The Legend Of Zelda - General Thread

I don't know for certain but they might. Most of them do. However, there's another way that will warp you right in front of the treasure chest containing the Silver Gauntlets so you don't have to do that method.

The glitch is explained at this point of this video. The other glitch that's needed is detailed here.

edited 28th Jul '15 4:39:21 PM by Zelenal

Old Adventure of Link commercial from Japan

The hell? That kid has the Triforce mark on the back of his hand? I didn't even think that was a thing until Ocarina.

Nevermind. I forgot it mentions the mark in the Zelda II manual.

edited 28th Jul '15 5:17:04 PM by WillKeaton

By the way, I recently found that Akira Himekawa, the author of the most of the Zelda manga, put up a tweet at the start of July saying she's working on a new Zelda manga, but she can't reveal details yet.

I wonder if that means she's working on a Zelda U adaptation? I don't know if it's that interesting, but I though I'd share.

Did she do the really cute Wind Waker manga? Because that's the only one I ever remember.

I think Minish Cap was pretty good, too, but I don't remember details on that one.

Bah. I forgot that I needed the Slingshot to beat Dodongo's Cavern. Now I have to practice the Restricted Items glitch until I perfect it so I can grab the Silver Gauntlets. That's... not going to be fun.

A game that involved unifying all of the timelines would be pretty cool, IMO.

You mean Hyrule Warriors?

Yeah, but an actual canon one.

Link, Zelda, and surprisingly, Ganondorf, join forces to break the curse of Demise which has bound their destinies together for centuries.

Meanwhile, a mysterious black sword is discovered. One which looks eerily similar to the Master Sword...

Wasn't the black sword that Demise wielded destroyed after his defeat? Well, something happened to it (and Ghirahim) in the end; I finished my fourth playthrough of Skyward Sword last month.

It definitely did a weird pixelly disappearing thing, but it used the same effect as Ghirahim does when he teleports, so he could've just been shoving it in some interdimensional cubby hole for later in case he came back from the "dead."

It'd be kinda neat if Ganondorf found the Legendary Demon Blade Ghirahim one of these days- The Anti-Master Sword design is too good just to retire.

Besides Link and Zelda don't need Demise and his curse to reincarnate. They do it without him all the time

edited 29th Jul '15 12:43:56 PM by lycropath

Well, Zelda is technically a goddess, so yeah, she can handle that on her own. But Link's a bit tricky. Did we get confirmation on whether he was reincarnating or just a descendant? In Twilight Princess you learn sword skills from a previous Hero, after all.

We did, the Link's are the Heroes Spirit reborn to protect Hyrule. Only Link from Ocarina of Time and Twilight Princess are noted to be blood related, the rest of the Link's seem to only be related through the cycle of reincarnation. On that note only Ganondorf is directly mentioned to be a product of Demise's curse by being the reincarnation of the Demon King himself.

edited 29th Jul '15 1:33:59 PM by lycropath

Do we even know if Zelda reincarnates at all? I mean, Demise specified "the blood of the goddess and the spirit of the hero." So, we know the curse goes after the Hyrulian royal bloodline.

And it seems kinda weird that Zelda would only reincarnate within her bloodline while Link seems to be kinda all over the place. (...Although I suppose we don't know for certain that the Links aren't all related to each other...)

The Skyward Sword prequel does indeed say that both of them reincarnate so they can watch over their people for all eternity.

I assume Zelda reincarnates in the same family because its they who inherited Hylia's duty as the keepers of the Triforce and that the family has Hylia's magic and divinity in their blood.

edited 29th Jul '15 4:25:13 PM by lycropath

I like to think that it has to do with the personalities of the goddesses of their respective pieces. Like, Din is really stubborn, so the Triforce of Power tries to keep Ganondorf alive as long as possible, Nayru likes the idea of inheritance, so Wisdom stays within the royal family, and Farore is more carefree and just picks whichever blonde Hylian strikes her fancy.

Well, if you go back far enough, everyone is related. Royals are easy since they already keep track of themselves, but commoner boys like Link are harder. At least one is explicitly an orphan (the Hero of Time), and his family is rarely mentioned at all. He could be a direct male-line descendant from the Hero of Skyloft every time, but no one would know. I guess him being a reincarnation would explain how he went missing in the backstory of Wind Waker, though. His spirit left the timeline, so there was nothing to reincarnate. Of course, that also works for bloodline... hm...

Are you sure? Do you have the exact quote?

See, that's what I was thinking. One man surviving across centuries screams power. One spirit quietly reincarnating through a single bloodline—allowing her to grow up and relearn things again and again—is pretty wise. And the idea of some random kid taking up a sword and becoming a hero fits right in with courage,

edited 29th Jul '15 4:19:43 PM by Discar

Considering how likely it is that SS Link and Zelda got together; whose to say there can't be a game where Zelda is the Hero?

I like the image of the Heroes Spirit being late to the party after he got stuck in one timeline at the end of Ocarina of Time and when he comes back for Wind Waker its like this◊.

Hylia: "I will ensure that your gentle, heroic spirit will live on eternally. And I... I shall shed my divinity. The next time we meet, I wish to stand before you as a simple human. Whever the land of Hylia is in danger... We shall be reborn..."

edited 29th Jul '15 4:26:50 PM by lycropath

I always thought having Zelda be the main character would be cool for once. Make her do something other than sit around and be pretty.

Does the reincarnation concept also apply to Wind Waker/Phantom Hourglass Link to Spirit Tracks Link? I know the former Link is not a reincarnation of the Link who returned to his era after sealing Ganondorf away, but seeing how Spirit Tracks takes place 100 years after the events of Phantom Hourglass (or at least I think so), and how Niko has significantly aged, doesn't he ask the latter Link why he's dressed like a Hyrule Castle recruit, and afterwards, say he reminds him of the former Link? Both Links look the same, but have different voices.

I absolutely agr —

Woah hang on what the hell are you talkin' about. She's a major driving force in I think, like, 60% of the games. She very rarely does the Princess Peach thing, she is an active player.