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IGN Interview About the Finale, the Upcoming Korra Game and Book Four
http://uk.ign.com/articles/2014/08/25/the-legend-of-korra-game-release-date-and-new-mode-plus-what-to-expect-in-book-4?utm_campaign=ign+main+twitter&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social

Stuff revealed thus far,

The videogame will be released on October 21st/22nd.

There will be a new villain in Book 4 and a new threat for Korra to face

Bryan about the new threat: “It all ties in. You’ll see how it all ties in to Book 3.”

The airbenders will be a jedi-like peacekeeping force in Book 4.

More info coming when it's avaliable.
No.117905
Anonymous
What's the chance of us seeing the Fire Nation and Honora? We've seen what's happened to all the other places and the Earth Kingdom is still probably going to be important next season.
No.117906
Anonymous
>Bryan about the new threat: “It all ties in. You’ll see how it all ties in to Book 3.”

>The airbenders will be a jedi-like peacekeeping force in Book 4

[spoiler]It's like poetry. It rhymes.
No.117917
EspanolBot
Replies:>>117921
>>117905

Considering they focused on Toph's family in this season, chances are we'll be seeing Zuko's next time in the show... Well, it's the last chance they'll have isn't it?

Wouldn't it be weird if it turned out the reason why Toph disappeared is that, like Iroh, she actually ascended to the Spirit World? If only because she's the last person you'd expect to manage to do such a thing.
No.117921
Bunker !OFOzVPOG0g
>>117917
Super Toph coming back to walk the earth. Or maybe shes Transcended Pysical Form and is now actual Living Rock. Book four ends with Toph Statue of Liberty Moment. Transcend Star Wars go straight into Ghostbusters

//youtube.com/watch?v=P6NhfRFSaFoyoutube thumb

Oh if we go Star Wars next book Korra is Han and Asami is Chewie (if be we go total BFFs)
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So in the new trailer for season three (yes, after all of this Nicktoons will be airing the rest of Book Three later this month), they accidentally included... what looks like two clips from Book Four of a character acting evilly.

http://lokfanatics.tumblr.com/post/96423329886/book-3-trailer-for-nick-toons

Apparently the Nick trailers for Korra are notorious for including spoilers for the following season, though I think that this is the first time I can remember it happening.

I am curious as to why said person might be evil, considering they've already confirmed that they'd have a seperate agenda to that of the Red Lotus, Amon etc.
No.117966
Bunker !OFOzVPOG0g
>>117965

I think think its going to be them battling the Red Lotus and likely having a ideology that is geared toward Total Control vs Anarchy. Remember the Pai Sho game with Bo Lin and Asami both using different play styles. (Strategy vs Chance, Order vs Chaos). I am adoring the amount if Semblance we are seeing with that game and Bo Lin asking Korra to standardize (create balance) to the game. I was wondering where the other part of that was going to come in. I hope the Airship Captain joins up with Korra leading the third faction.

Book 3 and 4 really getting deep with Metaphors and Imagery. Which is why I can't shake theire being a lot of meaning between Scenes that mirror each other from past books.

I really hope people caught onto that. Maybe Korra will play Pai Sho with Asami while she recovers. Get frustrated and then have her revelation.
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Just posted on Korranation.
No.117977
Anonymous
Replies:>>117978
>>117965
This is just so interesting, it's the kind of foreshadowing we've been missing since Azula's first appearance in ATLA season one.
What is she? If she's red lotus, why did she save Korra's father?
No.117978
Bunker !OFOzVPOG0g
>>117977
She's an Opposing Force, Order vs Chaos.
No.117980
Jumpman
Replies:>>117982
>October 3rd

http://www.nick.com/videos/clip/digital-short-legend-of-korra-uploader-special-announcement.html
No.117981
Bunker !OFOzVPOG0g
>One Episode a Week

Good I really don't want those hater shitheads to just watch the last episode and spoil everything.
Replies:>>117983
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>>117980
>October 3rd
Holy cow that's a quick return. And I was happy when I heard it would be coming back in January.
No.117983
Jumpman
Replies:>>117984
>>117982
There's no point to postpone it, since Nick won't air in on its main channel.
No.117984
Bunker !OFOzVPOG0g
Replies:>>117993
>>117983
still think Nick is being terribly short sighted with their handling of the show. "Good, now nobody will ask us to make more girl lead action shows."

They may not ask you to make anything else if you are going to be this shit at it you chucklefucks.

Because it's not just what you handle but how you do it. I mean Dreamworks was yanked about similarly for years with the Monsters vs Aliens, Mattel with the Dreamhouse pilot. Nick is not looking to be a good place to have anything with female leads, that aren't live action fodder.

I'd wish to have a hope that maybe they'll start expanding into digital with new stuff. But that "see it only here" nonsense before they flipped it doesn't leave me with hope.
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Possible New Korra look?
No.117988
Anonymous
Replies:>>117989
>>117987
That skirt thing needs to go.
No.117989
Bunker !OFOzVPOG0g
Replies:>>117990
>>117988
If she didn't have it she'd just be running around in that top and sweatpants.
No.117990
Anonymous
>>117989
Which would force them to draw her butt with definition like when we do get rare butt shots of her great rear. And no 'clothing' change, just a switch back to Book 2's style except for the modified belt.

I guess if they go into a volcano or something someone can comment if she's hot in that getup.

Not too keen on her hair even if it means she'll keep it loose for a while. Bob cut doesn't suit her in the concept art, and it doesn't suit her here. Though it isn't as short as it could be, I'd rather not be reminded of Jinora or Opal.
No.117993
Anonymous
Replies:>>117994
>>117984
Who cares. Nickelodeon is dead and done at this point. Having to even go there weekly to watch the show was a burden for me. I'm glad they cut ties to Korra; now they can go back to airing Spongebob reruns and other obnoxious live-action shows for their ten year old girl crowd. Of six people.

>>117987
I'm more interested in the background. I know it's not guaranteed to matter, since it's basically just promotional art, but it looks like the Spirit World. I wouldn't be shocked if she had one or two episodes exploring the Spirit World and meditating/getting more comfortable with herself.
No.117994
Bunker !OFOzVPOG0g
>>117993
Nick is now putting Turtles in that 8PM death slot, but they at least they get that rerun on Sunday at 11AM. But yea Two shows being the only ones I watch is why I've been digital purchase with Nick for a while now.

Spirit World would be interesting. Seeing Korra jump around and stuff talking with Iroh and thinking on how she can best be The Avatar. Then its back to the real world, and maybe the chair still.
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Best of luck guys on whatever show you do next, can't see how they could treat you worse than Nick, really.
No.118004
EspanolBot
Hm, anyone else think that the implied maglev train that Varrick and Suyin's huband were working on would be part of the plot in some manner? ...At least I think that they said they were working together on something that combined trains and magnets, so a maglev would make sense.

Man, wouldn't that be a kick in the teeth for Asami, right when she gets her business on track selling airships and possibly running freight, Varrick bankrupts her again with trains that can carry more people and cargo much faster than her planes and airships can.
No.118005
Anonymous
Replies:>>118008
>>118004
I doubt it. Airships and the like are still better at traveling over mountainous terrain and such.
No.118006
Anonymous
>>118004
I could see it as high speed transit through the Earth Kingdom linking them together though not the Fire Nation and Water Tribe areas, least for a good hundred years or so. depending on the size of time skip I say possible High Speed Line between Ba Sing Se, Zaofu and Republic City
No.118008
EspanolBot
Replies:>>118009
>>118005

Well they have had earthbenders capable of tunneling through mountains since before the Aang days...
Replies:>>118010
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>>118008
Maybe we'll see Varricks storehouse for inventions and such and that old drill being one of the things he's been tinkering with for tunneling. Or time skip and something like that is already in use for transatlantic tunnel type system construction. Dude has two parts of a system in development.
No.118010
EspanolBot
>>118009

Kind of depressing to think that in, his own way, Varrick will probably have a larger impact on the future than characters like Asami.

Like, she's smart, a good inventor, and a great business woman by all accounts, but it kind of seems that Varrick's almost constant output of ideas will build the next century, not her.

Or maybe she'll invent the computer or the television set in the near future or something, we'll see.
No.118011
Anonymous
>>118010
>Like, she's smart, a good inventor, and a great business woman by all accounts, but it kind of seems that Varrick's almost constant output of ideas will build the next century, not her.

She could always do like Edison and just assassinate his character so bad that people won't treat him seriously until decades after his death.
No.118012
Anonymous
Replies:>>118013
>>118010
Well she is in charge of the company that did sort of invent the airplane.
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>>118012
And makes a quality Airship. Be interesting to see if this world develop around Airship travel, instead of that being like real life where someone brings it up every couple of decades and then dismisses it.

Airships and High Speed Rail. I like the possible mix.

I do like the design of her airship with the bladders being more central than at the top.
No.118015
Daniel FUCKING Murphy, Hitting Machine
Book 4 preview clip

http://korrasane.tumblr.com/post/97605021130/new-exclusive-book-4-clip
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>>118015
Asami tries so hard.
No.118018
Anonymous
I remember a lot of people theorizing about Kya playing a bigger role healing Korra in this upcoming season.. Looks like that's not gonna be too far from the truth. I'm glad; any opportunity to expand on Aang's other kids is a good opportunity to me.
No.118019
Anonymous
>>118015
I hope this doesn't go the way of Iron Man 3.
No.118020
Bunker !OFOzVPOG0g
>>118015
Early again Nick, really hope they don't post the whole season at once.
Replies:>>118043
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No.118043
Bunker !OFOzVPOG0g
Replies:>>118044
>>118042
It crushed the requested number in about an hour, didn't they just ask for a thousand for the book 2 finale?
No.118044
Anonymous
>>118043
10,000.
No.118052
Bunker !OFOzVPOG0g
New Trailer incoming tomorrow.
No.118053
Anonymous
Fucking Nick and its region block.
No.118054
Anonymous
Region free trailer! Looks awesome! Intriguing last line!
//youtube.com/watch?v=NCEFMY4TWGwyoutube thumb
No.118055
Bunker !OFOzVPOG0g
http://www.nick.com/videos/clip/korra-book-4-trailer-89471257.html?xid=korranation

Time Skip Confirmed
No.118056
Anonymous
Replies:>>118057
Three years? That's huge.
No.118057
EspanolBot
>>118056

Gal had nerve damage, it'd take a while for her to get over it, I'd imagine.
No.118058
Anonymous
So there's a new studio involved.
http://bryankonietzko.tumblr.com/post/98485378517/legend-of-korra-book-4-official-trailer
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Robes, nah Flight Suits are where its at.
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Awwwe yeah! I just finished catching up on Korra last night by marathoning it.

I AM HYPE!
No.118061
Anonymous
>>118058
>...Toph?
In before it's their spooky scary skeleton for maximum trolling.
No.118062
EspanolBot
>>118061

Maybe both alive and oddly unaged, due to much meditation?
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Ouch.
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>>118065
That's Nickelodeon for you.
No.118067
Daniel FUCKING Murphy, Hitting Machine
>>118058

>Studio Rev

After several google searches I can't find out shit about them. Upstart new studio? Maybe they're just doing the CGI? The base animation style still seems like typical Mir.
No.118068
Daniel FUCKING Murphy, Hitting Machine
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>Book 4 trailer on youtube has over 300,000 views in less than 12 hours
No.118069
Anonymous
Is green Korra in Earth nation or Zaofu garb? She doesn't look that different even though an age difference of 3 years still can have a noticeable change in appearance at this point.
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>>117905
Zuko’s daughter is in the trailer.
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>>118070
Fuck I was literally just about to post that.
No.118073
Anonymous
>>118072
Tenzin is wearing one of the new Flight Suits. Interesting color choices on those, not much Yellow.
No.118075
Anonymous
Replies:>>118078
My prediction is at the end of this all is, if Bryke don't plan on making any more Avatars after Korra, she's probably going to grant the ability to wield multiple elements to all benders from now on, or it will be a Final Fantasy 6 end.
No.118076
Anonymous
>>118070
>>118072
She better not be named Ursula or anything bullshit like that.
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>invent new school of bending
>decades later, metalbenders are trying to take over the world like the evil empire you had developed that style to fight years ago

I wonder if Toph would care.

Kid Toph, probably not. But Adult/Old Toph might feel differently.
No.118078
Bunker !OFOzVPOG0g
>>118075
He's talked about coming back to it sometime in the future, just taking a break off it from now since they've been working on it for a decade.
No.118079
Anonymous
>>118065
Fuckers.
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>>118061
It could be a hallucination, like last time.
No.118085
Anonymous
Replies:>>118086
So it looks like Varrick is heavily involved with Kuvira's little revolution/takeover of everything metal and industrial. And judging by the shot of evil Zhu Li climbing into a mech, I'm gonna assume he's going back to being "evil." To nobody's surprise. Good job letting an escaped convict stay free, Lin.

We're apparently gonna get a lot of wandering wisdom-seeking Korra, too. Which raises the chances of running into old Toph by a lot. In my heart, anyway.
No.118086
Bunker !OFOzVPOG0g
>>118085
I think some of what we've seen its possibly Dagobah type illusions that bring her back into the real world. Maybe Korra will have two Yodas.
No.118087
Daniel FUCKING Murphy, Hitting Machine
Replies:>>118088
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>Korra Book 4 trailer on youtube up to 1.65 million views in 36 hours
No.118088
Bunker !OFOzVPOG0g
Replies:>>118089
>>118087

Some low level executive is sweating right now. If the games do well, this is going to be a fun time with Viacom looking over Nick screwing the pooch on this. Highest rated show they'd had in a while two years ago with fantastic digital sales and then treating the show worse than a dog.

What kinda numbers can they get from Digital? Curious since Turtles also gets season 3 started next week on Friday.
No.118089
Bunker !OFOzVPOG0g
>>118088
>Korra Book 4 trailer
Its almost at 2.5 Now
No.118090
Bunker !OFOzVPOG0g
Replies:>>118091
Oh to note in the Trailer they go to a mountain place guarded by White Lotus, so we'll likely see Zaheer again.
Replies:>>118092
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>>118090
Because visiting villains in their prison cells always works out so well.
No.118092
Anonymous
>>118091
Worked out pretty well when Zuko did it with Ozai.

Badum tsh!
No.118093
Anonymous
Replies:>>118094
Also think Zuko might be Secret Service or something since he's in that suit and running around with someone wearing a Republic City Badge of Office.
No.118094
Anonymous
>>118093
Gah bollocks password meant Mako in his schoolboy clothes.
No.118095
Bunker !OFOzVPOG0g
http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/09/29/the-legend-of-korra-exclusive-clip-watch-the-opening-sequence-from-book-four

More Book four intro material.
No.118096
rasputin_zero
>>118095
Interesting introduction to this brave new world of ours.
Also interesting how Republic City is pushing their own Emperor Puyi-esque claimant to the Earth Kingdom throne in Prince Wu. They're in for a nasty shock when the Avatarverse Kuomintang comes screaming out of Zhaofu.
No.118097
Bunker !OFOzVPOG0g
Replies:>>118098
http://io9.com/11-reasons-you-should-be-watching-the-legend-of-korra-1640362735

Nice to see someone doing promo work that Nick wont
No.118098
Daniel FUCKING Murphy, Hitting Machine
Replies:>>118099
>>118097

>Hey this show is awesome and you should watch it! For those of you who haven't seen it, here's why?
>SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER
>SPOILERS EVERYWHERE

i09 sucks.
No.118099
Anonymous
>>118098
Not to mention every other point is "IT'S GOT GIRLS; IT'S GREAT"

As a girl, this does nothing but make me cringe.
No.118100
Anonymous
Replies:>>118101
>118095
>power hungry Kuvira
Plese, not another villain who's just after power. It was bad enough with Unalaq.
No.118101
Anonymous
Replies:>>118103
>>118100
Except Unalaq wasn't after power. Unalaq was after... uh... something? I mean, it was balance, right? Or at least it was at first. Then it was killing all humans for some reason (apparently achieving true balance requires killing all humans because Vatuu is a robot from Futurama). So it wasn't that he was after power, or even balance really. Unalaq's motivation seemed to be that he was a directionless angry teenager looking for motivation.
No.118102
Daniel FUCKING Murphy, Hitting Machine
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>Book 4 trailer just hit 4 Million views on youtube
No.118103
Anonymous
>>118101

Basically the Red Lotus was a college secret society gone wrong, and Unalaq was their Peter Pettigrew.
Replies:>>118106
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Asami looks a lot like Lois Lane now.
Ponce of a King starts talking about how he's Superhuman, Asami looking very annoyed at the statement.
And then I remembered the shape of Korras belt buckle.

//youtube.com/watch?v=e9vrfEoc8_gyoutube thumb
No.118105
Bunker !OFOzVPOG0g
//youtube.com/watch?v=Nelcjmwp3I4youtube thumb

New Clip, Evil Shall Fear the Rumble of a Sky Bison.
No.118106
EspanolBot
>>118104

Claiming to be superhuman to the best friend of the freaking Avatar of all people seems to be a touch stupid... so in character for Prince Wu then.

Who wants to bet something horrible happens to him like his similiarly horrible... aunt? Mother?
No.118107
Anonymous
>>118095
>Gommu
Nice.
No.118108
Anonymous
Replies:>>118109
>Book 4 trailer up to 4.7 million views

Should be hitting 5 million by midnight tonight at this rate.
No.118109
Bunker !OFOzVPOG0g
Replies:>>118111
>>118108
Passes Five Million, game sells quite well in a couple of weeks. Nick decides to remain willfully ignorant and banish the franchise for a few years anyway.
No.118110
Bunker !OFOzVPOG0g
Also Theme for then Korra gets her ass kicked in CQC by Kuvira.

//youtube.com/watch?v=pLCuD4sqfqsyoutube thumb
No.118111
EspanolBot
Replies:>>118112
>>118109

Thing is, Bryke said that they wanted to have a break for a few years anyway before revisiting the franchise... it's just a question as to whether we have a three year gap like between Airbender and Korra, or Nick decide to make it even longer. Like five years or more.
No.118112
Bunker !OFOzVPOG0g
Replies:>>118113
>>118111
Let it rest for a while before bringing in the next series I'd say two years since part of Korra development was foot dragging. I'd love to see an Earth Avatar working along the Earth Frontier.

Maybe get a Visit from a Air Patrol that asks why they don't come to meet with them or the White Lotus.

Their answer that the people of the Frontier need them more than anywhere else. Setup this bender as their being too focused on the small things and not seeing the big picture and then the next one after being a high thinking Administrative type thinking in the Big Picture only so much that they miss the intricate nature of protecting the people.

Avatar Korra's answer to this "Finding the Balance, its a struggle we all must face as Avatars"
No.118113
rasputin_zero
>>118112
I actually wouldn't mind if Bryke worked on something not!Avatar as their next project. They've been working in the same world for ten years and that's enough to give any creative agoraphobia. The best antidote against burn-out is to strike out and do something totally different, and I'd be very interested in what they and the rest of the team could come up with. Imagine going back in time a decade and starting from scratch knowing then what they know now, it could be pretty neat.
No.118114
Bunker !OFOzVPOG0g
>>118113
What network would let them play around with something new, or play around with an ensemble that fits their skills.
No.118115
Anonymous
>>118113
>I actually wouldn't mind if Bryke worked on something not!Avatar as their next project.

This. Please.
The whole Avatar franchise is done, imo. It was done a while ago. Sure, the newer Korra seasons have given up some good things, but I never felt like it worked towards an overall grand plan like the first series. And what would another Avatar series even be like? Another massive time jump into the future? Avatar using the internet to track down the bad guys? Yeah no thanks; the technology/mysticism aspects are already pushed to their limit with Korra as is. It would have to be a jump back in time to when before Aang was even born.

I say come up with something fresh and new. I have the utmost trust in them, they can do it. And hopefully they'll be able to find a more grateful home than Nickelodeon.. Though CN is just as bad.
No.118116
Bunker !OFOzVPOG0g
>>118115
Doesn't have to be another jump into the future the way we see it. Just have it be like This is their happy medium for technological advancement. Just have like Star Wars it be more a change of style across the centuries than actual more technology.
No.118118
Anonymous
The Book 4 trailer just hit 5 million views on youtube. :D

Pretty damn good for 6 days!
No.118130
Anonymous
>>118115
I'd like to see some sort of scifi fantasy series a la Xenogears and Blade (not Saga though, that setting was crap). Doesn't have to be Avatar necessarily, but most series I see trying that are too heavily biased towards one or the other rather than striking a balance.