History WMG / TheLegendOfZeldaLinksAwakening

[[WMG: Seagull Marin can [[HumanityEnsues turn back into a human]] if she wants to.]]

* The Western changes in the original (I.E the mermaid's bra being replaced with the necklace) Will carry over to the japanese version.

* An item that makes finding secret seashells easier like the Stone of Agony.

Compare the DX best ending, where she's just a seagull, with the black-and-white best ending, where she's a human with wings. Maybe both are true, and the Wind Fish granted Marin the ability to shift between human, seagull, and winged human forms.

Link cobbled Marin together in his mind from the important women in his life recently. Marin looks like Zelda, has Nayru's musical ability, and Din's fiery and outgoing personality.

Just like Magicant, Koholint Island is a dream world where the main goal is to defeat a Nightmare and wake up afterwards. What's more, you collect eight instruments to create one song that helps the guardian of the dreamworld (Queen Mary/The Wind Fish) wake up. The two-person part is that Link's arrival ended up tainting Magicant with his own memories, creating Koholint Island.

[[WMG: Koholint Island is a rare two-person VideoGame/MOTHER Magicant.]]

[[WMG: Koholint Island is a rare two-person [[VideoGame/MOTHER Magicant.]]]]

[[WMG: Koholint Island is a rare two-person [[VideoGame/MOTHER Magicant.]]

* Also, keep in mind that Vaati is specifically referred to as a '''wind''' mage in ''Four Swords''. Him attacking the Wind Fish, if the Nightmare really is Vaati, may not be a coincidence.

* A theory older than the Internet. This is no dream. Koholint is the world of Hyrule's temporary abode for all mortals, animals and monsters whose [[OurSoulsAreDifferent spirits have passed on]] and have gathered together in [[SpiritWorld a tropical paradise (sorta like the Halls of Mandos from J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth mythos)]]. The Wind Fish [[{{Shinigami}} is the God of Death]]. He is the slumbering guardian of this island. He serves as Hyrule's [[DontFearTheReaper benevolent "grim reaper"]], and when the [[CelestialBureaucracy number of resident spirits have reached a certain level]], he awakens, and everyone disappears into him. [[AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence They depart with him to an unknown place, known by only the old gods awaiting them themselves]]. The recycle has repeated, and will be repeated, indefinitely. He will not allow [[TheProblemWithFightingDeath any soul to leave this realm and escape back to the world of the living]]. All the deceased here have all [[DeathAmnesia forgotten their previous existences]]. Link however, still retains his memories of his former life. He isn't ready to pass on, he's too young, [[UnfinishedBusiness and Hyrule still needs him]]. He refuses to await the inevitable passing [[FluffyCloudHeaven into the Heavens]]. Link intends to be preemptive [[HijackingCthulhu and awaken the Death God before his preordained time]]. He wants [[StairwayToHeaven to climb before the Wind Fish]] and [[BarredFromTheAfterlife isolating himself from the Island and its god's summons]], be reunited with his body. The monsters, inspired by this, become increasingly violent, [[RefusingParadise and don't want to pass on either]]. They instead seek to ensure the Wind Fish ''never wakes up'' to escort them into the afterlife and they can rule over this isle in limbo.
** Consequently if the monsters succeed with their plan, no one's spirit will ever be able to leave, or pass on.
** The Monsters are defeated one-by-one [[TheProblemWithFightingDeath and unwillingly return to their death god]]. Link however, makes it and escapes (for now), though Marin has been ''long'' dead and thus is unable to return to her physical body and is still in the Koholint island being absorbed along with everyone into the Wind Fish's being, to ascend to the divine. She still wants to see so much of the world of the living, [[WingedSoulFliesOffAtDeath though in the end, is forced to rise up to the heavens]].

* It'd explain not only why Koholint is a mishmash of elements from previous Zelda games, but also the presence of Goombas, Piranha Plants, malevolent Kirbys, a reformed Wart and a photograph of Princess Peach. Marin and Tarin's uncanny resemblance to Malon and Talon from ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime Ocarina of Time]]'' may be the result of the Wind Fish having been around during the events of the previous game, albeit not physically present - perhaps the Wind Fish has RealityWarper powers while he's dreaming?

** Or, if you want an in-universe identity, he's Levias from Skyward Sword.

* Whale with lots of power? Sounds like the Ocean King. He could be sleepy from all that fighting against Bellum and needed a nap. This would also mean that cross-timeline traveling is possible for beings of that power, since this presumed to be a sequel to [=ALttP=] and that is stated to be Child Timeline.

** Alternatively, because it's a different timeline, Bellum is an Alternate Universe Nightmare, or the same entity with a different name. Basically, it's Links Awakening from the "Adult Timeline" instead of the "Link Dying" timeline. This would also mean that there might be another in the "Child Timeline" if the "Wind Fish, Ocean King" has a counterpart there.

* There were no real people on the island that disappeared at the end. Everybody was just part of the dream, so that when you wake up, no one's really "gone." The Wind Fish just stopped dreaming about them. Marin, who dreamed of being free and who once tried to go wake the Wind Fish, was a part of the Wind Fish's mind that was trying to wake himself up from the dream. The perfect ending was more symbolic than anything.

* If you die at some point in the game, then you may continue as normal for video games, but you no longer get the ending where Marin leaves the dream. In this case, it's more than a game mechanic. If Link dies, Marin wishes that he could remain alive. The Wind Fish grants this by allowing Link to survive as long as he wants inside the dream. Unfortunately this uses up Marin's one wish. If you beat the game without dying, her wish remains unspent, so the Wind Fish grants her the wish she wanted for herself: to become a seagull.

* Hot head (the boss from Turtle Rock) is on fire, and you fight him in a lava pit by shooting fireballs at him. It makes no sense that fire would hurt a fire creature, unless Hot Head fell on the lava pit and was trying to escape when Link found him. However, burning to death would take him too long, that's why the boss is only defeated when Link shoots even more fire at him, accelerating the process.

Probably contradicts Hyrule Historia a bit, but wouldn't be interesting for there to be multiple Links running about spreading the meme of the green-wearing swordsman further across the world?

He's trying to use the Wind Fish's dream to gain enough power to return to Hyrule in the Decline timeline, which is why his final form resembles Vaati's Wrath from The Minish Cap.

[[WMG: DeathI is Vaati]]

Probably contradicts Hyrule Historia a bit, but wouldn't be interesting for there to be multiple Links running about spreading the meme of the green-wearing swordsman further across the world?

Marin is Link's idea of what Zelda would be like if she was not a princess, thus not busy running a kingdom and can spend more time with him. If Link never dies, than the Wind Fish rewards him for all his hard work and grants her personality a body to explore the world in.

* Fans that would die to see a Mario/Zelda crossover. After being woke up, the Wind Fish tried to accomplish this, turning it UpToEleven, and SuperSmashBros came to be.

[[WMG: Marin is Links dream not the wind fishes .]]
Marin is Links idea of what Zelda would be like if she was not a princess, thus not busy running a kingdom and can spend more time with him. if link never dies, than the wind fish rewards him for all his hard work and grants her personalty a body to explore the world in

[[WMG: The Wind Fish and the Ocean King are both [[TheLegendOfZeldaSkywardSword Levias]].]]

[[WMG: The [[TheLegendOfZeldaPhantomHourglass Ocean King]] is the Wind Fish]]

* It's generally accepted that LinksAwakening goes after ALinkToThePast, a game that is accepted to be in the Child Timeline. So, the Ocean King is simply another version of the Wind Fish; both summon Link to their respective dream realms (Koholint Island/World of The Ocean King) to fight a malicious invasion (The Nightmare/Bellum).

[[WMG: The Wind Fish is ShigeruMiyamoto]]

[[WMG: The Kirby universe was created by the Wind Fish.]]
We see both Kirby and Nightmare(who was from Kirby's Adventure a game 3 days away from LA's release) appear in this game and Nightmare is the main villain. Nightmare's appearance in this game has clearly influenced Dark Matter's design too.

** That means the Wind Fish is HaruhiSuzumiya.

* Hot head (the boss from Turtle Rock) is on fire, and you fight him in a lava pit by shooting fireballs at him. It makes no sense that fire would hurt a fire creature, unless Hot Head fell on the lava pit and was trying to escape when Link found him. However, burning to death would take him too long, that's why the boss is only defeated when Link shoots even more fire at him, accelerating the process.

* A theory older than the Internet. This is no dream. Koholint is the world of Hyrule's temporary abode for all mortals, animals and monsters whose [[{{Soul}} spirits have passed on]] and have gathered together in [[SpiritWorld a tropical paradise (sorta like the Halls of Mandos from J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth mythos)]]. The Wind Fish [[{{Shinigami}} is the God of Death]]. He is the slumbering guardian of this island. He serves as Hyrule's [[DontFearTheReaper benevolent "grim reaper"]], and when the [[CelestialBureaucracy number of resident spirits have reached a certain level]], he awakens, and everyone disappears into him. [[AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence They depart with him to an unknown place, known by only the old gods awaiting them themselves]]. The recycle has repeated, and will be repeated, indefinitely. He will not allow [[TheProblemWithFightingDeath any soul to leave this realm and escape back to the world of the living]]. All the deceased here have all [[DeathAmnesia forgotten their previous existences]]. Link however, still retains his memories of his former life. He isn't ready to pass on, he's too young, [[UnfinishedBusiness and Hyrule still needs him]]. He refuses to await the inevitable passing [[FluffyCloudHeaven into the Heavens]]. Link intends to be preemptive [[HijackingCthulhu and awaken the Death God before his preordained time]]. He wants [[StairwayToHeaven to climb before the Wind Fish]] and [[BarredFromTheAfterlife isolating himself from the Island and its god's summons]], be reunited with his body. The monsters, inspired by this, become increasingly violent, [[RefusingParadise and don't want to pass on either]]. They instead seek to ensure the Wind Fish ''never wakes up'' to escort them into the afterlife and they can rule over this isle in limbo.

* Hot head (the boss from Turtle Rock) is on fire, and you fight him in a lava pit while shooting fireballs at him. It doesn´t make sense, unless Hot Head fell on the lava pit and was trying to escape when Link found him. However, burning to death would take him too long, that's why the boss is only defeated when Link shoots even more fire at him, accelerating the process.

* Since the game is taking place in Link's dream, we get an insight on his morals. If he steals from the shop, he will make the judgment that he is a THIEF and will take it to the grave because of his guilt.

* If you die at some point in the game, then you may continue as normal for video games, but you no longer get the ending where Marin leaves the dream. In this case, it's more than a game mechanic. If Link dies, Marin wishes that he could remain alive. The Wind Fish grants this by allowing Link to survive as long as he wants inside the dream. Unfortunately this uses up Marin's one wish. If you beat the game without dying, her wish remains unspent, so the Wind Fish grants her the wish she wanted for herself: to become a seagull.

[[WMG: Link [[DeadToBeginWith died in the prologue's storm]]. Koholint is the [[AfterlifeAntechamber Land of Dead]].]]
* A theory older than the Internet. This is no dream. Koholint is the world of Hyrule's temporary abode for all mortals, animals and monsters whose [[{{Soul}} spirits have passed on]] and have gathered together in [[SpiritWorld a tropical paradise (sorta like the Halls of Mandos from J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth mythos)]]. The Wind Fish [[{{Shinigami}} is the God of Death]]. He is the slumbering guardian of this island. He serves as Hyrule's [[DontFearTheReaper benevolent "grim reaper"]], and when the [[CelestialBureaucracy number of resident spirits have reached a certain level]], he awakens, and everyone disappears into him. [[AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence They depart with him to an unknown place, known by only the old gods awaiting them themselves]]. The recycle has repeated, and will be repeated, indefinitely. He will not allow [[TheProblemWithFightingDeath any soul to leave this realm and escape back to the world of the living]]. All the deceased here have all [[DeathAmnesia forgotten their previous existences]]. Link however, still retains his memories of his former life. He isn't ready to pass on, he's too young, [[UnfinishedBusiness and Hyrule still needs him]]. He refuses to await the inevitable passing [[FluffyCloudHeaven into the Heavens]]. Link intends to be preemptive [[HijackingCthulhu and awaken the Death God before his preordained time]]. He wants [[StairwayToHeaven to climb before the Wind Fish]] and [[BarredFromTheAfterlife isolating himself from the Island and its god's summons]], be reunited with his body. The monsters, inspired by this, become increasingly violent, [[RefusingParadise and don't want to pass on either]]. They instead seek to ensure the Wind Fish ''never wakes up'' to escort them into the afterlife and they can rule over this isle in limbo.
** Monsters are defeated one by one [[TheProblemWithFightingDeath and unwillingly return to their death god]]. Link however, makes it and escapes (for now), though Marin has been ''long'' dead and thus is unable to return to her physical body and is still in the Koholint island being absorbed along with everyone into the Wind Fish's being, to ascend to the divine. She still wants to see so much of the world of the living, [[WingedSoulFliesOffAtDeath though in the end, is forced to rise up to the heavens]].

* A theory older than the Internet. This is no dream. Koholint is the world of Hyrule's temporary abode for all mortals, animals and monsters whose [[{{Soul}} spirits have passed on]] and have gathered together in [[SpiritWorld a tropical paradise (sorta like the Halls of Mandos from J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth mythos]]. The Wind Fish [[{{Shinigami}} is the God of Death]]. He is the slumbering guardian of this island. He serves as Hyrule's [[DontFearTheReaper benevolent "grim reaper"]], and when the [[CelestialBureaucracy number of resident spirits have reached a certain level]], he awakens, and everyone disappears into him. [[AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence They depart with him to an unknown place, known by only the old gods awaiting them themselves]]. The recycle has repeated, and will be repeated, indefinitely. He will not allow [[TheProblemWithFightingDeath any soul to leave this realm and escape back to the world of the living]]. All the deceased here have all [[DeathAmnesia forgotten their previous existences]]. Link however, still retains his memories of his former life. He isn't ready to pass on, he's too young, [[UnfinishedBusiness and Hyrule still needs him]]. He refuses to await the inevitable passing [[FluffyCloudHeaven into the Heavens]]. Link intends to be preemptive [[HijackingCthulhu and awaken the Death God before his preordained time]]. He wants to climb before the Wind Fish and [[BarredFromTheAfterlife isolating himself from the Island and its god's summons, be reunited with his body. The monsters, inspired by this, become increasingly violent, [[RefusingParadise and don't want to pass on either]]. They instead seek to ensure the Wind Fish ''never wakes up'' to escort them into the afterlife and they can rule over this isle in limbo.