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>>10373863
Yes. A lot of things people think Nintendo "plagiarized" were actually made by Nintendo themselves in a way. The movie Zelda WW is influenced on also had people working on it that are friends with Nintendo and one even working at Nintendo and on the game

>>8938609
What the fuck are you talking about? You're either the one arguing in bad faith or blind as a bat.
What I'm arguing is a hypothetical scenario. >>8938616 got the right idea except for the source, I am not saying Wind Waker is Miyazaki inspired, rather, it's inspired of pic related (incidentally the same inspiration source as Samurai Jack, no black outlines and all, hence child Jack and Toon Link looking identical). Up until relatively recently, The Little Prince and the Eight Headed Dragon was unknown unless you were very deep into historical anime circles, or an animation buff. People didn't recognize the style for Wind Waker as this, and just called it for babies.

But at the time, people DID knew other shit as their anime gateway drug, such as Slayers and Outlaw Star. What I'm arguing is, would people have accepted Wind Waker better had it's character design looked like something out of a Tales of game (more modern anime character on celshaded 3D)? The artwork for the previous Zelda games looked very anime as-is, although more period accurate than Wind Waker's 1963 throwback.

I personally think people would've been more lenient on Wind Waker had it not gone for the Little Prince-inspired aesthetic.