/vr/ - Retro Games

[Anonymous No.8845021]

Still the most melancholic love story in video games.

[Anonymous No.8845032]

This nigga never fucks. Fairy faggot ass

[Anonymous No.8845035]

>>8845032
Didn't Wind Waker imply that the Hero of Time had descendants?

[Anonymous No.8845056]

test

[Anonymous No.8845058]

>>8845021
There literally was nothing going on between them. Not every iteration of Zelda and Link were in love.

[Anonymous No.8845062]

>>8845058
From the looks of it, the botw versions might end up being the first, but they'll probably keep it open ended

[Anonymous No.8845065]

>>8845058
Zelda's face when she has to return Link to the past suggests she felt something for him.
And Link returns to see her in the past in the castle.
I think there's definitely something going on between the two.

[Anonymous No.8845073]

>>8845058
>Not every iteration of Zelda and Link were in love.
There's like only two zelda games where you could say that there was some romantic angle between link and zelda and that's spirit tracks and adventure of link.

[Anonymous No.8845090]

>>8845065
When Link goes back she hasn't even met him yet, and it was to warn her of her screw up.

[Anonymous No.8845092]

>>8845090
>and it was to warn her of her screw up.
headcanon

[Anonymous No.8845093]

Link...
You came back!

[Anonymous No.8845094]

>>8845090
Then it's left open if he marries Malon or Ruto

[Anonymous No.8845098]

Why do you keep making this garbage thread? And why do retards keep replying to it?

[Anonymous No.8845109]

>>8845092
"Headcanon" is an oxymoron, what a dumb term.
It's in the book, which means it's canon according to Nintendo. it's how the timeline is split.

[Anonymous No.8845118]

>>8845098
touch grass, etc

[Anonymous No.8845120]

This thread pops up every few weeks, but I unironcially think the bond between Link and Zelda is really tragic in OoT. They’re the only characters who understand what they’ve been through and their goodbye always makes me sad.

I don’t know if I’d call their bond outright romantic, but it is significant and made much richer when you reflect on everything Zelda says as Sheik to Link.

[Anonymous No.8845146]

>>8845021
At least you post the real mirror shield and not the pozzed one
And she doesnt love him

[Anonymous No.8845147]

>>8845120
I think it is a romantic story, just not an obvious/traditional one.
First off, Adult Link still has the mind of a child (although a child that went through a lot in his short life). Zelda/Sheik was never in a time-paradoxical coma like Link was, so she's older psychologically as well. It'd be morally wrong to romance Link from Zelda's standpoint, but it's fucking obvious that she became attracted to him while watching over him as Sheik (kinda stalking him, although it was for the greater good and the goal of defeating Ganondorf).
On Link's side, well, we don't know that much about him because he's a silent protagonist that's meant to be an avatar for the player and/or also a stoic warrior-type character, but one could imagine Link built a bond with Zelda when he met her at the castle + when they crossed ways while Zelda and Impa were escaping and Zelda threw the Ocarina + the whole final sequence of the game with both Zelda and Link working together to defeat Ganon. The farewell scene in OP's pic is without a doubt romantic to me.
Link is still a kid so returning him to his time is the correct thing to do, and what does he do? He goes back to see Zelda. It's a happy ending for Link, but for adult Zelda it's a rather sad one.

[Anonymous No.8845150]

>>8845146
>And she doesnt love him
stop projecting, anon.

[Anonymous No.8845157]

>>8845147
literally overthinking and filling in things that aren't there

[Anonymous No.8845160]

what are some classic romances and chivalry tales where a Knight actually gets with the princess? The lady is just put on a pedestal.

[Anonymous No.8845161]

>>8845150
Saria is the heroine

[Anonymous No.8845165]

>>8845147
>adult
They're both still teens. I never understood why they call him "adult Link".

[Anonymous No.8845171]

literally anyone who insists on a "love" angle just wants to imagine porno. No one cares about any kind of love here.

[Anonymous No.8845179]

>>8845157
Lol did you make this post expecting people to be impressed by it? Or do you genuinely lack the brain power to imagine how things work when you’re not looking directly at them?

[Anonymous No.8845189]

>>8845165
I know, I guess it's something that just stuck.
Also Zelda is sort of medieval, and in medieval times, 14 was considered adult, so there.

[Anonymous No.8845195]

>>8845179
Lol how long did it take you to come up with that?

[Anonymous No.8845205]

>>8845179
lol at getting so defensive over your cheesy romance novel fantasy

[Anonymous No.8845216]

>>8845205
not him, but you're equally as defensive anyway. If you don't care, then why post here, trying to convince people to NOT think of it as a romantic story?
>noooooo, stop thinking about romance aaarggggh I never experienced romance, stop it!
This is kind of how you come across.

[Anonymous No.8845227]

>>8845216
>not him
Doubtful, but either way the reply insulted the poster who disagreed for no reason. You have no basis for a reversal here.

[Anonymous No.8845237]

when i was playing OoT as a 12 year old, i thought link was the coolest guy ever because even though hot babes were throwing themselves at him wherever he went, he didn't care at all
now as an adult, i wonder if i admired him because i was already schizoid, or if i became schizoid because i admired him

[Anonymous No.8845241]

>>8845227
I'm just saying that it's strange the way you're bothered by people talking about a romantic relationship on a scene that's pretty much romantic for various obvious reasons.
I understand not caring about it (in which case you'd ignore the thread altogether), but posting so adamantly, pleading people to stop thinking of it as romantic.... weird.

[Anonymous No.8845249]

>>8845179
>>8845216
>>8845241
You really love making insinuations, don't you? Get your head out of your ass, anon.

[Anonymous No.8845252]

>>8845249
>Stop talking about romance!!!

[Anonymous No.8845267]

>>8845241
I never said anything about not caring about love stories, or anything to that effect, I disagree that there's anything with these characters. And I disagreed with *you* then you started losing your shit and making accusations.

[Anonymous No.8845278]

>>8845147
>On Link's side, well, we don't know that much about him because he's a silent protagonist that's meant to be an avatar for the player and/or also a stoic warrior-type character, but one could imagine Link built a bond with Zelda when he met her at the castle + when they crossed ways while Zelda and Impa were escaping and Zelda threw the Ocarina + the whole final sequence of the game with both Zelda and Link working together to defeat Ganon.
I think it's worth noting that Link does look at the Ocarina for a moment before handing it to Zelda, so you can read that as a moment of hesitation.

>>8845165
Link is 12 pre-timeskip and 19 after. Zelda is 13/20.

[Anonymous No.8845293]

>>8845021
i wish the mods would ban underage spammers
you already made this shit thread
ignored other n64 and OoT threads

you are sliding the board faggot.


also link and zelda are related.
>link, the boy without a fairy oversleeps
>the queen, during the war entrusts her only son to the forest deity (deku)\
>king of hyrule and zelda are alone, no queen
>mask of truth reveals malon as love interest


YOU ARE A FAGGOT

[Anonymous No.8845308]

>>8845195
I’m not even the guy who wrote that post, I just think you’re an idiot for dismissing what that other anon wrote as garbage because of “overthinking it.” It’s intellectually bizarre to hold that kind of mentality in high regard, so you’re either baiting or just a moron.

[Anonymous No.8845328]

>>8845267
>I disagree that there's anything with these characters.
That's fine, you can disagree, but why get bothered by people who see it differently? I think another of the strong points in this story that fits the melancholic bill is that it ends in a bittersweet farewell (although child Link goes to see child Zelda in the past and that's how the game really ends).
Also, I was not whichever anon you think I am, I jumped into the convo because I saw you "losing your shit" about people who think of it as a love story.

[Anonymous No.8845335]

>>8845065
>when she has to return Link to the past
Yeah renting video games sucked

[Anonymous No.8845337]

>>8845308
Gaming as a medium attracts a lot of anti-intellectualism. It's pretty obvious to anyone who can think critically about the media they consume that there's more to OoT's story than the surface.

[Anonymous No.8845356]

>>8845021
>the most nonexistent love story in video games
You have autism, there was nothing romantic about their relationship
>>8845035
If that happened it would have been with Malon, if anyone. Sorry, Princess Ruto.

[Anonymous No.8845357]

>>8845147

I get you my nigga

[Anonymous No.8845373]

>>8845147
its his sister

zelda is sad because she meddled with the sacred realm and fucked up causing a time-paradox loop

she remembers everything he doesn't

[Anonymous No.8845404]

>>8845062
Nah that bitch was annoying. Link was homo for the bird guy. He's a cross dresser after all

[Anonymous No.8845440]

Seems like views are pretty divided about OOT Zelda and Link being or not being romantically interested in each other.
It's understandable because it's never explicit. The only real explicit romantic interest in the whole game is Ruto, and that's mostly on her side.
The other characters are all up to interpretation. Malon is just a cheerful girl, Saria is a childhood friend, Zelda is the beautiful princess.
Out of all the possible romantic stories, the one relationship that gets the most involved is Zelda and Link, and the whole ending sequence with their farewell and the eventual "meeting again" final scene can easily be interpreted as a romantic story. It's up to interpretation and I think it may be on purpose.

[Anonymous No.8845441]

>>8845073
Retard

[Anonymous No.8845447]

>>8845278
>I think it's worth noting that Link does look at the Ocarina for a moment before handing it to Zelda, so you can read that as a moment of hesitation.
Good catch.
Also, Link handing the ocarina back in Zelda hands looks, to me, like a indirect hand-holding scene. Lewd, I know.

[Anonymous No.8845452]

>>8845062
>>8845073
it's in skyward sword too

[Anonymous No.8845458]

>>8845035
>>8845356
The Hero of Twilight is the Hero of Time's direct descendant. Given the Ordon is a farming village, Link probably did end up marrying Malon. The fact he's buried inside Hyrule Castle (you can find his grave in the final dungeon) suggests he had a high rank in the Hylian army and was likely still close with Zelda/if not her bodyguard like the Hero of the Wild is in BotW.

[Anonymous No.8845459]

>>8845065
>>8845447
The moment she makes this face is the moment she places her other hand on Link's hand. It's not even indirect, she's caressing his hand while Link is giving the Ocarina back.
Only people who are very, very negative would not see this as an obvious romantic scene.

[Anonymous No.8845461]

>>8845458
so basically this anon >>8845032 got rekt.
fpwp.

[Anonymous No.8845464]

>>8845452
they are FRIENDS you absolute mongoloids

[Anonymous No.8845469]

>>8845440
>Malon is just a cheerful girl
ya they just put this cryptic shit at the end of the mask quest for NO fucking reason

malon posters are autistic but they are correct

[Anonymous No.8845470]

>>8845098
It's a way to get around the 2 week auto sage thing which was implemented to stop the same idiots from just ghost bumping their stupid threads

[Anonymous No.8845476]

>>8845464
Skyward Sword literally has a song called Romance Theme that plays anytime Link and Zelda are on-screen together.

[Anonymous No.8845480]

>>8845469
I don't get it.

[Anonymous No.8845484]

>>8845476
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrVPxmdGYw4

[Anonymous No.8845487]

>>8845480
they spell it out for you
the next game in the timeline (twilight)
link is a ranch hand from a family of farmers

[Anonymous No.8845489]

>>8845480
>dont you get it FAIRY BOY! teehee!

[Anonymous No.8845492]

>>8845464
i like peatrice too anon but i can't deny the truth come on

[Anonymous No.8845494]

>>8845293
>>link, the boy without a fairy oversleeps
FUUUUUCK i never made this connection in all this time

[Anonymous No.8845697]

Is he going to remake this shit thread where he gets dunked on nonstop all the way until the thread itself is retro?

[Anonymous No.8845705]

>>8845697
who?

[Anonymous No.8845712]

>>8845487
TP links family and village doesnt fucking matter when its literally hundreds of years later

[Anonymous No.8845727]

>get sent back in time after risking your life to save the world
>nobody knows anything or acknowledges it
>in the world of peace your skill and mindset no longer serves any purpose, like a PTSD hero soldier returning home
>cant relate to anyone at all
>the only other person that knows you and what you went through fucked off
>go on a search looking for her
>get mugged by skull kid
>have to save terminia
>finally get to go back home after dealing with all that horrible shit
>bitter and resentful still over all your actions not mattering to anyone and being unable to pass on your skills to anyone
>become skellington man when you die because of all your time spent in the lost woods
>hundreds of years later finally get a chance to mentor someone in the form of an abstract reincarnation of you
>hes a furry with a submission fetish

did does oot link have hard life

[Anonymous No.8845910]

>>8845712
The Hero of Time’s descendant had to get to a farming village somehow and Link doesn’t exactly have many marriage candidates beyond Zelda & Malon in OoT

[Anonymous No.8845916]

>>8845910
this line of thinking is why people loathe the zelda fanbase man. can you get some self-awareness here

[Anonymous No.8845924]

>>8845916
What’s there to even loathe? Loosen up, man.

[Anonymous No.8845949]

>>8845916
it makes sense especially considering Malon was the only woman interested in Link that wasnt a fish

[Anonymous No.8845970]

>>8845949
explain this:
>>8845459

[Anonymous No.8845973]

>>8845949
Malon’s also the only non-sage who immediately recognizes Link after the time skip

[Anonymous No.8845974]

>>8845970
OoT Zelda probably had a political marriage

[Anonymous No.8845987]

>>8845974
?

[Anonymous No.8845995]

>>8845924
Fuck. You.

[Anonymous No.8846132]

>>8845987
To another kingdom’s prince or whatever. Link’s still a commoner at the end of the day

[Anonymous No.8846141]

>>8846132
some anons here suggesting Link is actually Zelda's brother.
I dunno, I just think Zelda and Link work as a pair. Without the romantic implication the ending wouldn't be as impactful. I feel sorry for those who can't see it that way.

[Anonymous No.8846151]

>>8845032
He gets fucked

[Anonymous No.8846153]

>>8846141
Oh, I completely agree with you and I personally read their interactions as ultimately romantic, I just don’t think this Link & Zelda actually ended up together even in the child timeline.

Which personally adds to the tragedy for me. They’re classic star-crossed lovers, literally kept apart by space and time

[Anonymous No.8846158]

>>8845461
Ehem but you are also forgetting that the Sacred Hyrule Texts mention in detail that you are a faggot.

[Anonymous No.8846165]

>>8846151
by hot girls

[Anonymous No.8846168]

>>8846153
>Which personally adds to the tragedy for me. They’re classic star-crossed lovers, literally kept apart by space and time
Yep, agree with this 100%.

[Anonymous No.8846170]

>>8845973
indeed, Malon is the only one who cared about anything other than
>muh kingdom
its doubtful that Zelda saw Link as anything other than a political tool, right from the start she is simply worried about this Gerudo man and her father. The only thing connecting them is fate and plot convenience

[Anonymous No.8846192]

>>8846170
>>8845459

[Anonymous No.8846195]

>>8846192
>obvious romantic scene
>obvious
nope
i could make up some shit too like she is sad that her timeline is about to end. too bad the devs were pussys and didnt make her kiss him or something
cards are stacked in Malons favor

[Anonymous No.8846201]

>>8846195
>i could make up some shit too like she is sad that her timeline is about to end.
It's too implicit that she makes a sad face at the same time as she caresses Link's hand.
Small details like those say a lot about character's feelings and intentions. If Zelda was just sad about herself, then maybe she would make that face when Link gives her the ocarina, no need for an extra action of caressing his hand.
Anyway, I don't care about waifu wars, maybe Link did end up with Malon in the end, doesn't mean there wasn't anything going on between Zelda and Link. Love stories don't always have a happy ending.

[Anonymous No.8846261]

>>8845335
Lel

[Anonymous No.8846303]

>>8845021
I'm going to say that Silent Hill 2 is probably the most melancholic romance in retro games.

[Anonymous No.8846471]

>>8845021
Nei

[Anonymous No.8846769]

>>8845469
When you go to the ranch as adult Link and talk to Malon, he spends most o the time looking at her chest

[Anonymous No.8846787]

>>8846168
>>8846153
>>8846141
why are you willfully ignoring the story?
the queen unravels the love-interest idea
they make it a point to show link with no fairy and blonde
zelda is blonde
queen dead
story of queen giving son to deku


did you guys even play the game?

[Anonymous No.8846990]

>>8845160
Chrono Trigger, Lufia II

[Anonymous No.8847003]

If one day I became filthy rich (highly unlikely) I'd buy out zelda or nintendo outright (even more unlikely that they sell it to me, but bear with me) and make Link - Ruto canon, they I'd make a shitty sequel to OoT in which there are hybrid Hylian-Zora kids, shreck 2 style.
Just to make zeldafags seethe

[Anonymous No.8847039]

>>8847003
i dont think theres much seething
the zora got plenty of fanservice in MM & BoTW

[Anonymous No.8847050]

>>8846787
they didnt

[Anonymous No.8847058]

Should have just fucked the fish princess cunny, the lon lon ranch milk maiden cunny, or even the foresty green fairy girl cunny. But no, Link gets no pussy.

[Anonymous No.8847092]

>>8846165
with penises

[Anonymous No.8847145]

>>8847092
that's your fantasy

[Anonymous No.8847147]

>>8846787
was this on the stones of truth or what?

[Anonymous No.8847149]

>>8847145
>fantasy

[Anonymous No.8847152]

>>8847149
well maybe it's your reality idk

[Anonymous No.8847153]

>>8845458
lets not forget the Hero of Time also had a complete harem of bitches that wanted to take a ride on the dick train. No matter what you say, Link had bitches.

[Anonymous No.8847160]

>>8847153
N-nooo! He MUST be gay! Let me project my faggotry onto a video game character!!

[Anonymous No.8847329]

Tetra is the cuter Zelda incarnation.

[Anonymous No.8847631]

>>8845458
Sorry, but it is extremely cucked to save the world from inhuman terror, have a close relationship with the queen of the world, and then watch her marry another guy who not only becomes supreme ruler of Hyrule, but also rails her whenever he wants.

There are reasons that Nintendo largely leaves to interpretation the personal lives of the Zelda cast and the royal mechanisms of Hyrule.

[Anonymous No.8847646]

>>8845458
This, except he married Zelda

[Anonymous No.8847703]

>>8847631
Cuck this, Cuck that. What’s wrong with you? Stop seeing life in terms of cuckoldry like you’re some fucking invalid in a Shakespeare play.

[Anonymous No.8847798]

>>8847703
Why does a single word send tards totally off the edge?

[Anonymous No.8847816]

>>8847798
It simply has no place in this conversation

[Anonymous No.8848208]

>>8847147
the literal cutscene with the flames that they show multiple times?


your English teacher would be mad at you guys

[Anonymous No.8848280]

>>8845021
>Only knew each other for five minutes over the course of seven years
>She mostly just treats him as a tool to help fix her own fuck-ups
Maybe abusive love.

[Anonymous No.8848356]

>>8848280
they are clearly related
the story spells it out

[Anonymous No.8848382]

>By returning to Kokiri Forest and sleeping in Link’s bed before shutting off the game, players will actually start their games back home instead of the Temple.

>>8845293
>link, the boy without a fairy oversleeps

[Anonymous No.8848417]

Link and Zelda can't be related if only because Ocarina of Time originally had dating sim elements. That's why the supporting cast is made up mainly of women. Zelda was more than likely one of the romanceable candidates.

[Anonymous No.8848425]

>>8848417
>closed off apologetic body-language
>sends you as far away from her as she can

ya this woman is in love with you

[Anonymous No.8848484]

There's no relationship between Link and anyone else in the game (besides the obvious delusional Zora chick) lmao. You people need to stop self inserting.

[Anonymous No.8848726]

>>8848484
>You people need to stop self inserting.
Projecting, eh?

[Anonymous No.8848768]

Them being related is actually a pretty cool take and I would gladly embrace it as canon. It makes the story far more interesting.

[Anonymous No.8848791]

Good thing the original Link fucks in the second game

[Anonymous No.8849156]

>>8845494
I don't get it

[Anonymous No.8849178]

>>8846769
Well, I don't blame him

[Anonymous No.8849389]

>Daphnes Nohansen HYRULE
Zelda's direct line never inherits the throne anyways. L+Z every time. TP Link is Zelda's descendant. OoT OG future timeline Zelda dies a spinster but hooks up with him in later Phantom Hourglass Spirit Tracks incarnations. Malonfags and Rutofags btfo

>>8847816
Ok cuck

[Anonymous No.8849421]

>>8848768

[Anonymous No.8849638]

>>8845093
Based

[Anonymous No.8849853]

>>8849638
malon posters are autist but they are correct

[Anonymous No.8849951]

Huh?
That entire scene is Zelda expressing regret that she basically destroyed Hyrule and had to depend on the kid she accidently roped into doing so to save the world. To add on to this, she's now sending him BACK to before this happened as an apology, but knowing full well that the world will never remember his sacrifice.

[Anonymous No.8850107]

>ITT Autism

[Anonymous No.8850583]

>>8845073
AoL Zelda never even spoke to Link, she'd been asleep for 100 years, do not post here again for six months

[Anonymous No.8850586]

stop making this same shitty thread you permanent virgin

[Anonymous No.8850641]

>>8845021
YAAA
KYAAAA
HURRRR
*BING* *BONG*
*BLINGBLONGBLING*

fuck these games

[Anonymous No.8850670]

>>8850583
And she naturally wakes up honey as hell. Your point?

[Anonymous No.8850707]

>>8845032
He is far too manly to fuck.

[Anonymous No.8851190]

>>8850586
Imagine being this mad and projecting this much

[Anonymous No.8851204]

Yep, link fight ganon, save zelda. Super melancholic. Jeez, lorefags are so cringeworthy.

[Anonymous No.8851338]

>>8845093
Zelda is more of a prophetic friend than a damsel in destress. Saria is forever a child and a sage; ruto and nuboroo are sages. Malon is the only one left accounted for
Plus in MM it’s stated that zelda gives you the ocarina and sends you on your way (I think?) But anyways after entering the weird parallel universe of Termina you get a big boob hug from Cremia and the dialogue is “you enjoyed that and you could get used to it” so obviously link is thinking of adult malon
This is hyper autism but OoT should have let you choose a partner and granted an extra item depending on who you chose. Or at least some sort of incentive

[Anonymous No.8851359]

>>8845021
*popular

[Anonymous No.8851469]

>>8851204
Paying attention to the story in games is fun, especially in a series like Zelda where just about everything is shrouded in some sense of mystery

[Anonymous No.8851509]

>>8851469
jaded anons like him (who evidently never even played the game, anyway) are not worth responding to. Not even in these nu-/vr/ times

[Anonymous No.8851585]

>>8851509
Depends what zelda games we’re talking about. Link to the Past and OOT are the only ones that matter.

[Anonymous No.8852312]

>>8851585
And Link’s Awakenig and Majora’s Mask and the first two and the Oracles. Really, most of the series is extremely fun

[Anonymous No.8852319]

>>8845093
>>8845293
>>8845469
based lorefags

[Anonymous No.8852517]

>>8845293
>mask of truth reveals malon as love interest
wut

[Anonymous No.8852642]

I should replay the game but did they really say Link was the son of the Queen of Hyrule or anons are just headcanoning?

[Anonymous No.8852650]

>>8852642
read the text in the flames
it shows it multiple times

>queen entrusts child to deku
how is this headcannon

[Anonymous No.8852659]

>>8852642
It’s headcannon but I guess it’s supposed to be ambiguous as with a lot of things in the game so believe whatever you want. It’s an interesting theory

[Anonymous No.8852689]

>>8852659
>both are blonde
>both have no mother
>both are entangled with the sacred realm
>both have part of the tri force

headcannon
ok


its specifically mentioned
I seriously doubt it's for no reason

[Anonymous No.8852712]

>>8852689
>its specifically mentioned
Tell me where

[Anonymous No.8852754]

>>8852642
Why would Link fuck off to termina if he’s the crowned prince/only heir. It’s a schizo theory nothing more
>b-but he doesn’t have a mother!!!
Yes because Link was supposed to be an outcast orphan. It’s not like having a dead mother in the game suddenly makes you related. If this were the case then Malon might as well be a sibling too. And Ruto while we’re at it. Mothers are nowhere to be found in this game

[Anonymous No.8852774]

>>8852754
Motherless children are a common trope in japanese media. Think of any anime and chances are the protag doesn't have a mom.

[Anonymous No.8852778]

>>8852712
>boy with no fairy
>queen dead
>mother entrusts child to deku

the entire game shows this multiple times

specifically the 2nd or 3rd flames cutscene

[Anonymous No.8852782]

>>8852778
Wewlad, and I thought Malonposters were stretching

[Anonymous No.8852789]

[Anonymous No.8852792]

>>8852789
thinkin bout them lon lon ranch milkers

[Anonymous No.8852953]

>>8852792
Kek

[Anonymous No.8852956]

>>8852789
cute couple

[Anonymous No.8853083]

>>8852789

[Anonymous No.8853092]

>>8853083
On a side note I really hate how the only way I can play ocarina, according to nintendo, is to play it on original hardware (becoming more and more unlikely each year as the N64 ages and controllers break down beyond repair), play it on a 3DS with a 1x1” screen (sucks), or pay for online service where I don’t really own the game and once they inevitably axe the service in ~5 years I’ll no longer be able to play any of the games.

[Anonymous No.8853189]

>>8845335
heh

[Anonymous No.8853197]

>>8845021
Nothing melancholic about blue balls dude it just sucks.

[Anonymous No.8853228]

>ten year old kid suddenly put in teenage/adult body with raging hormones
>for the short duration meets several women trying to get his seed
>tsundere princess plays some advanced 4D chess relationship strategies
>gets put back into his prepube body
I’m surprised he doesn’t castrate himself from the horror

[Anonymous No.8853673]

>>8853228
>all the other characters make advances on link
>saria, ruto, malon, nabooru, the old ghost guy poe salesman, etc

wonder why zelda didnt even blink at him
they are related

[Anonymous No.8853734]

>>8845021
Ys 2 did it years earlier.

[Anonymous No.8854089]

>>8853734
And Ocarina of Time did it better, what's your point?

[Anonymous No.8854135]

>>8845065
I don’t know if this whole “theory” is done post ironic bait, but I think she just feels guilty that his childhood was essentially fucked. “Adult” Link is just a 10 year old in a 17 year old’s body.

[Anonymous No.8854139]

>>8854135
She's 100% guilty and that's the main intent of that shot, but it's not unreasonable to assume Zelda would have deeper feelings for Link. She literally puts all her hope on one person eventually showing back up to save the day, and then she watches him like a hawk once he's actually back.

She also doesn't know Link is a child in a man's body. For all she knows, he straight up disappeared for seven years. She doesn't know he was in a coma the whole time.

[Anonymous No.8854178]

>>8849389
>TP Link
>Zeldas decendant
>>>a fucking farmer
LMAO.
>>8852774
I hate that I'm only just now realizing it but no motherfucker in OoT has a mom, not a single one.

[Anonymous No.8854368]

>>8854178
trying to connect any of the games in the first place is fucking stupid. Fan timelines are dumb. The official nintendo timeline is dumb. Zelda 2 isn’t even the same zelda as Z1. Oracles is a gimmick and only exists to make you buy 2 games. Literally the only games I can think of that are connected are OoT+MM, and probably the upcoming BotW2 with the first one. Even wind waker being connected to Ocarina in any way is a cope.

[Anonymous No.8854428]

>>8846787
>did you guys even play the game?

Did you? Link doesn’t have a fairy because he’s Hylian- the Deku Sprout literally says this. His dying mother escaped the war and left him with the Deku Tree.

The in game facts explicitly end there. Your theory isn’t impossible, and is an interesting idea, but saying the game backs this up in any way beyond the fact that Link and Zelda are both blonde is fucking ridiculous.

[Anonymous No.8854513]

>>8854368
>Literally the only games I can think of that are connected are OoT+MM, and probably the upcoming BotW2 with the first one. Even wind waker being connected to Ocarina in any way is a cope.
Timeline denial is the video game equivalent of being a flat earther. The only reason you'd miss the blatant connections in the story is if you don't pay attention to the media you consume or cling onto the first nonsense that sounds "right."

It takes minimal effort to recognize the connections between the games. There's been a timeline since the moment there was a sequel.

>Manual states Adventure of Link takes place three years after Zelda 1, specifically starring the same Link. Zelda 2's Zelda not being the same Zelda as Z1 is a plot point the game literally acknowledges.
>A Link to the Past's box states that Link is the ancestor of the original Link and that the game is a prequel set centuries before the NES games (which in-game dialogue corroborates)
>Link's Awakening is set immediately after A Link to the Past, something the manual outright mentions and the game references multiple times (Malon's sprite is based on Zelda's from ALttP which Link actually acknowledges, and the final boss takes on the forms of several ALttP as manifestations of Link's nightmares)
>Ocarina of Time is set before the entire series, which was a major part of its marketing. The game is an origin story for the dynamic between Link, Zelda, and Ganondorf.
>Majora's Mask takes place after Ocarina of Time, something the story outright acknowledges in its opening text.
>The Oracle games are set between ALttP and LA. Beyond the ending of the Linked Game literally being the opening to Link's Awakening, Ages and Seasons have call-forwards to LA. In particular, the reason Link writes his name on his shield in LA is because he lost it in Oracle of Ages.
>Four Swords was marketed as the first game in the series, set before any story featuring Ganon or the Master Sword.

[Anonymous No.8854519]

>>8854428
>>8854513
>The Wind Waker is a direct sequel to Ocarina of Time and features multiple overt references to the game, including acknowledging the events of the story outright.
>Four Swords Adventures is a distant sequel to Four Swords
>The Minish Cap is a prequel to the Four Swords storyline
>Twilight Princess is a distant sequel to Ocarina of Time and Majora's Mask, not only acknowledging the events of those games (TP Link uses the Bow from MM), but the Hero of Time is a character with actual dialogue (Hero's Shade).
>Phantom Hourglass is a direct sequel to The Wind Waker that recaps that game's story in its intro
>Spirit Tracks is a distant sequel to Phantom Hourglass and acknowledges its story
>Skyward Sword is a prequel to the entire series up to this point.
>A Link Between Worlds is a distant sequel to A Link to the Past and also references Ocarina of Time.
>Tri Force Heroes is a direct sequel to A Link Between Worlds
>Breath of the Wild is a distant sequel to one of the timeline branches, but it's unclear which one. BotW does have the most explicit references to previous games, though, acknowledging virtually all of them.

[Anonymous No.8854525]

>>8851338
>This is hyper autism but OoT should have let you choose a partner and granted an extra item depending on who you chose. Or at least some sort of incentive

Wasn't this unironically cut content. I know there were dating sim elements in the game at one point.

[Anonymous No.8854576]

>>8854525
It was. One of the original versions of the game included a harem for Link. This was presumably when the playable Link was still only an adult. Kid Link was added late into development on Miyamoto's request. I'm assuming it was around that stage where the dating sim elements were removed.

[Anonymous No.8854608]

>>8854513
>>8854519
Anon I get that some games are supposed to be connected, what comes to mind is wind waker being a flooded hyrule, and literally meeting THE OoT hero of time in TP. My point though was that it is retarded how nintendo does this and also tries to make every single game somehow connected. This doesn't need to happen. Games can be stand alone but Nintendo wants to go full autism and make the whole thing a convoluted timeline.
>The only reason you'd miss the blatant connections in the story is if you don't pay attention to the media you consume or cling onto the first nonsense that sounds "right."
Weird sentence but I think I get what you're trying to say. From my point of view fans/media love básedboying out over how the games should connect. This is stupid. Let each series stand on its own. I feel like the fans were so autistic about it that it just forced nintendo to make their dumbass hyrule hisoria timeline in the first place

[Anonymous No.8854637]

>>8854608
I don't even think the Hyrule Historia is that offensive. It's just your basic lore book that any long-running series has. If anything, it was strange that The Legend of Zelda never had anything to compile its lore. As far as Nintendo supervised lore goes, that was really the extent (besides Creating a Champion but that's BotW specifics).

The real problem lies in stuff like Hyrule Encyclopedia, where Nintendo obviously didn't have a hand in it and instead just let whoevers say whatever with the lore. I think what makes The Legend of Zelda interesting is that there IS a thread to notice, but I think I also agree with you in regards to fans pushing things too far.

Personally, I really like that you can find the connections in Zelda games, but some people theorize to a level that misses the fact that these are games, or just ignores each story's individual themes in favor of arbitrary connections.

For what it's worth, I think Zelda stories generally do a good job at connecting without bogging themselves down in narrative nonsense. Skyward Sword is probably the most aggressive when it comes to lore, but even that story is fairly self-contained until the very, very end. And even then, you can enjoy the game just fine with no context from the rest of the series.

[Anonymous No.8854693]

>>8854637
This. I never understood the “stop having fun” autists who freak out over people discussing the lore. Sure people take it too far, and sure Nintendo probably didn’t intentionally design a lot of this stuff, but part of the reason the stories are so vague is that they wanted people to form their own interpretations.

You know, kind of like a legend

[Anonymous No.8854773]

>>8854693
It's probably the most interesting thing about Zelda's storytelling in my opinion. It's such a unique approach to handling a long-running franchise.

[Anonymous No.8854857]

>>8854135
Then why does she holds Link's hand?
You gotta be super dull to not notice the implicit romance.

[Anonymous No.8854939]

>zeldafags
>malonfags
Pathetic.

[Anonymous No.8854950]

>>8854939
Inappropriate behavior

[Anonymous No.8855034]

>>8854773
because its a company that doesnt care dude. There is zero connecting zelda lore aside from direct sequels. they may re use imagery but its not trying to establish any kind of connection as much. most of the 'lore' is literally just easter eggs that nintendo threw in to make you go 'things you know!'

[Anonymous No.8855040]

>>8854857
>holding hands is romance
I adore 4chan autism

[Anonymous No.8855080]

>>8854089
Lol no

[Anonymous No.8855096]

>>8855080
come on man, quit being contrarian. you have no right to act so standoffish and theatrically surprised when you're literally debating that ys 2 is better than oot. that statement is already nearly meaningless.

[Anonymous No.8855120]

>>8846165
All the hot girls meme about being into pegging but when you ask them about it they just call you a fag and say they don't really do that

[Anonymous No.8857032]

>>8854428
>roaring flames
>story of queen of hyrule dying
>random hylian also happens to be blonde entrusted to deku

i dont know how much more obvious they can make it for you

[Anonymous No.8857043]

Interviewer: Will we see a charming and affectionate romance [between Link and] the princess?
Eiji Aonuma: Well, we’re creating an adolescent storyline and we try to present it how it should be; in fact, if you played it – or will play it – you’ll notice that the way Link holds the sword is much cooler than how he used to do it. Link will now do things in a way that will make him look more confident and liberated. And yes, it’s true that teenagers have these relationships -- and we would love if it could happen with the princess – but I can’t talk about anything yet.
(OoT)
Interviewer: Does Link have a girlfriend?
>Miyamoto: If it was Princess Zelda, it would be great. However, this time Navi [the fairy] is jealous of Zelda. So within the story, Navi feels something for Link.
B T F O

[Anonymous No.8857048]

>>8857032
there are facts to speculate that makes Zelda and Link brother and sister, not just in OoT either, in other Zelda games as well. They may even be, as I believe, in OoT, twins since they are the same age, same hair color, same height, ect. The before mentioned Link has no father Zelda has no mother. Kind of a weird coincidence. When you first meet Zelda and you (silently) tell her your name, the name sounds somehow familar. In aALttP at the begining of the game, Link's uncle tells Link, "Zelda is your...", what could that last word have been, sister would fit in there....

[Anonymous No.8857052]

>>8857043
Confirmed via verbum dei.
Navi wants that big old Hylian dick.

[Anonymous No.8857067]

>>8857052
how about the composer brothers
in the graveyard when you learn the song

>"you and zelda look a lot alike"


>"all are stalfos, only stalfos"
why do you think the deku tree saved link? it was the direct request of dying royalty

otherwise he would have told them to fuckoff like the rest of those doomed to the lost woods

[BTFO No.8857069]

>GYAAAAH!

>I'M DEAD AGAIN!

>What? You again?
>Somehow, you remind me of...
>Princess Zelda...
>Hmm... Since you may have some
connection with the Royal Family, I
will tell you a little more of our
tale.
>Back then, people called us great
composers because of the many
musical masterpieces we wrote.
But we brothers were not just
composers.
>We had a mission to analyze the
mysterious powers of Hyrule's
Royal Family.
Our names would be a part of
Hyrule's history if we could
complete our research!
We kept our study extremely
secret until we completed it.

[BTFO No.8857071]

>>8857069
>"Somehow, you remind me of..."
>"Princess Zelda..."

[Anonymous No.8857081]

>>8845328
>why get bothered
bc OP keeps posting this shit thread about his flimsy head canon every week

[Anonymous No.8857082]

>>8845337
you're a faggot

[Anonymous No.8857092]

>>8845910
Kid Link was what, 7? 10? How many girls have you met since you were in grade school? Well not you since you're obviously an incel retard. I didn't meet my first wife until I was 20.

[Anonymous No.8857094]

>>8846141
I feel sorry for you that you can't find a better way to spend your life than reveling in your bullshit autistic head canon and ruining this board for everyone else.

[Anonymous No.8857096]

>>8848425
keep in mind that most posters on this board have literally NEVER talked to a female

[Anonymous No.8857210]

>>8857092
Link's 12/19 in OoT. And I also met my wife in my 20s, but it's not unusual for Japanese stories to frame romances between characters who have known each other since childhood. It's not realistic, but it is something the culture romanticizes.

[Anonymous No.8857290]

>>8855034
>company that doesnt care
>Easter eggs Nintendo threw in

Anon, I’m afraid you’re just as autistic as the other anon here screaming about how it’s a fact that Link and Zelda are related. Like people talking about a game are messing with your ability to consoom shallow media effectively.
It’s been stated in multiple interviews that the games’ connections and deeper lore are left deliberately vague in order to leave it open to interpretation. This could easily just be an excuse, sure, but most people accept that it means nothing and are just having fun with it.

[Anonymous No.8857315]

>>8855040
>holding hands isn't romantic guise! you're autistic!
k

[Anonymous No.8857793]

Is there a better gaming experience than playing Ocarina of Time and Majora's Mask back to back?

[BTFO No.8858042]

>>8857315
they never hold hands anon

[Anonymous No.8858216]

>>8858042
Watch the cutscene again and see how Zelda places her hand over Link's hand after he gives her the Ocarina back. Sure, it's not explicit hand-holding but the implication is clearly there.
If Zelda felt nothing for Link, the devs wouldn't have animated that.

[Anonymous No.8858313]

>>8858216
Fun fact about unique OoT animations: Link smiles exactly once in the whole game –when he looks at Zelda after they escape Ganon's Tower.

[Anonymous No.8859431]

Marin was a better love interest

[Anonymous No.8859440]

>>8857793
No.

[Anonymous No.8859458]

>>8859431
This. I literally cried during the ending.

[Anonymous No.8859982]

>>8845021
I disagree
>Escape from imprisoned life of servitude as a gladiator
>Rescue a young woman from a deadly pursuit
>despite a relatively short time together, you bond deeply
>rush to her aid once more at the base of the legendary Mana Tree
>Evil sorcerer wishes to make the power his own
>freed from her bonds, the young woman joins you in a final battle with the sorcerer
>He's all that stands between you, and a peaceful future together with her
>The evil apparition dies in an explosion that decimates the Mana Tree
>Young woman finds out that the tree was actually her mother's spirit.
>as the last of the Mana Clan, the woman must become the new mana tree
>it's her descision to make, asking her to stay with you would mean to doom the world for your selfish desires
>Pledge to guard the Mana Tree with your life
>In the end, through all of your pain and struggles, there is no peace for you
>You've ended up in a new kind of imprisionment, self-imposed, and doomed to a life of combat for as long as you live.