The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes, another installment in The Legend of Zelda video game series by Nintendo, will be out this coming October 23rd. This was announced during the Electronic Entertainment Expo 2015, E3 2015, held at the Los Angeles Convention Center last June 16-18, 2015. The game will be ready for release for 3DS users and owners.
Zelda: Tri Force Heroes can be played by one or three players. This version is more of a co-op game as compared to other games in The Legend of Zelda series wherein gamers had to play competitively. Each player had to communicate with each other by using some of the 8 emoticons flashed on the screen.
The three players had to make do with this medium, as the game "doesn't support voice chat online." But Hiromasa Shikata, the game director of Tri Force Heroes, "believes the game's limited communication will suffice, and might make the game more enjoyable."
When played single-handedly, the two paper dolls called Doppels can be activated to help the player navigate through the dungeons. In effect, it is as if playing in the multiplayer mode in that there are two other Links, but only one player is controlling the whole game.
The Totem mechanic, on the other hand, can be achieved when three Links stack up one another, to be able to reach new locations and solve puzzles.
As to the line of outfits and having Link wear the princess' clothes; the suits, as it turn out, have powers. Thus, choosing which dress to wear is crucial in surviving and solving the puzzles. Surprisingly, also, Link can craft outfits of his own from the materials he could gather within the game process.
It may be hard to think of Link borrowing from the princess' wardrobe, but the developers had a good reason of doing so.
Shikata explained that such decision was arrived at as developers want "more variation" to offer to their players, and in turn, that would benefit everyone in the process. Shikata reassured that they had consulted with "folks" in the US and in Japan and the consensus turned out that "cross-dressing Link wouldn't be a problem."
But seriously, why have Link dress up as Zelda? It's all in the story, Shikata simply said. A "fashionable" kingdom needs help and the princess to be rescued. Alas, Link volunteered, as always, to be a hero. That's where the legend continues...
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