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Haru17

I don't really care much about 'expressive' animations beyond a certain point. I'd rather Nintendo just prioritize actual character development like;
-a character and
-motivations / emotions / flaw and
-vocal cords (and the capacity for intelligent speech).
If they're not going for those things then what's even the point? Link could just be an animated squirrel as far as we're concerned—a trained great ape.

And of course I like all of the pretty hat & hair animation too.

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Morpheel wrote:

Fans like their adult Links to be stoic and dry. They also like to imagine they're secretly big goof balls.

But if the hero ever demonstrates that in canon context, they actually dislike it and take it as an offense.

Lol I'm not the only Zelda fan who doesn't want a stoic and dry Adult Link. I've seen posts for a more expressive Adult Link. If the only vibrant expression Zelda U Link is doing is narrowing one dang eye while he's shooting an arrow then whatever. Loss of potential.

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Haru17 wrote:

I don't really care much about 'expressive' animations beyond a certain point. I'd rather Nintendo just prioritize actual character development like;
-a character and
-motivations / emotions / flaw and
-vocal cords (and the capacity for intelligent speech).
If they're not going for those things then what's even the point? Link could just be an animated squirrel as far as we're concerned—a trained great ape.

And of course I like all of the pretty hat & hair animation too.

Once again there are 3rd party companies that balance well character development with good expressions and animations. Nintendo can do both. And has Link ever had any actual character development? In ANY game? Arguably maybe A Link To The Past.... Then again that's a slippery slope of a discussion.

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Blast wrote:

Once again there are 3rd party companies that balance well character development with good expressions and animations. Nintendo can do both. And has Link ever had any actual character development? In ANY game? Arguably maybe A Link To The Past.... Then again that's a slippery slope of a discussion.

I believe in Skyward Sword he did. Tbh, I kind of feel like Link is a "special" case.

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Aromaiden wrote:

Blast wrote:

Once again there are 3rd party companies that balance well character development with good expressions and animations. Nintendo can do both. And has Link ever had any actual character development? In ANY game? Arguably maybe A Link To The Past.... Then again that's a slippery slope of a discussion.

I believe in Skyward Sword he did. Tbh, I kind of feel like Link is a "special" case.

It's a slippery slope for discussion because gamers have different standards on what character development actually is.

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Blast wrote:

Aromaiden wrote:

Blast wrote:

Once again there are 3rd party companies that balance well character development with good expressions and animations. Nintendo can do both. And has Link ever had any actual character development? In ANY game? Arguably maybe A Link To The Past.... Then again that's a slippery slope of a discussion.

I believe in Skyward Sword he did. Tbh, I kind of feel like Link is a "special" case.

It's a slippery slope for discussion because gamers have different standards on what character development actually is.

Well why ask the question then?

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Blast wrote:

Once again there are 3rd party companies that balance well character development with good expressions and animations. Nintendo can do both. And has Link ever had any actual character development? In ANY game? Arguably maybe A Link To The Past.... Then again that's a slippery slope of a discussion.

That's exactly my point; if Link has a pretty face with nothing beneath then there's no point. The character is already a lost cause, so I'd have them first make Link at all interesting and second make him all purdy.

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Haru17 wrote:

Blast wrote:

Once again there are 3rd party companies that balance well character development with good expressions and animations. Nintendo can do both. And has Link ever had any actual character development? In ANY game? Arguably maybe A Link To The Past.... Then again that's a slippery slope of a discussion.

That's exactly my point; if Link has a pretty face with nothing beneath then there's no point. The character is already a lost cause, so I'd have them first make Link at all interesting and second make him all purdy.

Yeah but is Aonuma willing to make Link actually different than what he's always been??? No, I doubt it. Gimme a spinoff where Adult Link is struggling if he even wants to save Hyrule or stay in his hometown. Gimme a spinoff where Adult Link tries to find flowers for Zelda because he thinks shes pretty. Aonuma isn't gonna do special stuff like that in the main games. It's a freaking shame, in my opinion. Link stays the same over and over and over. For better and for worse. I've accepted that bitter fact so gimme vibrant animations at least for Zelda U!!!

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Morpheel wrote:

Although I'm a bit confused, was the point that OoT Link was the praised character that fans thought was a girl, or the one from Zelda U? The way the post was set makes it look like it's OoT Link.

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Yeah that and the following posts were what confusing me, because I don't recall anyone thinking OoT Link was a girl.

Then again... I was eight years old and without internet back then.

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NintyMan wrote:

The Legend of Zelda U is for 2015 in which Link explores a huge, integrated, futuristic world

Lmao. First comment in this thread. Just saw it. Tears are flowing.

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Morpheel wrote:

Where did the "futuristic" even come from?

Maybe because he was fighting that huge machine thing, or it could of just been the hype consuming them.

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Morpheel wrote:

OoT's Market/Castle Town has more technology than anything we saw in the trailer

but the huge thingy in the trailer was shooting lasers and Link's arrows looked all flashy and stuff.

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Morpheel wrote:

Where did the "futuristic" even come from?

Zelda U Link has a blue laser beam attached to his arrows. Get rekt

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Things fire lasers in Zelda all the time (no stupid comments on this please, lol), what you people talking about?

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Eel

Oh yeah, the arrow thingy is new. It's still just glowy magitek stuff though.

A robot monster shooting lasers is nothing new by Zelda standards. If anything, robots and machines are usually depicted as ancient/lost technology in the series.

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Megumi wrote:

Things fire lasers in Zelda all the time (no stupid comments on this please, lol), what you people talking about?

Zelda U first trailer. Blue laser beams are in it. It obviously means the game is placed in a futuristic setting. C'mon, man. Zelda U is taking place in 30XX and Hyrule Castle will have escalators.

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