OKAY FRIENDS! Some things we learned at PAX about Help Wanted 2:
- while Eclipse is described as the threat in the ‘Carousel’ mini game, I demoed that game and only went up against Moon (attempting to repair the carousel by exchanging knobs. Moon snuck gradually closer and could be sent back with the flashlight)
-based on this I expect the Carousel mini games will be a category, and Eclipse will be a harder level of it.
-the demoed mini games give pretty much no real insight to the premise of HW2, but the game does look beautiful graphically. Moon killed me quickly but his animations were lovely and fluid
-the Eclipse animatronic used Sun voice lines I have never heard before, though I didn’t get them on film. He said “now now, stay put and work on your crafts!” Or something to that effect. Idk if these were cut lines or future lines we may hear in HW2
HOW-DEE FOLKS ≽◉) Limbolane will be at PAX WEST this weekend. Stop by and play Smile For Me on Switch at Serenity Forge's booth, or say hi if ya see us- we'll give you a lil' L4CEY business card!
All info obtained from someone who went to pax and recorded themselves there. Filming of the booth is allowed but filming of the minigames is prohibited.
IMPORTANT UPDATE: Allegedly they have an ETA of December 2023, and are planning on showing more footage after Pax.
The HW2 demo has 3 minigames available, similar to the HW1 PAX demo. These games are titled:
Breaker room
Carousel
Bonk-A-Bon
Each visitor can only pick one minigame to play before they need to leave. The streamer in Freddit, Chillyshiba, chose Breaker Room. The others have a little less concrete info from what I can tell, but I'll still write what I've got.
Breaker room is pretty self explanatory. It's the SL breaker room level, but apparently a little different. Something about shooting him with a megaphone?
Carousel is the most interesting to me-its apparently the scariest, and apparently the main foe is Eclipse! Which explains why he's a set piece in the surrounding booth.
UPDATE: CAROUSEL actually has Moon
UPDATE 2: DETAILS FOR CAROUSEL:
The last one is Bonk/Whack-A-Bon, which is probably just what it's title says-whack em down like whack a mole.
UPDATE: I was mostly right about this one, but Helpy is apparently included in the array of hittable little dudes.
The booth itself is also cool as hell.
And that's all I've got for PAX for now. I decided to make a bit of a post on it on tumblr because I've realized that a lot of this info is split between Twitter and discord and I want to spread the word more.
my biggest regret as a token collector is being unable to get the faz token
Nintendo Live was an absolute blast! I had so much fun taking in all the game demos, the concerts, and the many cool and silly photo ops in Link. I was also so stoked to finally see the Link statue in person after having stared at photos of it for months 😂
I hope to attend another Nintendo Live event again in the future!
Totk Link cosplay made and worn by me, decayed Master Sword 3D modeled/printed by @mudaprints and painted by me.
Had a blast at the GW2 meetup last night! Thanks to @elismistscorner for keeping me safe, to all the devs for their hard work, and to everyone who stopped for a pic and said something kind!