Best Looking Link.

[ihateghirahim]

Link has had many forms. He's had pink hair. He's been 2D and 3D. He's been a poorly animated cartoon. He's been a strapping young man in tights. So which game has the best looking Link?

 

[Azure Sage]

I personally think Skyward Sword had the best-looking Link.

inb4 "his lips are big" or "he looks feminine"

Seriously, I never understand the people who make those complaints. I just don't see it. I think SS Link had the best looking hair, the best looking tunic, the best looking face... Pretty much the best looking in general.

 

[JuicieJ]

 

[Ventus]

Hate to say this, but, Skyward Sword's rendition of Link may be the sexiest of them all, minus the obvious botox in his looks and his effeminate appearance.

Well damn, Azure sure did ninja me.

 

[ihateghirahim]

One rules them all.

My favorite is the adult Ocarina of Time N64 Link. He looks like a man, not a pudgy faced kid. The remake and other games have gotten it wrong. Link now has too many facial movements and too many clear emotions. Since he doesn't talk, they try to make him talk through facial expressions. He should be the strong and silent man who saves Hyrule. That is why the N64 got it best; facial expressions are kept to a few obvious choices.

 

[Azure Sage]

My favorite is the adult Ocarina of Time N64 Link. He looks like a man, not a pudgy faced kid. The remake and other games have gotten it wrong. Link now has too many facial movements and too many clear emotions. Since he doesn't talk, they try to make him talk through facial expressions. He should be the strong and silent man who saves Hyrule. That is why the N64 got it best; facial expressions are kept to a few obvious choices.

Actually, facial expressions are part of the reason I like SS Link the most. His believable emotions and facial expressions really helped immerse me in the game, and it also helped his image as a character. I would prefer it if Link did not have less emotions or facial expressions. A blank slate is incredibly boring.

 

[Spirit]

Y'know, i always thought the pink hair was just the rim of his hat...

As for best looking Link i'm gonna go minority here

http://i.imgur.com/WZegI6i.jpg

 

[ihateghirahim]

I like this guy.

The SpaceWorld 2000 demo; clever.

 

[Sir Quaffler]

Are we going with the official art or how he looked in-game?

Because if it's the official then I'm handing it to the Hero of Twilight. He looks like a supreme badass.

But if it's in-game then hands-down to the Hero of the Goddess. His facial animations make him seem so much more real to me, and I see something sometimes that I don't really see with any others: vulnerability and a certain weakness to him that makes him much more earnest in his actions and therefore more inspiring to me as a player.

 

[Ventus]

Actually, facial expressions are part of the reason I like SS Link the most. His believable emotions and facial expressions really helped immerse me in the game, and it also helped his image as a character. I would prefer it if Link did not have less emotions or facial expressions. A blank slate is incredibly boring.

I actually disliked SS Link's facial expressions. The majority of them were too predictable; he looked shocked when a "shocking" moment happened, he looked sad at the Crystal Scene (and then looked defeated after realising his beating the crystal was futile), he looked pissed off when Ghirahim stole the bride, etc.

I'd much prefer if he didn't have the botox, the predictable facial expressions, or the girly appearance. :I

 

[JuicieJ]

I actually disliked SS Link's facial expressions. The majority of them were too predictable; he looked shocked when a "shocking" moment happened, he looked sad at the Crystal Scene (and then looked defeated after realising his beating the crystal was futile), he looked pissed off when Ghirahim stole the bride, etc.

Oh, right, let's have him smile when something bad happenes and get angry when something cheery happenes. That would totally be natural. <_<

Does your Skyward Sword bashing know no bounds? Good grief...

 

[ihateghirahim]

Well. . .

Well. . . in-game was what I intended, but I suppose artwork will do.

 

[Azure Sage]

I actually disliked SS Link's facial expressions. The majority of them were too predictable; he looked shocked when a "shocking" moment happened, he looked sad at the Crystal Scene (and then looked defeated after realising his beating the crystal was futile), he looked pissed off when Ghirahim stole the bride, etc.

I'd much prefer if he didn't have the botox, the predictable facial expressions, or the girly appearance. :I

Those are natural facial expressions. There's nothing wrong with predictable. Link's human reactions during moments like those are just about how you'd expect anyone to react. That doesn't mean that it's bad.

and seriously I do not see this "girly" appearance :I

 

[JuicieJ]

It doesn't make it /bad/, but it made Link's appearance to me be a bit unsatisfying. I mean, you'd expect someone to act and look scared (to a certain degree) in a heart-chilling situation. But, I've been in situations where dudes have been totally indifferent! They're still human, even if they didn't react after being told their mother was in a box all alone!

That's not Link's personality, though. You're really taking your biased look on SS too far this time. If you're gonna complain about it in SS, you're gonna have to complain about it in every other 3D Zelda game (and the DS games).

 

[Azure Sage]

It doesn't make it /bad/, but it made Link's appearance to me be a bit unsatisfying. I mean, you'd expect someone to act and look scared (to a certain degree) in a heart-chilling situation. But, I've been in situations where dudes have been totally indifferent! They're still human, even if they didn't react after being told their mother was in a box all alone!

So you're weighing your personal experience with people against how a fantasy character would react? Do I have that right? Seems a bit unreasonable to me... I mean, we can't all be macho men who can continue a conversation completely unaffected at the same time a toenail is viciously ripped from their foot with rusty pliers, so I don't see why Link needs to be...