We continue to catch up with the holiday news, by putting ourselves directly in the mood for 2022 thanks to some very interesting details about Zelda Breath of the Wild 2 spotted by GameReactor. Three patents allow us to learn more about some gameplay mechanics that we have surreptitiously seen in the gameplay trailer released during Nintendo Direct E3 2021. Be careful, if you want to keep as many surprises as possible for the day of the release, maybe it would be better to avoid reading what will follow.
Pass through top surfaces
A mechanic visible at several points in the gameplay trailer, when Link crosses the ground of areas in the skies (as in the image below). According to one of the patents unearthed by Gamereactor, it would therefore be possible to initiate the passage to this “other world” at will, as long as the drop-off point meets certain conditions.. For the old-timers, it seems to work like the magic mirror that allowed you to go to the Dark World in A Link to the Past: if the drop point is an obstacle, the teleportation will simply be canceled and you will have to find a better spot. so as to land on a flat surface.
Free fall
This too was quickly illustrated in the last video to date of the game, but we have to believe that the free fall will be more “complex” than what we were shown. It should be possible to control the fall by performing various acrobatics, for example to gain speed or slow down the descent. The corresponding patent also describes the possibility for Link to shoot while he reaches the cow floor. It’s still unclear how all of this will fit together, but that is likely to be one of the most surprising elements of this sequel.
The rewind
Link’s new bowstring, the rewind should work the same as the 4 previous devices of the same kind available in Zelda Breath of the Wild. Its function, you guessed it, will be to return a moving object to its position several seconds ago. It is illustrated in the trailer by a cannonball which descends a slope in front of several enemies. Using his new tool, Link sends him back higher, crushing pursuers in the process. The possibilities offered by this new rune should open a whole new field of experimentation with the physics of the world..
playstation-5
It’s back to school! And in 24 hours, the free PS Plus games for December will be overwritten by 3 new titles to grab for download on PS4 and PS5. This month: Dwarven Co-op, the unlikely sequel to a cult J-RPG, and a fairly recent racing game. Oh, and happy new year everyone!