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That zipzo thread
They're cool but oh well, maybe next time.well guess we got the confirmation of the entirety of Toon Link's colour swap set.
A little bummed we didn't get the Outset or Conductors outfit but I guess we did get his green Tunic from A Link Between Worlds/to the Past.
What's the periwinkle/green sleeves one? I'm going nuts trying to figure out what it is, because I know it reminds me of something, but I can't put my finger on just what that something is.well guess we got the confirmation of the entirety of Toon Link's colour swap set.
A little bummed we didn't get the Outset or Conductors outfit but I guess we did get his green Tunic from A Link Between Worlds/to the Past.
Yeah it looks pretty familiar to me too. At first I thought it was based off the blue tunic from A Link to the Past or Between Worlds but that doesn't seem to be the case.... :/
Well, the closest thing I've found so far is the red mail from LttP. It's got the sleeves, and that same periwinkle hat. The torso is red, but other than that they look pretty similar.
Yeah Toon Link does seem to be representing the earlier era of Zelda more than Link kinda does imo. Not to mention how Sakurai remarked that having a child Link was very important and he seems to be stressing that out more now from the looks of things. Not to mention wasn't Toon Link initially meant to be a more modernized interpretation of the original NES Link? I think he's doing a pretty well job at that.
More than that, he seems to represent the 2D games (despite being the one from Wind Waker), while Link is the 3D representative.
And Toon Link also gets a Dark alt, possibly to represent Zelda II!
As I mentionned, Dark Toon Link is more... Well, Dark Toon Link (Four Swords), while Dark Link is more OoT. Zelda 2 is referenced in the events, as Link is totally black.
To be perfectly fair, Shadow Link from Four Swords doesn't have red eyes either in-game or in artwork, so this costume in Brawl was technically inaccurate.
However, the Shadow Links in ALBW have red eyes, and possibly the one from Spirit Tracks. Either way, I don't think there was ever one with white hair? Not that I mind, because it looks cool.
Dang, forgot that. Thanks for the correction.To be perfectly fair, Shadow Link from Four Swords doesn't have red eyes either in-game or in artwork, so this costume in Brawl was technically inaccurate.
I forgot that the original Red Mail had a blue hat. I guess it's probably just a mixture of the Red and Blue Mails from ALttP, or maybe it is just made up.
Fully agreed. I really do like that costume. I've always liked Link in blue almost as much as his default green, which is part of why I like the Outset clothes so much. It's also why I like his design for Zelda Wii U!
Don't start me on that handsome, awesome WiiU Link.
I'm going to use that one now.
Ah so that's where I've seen it before. IT WAS YOU! (save for the hat though I guess)I realised that the 7th one is same as my Toon Link avis save for the hat.
Sakurai based it off you!I realised that the 7th one is same as my Toon Link avis save for the hat.
Nah, I just decided to colour his vest blue on a whim and it stuck.
I wish there was a Young Link alt also. =/
Their proportions are way too different. Young Link would look so weird with a Toon Link-sized head and stubby legs.
If Alph can be a different skin for Olimar and if Lucina was going to be a skin for Marth, Young Link can be a skin as well.
Lucina is literally designed to look like Marth, and Alph and Olimar have the same proportions. Toon Link and Young Link are completely differently proportioned, with different weapon sizes, different leg and arm lengths and head sizes, and probably even body sizes, not to mention that their art styles are one hundred percent different. You're basically saying Toon Link could be an alt for standard Link.
Ok. I think I understand. They'd need more similarity to their size and proportions to be alts for each. Would it not work for Nintendo to design Young Link with Toon Link's moves and still be his own height and proportions (with updated graphics of course)? Did they have similar moves or no? I haven't played Melee in a long while. Also, thanks for the way you responded. When someone disagrees, some people can be aggressive with their responses.
Yeah true. Toon Link is more or less a more modernized version of Young Link. Much like the other Twilight Princess esque cast are a more modernized update from their Ocarina of Time incarnations in Melee. It's interesting though how people hardly ask for an alt of the rest of the Ocarina of Time cast though. Because unlike Young Link, they'd actually work quite well as alts. But like you said, they'd kinda be limiting the alternate colours for the other much like what happened with Olimar and Alph. (Unless they do like what they did with Little Mac)Well, technically Toon Link is a young Link
But yeah, I don't want that to happen, look at Olimar, he only has 4 pallette swaps now and Toon Link's situation wouldn't be any different.
Toon Link is more or less Young Link's spiritual successor, so they do have quite similar moves. Theoretically there's no real reason they couldn't bring Young Link back in that manner, but because his hitboxes would change a fair bit, he would have to occupy another slot on the roster. That would of course be ridiculous, because then we would have three Links on the roster, and all two of them would be basically the same.
I want Ocarina of Time alts for all the Twilight Princess characters, because I much prefer their OoT looks. Unfortunately it'll probably never happen!
