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[SOLDIER First]

ZL, jump, hit A.

[Nighthawk]

ZL, jump, hit A.

You can actually just hit ZL and A in the air, as mentioned previously. Hitting ZL before jumping limits you to a lame little strafe-jump of sorts, whereas if you wait until you're in the air to hit ZL, you can give yourself a running start if you want. It doesn't make a heck of a lot of difference, but I figure it's good to know that there's no requirement to pull your shield out on the ground first.

[wierd]

That has been the raging question in the back of my mind actually.

Why did the 10,000 year ago high tech society fall?  It DEFEATED gannon successfully! So, what caused its decline!?

There are survivors-- the sheikah in karariko village are descendents of the technomages that created all that crazy shit. For some reason, they are living like it is Edo Period japan-- WHY!?  What happened?  Did blue flame have unintended side effects? Maybe the society became socially decadent, and suffered a severe economic collapse, making the society economically unsustainable?  WHAT HAPPENED!?

They clearly developed digital storage, and device hardware that can survive 10,000 years of neglect-- (Sheikah slate, guardians, et al)- so there MUST be huge caches of digital data, assuming site robbers did not scavenge the raw materials (BAD scientists, Purah and Robbie!!) so there is likely to be SOME record of WHY the civ fell--- But nopey Nope. Nintendo did not want to tell us.  The world will never know.

10,000? Why 10,000? The calamity happened only 1,000 years ago, so what are you talking about?

So, how do I shield-surf? And isn't there a way to use the Sheikah slate to see enemy HP? Or was that removed since E3?

Pay attention to the cutscene, and the option listed in the dialog. It is CLEARLY *10,000* years ago that the high tech society existed.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=875DDUC8gmU

[SOLDIER First]

Oh, yeah. I forgot all the times I would sprint-jump and pull it out for a speed boost, haha.

[pikachu17]

You need a piece of equipment to see enemy health.

But... I remember seeing someone in a official Nintendo video scanning  enemy health with the sheikah slate... I don't think they were wearing special armor, and doesn't said special armor always have you see the health, as opposed to scanning it?

[Nighthawk]

You need a piece of equipment to see enemy health.

But... I remember seeing someone in a official Nintendo video scanning  enemy health with the sheikah slate... I don't think they were wearing special armor, and doesn't said special armor always have you see the health, as opposed to scanning it?

You're not wrong - that was definitely in one of the early gameplay previews... but clearly it got patched out, because I've unlocked most of the stuff in the game, and the Sheikah slate doesn't ever do that.

[SOLDIER First]

But... I remember seeing someone in a official Nintendo video scanning  enemy health with the sheikah slate... I don't think they were wearing special armor, and doesn't said special armor always have you see the health, as opposed to scanning it?

Doesn't do that any more.

Spoiler: If you want to see enemy health and don't mind spoilers, (click to show/hide)

you need the Champion's Tunic. To get it, go to Impa at Kakariko Village to unlock the Scattered Memories quest, then go unlock at least one memory and talk to her.

The easiest one to get at this point is the one at Lanayru East Gate. Go up from Kakariko to the Shrine, then to the Great Fairy Fountain and beyond that. Follow the ruined stone road all the way down until you get to the big gate before Naydra Snowfield and the memory is right there.

[Ozyton]

Pretty sure you need to complete the quest, though

[Putnam]

No, just one.

[SOLDIER First]

Can confirm. The spoiler is actually how I did it.

[pikachu17]

So what exactly is the deal with the Impas? I understand Ganondorf might be a traditional male name for gerudo, that Zelda is probably a traditional female name for Hyrulian royalty, and that Link is just what the bards call the heroes, but what is with multiple old woman Impa

[SOLDIER First]

There's been more than one...?

[Telgin]

Haven't played Breath of the Wild yet, but maybe pikachu17 meant Impa instead of Midna?  I know there have been multiple Impas, and I'm only familiar with the one Midna.

[pikachu17]

Sorry, don't know why my brain thought the old women(Wait a second, Not all Impas are even old women? Even weirder then.), and that twili shared a name.

Should be noted, I'm pretty sure Epona can be resurrected, if you place her in the stables first. Then you can resurrect her at the Horse God statue.

[Ozyton]

Open the start menu (where you get to your inventory) and hit L to get to a quest log of sorts. The main story quests are the fancy looking ones, and there's only a handful of them (keeping in mind I haven't beaten the game yet myself) As far as I know the only two mandatory quests are getting off the plateua and beating ganon, but you're free to choose any of the other main quests to do as you like. You can also select what sidequests you want to track here.

If you select any of the quests it will show up as a yellow pulsing circle on the map and minimap. So yeah, it's literally a quest compass. The only real exception is the memory quest, and all you have to do if you want to find hints for those is to find the painter guy who likes to hang out at various stables and he'll drop a (strong) hint.

Speaking of the memories quest, you guys said you get the quest reward after only finding one memory? Then what do you get after completing all of the memories? I swore you only got the main reward after doing all of them...