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Pretty sure his boots and pants come from TP Link. Look at SS Link, his boots are much shorter and less detailed, also his pants are very thick and baggy. SSB4 Link looks exactly like TP Link, with a slightly brighter colour palette.
Also, game popularity.
No he is full TP through and through especially his boots and wrist guard which have an ornate design on them that wasnt in SS at all. He is based on the artwork of TP more than anything, which is why it looks far better then that games in game model.
This is pretty much the most likely reason, and also it was probably done to keep the 3 consistent with eachother.
Its not the same character model though, there are some aspects that carried over in his design but they did not use it as a base. His hair isnt even the same mesh or style, the devil is in the details and they are very different.
Oh indeed, the details is where it starts to differ. Though I have to disagree on the other part, base model is still the same. Even the shape and main color of the hair; it's mainly the art style of each other that makes them stand out a bit differently.
The shape of the hair is different as well, just look even their body proportions around the chest and arm length are different. The details are all within the character design and art direction so thats not really part of what im getting at, which is the model mesh itself with all its polygons.
Certainly; though I never stated that one model was ported from one game to another (should have clarified that when I said "taken from") but is evident that the SS one was based off the one from TP. The "mold" is identical while the small differences are evident.The shape of the hair is different as well, just look even their body proportions around the chest and arm length are different. The details are all within the character design and art direction so thats not really part of what im getting at, which is the model mesh itself with all its polygons.
In a high profile zelda title they would not reuse and or just change the mesh of an existing model (except in MM which makes sense for the 1 year they had to make it). Different animations and actions call for different rigging which in most cases many dont work well when not originally designed around it. Its not the same, they went for an overall design that felt familiar but they did not port over his model.
Explain why everybody else has brighter colors, Skyward Sword influence as well?
Practical reasons for sure. It makes more sense than having 3 characters from their own games clash with their art styles.
I never even realized that that was the reason. I suppose it makes sense; it isn't as though Ganondorf isn't going to get a brighter color pallet, he will look slightly different... just as the others do. I assume Link's costume might be Skyward Sword related, I mean, there isn't that big of a difference, but I presume Zelda is going to get the Skyward Sword costume as it is vastly different.
Good thing... I'm not too big on his HW look.
