 Hey everyone, Boss Man here and I'm back. It's 2016. I'm excited because it's the 30th anniversary of Zelda and I just want to talk about some of the latest ongoing some of the latest news about the upcoming release of a remake slash remaster slash I don't even know what you call this thing Twilight Princess HD so What what I want to talk about here. Well, specifically I want to talk about amiibo the amiibo functionality and Why I am really really excited for Twilight Princess HD But it also has me kind of worried specifically worried about the future of amiibo integration Specific to say the Zelda you at the end of the year So I'm really excited about Twilight Princess HD for one primary reason That would be the idea that there is reportedly an extra dungeon in the game and This dungeon is unlocked by the wolf link amiibo. Now in general. This isn't a problem for me I am going to own the wolf link amiibo. Anyways, if it comes to a Zelda product, I want to own it I've got you know a little scurvo All the stuff down here got you know It's all kid the point is that if it is all the product I'm probably going to try to own it, especially if it is official merchandise still a Dungeon is locked behind the wolf link amiibo reportedly we haven't had this confirmed my Nintendo But some details we have had confirmed about some of the amiibo functionality are things like Zelda slash she can be able to replenish hearts The link amiibos do something. I think it's arrows the to link and the regular link from Smash Bros I think I believe they replenish your arrows and the biggest one is Besides the dungeon is what the Ganondorf amiibo does and the Ganondorf amiibo doubles the damage in the game So everything, you know, they hit you for one heart hits you for two They hit you for a half heart it hits you for a full heart if you hit you for two hearts It hits you for four etc etc etc Basically, it's almost like hero mode in a sense through an amiibo and the game reportedly Unconfirmed at this time has a hero mode So imagine hero mode that has double damage and double in that damage That could essentially make this potentially One of the most punishing experiences in the game assuming that there is a hero mode and that the Ganondorf amiibo Dammit double damage stacks on top of it. We don't actually know this. Okay, so that's a pretty cool functionality has to do with amiibo And honestly all this functionality is what has me excited for the game because we didn't get the necessarily the visual overhaul that I think a lot of people were looking for Hello, will you tech demo? but we did We did get primarily what I feel most of us care about Most when it comes to when they remastered games and that's new content and apparently a new dungeon Now we've had new dungeons before like so we can be DX had a new dungeon the color dungeon All into the past when it was released on the gameboy advance With four swords also it could be in the new dungeon. I said they have not played that new dungeon It's the only version of a length of the past. I have not beaten But still the point is they've done this before now. They haven't done it lately Ocarina of time 3d basically was the exact same game upgraded visuals They improved that some of the mechanics in the water temple and then they kind of added master quest on top Which was like a foot version of the world and did all this crazy stuff It's not the original master quest version that came out with the game to Or the game to a version of the windbreaker in 2003 Okay, and then obviously we had the windbreaker HD basically the exact same game plus a quick sale and some changes to the triforce hunting quest Subbiter tweak scene and there are no more tingle tuner incomes tingle bottles Most of this was minor additions or changes to the games up to this point in terms of new remasters or re-releases since 2011 and then in Obviously last year we got Majora's mess 3d. They added fishing holes made more changes to that water temple it was the Great Bay temple and Some other minor tweaks here and there but again most of this is really minor stuff and obviously 12 is she has an entirely new dungeon support reportedly unconfirmed and That's that's pretty cool I'm excited for it I'm not excited that all of this is tied to a mebo. Don't get me wrong a mebo are fantastic I have my link a mebo right here. I love this little guy for 13 bucks and his sword It's a little bent for 13 bucks. I have a nice little figure a nice little link figure I am okay spending $13 for you know, what's a pretty decent quality link figure now? It's nothing compared to say This but I don't expect it to be this is $80. This is $13. I get it But I really really really love a mebo my problem is when Nintendo tries to block content behind the amoeba Now I don't care so much that tapping this thing replenishes hearts. It's basically replacing me smashing Oh, I'm sorry tapping this guy actually replaces arrows And that's basically replacing me smashing pots. I'm totally cool with that It's not really a big deal It reminds me a lot of the usability in Hyrule Warriors where you just kind of tap it and you get like bonus rubies and stuff like that That's really minor stuff. I'm what bothers me about amoebas when you lock serious content behind it And that's apparently reportedly what the wolf link amoeba does the entire new dungeon Twilight cave toilet cavern. I think there was a new name now. I just came out of Japan a recent report of that It might be That's completely locked behind the wolf link amoeba Reportedly, I mean you need to own that wolf link amoeba tap it on your gamepad In order to unlock it now as I said, it's not a big deal for me because I'm gonna own the wolf link amoeba It's the concept that I have to own something else a physical item That may be hard to find in certain areas of the world you may not need to be able to even buy it in certain areas of the world and I need to own that in order to access content in the game That bugs me now This is like a remaster in a remake So there's a lot of arguments that anything a new that they add to it should really just be available from the start Right. I mean if you're releasing the full game the bonus content should be in it Imagine if as an example This guy that amiibo existed back when the windbreaker a cheat came out and they decided you know what we're gonna add The swift sale to the game right a pretty big change a change that would make him even more people enjoy the windbreaker But you needed to own this guy to use the swift sale to unlock the swift sale Does that seem right to you? That you need to own this little 13 dollar figure that might be hard to find to Unlock the swift sale and that's kind of what you're looking at with wolf link Except it's even more substantially the swift sale doesn't actually change the game it just makes sailing a bit quicker a lot quicker and Easier to explore. However, it doesn't actually change the game addition of a new dungeon Could necessarily not change the main story But it's a big enough chunk of content that you're locking out with an amiibo that it makes me worry And what makes me worry even more is that this wolf link amiibo supposedly can transfer data From trial differences HD over to Zelda you know, we don't know what data this is We don't know what impact it has on Zell you but what it does mean is that amiibo are gonna play a role in Zelda you Including wolf link amiibo and whatever brand new amiibo they come out that are probably look absolutely fantastic I'm gonna own them all and me owning it's good to tell Nintendo that I Support what they're doing with amiibo and I totally don't And I know that that's bad customer bad Nate bad boss man But At the end I I don't know what I'm supposed to do what else I'm supposed to do besides not buy their amiibo But I want the amiibo I just don't want the amiibo for the reason that tend to is trying to tell me I want the amiibo I don't want content locked behind amiibo. I don't want this new dungeon in Twilight Princess HD locked behind wolf link I don't want to transfer data from one game to another game with an amiibo especially when those games are both on the same system on the same hard drive and Easily just talk to each other by knowing. Hey, we're on the same system. Awesome It's almost like a hassle and then there's the idea that say I say some data that will fling amiibo What happens if I lose that amiibo? I have three children What happens if one bites the head off another one throws in the garbage can and I never see it again? Am I still gonna be able to transfer that same data with a new wolf link on me? Well, am I even gonna be able to find a new wolf link amiibo? Or when I read the wolf link amiibo does it just erase all my progress in this new dungeon or whatever a lot of questions These questions shouldn't exist because in content significant content should not be locked behind amiibo In many ways, I think Nintendo has misunderstood why amiibo are popular They are basically collectors items. I mean, let's be honest if you own amiibo It's because you probably want to own you either want to collect all of them because you're a huge collector Or you just want to own little affordable figures of your favorite Nintendo characters That's why I want to own and I Nintendo man It's the 30th anniversary of Zelda all we should be doing is celebrating Zelda all year We have Hyrule Warriors legends when the Waker HD Zelda you Symphony of the Goddesses and so much great stuff probably coming in addition so I'm you know, there's supposed to be a trading card game coming and I'm sitting here for my very first episode of the year of the 30th anniversary of Zelda telling you that amiibo functionality kind of sucks and Nintendo needs to stop what they're doing Yeah, so I'm excited for 12th princess HD and all the bonus content and that amiibo aren't really a barrier necessarily for me But they could be a barrier for you. They could be a barrier for someone and I do not support this at all Even though my money says that I do Yeah, happy 2016 30th anniversary of Zelda. This is the boss man and I'm signing out Hey everyone, I hope you enjoyed this very first episode of the boss man in 2016 if you enjoyed this episode will be having one almost every single week on Wednesday, you just have to like and subscribe and share this video around and you will see this every single Wednesday We're actually looking to expand video content even more We have Zelda inquiries that we started late last year coming back soon our first episodes already recorded It's already in editing and all the back great stuff We just have a lot of more a lot more exciting things coming a lot more editorials and all the great stuff over on our official website Zelda informer calm where you can also find the entire boss man series and Zelda inquiries and Rewriting Twilight Princess, which is not as bad as it sounds. It sounds like it's someone who hates Twilight Princess Not true. Rewriting Twilight Princess is a fantastic editorial series by Tyler me he also known as alpha He's one of our copy editors did a fantastic job He absolutely loves Twilight Princess said he's probably more excited for Twilight Princess HD than anybody else on our staff So yeah, that's that's what I got happy 2016 everyone and I will catch you next week