Can't tell you where I got this information; no I don't know anything about release dates, further presentations, the narrative, etc. (NCL keeps this information very tight) I have just heard vague development rumors.
> Game was originally announced with no release date in the event of internal delays, but was scheduled for release in 2020 > Was selected to be presented at the E3 2019 Direct to capitalize on BOTW 1's sales success and intrigue newcomers about future installments > Game production was shuttered for nearly six months (up to nine, source wasn't sure) due to lack of work-from-home infrastructure; in this time the team recognized their ideas would fail to live up to the expectations set by its predecessor. Development up to then was scrapped. > Game is struggling to run adequately on Switch hardware, but they have already promised a Switch release and as such must attempt to reach "at least 600p30fps" > Fujibayashi considering retirement and appointing successor, continuously falls behind on deadlines, even moreso than Aonuma on prior games > NCL not pleased with development pace
> Game is struggling to run adequately on Switch hardware, but they have already promised a Switch release and as such must attempt to reach "at least 600p30fps" This one feels like bullshit Not only does the game not even look significantly more advanced graphically than OG BotW, but that game was already running based not on the Switch's limits, but the Wii U's, which was an even weaker system.
Austin Ward
>Significantly more advanced graphically How? They look indistinguishable
Luis Brooks
I'd believe it. That explains a lot about this game's shadowy existence.
Let's put two fairly similar games in comparison here. BOTW came out 9 months before Xenoblade 2. In the following 5 years:
Monolith has put out a DLC expansion, including a smaller standalone game. They've remastered Xenoblade 1, and are now flaunting Xenoblade 3 as often as possible. Even advancing the release date for kicks.
BOTW got a little DLC. Since then, radio silence. The sequel was announced 3 years ago and all we have to show for it is 10 seconds of gameplay. A much larger team is working on it too, and we know it's reusing areas from the first game. By all logic it doesn't make sense to be taking this long.
Austin Morales
Fake and gay
Jaxson Hughes
read his fucking post properly before trying to correct him you idiot
also op is believable however i'm just going to run with it being fake
Ayden Clark
Does it have more Bokoblins and Moblins in skull caverns and treehouses? The first game didn't have enough those.
Josiah Edwards
That's my point asshole The games look exactly the same, so I find it hard to believe that one runs fine, and one somehow struggles to reach fucking 600p
Gabriel Evans
>By all logic it doesn't make sense to be taking this long.
it does if they are adding a bunch of new gameplay mechanics, and new areas (sky islands). are you guys retarded?
Austin Wood
So are they shelving Hylia or not?
Christopher Jenkins
No the Direct is on Wednesday and the game will be revealed
Thomas Lee
There’s no valid reason for Botw2 to be taking THIS long with nothing to show so I’d believe it.
Yeah op is full of shit. Aonuma and Bill Trinen said the game was progressing smoothly
Asher Bailey
We literally dont know how much content the final version gonna have dipshit. Just because you saw a trailer about sky islands doesnt mean its the only new content added.
Tyler Wright
a two year pandemic is their "excuse"
Jonathan Miller
Botw has bigger size and more content than those older games combined. So whats your point again? If a new game would come out every 2 years with smaller content and less innovation then you would start crying about some call of duty every year meme.
Jordan Gray
botw is also shit and those games arent
Noah Smith
>development shuttered for 6 months because of work-from-home infrastructure Goddamn nips are stuck in the 1990s. We adapted every segment of our pipeline for WFH within 12 hours.
Jeremiah Evans
Im sorry dude that you will never be 9 again playing your gamecube in summer vacation while feeling the love of your parents. You have to move on. Botw is a great game and you would have sucked its dick as a child.
