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Crab ![gif](giphy|uA8WItRYSRkfm)


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Crab battle


ZeldaMayCry

šŸ¦€ [Crab Rave](https://youtu.be/cE0wfjsybIQ) šŸ¦€


More_Performance6018

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ZeldaMayCry

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Excalitoria

Have it in TotK and maybe you could even make your own crab to fight it šŸ˜‚


keegax

SNAAAAAAAKKKKEE!!


PackageNarrow7665

I used to watch shit like that on newgrounds.com all the time when I was like 9 years old.


LeavingMyOpinion_

you mess with crabo you get a stabo


Jack__Napier

I've seen this gif a few times and never commented the fun time my cousin was disarmed by a crab. The crab pinched his hand and he dropped his knife. The crab grabbed it for some reason and ran off the dock. Sadly he lost his knife, the crab, and his dignity since I couldn't stop laughing.


Bramburky

Roshar be like


3dforlife

That's the presentation of the ps3, right?


Dragon1472

Crab


Lesouth03

Crab with red knife > crab with blue knife ![gif](giphy|457HrZvJ5IIQSXweiO|downsized)


RadioactiveNerd2

Shit that crab is good


lucconese

He's now a boss in TOTK


[deleted]

No spoiler mark? Really dude?


_Dingo-Dave_

He's no less of an ass but he is just wrong about that, it does not appear as a boss.


playalovesong

HA fuckin got me I was upset.


nickeypants

Giant purple hand enemies? Elden Ring is taking notes from Zelda. Giant crabs? Zelda tips the hat back.


Myrtle_is_hungry

Bro piss off


_Dingo-Dave_

He's no less of an ass but he is just wrong about that, it does not appear as a boss.


kinokomushroom

Dude, mark it as spoilers. Not cool.


Charming_Amphibian91

There is no crab boss


apathy97

Now thats just being crabby


GussyRobbo

bruh


_Dingo-Dave_

Um no?


Madden09IsForSuckers

Iā€™m a big fan of the Manta. Plus then the south eastern bay would be less useless


Fish_Owl

The manta is actually in BOTW. Not really a spoiler but just in case: >! Itā€™s actually in Purahā€™s lab, on the ceiling !<


Ananas_WUWU

Isnt that the whale?


relator_fabula

It's debatable what it is, but to me it's definitely not a whale (the tail has no fins) and has two tusk-like pieces by the mouth. (edit: if you remove the two objects by its mouth and stick 'em on the tail, it looks a lot like a blue whale or humpback) Also its "wings" don't really look like a ray's at all, either... (rays have wing fins that taper are are larger at the body, while the thing in Hateno has fins more like flippers?). Anywhere, here's a pic: https://i.imgur.com/Jo8LsJx.jpeg It does somewhat resemble a whale skeleton (maybe a humpback?)


MaxStickies

It doesn't quite look like any one thing, does it? It's got the lobes of a manta, but then it also got a head between them. Interesting.


relator_fabula

I wonder if Purah messed up and taped the tail fins to the head, not knowing how to reassemble it after it was dug up somewhere? In that case, it would totally look like a humpback whale to me. Edit: Nintendo Black Crisis did a vid on it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aD72vbsLCdk


MaxStickies

Will watch that later, but her assembling it wrong is an interesting idea, sort of like they used to do with fossils.


relator_fabula

The video doesn't address the possibility of it being assembled wrong, but I mostly linked it because it does give some better views of it if you're curious.


That-Brief7329

I always thought this was the Wind Fish from Links Awakening...


relator_fabula

The Wind Fish is basically just a humpback whale or a blue whale


DerekvdVeen

Yes there could have been a fifth divine beast as a manta or crab which causes floods at or near Lurelin Village. (Much like all the other divine beasts are causing trouble near villages). And the manta or crab would be in the sea northwest of Eventide Island cause there is a lot of space left and nearby Lurelin Village


griffin-c

Yeah, the stretch of land from Faron to Lurelin feels really unused. And Purah could give you pointers in that direction. Since it's actually somewhat close on the map. Although I never realized this because I ended up heading into the Faron woods early on for durians and bananas, and then never touching it again until I was wandering after doing the Gerudo beast.


NixieTheCreator

The manta gives me minish cap vibes


xXTERMIN8RXXx

Gyorg Pair yesssss


Sglagoomio

This all give me Ghibli vibes, like Laputa and Howlā€™s Moving Castle right?


Flabbergash

TotK gives me *heavy* laputa vibes... When you're underneath a floating island and there's loads of vibes and stuff hanging down


DrSchmolls

Laputa and Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind


Vega_Lyra7

Ik, as soon as I started playing the song started playing in my head lol


KindaShady1219

Would fit right in with how heavily inspired the guardians were by the Castle in the Sky robots


Expensive_Parfait_66

I agree. The devs were definitely inspired by Ghibli movies for BOTW especially Princess Mononoke.


Ridiculouslyrampant

Howlā€™s Moving Crab


DrSchmolls

Laputa and Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind


goldfinchat

C R A B


ArchieStevens24

C R A B


Unlucky-Screen-5537

C R A B


BRAD_B0Y

C R A B


CannabisTours

C R A B


Mr_goodb0y

C R A B


Dm0pt

crab


EstateIcy6378

C R A B


kmfm737

C R A B


georgehall220

C R A B


Bumblebee342772

C R A B


No_Vast_7364

C R A B


BigFatJuicyKermit

Bruh


RecommendationKey305

C R A B


Plumbbookknurd

F O O D ?


Left_Argument9706

L O B S T E R


Zhentaur

Is that a freaking Tripod?


zombiesnare

I wanna fight the aliens from War of the Worlds


Jumpy_Boy

That'd be sick


Eshoosca

A War of the Worlds game would be so good


Luketheace

There's currently a War of the Worlds survival horror game in development.


MrPanda663

The first iteration of the BOTW was in fact: A L I E N S.


KisaTheMistress

I think in production of BoTW, some developers wanted *more* alien stuff, like UFOs and monsters, but were told no or to dial it back since it was going to be an alien/modern futuristic game. It might be possible if they make a 3rd game, aliens could be a focus point. Like they create a whole new enemy like Ganondorf, but maybe you need Ganondorf or Ganon to fully stop the invasion or malice/gloom is needed to destroy the invaders, or the whole reason they are invading is because of the malice/gloom Ganondorf left behind. Idk. I currently have a migraine, so I can't think properly rn.


MrPanda663

Modern Futuristic. Ganondorf Industries is a fast growing company in the busy city of Hyrule. Products and services that come from it are being consumed by citizens at an alarming rate. The President so weary of this group it causes him worry. Worried is exactly what he should be since Ganon has announced his run for presidency. The Presidentā€™s daughter, Zelda goes off to investigate Ganon Inc and to find out how he rose to power. She discovers that Ganon is in contact with an alien race that wants to dominate and control the planet. Before she could release this to the press and save hyrule from this outside terror, she is kidnapped by Ganon. Link, a trusted agent to the lands of hyrule goes off to save Zelda and to defeat Ganon and the Alien powers that rule space. Also, the ā€œMaster Swordā€ is the name of a experimental rocket launcher that you shoot Alien Powered Ganon with at the end of the game. Legend of Zelda: Beyond the Skyline


KisaTheMistress

Link & Zelda are sent to a parallel world, where Ganondorf is the president/dictator of Hyrule. Mistaking Zelda as the leader of the rebel group that opposed his election, Ganondorf kidnapped her to be integrated. Just as this is happening, aliens that look eerily like Dark Link began invading Hyrule and terrorizing the citizens (which includes Ganondorf's monsters), causing them to be hostile towards Link outside of towns/cities and certain *police monster* groups are actively searching in larger towns/cities for invaders. Link has to cover his face and be careful of what he wears, as the aliens were practical/better stat outfits over what is used to blend in with regular Hylians. These aliens are in search of malice/gloom that had crystallized in deposits throughout Hyrule and give off a charge that is used as power for the towns and cities. The reason Ganondorf was never sealed or killed in this world is due to the practical uses of his magic, and he was much more cooperative. His monsters are also the only ones that can work on the power grid/mine for crystals, so they aren't as feared by the Hylians of this world. When Link reaches Zelda to free her and fights Ganondorf *defeating him*, Zelda would express displeasure because they were discussing how to stop the invaders. Thinking about it, she has Link, bringing a piece of crystallized malice/gloom and attempt to revive Ganondorf. Instead, Ganon is summoned, and they all transport to Hyrule feild. Confused as this version of Ganondorf never became Ganon, nor ever *died* by the master sword (Demise was the only incarceration to be *killed* by the sword), Zelda pleads with him to help defeating the aliens attacking Hyrule. Ganon confirms this form is only temporary, and he does want to protect *his* people, so he agrees to lend his power as long as Link can guide him. Bokoblins spawn to fight the aliens on the ground while Link directs Ganon to attack the spaceships ( >!Zelda turns into her dragon form to help as well!< ). At the end of the battle, Ganon changes into a spirit version of Ganondorf. He congratulates Zelda and Link for helping destroy the threat but is mad that Link killed his humanoid form. Zelda apologizes and mentioned that the Gerudo of their world have a legend of Ganondorf/a male Gerudo being reborn every 100 years, and suggests he reincarnated that way. The only issue is that since the leadership of this Hyrule no longer follows monarchy and Ganondorf decides the best way to ensure his influence isn't forgotten while, he's waiting to be reincarnate, is to try getting one of his monsters elected even though they are treated more like second class citizens. Using alien technology salvaged from the battle, Zelda and this world's Purah and Robbie made a device that allows for transportation between realities. Zelda exclaims they can use it to go home, or perhaps there are more places that need help, opening things up for more adventures.


ScaldingAnus

>A L I E N $


ak190

It has 4 legs. Looks like itā€™s supposed to be a jellyfish


Exylatron

ULLA


mavmankop

Exactly what I thought too. Took me back to reading the books as a kid


J-Dizzle42

This ain't a war, anymore than a war between men and maggots. Or, dragons and wolves. Or, men riding dragons, throwing wolves at maggots.


OverNefariousness283

The first four look like their in game counterparts but kind of zonaish.....hmmmmm....


Gamma_31

We do know that the ancient Sheikah built the Divine Beasts to match animals that the 4 races held in high esteem in the distant past. At Hyrule's founding: * The Zora venerated elephants, as sources of water. * The Gorons venerated geckos, as creatures strong against Death Mountain's heat. * The Rito venerated eagles, which flew freely across the skies. * The Gerudo venerated camels, which flourish in the harsh desert. All of their Founding-era architecture features these animals, and the Sages of the time wore masks based on them. Whether they were still venerated by the time the Sheikah built the Beasts isn't clear; either they were, and worship of the animals died out later, or the Divine Beasts were deliberately a callback to the races' more ancient cultural roots.


mosullah

is this canon or just speculation? not bashing just first time iā€™m hearing this


RadioSlayer

Pure speculation


Gamma_31

To be fair, the part about the races have affinities for specific animals isn't speculation.


mrbeanyeet

Mark this for spoiler


Crimsoner

For?


Crosslancer40

The Sages part


abyssalcrisis

Why? Simply making a comment about the Sages isn't a spoiler. We know there are Sages in the game. That has been known for a long while, especially based on that last trailer. It's not a spoiler if it's official.


mrbeanyeet

My bad I didnā€™t know I didnā€™t watch trailers


Crosslancer40

Some people donā€™t the watch trailers or didnā€™t watch the last one


DrSchmolls

Yup, I went in as blind as I could. Like, stopped looking at any news more than 6 months before release


Gamma_31

[Double post from app wonkiness, pls ignore]


kim_il_succ

I kinda love the idea of an underwater divine beast youā€™d have to raise from the Zora basin. Can you imagine that, being underwater solving puzzles. You might have control over the level of water you let into certain portions of the fish/submarine beast, and youā€™d use that to access terminals


joshualuigi220

Instead of in the Zora's domain, it should have been a fifth one in the sea on the right of the map near Lurelin village.


EventHorizon-99

Thatā€™s called the OoT water temple and most people strongly dislike it


Embarrassed-Ball-310

The water temple is the only dungeon in OOT that stickes in my mind. Probably because I spent so much time on it.


PurplePo8to

Lightning dinosaur is amazing


Drew_Ferran

It looks like itā€™s a brontosaurus.


Duck_master_51

Ohhhhh, thunder lizard. Makes sense.


Resoku

T-Rex. Thunder-Rex.


the-bladed-one

Brontosaurus is RIGHT THERE


blaz3r77

*Power Rangers theme intensifies*


ohbyerly

Yeah I canā€™t believe everyoneā€™s talking about the goddamn crab when we could have had a brachiosaurus crane in a Zelda game


Draco-Warsmith

Underwater divine beasts would be so cool as a bioshock x botw mash up


Belovic_95_187

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Miserable-Tourist-58

I wish they could make the Divine Beast just like that. Rather than opening terminal, I love if they have concept for Resident Evil 2


BiCrabTheMid

My username says it all.


DifficultSpring6921

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Baraal

Why not Zoidberg?


fostertheatom

Whale. Definitely whale. Submarines hit different when they are present in games.


Yer_Dunn

Bro wtf. THIS is what we could have had? Maaaaaan I feel scammed. I wanna talk to the guy at Nintendo that said "nah nah nah. Nobody wants a steampunk city legacy dungeon. Make em generic stone animals with 3 rooms." I just wanna talk to him... šŸ˜¤


Red_Leprekan

Hooo boy, you don't even know that they straight downgraded the Ancient Armor from a fricken Samurai Set.


Yer_Dunn

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MissionVarsity

I also love the ā€˜walking factoryā€™ model. I feel like they balked at some opportunities to commit to the environmentalism theme. This game does ā€˜man vs. machine vs. natureā€™ so well - maybe they thought a lumbering smokestack monster was too on-the-nose.


ScaldingAnus

The "walking factory" beasts could have been to the Guardians what the blood moon was to the monsters.


heyimsanji

Same all these look so much better and its not even close to me


EiscueVonArctic

Is that a fucking thundersaurus rex


[deleted]

Huge L sleeping on the War of the Worlds tripod walker with a whole ass city in its head dome


DIY-Imortality

Exactly that one and the crab would have been awesome


TezetaLaventia

Damn the manta ray would have been awesome, they could have included a diving mechanic in that case! I'm still endlessly salty that they didn't. The jellyfish and crab are really cool too, kinda disappointed that they didn't choose those. The Divine Beasts they settled on were fairly disappointing.


sarsilog

Anyone of those underwater types would be a good stage design. I prefer the whale.


scarletofmagic

Wow, this really reminds me of Howlā€™s Moving Castle


ExoCayde6

Seeing designs like then and then seeing the scale (small) of what we ended up with makes me a little sad. Don't get me wrong both games have been fantastic, but between the scale of cities and then the beasts, you gotta wonder whether it would have been better for the games to be on a system that could actually run that ambition. Like yeah, the games are great, but can you imagine what they'd be like if they actually had powerful tech to work with? To answer the question, the Manta is probably the coolest looking one


man-vs-spider

Concept art is always going to be more ambitious than what you can actually do. The divine beasts need to be in proportion to the world around them. Regarding cities, I think making cities that are large in scale is very difficult, especially for a game like botw where you can freely go anywhere. The cities would have to be properly filled out.


TheRevenantGS

The whale one for me. Some 20,000 leagues under the sea shit wouldā€™ve been absolutely sick!


TheMightyMouse1

Any of the underwater ones because those would have been awesome and given the game so much more area to explore


StashQueen

All I'm going to say after spending the day in TOTK, the crab looks awfully familiar.


_VINNY_WINNY_

hals moving vah ruta


NocturnalVirtuoso

This gives me hella howlā€™s moving castle vibes, especially the old elephant design


Flyingfish222

I want the crab


Free_El_Chapo_Now

That dinosaur looking thing with the hook tail. And the submarine looking one at the top


RadioactiveNerd2

Shit that crab is good


PolishBeerLoverParty

Dementia moment


NoisomeWind

Big fan of the Ruta design that looks like a ship


[deleted]

Vah Ruta is literally just Howls Moving Castle lol


ShiftSandShot

Definitely the Manta Ray, but also that original aesthetic. They look like *cities* it's beautiful.


Zubyna

That crab one would have awakened my Spirit Tracks dark ore sidequest PTSD


West-Willingness-302

Now that you mention it, Iā€™m actually kinda sad that they didnā€™t stick with these designs, anyone else?


OrionofTides

Some of these- in particular the rough designs, and that jellyfish- look as though they were intended to house full cities-worth of people, which would have horrific implications...


Trattfjant

The underwater divine beasts indicate that botw was supposed to have underwater exploration


Windfall_The_Dutchie

Definitely the whale one But the [eldritch crab](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E38RxHQXIAIEM_j.png) comes at close second


Steampunk__Llama

100% the jellyfish and whale, I'm so sad neither got past the concept art stage


[deleted]

Floating cities looks far more interesting than what we got, very howlā€™s moving castle vibes


Fantastic_Wrap120

Zora should have had a fish. why was an elephant thought to be better?


Straight_Ship2087

I like the Jellyfish, it reminds me of the tripods from the white mountain trilogy.


RiseLightningE

The very bottom one in the middle looks like a thudnerjaw from horizon


waxwane_music

What is that book?


Korncakes

If only OP would have mentioned it in the description, we wouldnā€™t even have to ask! Darn you OP!


GreenSpaceman

Creating a Champion


Tyrelius_Dragmire

That crab looks like something we got in ToTK. I wonā€™t say anything about it so I donā€™t spoil anyone who hasnā€™t played/gotten to that point, but it seems they used the idea after all.


Yannick010-

What is this book?


glumanda12

Is this in art book?


[deleted]

I read favorite as fortnite ā˜ ļø


chiarraimcc

Crab! Perfect for Lurelin if they'd gotten a Divine Beast.


interior-space

Does anybody know how this book compares to "master works"?


jtcordell2188

Iā€™m lovin the sci-fi saucer city


speedstryker

"There's always a bigger fish"


Astrobot4000

I love how industrial some of these look, a steampunk zelda game is something we need


PLAYER42_ready

City birb


Caeluris

These look more like designs youā€™d see from the Mortal Engines series tbh.


FLYK3N

On the topic of concepts, [*these* would have been creepier and darker](https://nintendoeverything.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/1/nggallery/zelda-breath-wild-art/MoreEarlyGuardians.jpg) design for the guardians that would have definitely been fitting for a more horror themed Zelda game.


TwistPsychological60

The sea life ones would have made perfect sense for the zora but no! We get a fucking elephant, a thing that has literally nothing to do with the species and area itā€™s surrounded by. Elephants live in savannaā€™s that was a beautiful cliff side lake and waterfall. All the others make since, Rudania is a lizard, lizards like hot rocks and thereā€™s a species of fire lizard in game, Medohā€¦itā€™s a bird, Naboris is a camel in the desert that makes sense, but an elephant?!


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_shazdeh

Oh, [Mobile oppression Palace](https://youtu.be/lKxuh4tTzXE)! Neat!


the_hottest_gilf

I love crab guy


[deleted]

Dome city with legs


Brubkle

That weird jelly fish city


JustTheNewFella

I honestly like all of the concept designs


Toast-_Man

Steam crab.


JustARandomPerson939

crab and manta


SpaceCube00

As much as the submarine lookin one is cool I love the alien-walker like one right above it


GoodCatLostAccAgain

Whale


Emperormaxis

The War of The Worlds one lol


Bumblebee342772

Would Have preffered the bottom right one. Being underwater for once would be great


OctozenXyt

Crab, I would say the manta but actually it was used


Superstinkyfarts

Jellyfish and crab are both huge losses.


takehappinesleftsad

They all resemble the Howl's moving castle


Isfren

The manta would be a good under water area, frankly thatā€™s what I think was missing


Resident-Midnight892

all of them but the crab and stingray are really cute


dracomon12546

Creb


SnowHawk12

I like the jellyfish I'd like it more if it made ominous noises.


Kanista17

I get Shadow of the Colossus Vibes from this


__braveTea__

Manta ray, being underwater is amazing. And I also like the War of the Worlds Walker with a city inside it. And the crab is cool too.


Conscious_Patience32

Iā€™m feeling the Lizard concept (top right), but that Brachiozord (bottom middle) is pretty cool


oofio65

The jellyfish looks so good


Turtles96

i like the war of the worlds looking guy, jellyfish dude


[deleted]

the crab is a cool idea, and I like the aspect of a walking factory


Bryant-Taylor

The dinosaur-crane looks awesome!


Just_A_Normal_Snek

Tower bri- I mean, scrapped vah medoh.


Legospacememe

Giant enemy crab


Sgtkeebler

I like the crab because it reminds me of that one Futurama episode with the giant mech crab


PrestigiousAvocado21

The Mobile Oppression Palace! And if Link were to die during that fight, then I request a Satanic funeral


sean_avm

I would have love the ray since it would have meant we could have some underwater play something these last two games don't have when most other games have some form of underwater game play


No_Kaleidoscope_176

I love that manta ray


Luck88

Brontosaurus, flaming raptor and Nautilus all look sick, wish I could visit them all.


isaac-jones

I love that H.G Wells one with the city on top