Well I have already addressed why I don't necessarily interpret that line that way. But in the end it all comes down to interpretation. In any case I agree with you one one thing. If HS is OoT Link he is 'CT' link not 'AT'. Technically I am not sure there would even be an 'AT' Link...
My only debates are that, A.) just because the shade talks about 'matching the hero' doesn't mean that HE is the hero. and B.) As I said future Wii Link's will probably be right handed. Left handed will no longer be the benchmark. But isn't it possible that other's in Hyrule are left handed...
Maybe... If you go with only the Links in the whole history of Hyrule are left handed then it may. Though In the upcoming Wii title canon Link will most likely be right-handed. It could be that they made the shade left-handed as symmetry. But who knows.... the next game will probably tell me...
Just because it didn't say they were heroes doesn't mean they weren't. If they were able to master those techniques they had to be 'heroic' though they may never have actually done much. And aside from a slight similarity in the sword's blade and vague, possibly Shieka signs on his armor, the...
The Hero of Time does exist in the child timeline. Whether he would be known as such in a timeline where few people know of his adventures is debatable. I don't think it matters though. It could be that the shade is the HoT and it wouldn't surprise me. My theory is based mainly on the...
Ok, I know there is a similar thread already posted here. But that one deals with the Hero's Shade in relation to the protagonist Link. Here I would like to here other theories as to who this mysterious warrior could be.
The generally accepted theory is that the (HS) is the spirit of The Hero...