Link, Officially Right Handed Now?
- Thread starter Oni Cucco
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it means they made that demo using a more realistic looking model of the ss link... it means nothing
Jedi Link
Use The Triforce
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i dont really care if link is left handed or not its just a game and all the links are different people
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@Everyone wondering why if Link and/or the game is mirrored, EVERYTHING has to be:
It's impossible to mirror ONLY Link or to mirror ONLY the world for two reasons-
1) gameplay. Things like collision detection and the way Link's sprite interacts with objects in general are animated and oriented against the camera in extremely specific ways that only take the pre-set orientation in mind. A good way to explain this is to use Link's shield. If you try to block an enemy's attacks, the way it's animated and programmed is designed (usually) to "collide" with Link's shield. Now imagine that Link's shield is on the opposite side of his body. Now the game has to be programmed in such a way that when the game is played in lefty mode, it still looks like attacks bounce off Link's shield. This means either the enemies have to be programmed in an extremely complex way or the enemies have to be mirrored also.
2) cutscenes. All cutscenes are scripted with camera angles, choreography, etc. that are built specifically with the default orientations for both Link and the world in mind. Change one or the other and you have to change the cutscene. The only way to mirror one is to mirror both.
It's IMPOSSIBLE to include a lefty option without including a mirror mode for the game, and somehow I doubt Nintendo thinks they can get away with using the mirror mode solution again.
It's impossible to mirror ONLY Link or to mirror ONLY the world for two reasons-
1) gameplay. Things like collision detection and the way Link's sprite interacts with objects in general are animated and oriented against the camera in extremely specific ways that only take the pre-set orientation in mind. A good way to explain this is to use Link's shield. If you try to block an enemy's attacks, the way it's animated and programmed is designed (usually) to "collide" with Link's shield. Now imagine that Link's shield is on the opposite side of his body. Now the game has to be programmed in such a way that when the game is played in lefty mode, it still looks like attacks bounce off Link's shield. This means either the enemies have to be programmed in an extremely complex way or the enemies have to be mirrored also.
2) cutscenes. All cutscenes are scripted with camera angles, choreography, etc. that are built specifically with the default orientations for both Link and the world in mind. Change one or the other and you have to change the cutscene. The only way to mirror one is to mirror both.
It's IMPOSSIBLE to include a lefty option without including a mirror mode for the game, and somehow I doubt Nintendo thinks they can get away with using the mirror mode solution again.
Blackbaldrik
Sage of Gaming
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I always liked Link being left handed, he was always video gaming's left handed hero to me. I don't mind him being right handed in the motion control games, but if there is another game without motion control he had better be left handed again, it is one of the huge reasons I like Link so much.
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Since most people (about 85%) are right-handed, I can say that in Twilight Princess and in Skyward Sword Nintendo would make him a righty because that's how most people would play the game. But for the other console games... I don't know.
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