That's such a nice collection, Clara!
I like it!
And I agree with LS. Who says you can't have fun doing what you enjoy just because. So if you ever feel like sharing that matching set, we'll be happy to see you! And any new doll you add your collection. 
Well, with retail and as a casual other than Christmas day, I don't have a day off circling around. I've been having last minute swaps having me come a day I was originally off. That being said, I still get along really well with everyone. Some customers wear me off, but it's not unexpected with the stress by the season shopping.
And that sounds amazing, LS! Pretty exciting to be so close to releasing your book! I hope it all goes smoothly!
I agree with you the portable Zeldas and Pre N64 don't really get much more than a mention for their contributions to the franchise and that's it.
I remember there was this website, I think called "Zelda in my pocket" back in the day, trying to specialise in the portable games.
... But not really websites going all out for the NES, SNES ones either.
I wanna see pink haired SNES link in Smash Bros, gosh dang it!
Yes! Please!
Does the game have player versus player battles? If not, why would it matter if one of the characters is OP?
It doesn't. At most you can do local co-op. Having a powerful character is good to amass those kills. She's pretty fun to play. I don't think she is OP since her power doesn't really last for long and if you run out of enemies to fuel your power then that's it.
As for why it would matter if she was OP. My guess is that Hyrule Warriors try to have different set of difficulty from where some the bonus experience and rewards depends together with how fast you are at clearing the mission. So having a character to breeze through would defeat the purpose for them and possibly make, for example, the farming for certain spoils to become way easier.
I definitely would love to see more proper incorporation on the lore the have been adding to the series.
Skyward Sword brought a lot to the table, including the origin of cycle. Even before the game came out, if I recall correctly, we already had the notion that Ganondorf was the human Gerudo while Ganon was more of an instinctive force. When in the linked ending of the Oracle games
Twinrova revived Ganon it was incomplete so it was just a destructive force.
Then in A Link Between World's, felt kind of similar with
the villain trying to fuse with Ganon
The Windwaker game was where we saw a relatable explanation for Ganondorf desire to conquer Hyrule. It doesn't make him a good man, just human. The kind of envy of seeing others hover effortlessly through life while you struggle at every step. In the events of OoT he wanted to conquer and own the blessed land, I don't think so much to help his people but because he felt entitled to it. He deserved it better than the actual owners and residents.That entity never wanted violence at all. And because of this, the curse that Demise has put in is actually having some conflicts with the ideology of that entity.
Ganondorf doesn't strike me as one to shy away from violence, but I think it would be conflict about the total deduction that the curse of demise potently wishes to inflict versus the desire to conquer the land in its blessed state. I think it's the Demise curse corruption what makes Ganon remains to be so destructive.
As a result, the pure malice and hatred became Calamity Ganon
Agree with you there one Hindi percent.
What happened during the era of BOTW, is that maybe this entity knew about the possible catastrophe this might entail, so he seeked the Royal Family for help. They agreed to seal him in the basement of the Hyrule Castle just so they can monitor it closely.
Oooh, that would be quite interesting. The human side of it deciding to swallow pride and go to their sworn enemies would speak volumes of the magnitude of the calamity about to befall for him to still choose to do this.
During this time, I think is where this whole Yiga Clan thing was also formed because of the technological advancements the Sheikahs are actually getting. And somewhere along the way, they want to teach them a lesson. Now that's when they remembered about that sealed entity in the basement of the Castle.
The Idea they have is that, if the Calamity Ganon were to awaken and takeover the tech that the Sheikahs developed, they might stop continuing further with this. It may also result to the extinction of the clan, which will render the tech more of a relic of the past.
That may also be the reason why Ganon had some Sheikah tech in his boss fights. Maybe the Yigas took the blueprints to help aid Calamity Ganon with this plan.
I don't know how old is the Yiga Clan, but I can see dissent on how they are the ones developing this technology and yet being under the thumb of the Royal family being something that would keep rubbing off the wrong way to some of the proud Sheikh, combine that with theories about the Royal Family not being too kind to them in the past.
I don't know if the negative energy of the dissenting members that turned traitorous was the fuel that allow for Calamity Ganon to overtake the technology, or if there was something more to it, but the idea of them sabotaging to benefit Ganon doesn't sound bad. Ganon has had in the past deals with mediators like Agahnim and Ganondorf persuaded the fake Twilight King, so that sort of manipulation towards the most resentful Sheikh members sounds pretty likely. Heck, seeing it that way, maybe the same individual was the push for the creation of the Yiga Clan. I think that it was only after they were discovered and expelled that they came together as the Yiga Clan.
As for the green energy on the trailer, that's where I come empty handed. I don't have amything where I could tie that up.
It seems to have to do with Link, so if the entity seeked the Royal Family with the idea of the future, maybe just like how they device the way the towers and shrines could help the Hero if things go wrong, someone from then also created this as a purification method or something that is triggered in the events of BotW2.
Anyways, that's my scenario on what I think it should be. And if this were to happen, BOTW 2's placement will be at the very end of the timeline as it will be the part where the cycle of Demise's curse ends, and all Zelda Games moving forward will be placed before BOTW.
I think I already shared on stream some thoughts I had on the placement of the timeline, haha. If you're correct, that'd be pretty interesting to create the end of the timelines, but that'd also make me uneasy about if the are not feeling confident in keeping the franchise going so they wanted to tie what they could.
Man, we can have a field with a topic just to discuss this.
I think they're gonna lean hard on the weapon degradation system. Each weapon will only be able to hit monsters 2-4 times before breaking.
Haha. That sounds extremely frustrating. You'd have to make sure you got more than one weapon for any fight just in case. I bet the inventory capacity will remain just as limited too. This will make it feel more difficult.
Welp, that was fun.
Congratulations to the boys!
You put an end to the struggle, hahah.
Kaynil I'm not on the road too terribly much. These days I make my bread as a school photographer, so every day I'm going to a completely different building spread out all across the various cities I'm contracted with. So there are days when my round trip commute is maybe 25 minutes, and there are days where my round trip commute is 3 or 4 hours. Most days are somewhere in between.
I quite like it actually. It's nice to go somewhere different every day, and it helps that I'm on the clock during travel time.
That sounds pretty neat! Glad they pay you the time it takes you to move between locations. It sounds quite interesting, do you have seasonal work as a school photographer or is it a steady income of contracts?
Workplace has been giving hours which has been great!
But I am also feeling very low in energy to the point I can sometimes fall asleep before the sun sets, which is a bad indication of my diet and overall activity.
I am trying to make more exercises and sleep my eight hours for the most part, staying past 10 pm is a rare exception, like today. I'm considering taking supplements and go see my doctor.
Darn Australian heat. Where's spring? This feels like summer already. If I step out a 6:01 am the sun is already bloody charring!
So how have you all been, guys?
What's up?
Alright guys, here's your chance to theorize and record your predictions what you think it is going to happen. I know it can be fun already talking about what is going to happen. So feel free to start the bingo cards and your over analysis.
Will the game take place underground?
Is it in Hyrule or somewhere else?
Is the corpse of the trailer Ganondorf? Demise? something else...
The hand of green light is it an ally or an enemy? If an ally is it independent or does Link controls it?
I wanna see oldschool Impa in a HW game!
Honestly I like seeing them highlighting pre-Ocarina of Time characters in general.
I remember they added Marin but then again, we also got Link's Awakening on the switch, so it is not as impactful now, I think.
I heard someone saying she was the weakest character and that they didn't bother with her.
Her fighting style is peculiar but I didn't feel her particularly bad. I kind of like how the bombs work for her.
Impa has the ability of making up to six clones of herself, it's limited time but she can really pounce down harder enemies.
I was "hearing" on twitter that some folks consider her to be over powered and they were expecting her to be nerfed.
Do you think she is OP?
But that aside, what do you think about her personality and looks?
Does it changes your impression from BotW?
Did you guys play the demo. What were your thoughts on it?
If you skipped the demo it seems to have been the first chapter, the demo ends before we can go and recruit any of the champions, so that's two first main missions and some side quests. So anything pass that point I'd recommend you don't post it in this thread and instead create a new one for its proper discussion.
To be honest, I got a lot I want to talk about it and I will do that in the next posts, but I also want to hear your opinions about it. :/
Making a thread that I can't read yet, go me! Hahaha
Anyway, I was thinking that probably some folks here might have already finished the game, so it could make some interesting conversation.
I would still request that as much as possible, let's keep the spoilers of the end of the game between tags, just in case. Just use the the tags around the text like so:
[spoiler]*spoilerish text[/spoiler]
Yeah, in my opinion AVG is nowhere what it used to be a decade ago. 
I just realized you said it is 60cms, wow, that's pretty cool!
Where do you keep them? What special care do you need to give them?
3 real 5 me
You make sure you're getting plenty of sleep!
Ah, man. Thanks. I hope so are you.
So you have to drive a lot for your job? Being on the road for so long sounds pretty demanding.
Mostly with the FFXIV Online trial. I still play Bravely default from time to time.
Decided to dust off Hyrule Warriors today to have a go.
