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Rumor: Zelda coming to both Wii U + NX, choose between male/female link, VA for NPCs
- Thread starter Nibel
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She leaked that Mother 3 would finally be releasing outside Japan. Since then many other reputable sources like Eurogamer backed it up. http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2016-02-04-mother-3-will-finally-get-western-release-report
You forgot heels and ass walk. Maybe even some arms flailing.
Don't mess this up, Nintendo!
MrSaturn99
Member
I'm certain NOA can provide some great VAs for this if they wanted to, but given their uneven track record with VA quality I can see the cause for concern.
Middle one is the way to go.Let's go!
EatinOlives
Member
...t-these toys--are too much for you.
Ohhhh! Thanks!
Let's go!
One in the middle is great, the one on the right not so much. The midriff and low cut top just seems unnecessarily revealing
The_Intruder
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There are a few reasons imo:
- You don't want to buy another Nintendo home console after what happened with Wii U
- You aren't going to buy the NX but have a Wii U already
- You don't have the money for an NX but you can still play it
Just a few reasons why someone would buy it on Wii U!
Fixed and fair point.
TheCongressman1
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I'm not really sure. It's something I've always heard but haven't seen the source either. I can totally see how it would have been true considering the amount of female characters and how you interact with them, which is also why it could just be speculation.
SirPenguin
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This is the brightest timeline
brandonh83
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It doesn't need to pull any Stephanie Meyer or Paul Feig Ghostbusters shit, just simply have a female Link avatar for the player and everything else is as per usual.
Like the hat?
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Middle is perfect. Right is awful beyond belief for the Zelda series.
I really hope the NX version isn't real, because then I'll have to spend $120 on copies of the game instead of just $60.
I really hope the NX version isn't real, because then I'll have to spend $120 on copies of the game instead of just $60.
My concern is that they'll bland it even more up so everything works for both choices instead of making each unique. Reasoning being that is what everybody else does.
That's more in line of what I'm thinking of when it comes to the character creator. Bunch of small things like height, skin, hair, and possible VA choices.
they should get the voice direction team behind kid icarus uprising on board
they knocked it out of the park with that game
shortsFortallPeople
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why does zelda's gender have to change at all? why cant a female link and a female zelda coexist?
Female only would be way more interesting than a simple gender toggle.
Agreed.
lawd!!!!
this is the best possible rumor for a zelda game. voice acting except for link. beautiful. also if you can choose between a male or female link this is the best zelda ever. I haven't even seen a damn dungeon yet and it doesn't matter. best. zelda. ever. E3 let's fucking go brahs!!
::takes 10 deep breaths::
this is the best possible rumor for a zelda game. voice acting except for link. beautiful. also if you can choose between a male or female link this is the best zelda ever. I haven't even seen a damn dungeon yet and it doesn't matter. best. zelda. ever. E3 let's fucking go brahs!!
::takes 10 deep breaths::
Should be voiced by Dan Castellanetta who does the YESSSS mans voice. Would fit tingle xD
brandonh83
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It's not like it's gonna be some Bioware thing. You'll probably just choose your male or female Link and that's that.
Zelda never had sound controls.
But in one of those games you role-play as a character and choose their responses, and in the other (From's games) I actually have a very similar complaint - that your character is completely divorced from the story. I've got a lot of flak for saying that. But at least in From's games the 'story' is mostly background lore. You don't tend to have cinematic cutscenes where a person is talking directly to your character's face and then there's a reaction close up of your character where he lamely nods his head or moves his lips and we're supposed to 'imagine' what he has said.
I think those examples are different from Zelda, I really do.
Agreed. I would have no problem at all with female-only link. It's the customisation I'm not a fan of.
EmCeeGramr
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Sorry for closing your thread Mihaell!!!!! My first thought was to either merge them or close the older one, and I assumed yours was older than it was!!!!!!
What if there's a Splatoon dungeon.
MrSaturn99
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Pretty much. They've largely gotten their act together since then so I'm certain they can do the same in here.
In fact, they have to. It's frigging Zelda.
Barry Burton
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I still think it's silly that Link doesn't speak (I don't care much for silent protagonists in general, especially when every other character has dialogue). Starting with Wind Waker, Nintendo has gone out of their way to make Link have much more of a personality instead of being an "empty vessel", which makes the fact that he's silent a lot more jarring and off-putting, really.
That said, not having VA for NPCs was a much bigger problem for the Zelda series. Hopefully this rumor is true.
That said, not having VA for NPCs was a much bigger problem for the Zelda series. Hopefully this rumor is true.
Chû Totoro
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Linkle of course.
For me Linkle is really the same avatar as Link but only female. Thing is she has specificities so it's better than just a look only change.
It could be nice if there are some specific touches in the story or gameplay and not only have a sort of female / male skin for a charachter having the exat same attributes.
Even tiny adjustments since not everyone will play game twice with both genres... or maybe Nintendo will make this as a main thing in the story and to see the full game and understand everything in the story you'll have to play both
For me Linkle is really the same avatar as Link but only female. Thing is she has specificities so it's better than just a look only change.
It could be nice if there are some specific touches in the story or gameplay and not only have a sort of female / male skin for a charachter having the exat same attributes.
Even tiny adjustments since not everyone will play game twice with both genres... or maybe Nintendo will make this as a main thing in the story and to see the full game and understand everything in the story you'll have to play both
SolidSnakex
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I'm not sure why people are worried about it being Linkle. She's mechanically very different from Link. They'd have to code all of the bosses to work with two completely different gameplay styles. Warriors games are coded like that from the start because of all the different styles they have to take into account, plus bosses are damage sponges in those games instead of strategic fights like in Zelda.
Bots are better than you
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Well, Zelda is already heroic in the games as there have been quite a few times where Link alone couldn't beat the "final boss". For the sake of avoiding spoilers, no titles.
Zelda holds much more value as a character, and a female one that is, and imo especially more than a gender-swapped copy of Link would have.
MannyToons
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Not sure how I'd feel if we got Linkle instead of a simple, non-individually characterized female Link, but the option would still be appreciated.
Yeah, if it's anything like Kid Icarus, we're good to go.
Also, option for female lead? I'm all for it. Everyone wins. Zelda is a series where I think you can EASILY do this.
Always makes me happy to see newcomers to the series
I know it's easy to get confused since at a glance they might look the same, but if you look closer for a second you'll actually see that these are all different people that just happen to be dressed the same. It's been a series tradition for decades now, almost every game introduces a new dude with his own origins and motivation independent from the rest, even though they do all wear green! It's kinda silly to call any one of them the "real" Link since even Zelda II's Link was a different guy from the first one. It's an easy beginner mistake tho, no worries.
That's actually my question, does the gender of Link make any difference to the story?
I would be interesting if they had completely different stories based on male/female link.
Yoshi
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Since it probably won't be a Shiek game, I would prefer female Link over the other options. But as I said previously: Please, no choice, either always male or always female. And voice acting, yuck. Rogers usually tends not to be full of shit either, right ?
?The Link character has been established for 30 years, so shoehorning in a female version of that specific character... I don't know, i'd much rather have a new character instead and have the option to pick the gender, that would work better and wouldn't mess with the established lore
but you could argue that Link is never the same character and blablabla, which in that case you'd be right I guess.
but you could argue that Link is never the same character and blablabla, which in that case you'd be right I guess.
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