It's been great being here, and I'm back, although not like when I first joined, I'll still try to visit a lot more often than I have been.
Guide to using the Hero of Time and the Triforce of Courage - Version 1.0 - by Garde
Introduction
Before I get started, I'd like to introduce myself. My forum name is Garde, originally on the forums at OverClocked Remix, I also joined Smash World Forums (and I'm the one and only Garde on each one). I've owned Super Smash Bros.: Melee for around 8 months now, and played the original Super Smash Bros. on the N64 from the time it came out and played Link to death, I wouldn't give in to using upper tier characters in N64 even though Link was pretty near the bottom in ranking, if not at the bottom himself, and I ended up doing pretty well, albeit I wouldn't win much against some of my friends who abused Kirby, C. Falcon, and DK, I still gave them a run for their money. I have taken serious steps in improving my Link game above all others that I have met. Although I have recently began testing other characters in Melee, I will always be the "Hardcore Link Fan" that I am, and Link will always remain my #1 character. In SSBM,I have put approximately 800 hours into him in single player and multiplayer combined and know him better than I know any other character. I hope that my experience will help those that read this get a better grasp for Link, or aid your skills if you are already a weathered Link user. Now, some of you might not know anything about me, some of you may think I'm crazy and have no life for writing this guide (you're probably right), but you know what? I really don't care, but what I do care about is sharing info about the way I play Link (which has been accumulated from many Link users including one who recently took a tourney in Texas, he's known as Kenshin on SWF) and allowing more Link users to become decently skilled. The stuff in this guide is not made up or fabricated in any way, everything in this guide is based on personal experience and I hope everyone gets something out of this. There's one more thing I want to make clear before I get onto the rest of this guide. This is a guide, this does not tell you how to play Link or any character, it's just "guiding" you to becoming a more skilled player, it will not make you good alone, being good requires skill, and skill involves practicing. Some of the things I describe in here you may be unable to perform at first, don't be discouraged, practicing WILL bear fruit, I know this for a fact. Guides are not meant to make people skilled, they're meant to guide people to understand the character it's about. The more intimately you know the character the better you will perform. I don't know everything there is to know, but I do want the people who read this to get an understanding for Link, I want you to be able to understand him so well that you can just theorize things and then bring them into reality (I've found many combos this way).
Disclaimer: This is based upon my experience and playing style, there are others out there, and I'm not advocating I'm some Link master that knows how to play Link "right" while everyone else plays him "wrong". This is just my way of sharing my discoveries of how to play Link, and if you don't feel you like my playing style, use your own, I'm not forcing anyone to play like me, and I hope everyone has at least a little individuality so they don't totally take up my style. Also, my style is not fool-proof, there are many tactics that work against it, and I've had to change my style to suit the needs of the battles I've played, so this will not work against everyone.
Well, with that out of the way, onto the guide. I really hope you all enjoy reading this as much as I enjoyed writing it!
Contents
I. Background
II. Why Choose Link?
III. Pros vs. Cons
IV. Move List
V. Tricks
VI. Combo's and Tactics
VII. Last Words
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Section I: Background
Well, as many of you already know, Link was created by Nintendo circa 1986 for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) and debuted in the game, The Legend of Zelda. The point of the game was to defeat the temple guardians that held pieces of the Triforce of Wisdom (which Zelda had split into 8 pieces so that Gannon, her captor, could not find it) and rescue Princess Zelda from the clutches of the evil Gannon (who WAS a blue pig back then), who held the Triforce of Power. Along Link's journey, he came across many powerful items that aided him and many that were necessary to progress in the game. Some that have come back from that game include the boomerang, the bow, and of course, Link's trusty bombs (if any of you own or have read the Legend of Zelda books, like Molblin's Magic Spear, you know what I'm talking about). Of course, they also added in his famous up thrust and downthrust from The Legend of Zelda: The Adventure of Link (2nd installment in the series, also on the NES, although it was more of a side scrolling Action-RPG than a overhead Action-RPG like the first), and his Spinning Blade technique from The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (3rd installment on the series, for the SNES, overhead view like the original). As many of you might wonder, is the Link in each game the same? The answer is no, they're not, although some of them MAY be the same Link (such as the Link in both NES games might be the same, the Link in both N64 games (The Ocarina of Time and Majora's Mask) are probably the same, and the Link in A Link to the Past (SNES) and Link's Awakening (original GB version) are probably the same, although no one can be sure unless Nintendo says which ones are the same. Nintendo actually did state that the Links in each game are not the same, but are of the same blood line, seeing as they are all the last of the Hylians (If you are wondering, the Zelda in each game is different but also is from the same blood line, it's tradition for the princesses in the Hylian bloodline to be named Zelda). Enough background though, I'm sure most of you are uninterested in this section, and you want me to go onto the rest of the guide, which actually concerns SSBM, so here goes... (There are other concepts on the internet that may contradict this, I kept is accurate to the official Nintendo interpretation as possible).
Guide to using the Hero of Time and the Triforce of Courage - Version 1.0 - by Garde
Introduction
Before I get started, I'd like to introduce myself. My forum name is Garde, originally on the forums at OverClocked Remix, I also joined Smash World Forums (and I'm the one and only Garde on each one). I've owned Super Smash Bros.: Melee for around 8 months now, and played the original Super Smash Bros. on the N64 from the time it came out and played Link to death, I wouldn't give in to using upper tier characters in N64 even though Link was pretty near the bottom in ranking, if not at the bottom himself, and I ended up doing pretty well, albeit I wouldn't win much against some of my friends who abused Kirby, C. Falcon, and DK, I still gave them a run for their money. I have taken serious steps in improving my Link game above all others that I have met. Although I have recently began testing other characters in Melee, I will always be the "Hardcore Link Fan" that I am, and Link will always remain my #1 character. In SSBM,I have put approximately 800 hours into him in single player and multiplayer combined and know him better than I know any other character. I hope that my experience will help those that read this get a better grasp for Link, or aid your skills if you are already a weathered Link user. Now, some of you might not know anything about me, some of you may think I'm crazy and have no life for writing this guide (you're probably right), but you know what? I really don't care, but what I do care about is sharing info about the way I play Link (which has been accumulated from many Link users including one who recently took a tourney in Texas, he's known as Kenshin on SWF) and allowing more Link users to become decently skilled. The stuff in this guide is not made up or fabricated in any way, everything in this guide is based on personal experience and I hope everyone gets something out of this. There's one more thing I want to make clear before I get onto the rest of this guide. This is a guide, this does not tell you how to play Link or any character, it's just "guiding" you to becoming a more skilled player, it will not make you good alone, being good requires skill, and skill involves practicing. Some of the things I describe in here you may be unable to perform at first, don't be discouraged, practicing WILL bear fruit, I know this for a fact. Guides are not meant to make people skilled, they're meant to guide people to understand the character it's about. The more intimately you know the character the better you will perform. I don't know everything there is to know, but I do want the people who read this to get an understanding for Link, I want you to be able to understand him so well that you can just theorize things and then bring them into reality (I've found many combos this way).
Disclaimer: This is based upon my experience and playing style, there are others out there, and I'm not advocating I'm some Link master that knows how to play Link "right" while everyone else plays him "wrong". This is just my way of sharing my discoveries of how to play Link, and if you don't feel you like my playing style, use your own, I'm not forcing anyone to play like me, and I hope everyone has at least a little individuality so they don't totally take up my style. Also, my style is not fool-proof, there are many tactics that work against it, and I've had to change my style to suit the needs of the battles I've played, so this will not work against everyone.
Well, with that out of the way, onto the guide. I really hope you all enjoy reading this as much as I enjoyed writing it!
Contents
I. Background
II. Why Choose Link?
III. Pros vs. Cons
IV. Move List
V. Tricks
VI. Combo's and Tactics
VII. Last Words
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Section I: Background
Well, as many of you already know, Link was created by Nintendo circa 1986 for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) and debuted in the game, The Legend of Zelda. The point of the game was to defeat the temple guardians that held pieces of the Triforce of Wisdom (which Zelda had split into 8 pieces so that Gannon, her captor, could not find it) and rescue Princess Zelda from the clutches of the evil Gannon (who WAS a blue pig back then), who held the Triforce of Power. Along Link's journey, he came across many powerful items that aided him and many that were necessary to progress in the game. Some that have come back from that game include the boomerang, the bow, and of course, Link's trusty bombs (if any of you own or have read the Legend of Zelda books, like Molblin's Magic Spear, you know what I'm talking about). Of course, they also added in his famous up thrust and downthrust from The Legend of Zelda: The Adventure of Link (2nd installment in the series, also on the NES, although it was more of a side scrolling Action-RPG than a overhead Action-RPG like the first), and his Spinning Blade technique from The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (3rd installment on the series, for the SNES, overhead view like the original). As many of you might wonder, is the Link in each game the same? The answer is no, they're not, although some of them MAY be the same Link (such as the Link in both NES games might be the same, the Link in both N64 games (The Ocarina of Time and Majora's Mask) are probably the same, and the Link in A Link to the Past (SNES) and Link's Awakening (original GB version) are probably the same, although no one can be sure unless Nintendo says which ones are the same. Nintendo actually did state that the Links in each game are not the same, but are of the same blood line, seeing as they are all the last of the Hylians (If you are wondering, the Zelda in each game is different but also is from the same blood line, it's tradition for the princesses in the Hylian bloodline to be named Zelda). Enough background though, I'm sure most of you are uninterested in this section, and you want me to go onto the rest of the guide, which actually concerns SSBM, so here goes... (There are other concepts on the internet that may contradict this, I kept is accurate to the official Nintendo interpretation as possible).