If Zelda were playable in a mainline TLoZ title, would you want her to be have sword+shield (or other such weapons) as an option?
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I want this more than anything. Except maybe you start the game as Link, get taken out by the magic arm thing, and Zelda takes over. No real hope for it though. Not from Nintendo.
I would love to have scene where Zelda picks up the Master Sword to actual wield it for the first time. How would that not be awesome?
If you want to give her some Witcher like magic powers to use as well on top of it, that's cool too.
She's wielded it before... just never fought with it as far as I'm aware.
because we've had like fifty games starring a sword boy who kinda sucks at magic and I'd like a game that focused completely on what the wielder of the triforce of wisdom could do. If it is just her hitting things with swords that would be boring
They could make it like Mario+Luigi where they control the same but have different physics and move-sets.
I wouldn't call that wielding, that's just holding it and carrying it over to Link. She never even intended to use it. Seeing Zelda actually pick up the blade, intending to use it, and then using it would be amazing, both within the story of that one game and the series as a whole.She's wielded it before... just never fought with it as far as I'm aware.
I'd want the default zelda weapon to be whatever made sense for the game's plot and gimmicks, but i assume link style swords would be something she could find and an equivalent weapon to hers would be something link found later. Wont lie, as much as i love BotW zelda, the though of fencing my way thru a full game as TP zelda with a rapier is cool as hell
Unless it was like, a party-based game where she was a mage, link was the swordsman, and some game-specific OC had a different role. If everyone were always in a group ready to hot-swap, the powerups would probably be assigned to each character in sequence.
Unless it was like, a party-based game where she was a mage, link was the swordsman, and some game-specific OC had a different role. If everyone were always in a group ready to hot-swap, the powerups would probably be assigned to each character in sequence.
I really liked the combat in Skyward Sword because it felt a lot like fencing.
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For that, those weapons would just need to be optional, not completely inaccessible. Saying "Zelda shouldn't be able to use weapons" just feels like the reasoning of Team ICO not having playable female characters being that they're "too weak" to climb stuff
Link has to solve all kinds of puzzles and use his (the player's) smarts throughout the series in addition to fighting, but Zelda can't do both? Doesn't make sense.
Arrows and magic with some Sheikah training (throwing knives? Various bombs? Stealth?) Is the first thing I think of. I wouldn't really want her to play or animate like Link, it would feel like a bit of a pointless addition. Sword is okay, just as long as she doesn't play just like Link.
That Link's glare...She's wielded it before... just never fought with it as far as I'm aware.
Majestic eyebrow furls.
Depends. Would she be completely interchangeable with Link, like character select, or completely replace him? Then sure. Switch between the two at different points in the game? Then different.
I would only see her being playable in like a dungeon or something. I don't see her being a playable character the whole game with only magic and like arrows, that would not work or would be a big change in gameplay for just an option that isn't really authentic to the franchise. If she's playable then it would be closer to link, but again... she wouldn't have the Master Sword and would be weaker...
So yea, i would go magic/utility stuff in a dungeon or as a partner. Not full on playable.
So yea, i would go magic/utility stuff in a dungeon or as a partner. Not full on playable.
I always saw Link as the final stage when everything else has exploded and Zelda's role in the three has already somewhat failed. Zelda's the vanguard.
A game featuring her would be interesting since Zelda success = Ganon not taking hold in the world and LInk never having to be reborn really. So anything'd go. She's basically the world's Gandalf.
A game featuring her would be interesting since Zelda success = Ganon not taking hold in the world and LInk never having to be reborn really. So anything'd go. She's basically the world's Gandalf.
The Hyrule Warriors games always had the right idea. She should freely be able to use stuff Link can use, just in different ways.
A rapier, instead of SnS. Bows that use arrows made of light and magic, instead of the more conventional stuff Link uses. Etc, etc.
A rapier, instead of SnS. Bows that use arrows made of light and magic, instead of the more conventional stuff Link uses. Etc, etc.
See reading every response now instead of the first 20 or so. This is why y'all never getting a good game or a mainline Zelda game with zelda actually in it. Too many replies and not one for Zelda using her fist to fight
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A portable Guardian laser sounds like something that should be added 100%
She was portrayed as a ninja many times wasn't she?
Give her a dagger or tanto sword with other ninja gadgets.
Make her a Max Payne style badass.
Give her a dagger or tanto sword with other ninja gadgets.
That would be cool too.
Make her a Max Payne style badass.
If she were to use a sword, a rapier seems appropriate. Regardless, I'd definitely prefer for her combat style to be more magic-oriented. Link does use magic himself, but it's never a core part of his toolset and you can basically ignore it in most games he has it outside of required uses.
What do you mean she was faking it?
In Ocarina of Time she had ninja skills. Same with Hyrule Warriors.
Hyrule Warriors must be ignored for the greater good
we can't risk Cia becoming canon
I mean sure, ignore that but they can take examples from the game like Shiek. Zelda being a ninja would work really well if they wanted a different playstyle while avoiding the elf with bow stereotype.
Have her be reborn as a gerudo. Princess to the once in a generation male, and give her a sword and spear
She's been seen wielding a rapier before, so that could work. I still voted "no" because I feel like she should be magic, and bow and arrow user first and foremost. I also wouldn't like to see her using a shield.
But this would make her gameplay so different from Link; what we're used to Zelda games, that I wouldn't expect or even want to actually have a playable Zelda in the mainline games. If you need a female character to work as an alternative to Link, repurpose Ilia in that role. In the beginning the player would get to choose between playing either Link or Ilia, and the other would show up in the story in a swappable role, like how many Pokémon games starting with Ruby and Sapphire have used the other male/female protagonist in a supporting role instead.
But this would make her gameplay so different from Link; what we're used to Zelda games, that I wouldn't expect or even want to actually have a playable Zelda in the mainline games. If you need a female character to work as an alternative to Link, repurpose Ilia in that role. In the beginning the player would get to choose between playing either Link or Ilia, and the other would show up in the story in a swappable role, like how many Pokémon games starting with Ruby and Sapphire have used the other male/female protagonist in a supporting role instead.
I mean, why not just make Impa playable instead if you're going that route
she's earned it
I mean I wouldn't mind that but I am thinking more about Zelda cause she is the main character alongside Link and Ganon.
Zelda as a character isn't done any favors if her playable role is defined as "girl Link."
Link is Courage (pick up a sword and go get your ass beat by a Lynel), Zelda is Wisdom and in Nintendo games I expect form to follow function and not the other way. So if we have a playable Zelda it should be because they had a game design that called for it.
I assume no one would want to play that anyway? Like imagine a Ganondorf game but you're just a re-skinned Link. That wouldn't be satisfying at all. Same if Zelda is just Link.
Link is Courage (pick up a sword and go get your ass beat by a Lynel), Zelda is Wisdom and in Nintendo games I expect form to follow function and not the other way. So if we have a playable Zelda it should be because they had a game design that called for it.
I assume no one would want to play that anyway? Like imagine a Ganondorf game but you're just a re-skinned Link. That wouldn't be satisfying at all. Same if Zelda is just Link.
If it's a game where she gets to handle multiple weapon types, like BotW, I don't see why a sword shouldn't be an option. Link uses bows and magic despite not necessarily being associated with them.
The poll is worded in such an odd way. Like, why is it "She should be able to use swords" vs "She should never use swords!" Like, I don't think many people would be upset if she has the option to use them.
That said, I do think magic/arrow Zelda complimenting Link would be cooler.
That said, I do think magic/arrow Zelda complimenting Link would be cooler.