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MileRun Since: Jan, 2001
#3576: Sep 28th 2020 at 9:55:52 AM

Midna et al. would be easy DLC money. I would be surprised if we didn't get at least half the OG Hyrule Warriors roster back via DLC, with or without redone movesets. I imagine the core game would be primarily BOTW-related characters, though.

My base roster prediction (not wishlist):

  • Link (sword/spear/greatsword/Master Sword/maybe one or two more gimmick weapons)
  • Zelda (2-3 weapons)
  • Impa (2-3 weapons)
  • Daruk
  • Mipha
  • Urbosa
  • Revali
  • Roahm
  • An ancestor/ancient equivalent of Hetsu
  • The mini-guardian, possibly after an upgrade
  • Fireblight
  • Waterblight
  • Thunderblight
  • Windblight
  • The contemporary Yiga Clan leader

IIRC, OG Hyrule Warriors launched with roughly a dozen characters and had the 3 OC character bosses added to the playable roster as free, early DLC. I don't know if they'll go the same route here, but this feels like a good size for the base game.

BOOXMOWO Since: Mar, 2013
#3577: Sep 28th 2020 at 10:32:30 AM

An ancestor/ancient equivalent of Hetsu

Hestu is actually over 100 years old. He mentions that "It's been 100 years since anyone has been able to see me!" (It's kind of strange that he specifies 100 years but doesn't imply that it was Link.)

And I do consider Hestu a probable choice for a playable character, knowing how much Nintendo loves the Fighting Clown trope.

ShirowShirow Dinosaur Hunter from Land of Maple Syrup (Old as dirt)
Dinosaur Hunter
#3578: Sep 28th 2020 at 11:56:24 AM

Better Hestu than Tingle.

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GoosefromWikipedia (Experienced, Not Yet Jaded)
#3579: Sep 28th 2020 at 12:26:09 PM

Robbie and Purah might also be playable in the guarantied Escort Mission of Link to the Shrine of Resurrection in the end-game.

ThriceCharming Since: Nov, 2013
#3580: Sep 28th 2020 at 12:56:04 PM

[up][up][up] Not just Fighting Clown, but Dance Battler too! Oh God, he'll probably attack with his golden poop, won't he?

To answer the earlier question, I'm okay with this game focusing just on Breath of the Wild, but I hope we get another crossover later down the line, since some fan favorite characters like Saria and Groose never got to join the fight. (I'd say Nabooru too, but Urbosa seems to be much more popular.)

...now I'm thinking of Rauru in Hyrule Warriors 2, and how he'd transform into Kaepora Gaebora like King Daphnes transforms into the King of Red Lions.

Edited by ThriceCharming on Sep 28th 2020 at 1:56:27 PM

Rytex Your Friend on the Other Side from Here, There, Everywhere (Ancient one) Relationship Status: Married to the music
Your Friend on the Other Side
#3581: Sep 28th 2020 at 1:09:20 PM

I bet the last mission is going to be Zelda going alone to Hyrule Castle, and maybe a Calamity Ganon boss battle.

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MileRun Since: Jan, 2001
#3582: Sep 28th 2020 at 1:27:57 PM

I'd really like to see Link or one of the Sheikah with an Ancient Bladesaw moveset, or perhaps a general Ancient Weapons kit that uses all the weapons from that kit (but mostly the Bladesaw). It would also be pretty cool to see the mini-guardian get upgraded to a Guardian Scout IV with the three laser weapons.

Basically, I want to see a bunch of blue laser blades, pls Koei-Tecmo?

Resileafs I actually wanted to be Resileaf Since: Jan, 2019
I actually wanted to be Resileaf
#3583: Sep 28th 2020 at 1:32:30 PM

[up][up]Imagine a final level where you play every champion doomed to die in the level, like Halo Reach's final stand.

MileRun Since: Jan, 2001
#3584: Sep 28th 2020 at 1:36:51 PM

[up]I suspect those chapters will be like the Ganondorf chapters in OG Hyrule Warriors, where you play as the bad guys to accomplish bad guy victories.

Only, you know, a billion times more depressing.

lycropath Since: Mar, 2010 Relationship Status: I like big bots and I can not lie
#3585: Sep 28th 2020 at 1:41:59 PM

I just can't see them making the blights playable.

Resileafs I actually wanted to be Resileaf Since: Jan, 2019
I actually wanted to be Resileaf
#3586: Sep 28th 2020 at 1:44:34 PM

[up][up]Good point. Thinking about it, Dynasty Warriors is relatively easy to survive in unless you make things blatantly unfair. Would be more fun to play the side that has actual goals.

Edited by Resileafs on Sep 28th 2020 at 4:44:47 AM

Theriocephalus Amateur Veteran from gimme a map and a moment and I can tell you Since: Aug, 2014 Relationship Status: I made a point to burn all of the photographs
Amateur Veteran
#3587: Sep 28th 2020 at 2:06:57 PM

To reply to a few questions and comments in the last couple pages:

Since the game is supposed to be canon to Breath of the Wild, I fully expect it to focus strictly on canonical characters, at least to begin with. I could see other franchise favorites turning up in DLC, but the core game would have to focus on that specific time period.

We might very well see Hestu in the game. He's definitely old enough for that — I'm not even certain that koroks even age. That and the game is going to have to be broad about what characters it includes if it will indeed focus on only canonical inclusions (and Purah and Robbie might very well feature for that reason). I guess he'd either focus on achieving special effects with his music or just walloping enemies with his maracas. Or both.

Regarding how to represent everything going to hell, one possibility would be represent Link's final stand as a survive mission against an endless horde of guardians.

Anomalocaris20 from Sagittarius A* Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: Love blinded me (with science!)
#3588: Sep 28th 2020 at 2:12:13 PM

Playing as the four Blight Ganons and killing the Champions would be fun.

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ShirowShirow Dinosaur Hunter from Land of Maple Syrup (Old as dirt)
Dinosaur Hunter
#3589: Sep 28th 2020 at 3:24:01 PM

I can't believe I have to kill Urbosa.

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Theriocephalus Amateur Veteran from gimme a map and a moment and I can tell you Since: Aug, 2014 Relationship Status: I made a point to burn all of the photographs
Amateur Veteran
#3590: Sep 28th 2020 at 3:32:20 PM

"Do you care for this character?"

"Yes."

"Do you promise to love and cherish them?"

"Absolutely, Mr. Nintendo!"

"Good. Now kill them."

ThriceCharming Since: Nov, 2013
#3591: Sep 28th 2020 at 3:36:29 PM

[up][up][up][up] Given that Koroks are transformed Kokiri, it certainly tracks that they retain their childlike personalities forever.

ShirowShirow Dinosaur Hunter from Land of Maple Syrup (Old as dirt)
Dinosaur Hunter
#3592: Sep 28th 2020 at 3:44:09 PM

Isn't it more accurate to say that Kokiri are transformed Korok? Didn't they only look like that to make Link feel more comfortable?

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ThriceCharming Since: Nov, 2013
#3593: Sep 28th 2020 at 4:06:37 PM

...no? Dunno where you're getting that. According to the Deku Tree in Wind Waker, the Koroks are not those beings' original forms.

What I would like to know is where their guardian fairies went. Koroks don't seem to have them.

Weirdguy149 Former King from Lumiose City Since: Jul, 2014 Relationship Status: I'd jump in front of a train for ya!
Former King
#3594: Sep 28th 2020 at 4:41:08 PM

The final level's definitely going to be Zelda going ham on all the Guardians to keep Link safe from Ganon.

The legend has returned.
GoosefromWikipedia (Experienced, Not Yet Jaded)
#3595: Sep 28th 2020 at 6:23:06 PM

As DLC, we might get a second campaign that takes place in the present and bridges the events of BOTW 1 with BOTW 2. Maybe we can get the "new" Champions as playable characters this way.

MileRun Since: Jan, 2001
#3596: Sep 28th 2020 at 6:32:24 PM

If they don't want to end the story on a bittersweet note, one thing they could do is use the last few chapters as quick retelling of BOTW's main action. If they did a post-timeskip scenario for each of the Divine Beasts and one final one that abstracts the final act of BOTW to take place within the castle, they could get to a happy ending with just five chapters.

ThriceCharming Since: Nov, 2013
#3597: Sep 28th 2020 at 7:27:34 PM

wild mass guess I'm telling you guys, they're going to let us win the war. And then the timeline will split again. wild mass guess

ShirowShirow Dinosaur Hunter from Land of Maple Syrup (Old as dirt)
agent-trunks IHE from Every-where, but there Since: Apr, 2015
IHE
#3599: Sep 28th 2020 at 8:42:56 PM

It's not like having another timeline wouldn't make the Zelda lore any harder to understand than it is.

Resileafs I actually wanted to be Resileaf Since: Jan, 2019
I actually wanted to be Resileaf
#3600: Sep 28th 2020 at 10:03:11 PM

Hey, if they follow the Dynasty Warriors 8 concept, we might have a 'historical' (as historical as Zelda can be) route and a hypothetical route where the champions win.


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