An Italian voice actor has revealed something interesting about his latest work for the sequel to Breath of the Wild. The poor guy is probably in trouble now for breaking some NDA, but the damage is done, so let's talk about the dropped info a little bit and do some speculation. Spoilers ahead, stop reading here if you don't want to know anything that hasn't been officially showcased.
That the Champions may re-appear isn't all that surprising, since Nintendo has been pushing these characters ever since the release of Breath of the Wild. It could be in the form of additional memories from 100 years ago, where I personally doubt that the events of Age of Calamity will have any impact on this game, so we're still dealing with the original timeline for Breath of the Wild. It might also be that their ghosts appear to you again, where you could learn additional things from them.
It's already questionable how they will handle the different Champion abilities, like Daruk's Protection. Having them from the beginning of the game may be too much, but removing them entirely would be a shame, so eventually you will have to re-learn them or something like that. Technically, you can beat Breath of the Wild without ever acquiring a single one of these abilities, so it doesn't even have to be explained why you don't have them anymore.
Now, Daruk's ancestor is a different story. And this immediately brings us to the Calamity Ganon tapestry from Breath of the Wild:
Link's new design in the sequel, which got shown so far whenever he is in the sky, is clearly inspired by this tapestry. And this already led to a variety of different theories. Are we playing two different Links? Or does the Link from Breath of the Wild simply get the appearance of his ancestor? Are the sky islands over the current Hyrule or are they something from the past?
Maybe it's both, where I personally still like the theory that these islands are the Sacred Realm, which can take many different forms, though this one is so far the closest to what the "Golden Lands" have been depicted in A Link to the Past. But it may be that we are going to meet the ancestors of the Champions in this Sacred Realm, where it's still connected to the time of where they have first battled Calamity Ganon.
If the game really were to partly take place in that era, via time travel or other means, this would bring back the Divine Beasts, Guardians, and Sheikah Towers, where from the rest of the footage it doesn't seem like Nintendo wants to revisit any of that. It also wouldn't be very interesting, because we already have been dealing with the Sheikah technologies in two different games now and the sequel still takes place in the same Hyrule.
It would be interesting to see the original Champions, however. Since Link's Sacred Realm design is based on the tapestry, it's likely that the Champion ancestors' designs will be heavily inspired by that as well. Daruk's ancestor for example appears to be much slimmer than your usual Goron. The Zora Champion appears to be female, but more prideful than Mipha. The Rito Champion looks interesting, because it's essentially two in one, a little bird inside a larger figure. It could be that this is either a young Rito, who uses some sort of wing suit, or it's a duo of parent and child, like Teba and his son, Tulin. In any case, I would like it if the ancient Rito Champion is a female character, like Medli, because this would balance things perfectly.
Anyway, this reveal is one more thing to be excited about. Hopefully, we will find out more about the sequel in about a month from Nintendo themselves.
Source: Lega Hyrule via NintendoLife
If the champions do return in their spirit forms I would love if Zelda gets to meet with them too this time around, especially Urbosa and her father King Rhoam.
ReplyDeleteHaving to lose the champion abilities and regain them over the course of the story I could see happening. Would be a taste of Metroid too which is pretty cool where Samus loses her suit and abilities in many games.
The Link from long before the 2nd Great Calamity looks like he had long, fiery red hair in the tapestry (which looks like red hair that's so dif'rent from other earlier Links). This Link could be left-handed common hero like most Links. Plus, if a new Zelda game involves the story from 9,900 years before 2nd Great Calamity (AND 10k years before Breath o' the Wild), we'll need Kishio Daisuke AND Ben Diskin (the guys who voiced Rokurou in Tales of Berseria) as that Link's VA's ('Merican accent in English dub). Zelda's gotta be the deuteragonist,the heroine, Link's childhood bestie (from royalty), AND Link's main companion. She's gotta be voiced by Tanezaki Atsumi (w/ the mature teen's voice) AND Amber Lee Connors ('Merican accent in the English dub). The Calamity Ganon could be a boss in the game, and the Dark Lord Ganondorf could be THE final boss. A big fight against Calamity Ganon ta buy the Champs time, the Divine Beasts' combined energy attack, a stab in the weakened Calamity Ganon's forehead by Link w/ the Master Sword, then Zelda sealin' the beast under the castle (just 9,990 years). THat's the way it's gotta go down. THEN the final boss fight w/ Ganondorf as the sword fight that's like Twilight Princess (w/ Link as the player character AND the Princess Zelda as NPC ally). Link's gotta be the only player character in the whole game. We'd need new weapons fer Link (mainly one-handed swords, hand-and-a-half swords, AND longswords), like a Tizona sword that looks like the Master Sword, but w/ the golden color (gold inlay) on the sword's hilt, the gold-plated quillons curved to the blade, the 2 opaque red gems on the guard, the one-handed ricasso w/ the holy fire element (the sword could still be usable if the fire runs out), and the hexagonal blade section. Zelda could be swordswoman w/ a royal princess's sword as her main weapon. Link an' Zelda SHOULD be 17 years old in the game AND the story. Link's gotta beat Ganondorf in the final boss fight by stabbin' his cruel heart (in the exact center) w/ the Master Sword at the climax (then the right hand's nails in his chest ta stop his tracks in a petrified state w/ Ganondorf's jaws open w/ unpleasant surprise, confusion, rage, hate, AND poisonous malice). That final fight's gotta be in the cave where he's found in Tears o' the Kingdom (after Link an' Zelda win the fight against Calamity Ganon w/ the Champs AND Divine Beasts' help). Plus, Link's gotta have a green tunic, green hat on his head, a long-sleeved shirt, pants, boots, and a red cape. The finale's gotta be much happier w/ Link, Zelda, AND the king reconcilin' w/ the Sheikah (not the ones who became Yiga clan) w/ forgiveness. AND Link an' Zelda pressin' on as Hyrule's guardians (still at 17 years old in the finale, even after Master Sword's put back in the stone pedestal in Korok Forest).
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