For as much as people were theorizing about the Zonai's relation to TotK, I haven't seen many posts pointing out how there's a lot of very Zonai-related things in the new trailer.
For one, multiple Zonai structures are notably affected.
Such as the North Lomai Labyrinth being a hundred miles in the air! I believe the three Lomai Labyrinths are one of the only things canonically attributed to the Zonai. Though, some people believe they were made by impersonating groups, but either way, there's still a connection there.
The Typhlo Ruins aren't shrouded in a permanent darkness anymore, either. And since these share a lot of design elements and architectural details with the remains of ruins in the Faron region, these are also attributed to the Zonai.
But it isn't just structures! The Zonai are related a lot to design motifs involving Owls (wisdom), Boars (power), and Dragons (courage). And we do see a couple dragon motifs!
There's one on this sick-ass weapon Link is using. It's kinda hard to see due to the dramatic lighting and fast motion, but the cylindrical part is actually coming out of a dragon's mouth.
ALSO! It has some letters from the wall-carvings from the other Direct Trailer back in October.
The reason we don't recognize this language might be because this is Zonai script!
But there's another Dragon-motif, too! One that you might be a bit more familiar with.
The front wheels of Link's equally sick-ass ride! I can't make out any more script on these, but if you compare them to other Zonai structures, you can tell this is definitely of the same architecture.
At this point it's pretty damn definitive that the Zonai are gonna be related to the lore of this game somehow.
I'll admit: I would love to see an Honest Trailer done for Disney Mirrorverse. I could just imagine the jokes they'd make.
"Pick from multiple different Disney characters, given new costumes like they all just received their own live action CW superhero series. Ranging from the good to the bad to the-HOLY SHIT! What the fuck did they do to Woody? He looks....good. Like, really good. Wait, is this game trying to make me hot for Woody? And....is it working? Ugh, this is causing some conflicting feelings. Uh.....QUICK! TO THE NEXT SCENE!"
"Watch your favorite Disney characters take on wave after wave of "totally not the Heartless". As they slash, stab, blast, shoot, punch, poison, burn, and generally decimate armies of faceless shadow drones. While giving you comfort if knowing they were just non-sentient darkness monsters. Otherwise, you'd have to grapple with the fact that you totally just watched Wall-E murder someone."
"Organize your Disney heroes and villains into teams of three. Allowing you to form whatever arbitrary groupings you like. Characters from the same movies, Disney princesses, Disney villains, and Assorted Disney comic relief characters now armed with weapons and superpowers, ready to kill. Did you ever want to see Goofy, Genie and Olaf get together to kick some ass? No? Well, too bad. It's happening."
"The game may be a hungry money leech feeding off your nostalgia, but at least these reimaginings of the characters are still way more fathful and creative than any of the Disney Live Action remakes."
Apparently, Pizza Tower is just so damn good that Honest Game Trailers had nothing negative to say about it. And the narrator keeps breaking character to compliment it! Yes, Mr. Narrator, it's tasty in my brain-mouth, too!
Honest Game Trailers, Zero Punctuation, and Baldur's Gate 3
Baldur’s Gate 3 has been getting lots of attention, most of it good, as it is being held up as an example of how good a title can be without having to be plugged into all of the live server, pseudo-MMO stuff that wants to put an in-game cash shop in our face and has a transparent plan to monetize inconvenience.
Baldur’s Gate 3 splash screen
None of that for Baldur’s Gate 3. Just a role playing…
i dont play any video games and i slept thru the direct so i dont gaf about what i missed BUT 👍 splatoon 3 nostalgiabait dlc and hopefully another actually good storymode :3 yayyyy
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