Skyward Sword – Twilight Princess Speculation

How do you think Skyward Sword will connect with the rest of the Zelda games in the series? We obviously know that it is a prequel to Ocarina of Time and that it will deal with forging of the Master Sword. What about its connection to later Zelda titles in the Zelda Timeline like Twilight Princess? We’ve seen that the lettering in some of the shots seems to go hand in hand with Twilight Princess, but we really don’t know much at all. Forum member An Hero of Time from over at Zelda Universe has recently created an image speculating on some things he noticed between Skyward Sword and Twilight Princess.

If you click the image to the left, or simply just read on in the story, you can view a larger version of the image. When looking at the first part of the image, I think the bird symbol appearing as the Hero’s Shade’s helmet is nothing worth noting at all. Similarly, the third part of the image comparing the Skyward Sword logo to the body doesn’t seem important to me either. The bird-like mask on the body of the Hero’s Shade does seem to be something unique. I honestly never noticed that at all before and now that I see it, it appears to have a resemblance to the hawkeye item that you get in Twilight Princess. Why would the Hero’s Shade have such a symbol on his body?

The Hero’s Shade is often theorized to be the spirit of the Hero of Time himself from Ocarina of Time. Some even speculate that the sword and shield that he wields resembles the Mirror Shield and Gilded Shield from Majora’s Mask. Some feel just the fact that Hero is in the characters name means he could be the spirit of the Hero of Time… or a collection of spirits from prior Heroes in the Zelda series. Perhaps the bird symbol on the Hero’s Shade will turn out to be a connection to a prior hero of Skyward Sword where bird-flight plays an important role in the quest?

Obviously this is really a stretch of our imagination and there likely is nothing to this at all. I just saw this image on the internet this morning and quickly thought up some of my own speculation. Did you make anything of the image? Is this a bit of a stretch or do you think there is any validity to this? Be sure to let us know by posting in the comments below.

Source: Zelda Universe via GoNintendo
Related: Skyward Sword Strategy Guide