| spemanig said:
If you're a Nintend fan excited for their E3 Digital Event, you most likely exploded with excitement when the first details of Zelda for Wii U was revealed. While we have only seen a short teaser of Zelda U, we do know a limited amount about how the game will turn out. In the interest of hype, and more importantly of keeping our facts in check, I'd like to start compiling a list of confirmed facts about Zelda U. This will become the official Zelda U fact thread. If there's anything missing, or anything that is incorrect on this list, please let post the correct information, provide a source, quote it to me, and I will ammend the thread accordingly. Let us begin! ----- ----- -----
The Protagonist of Zelda U is Indeed Link and He is Indeed a Boy Source: (MMGM) http://mmgn.com/wiiu/news--that-was-link-in-zelda-wii-u-trailer-aonuma - "It's a rumour," Aonuma said with a chuckle when I asked him about the speculation buzzing around online. "Actually that comment I made jokingly," he said. "It's not that I said that it wasn't Link. It's that I never said that it was Link. It's not really the same thing, but I can understand how it could be taken that way." "It seems like it has kind of taken off where people are saying 'oh it's a female character' and it just kind of grew. But my intent in saying that [was humour]. You know, you have to show Link when you create a trailer for a Zelda announcement." "I don't want to define him so much that it becomes limiting to the players. I want players to focus on other parts of the trailer and not specifically on the character because the character Link represents, again, the player." - After the trailer for Zelda U was shown off at Nintendo's E3 Digital Event, many people were confused at Link's appearence, speculating that he looked feminine, and that it may not be Link at all, but a new character, or even Zelda. This was further blown out of proportion when in an interview, Aonuma coyly joked that Nintendo "never said that it was Link." He clarified in later interviews that he was joking, that it was in fact Link, and that all the rumors, including that it was a female character took off from there. He then specifically referred to Link as a him in the interview, concretely confirming that this is not a female Link. He went on to clarify that he doesn't want Link's character to become limiting to the player. This is most likely where the joke stems from. Aonuma repeated a sentiment stated by Nintendo since the birth of the franchise. Link is the player. He is just the avatar from which the player plays through. |
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