Hyrule Historia Explains Why Link is a Lefty
Posted on May 02 2012 by Bastian
One of the most endearing things about our favorite green-clad hero would be his being a “south paw” or “differently handed.” Some fans have cried foul play recently with recent iterations of Link being right-handed more and more, feeling this is contrary to his original conception. They might be interested in knowing this wasn’t always meant to be the case…
One of the newly fan-translated pages of Hyrule Historia coming from GlitterBerri’s website explains that in the design process for the original Legend of Zelda, Link was originally drawn as and meant to be right-handed. However, in an effort make things easier for the configuration of the game screen and the sprite art, the decision to make him left-handed was implemented.
You can check out the translation and original concept art for yourself here.
Now that he has been a lefty all these years, do you feel it’s okay for Nintendo to change that up in the recent games, or do you feel like that’s simply returning him back to his originally intended concept? Let us know in the comments below!
Source: GlitterBerri
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