The main character will be link. He is to big not to the the main guy.
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Eiji Aonuma: No one explicitly said that that was Link.
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The main character will be link. He is to big not to the the main guy.
The animation quality in that video is phenomenal.
I think we could be looking at a new landmark in videogame timelessness here. Move over Wind Waker.
As for whether you play male or female; I really dont mind either way. A female version to subvert expectations would be welcome though.
I think we could be looking at a new landmark in videogame timelessness here. Move over Wind Waker.
As for whether you play male or female; I really dont mind either way. A female version to subvert expectations would be welcome though.
EndlessSky
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I expect someone to compile a bunch of comparison photos throughout every game by the time I'm done with my finals tomorrow. Ugh, I won't be able to sleep tonight.
Uncle Rupee
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There's more than one horse in Hyrule
TheCongressman1
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I thought of a possibility. The characters are Link and his sister, both are playable cooperatively. One player takes control of the bow a la gamepad, and the other takes the sword and shield with Wiimote and Nunchuck. This is the reworked convention of playing alone, taken by inspiration of Nintendo Land.
ElectricKaibutsu
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Sword and shield are on the horse:
The shield can be seen in the screenshot below in a post DSN2K made. The sword is on the other side. You can see the handle, hilt, and sheath on the other in a couple of frames before they jump off the horse. It is not the quiver. The quiver is on their back.
Here are some screenshots of the sword.
The light arrow is in front of the scabbard, it is held separately from the other arrows. You can tell based on the design of the head of the arrow that it is the one used at the end of the trailer.
You can see the sword again more clearly as the pull the single light magic arrow away.
You can see the handle of the sword right above the saddle at the bottom there.
To fight an enemy that is in the water, bow and arrow from a distance to reveal the weak point is a better choice.
Sorry for the bad quality screen shots, I'm on my phone and got them from the YouTube app.
The Technomancer
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Don't you normally hold a bow in your off hand and pull with your dominant hand? Does Link hold the bow left handed in the other games?
Who said that's the main character we saw?
I am being a trifle facetious, yes.
ShinMaruku
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Laieon
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Now this would be cool. I could definitely see some of the puzzles being inspired by Portal 2.
AnathemicOne
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Don't you normally hold a bow in your off hand and pull with your dominant hand? Does Link hold the bow left handed in the other games?
Bow Link in Skyward Sword
The guy I was quoting
Yeah, its not the master sword but still a sword. Trying to pause the video on the right moment on mobile hurts
Goodbye
Epona also traditionally has a white mane.
The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
AHA!
Skyward Sword:
Ocarina of Time:
Left handed in these games. Right handed in this shot.
Skyward Sword:
Ocarina of Time:
Left handed in these games. Right handed in this shot.
Hylians are humans though.
Demihuman.
. . . Huh, gotta see an actual, in-game shot for Skyward Sword, though looking online that does seem to imply whoever this character is they're right handed, not left.AHA!
Skyward Sword:
Ocarina of Time:
Left handed in these games. Right handed in this shot.
EDIT: Yeah, held with the right hand, aiming with the left.
So I guess this means Skyward Sword Link is either ambidextrous or was drilled to use the sword right handed despite it not being his dominant hand and thus why he holds it really weirdly (beyond motion control reasons anyway.)
AHA!
Skyward Sword:
Ocarina of Time:
Left handed in these games. Right handed in this shot.
Yes that's another thing. Pulls the bow with the wrong arm.
ElectricKaibutsu
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I'm leaning towards the female side of things myself, not that it matters too much. Man boobs generally don't react/bounce around that much when jumping (like you see there) or when on the move.
Is there jiggle in that shot? I don't see it.
Eaten By A Grue
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Better look.
Link holds a bow with his right hand, not left.
^ Beaten while composing this post!
Zeyphersan
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There's also more than one hat in Hyrule but he's always got the same one
Adam_Roman
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I feel like the "No master sword, no tunic" argument for it being Zelda is kind of irrelevant, because this could very well be Link/Zelda/Whoever early on in the game. The shirt is identical to WW Link's pajamas.
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I personally think it's Zelda, simply because the character was revealed at the end, looks more feminine than Smash 4 Link, the ponytail, and of course Aonuma's comment. We'll find out when they're good and ready to discuss it, which will probably be around Gamescom or TGS.
I personally think it's Zelda, simply because the character was revealed at the end, looks more feminine than Smash 4 Link, the ponytail, and of course Aonuma's comment. We'll find out when they're good and ready to discuss it, which will probably be around Gamescom or TGS.
Bow Link in Skyward Sword
Kinda weird that Link held the bow left handedly when he used his right hand for the sword in skyward sword.
Clockwork5
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I believe Links handedness has been inconsistent throughout the series.
Uncle Rupee
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Ah, yep I see it
It is really based more on dominant eye rather than dominant hand: you want your dominant eye looking down the shaft of the arrow to aim.
But yes, I am left-eye dominant and left-handed, and I hold the bow in my right hand and draw with my left. This is what Link usually does in the Zelda series (apparently even in Skyward Sword, based on the screenshot posted above). So Link is at the very least always left-eye-dominant.
Again, how the hold a bow is based on eye-dominace, not handedness. And Link has been consistently left-handed in every game except Skyward Sword due to motion controls (but he was still left-eye-dominant).
Isn't this cause of the motion controls? Miyamoto stated how making him hold the sword left handed would of required a lot more work since most consumers are right handed
But they put him back to left in ALBW
Zeyphersan
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Don't you normally hold a bow in your off hand and pull with your dominant hand? Does Link hold the bow left handed in the other games?
Yes, this person is right handed. Link is always left-handed (save for Skyward Sword for motion-controlled reasons). And since I REALLY doubt that they'll keep the same controls, this is further evidence it's not Link
Admiral Woofington
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Chubby link confirmed. After m'ladying Zelda for so many games and never even getting a kiss, he starts to stress eat. Realizing he has to go on another adventure he stops eating peanut butter and twinkie sandwiches and goes on a strict diet regimen. But he never works out his pecs, and the moobs remain.
ElectricKaibutsu
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That's just the motion controls, same with Twilight Princess on Wii, the majority of people are right handed. He's left handed in Twilight on GC.
The Technomancer
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Sure, point being that Link's left-handedness is characteristic enough that I don't buy this is a "mistake", especially in light of that quote
You'd think that, but now that I looked into bow usage and watched that Youtube video Link's clearly not fully right handed in Skyward Sword. There's still TP, but that was a cheap switch so Link was in bizarro world where everyone BUT him was left handed.
The Hero of Time has to be male because the game starring the Hero of Time came out in 1998 and featured a male as the Hero of Time.
Better look.
Oh come on guys... The eyes are definitely male eyes.
http://markcrilley.deviantart.com/art/manga-eyes-male-vs-female-158994430
I think there's a difference. Every Link has been revealed and is most distinctive in their green tunics. Even Wind Waker Link was shown off wearing green garb first. It's a different story from seeing a new 'Link' be revealed without any of those trademarks.I feel like the "No master sword, no tunic" argument for it being Zelda is kind of irrelevant, because this could very well be Link/Zelda/Whoever early on in the game. The shirt is identical to WW Link's pajamas.
I personally think it's Zelda, simply because the character was revealed at the end, looks more feminine than Smash 4 Link, the ponytail, and of course Aonuma's comment. We'll find out when they're good and ready to discuss it, which will probably be around Gamescom or TGS.
I don't really consider this a meaningful angle, but it's not completely irrelevant.
Wasn't that because you could simulate the bow in real life by holding the wii remote vertically in your right and aiming as if you held a bow, and "pulling back" with the nun chuk in your left hand? That's how I played it.
You guys look way too much into this stuff.
Yes, it's also why they flipped TP Wii to make Link right-handed in that version.
In any case I'm not sure Zink's handedness can be determined solely from bow usage. Apparently some people have eye-dominance which differs from their handedness, and in those cases they use bows contrary to their dominant hand in favor of the eye.
