Earlier this week we brought you a slightly silly update on Yoshi's real name, in which 60 of you voted in our poll to suggest that the T in T. Yoshisaur Munchakoopas stood for Tupac; over a hundred of you instead decided it was "the greatest mystery of our times". Not the most serious moment here on Nintendo Life, we'll admit, but it was fun.
That little fact was courtesy of Console Wars author Blake Harris, who was sharing some info from Nintendo's Character Guide of 1993. He's now shared some more with IGN related to the Legend of Zelda franchise. You can see these below.
The Princess Zelda image is a fun example, due to its emphasis on her heroism and the fact that she was in the process of escaping herself when Link arrived and almost killed her by mistake. The series has often emphasized that, though Link is often saving the Princess and the world as a whole, she's a key figure that leads the fight against evil, with Wisdom if not brute force.
The Ganondorf illustration is also entertaining, with the text throwing around plenty of insults — "He has also been compared to sloths, slugs, toads, groupers and the business end of a skunk".
Harris will be sharing more of these illustrations soon, but in the meantime let us know what you think of these; do any of the descriptions shake up your perspectives of the characters?
Thanks to Benson for the tip.
[source uk.ign.com]
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Weird. I like the mention of "Zelda the First" messing with timeline purists' perceptions.
Isn't it fairly standard in adventure games that the hero is a bit of an idiot and quite often needs the help of the person they're supposed to be saving.....
@Nintenjoe64 I actually can't argue with that...huh.
@Genesaur timeline purists? as far as I know most "hardcore" zelda fans actually dislike the timeline
@Nintenjoe64 I think it is, at least in japanese adventure games....
@Genesaur
This is information from 1993 before the timeline was developed. It's no longer canon.
@GuSolarFlare Yeah, I'd count myself within that category.
Link is telepathic!? This needs to be developed in future games...
Also, I want to see more Ganon and less Ganondorf.
So Link's quest was pointless
This is why i love Nintendo- when they come up with back stories they're usually barking and funny. Love the Ganon one
Oh, that's not nice! Sure, that version of Ganon isn't too appealing, but Ganondorf as a person was bizzarely sympathetic in his own right.
@Splatom Almost. There's no information on whether Zelda would've succeeded at all.
@GuSolarFlare
I agree that the Zelda timeline is a loads of balls.
@Gamecubii-64DD @GuSolarFlare I was thinking just about every SNES JRPG has a moment where the bungling hero accidentally switches out the lights and captures the wrong person.
All I can think of when I read Zelda's description:
"Well Excuuuuuuse Me, Princess!"
@sketchturner Here here
@onery Heh now I am too thanks. XD
a silly question perhaps but what is the source for this info? where did Blake Harris get his hands on a Nintendo Character Guide?
@sketchturner The Link to the Past's Link was, it's the start of the game where that's revealed.
"the business end of a skunk"
That has to be the best euphemism for butt that I have ever heard.
@Genesaur Actually, if I'm not mistaken the Hyrule Historia takes into account the stories of Zelda the First. It's in the Hero dies timeline. But honestly it was all confusing.
It's hard to imagine Ganon "cruelly snatching candy from the young," lol. Maybe, in the end, he just wanted someone to share a few sweets with him
Umm... Ok...
@Nicolai
Hey yea, maybe after one too many failed attempts at sharing, he gave up and became the king of evil, vowing to destroy the world and take all the candy for himself.
I understand the timeline more, mainly the events of OOT and after. But why some games come after one another I may never understand.
So Ganon is Ganondorf and vise versa then? Everyone says that pig ganon isn't ganondorf, but this clearly disputes that.
Sounds to me some fem-Nazi was bitter and was having some fun.
This is very interesting! I wonder what would have happened to Hyrule if Link accidentally killed Zelda... Also, the mental image I have of Hyrule Warriors Ganondorf stealing sweets from children is very amusing.
I loved the way most games in the 80's and 90's didn't take themselves as seriously as they do now.
You'd think by now that Nintendo would have published a Legend of Zelda game in which you play as Princess Zelda herself and rescue Link. After all, that formula has been done before in another popular Nintendo franchise.
Hyrule Historia has a version of the character height guide but with Mario characters on it as well. As for this book. I can't take the page-by-page teasing anymore, just dump the whole thing...
@DestinyMan I'm guessing the rep meant Twilight Princess. There is a boss fight against Zelda. Oh dear did I just say spoilers
@Nintenjoe64 Guybrush Threepwood certainly fits that description.
The first Zelda was of course the Zelda from the second game!
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