Soul Calibur Link

[Ralph]

I thought that the Link from Soul Calibur II was the Link from Ocarina of Time because of the weapons he had but I just read his profile and now I'm not so sure is this Link from a previous Zelda game or a completely different one? And if he is how did he get all those weapons?

[linkman8]

You're right, they portray him as being a OOT Link, but the weapons he carries just doesn't add up. They probably just wanted to add some of the older more classic weapons to his arsenal to please us Zelda fans.

[Onilink89]

You're right, they portray him as being a OOT Link, but the weapons he carries just doesn't add up. They probably just wanted to add some of the older more classic weapons to his arsenal to please us Zelda fans.

they could have a done a better job if you ask me.
cane, megaton hammer and bug catching net? were is the kokiri sword or gilded sword or they even could add up the white sword.

[Kybyrian]

They put in the Cane of Byrna, Megaton Hammer and such, but I would have liked to see some of the different weapons in it as stated before. Such as the Gilded Sword.

[MiniMeMilo]

Well Link wouldn't have had the Kokiri sword anyway, since he gets that as a child and can't use it as an adult, and in Soul Calibur 2 he is clearly an adult. Who's to say he has never had the Can of Byrna? After OoT, if the multiple timeline theory is true, then he could have acquired many more items. From the Magic Sword which first appeared in Legend of Zelds for the NES, to the Razor Sword which showed up in Majora's Mask for the N64.

[Onilink89]

Well Link wouldn't have had the Kokiri sword anyway, since he gets that as a child and can't use it as an adult, and in Soul Calibur 2 he is clearly an adult. Who's to say he has never had the Can of Byrna? After OoT, if the multiple timeline theory is true, then he could have acquired many more items. From the Magic Sword which first appeared in Legend of Zelds for the NES, to the Razor Sword which showed up in Majora's Mask for the N64.

if soul calibur did put the kokiri sword, who said it would be the original size. look at the razor ssword, in the actual game its siza is the same as kokiri sword. and link also used that when he was a kid. and a other thing, please don 't mention the timeline with this game. its just that nintendo gave premission to namco to put link as a playble character in the GC version.

[linkman8]

When it came to the weapons, they probably just chose certain weapons to put in there, because you could only have so many slots to put weapons on, otherwise if they gave Link loads of his weapons, he'd have more than the other characters.

[Kybyrian]

Yes, that's right, but still, the Cane of Byrna? Good Soul Charge attack. I'm pretty sure they chose them according to the effects. For example, every character has a short-range weapon, a long range weapon, a good soul charge weapon, and a weapon that takes health when you use it. So, that's why the certain weapons were picked.

[zeypherlink]

I didn't really notice any of the weapons in the game...then again, I didn't get very far in story mode.
I thought that the graphics for Link in this game were horrible...

[Kybyrian]

They were pretty bad indeed. And yeah, with the weapons; each character has a certain type of weapon for each of them. Like I said, short-range, long-range, etc.

[linkman8]

What I don't understand is why they made the Biggoron Sword drain your health. It had the description of "Long reach, but requires energy to wield" or something. I realize they had to have SOMETHING drain his health, but the Biggoron's Sword?

[Kybyrian]

It seemed pretty accurate of a thing to make drain your health in my opinion. It's a huge sword afterall. Most of the health draining swords have some other extra thing to go along with it and are also generally more powerful as well.

[Onilink89]

well it was drained health but not constently like other weapons. it only drained health with movement. every time link attacked, it drained healt, but then again it has longer reach and more attack power. i used the biggoronsword the most.

[Kybyrian]

It only drained health when you attacked? I'm pretty sure it drained health constantly like the others.

[linkman8]

It probably drained constantly like the others did. Usually they only drained when you attack is if it was a special, most-powerful legendary weapon.

[Onilink89]

no, links's soul edge (most of the soul edge do) constently drained health, biggoron sword drained health with movesment, i'm 100% sure about that.

[Kybyrian]

Nevermind what I said. It does only consume small amounts of your health whenever you attack. I was mistaken and confused it with his Soul Edge.

[Onilink89]

doesn 't matter if someone makes a mistake, but while we are discussing his weaopns, the weapon what i least expexted is the sword and shield of the armos. as i said in my other post, they could at least came up with better choices, its a bit dissapointing.

also a other thing is, his standard weapon is its master sword and it also has a sheet equiped while wearing that. they also could have equiped sheets for other sword weapons.

[Kybyrian]

The Razor sword has good offense but a short reach, the Megaton hammer has a short reach and then something, the Cane of Byrna heals health and has good defense with Soul Charge. And of course his standard weapon is the Master Sword and the Hylian Shield. And what do you mean by it also has a sheet equipped while wearing that?

[Onilink89]

well his you know the sheet for the sword on its back. only the master sword has that sheet, other sword items has no sheet. kinda strange with other weapons because the weapon looks like it just sticks on its back if you use bow and arrow or the boomerang.

[Kybyrian]

I guess that's just unexplained, just like how Link "puts away" his items into his pocket. He has a sheath for his sword when he wields the Master Sword, but none when he wields the other one. Perhaps they just forgot about it.

[linkman8]

That or they just didn't bother to add it in. I've seen recent games where there are no sheaths.

[Onilink89]

namco only did one good job with link.
that they added 3 alternative costumes for him.

[Kybyrian]

Yeah, but the costumes were just different colored tunics. So I wouldn't call it a real good job.

[linkman8]

But hey, it's better than nothing. The purple tunic looked a little too bright to me. Looked more like lavender or a periwinkle in a way.

[Chidori]

...Now i'm a big Soul Calibur fan and i find it rather disappointing seeing all these negative comments on the job Namco did with Link. Namco did one very awesome job, they made Link the way i've always wanted to see him with all the cool moves and such. Moving on though, Link didn't have many weapons to begin with so you might aswell give him as many weapons as you can find within every game seeing as every character in Soul Calibur 2 has an equal amount of weapons (i think they all had 9 each, i haven't played the game in ages though). If Namco were to give Link nothing but the Master Sword then it would be an example of an un-even game.

OK i'm going to move onto the detailed part now. Swinging Biggoron's sword probably hurts because its heavy but seeing as Link has to use the Shield with every weapon in hand, two-handed or not (thats another example of what should be in fighting games only) it may cause strain seeing as he is holding the Big Sword with only 1 hand. Soul Edge is something none of you have any right to criticize for lowering health, it has nothing to do with the Zelda Series and is fully part of Soul Calibur, though i will say due to the fact that Soul Edge is supposed to be the more evil type of weapon, it should be it's "Affect".

[Dabombster]

Well, let's take a look at all of Link's Weapons and what game(s) they're from really quickly shall we?

Master Sword - ALttP, OoT, OoA, OoS, tWW, TP
Razor Sword - MM
Armos Series - None
Megaton Hammer - ALttP (Magic Hammer), OoT
Cane of Byrna - ALttP
Mirror Shield - ALttP, OoT, MM, tWW, MC
Magic Sword - LoZ (Though it didn't come with the fancy shield)
Biggoron's Sword - OoT
Soul Edge - None
Great Fairy Sword - MM
Bug Catching Net - ALttP

As you can see, Link in Soul Calibur isn't from any of the Zelda games, just a Nintendo specific character they threw in to please fans. If anything, he's from A Link to the Past based on his profile.

Link

Birthplace: Hyrule
Weapon: Sword & Shield
Weapon Name: Master Sword, Hylian Shield

Once upon a time, Hyrule's tranquility was shattered by the arrival of several disasters. The calamities brought dark, ominous clouds which shut out the sun. Suprisingly, it came to light that a magician was to blame for the disasters.

Just as the people were about to lose all hope, the sun miraculously returned. Link, who was summoned by Zelda to find the cause of the disasters, successfully defeated the magician. The people of Hyrule rejoiced in the belief that eternal peace would rule.

Unfortunately, this was not to be...

It then gets into the story of the Soul Edge. If you think about it, Agahnim could have been the magician.

Anyways, Link is from no game, just a character to fight with in Soul Calibur.

[Avenged]

Well yeah they gave Link a whole new story for the game. Its just a cameo appearance, no reason to get into a huge debate about it like its an officiall Zelda game.

[Chidori]

Yeahhhh... That's kind of what i'm trying to point. I'm just stating a point on the fact that there is no need to be specific about the weapons.

[Chris]

Now I have played soul calibur 3 not 2 so I dont know if there is a Link in it. But if there was, how did they get the licences to use Link?

[Josh]

The Soul Calibur Link looked really odd from the pictures I've seen of him. Mmm. Never played the game though, Hell I don't know what it's even about.

[Chris]

The Soul Calibur Link looked really odd from the pictures I've seen of him. Mmm. Never played the game though, Hell I don't know what it's even about.

The game is basically a classic fighting game. here is a pic of link from Soul Calibur II

http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/Maze/9772/ATE/LinkSilhouette-SoulCalibur.JPG

[Zemen125]

the Link in Soul Calibur II has nothing to do with any Link Character from any game. they chose adult link because obviously they arent gonna put a kid in a soul calibur game. they chose the certain items because they were items that fit the same trend as the weapons for the other characters. this has absolutely no connection to any zelda game. its just a character in a fighting game. if youre going to be nit picky about what Link it is in this game then you would have to be nit picky as to why Master Chief is in dead or alive 4 and not out fighting the covenant.