Topic: New Therories for Skyward Sword from GDC

http://img38.imageshack.us/i/ssgd3c.jpg/sr=1
It seems like this is the new villan Vaati from Minish Cap.
Also you can see a Harp when Link is cutting the moster's shield.
The mysterious figure seems to help give advice sowhat like midna.
There is a sheild/magic bar?
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I would love to see Vaati in more "mainstream" (for lack of a better term) Zelda — i.e. first-party, non-spin-off.

...but I would hope Nintendo could do better than that, if so. He doesn't look very good. Thankfully, I highly doubt they'd so nonchalantly reveal the main villain, unless that is Vaati before being corrupted by evil or something. No telling what those guys and gals came up with for this game.

I thought that new character looked familiar...

Also, I can't help but notice that the Midna-esque helper character on the Wii Remote looks like the little girl from the Zelda teaser image from E3 2009.

Looks like Vaati to me, and it makes sense from a chronological standpoint. Minish Cap was the first in the Zelda timeline (I believe) and Skyward Sword is supposed to be early in the timeline as well.

@Punny Guy
Yep I think you're right.

I doubt it's Vaati, but sweet anyway.

And it's a lyre, not a harp

I think that no matter what, that guy is the villain. Looking at the very last few clips (the last two), the Vaati-esqu guy is seen warping away from the top of something, and in the one before it, the monster attacking looks like the same one the guy was on before. Or I could just be over analyzing it lol

Buddha Boss ftw

pretty original design, let's hope they're tougher than TP's bosses

And nah it's pretty clear the dude's controlling him. There's even the purple smoke over his head which probably means he's under an evil spell. I wonder if all bosses will be giant statues?

My guess is whoever that character is, it's not the main villain, but probably an important charater in the storyline, kind of along the lines of Shiek. Who knows, though, could be the main baddie.

Having Vaati in a 3D Zelda would be tight.

I don't think that that villain is Vaati, but completely new character. He seems to be more like Kefka from FFVI, what comes to looks. There are also some ridiculous theories claiming that he will become the Guilded Sword from Majora's mask, because he's robe has same colours, and someone saw a skull kid somewhere in the trailer what i don't understand either. It's just some random enemy if you look at it at high resolution. Whatever the case is, the wait will be long... even though for some reason i'm still not too excited about this. Maybe i've just played too much Zelda.

I dig Vaati's Minish Cap character design. Whoever this new character is, I'm not a fan of his design.

Doesn't look like a tattoo on the right picture but a scar or wrinkle.

That's a tatoo, and I hope the graphics are better in the actual game then in the picture.

And how do you know? It's the world's most boring tattoo if it is. I'm talking about the picture on the right, to be clear.

I kinda doubt that Vatti will be the main villain. Didn't someone say that chronologically, this is the first Zelda game? Then shouldn't Ganon be the main villain? Though fighting Vatti and Ganon would be pretty slick.

Vaati is prior to Ganon on the timeline, as I understand it.

If it's the first chronologically (is it?), the couldn't possibly be Ganon since Ganon is not yet anything more than a boss of thieves in the beginning of Ocarina of Time, as I understand / recall. Or at least, it wouldn't make much sense. It's possible they could be doing a smaller scale story where Ganon does not threaten the fate of the world, thus explaining why he's still somewhat unknown in Ocarina, but... Nintendo is not known for its subtle story lines.

And yea, I'm pretty sure Vaati is supposed to come before Ganon, though I forget how this is known.

Does Zelda really need a timeline though? Can't they just be games? Kinda like FF maybe, except they (mostly) all take place in an area called Hyrule, and you play as a dood named Link (if you name him that). And like FF they all have similar themes (and by 'themes' I mean races, geography, and legends xP) but it doesn't mean they have to have a timeline. They don't have enough story in the games to warrant one, and I don't really see why anyone should care.

What about the Vaati from Four Swords?

Here is a comparison image to illustrate what faron said about the Gilded Sword, image credits are not mine: