History VideoGame / TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess

* AudibleSharpness: How you know your sword/tail is ready for another spin slash.

* AsLongAsItSoundsForeign: Midna's spoken language sounds like some strange merge of Asian accent with French, while employing neither the grammar rules nor words of either language. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfoBWjUNYQw We think it's gibberish, anyway]]. Although, it's gibberish to us, in-universe she could easily be speaking perfect Hylian.

* AbilityMixing: Like in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaLinksAwakening'', Link can combine Bombs with Arrows to shoot Bomb Arrows.

* TheWildWest: The game mixes up this setting with the usual ''Zelda'' high-fantasy theme; Link starts the game as a ranch hand, Karariko Village was designed with a Native American aesthetic in mind (complete with the appropriate music), a Spaghetti Western style escort mission, and the Hidden Village resembles a SpaghettiWestern ghost town (again, complete with the appropriate music), and a shoot-out in the Hidden Village (with Spaghetti Western inspired camera angles) using bow-wielding Bulblins the in place of bandits with guns.

** The Mortal Draw, which requires you to have your sword in its sheath and not lock-on to an enemy. Tap A once an enemy draws near, and any non-[[EliteMook Darknut]]/[[ContractualBossImmunity non-boss]] enemy close to you who isn't defending right that second will be instantly killed.

** Right after completion of the Lakebed Temple, Link warps outside and back into Lanayru's cavern, turns around, and immediately finds himself face-to-face with ''Zant'', [[StealthHiBye quietly standing before him]].

** A slightly more understated example comes earlier, right after you complete the Lakebed Temple. Link warps outside and back into Lanayru's cavern, turns around, and immediately finds himself face-to-face with ''Zant'', [[StealthHiBye quietly standing before him]].

* JumpScare: The scene where [[spoiler:Yeta becomes Blizzeta is shown by her face flipping around to a NightmareFace]].

[[caption-width-right:350:Those are only for the one who carries the blood of the hero...the one whose spirit is that of the sublime beast.]]

** The Arbiter's Grounds, which serves as the game's fourth dungeon, is an ancient gibbet located in the desert where the worst criminals of Hyrule are housed and executed; it is overrun by spectral beings (from four larger-than-usual Poes to the MiniBoss, [[EldritchAbomination Death Sword]]), skeletal monsters (Bubbles, Stalfos and the giant skeletal dragon, Stallord, who serves as the Boss) and living mummies. In addition, the dungeon reuses the same concept as ''Ocarina of Time'''s Forest Temple: the aforementioned four Poes seal the way to the boss, as well as the item needed to defeat it (the Spinner), and Link has to hunt down and defeat them to reopen the gate, with the last one having the ability to split into four clones. The dunegon is also home to the Mirror of Twilight, which serves as the portal leading to the Twilight Realm, where many of the Grounds' inmates were exiled, [[spoiler:including Ganondorf]].

** The Arbiter's Grounds, which serves as the game's fourth dungeon, is an ancient gibbet located in the desert where the worst criminals of Hyrule are housed and executed; it is overrun by spectral beings (from four larger-than-usual Poes to the MiniBoss, Death Sword), skeletal monsters (Bubbles, Stalfos and the giant skeletal dragon, Stallord, who serves as the Boss) and living mummies. In addition, the dungeon reuses the same concept as ''Ocarina of Time'''s Forest Temple: the aforementioned four Poes seal the way to the boss, as well as the item needed to defeat it (the Spinner), and Link has to hunt down and defeat them to reopen the gate, with the last one having the ability to split into four clones. The dunegon is also home to the portal leading to the Twilight Realm, where many of its criminals were exiled, [[spoiler:including Ganondorf]].

* ChunkySalsaRule: Unusually for this series, ''Twilight Princess'' features a few ways [[OneHitKill you can die instantly]] (as opposed to, say, drowning) regardless of how much health you have, although they're very specific things that [[TooDumbToLive players are relatively unlikely to do by accident]]. Staying in the burning bomb storage shack until it explodes, falling into lava or very cold water while wearing the Zora Armor, and standing in front of a cannon as it fires are all guaranteed instant kills. Fairies still revive you, though, and you will live if wearing the Magic Armor, though you'll lose 1000 Rupees.

** A lesser-known example which can apply to ''you'', is if you get hit by your own cannonball in the Snowpeak Ruins. Unless you happened to be wearing the Magic Armor, it's an instant GameOver.

** The Arbiter's Grounds, which serves as the game's fourth dungeon, is an ancient gibbet located in the desert where the worst criminals of Hyrule are housed and executed; it is overrun by spectral beings (from four larger-than-usual Poes to the MiniBoss, Death Sword), skeletal monsters (Bubbles, Stalfos and the giant skeletal dragon, Stallord, who serves as the Boss) and living mummies. In addition, the dungeon reuses the same concept as ''Ocarina of Time'''s Forest Temple: the aforementioned four Poes seal the way to the boss, as well as the item needed to defeat it (the Spinner), and Link has to hunt down and defeat the Poes to reopen the gate, with the last one having the ability to split into four clones. The dunegon is also home to the portal leading to the Twilight Realm, where many of its criminals were exiled, [[spoiler:including Ganondorf]].

** The Arbiter's Grounds, which serves as the game's fourth dungeon, is an ancient gibbet located in the desert where the worst criminals of Hyrule are executed; it is overrun by larger-than-usual Poes, skeletal monsters (including a very large one serving as the boss) and living mummies. The place is also home to the portal leading to the Twilight Realm. The dungeon also reuses the same concept as ''Ocarina of Time'''s counterpart to the Forest Temple: four Poes seal the way to the boss, as well as the item needed to defeat it (the Spinner), and Link has to hunt down the Poes to reopen the gate, with the last one having the ability to split into four clones.

** Ook, the baboon miniboss of the forest temple, who is being mind controlled by some strange insect on his head. You snap him out of it by hitting him in his bright red bottom with your sword (and at the end the bug falls off and dies); in the temple's boss battle, he comes back and helps you, free of the curse.

** The Arbiter's Grounds [[HailfirePeaks combine it]] with ShiftingSandLand and features undead enemies (like [=ReDead=] Knights and Stalfos) and spectral enemies like the Poes and the MiniBoss Death Sword.

** It happens when you visit dungeons from ''Ocarina of Time''. The Forest Temple, the Water Temple and the Temple of Time all return in this game, and yet they all have drastically different architecture (for starters, the Forest Temple is no longe a mansion, likely because the mansion itself crumbled and fell down at some point in the chronology).

** The Arbiter's Grounds, which serves as the game's fourth dungeon, is an ancient gibbet located in the desert where the worst criminals of Hyrule are executed; it is overrun by larger-than-usual Poes, skeletal monsters (including a very large one serving as the boss) and living mummies. The place is also home to the portal leading to the Twilight Realm.

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* AbhorrentAdmirer: Telma is this for Renado. After helping Link and Ilia get Prince Ralis to Kakariko Village for Renado to treat medically, she soon starts flirting with Renado after first meeting him. She eventually returns to Hyrule Castle Town, and when a later quest requires Link to deliver a letter from Renado to Telma, Renado admits that he really can't stand her.

* AmbiguouslyBrown: Telma is obviously black, but she bares a heavy resemblance to the Gerudo race. The problem is that most Gerudo have fled by the events of this game, though they come back in [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaFourSwordsAdventures the next]] [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild two games]] in the timeline. So, does Telma have Gerudo in her blood or is she just a Gerudo-looking Hylian?

* ArtisticAge: Shad, who looks and acts like someone in his late 20s ''minimum'', is apparently the same age as Link... which is 17.

* BeetleManiac: Agitha, who plays at being a princess hosting a ball for insects. She is willing to pay handsomely for any new bug Link brings her.

* {{Bishonen}}: Link keeps most of his predecessor's pretty boy look from ''Ocarina of Time''.

* {{Bokukko}}: It's explained that Ashei was raised by her widowed father, an exiled knight, who basically treated her as a boy. She's a really good warrior, and cute with a nice figure, but doesn't know much about social niceties and is a little self-conscious about it.

* BraidsOfAction:
** Ashei, the lady knight, wears her glossy black hair tied in two braids.
** Princess Zelda wears one long braid in the back and has a slim braid on either side of her face. She does get in on the action as part of the endgame.
* BrainyBrunette: Princess Zelda, in her only remotely brunette incarnation. She is noted by her former tutor to have been an excellent student. She's also the chosen disciple of the Goddess of Wisdom, so it's only logical.

* CheerfulChild: Agitha is a young, energetic girl who rarely loses her joyful mood ("rarely" because Link ''can'' upset her if he leaves her house-sized castle without giving her a Golden Bug he still has).

* ChildhoodFriends: Link grew up in Ordon Village with Mayor Bo's daughter, [[DoesNotLikeShoes Ilia]], and they're [[ImpliedLoveInterest heavily implied to have feelings for each other.]]

* AChildShallLeadThem: The Zora child Prince Ralis becomes ruler of the Zora after the premature deaths of his parents.

* CleavageWindow: Iza's small halter top like shirt has two fastened buttons that still leave a huge hole between buttons, revealing her clevage. Her brother Coro also wears the same kind of shirt that also shows off a hole in his chest.

* ClothingAppendage: Queen Rutela of the [[FishPeople Zora]] has a long and elaborate skirt that seems to be made up of leg fins. Queen Oren from ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkBetweenWorlds'' would later show the same feature.
* CloudCuckooLander:
** Agitha, the bug-loving "princess" in Hyrule Castle Town. She's also one of the few people not scared of Wolf Link; for her, it's because she simply sees him as an oversized puppy dog.
--->'''Agitha''': Li'l snail, li'l snail, just once I'd like to take a bath in that slime.
** In a more literal example, Ooccoo, and by extension her son, Ooccoo Jr. [[spoiler:Both of them are from the [[FloatingContinent City in the Sky,]] and given this, it explains why they tend to act more than a little strange compared to everyone else whenever you meet them.]]
%%* CollaredByFashion: Shad.

* CoolLoser: Shad. He's just as handsome as Link is, and comments about how he's more suited for bookish tasks than combat, but he's still part of the group storming the Hyrule Castle grounds at the end of the game.

* CrazyCatLady: Impaz isn't crazy, but she's the only human citizen in an abandoned ghost town otherwise populated by 20 cats.

* CreepyChild: The Skull Kid not only acts creepy, his face looks like the moon from ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask'' crossed with Barrel from ''WesternAnimation/TheNightmareBeforeChristmas''.

* CuteLittleFangs: Midna has a small fang visible when her mouth is either open or closed.

* DeadpanSnarker:
** Midna. "This village is full of idiots."
** Also Malo. "Time is money, stop wasting both." "I suppose I could part with it."
** The STAR Game's owner in Hyrule Castle Town Market. He attempts to act cool towards Link when they speak in person, but when he ''thinks'' no one is listening, he softly speaks to himself rudely about him.

* DegradedBoss: The City in the Sky features a fight with an Aeralfos, a winged reptilian creature that uses a sword, shield, and a suit of armor. Later in the dungeon, you're faced with ''two'' of them at once and the [[BonusDungeon Cave of Ordeals]] features scores of such creatures; one is fought as an enemy in Hyrule Castle as well. Darknuts switch from miniboss (Temple of Time), to enemy (Cave of Ordeals), then miniboss (Hyrule Castle at the mid), and enemy yet again (Hyrule Castle at the end).

* DiedStandingUp: At the end of the FinalBoss battle, Ganondorf is left lying on the ground when you finish him, but in the cutscene, he's standing, meaning he didn't just die on his back, he ''stood back up'' after you ran him through.

* DoesNotLikeShoes: Ilia is barefoot whenever she appears.

* TheDragon: King Bulblin's evil actions respond to Zant's plans to overrun Hyrule, [[spoiler:though he later helps Link after being beaten four times, choosing to side with the strongest]]. [[spoiler:Zant in turn responds to Ganondorf's plans to take revenge from the Light World for his imprisonment in the Twilight Realm.]]

* DrowningMySorrows: After you complete his quest and leave his house, you can come back and find him missing. He's gone to the local tavern and is seated at the bar, crying his eyes out because his girlfriend is seeing someone else.

* ElegantGothicLolita: Agitha is dressed this way, and the clothes are decorated with figures of butterflies to denote her apparent status as the "princess of the Insect Kingdom". In ''VideoGame/HyruleWarriors'', Agitha's alternate costume from the "Master Quest" map, which trades out her bright colors for black and blue to match her Level 2 weapon. The "Twilight Princess" map gives her a pink version instead, to go along with her Level 3 weapon.

* FallenPrincess: [[spoiler:Midna. Not only is she the princess of the Twilight Realm, Zant seized power and cursed her with an imp's form, leading to Midna's fall from grace and a struggle to regain what she once had.]]

* FarmBoy: Link was a goatherd before he was pulled into a world of Triforces, shadow demons, and the never-ending battle of good vs. evil.
* FarmersDaughter: Ilia is a straighter example, in that she has a simple [[GirlNextDoor "downhome" look]], has a strong affinity for nature, and is [[DoesNotLikeShoes always barefoot.]] Though she also [[{{subverted}} subverts]] the trope, since she's actually the Mayor's daughter.

* FriendToAllLivingThings: Ilia, despite being the Mayor's daughter, [[NatureLover spends more of her time in the surrounding forest]], rather than Ordon Village. She's portrayed as selfless and giving: from tending to Link's horse (Epona) for him, to saving Prince Ralis when she found him collapsed in the road leading to Hyrule Castle Town.
* FriendToBugs: [[ElegantGothicLolita Agitha]], the self appointed princess of the "Insect Kingdom". If the player chooses, Link can embark on a side quest to find [[FetchQuest the 24 golden bugs for Agitha's ball]]. She squees over each one you bring to her and rewards you accordingly. She rewards you for the first bug by giving you the Adult's Wallet, which allows you to carry up to 600 rupees. For every bug after that, she bestows you with 50 rupees as, "compensation for your efforts" and 100 for each matched pair. The final reward, for successfully escorting all 24 to her castle, is the Giant's Wallet, which can hold 1000 rupees, after which, you are made an "honorary member" of her kingdom. If you try to leave her "castle" without giving her all the bugs you're carrying (perhaps because you've got no more room in your wallet) she'll menacingly growl, "I know you have bugs" as you go.
* FromNobodyToNightmare: Before [[spoiler:gaining Ganondorf's powers of darkness]], Zant was a regular member of the Twili race, occupying some unspecified rank within the ruling hierarchy in the Twilight realm. [[spoiler:Given that he feels he had a legitimate claim to the throne and can't understand why he was passed over in favor of Midna, he must have held ''some'' role of importance.]]

* FunnyAfro: [[SharedFamilyQuirks Siblings]] Iza and Coro rock positively ''epic'' 'fros almost as large as they are. Coro has a ''bird's nest'' in his hair, and [[UncattyResemblance his pet bird Trill has an afro too]].

* GracefulLadiesLikePurple: Zelda's dress is largely purple in this game, instead of its usual [[PrincessesPreferPink pink]].

* TheGreatSerpent: A rare benevolent example: Lanayru, one of the Spirits of Light whom took on the form of a serpent, is a benign spirit that warns Link of the dark power.

* HartmanHips: Midna has pretty wide hips [[spoiler:although not as pronounced in her true form]].

* TheHighQueen: Zelda may fit this trope in this game better than any other adaptation. For bonus points [[AllThereInTheManual according to official sources]], she's also a queen-in-waiting. Zant's invasion interrupted her coronation.

* HopelessBossFight: This appears to be the case at the beginning of the second half of the Diababa fight. When the 3rd head emerges, it sinks the bomb plants, making it impossible for you to damage it. You have to basically fend off its attacks for a minute before the now-good miniboss swoops in to help by bringing bombs.

* IFightForTheStrongestSide: After losing several matches against Link, during the final dungeon, King Bulblin finally declares a draw and just hands over a key to proceed before citing this trope and running off.

* InstantExpert: Link's mastery of the sword is {{justified|Trope}}, given that his father figure is a MasterSwordsman. Not so much with the rest of his arsenal. {{Lampshaded}} when Malo challenges his skills with the bow, stating that "I've never seen you so much as ''hold'' a bow back in Ordon..."

* JackassGenie: Jovani was a poor man who [[DealWithTheDevil sold his soul to the Poes for immeasurable wealth]]. They answered his wish, filling his home with elegant furniture, portraits, and coins... but also [[AndIMustScream turned him]] [[AndYourLittleDogToo and his cat]] [[AndIMustScream into immobile but sentient solid gold statues]], unable to enjoy their riches.

* KidHero: Link's timid little friend Colin gets to be one of these when he saves one of the other children from being mowed down by a monster. [[spoiler:He can be seen with a wooden sword and shield on his back during the end credits.]]

* KneelBeforeFrodo: In the final battle, Princess Zelda turns to Link, as simple goat herder, and bows to him as she asks him to save her kingdom.

* LadyOfWar: Princess Zelda in the battle on horseback toward the end where she wields the Light Arrows.

* LastOfHisKind: Impaz is stated to be the last survivor of the Hidden Village and named after its original founder. Considering the Hidden Village is implied to be an older version of Kakariko Village, which was founded by Impa, it's implied that Impaz is similarly meant to be the last Sheikah. This is later shown not to be the case in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'', where the Sheikah are a thriving society of many individuals.

* LethalChef: Eating Coro the lantern-oil man's soup actually damages Link's health (usually; sometimes it will heal him a tiny bit).

* MadameFortune: The FortuneTeller that can foresee Link's next tasks and Piece of Hearts locations is named Madame Fanadi.

* ManBehindTheMan: [[spoiler:When Zant appears after the third dungeon, he states that he got his power from a god. After the fourth dungeon, said "god" is revealed by the Sages to be Ganondorf.]]

* NobleWolf: Wolf Link, and also the golden wolf with whom he performs howling duets.

* NotQuiteDead:
** Welp, [[spoiler:Stallord]] has just been decapitated, all that's left is to... oh wait, second phase.
** Nice job defeating [[spoiler:Armogohma]], Link, strike that VictoryPose, and -- it turns out the boss is still alive. It goes down after just one more hit, though.
** [[spoiler:Ganondorf. You expel him from Zelda? Good, but then he transforms into his beastly Ganon form. But we slice open his old wound, and he's dead... and becomes some kind of spirit thing, [[HeroicSacrifice Midna then proceeds to sacrifice herself to blow him up with magic.]] But it doesn't work. He becomes humanoid again, only this time on a [[CoolHorse demon horse]]. But even after various slashes and Light Arrow shots, plus receiving a SwordPlant in the chest during a swordfight, he's still able to stand up. Only when the Triforce of Power abandons him does he finally die.]]

** Rusl acts as this for Link. Supplemental material states that he considers Link to be his younger brother. Rusl shows equal bravery in defending his own family -- he's willing to fight off a wolf to protect them despite being badly injured (keep in mind he has no way of knowing who the wolf really is).
** Link, in his turn, acts as this for the village children. Kidnapping or otherwise harming them will lead to you having a severely ''pissed'' Link coming after you.

* PimpedOutDress: Zelda has her standard fancy dress with the gold trimmings, and Agitha wears a fancy dress with cute insect trimmings.

* PrecociousCrush: Beth, from Ordon Village, has a pretty obvious crush on Link at the start of the game. Humorously, she later switches her affections to Colin after he saves her life.

* PrettyInMink: Iza is not comfortable with the cold surrounding Lake Hylia and the Zora falls. This trope comes in when she says she misses her fur coat.

* PrincessClassic: Agitha acts like this, especially how she gushes and giggles over the golden bugs you bring to the ball she is holding.
* PrincessesRule: Zelda, although [[AllThereInTheManual apparently]] she was about to be crowned queen before everything went bad. Also [[spoiler:Midna, the eponymous Twilight Princess, whose lack of queenship is not addressed]].
* PrincessProtagonist: Midna, the princess of the Twilight Realm trying to reclaim her throne, is the SupportingProtagonist to Link's [[TheHero Hero]] [[TheChosenOne Chosen by the Gods]].

* RaisedByDudes: Ashei's backstory, given briefly by her fellow Resistance members, and acknowledged even more briefly by herself when she says that this is the reason she may seem a bit rough around the edges.

* RedundantResearcher: Poor Shad. He makes it his life's work to find the Sky City, and Link just swoops in, uses magic tech from the past to find all the runes Shad couldn't, teleports the Sky Cannon away to get it fixed, and explores the city himself.

* SmartPeopleWearGlasses: Shad wears glasses and helps discover vital areas and items for Link.

* SpoiledSweet: [[CloudCuckooLander Agitha, Princess of Bugs]]. She's got a lavish house and ImpossiblyCoolClothes, no responsibilities, and spends Rupees like water -- but she rewards Link with Rupees for the simple task of bringing her golden bugs, her dear little friends, and appears to not have a malicious bone in her body.

* SupremeChef: Yeto makes some great soup. When complete, it heals as many of Link's hearts as a red potion!

* {{Tsundere}}:
** Plumm the bird is cemented with the cliché {{Tsundere}} line when she gives Wolf Link a Piece Of Heart for breaking the high score of 10,000 points in her minigame.
** Initially, Midna acts like she doesn't care in the least about Link or the world he is living in. But after an incident with Zant that almost kills her, she changes her mind and gradually develops a trust towards him.
** Ilia is a Dere variation. She is gentle and cheerful towards Link and her father, but upon provocation she gets very angry.

* UnskilledButStrong: [[spoiler:Zant. He's very strong due to the power granted to him by Ganondorf, but he's completely reliant on his magic and has no actual fighting skill -- his fighting style consists more of wild flailing.]]

*** The Bomblings. What they work best for (hitting far away or otherwise hard to reach targets) could be handled much more easily and quickly by just combining regular bombs with arrows for exploding arrows.
*** The Dominion Rod is the most useless of the dungeon items. It is only used in the Temple of Time and is used for exactly one more thing afterwards (after going through a long quest to get the thing working outside the Temple of Time). However, when it is used, it can pack some serious damage to enemies thanks to the living Armos, but it only really works inside the Temple of Time because the statues outside of it cannot attack.

* YoungEntrepreneur: Malo, one of the Ordonian children, founds his own store over the course of the game and even takes over an overpriced one within the Castle Town to make the items more affordable.

* WhamEpisode: The game has an extra dose of shock just when you think the series is getting predictable. It's more of a surprise in how it came about rather than its presence, because everyone knows ''Zelda'' games have more than three dungeons! Not 60 seconds after you collect the final Fused Shadow, Zant appears, [[CurbStompBattle curbstomps Link and Lanayru]], takes the Fused Shadows, curses Link to so that he's permanently stuck as a wolf, AND gravely injures Midna. On top of that, taking Midna to Princess Zelda to heal her results in Zelda giving up her body (and apparently her life) in a HeroicSacrifice without Midna's consent. Now yu set out to find the series' favorite DeusExMachina, the Master Sword, in order to lift your curse!

* WhatTheHellPlayer:
** The fishing hole girl will get mad at you if you go around rolling into things in her hut. If you do it enough times, she'll kick you out of the building, and the next time you go back in, she'll make you apologize.
** And the shop ''bird'' who you can steal from (fill a bottle with health potion/lantern oil and walk out without putting any rupees in the moneybox). He calls you a thief and attacks you if you try to return (though you can quiet him by putting money in). Also if you put less than 10 rupees in, he remarks "That's a little on the skimpy side..." and as you leave, says to "pay like you're supposed to next time, cheapskate."
** Though this situation can actually be avoided, and the trope subverted, if you visit after leaving a dungeon with Ooccoo. You're free to visit the store and fill up your lantern and bottles and then use Ooccoo Jr. to teleport back. The bird won't even question it when you come back later.
** [[DieChairDie Destroying pumpkins]] in Ordon village prompts one townsperson to scold you "Hey! Don't waste food!"

* GaidenGame: ''VideoGame/LinksCrossbowTraining'' takes place in the world of this game, with many of the same settings and enemies.

* SuitUpOfDestiny: Like in ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker Wind Waker]]'', Link begins the game without his trademark green tunic and hat. When he returns to his human form for the first time, he is revealed to be the ChosenOne and gets a MundaneMadeAwesome Moment when he is shown in the Hero's Clothes.

** Running over to investigate the body of a fallen comrade is also a mistake in itself, since the enemy is positioning itself pretty much in the same place that allowed the other one to be shot, meaning that Link doesn't even have to change where he's aiming all that much.

* AmbiguouslyHuman: The fact that Humans _exist_ in unique in this game. Link himself is often refered to as Human and not Hylian; despite his PointyEars and despite Hylians still being around. Many of the cast, including Rusl and his family, have round ears. This never happens again in any other Zelda.