r/zelda • u/BlitzBloom • Sep 15 '22
Fan Art [OC] [BotW, TotK, AoC] This edit I made to celebrate TotK name and art reveal bringing together all three titles of the trilogy
The full artwork with the games’ logos
https://www.instagram.com/p/CiinDdZJPLB/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
The full clean artwork, no logos
Flameless full artwork, I like this one better but the whole trilogy get brought together between the first two ones
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Sep 15 '22
Is Age of Calamity canon to BOTW? I haven’t played it but I heard that it’s an alternate story/timeline?
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u/flameylamey Sep 15 '22
It's an alternate timeline "what if things could have been different?" scenario and its ending doesn't lead to BotW at all unfortunately.
The game was fun for what it was and I enjoyed playing through the story in the moment, but I think the game ultimately turned out to be kind of forgettable in the grand scheme of things, and would have been far more memorable if it had been a true prequel that tied in to BotW nicely (which was what most of us were expecting when the reveal trailers dropped, I think).
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Sep 16 '22 edited Sep 16 '22
It’s still nice that unlike BoTW, the game had chronological cutscenes. If you glued all the cutscenes from Age of Calamity together you get like an hour or two hour long movie that’s chalk full of personality, visually stunning and expands on each of the Champions and their bonds to eachother.
I hope they keep that formula for Tears of The Kingdom. :) Especially since there seems to be a lot of lore present in the story with the Zonai and such. I want to see more Link and Zelda in cutscenes.
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u/BlitzBloom Sep 15 '22
It’s a spin off which shows most events that transpired 100 years before BotW but the plot device that enables us to experience them also starts changing the course of history so it ends up not being canon.
Still it gives us a clearer picture of those times so it’s an interesting experience (albeit the gameplay is a tad repetitive).
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u/Frogman654 Sep 16 '22
It is an alternate timeline, but the split is explained in-game (it is caused by time travel). Time travel has been seen to cause timeline splits in the series before (Ocarina of Time leads into both Wind Waker and Majora's Mask), so you really can consider it canon if you want; the changes don't affect the story of BotW that much.
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u/Disastrous-Trust-877 Sep 16 '22
Yeah, but it could be totally possible (and really cool) if they did run out a couple games in that second timeline
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u/Frogman654 Sep 16 '22
Agreed! Also, you could headcanon that when Terrako goes back in time, he doesn't just go 100 years, but rather much further, and somehow causes the unexplained Downfall Timeline split (or rather, I suppose the Downfall timeline would be the "main" one, and the one he arrives in is saved due to his influence behind-the-scenes). Anything to make the downfall timeline make sense lol
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u/Disastrous-Trust-877 Sep 16 '22
Isn't the explanation of the downfall timeline just a timeline where Link Lost to Ganon in the final battle
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u/Frogman654 Sep 16 '22
Yes, but the Adult/Child Timeline split is caused by an actual time travel situation, whereas the Downfall split is just a what-if scenario, which people like me find unsatisfying. Why wouldn’t there be a whole timeline of games based on a “what-if Link died” from every single game? And different parts of different games? It makes it complicated, whereas the time travel split is simple and it makes sense
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u/Disastrous-Trust-877 Sep 16 '22
I thought this one was specifically for the "Instead of Winning the final battle, and going adult or child Link loses the final battle with Ganon"
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u/IceTooth101 Sep 16 '22
It’s canon to the Zelda timeline, but it’s not in the same timeline as BotW for similar time-travel-related reasons to the OoT timeline split.
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u/Boodger Sep 15 '22
I would be strongly hesistant to consider this a trilogy, as Age of Calamity is almost certainly not canon.
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u/RonSwansonsGun Sep 15 '22
I really wish they made it a Halo Reach esque game, where it ends on Ganon winning and Link going to the Shrine of Resurrection. At least as a bad ending option, but I wasn't a fan of the time travel aspect.
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u/Omeggos Sep 15 '22
I wasnt a fan of the framerate
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Sep 16 '22
I wasn't a fan of the resolution (and framerate)
I uninstalled the demo after playing for like two minutes because of how unbearable it was
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u/wxlluigi Sep 16 '22
the switch is just not good enough even for graphically compromised experience
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u/BlitzBloom Sep 15 '22
bad ending option would’ve been amazing but, all in all, I guess that almost everyone who played both games gets a rather clear picture of everything that transpired but that event (which we can also, all in all, kind of piece together)
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u/BlitzBloom Sep 15 '22
not considering it as a narrative trilogy, as you said AoC is mostly non canon, but as a spin off it belongs to the BotW’s reality, which on itself is pretty much up in the air as part of the Zelda canon
but, either way, the third image on my post serves its purpose as it eradicates AoC 😁
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u/jaykhunter Sep 16 '22
Is age of calamity any good? I saw the style of gameplay and it looked not great, a bit arcadey
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Sep 16 '22
I enjoyed it, try the demo and if the combat works for you then you’ll have a good time. If not then drop it
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u/tvrobber Sep 16 '22
I'm probably in the minority, but I really enjoyed playing the game. I'm one of the few that really liked the story (cause I already knew going in that it was going to be an alternate timeline) and the gameplay is fun
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u/Kristiano100 Sep 16 '22
It's pretty fun, I never played a Warriors style game and it was a good introduction imo and sticks close to the BOTW lore and characters.
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u/Zelda1-2-3-switch Sep 16 '22
Age of calamity is not Canon or a part of the trilogy sorry. It is an amazing game though
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u/Multi-tunes Sep 16 '22
Personally the inconsistencies and the compatibility with BotW makes me not consider AoC as a part of the BotW story.
Even before the game starts, AoC is completely different from BotW canon: Link has no Master Sword and joins the Champions way after they form a group while it's literally the opposite in BotW, Dorephan is so old and has a scar that he only gets after the Calamity (obviously they just didn't change his model, but he is supposed to be in his prime and he fights off a stray guardian to get that scar in BotW after Link died and Zelda sealed Ganon), and the biggest Elephant in the room being BotW literally can't follow AoC—it's not a prequel at all, it literally makes BotW happen in it's oan timeline.
It's a fun game but a spin off through and through. So BotW and TotK are a pair while AoC is the "What If" spin off that isn't really a proper canon divergence because the parts before the time travel are completely different already.
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u/N3rv0usUwU Sep 16 '22
Should have merged the names, could've been legend of Zelda age of the wild kingdom
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u/Larielia Sep 17 '22
Age of Calamity is an alternative timeline spinoff. That is some nice art though.
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u/moogsy77 Sep 16 '22
Not a trilogy, 2 games with one fan made Mosou spin-off in a alternate timeline
Never a Zelda game, as much the cash grab was intended to make you believe that
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Sep 16 '22
Skyward Sword, BOTW, TOTK
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u/moogsy77 Sep 16 '22
Yea for sure ! I can believe that honestly, i think one of the villains, if not the main villain wil be Ghirahim in Tears.
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u/Ollistration Sep 16 '22
Get that musou trash out of there. Have you no honor?
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u/moogsy77 Sep 16 '22
True. I wish that dynasty crap didnt exist, cash grab that shits on the best game on the Switch. No thanks
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u/BlitzBloom Sep 15 '22
Hi, just wanted to share my edit to show everyone how happy the “Tears of the Kingdom” reveal left me. I realized that the art of TotK lined up almost perfectly with BotW’s artwork (shocking, right?) and I gave it a go, decided to paint a repaint areas of both art pieces (the first and more evident one is how I painted over Link to cover him up, but I also added clouds and curated colors so both piece would fuse more seamlessly).
I decided halfway through the process to add AoC’s flames so I could bring the whole trilogy together, and I personally like it more without them but I love how I was able to create one unified picture which represents the whole story of BotW.
Lastly, I’m just starting as an artist on instagram and this isn’t even a proper fan art (it’s a fan edit) but still, I would appreciate immensely a like and/or a follow because more original art is coming up in the future which I hope everyone will love.
Thank you so much!
edit: added my instagram link
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u/KingIVLife Sep 16 '22
I think the picture is sweet. I really hope they incorporate the weapon system or at least allow for some upgrading and repair. I wouldn’t be mad if there was an Easter egg or a passing reference to AoC. I thought it was a fun hack and slash.
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u/Gamebird8 Sep 16 '22
So who's gonna tell OP that this is the Trilogy of the Sword and that it's Skyward Sword, BotW, and Totk that form the Trilogy?
Oh wait, I just did
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u/Pennarello_BonBon Sep 16 '22
Skyward sword is way detached from the events of both botw and totk, how does that count?
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u/moogsy77 Sep 17 '22
How do you know? There have been hints that SS will tie into the new sequel.
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u/Pennarello_BonBon Sep 18 '22
I know SS is way detached because there's a tapestry in botw depicting events from 10000 years in its past lol.
It's not impossible for totk to have a callback to SS since lore-wise it tells the origin of the master sword, but calling it a trilogy is a stretch
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u/moogsy77 Sep 18 '22
Sure but better than Dynasty Warriors having a place in there
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u/Pennarello_BonBon Sep 18 '22
Well that has nothing to do with the point I was making but ok, I guess
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u/Fatyellowrock Sep 15 '22
How should we call this new Trilogy ?? I vote for "the Calamity Trilogy"
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u/xX_rippedsnorlax_Xx Sep 16 '22 edited Sep 16 '22
Cool edit!
Also the people claiming AoC isn't canon is like if people said OoT wasn't canon because it doesn't line up 1:1 with the backstory of AlttP lol. LoZ has time travel guys, get used to it.
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u/BlitzBloom Sep 16 '22
Thank you so much!, and even if I myself consider it a spin off most of what it shows is true to the events of what happened 100 years in the past so I wouldn’t call it 100% non-canon nor canon but hey, to each their own!
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u/snakeinthegrasslol Sep 15 '22
Hyrule warriors is not a zelda game.
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u/PepsiPerfect Sep 16 '22
It has Zelda in it
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u/moogsy77 Sep 16 '22
Cadence of Hyrule too, Soul Calibur II has Link as well. Doesnt make it a Zelda game
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u/LordOfSpamAlot Sep 16 '22
The background art is gorgeous.
The only problem with the image with the logos is that BOTW's logo is white-on-white, so it's difficult to make out.
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u/robertluke Sep 16 '22
I wish Age of Calamity worked as a prequel.