#zonai shrines

[atwas-gaming]

Nothing too super-special in this stream, but as you can hear, I'm trying to set up a co-op stream with someone. Could end up being a disaster for several reasons, but I'm willing to try.

So there will be an out-of-the-ordinary stream of It Takes Two on Saturday afternoon at 1 PM Central. Hopefully, anyway. We'll see how it goes.

One word of warning: I only have one regular viewer so far, and we got to talking about their illnesses and my experiences with illness. There is some mention of bleeding during that part. Viewer discretion is advised.

[atwas-meme-ing]

Tonight's show is filled with surprises!

First, I spend about an hour totally sucking at trying to build boxes to solve a shrine puzzle. Never did get thru that one. Actually, on second thought, you can skip that first hour or so if you want, heh.

Then I run around all stupid and crazy for a bit before wrangling my first TOTK horse, Flame.

Then we meet a familiar merchant dealing in monster goods- but this time, he's brought a friend.

Then watch me run away shrieking from a bunch of... walking trees???

Shortly thereafter, you can watch me die horribly *ahem* to a pack of new monsters in a cave.

And for those who are into fashion, we've got a few hot tips on new gear and armor! As well as finally finding the first fairy in the game... or, then again, maybe not.

Come see for yourself!

[sacredrealm64]

I was literally blown away by Tears of the Kingdom. I've literally never had this feeling for a game since Ocarina of Time. It definitely had exceeded my expectations. Easily Game of the Year. I cannot wait for the Future of Zelda!

[deerdreamz]

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[zelda-references]

blessing shrine interior (tears of the kingdom)

[rawliverandgoronspice]

alright new totk headcanon: ganondorf did try to put gloom everywhere when he woke up as a mummy, but rauru is actually the one who caused the upheaval to put every single chance behind link in his fight against ganondorf

[bloomingbluebell]

hi im ranting (positively! this game kills me but in a good way) about breath of the wild again

i know it's controversial but i love the way the story of the game is told. because you start the game in the middle, perhaps near the end, of the story. the game is entirely through link's perspective and he wakes up knowing and remembering nothing. in turn, the player starts off knowing nothing. the past is revealed as the story goes along, and the player learns about the past and about the land as link does. there are little tidbits about hyrule and about the calamity scattered across the land. an old woman in hateno village tells you of an age of desolation that she grew up in. the travellers you see on the road are younger people because they're described by older characters as more bold, whereas the older characters grew up being told to never leave the village, it's too dangerous outside (compare this even to tears of the kingdom, where travellers are more common because the land has been safer. even older characters have left their home to travel elsewhere (not including the lurelin villagers)). battlefields are still strewn with old rusty weapons and deactivated guardians that no one but monsters will go near. myths and legends about the princess and hero have been passed down, to the point where their legitmacy is questioned and everyone has a different opinion on them.

it's environmental storytelling. it's things like seeing drawings and a bow in zelda's study and seeing a child reading a storybook with a hero that wears a blue tunic similar to link's. it's the stories that the villagers share about old myths that turn out to be true. it's the ruins scattered across the land, long since overtaken by monster camps but still unmistakably being houses that people once lived in. it's the utter lack of civilization anywhere remotely near the castle and the feeling of dread in the ruins of the town that surrounds it. it's a kingdom entrenched in its past, with no ability to move away from it until the calamity is finally defeated.

[multicolour-ink]

Shrine quests be like:

"Yo Link, go up to the sky and then shield surf down a ring course Tony Hawk style because us Zonai were totally rad snowboarders!"

[isa-ah]

not to beat a dead horse bc I know I've said this a thousand times already but totk sucked. there was nothing to work with after it ended. by this time in botw content circles it was ramping UP. it went for YEARS with elaborate theories and videos and an entire secondary canon built by theorists and fans. when was the last time you saw someone talk about totk? how much positive discussion have you seen about the story, ever? theories, world building, etc? anything at all?

[encrucijada]

might be silly and write bullet points for a possible tears of the kingdom fic 🫶

[ars-argury]

FUCK zelda fandom at large i LOVE ancient hero's aspect FUCK YOU if you dont love ancient hero's aspect

[atwas-gaming]

Tonight's stream.

[mangosyringe]

ok but what if... hospital gown armor set. 

[legendofzoodles]

I can’t believe there’s a shrine where you literally just play jenga! In canon is this a Zonai game? I can almost imagine Rauru playing it with Sonia. Even if Rauru didn’t make it up, ‘Courage to Pluck’ as its name definitely came from him.

Or do people in Hyrule today still play that game? Imagine after that shrine Link tries to replicate it with logs. Hands down my favourite shrine so far.

[lilacstarvix]

I made a Zonai shrine in my modded minecraft and am rather proud of it