that would be fun to witness.
i really like the concept of left handed link returning. it just feels right
Maybe botw link is ambidextrous
Why do people care about a hand?
Ironic since you said it felt right.
One smaller thing I would love to see in BOTW 2 is a postgame
9:15: those are the last things a wanna see in the sequel. Those things have kept me up at night far to many times.
What are you referring to
I have a strong feeling Link will be playing an accordian
that should be a mod
Something that the unused monster models could be used for could be:
1. The unused monsters could be monsters made by Calamity Ganon or Ganondorf himself, made out of malice and his own will as a last attempt to kill Link.
2. The unused monsters could be used for a more “horror” type LOZ game.
3. The unused monsters could be used by the obsessed fans as creepypasta material.
Imagine if the castle is actually just one giant corrupted flying fortress guardian, and all it does is fire lasers out in the overworld. What if that was the reason for going underground, and everytime you go to the overworld, you get sniped. That sounds dark, but I think it'd introduce unique gameplay, with Link having to somehow "blind" this guardian to safely access parts of the overworld. Once the fortress guardian is defeated, then maybe Link could enter the castle to defeat Ganondorf in the main castle hall. To keep things similar to BotW, you could enter the castle early, but because the fortress guardian is undefeated there would be insane security in the castle, with lasers firing off of many drone guardians that could surround it. My imagination is running WILD thinking about this game, and I should probably stop. One thing is for sure: BotW's sequel will be AMAZING!
@Mr. JoJo I can only IMAGINE what your teacher and friends will say if they saw you cosplaying as Link. 😏😂
PS: I LOVE Breath of the Wild as much as the next person but i feel that game IS a little "overrated". 😒 Ocarina of Time is the TRUE MASTERPIECE. 👍😉
6:38 While you were talking about the Guardian Arm, I couldn't help but also notice Link using a broken Master Sword. That could've actually been neat: the power of Ganon + the Corrupted Guardians was so great that the Master Sword broke, and Link would wake up with the handle of the Master Sword in the Shrine of Resurrection and have that to fall back on if his other weapons break. He'd then need to collect the other pieces and bring it to the Lost Woods for it to be fully re-forged.
That could be neat to bring back for the sequel: if the Master Sword is actually broken at one point and needs to be re-forged.
I don't think that Link will use his left hand to wield the master sword, but that he will use his right, now more powerful magic hand to get more power in his sword strikes
If I were to add an instrument to BOTW for link to use I'd genuinely just make it whistling. Use the whistle button and then pitch with the stick. No magic until fairly late and mostly makes things like bird calls and calls your horse. Maybe you learn a yiga signal that can distract them. It'd be something nice and basic that fits link's state.
As for the next game sure real instrument.
The link you show at 10:22 kinda looks like what I'd imagine the hero of time to look like closer to the time of his death, what with the eye missing and all.
You missed a perfect opportunity to say "once you go wild, you don't go MILD*"
Link bouta be lookin like Venom Snake from Metal Gear
I’ve said this before on different videos. Link will NOT be wielding the master sword on his left hand. So if we apply the logic that he can’t use a sword on his right then he shouldn’t be able to use a shield on his right. Yes I know that this video is old but people still think that he’s going to use a sword on his left. Unless his right hand can turn into a shield or creates a magical shield then I don’t see Link using a sword in his left hand.
I think the thing I love the most about botw, I've seen tons of gameplay, easter eggs, theories and speculation on the game and I haven't played a second of the game yet but I know full well that the game isn't ruined for me, I know it's going to be satisfying to play through it myself, whatever was cut for the first game that gets used for then second, I hope it has the same feel to botw2
That floating mountain looks a lot like the ones in the new trailer
I know it’s unlikely but I would love to see loftwings make a return, like maybe there’s like a sacred and hidden forest area where the last few loftwings in existence are and you get to tame and keep one, imagine just flying over hyrule on a big bird
That would be cool, but as we all know even having the master cycle made the game chug hard and I just don't think the Switch has the horsepower for it sadly.
Let’s have Link shred on guitar.
It's kinda funny how people are concerned with which hand Link uses. I'm left handed, but it really doesn't matter to me.
And yes to the new enemies. BOTW was sorely lacking in enemy variety.
I'm up for having a musical instrument of some kind.
Knowing Nintendo, "Darker than Majora's Mask" will just mean wearing a blindfold for the whole game...
Eiji Aonuma never said that, he was talking about how the BOTW sequel will be darker than BOTW like how Majora’s Mask was darker than Ocarina of Time
I think the concept art of a Guardian-corrupted Link is definitely in the cards. I expect that after initially getting corrupted by the green energy, it will continue to take over more and more of Link and part of the darkness Anouma mentioned will be with Link and Zelda's struggle to come to terms with Link's slow loss of self as both he and Zelda work together to defeat Ganondorf.
SO cool you added a short Game Grumps clip with Dan LOL
Guardian Link reminds me of the Geth Shepard concept that was scrapped during Mass Effect 2's development.
oh MY GOD. The Ganondorf on the floating mountain will 100% be him on a floating or walking Hyrule Castle. The thing friggin starts rising at the end of the BOTW2 Trailer
Those cut enemies look horrifying
I love the ideas you have presented here Commonwealth Realm. I wonder if BOTW2 will be the first 16+ Zelda game?
nahh, I think they won't do this because a lot of players who play Zelda aren't 16 yrs old...
7:41 Link looks like a Disney Princess 🤣
*See's art for monsters* ...I think I'll just watch playthoughs 😅
Love the Game Grumps clip at 8:01
Hey! At 2:09 that gdc image, in the bottom right corner we see what seems to be the very same scene from the sequel trailer! Ganondorf flying castle confirmed!? I think soooOoo.
Edit: i see now that lil image was edited in. Fook. But still, im sure there is somethin there.
I have a theory. The hand that is holding Ganon might be of a race we haven't seen yet. It is unlike any hands we've seen on the first game. The shape, the size of the nails, the jewelry, its all very foreign. So I came up with a whole speculation. Made a video about it. But thats scummy to just ask people to watch so I'll just state it.
Maybe its a Zonai warrior. It doesn't look hylian, so it shouldn't be any link. The guy on Impa's monologue may look different, but if you see closely, the skin color and size of both Zelda and the guy in the painting is the same, heavily implying that is Link. So, its not the guy from the monologue either. Also, the guy fought the calamity, not Ganondorf, pretty sure Impa wouldn't mess that distinction up. So, I believe that this was an event from an even earlier time, where this Zonai warrior battled Ganon as he awoke from his TP stance. But there were no competent Zelda or Link at that moment. SO he battled Ganondorf and won. But as he isn't a descendant of Link, he couldn't land the finishing blow as he can't wield the master sword. So he had to just hold him there for eternity.
The theory is far longer than that but I can't type much more. Care to give my theory a look?
You had us by existing as a interesting channel, you kept us by remaining with us and providing amazing content
8:00 link is a Disney princess: confirmed
Warbler's Nest shrine quest has a musical instrument.
Dude, why is guardian link so much cooler than real link. I would've loved to play as a human-guardian hybrid link instead of the speechless blondie we always get. #MakeGuardianLinkPlayable
I would like the next game to be very VERY dark and scary. Not horror-like with cheap jump scares, but with locals and enemy designs that make you feel really uneasy.
I'm wondering if Skyloft is still around during Botw.
a massive creepy underground dungeon would be awesome. imagine a secret entrace btween some gigantic bones into a vast cavecomplex. torturechambers, moldy storagerooms. allkinds of fiendish enemies some malice infused shiekah undead monster hybrids. a boss mixed between a spiderlike guardianorso, that has a skeletal lynell upper body on top. it grabs behind its back pulling out a towershield and a gigantig red glowing and blight dripping guardian twhohandsword it swings with one hand. and teh tactic to defeat it is by usign teh dungeosn weapon, the trusty grapplinghook by hooking its legs to teh roof making it fall over and then bashing the weakspot on the guardiantorsos underside till it explodes to a million pieces
Isn't that obvious?!?! The dead person in the trailer to the botw 2 is that crazy flower girl.
I'd love to see a giant gardian-like that we can climb and defeat... As well as a remote controled guardian :)
I hope Ganon gets rehydrated because o want to see the conflicts his rise would cause within the Gerudo village as their tradition holds the male Gerudo to be their King. It would be so cool to see the rise of a Yiga Clan style branch of the Gerudo form or even see the current princess cast out as the other Gerudo fall back into tradition.
Honestly this might not happen but I want to see link in a transformation caused by the arm like maybe a sword arm or something
Really hope the developer team includes and adapts some of the mechanics inspired by the Shinobi Prosthetic from Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice. Imagine Link switching between a Hookshot and the Hylian Shield with just a flick of his arm! (Of course wielding the Hylian Shield on his back when not using it).
9:17 WHAT KIND OF NIGHTMARE FUEL IS THIS?!?! 😨🤢😭
The Goddess Harp isnt Cool, you know what's cool? The Full-Moon Cello.
Imagine Link dishing out sick beats with a string instrument that isn't a harp? I'd dig it.
He just pulls out a bass, then Robbie pulls out his electric guitar
I hope they at least put in the option to make Link left or right handed. Left handed Link FTW
Link is becoming Finn the human in adventure time
I appreciate the use of the Game Grumps play through of Breath of the Wild
Hey it's a gamer from the future finding this video after the second teaser for botw2 came out and it looks like the first cut content thingy turned out to hold some ground, as the teaser we now saw has a lot to do with air and platforms/ground/structures floating. Makes perfect sense for the floating mountain idea
8:01 Game Grumps
I just hope they take a look at Bloodbourne and say "yes"! This is the level of creepy we need with its enemy and environmental design. I want a Really dark Zelda game. MM was melancholy, I want Dark, creepy, tough enemies throughout the land. An actual mature Zelda game. Plus Link needs a beard.
There were definitely some creepy enemies in OoT, MM, and TP. But you’re right, we need to go darker. The only problem I see is BotW’s art style which is way brighter than any of the three other games I mentioned. But it’s definitely possible.
I think it would be so cool if link gets sheika technology as an upgraded item, and not just the slate or armor. Like gauntlets. It could work like the goron bracelets and such other items that there are 2 other versions thay are much stronger. Another thing could be that it could possibly be a thing that had its own rune to it, like a psychic rune that could move things that arent metal, like small rocks and boxes, but never able to move the big boulders we have in puzzles.
Kinda like the theory of Gannon being the power source for the sheka tech, what if it turns out in 2 that the guardians & beasts were living monsters with controlling tech built around/on them to harness their power. Would give continuity to the cyborg link concept art & be a real dark tone to what the king was doing 10,000 years ago & how hyrule rose to power over the more advanced shika & even killed off the zonri... Under the castle dungeons/tombs would be where all the spider monsters & demons hang out/are spawned partly because of Gannon being imprisoned down there?
9:18 The unused creature on the right looks like an undead Giant from Majoras Mask.
The idea of a mechanical arm sounds great. BotW2 Link loses an arm and has to resort to sheikah's technology to recover. I also want to see a vulnerable Link, not an invincible champion with almost no emotion. A character that also has fear on his side and must be more cautious since he lost an arm. Idk, thats just me lol.
BOTW had so few enemies. I really want to see more classic and new organic monsters in BOTW2. Gibdo, redeads, giant spiders and scorpions, etc. I really hope they go all out on the creepy monsters, dungeons, caves, etc.
Guessing the arm glowy power will replace the sheikah slate, hopefully you reach the floating castle and its a dungeon like Botw1 hyrule castle design, but improved on. And i hope that most of the enemies now are like grotesque mummified horrors. That would be awesome.
8:00 oh my god they used a game grumps clip thats awesome
Idea time: Dark Link, except it’s made of malice and sheikah tech like calamity ganon
It needs a new snappy title with blight in it. I can see it now, the first dungeon will be in the korok forest and the boss will be the "scourge of the forest: Blight Link"
divine beasts were fun and all... but I really missed the dungeon feel in this game.
You had a chance to say
"Giant enemy spider"
*why didn't you take it?*
They should add underground graveyards. (Maybe a zonai graceyard?) and add redeads. That would be cool, and pretty scary.
yes, i missed a graveyard in botw
You have no idea how cool i think the arm thing is
Okay something came up in my mind at the part about the goddess harp. If, say, we _do_ travel back in time for the sequel, and Sheikah towers & shrines are not above the surface and thus not usable as warp points...
What if the goddess statues become the new warp points, and the harp is used for travelling to them?
Just a minor idea, but it would make sense :0
What if Ganondorf sends Link back in time Samurai Jack style and Link becomes the ancient hero mentioned in BotW. Then after defeating Calamity Ganon, he returns to the present (but he’s much older now) and the second half of the game is finding a way to reach Ganondorf on the flying Hyrule Castle.
@@WideMouth Too much of a time paradox if you ask me. 🤔😕😖 Plus if Ganondorf were to send Link back in time to the era of the first Calamity and starting an ENDLESS LOOP of time then that would make Link the living proof that the Zelda Universe is in fact *DETERMINISTIC* given that the Future was the reason why the Past ocurred in the FIRST PLACE.
If EVERYTHING that we've EVER seen happen in Zelda has ALWAYS been predetermined from the very beggining then that would be evidence to suggest that the Golden Godessess and Hylia are nothing more than EVIL SADISTS for taking away FREE WILL and FORCING the people of Hyrule to endure Death and destruction at the hands of Ganondorf FOR ALL OF ETERNITY. 😣
Any one else thought about the floating mountain where ganondorf was is the idea which now made hyrule castle lift up!!