Breath of the Wild Not Link in Zelda Wii U? "No One Explicitly Said That That Was Link"

[Mangachick14]

I don't know, to me, that character just screams "Link" to me. I can't see him being anyone else. I hope he's not someone else; I'd be disappointed if we lost our familiar protagonist.

 

[Deleted member 14134]

Wait wait the gender mixup is about Link? Damn, I thought the male Epona was pretty questionable, might just be what's throwing everyone off. Can't believe I'm the only one who sees it.

 

[Mercedes]

Actually that comment I made jokingly. It's not that I said that it wasn't Link. It's that I never said that it was Link. It's not really the same thing, but I can understand how it could be taken that way.

It seems like it has kind of taken off where people are saying 'oh it's a female character' and it just kind of grew. But my intent in saying that was humour. You know, you have to show Link when you create a trailer for a Zelda announcement.

I don't want people to get hung up on the way Link looks because ultimately Link represents the player in the game. I don't want to define him so much that it becomes limiting to the players. I want players to focus on other parts of the trailer and not specifically on the character because the character Link represents, again, the player.

Aonuma the troll! Panic over. Although I do find it funny people are discussing if it's a female lead; I'm sure this kind of speculation is doing wonders for Link's confidence.

 

[Justac00lguy]

It was so obvious that he was doing it purely for the sake of getting people talking. People always fall for this kind of stuff, lol.

 

[Salem]

I don't want people to get hung up on the way Link looks because ultimately Link represents the player in the game. I don't want to define him so much that it becomes limiting to the players. I want players to focus on other parts of the trailer and not specifically on the character because the character Link represents, again, the player.

Then why the hell did you take away the green hat? People are bound to notice...

 

[CynicalSquid]

Aonuma is just trolling you guys

Edit: Didn't notice Mercedes already showed it xD

 

[TriFiERCE]

Then why the hell did you take away the green hat? People are bound to notice...

Link didn't have the green hat at the start of TP, SS, and SP(MC also, but he had the tunic).

 

[Link18]

its probably just him messing with us by vaguely saying you can change your characters name

 

[Fig]

It's very funny to see that fans really believed that this wasn't Link to begin with. Was the chance of it being a different character? Maybe about 1-10%, but I personally believe that it was Link from the start and simply Mr. Aonuma was having fun toying with the fans. It's great to see that Mr. Aonuma does have a sense of humor.

Honestly I find it dumb that fans automatically believe that just because Link doesn't wear his green tunic and hat doesn't make him any less of him. We saw Link in blue garments when the screenshots of Hyrule Warriors came out just a few weeks ago people! Wind Waker, Twilight Princess, Spirit Tracks, and Skyward Sword all featured him at one point without the green tunic, that doesn't make him any less of himself.

In the end, I'm glad that people can rest assure that it was Link we saw in the trailer. I do hope we can some more footage within the next few months when the game has had time to develop more.

 

[Salem]

Link didn't have the green hat at the start of TP, SS, and SP(MC also, but he had the tunic).

The first ever footage of those games when they were unveiled DID have Link wear his green tunic, it was only later that they revealed that Link doesn't start with the green hat and tunic.

This is the first time that the a Zelda game was revealed with Link not wearing his traditional clothes.

 

[EternalNocturne]

A lot of things about Link in the trailer should have told us that it was Link. What I can't believe most of all is that a lot of fans used his clothes as justification for that character not being Link. I don't know, it seems so incredible to me that the argument of whether or not it was Link came down to his clothes, which is an aspect that I find really shouldn't be a huge part of his character.