/vr/ - Retro Games

This picture perfectly encapsulates the first Zelda game for me.

>>460645

It's my second favorite design for Young Link.

I'm okay with new Link

>there will never be a manly Link

Everyone does
Shame WiiU is going to be TP Link v.2

>>460785

>what is OoT

>>460773
Homoshit.

80's animu look is best.

>>460785
>You will never play as a battle hardened old-link

>>460803
>Elves
>Warriors

Pick one.

>>460798
>slayers
>80`s

My favorite Link is OoT Link, I see it as the quintessential Link. For both young and old.

>>460830
Sorry, typo. 90's.

>>460785
>implying the art of the blade discriminates

>>460857
wanted to quote
>>460825

>>460792
That's just a tech demo. Whatever the actual game looks like will most likely be vastly different from that. Just look at the difference between the GameCube tech demo and Wind Waker.

I don't care about his looks much.

>>460946
Maybe.
They constantly re-use the same Links, but generally only on same-console incarnations. So hopefully the next one will be good.

It'll also be nice to have a Zelda without fucking motion controls. Say what you want about them, it was not good for Zelda.

>>460946
yeah, but you know unless they go full windwaker on us again, we'll keep getting realistic fangirl's dreamboy

>>460970
Whatever the aesthetics and control style are, I just want the next Zelda to follow the footsteps of the original game rather than Link to the Past/Ocarina of Time. Minimal handholding, emphasis on exploration, multiple different ways to play as opposed to being on a fixed story path.

I think you've got 'style' and 'design' confused, OP.

>>460973
>go full windwaker on us

yes please!

>>460970
I seriously like TP's shoehorned waggle better than SS's "the sword follows your remote oh god!", because the combat wasn't based around it hitting from certain angles and such

I'm actually playing SS atm so I can say I've played it when I bitch about it, and every single piece of combat in that game that isn't a bat or a chuchu is a game of simon says, it's not fun in the slightest.

>>460995
A simple "Tips ON/OFF" option somewhere in the menu is all I've ever wanted since OoT
And a way to disable the fucking low health beep jesus

>>460793
A big flaming faggot.

>>460970
true. does anybody else think that Phantom Hourglass plays like shit since I have to use that shitty DS pen for everyfuckingthing?

also, Link is suddenly right-handed in Skyward Sword. fuck that. what's wrong with playing with a classic controller?

>>461012
>A simple "Tips ON/OFF" option somewhere in the menu is all I've ever wanted since OoT

good idea but that sounds too much like a typical Playstation game. won't happen. trust me. it's Nintendo after all.

>>461021
>implying

>>461046
>not grey
>hair

Yep, confirmed fag

>>461023
A lot of people hate PH's all stylus controls, but I actually don't mind them
It was nice to try it out, but with all the complaints about it there should have been a button option in ST.

And I find it funny that for all the waggle it uses, there's no lefthanded option, and he's flipped so righties don't feel weird when his movements don't match up, same happened with TP even though that was a complete non-issue

>>461023
Having played Spirit Tracks earlier this month, I can honestly say it'd be in my top five Zelda games of all-time if I could just use the D-pad and buttons. The stylus-only controls almost ruined the whole thing for me. Other than that, the dungeons are excellent, the bosses are some of the best in the series, and the teamwork between Link and Zelda is fresh and enjoyable.

>>461060
Yeah ST really fixed what was wrong with PH. Without all-stylus and those no-fun allowed trains it would have been 10/10 gotyay

You know this thread's subject isn't really that retro

>>461060
I like it as well. well, PH that is. I've yet to play ST.

but we can only hope for a verrry elaborate romhack that lets us use buttons. I don't know who thought this was a good idea.

>>461079
The same person who thought it would be a good idea to make skyward sword a 3d game of simon says

>>461093
Fujibayashi or Anouma?

Hey /vr/, are the Ys games worth playing?

>>462165
I think you took the wrong turn at Albuquerque.

>>462165
Oath and Seven are great.

>>460803
I can just imagine it, we already know Link's history, and he wasn't even an adult when he pulled off all those games; somewhere down the line before his retirement (After Ganon is dead, for fucking good this time; every reality and timeline of that bastard is dead, his undead are dead, and before he was born is dead; One last time, he is fucking dead for good. Finally.), a magical ritual was done to contain all the chaos that was contained within him as Dark Link through all his quests, all his history, all his trials, everything that has weighed down on him since he was born, finally separated from him and absolutely contained in another realm, as to not cause any more future chaos.

Decades pass, Link and Zelda have had a happy rule of Hyrule over the decades, peace was held for a good 50-odd years or so (unless there were other adventures within that time), and then Hell breaks loose this time. Literally.

Link and Zelda's heirs to the throne (the family bloodline) are now captured and contained in other realities of Hyrule or whatever, Zelda is possibly killed in the process; and now Link has to save someone more important than Zelda; his last living family member. After eons of giving up the sword since peace started, his age has caught up with him as he strives to relearn everything that made him the king he was before. He knows he doesn't have much time left in his old age, and his last living heir is all that's left of his legacy, besides the Triforce of courage (which the true heir now owns), and the master Sword (once more, sealed away).

The Kingdom of Hyrule is nearly burnt to the ground, again, Zelda is no more, as well as his kids and all his grandkids except one last one who can still claim the Triforce to rule with.

Guess who has him? Dark Link. It's time to end his shit once and for all, even if it costs us our life.

Of course, the ending would make the kid out to relive Link's legacy from Kokiri Village, and wake up with no memory.

>>462342
In case that subject gets tossed around any bit; yes, all of his potential heirs. Link could have been a pimping king, hooked up with all the girls in the games, had a harem of them. Yep; go to each village where each of the ruling members of those families (Link's MILF Harem) have also suffered just as terrible a fate as Link and Zelda have (maybe even Queen Ruto's Zora-Elf Hybrids). Who could be the last heir? Whose still alive that Dark Link hasn't already brutally maimed or pretty much committed outright genocide to?

Like my original post, as a potential ending, by the end of the game, the world gets one hell of a reset button (a mighty violent one), Link sacrificed himself to his darker self to save his final living heir (from the depths of Hell), and his last grandchild loses all of his memories, and may or may not still have the Dark Chaos curse that Dark Link was made of, that was why he was sealed away in the first place.

Behold the Brand New Generation of Zelda games.

Feel free to modify my idea if you want. This sounds pretty awesome so far already.

Best Link

>>462165
My suggested order would be somewhat chronological:
Ys I&II Chronicles+ > The Oath in Felghana > Ys Origin > Ys: Memories of Celceta (when it's out) > Ys: The Ark of Napishtim > Ys Seven

You can pretty much skip Ys V and wait for the eventual remake or keep that one as something you play last after checking out other various versions of the games.

>>462457
>This sounds pretty awesome so far already.
Your enthusiasm is almost childlike.

Link always looked to feminine for me to consider any of his designs manly. The lack of pants do not help.

>>462550
>The lack of pants do not help.
Implying.

>>462482
THANK YOU

Oracles Link was best link.

>>462514
In case that was an insult to my idea:
>Feel free to modify my idea if you want.

C'mon. It would be pretty awesome to play as a hero that has already been through all that shit, taken up retirement for a good few decades, and have the call come back to you once more (harshly, might I add), and you start regaining your old abilities and muscle memory of the items of past and such; except, instead of saving the princess like every other game, this time, it's the future and you're saving your legacy through bloodline. You're an old man saving your (great-)Grandchildren from a terrible fate.

In a sense, I could sorta get what you might mean between the lines: It's basically Taken, with Legend of Zelda background post-Happy Endings + a few decades to age. Replace sex slavers with your darker self become Satan.

>>460970
They would work if the combat was actually modified to work with motion controls rather than trying to shoehorn them into the current style that has seen little change since OoT

pic related, a game that does motion control combat RIGHT

>>462568
>In case that was an insult
Not at all. Your ideas are really good for what you are trying to achieve. It's just it reminded me kinda of some kid's "and then this happened, and then this happened" yarn, not too much, but then that last sentence just took me by surprise.

If I could critique or modify, I'd take out parts about "other realities or whatever". Keep it a fairly simple story about Dark Link and hell breaking loose. Travel all over Hyrule and everything, but keep it simple and bold for maximum impact. Also
>After eons of giving up the sword
Is Link hundreds of years old here? I don't follow.

Another thing; your story seems to rely on an (to borrow a term from tvtropes) Idiot Ball "there's no way this could possibly go wrong" premise. This should probably either be rewritten, or at least portrayed in-story as stupid or ill-advised. If it's just portrayed as a completely necessary ritual, it might come across as cheap storytelling just for the sake of getting the ball rolling.

Don't completely like the idea of a total "reset button" at the end. If this truly is to usher in the "Brand New Generation" of Zelda, I'd like something to show for it, some new villain or noticeable change to society or the setting, otherwise it's just another Zelda game that came out before other new Zelda games.

>>462482
I always liked that design the most.
>>460803
it might also be cool if by this time Link didn't have to be told how to play the game

>>460645
Agreed, though Nintendo can go fuck off for all I care.

>>462758
>Link didn't have to be told how to play the game

They'd just pull a pic related.

>>462685
That box gives me a Sonny Bono.

>>460825
Elves are almost always consistently stereotyped as warriors, very very good warriors. Even in Tolkiens universe which a majority of fantasy rips off they were extremely great fighters, amongst the other races they really had no equal. They were the best blacksmiths, they could use magic, they were the most agile and deadly, they were the most fearless, they were the most perceptive, they were the wisest, most knowledgeable and intellectual. Immune to more disease, having greater stamina.They were basically OP as fuck. They were effectively the chosen race.
Their one gigantic weakness was that they had those high standards that they trust will be met of other races which could not match. Which alienated them.
There is no aspect of life in which they do not do better than men save for appreciating weakness, frailty and failure of others for that is the realm where men live in and are most experienced.

>>462482
>those legs

>>462889
>best blacksmiths
>not Dwarves

Get fucked.

The design of the original Link, and the one for Zelda II lets you know that he doesn't take any shit. He gets down to business.

>what if Epic develops a Zelda game.

>>462482
You forgot to mention the part where he died alone stranded in the middle of the ocean.

>>462967
Yeah he'd be big like that, but he'd spend all of his time humping walls and and hiding behind shit with relatively poorly made game design.

>>462915
It's because he's referencing Tolkien, which is hardly fair. Tolkien had a giant elf boner and it shows in all of his writing, especially The Silmarillion and in his other apocryphal volumes.

Sure, it did lead to codifying most of what high fantasy would become, but it's not really fair to bring it up when trying to defend elves because in Tolkien's writing they're simply the best at fucking everything, full stop.

>>463185
>yfw Nintendo makes a new game in the Downfall timeline starring this Link returning home

>>462915
Dwarves have nothing on Elves, even the dwarves suck elf dick in awe of their mithril weapons and amazing shit.
Most of the named items worth having are elvish. Likewise, Bilbo, Thorin, and Gandalf used elvish weapons. Frodo also got bilbos shit.
The sword, narsil used against sauron was original dwarven but reforged by the elves after it shattered into Andúril.
Dwarves are known to be good blacksmiths. But the elves are the best.
If you have a human weapon and come across a dwarven weapon, swap that shit. If you have a dwarven weapon and come across an elvish weapon, swap that shit (but keep the dwarven one around)

>>460798
80's was the best

>>463237
> but it's not really fair to bring it up when trying to defend elves because in Tolkien's writing they're simply the best at fucking everything, full stop.
Granted. Gygax threw some craw in their when he translated them to wargaming and made them slender, faster, but weaker. Also dwarven weapons are listed, but not elvish (not that can't use them but you typically don't buy them as per listed items and it'd be more DM fair if that.)
Gygax is the secondary most common influence in fantasy, but he also had to balance the world because what's the fucking point in playing his game if it's not balanced. So out goes the Elf Master Race nazism.
But even in other mythos Elves are renowned fighters. Even in D&D they're quite qualified and gain bonuses to dex, immunities and perception and automatically get proficiency with light weapons, with helps if you're a fighter and you stack dex and use finesse and use high threat range items like their favored item the rapier which they get bonus too tag on keen and increase the threat range to rolling 15-20, and get the overwhelming, massive and devastating criticals which tag on massive damage or insta-kill most things.
So they aren't bad.

Dwarves make some of the best metallurgical items. But they don't deal with magic, and that's where the elves edge them out.

The elves create things as art first, and function second, whilst the dwarves prefer function over form. Yes, elven blades are fucking cool as shit, and magic as hell, but they're not something readily available. There's only 3? in the entire main series; Glamdring, Orcrist, and Sting. Once Gandalf gets the okay to carry Foehammer, he does so for the next 80 years. They are high-class shit, but they're also generally all named and exceptionally rare.

Dwarven shit you can buy, if you have enough money.

>>463427
Noting that similar builds could be done with a human, but that geared towards an elf, they already have some of the proficiency in place and a dex bump which is useful for a lot of things like tumbling, increase in armor class etc... Though a fighter does need to raise his strength for the criticals.

>>463505
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Middle-earth_weapons_and_armour
Actually in Tolkiens stories, albeit probably due to the cast and who we're watching, they're generally the most commonly named items really. And they make plenty of their weapons given they present the finest armies in the series. But they don't seem to have a necessity to trade their items combined with the elves tendency to stay the fuck by themselves, most of their collection is probably very rare for anyone who isn't an elf in an elf kingdom, let alone having a reason for one their smiths to make something worth while if they themselves didn't bother with it.
Nearly everything important seems to be made from elves or modified by them.

>>463563
Yes, nearly all Elven weapons are named, that's what I meant. But what I'm saying is, it's like bringing a piece of art to Greenwich Village, and the hipster-king denotes it 'oh yeah, that's the mona lisa, pretty cool. that was made by da vinci, I think? I saw that a few hundred years ago, pretty cool. You can keep it, though, I don't have room for it. Trying to be a minimalist, y'know.'

It's a big deal to the group, because holy shit, we have weapons from elves! but it's not as big a deal to the elves, who are just 'whatever, enjoy your great war era butter knives, I guess'.

I do like the insularity of the elves, but the elves have problems also. The dwarves have no problems procreating but elves are getting rarer and rarer, and many are leaving the world altogether- elves themselves are becoming rare, wondrous things.

The basic design? Noooo.

All that fucking gear at once. Yeeeessss.

>>462482
AoL/LoZ link is the most powerful. He beat Gannon, though he came with one third triforce, he did it without the master sword. He made got so good with his sword it was ~12x stronger than what he beat down gannon with it.
He could naturally shoot beams from wood swords since at least the age of fucking twelve, with a wood sword. Wood.
He's got a bag of decent items, rods that shoot magic or fire. TWO key that unlocks every door. Candles that burn over and over again with no need to relight them. Flutes that let him travel by wind. The gloves that allow him to move large boulders easilly. Hammers that allow him to smash through mountains. He can see invisible enemies. He has magical armor, and he can double it with a word. He can jump over buildings and stab your shit on the way up or down.Turn into a flying fairies and sneak into shit. He can throw fire around, he's the only Link who inherently casts magic, not with items, but actually uses spells. One of which fucks up everything around him, another turns you in a blob of jelly. He can even reflect your magic back at you. He can even give himself life with magic.
He's got a cool raft or can even walk on fucking water if he wants.

>>463675
>He beat Gannon

And then hunted down everyone who tried to resurrect him.

Dude's hardcore.

>>463237
>>462889
The elves are like that because the way in Tolkien's works because of the way his mythology is set up. They are a step up above mankind because they were created first and dwarves. If you're going to go Tolkien, it's sort of THE God>Gods>Wizards>Elves>Humans and dwarves sort of settle somewhere around humans because they were a fuck up essentially and not part of the plan. Elves may be pretty rad in Tolkien's stories, but they were far from perfect. Almost all of their problems they caused themselves.

Tolkien didn't just think this up on his own though, it's pulled from European mythology. Elves were seen as magical creatures superior to humans in some way. They also tended to be dicks.

Also, keep in mind these games come from Japan. While anyone in Europe (or places settled primarily by Europeans like The United States or Australia) are going to get a dose of other folklore and mythology about elves, even kids who read no faerietales have heard of Santa's helpers. Japan doesn't have this, the elves in their games are based almost entirely off of a romantic view of elves like Tolkien and derivative works.

>>463720
>because they were created first and dwarves
>-and dwarves
Tapped my touchpad while writing a later line. I hate getting used to a new computer.

>>463667
The Basic design is alright.
I've really never been a fan of Chainmail, stichings, bracers and gloves and shit you saw on TP, SS and OoT3D link

I've always liked simpler designs
And fuark yeah, being able to see all the gear strapped onto his back in game would be bitchin

>>463720
Actually, Dwarfs were created first by Aulë the Smith,but they weren't given life first because Aulë didn't have the ability to breathe life into his creations like Eru Ilúvatar could. So the elves were given life first, despite technically being created after Aulë created the dwarfs.

Yet I digress. What it really comes down to is that if you're looking more for balance between races, it's better to go with Gygax or other, more modern takes. Referencing Tolkien whenever you're trying to play the "which race is the better race" game for high fantasy just isn't fucking fair on any count. He intentionally designed the elves to be the best at fucking everything, with everyone else intentionally designed to be worse.

Besides, Tolkien doesn't even apply to Zelda anyway, as far as I see it.

>>463631
They still recognize them as great forged items. They just don't give a shit mostly because they're not interested in fighting wars and shit really.
It's not a big deal to them if you're running around with it because well, you're actually using it and they can generally make more of most of what you have.
For them, it's something they'd hang in a closet to remember shit long since passed.
Elves really aren't interested in mortal concerns. They've got gods to live amongst.

> but elves are getting rarer and rarer, and many are leaving the world altogether- elves themselves are becoming rare, wondrous things.
That's not an elf problem, that's an elf solution, they want that. Most of them were leaving for their equivocal of heaven, valinor.

>>462482
REGIE IS READY TO APPROVE.

>>463237
>Tolkien had a giant elf boner

Holy shit, way to show your ignorance, please actually read the silmarillion before try to make some opinion on Tolkien's elves.

>>463824
I have read the Silmarillion, and the Lost Tales, and his other apocryphal works.

Yes, the elves were major league douchebags, especially to each other. I never denied this. However, they were also THE BEST AT FUCKING EVERYTHING.

Tolkien created them to be the bestest, most powerful, most beautiful, most superior race, not counting the actual gods. How is this not having a giant-elf boner again?

>>463851
Because tolkien went out of his way to show that the elves were incompetent and that humans were ultimately superior. Literally read the silmaril and try to find a spot where the elves are legitimately successful, you won't, it's the humans that had the greatest success, the humans won several major victories fighting with the elves, the humans are the ones that ultimately stole the Silmaril and it's was a human that killed one of the most powerful dragons of all time (twice, well half human the second time.). And it's humans that conquered the earth and made even Saruon subject to them and it's humans that get to be at Eru's side after they die while Elves languish in a cave until the world ends. Hell it's practically a running theme in his work that being "da bestest" is fucking meaningless, because the elves are utlimately unable to be even mildly useful stopping Sauron whereas a duo of weak unskilled hobbits end up succeeding at it. If anything he has a hobbit boner more than an Elf boner.

>>463801
>"which race is the better race" game for high fantasy just isn't fucking fair on any count.
No, but not referencing gygax for balance or Tolkien for a large portion for mythos. And saying elves are pussies and can't fight for shit is just retarded. This isn't about fair, this about someone saying elves are shit, when they're generally not.Elfquest does some weird native american shit, they're almost always fighting shit though, so I'd qualify them as decent fighters I suppose, I don't really read that shit, so whatever.
Warcraft has elves, I know they were mainly archers in WC2 though. I'm unfamiliar with WoW, so I have no idea what they did with them, apparently they can be warriors according to a class sheet. I don't fucking know how they handle.
Morrowind, has three variants, some of which are weaker and more suited to magic, some of which are fairly on par with bretons. None of them are really inherently terrible. Though any race that knows alchemy or magic can fuck warriors in the ass because magic is so OP, that you can basically start flying around as a god.
Shadowrun, Elves are pretty much humans with a couple bonuses. Humans get an edge bonus which is like a D&D feat as it were.

The only time elves are really treated as less effective than humans is when it's translated to be 'fairies' like puck in berserk is an 'elf' and he's definitely not on par with humans.

>Elves are usually pussies
>One Elf in the Silmaril headbutts a Balrog into a fountain to kill him
>another fights a Middle Earth Lucifer in one on one combat and actually manages to seriously wound him
>A huge dickwad elf fights an army of Balrogs who surronded him with only the help of his personal guard and is able to hold them off for some time before succumbing to his wounds.

>>463967
>If anything he has a hobbit boner
I know I do.

>>463967
The trick is to realize that it's a catch-22.
It's essentially the you're so skilled at everything, you never learned to fail motif. For people who don't see failing as an option, they'll never build the structures to support you when they fail, because they always expect to succeed.

>>463371
So people do remember love.

>>463993
I'd raid her shire.

Humans decide, after thousands of years, to uplift their favorite species, let's say the dog, as their legacy.
The dogs begin to populate the world, doing dog things, making dog cities, creating dogumentaries, and so on.

The humans, now a space-faring race, don't need Terra anymore and decide to head off to the stars, leaving it behind for their canine pals. A few humans stick around, for a while, but will eventually leave because this isn't their time or place anymore.

Replace humans with elves and dogs with humans.
This is what Tolkien is about.


Elves in newer media tend to be more frail and dexterous as a balance thing, to seperate them from humans but put them on an equal footing as humans. Tolkien elves were not meant to be equal, ever. But in a game, you need game balance usually where picking 'elf' doesn't mean you win everything forever just because of who you are. I'm looking at you, 3E.

There's a difference between the two ideals, as far as elves go, and it's important to recognize this difference when talking about the subject.

>>464009
Gygax should have also added that to his elves really. Bonus to everything they do, bonus to every negative they hit.
Bonus to disarming every trap, if it fucks up, they take more damage.
Bonus to sneak, but if they lose, drop initiative and take confused moral hit.
Such that an elf is so good at sneaking when you ask them to sneak into a room full of 50 sleeping orcs and steal the jingly loud noise jewel of fuckery, they not only smile and say easy modo, they actually might pull it off, and if they don't they might actually survive taking everyone out.
Whereas a human and more so a hobbit, would say, wait what? You want me to? Maybe, try a different plan? One that doesn't land me surrounded by more enemies than I can handle. Because they expect to get caught, they expect to fuck up, and thus they plan accordingly preferably in such a way that maximizes they'll pull it off even without being exceptionally skilled. In that way, a hobbit would get armor and such, a human might try to use distraction or confusion, purposely rousing them to remove said obstacle. Elves, don't give a shit about obstacles.

>>462482
It's stupid and kind of weird, but I liked Link's design in Link's Awakening best because of his nose.

>>464097
That isn't it at all.

>>464106
>Bonus to disarming every trap, if it fucks up, they take more damage.
And to make that clear, because they don't expect the trap ever go off, they aren't sitting there trying to disarm it warily off to the side, scrambling and sweating it out, face in first showing off how fast and accurate they and succeed, 'usually.' So if by chance they would fuck it, it's splat right in the fucking face, assuming they don't manage to fucking dodge it.
Arrogance works both ways, makes ya stronger makes ya weaker.

>>464097
I recognize that art, that's the guy from Scandinavia and the world.

>>462482
Now that you put it that way I think THAT Link is the one that did the most, he holds the record for most games and most things done

I really wish they wouldn't thrash and restart with new games

Damnit I want to see what happened to OOT Link after Majora's Mask, how he became that legendary warrior who died and became that skeleton ghost who taught the Link from Twilight Princess awesome moves

>>464146
It's Humon, and Humon = shit. Not a fan of her.

>>464097

>Replace humans with elves and dogs with humans.

Nope, keep it as dogs and humans. That explains why one of the most populous species in Hyrule, and the big bad boss, look like humanoid bulldogs.

Most of us decided to leave the planet and used our technology to help man's best friend evolve enough to take over the globe, and we gave fuck all about the few impoverished fucks (mostly the elderly) that had to stay and live in caves, dungeons and tree trunks they couldn't buy a ticket.

>MFW I can see this happening. The rockets take off without those few poor folk, even though they have empty seats.

>>464106
He should have added 'shaken moral' for multiple quick failures that last for a period of time. IE, more than one significant failure in a day would leave you with a negative roll bonus to things you do based on how many failures. 1d6/2d6/3d6 etc... so if you've failed to pick three separate locks in a row for say, your character would be rolling -3d6s for a day or longer because he doesn't know what the fuck is going on and it's seriously taking an ego blow.

>>464171
I generally like scandinavia and the world comics. They're generally interesting.

>>464170
So who here would like to see the further adventures of OOT Link?

I don't think Majora's Mask should be the end of it

>>464187
Generally.

>>464050
She's my character, I get to raid her shire.

>>464171
It's a pretty hot comic (for me.) but It just belies her weird schizo attitude towards sexism.

>It's funny and sexy to sexually harass him because he is a man!


Yet I doubt she'd do one gender flipped.

>>462482

I will say that I cannot respect any link who battles a Gannon that looks like a 56 year old emo faggot more that I can respect a Link that fights a Gannondorf that looks like a slobbering, flesh hungry dog beast.

>>460798

A Gourri is fine too

>>464212
I wish there were more of the female versions.
I've never really noticed any real sexual harassment of the characters aside from general Scandinavian homoerotic groping and shit, which is actually fairly stereotypical of them.

>>464224
> flesh hungry dog beast.
Yo nigga you disrespectan da moblins?

>>460645

Shit yes. Forelock Link is manliest Link.

>>464243
>Yo nigga you disrespectan da moblins?

Seriously?

Moblins and Moblin Ganondorf are more badass than soem pseudohumans will ever be.

Why did the mythos expand on fucking Zora (Who were just those ugly Mer bitches int he first NES game) and add Gorons (Whoo! I look like a turd crossed with a turnip!) and not the badest ass race in all of Hyrule?

Where were the Moblin villages? The Moblin NPCs? One peaceful Moblin that wanted to play "Money making game" with you?

They are dogs crossed with men crossed with pigs.

They didn't include something that has the cunning of a man with the veracity of a dog and the absolute power to devour any organic matter like a hog because they knew no one would believe Link could win once they saw those guys in glorious 3D.

>>460645
All of the artwork for the original Zelda was badass.

In my humble opinion Zelda 1, based on the artwork, has some of the most intimidating-looking enemies ever

Here, have an octorock

Imagine fighting these fuckers in Ocarina of Time instead of the cartoony octorocks you fight in OOT

If only they'd make a Zelda game where the enemies are based on the artwork from Zelda 1...

more here btw

>>464749
>>464731
>>464727
>>464716

>>464778
here's the lynel

Just think- the sprite doesn't do it any justice, but these were the fuckers Link was fighting in Zelda 1

Makes anything in OOT look like child's play

>>464786
Goriyas

These boomerang-chucking fuckers never came back after Zelda 1 and 2

>>464797
Two of them are in the Oracle of Seasons as the miniboss of the first dungeon.

vire

>>464303

They're ugly, their culture would be uninteresting, and they were probably mostly wiped out after the events of the first few Zelda games since Ganon kept using their entire race as cannon fodder.

>>464778
It would have been fine if the 3DS remake stayed true to the conceptual design, but they fucked that up by going with higher polycount models and higher res textures.

>>464812
You know what I forgot about that

They also appeared in a link to the past apparently

Still, haven't seen them in the 3d games

>>464827
Yeah so sad, the concept art looked so good too

I love the concept designs of the monsters from Zelda 1 and 2

They look like actual threats, not cartoony crap like in the 3d Zeldas

>>464846
Twilight Princess had some pretty intimidating designs.

That's one reason it's my favorite 3D Zelda.

>>463806

I keep seeing "equivocate" and "equivocal" used as synonyms for "equate" and "equal/parallel".
Equivocate means "to obfuscate the truth through use of ambiguous language" and equivocal means "ambiguous, questionable".

Read a book, guys.

>>464861
You're right, pity they were all blowhard easy to kill bosses

Oh, if they ever made a 3D Zelda game with super realistic enemies that looked like the concept art for Zelda 1 and 2

The fucking nightmares lol

All those little kiddies crying because it was too scary for them...

>>464871
So how's that for nightmare food?

You now realize that those little sprites that Link fights in Zelda 1 and 2 actually look like this concept art.

Truly the Link in Zelda 1 and 2 is the bravest toughest fucker ever to grace the land of hyrule

Old anime artstyle was pretty awesome in general, too bad Nintendo never took advantage of it and just made their own pseudo western/japanese style mix. Reminds me of old anime shows like Remi.
[spoiler}A bit off topic, but I remember watching briefly one time on CN a show that was starred a character eerily similar to the OoT Link, it had a fairy companion, but they were fighting a robot and a Robotnik like villain, it was an anime, anybody know about it?

Old anime artstyle was pretty awesome in general, too bad Nintendo never took advantage of it and just made their own pseudo western/japanese style mix. Reminds me of old anime shows like Remi.
A bit off topic, but I remember watching briefly one time long ago on tv a show that starred a character eerily similar to the OoT Link, it had a fairy companion, but they were fighting a robot and a Robotnik like villain, it was an anime, anybody know about it?

>>464884

>>464907
>>464907

>>464912
Even dark link looks like he's ready to rape you

>>464846
Holy shit never noticed his nose...

>>464912
So that's what he was supposed to look like? I always thought he was a hulk like humanoid with a spiked helmet and loincloth.

>>464930
Looks like a gimp

I liked Majora's mask link because it's a better version of young link and all the suffering he went through

>>464907
>those eyes
>those teeth
What the fuck man

>>464916
Original

http://www.redbubble.com/people/pktora/works/10177740-super-link-world<wbr>

>>464835
That thing scares the fuck out of me

>>464907
Is this official artwork?

>>464819
> wiped out
> in a universe with magic
> with fucking animate skeletons

necromancy exists, has been proven to exist, and has been proven to have been used in the past.
Gannon, with the triforce of power at his command, could in theory use necromancy to revive or even just summon directly any "dead" creature in the history of the universe.

>>464870
>I keep seeing "equivocate" and "equivocal" used as synonyms for "equate" and "equal/parallel".
No, for equivolent.
But yes, you're correct about their definition.

>Read a book, guys.
Should we request that you listen to rap music instead of taking a fucking logic class as well?

>>464963
Wow, what a shitty shirt

>>460773
My dick

>>465015
>equivolent

You mean equivalent?

Don't modern browsers come with spell check?

>>465036
>2010
>looking at text input instead of just tapping i, typing and hitting enter.

>>465036
And yes it does, and sometimes it's also wrong.

>>465015
>all books are bad because of one book
>all music is bad because of one genre

Also, what is a logic class? Can I sign up for one at my community college?

>>465043
>blaming the computer

Yeah no "equivolent" isn't in a spell check's dictionary in any browser or word processor. By default in Chrome, Firefox, OpenOffice, MS Word, and Adobe InCopy, "equivolent" is not a word.

You should take a logic class sometime.

>>465041
I alksjd aljsdfh lqhwejroqpwuh zxcbmbva

>>465045
Logic classes exist for political science majors, as well as computer science. It's mostly common sense, but most people lack that so there you go.

>>465045
>all fallacies are correct because I used one fallacy.
>Also, what is a logic class? Can I sign up for one at my community college?
You can and should. It would teach you not to use straw-men arguments like you just posted.
It would also teach you to recognize the opposite of your broken shit logic. Where not all books are good therefore suggesting that all books are good is faulty. He said read a book. I showed him a book, in which I could say I read. It would not help in that case. Therefore he is incorrect.
If he said read the fucking dictionary he'd be right, but then could be countered with, who the fuck reads the dictionary. I do....

>>465049
>blaming the computer
You stupid or something?

>>465015
we have a fool

>>465051
That's a pretty profound statement. You should submit it to Readers Digest.

>>465058
we have a troll

>>466092
You forgot CGI link.

Also:
> Link
> Right handed
Pig disgusting.

>>466092
>OoT adult Link in low tier

DO YOU EVEN LIFT (WITHOUT POWERGLOVES)?

>>466092
>implying WW Link isn't god tier

>>465053
>Logic classes

try philosophy. there you will get a fuckton of logic classes.

hint: they are boring and shit but very logical.

>>464971
Concept art

>>465015

look at this dipshit and laugh
I bet he's thinks he's a real fucking intellectual too

>>464303
>Dissing motherfucking Gorons

How about you say that shit to my face and not online, see what happens.

>>466194
Goron rhymes with Moron, it's pretty obvious what Nintendo was going for.

>>462830
No, do it the other way around
Link does that to someone going on their adventure, then continues on his way

>>462967
/v/ pls go.

cute link > manly mcmanturd

>>460645
You mean the one where he doesn't wear pants ?

>>466369
Bare legged Link is the manliest. Tights are for girls.

>>465054
>insulting some one for responding to a strawman with a strawman

>>460798
I always hated that style of anime art, it's what initially kept me away from it

>>460645
What I miss is a good old fashioned Top-Down Zelda game like LttP. I'll probably never play a game of that quality again. :(

>>466409
>Original Link is dirty blond in that image

Is Nintendo WHITEWASHING the past?!

>>465054
Holy autistic semantics, Batman!

>>466156
Fuck that. Try programming. Computers do pretty good logic and will fuck up if you can't.

>>466440

In the future, refrain from shitposting. Thanks.

>>466589
In the future, refrain from being a raging faggot who wants to just ignore a serious offence like this.

>>460792
I adore this style. I really, really hope that this doesn't stay a tech demo.

I loved the Oracle games Link.

I wonder how different Zelda combat would be if the games followed the fact that Link only ever did forward thrusting motions, and didn't start swinging his sword around until the third game.

Coupled with the sword in the original title being more like a sabre than a bastard sword... it kind of makes you wonder where a more fencing style of Link would have gotten us.

>>466770
Are you honestly saying Link used a sabre because the logo shows one? Have you not seen the artwork of the game? That ain't no sabre, anon.

>>466820
I'm just saying it's sort of like they intended for him to use one, since combat was all stab poke poke and not slice slice slice.

>>466828
What are technical limitations?

>>466092
There's no way I can agree with that, fuck that shit

yea this is the best goron though

>>466828
>>466770
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cuihrjLNAo

>>466902
But gorons roll into a ball for mobility and defensive/attack abilities. this just looks like a Ben10 monster. awful design

>>460792

It's not that bad. I don't mind that link.

I mean it doesn't beat the classic link look, but what does? Also I don't know how well that translates into 3D.

>>467028
What about Wind Waker?

>>466713
>that smug smile
>that popped collar

baller

>>466902
GOOD GRIEF HE'S NAKED!

>>466902
>>467060
But where's his dick?

>>467065
you will find it at >>>/v/

If anyone has hi-res official and/or fan artwork of LttP Princess Zelda, I'd be supremely grateful if you could please share it in this topic.

>>467221

>>467249
Thanks! LttP Zelda is hard to find.

Is that official artwork? I don't remember it from the UK manual or promo material.

>>467289
pretty sure its official artwork for the GBA port

>>467321
Thanks again.

It almost feels like time travel plots were so common in the 90s. Sonic 2 was going to have one, Sonic CD did have one, and there were early ideas that made the third game a link to the past AND future.

This is LttP Zelda.

>>467343
>Dat knowing smirk.

>>466291
I know I'm late with this but I just wanted to point out that "goro" is a Japanese onomatopoeia for a rolling rock, and that's where their name comes from.

>>467339
something miyamoto always wanted to do. Zelda 1 was ment to have time travel too i believe

This one could do with some cleaning up.

>>467343

>>467368
>you will never play an awesome future fantasy Zelda game with late 80s anime sensibilities.

Thanks for all the pictures, guys! Appreciate it.

>>467392
I like future outfits that look like panties on chicks

>>460645
op who is that hot trap you posted? sauce???? ?????????!?!?!?!?

>>467458

hello /v/ please leave

>>462915
the Noldor were pretty much the best smiths in all of Arda. Heck, Feänor crafted the goddamn Silmarils!

Though admittedly, the Gwaith i Mirdain, a group of elves and dwarves created some pretty awesome things as well...

but yea, in Tolkien's universe, the eldar are much better at everything than the dwarves. What wonder, with the former being Illuvatar's firstborn and the later only Aule's creation (albeit granted true life by Illuvatar)

>>467730

>>467736

>>467748

>>467742

>>467757

>>467754

>>462342
I have but one problem with this:
it sounds pretty much like
>generic old badass soldier in an action game
add some stupid romance options and you have Triforce Effect by BiowEAre

>>467759

>>463987
>A huge dickwad elf fights an army of Balrogs who surronded him with only the help of his personal guard and is able to hold them off for some time before succumbing to his wounds.

and shouting Aure enteluva with every strike

>>466364

/a/ pls go.

Original badass 80's link > faggy cutie link

>>466770
i like the triangle upside down better.

>>467763
Jesus FUCK I love Katsuya Terada's rendition of Legend of Zelda.

I kinda want them to do a Zelda game in the style of Xenogears. You know acknowledging the previous incarnations of Link and Zelda, the pair working to unravel the repeating patterns of their reincarnations, fighting Hylia and Demise as twisted abominations and in the end destroying the Triforce.

That shit would be golden. IF they could pull it off.

>>460645
Skirt is too short.

Actually no pants would be the best choice given it gives you the best mobility(there's a reason Romans and Greek used skirts) and we all know how Link is all about evasion rates and dodging.
He has the Hylian shield to block anyway.

>>467886
>in the style of Xenogears

The sewer level would be agony.

>>467914
stupid sexy no-pants LttP Link got me my first vidya related boner back in the day

I'd really like if they brought back that design

>>467914
Put on some white leggings then or some shit.

>>467917
What do you think the Water Temple equivalent would be? I would do it as the flooded Catacombs underneath Hyrule Castle and make it involve the angry spirit of a former Hero.

Killing it releases Dark Link, the pent up anger and helplessness a generations of Link's seeking to end an eternal war.

>>467936
>water temple mixed with Kislev sewers, boss is Redrum tier with Morpha level attacks that last for-fucking-ever

It hurts... Ness....

>>467914
I got a very greek vibe from the skytown characters in skyward sword. I dug it. Overall I preferred the characters minus groose, and his gang, and the shitty mole race, and fi, and that devil fuck, and that skydive clown faggot. But everyone else was mostly good.
It's a shame the game was fucking terrible though. I really liked the settings. Also dat, Kin, hhhnnnggg...

>>467946
>I preferred the characters minus groose, and his gang
You are not mah nigga.

>>467946

I liked some of it, but it could have really been far better.
I liked the motion controls for one, what I really hated was the lack of a real overworld like in AlttP(I skipped on 2 generations of Nintendo consoles, so the other Zelda I played before Skyward was Alttp), and the fact that every 2 seconds the game was teaching me how to play it, really hated that shit.

DKC returns handled that well, give a super guide mode to casuals but let normal people play without hindering their fun with tutorials on top of tutorials.

>>467948
It might be the Dark Souls player in me but that sounds fucking awesome.

Mix in Dragon's Dogma's Catacombs filled to bursting with skeletons and undead and we have the most painful level ever.

Do want.

>>467969
>room with nothing in it

Man, I WISH. Modern Zelda doesn't do that anymore, every room HAS to have something as if to reward you for trudging that far.

>>467936
>entirely new game playing as dark link. Get all sorts of shadow techniques, fight enemies as 'themselves.' Find someone to reforge the master and four sword to change them into bane of good. Play as four dark links. Get the triforce, destroy it with it's own power.
Every following Zelda game is free from the trappings of the old ones save for the stories of times past and the game concentrates on the various races at periods of times and larger plot points that encompasses groups instead of a deus ex machina romance plot for killing shit.

>>467956
I'm okay with that. I'd rather not be the nigga of a dipshit with no taste.

>>468003
What could you possibly have against Groose?

>>460645
>Mini skirt
>Badass

>>468113

Hey, what do you have against mini skirts (or tunics as i'd prefer). Only manliest of men have one

>>468113
That's a tunic you fuckwad, what do you think they wore before trousers?

>>460657
One thing that always fascinated me about the old NES Zeldas, and it's somewhat acknowledged in the timeline as those being during Hyrules "fall", was how wild and untamed the whole world seemed.
They're positively huge and most of the world seems to be composed mostly of wilderness and ruins.

NOT RETRO

Brunette Zelda is best Zelda

>>468261
Fuck yes. I love the idea of Hyrule's decline. Makes the old Zelda games seem more like the old Greek myths.

Terada's artwork makes it seem like Conan and that is awesome.

>>468296
When you suggest anal, she says "Bend over".

>>468296

Worst Zelda

>>469873
Skyward Sword has the best Zelda.

Wind Waker has the best "Zelda".

>>469942
Sadly, Groose and Zelda were pretty much the only good things about Skyward Sword.

>>468338
which only enhances the appeal of Battle of Olympus if you've already played Zelda 2.

http://vinesaucevidya.com/ currently streaming zelda 2

>>472360
this oughta be good for a laugh

I will enjoy watching you fail

>>470526
You know, I actually loved Skyward Sword. I didn't know every hated it so much.

>>466149
WW is a solid choice.

>>460803

I liked this idea. Especially, one of an older Zelda as well who has entirely new challenges to face like requiring an heir to the throne and her failing health.

It would add much needed flavour to what has become a tired franchise.

>>467936
>>467886
>>467998
>>468261
>>468338
1.Write all these ideas n' shit down
2.Torrent RPG maker
3.learn how to use that shit
4.????
5.probably either take fucking forever, or give up halfway

Bonus points if it's in the "style" (go ahead and take /some/ liberties with it, HD and whatnot) of the Oracles+Lttp games, and if you can manage to finish the product (have multiple people work on it possibly?) in around than a year.

>>472397
From what I hear, the main problems are Fi and the motion control. Fi complaints are well grounded but I still hate Navi more, as for the motion... well too bad because Eiji Aonuma was all like "this was but a test, we will show you the true potential of our power".

>>460803
"Orcs and Elves and MAGICAL WITCHCRAFTS OF DRAGONS AND WIZAR--

I'll stick to my Jelly monsters and cute shit, thanks.

>>476247
Was I the only person who groaned and shook their head when Link fought the Lord of the Rings Balrog in Twilight Princess?

>>460645

As a side note, anyone watch the Nintendo Direct today?

The LttP sequel seems to have Link looking pretty much like in the original LoZ artwork.

>>467730
Is that Sahasrala?

>>464205
I would, Navi's departure has me biting my nails since I was a child I need something to happen.
Also if you havent already you should look up the lore about Majora's Mask all just being a nightmare fro when he fell of Epona at the beginning, sounds dumb but goddamn it really ties the game in.

>>476285

I had the same reaction, If they'd only stick to the reveal trailer motive, shit would have been glorious, but nooooo we want the LoTR Audience

I liked it better when Zelda games were inspired by films like Legend and Neverending Story along with Sword in Stone, the real folklore instead of the Tolkien filtered stuff.

aLttp is getting rehashed.

didn't you guys saw the direct?

>>476836
>All new game
>rehash

/v/ pls go

>>476876
>new game
>>new game 2
>>>new game U

>>476898
go to bed /v/

A rehash is when the game reuses assets and plays exactly the same

we know nothing of the gameplay other than it's a top down zelda, and the graphics are entirely redone

>>460803

Nintendo lacks the balls to do things like that.

>>478160
Earthbound is actually getting a re-release, anything is possible at this point.

>>464871
>>464884
>>464912

Those drawings sorta remind me of classical Japanese ghost imagery.

>>466092

Where is the one in the middle on high tier from?

>>478242
They remind me that Link from Zelda 1 is the most badass Link in the series if he fought monsters that were that intimidating

>>462758
They'll just assume old link is senile and requires hints every 10 seconds.
which is exactly how game tips work!

>>460645

You know, this thread was kind of freakishly prophetic.

>>485386
I thought the same thing when I saw the ND

>>466092
Why is young Link in shit tier? What's wrong with him lmao

>>485596
>lmao

>>485386
how so

>>460645
I just can't get over how he wears nothing on his thighs.

>>489432
he's going commando

real men don't wear tights

>>460645
surely link has a better way to carry his stuff

>>489432
>not walking around with no pants on letting your balls hang free like a boss

u gay brah?

>>464861
I felt like I was playing Shadow of the Colossus with that boss.

>>489475
Yeah not to mention the dragon boss in the sky temple, best boss battle ever in my opinion

Like I said before, Twilight Princess had the most epic bosses to date but it's a pity they were weaklings and easy to beat

>>489426
>>489426
LttP 2 for wii u

>>489678
Wii U? You mean 3DS.

>>489687
If nintendo wanted to sell their damn wii u they'd put LttP 2 on Wii U considering 3DS has already recovered

>>489597
That dragon was pretty epic, my only gripe was if you fell off the pillars, it took a long-ass fucking time to get all the way back up

My favorite was probably Stallord, the music fit it perfectly and the spinner was used well. The only boss that sucked was the giant flaming cookie monster in the second dungeon because it was just so mind-numbingly easy

If they ever re-release TP or port it to the WiiU it had better have a hardmode, I don't know why all zeldas don't have one

>>489748
>I don't know why all zeldas don't have one

because Nintendo's always like "MUH CASUALS!!"

No Zelda game has challenged me since Zelda 2

>Legend of Zelda 3DS basically has classic Link
>Everyone hates it

>>476979

You must feel like an idiot now, huh?

A game where the hero actually appears to be carrying all the crap in their huge inventory? 10/10 would play.

>>468296
where are her legs??????

>>491218
You just proved what he said

The map is entirely remade in 3D. The game is supposed to be set in the same Hyrule as ALttP, therefore I would imagine that the map layout is mostly the same. But no assets were reused, the setting has just been recreated from the ground up.

>>489932

>>491248

Fucking nintendofags, really. If any other company completely just re-hashed the world of their old games they would be immediately called out on their bullshit.

>>489932
Seriously, I don't fucking get how people can complain about this.

>>491286
Dude, I just am stating the facts. All of a sudden you start getting so fuckin' hostile.

And making assumptions. The shit a few dumb people say does not mean it's the shit I say, or the shit that everyone who likes Nintendo says.

How about you really, actually fuck off to /v/ this time.

>>491286
It has new mechanics and redesigned dungeons. Just because it takes place in a similar world doesn't mean it's the same game.

>>464303
OoT
>Can't see around corners
>One hookshot to the back kills them
LttP
>Overworld drones
LA
>Terrorize village, m-m-m-moblins!
>Steal dog that eats everything
>At least they can talk

Also I thought Ganon's beast form just reflected his soul, so he became a unique monster (like a pig because he's greedy, I guess). Does look like a Moblin though.

>>467742
>Link's uncle just got home drunk and beat the shit out of him
>STAY IN BED FAGGOT
>He leaves into the night
>Too terrified to move, Link curls up and imagines being allowed to leave the house and have adventures
Link hears voices
He follows his uncle outside, stalks him, kills him, and leaves the body in the castle sewer

>>491286
FFX and FFX-2. There were complaints, but they weren't about the world being largely the same, because content was entirely different.

>>491852
>ganon became a pig because he's greedy

That makes perfect sense

>>491320
It's some kind of weird mental disorder where people get called out, and they immediately get aggressive. I forget the name of it, but I'd call it "Pain in the fucking arse".

>>464303
>Saw those guys in glorious 3D.

>OoT
>Grumpy Bulldogs that went down in one hit like a bitch
>WW
>Retarded pig monsters that threw fire at you and would then run into said fire
>SS
>Morbidly obese Americans with jiggle physics in their ass that just take hits until they die because they're to busy eating hamburgers to hit you

The only 3D Moblin that looked to have any promise was the TP one (look at this terrifying axe pimp, I bet he gets all the sows), and it fucking got cut.

>>492961

The moblin chief was a badass miniboss in TP

>implying this isn't the best look for Zelda

>>493017
No thanks, Link looks like a Swedish homo.

>>492992
That dude was a Bulbin but still pretty badass
I'd just like to see a good pigmonster Moblin in 3d zelda

>>493017
Eh, the only one I like there is the robed Ganondorf, it looked really cool in WW and I'm surprised we didn't see something like that again
Also, what are those two gremlins doing there?

>>493027

you best be joking

>>493017

Those are all really bland

>>460803
That's not what the Legend of Zelda is about though.
It's always been a coming of age story.

>>493046

links awakening wasn't a coming of age story. neither were the oracle games, link is an established adventurer by then. in fact basically all the 'sequel' zeldas tend to not include that theme.

>>493062
>sequel zeldas

Right. It's never gotten to the point where Link is an old man, it's about his transition from child to adult.
Having an old man Link is a terrible idea.

>>493046
Midlife crises are hard too you know.

>>476795
"real folklore"

LotR - 1937
Sword in the Stone - 1938
Neverending Story - 1984

Shut up.

>>467339
I really miss these Disney-ish, Brothers Grimm-style designs. The new Zelda art looks really bland compared to the old stuff.

>>493369
I think that's my biggest gripe about the new lttp

I love toon link as much as the other, but the atmosphere just clashes horribly with that of the original lttp. They need to make things seem a little more bleak and atmospheric.

Here's to hoping the demo was just a demo, and they'll improve it eventually

>>460803
>Implying the King of Red Lions isn't the former Hero of Legend and the closest to a grizzled veteran Link we will ever get.

>>493417
The illustrations in the instruction manual were awesome

I remember staring at this picture early on, before I had gone very far in the game, and wonder what is he doing? what is that knight thing coming?

The manual was also at times very vague. It told you that to get certain secret things you had to show "your credentials" and I was like credentials?

>>494719
The manual also shrouded ganon in mystery. It said that no one had seen him and lived (because he could turn invisible?)

They really built him up specially with illustrations like this

I remember being terrified upon stepping into Level 9 death mountain, knowing at some point I would face ganon
Also did anyone else love that you could be a couple of rooms away from the boss and you could hear it growling?

That, along with the awesome, creepy, atmospheric music always made the hairs on the back of my neck stand on end. I wish another Zelda game would do it some time.

The anticipation that in a couple of rooms you'd face a powerful beast, not knowing how to defeat it... Not knowing if you had enough hearts to fight it...

It's a feeling no new Zelda game ever offers anymore

>>494748
True. Twilight princess and Wind waker had great atmospheres in their own respect, but were ultimately trumped by "stab the eye to win" and spooky scary skeletons.

You'd think they'd make a more difficult game by now, or at least the option to ramp up difficulty

>>494748
holy shit yes. that deep dark music in level 9 when you stepped in. low, bassy and evil.

that growling was awesome too, it always helped me find the boss if I hadn't come across the compass yet. Sounded kinda like an eagle too.

>>494795
to me it sounded like a dragon

>>466092
>Young Hero of Time in shit tier.

>>497171
JRPG protagonist Link doesn't even deserve a tier.

am i the only one who thinks that oot link is the best looking link

>>497171
That's what I'm saying he's the third most awesome Link after LTTP Link (who saved Holodrum, Labrynna, and destroyed a fucking island and escaped a dream world he was trapped in) and Original Zelda Link (who went through 2 incredibly difficult journeys fighting REAL intimidating monsters like pic related)

Then OOT Link, who saved Hyrule and Majora too

Still, I wouldn't put him in shit tier ever

I'd put one of the Links that only had 1 quest there

>>497248
>there will never be another Link as badass as Original Zelda Link

While all your other Links fight monsters that look like cartoon characters (for fuck's sake look at the octorocks in ocarina of time) and cute little deku scrubs Zelda 1 Link was fighting huge half-man half lion mean sons of bitches that could easily fuck you up

And then just for kicks and giggles he later got in swordfights with tough-as-nails iron knuckles and doomknockers, as well as lizard men (gerus) and other mean as fuck creatures

Will any Link ever step up to a challenge like the original Zelda Link?

>>467754
>>467748
>>467742
nice

>>466409
>doesn't know about ALttP2

>>460645
Maybe if we had a Paper Zelda thing going on like Paper Mario had... Oh wait. Who knows maybe ALttP2 will use textured pics and use the original artwork style.

>>500198
You think it will be the same quality? I dunno. 3D ruins everything good.

>>494748
And then the cartoon made him into a clown. Can we just agree that the cartoon was the worst thing to happen to the series? And yes, I'm including the CDi games.

>>500647
The comics are also pretty shit tier.