Hyrule Warriors Legends

Even more Hyrule Warriors Legends news is coming this week!

Awesome, I'm excited to see what they announce. I'm hoping something related to Linkle.

It will likely just be Toon Link gameplay.

Trailers for the King of Red Lions and Toon Link.





So the Direct news overshadowed the King of Red Lions trailer and even then we already know how all the newcomers play from gameplay. Skull Kid should be next week though.

New details:

- will have “updated” versions of existing stages
- play Lake Hylia in sunset
- play Valley of Seers in broad daylight with a natural-looking sky
- existing characters will get new weapons
- Ganondorf now has a trident, which allows him to launch fast attacks with a lightning element
- Ganondorf can throw the triden into the ground, sending electricity all over the place
- these new weapons come in addition to those from the Wii U version
- new weapons coming to the Wii U version as well
- Linkle will also be in the Wii U version, most likely transferable
- Linkle will get her own story missions, described as a “backstage” of the main story
- she'll fight several key characters, such as True Form Midna and Skull Kid









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Nice! I'm excited to play through Linkle's storyline, she seems like she could be a very interesting character. I do like the level updates.

I hope Young Link and Tingle are in Linkle's story as while. The Ganondorf changes also sound pretty nice.

The story missions for Linkle can be a good way to make her an interesting character. I'd like to play through them myself. Would be great if it features Tingle, Young Link, along with any characters that are new to Legends.

The Trident was a splendid choice for Ganondorf. It sounds like it gives A Link to the Past some love, maybe it'll have some references to

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Also new looks for the old stages sound nice. I'd like to see the Valley of Seers in broad daylight.

SirFrozenFairy wrote:The story missions for Linkle can be a good way to make her an interesting character. I'd like to play through them myself. Would be great if it features Tingle, Young Link, along with any characters that are new to Legends.

The Trident was a splendid choice for Ganondorf. It sounds like it gives A Link to the Past some love, maybe it'll have some references to

Spoiler:

Also new looks for the old stages sound nice. I'd like to see the Valley of Seers in broad daylight.

You mean

Spoiler:

About time Ganon got a trident

Here's a 5 minute trailer.



So I guess this might mean that there are no more base game characters. Those 8 Bit sprites do look pretty cool.

Here's some details from the Famitsu review.

– Clear time: 15 hours until Legend Mode is cleared
– Over 500 hours with replay value
– Most of the reviewers were surprised that the 3DS can show this much of Warriors series’ sense of bustling
– More enemies than they expected on screen
– The game has more volume (content)

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I guess they did not cut corners for the 3DS version and It gives me more of a reason to get the 3DS version at some point.

So tempted to get this, but I still don't have a 3DS and I do still have the Wii U version...hm...

This really is the perfect game for a handheld though. I found it weird when it was first announced but now I'm excited for it. Can't wait for Linkle.

Gamexplain did a comparison video for the Wii U game and Legends:



The 3DS version graphically looks considerably worse, but it's to be expected when it was originally on an HD home console and is going on a 240p handheld screen. (not to mention 3DS games don't look as good in videos and screenshots as on a 3DS, so it'll look at least slightly better) At least there still seems to be a nice amount of enemies on screen.

To be expected and it runs better then I thought it would. That Linkle gameplay from the November Direct looked like it was running on Wii U so maybe her story is not 3DS exclusive after all.

Aryll talks for Toon Link and here's every gameplay of every new character in the Wii U version.





Based on that character select screen 4 DLC characters could be coming and it's nice to see all those characters in HD.

So from what I've been hearing, this game should really only be played on New 3DS. The regular 3DS version is incredibly laggy and looks worse compared to the New 3DS version that runs smoothly and has some graphical improvements.

Honestly I'm surprised they didn't go the Xenoblade 3D route and make it a New 3DS exclusive, but I guess they wanted to get all the sales they could.