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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

There is also at least one major translation error that's only present in the English version. In the final boss battle, Zelda says that Ganon has "given up on reincarnation and assumed his pure enraged form", implying that the reincarnation cycle has been broken and there will be no more Ganons after this fight.

In all other languages including the original, it is some variation of "his obsessive refusal to give up on reincarnation turned him into this monstrosity", which implies the exact opposite. No matter how often you kill him, he just won't let go, ever - even if it means to turn into a mindless beast. He WILL try to survive and revive, no matter the cost.

I guess the translator in question got a little confused with the double negative (Ganon fiercely does NOT want to NOT reincarnate = he fiercely wants to reincarnate).

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I allowed myself to build a hoverbike… and haven’t looked back

Hear, hear. I love the horses in these games so much that I can't fathom completing a full playthrough without owning at least one, but it is kinda hard to still find them useful and convenient when there is a free pile of Zonai stuff lying around behind every corner and Autobuild exists. Plus all the restrictions ... the desert? Off limits. The Depths? Off limits. The Sky islands? Off limits. The sea? ...you get the idea. The areas where horses are even allowed to be are already rare, and on top of that you have dozens of chasms, blockades, "Monster Forces" blocking roads, uneven terrain, rivers, lakes, tunnels, caves, wells, mountains that are almost impossible to cross without leaving your horse behind. Trying to find a rideable path around all of that becomes annoying pretty fast.

Personally, I think it was a very bad call to remove the Ancient Saddle & Bridle. Most people were already struggling to keep an interest in horses in BotW because even WITH the saddle it was a hassle to get your four-legged buddy back to your side after you had to glide somewhere, but now that TotK is three times as vast and has a LOT more vertical travel - where the teleportation feature would really shine - they nuke the ONLY way to summon your furry means of transport to your side whenever you want? C'mon, guys. Seriously.

Even if they wanted to get rid of all "ancient tech" then why not let Purah build a substitute? Or put a hidden secret Zonai saddle somehwere? Or make it an amiibo drop? DLC content? Let Robbie invent a special Travel Medallion specifically for horses? Or make Malanya reward the player with a magic flute or whatever?! It really isn't hard to come up with an in-game, in-universe, lore-fitting reason for why a horse teleportation feature can exist.

Or just hide a special saddle with mechanical wings behind some late-game quest to make your horse able to glide.

 

I hadn't found something like this for Tears of the Kingdom yet, so I decided to just make one.

If you're just after max stats, then it ultimately doesn't matter which wild horse you catch since you can just RAISE all stats to lv.5 by giving meals to the Horse God Malanya. Even the worst possible stats can be made perfect that way.

The only exceptions are the Giant Horses and Epona, which can't be upgraded - those stats stay the same forever.

However, it might still be beneficial to know which stats you can expect in different herds, because some of them are already pretty close to max right from the start (like for example the Wild 5245 in Group 08) which significantly cuts down the total upgrade cost since those meals can have some rare-ish, expensive ingredienst that are annoying to farm.

(my personal motivation for this however was that I dislike having too many icons on the screen and find horses with just 2 spurs perfect, but all online guides simply point out where the high stats and special horses are and flat-out ignore everything else)

The map does not show the locations of the special horses to avoid spoilers. If you want to find out where the Royal White Stallion, the Giant Horses, Spot or the Golden Horse are, you can find dozens of guides easily =P


Some more extra info:

  • The group numbers are taken from the game code and correspond to the "WildHorseCreateTag" sections. WildHorseCreateTag04 and 07 exist but do not seem to have actual map placements, so there is nowhere for them to spawn.

  • Some groups have "impossible" stat horses in the game data (like having a zero in a certain stat) but those horses do not seem to actually spawn for some reason. If anyone ever finds a regular horse that has a zero in any stat (except for the Giants and Epona which have zero Pull) please let me know, because as far as I can tell, you can not get Strength below 1 point or any other stat below 2 points. I have no idea why those stat combinations are still in the game code tho.

  • One of these "impossible" horses is the "Default" horse, which had a unique coloration in BotW (brown body, white hoof tufts, dark muzzle and very dark hooves) and unique stats (4-3-3-0) but it does not spawn in the wild anymore in TotK. If you import an actual Default Horse from a BotW save file to TotK, it will turn into the "fake" variant (bright hooves, not unique) and get slightly different stats (4-3-3-3) instead.

  • Spotted horses only appear after you finished the "Spotting Spot" quest, which in turn requires two completed temples.

For all other horse-related questions, consult HylianAngel's Horse Guide which is for Breath of the Wild, but still has accurate information for the most part since the devs didn't change much between this game and the sequel. Color combinations, temperament and the like are still the same.

If you have additonal information, questions or you spot a mistake, please let me know. If you post this elsewhere, please give proper credit and link back here, thanks.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago
[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 month ago (3 children)

If you mirror it tho, it makes even less sense:

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Just why (i.imgur.com)
 

Hint: read it from bottom to top, right to left, but still in the order 1-2-3

''Solution'':It is supposed to say "we love burgers"

 

In case the direct link doesn't work properly: https://i.imgur.com/VNV0eZr.mp4

Not my video, not my cat, but it fits ;)

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submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 

In case the direct link doesn't work properly: https://i.imgur.com/GM7051z.mp4

 

It's even made by the developers themselves. (Art by "Carles and Jan")

 

Original source: https://www.deviantart.com/ayyk92/art/Risotto-1067699288

Original Artist: ayyk9 @ deviantart

PS: I still like BotW-Link's method better. It might be not as convenient als just finding cash and health in some guy's lawn, but it is a lot more immersive. =P

 

Original source: https://www.deviantart.com/ayyk92/art/Mask-Off-967423613

Original Artist: ayyk9 @ deviantart

Seems like that disguise worked a little TOO well...

 

Not my channel, not my video or work - but I thought it was cool and wanted to share it here ;)

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submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 

In case the video doesn't load properly: https://imgur.com/gallery/pants-inspector-pVKWJSP

EDIT: I guess everything with the word "pants" in it gets automatically flagged as NSFW by imgur ...? It's harmless, I promise.

(Not my own video - I just found it on imgur and thought it would be nice to share it here)

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Sunrise (lemmy.world)
 

One of the first pictures I took when I started playing BotW in 2017 ... I still like it. The only edit I made was removing Wolf Link's giant health bar and Link's 3 hearts from the pic, but everything else is as it was in-game.

Picture was taken on the northern peak of the Dueling Peaks. You don't need glitches to get a horse up there ;)

 

In English, Zelda actually said "...and then explore all other parts" and they misheard her, prompting them to run around in their knickers all day.

In German, the dialogue is "Stärkt euren Körper und Geist und zieht wacker unbekleidet los" (Literal translation: "Fortify your body and soul and then go forth unclothed") when in reality she said "unbegleitet" ("without company"). The explanation in the German version: They were afraid of the nearby monsters, waiting for reinforcements instead of doing research. Zelda urged them to continue their work in the meantime instead of just sitting around, doing nothing. Basically "stop being such wimps and do your jobs", but a lot more politely.

Since you kinda have to wedge a wordplay into that dialogue in every possible translation, I'm curious about how other localisations handled the quest.

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Tethered Bottle Caps (www.neue-verpackung.de)
 

Yes I am aware that they're somehow supposed to reduce plastic waste because the cap can't get lost ... unless you cut it off, of course.

Yes I am also aware that there are people with disabilities (shaky hands, weak grip, etc.) who are thankful for these and actually like the design. Good for them, and I mean that in a non-sarcastic way.

But personally, I hate these things with all the "first world problems" rage I can muster and go out of my way to rip / cut / twist them off on every single bottle I buy. I don't like having the bottle cap directly in my face while drinking, or slipping in the way of the flow whenever I just want to pour milk, and on more than one occasion, I've actually cut my finger OR lip on these little sh*ts (not the same type as in the picture, but baldy-made longer "bands" that leave little plastic spikes on the cap and/or band).

No idea whether I should post this in the "unpopular opinion" section instead or if other people think the same, but to me, "mildly infuriating" describes them perfectly.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago

Oh...yeah, that does look a lot closer to it. Thanks for pointing it out ^^ I'm going to edit the post.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Aww there's even the tiny Deku Sprout in the OoT version ♥ And Deku Babas! I honestly missed those guys in BotW and TotK. They would have been a perfect addition to the Faron Woods.

Fun Fact: Someone on tumblr translated the little sign and apparently it means "You have a talent that not everyone has"

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Still doesn't work with the new url. That's how it was directly uploaded to Lemmy.World, but I guess I'd better link a different image hosting site in the future. But still thanks for the help ;)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

That must have taken ages, wow ... I admire your dedication ♪

I just went into this blind

Those are the best challenges anyway. Half of the fun comes from encountering problems you didn't expect, and coming up with a solution to conquer them. Always feels a lot more rewarding than just following a script ;)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (3 children)

That's seriously impressive! Did you swim all the way through the ocean with a single stamina wheel? Oder did you ride a raft?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Immediatly after the cutscene, you can still pick up the rock. If you revisit the location later, the circle will be completed and the rocks can no longer be picked up, but the Korok will be still present. I guess it's some sort of safety measure so the player can't just repeatedly solve the same puzzle.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago

That's an interesting zero-effort way to farm clicks... I guess coming up with some actual clickbait to boost engagement was too much work?

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