Wow. Young Link seems like he got nerfed for no reason. :(

[Laijin]

I watched one gameplay video of him and I immediately noticed the following:

-Even smaller range than before(wtf? His range was already crap. Why shorten it even more?)
-His projectiles are nerfed
-He looks slower
-His up-B goes up even less


Wow.
Made a bad character even worst. Great job guys.


I could be wrong on a lot of things, but this is just from my immediate observations of watching ONE video.

 

[drengist]

But he's faster and floats like crazy.

 

[fuzzy4]

Honestly, as a young link mainer in Melee, the range was never a problem for me. Granted, many times I found myself wishing my blade was not so stubby, but because of his short range but quick speed I was able to combo much easier with him. The only issue I ever had was actually finding good finishers. Racking up the damage was easy. Remember that the overall speed of this game is supposed to be a bit slower than Melee, although the gameplay itself seems to be at a much faster pace (in otherwords animations are slower, but possibilities for combos and techs seems higher), so it may just be that he appears slower. We'll see, but I for one am not worried about young link. I am almost certain he will give me what I need .

 

[Althalus89]

He floats like some hovecraft His Up-B is gr8 how can u complain about it Laijin? Have u seen how he floats when he faces Ganondorf? He can jump a regular jump out of the stage the return on a double jump like hugely floating back. as for his speed I think it's improved some but the real gr8 thing is his arrows, did u notice he doesn't have to charge them? He just fires them righ away in a straight line. It's awesome because then he won't have the same trouble with the bow range as Young Link had in Melee.

 

[Slater88]

I feel like he will be one of the strongest characters in the game. Also his bombs explode all Wind Waker-like, which is awesome.

 

[shadowed_phoenix]

I agree 'Toon' link looks awesome.

 

[Trunkin]

Toon Link looks awesome imo, he looks way faster, and the way he slams down with his v arial is cool, and his range looks better to me also. Fuzzy4, I usually use his down smash as a finisher and it annoys the heck out of my opponents. I'll definately be using him often.

 

[err]

[Q] Young Link seems like he got nerfed for no reason [/Q]

yea but at least the gdorf matchup is WAAAAY in our favor this time.

eat it chaddd

 

[Hejiru]

You're right Young Link really got nerfed. He got nerfed so much HE ISNT EVEN IN BRAWL.

Toon Link =/= Young Link.

 

[W.Jr]

he is just 2good