...Or Something Like That

Neil Gaiman actually was in Arthur.

(contains spoilers for Age of Calamity)

Age of Calamity. I loved it so much. The 2 hours worth of cutscenes, the gameplay, Link having more emotions- I loved all of it.

But I do have some questions-

It was advertised as a prequel to BoTW and (spoiler alert) it was not.

Now don’t get me wrong, I absolutely loved it and i don’t really care that it ended up being an alternate timeline.

But I do wonder why Nintendo would do that? Why make an au when they could have just made a prequel? I have some thoughts

Maybe, just maybe, Age of Calamity was an experiment.

BoTW2, as far as I know, is one of the most highly anticipated video games in the Nintendo community. So, Nintendo has a ton of pressure on them to make a game as good as the first one. So what if they made AoC as an experiment to test some stuff out that might be put in BoTW2? One of the biggest complaints I’ve seen about botw is that the boss battle was too easy. But I personally loved the easy boss because it was my first time playing a video game like that. And what did Nintendo put in AoC? The ability to change how hard you want the game to be. What was another complaint that has been a complaint throughout the entire franchises’s history? The fact that after you finish the game you get put back to where you were before finishing it, like nothing had changed. No post-calamity gameplay. And what did Nintendo put after you finished AoC? Post calamity gameplay.

Another thing- We all know Zelda is in BoTW2 from the trailer. And so many people wanted her to be a playable character. sO WHAT DID NINTENDO DO IN AOC? MADE HER A PLAYABLE CHARACTER. They also let us switch between characters mid-battle. Im just thinking, what if they used AoC to try out some ideas they had for BoTW? Like what if we do get to play as Zelda and can switch between her and Link like in AoC? What if we do get to play post-calamity stuff and even post-post calamity stuff at the end of whatever bad happens in BoTW2? What if they wanted to know if the fans would like a ton cutscenes and voice acting in BoTW2 so they put that in AoC to see how we would react?

I mean

1. Yona of the Dawn

2. Kaichou wa Maid-sama

3. Kamisama Hajimemashita

4. Special A

5. My Little Monster

6. Say I Love You

7. Kimi ni Todoke

8. Ouran High School Host Club

koroks! 🌿

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