Update:
Subsequent reports from this leaked Famitsu article explain that Lana (referenced below) is a new character, The White Witch, who uses a magical book of spells to combat enemies. Agitha can attack with a parasol and summon bugs, Link will have his iconic hook-shot, and as seen during E3 the moon from Majora's Mask is used as a special weapon.
Original Article:
Hyrule Warriors promises to be quite a diversion for The Legend of Zelda as a franchise, and the latest details certainly affirm that status. Main series producer Eiji Aonuma had recently promised interesting playable characters in the Tecmo Koei action game and, well, the latest reveals are certainly out of left field.
Agitha, the slightly strange bug collector from The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, will be a playable character; that promises to be quite a sight. This is according to early leaks of the next Famitsu magazine, which also state that Zant and Argorok, both villains from Twilight Princess, will feature in some way — it seems the GameCube / Wii title is getting plenty of love, with Midna previously confirmed as playable, too.
Another playable character will be the mysterious Lana, who seems to be a brand new character; there's entirely reasonable speculation that she's the unidentified protagonist on the right side of the official box art.
So there you have it. For our money that Agitha role is pretty darn quirky, but let us know what you think.
[source siliconera.com]
Comments 97
WHERE IS TINGLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Well, that's just... Odd.
But hey, lots of love for Twilight Princess! I APPROVE!
"...actually, that's probably Argorok a little above her, in plain sight all this time."
It looks exactly like the boss from the Treehouse gameplay who was also named Argorok, so I'd say it's a pretty safe bet that it truly is the Argorak that we can play as.
Yes, pull all the characters from Twilight Princess! Why? Because Tingle wasn't in that one!
EDIT: And neither was Impa. My hopes have been dashed.
I'm all for it. She'll probably have a rod that turns everything to bugs.
@brewsky Well EXCUUUUUUUUSE ME!
At that point I was writing about a gazillion articles and planning coverage, so may have missed that bit of the broadcast.
@brewsky They also showed the Moon in the Treehouse demos. The Moon is from Majora's Mask. Tingle is from Majora's Mask. TINGLE CONFIRMED!!!!!!!!
I expect Sheik and Ganon to be playable. Tingle would be hilarious. There are other heroic characters from TP to use.
I'm still disappointed this isn't in the timeline somewhere. With all the references to Twilight Princess, maybe this is Twilight Princess in a different branch of the timeline? Or a sequel in the Twilight Princess branch?
BEES!
Sounds good to me. I want a good mix of more naturally warrior-like character like Link and Impa alongside quirky characters like Midna and Agitha. Just hope that other games get the same amount of love as Twilight Princess. There's a lot of potentially great characters to throw in the mix from every game.
Ghirahim plz.
@MixMasterMudkip That would be a sight to see.
Still not interested in this game, though. As I've stated before, Zelda isn't my type of game.
Uh, ok.
As long as it's all Twilight Princess, I'm all for it!
it'd be funny to see people's reactions if the tingle brothers were in.
@brewsky
Taken from Wikipedia:
In a later interview with Nintendo Dream, he (Aonuma) stated that the character Purlo is his reference to Tingle in Twilight Princess. According to Aonuma, Purlo's appearance "is the result of wondering what a realistic Tingle would look like"
So in one way or another, Tingle made it into TP.
O_O
Have vaaiti, ghiriahim and yuga. PLEASEEE
I've never played a dynasty warriors game, and, barring horrendous review consensus, I will get this game. Is it normal to have such a large character selection? It seems you'd end up with clones and homogenization after too many characters.
Go groose or go home
@SavoirFaire
Pretty normal. The playable cast so far for this game is still pretty minuscule compared to the Dynasty Warriors series norm.
I hope The Resistance join in.
At the moment Link is the only male character in a group of 6.
Take that Ubisoft with yer 'difficult female characters'!
What a strange choice!
I can't wait to see what her moves are
It would be cool if we could play as Beedle or something.
Agitha's such a random character choice...I love it. Characters that come from left-field usually end up being the most interesting and fun to play as...
Just hope they'll be sure to give other entries in the series an equal amount of love as they've been showing TP so far. I'm still hoping that Ralph and Ravio will end up being playable down the line.
Stal Kid will likely be in it.
I'm gonna keep saying it, until i see it... HUMAN FORM MIDNA PLEASE... with sugar on top.
@Mr_Video Ravio would be amazing, especially if without the hood
hope there's some Skyward Sword love too...
@Sparx True. No Groose would be a huge let down.
LMAO nice
HOW IS THAT EVEN POSSIBLE???
What a twist when they said they were going to be multiple playable characters and with E3 I assumed it would feature main characters never outlandish. Got to agree with everyone else on Tingle I guess then Zant and Anorak may be playable then outside of story and Ganondorf. I can even agree with a joke on YouTube asking for The King of Red Lions "just so I can be a boat on land" (I know it would have to be his human form)
Still hoping for OOT goodness with Saria, Darunia, Ruto, Impa, and Nabooru playable... oh and Ralph from Oracle of Ages if Nintendo has the rights to him. Maybe Din or Nayru from the Oracle games as well... And I can't help but notice how few male characters there are in legend of zelda as I make my list.
Agitha? I'm calling it now: Her special move is going to be the I-know-you-have-bugs bomb.
Gah, the one non-gameboy Zelda title I haven't played yet, and it comes back to haunt me in more ways than one.
EDIT: Nevermind, I haven't played Majora's Mask either
Odd, but at least it's another character. I definitely was not expecting her, but still a great choice. I just wanna see Ganondorf as a playable character, but he'll probably be the villain.
Well, the average Dynasty Warrior game now has around 80+ characters, so theres enough space for everyones favourite
And if it doesnt happen the first time, just keep buying it and wait for a sequel.
I didn't expect this 0_)
You people are so blind. When you see all the MM references, no matter how small, all you think is MM remake, but all of this TP material does not make you think on a TP remake? Am I really the only one?
Note that I am not serious, but it still isn't out of the realm of possibility.
Want to make my day? Announce Groose and I'll be the happiest guy.
@DestinyMan I'm also considering replaying Twilight Princess. Haven't played it in a while, I didn't even recognise Argorok from the Treehouse demo. For me it's very common that when a Mario Kart game comes out, that largely dominates the use of the current console. Hopefully that changes with Wii U as there's so many great games coming out in the future.
Why?? Why Agitha? There are so many other characters that would make sense in this that have an active role in fighting. Things such as Gorons, Zoras, Gerudos, Skullkid and so forth, Heck, even use Fierce Deity (yes I know it was a mask but it was a transformation to a fierce Hylian warrior). Even Groose would be better because he actually fought.
@MixMasterMudkip Listen to this man. For the love of Zelda, listen to this man.
So when are they going to announce that the Happy Mask Salesman is a playable character, from the Villain side, since he's actually behind everything…?
Hank dorm has already been shown as well in a teaser at the end of the E3 trailer... Also Vaati better be in and Ravio would be cool too.
We need another main series game with Vaati btw, he's still alive in the adult and downfall timelines after all.
not vaati, not sheik, not tetra, not skull kid, not a goron or zora,even tingle would be better. I'm a little upset, but as long as there's another cool character like skull kid, vaati, or sheik, I'll instabuy.
@2Sang Shiek is technically already in the game. That's Zelda.
Wanna know some interesting character to make playable? Either Rosa from Oracle of Seasons or the broom riding Maple/Irene.
@ikki5 well link is in the game twice by that logic because of midna and wolf link. Sheik already has a separate character slot in smash, so why not hyrule warriors?
I just need tingle to be in this game that would be so awesome he would be unstoppable.
@Gen0neD Human form midna? yes to all of it. It would be awesome and it would be a total shame if they don't add her.They have the imp form they might as well add her human form.
Oh gawd, the bug fetish girl. lol
@MixMasterMudkip Your profile pic perfectly fits your comment. LOL
@2Sang Yes and no, the wolf doesn't really do much except for charge where it is Midna herself that does pretty much everything. The Wolf is also clearly not the same as the wolf link. Also if "Shiek" was added, it would be a clone of Impa as Zelda dressed as Sheik which resembled the Sheikah except a male form. You already have Impa in there, you don't need another Sheikah in the game unless you are just going to have a bunch of clones.
This is just amazing. Agitha is probably my favorite Zelda character ever, if only because we're entymology bros. Also she's out of her mind.
But I agree with everyone who wants every character they said they want. Now is the time for decking out that roster! This is a WARRIORS game! They always have a million guys! I wouldn't be surprised if they really load up on these obscure-ish characters!
And lbr guys Dodoh is basically just Yoshimoto.
What? Who might they reveal next? Happy mask salesman? Marin? Richard?
@GuSolarFlare It would be amazing if Tingle were in it.
Lana might be an abreveation of *Lana*yru.
@ikki5 That's why you base sheik off of her smash bros moveset duh. It's already made up anyways.
I like the silly characters. GIve us Tingle and we're all set for silliness.
...Who else wants the boxing kangaroo from Seasons and Ages?
You all sicken me!
Where is the love for Error????????
Error must be a playable character!!!!!
FIERCE DEITY!!!!!!!! thats all I want!
Seems like an odd choice, but I'll reserve judgement for once I've beaten the game. Nothing is going to lessen my hype level at this point.
The snot kid from Wind Waker please.
Why isn't Minda on the case?!?!?
Darunia, brother! (There'd be plenty of opportunities to reference Hulk Hogan! )
So the new character is LANAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!
Vaati from the handheld games would be pretty cool.
@ikki5
Both being Sheikah doesn't make either a clone of the other, they're a tribe of warriors so theres no reason they can't play differently. From what we've seen of Sheik she can easily fill the role of ninja, this incarnation of Impa seems to be more or less a straight up warrior or samurai.
Sheik probably will make an appearance, I can't see them passing up a chance at the ol' switcheroo.
I'm actually hoping Skull Kid will be playable.
Loads of females I hope more males join in to balance it x
Well, this all but crushes my dreams of Ganondorf and Fierce Diety Link being playable.
Agitha is fine and all.
But let's get Saria and Malon in there.
Saria with plant and earth magic,
And Malon with a pitchfork and summoning cows, horses and cuccos.
Awesome!! What a random addition! More random additions please Nintendo! More obscure characters, that's what I want!
WHERE IS GIRAHIM???
@SavoirFaire Dynasty Warriors.generally has a much bigger roster, and personally I find all of them.are.different enough, when you take into account their different weapon.styles and different personalities.
It will be interesting to see what their story is to encompass all the different Zelda games.
They weren't lying when they said there would be some unexpected characters! The bug-princess, who would have thought it?
"which also state that Zant and Argorok, both villains from Twilight Princess, will feature in some way"
Spoiler: In the treehouse footage we could see that Argorok is a boss.
Hopefully we'll see Ghirahim and Ganondorf as playable characters. And as long as we're going with obscure characters, let's throw in Dampé just because.
@Tsurii897 I'd bet on Agitha using an umbrella like she has in this picture http://zelda.wikia.com/wiki/Agitha . If she has that she'll probably use some moves similar to Okuni from the Samurai Warriors games, and have some unique moves mixed in.
As cool as this is, I wish Nintendo would settle down a bit as far as revealing things in their upcoming games go. We knew every little detail and secret in MK8 before its release, same goes for the new Smash Bros. I want to be surprised dammit! So cool your jets a little
Agitha? Okay, now I really must have this game.
This game went from uninteresting over interesting to stupid fast.
@ThomasBW84 Is that a reference to this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPxY8lpYAUM
Rather disheartening that a Zelda spinoff that's not even an in-house effort winds up having a more interesting roster than Mario Kart 8 does....
@vamkar NICE CATCH! I could certainly see the game's plot revolving around that.
So are we reckoning that Agitha uses Parasol-fu or summons an army of ferocious bugs (would love to see her riding an enormous rhino beetle into battle.
I've always thought Agitha was one of the most distinctive characters in the franchise to never reoccur. Certainly greater than the now staple Beedle.
Yep, no idea who this is.
What about Toon Link? Am I the only one that wants him playable?
@Smasher64 User icons in thread tell me yes. However, this also tells me that a number of people want themselves to be in the game along with anime characters, some Pokémon and stuff. (Me I'm apparently rooting for Japanese Giant Hornet because I am basically Agitha after all).
But hey, there was that one user with GBA Toon Link! Does that count?
Anyway, everyone wants Toon Link. It's Toon Link come on. I think he's got a really good chance of being in it now? Honestly, the ONLY Zelda character that would surprise me at this point would be Hand Coming Out of the Toilet from a few of the games.
she is not a warrior
What about Tott?
If I knew how to attach pics... I'd show you who I mean...
I'll be amazed if this ends up being better than the Zelda Wii U game. Probably won't but it'll go to show that Nintendo making more risks with it's IP's and giving them spin offs to other developers helps.
I think some of the villains from Oracle of Ages and Seasons would play a good role in this game. Would be cool to have a mode to play as the bad guys. Shadow Link would be a good playable character if such a mode existed.
I bet Agitha's grown up in this game.
@MixMasterMudkip Where he belongs in obscurity.
@World I want toon link playable because I used him a lot in brawl, it's just ironic how he's my profile image.
So I'm guessing that Lana is the chick to the right of link.
Also we need Young Link, The 6 Sages from OoT, M.M. Link, Skull Kid, Link with Epona, Zubora and Gabora from M.M., Moosh, Ricky, Dimitri, Din, and Nayru from the Oracle games, 4 swords Link, Tetra, Shadow Link, Hero's Spirit from T.P., Alfonzo, and Linebeck.
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