Topic: Miyamoto Admits Some People Hate The Legend Of Zelda Toon Link Design

lol i just meant that if any game should be labeled as terrible it usually has to do with broken controls. Not Zelda of course (although the CDI games controls are broken )

I HATE TOON-LINK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!My exclamations show my hatred.

@bonsey91: I disagree. I've played way too many games that control well, but have some other crucial flaw. (level design, gameplay, lack of direction, etc.)

@Mickeymac: Yeah, but I still think it's silly for people to expect it to be their way every time. Personally, I don't have a preference, and I like it when Nintendo experiments with new looks for the series. I do wish they had used sprites for the DS games, because the 3DS is really their first handheld that's capable of doing Toon Link justice.

Skyward Sword looks a little strange to me, but I think it's only because I'm used to Toon Link being the only cel-shaded Link. If I think of him as Toon Link without the cartoon proportions, it doesn't seen weird anymore. It could be worse. They could have use the Wind Waker character model with Twilight Princess shading.

Ah, Toon Link. Either you like him or you don't. Personally, I enjoy him. He's enthusiastic, expressive, colorful, and surprisingly aggressive when need be (just look what he did to Ganondorf in The WInd Waker!). Actually, I like every Link except for the CD-i Link and Cartoon Link (from The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!). They made a valuable lesson to the series - DON'T MAKE LINK TALK.

I actually love Toon Link, and the games he appeared in. In fact I would love it if one day, the "Windwaker" style comes back to Nintendo home consoles!!

And why can't we have a young Link on the homeconsoles again? After all, it STARTED with a young Link! What's wrong with a young Link on the Nintendo homeconsoles? Have you guys all grown up THAT much!!

Um, there already is.

The Wii did him justice...although I still love the way the graphics are in the Gamecube version.

why do people hate TL for his cel shadedness? after one of the "best games eveah" GTA has it to

what?

LOL! Link fail! I'll change it.

I didn't think Game Shark had anything to do with Wind Waker's style returning. Do you have to cheat to get it?

Changed it.

Did you now? You know I kid. Anyway, it's a good thing they're bringing it back!

I like all the graphics but my favorite is the games with toon link graphics and charater design why because it's soooo cute (coming from a girl lol) plus they can put humor in the game cause last time i checked humor would not work in a game like tp. I also like the sws graphics it's soooooo pretty lol

His design I'm kinda neutral about, but the style of Wind Waker is just beautiful.

The Toon Link style has grown on me. I used to ask why they didn't just focus on making Link more realistic. The toon style does have a pretty good charm to it though. Even so, I prefer the Link from TP. I think the cartoon Link is good for DS like games though. I just feel the toonness takes a little bit of the epicness away.
The Ganondorf fights in WW and TP for expample. Both are epic in my opinion, but having to hit Ganondorf in the butt is kind of goofy. And what happens to Ganon at the end of TP (trying to keep some spoilers out of this), is a little cooler in my opinion as well.
I like the darker, more realistic, Zelda...not saying Toon Link is bad though!

I personally enjoyed Toon Link, The Wind Waker is my favorite Zelda game too.

i didn't like windwaker cartoon link but love skyward sword, twilight princess, ocarina of time, link to the past, links awakening dx the adventures of link zelda2 and the original

I love Wind Waker, its a masterpiece. The cartoon version of Link is so much more expressive with his emotions, I used to love rotating the camera and seeing his expressions on his face. The whole art design was amazing to me. Its the little things from the humor to the view from a child's perspective that made the game so unique.

Edit : And you can actually relate to cartoon Link, the realistic one is so boring and has little to no personality.

It's funny that people hate a cartoony Link yet don't complain about the cartoony-ness of the original Zelda games. Even Link to the Past had comedic moments (Ie enemies falling into bottomless pits).

Anyway, as a fan of animation (cartoons, etc) I like 'Toon Link' and the first game he starred in. WW, while cartoony, had a very dark plot and Link actually had a resemblance of a personality. Other Links never expresses the same type of emotions Toon Link has, and Ganon wasn't a typical bad guy. Yes, you can't judge anything by its cover.