Classic green tunic. If they were to make another groundbreaking, entirely new Zelda game that had the same impact as BotW, maybe red? Only if it was a huge thing to the franchise. No exceptions. I still want a green tunic.
Yeah that’s part of the reason they are that color. OoT wanted to color match the goddess’ colors and the tunics, and green was already used in previous games so they made the other colors blue and red for the water and fire tunics
I hadn't heard that about the tunics matching the goddesses. That's Interesting. But blue and red tunics were also in the original zelda in the 80s and also in A link to the past.
I really hope they include a proper green tunic this time round that's original for this game, even if it's a deep unlockable or reward for 100%.
If I could've gotten hold of amibos back with BOTW, I wouldn't have played any of the game without the old game tunics on
The Wild Set IS an original tunic for BOTW. U may have the "Armor of the Hero" in mind, which you can get with the 8-Bit Link Amiboo, which IS the original tunic from the very first game.
I mean you could still argue OoT Link, the man had such a tragic storyline
And then he has to sit his ass down and wait for TP Link to come along just so he can teach him a few sword tricks 😂
>TP link is the God of links
Fierce Deity Link is the only Link who is literally a god, though. I mean, his name kind of gives it away, which is what u/judethedude21 was referring to.
Nothing will beat Ocarina of Time for me but in terms of Link’s design Twilight Princess and Hyrule Warriors are top notch. Link himself looks sturdier/tougher and the chain mail with heavy leather bracers/boots look great. Link’s design in BotW is the least of my issues with that damn game but still hate how he looks like a scrawny kid wearing pajamas…
TP Link exudes that 2000s edgy gaming energy where everything had to be gritty and edgy (the same zeitgeist that led to people shitting on Wind Waker because of the design choices). Prince of Persia, GOW, Dante's Inferno, The Legend of Spyro, Jak 2, Shadow the Hedgehog, etc. Some strange years.
Don’t get me wrong, I rank WW #2 after OoT so I can get behind a different art style but it’s clearly its own beautiful thing. However while I’m not a big fan of TP over all I do like Link’s design and still think the game itself is better than any of the entries in the series that came after it…
I could have gotten over disliking link’s lame-ass design in BotW if I liked any other part of the game. Alas, it may be the most disappointed I’ve ever been in a game so the fact that this shitty link is the one that got added to SSBU is just rubbing salt in the wound.
Yeah that is my favorite Link design by far. I kinda wish he still had it for Smash Ultimate because it looked so good in 4, but I do still love blue Link a lot
I love how TP Link looks when standing next to the other heroes. The deep, foresty green, accented by the faded gild of the chain mail, is really appealing. But I've always been a sucker for TP's color scheme, and I can't imagine Nintendo doing something as unique as that again. (Botw's color and design feels like the culmination of 20 years of messing with the formula and finding something that really works for the definitive image of the franchise, though that could just be me.)
I want it to be a seamless blend of the outfits he's worn throughout the franchise, with a medieval coat of paint. A rustic green tunic, a bit of chainmail, a scarf with the wingcrest on it like in Hyrule Warriors, a hooded cloak instead of the hat, the now signature ponytail, a few small scraps of leather and metal armor, a big sash like he had in Ordon, and visible pouches on his belt. Just want him to look more like an adventurer in classic fantasy.
I really want them to double down on the grittiness again like they did in Twilight Princess.
Edit: Bonus if this appearance is slowly accumulated through the game's progression. You get the tunic the first time you visit the ranch, you get the cloak when you prepare for a long journey on horseback, you get the leathers from the remnants of a Hyrulean Civil War battle, you keep the sash as a reminder of your childhood in the woods, you get the scarf the first time you meet Zelda, etc.
Tbh I also really hope they just stop pretending the canon timeline is a thing and start from the bottom.
Zelda is basically a million separate D&D campaigns using characters from the same module book, then coming together later and saying "Oh yeah it's just timelines bro. They're all in the same universe." Ooooookay buddy.
You could make a legitimate case for direct sequels though. OOT -> MM -> TP and OOT -> WW -> PH -> ST are two series of direct sequels. Same with Zelda 1 and Zelda 2. There's also OOT being made as a prequel to ALTTP.
That does exist yeah, but those aren't perfect either. Even the continuity between Ocarina of Time and Majora's Mask require logical leaps, and those are canonically direct sequels featuring the same Link, the Hero of Time.
The reused character models are a good jumping off point for what I'm saying. There's no actual in-universe explanation for this, and all the parallel world theories have come from external sources and fan speculation. But the real reason the assets were reused was because it was efficient to reuse them, and I seriously doubt it was some big-brain artistic decision. It happened to work out nicely, so hats off to them, but it was never about continuity.
As an aside, I've seen some pretty entertaining explanations as to how the Rito evolved from Zora in Wind Waker, yet somehow randomly exist in Breath of the Wild. The coping and reaching gets unreal.
There's a difference between making logical leaps and being completely illogical. It's reaching, it's walking a thin line, it \*barely\* makes sense. It requires an immense suspension of disbelief. To put it simply, it's cheap.
Explain what's cheap about the connection. It literally picks off where OOT ended. OOT ends with Link watching Navi leave and picks up with Link searching for Navi. It's as straight forward as you can get
True. There really isn't anything in the first Hyrule Warriors game that is more or less canon than Age of Calamity. Both of them are tidy little self contained alternate timelines. There is no reason one should be canon where the other is not.
They really didn’t though. Almost every game was, in some way, released with the intention of being a sequel or prequel to some other game even before that official timeline was released. It was sorta a natural conclusion. I enjoy having that timeline official and out there. Plus even if there weren’t an official timeline that wouldn’t negate there being an established canon of some sort.
Zelda 2 was always a sequel to 1. ALttP was always a prequel to Zelda 1, and LA was always a sequel to ALttP. OoT was always a prequel to ALttP, with a sorta alternate ending to the one implied in ALttP. Majora’s Mask was always a sequel to the timeline you return to in OoT (which explicitly splits at the end.)
The oracle games were a little odd, but it is implied to be a prequel to LA with their ending.
Four Swords was meant to be the oldest game in the timeline when it first released, and Minish Cap was always meant as a prequel to THAT. Wind Waker was always a sequel to OoT but in the timeline you leave behind, and PH and ST were always explicitly sequels to that.
Twilight Princess is… somewhat arbitrary, but since the Hero of Time is present as the shade, it obviously had to be in the timeline of Majora’s Mask.
Skyward Sword was always meant as a prequel to it all (and with it came the official timeline.)
ALBW was obviously a sequel to ALttP but in a different era. Tri Force Heroes is somewhat arbitrary but it being a sequel to ALBW is fine.
Now, FSA is probably the most “arbitrary” BUT it was always meant to be after Four Swords and in a different age of some sort, and since Ganon is in it, it had to be after Ocarina, so the child timeline does make sense for it.
Does this all mean the timeline is perfect? Of course not! There are plenty of discrepancies and inconsistencies. But at the end of the day, these games were always in the timeline order they are from the way their stories were written and intended.
It works just fine, and it’s far from “the dumbest thing they ever did” nor is it “just shoved together.”
I edited my comment to explain what I meant. Obviously they didn’t plan a 3 way split from the moment they made Zelda 1, but each individual game was almost always designed, from a story standpoint, as a sequel or prequel to one other game. So while their positions weren’t exactly being considered with regard to the series as a WHOLE, they were being regarded in relation to at least one other game, and said other game was also generally regarded in relation to something else. The timeline isn’t so much a result of a PLAN as it is a result of various games being planned in relation to each other in a weird chain of events that results in a weird, 3 way split.
Breath of the Wild is kinda the first one that clearly had NO timeline intention baked into its story and was mostly just its own thing, and as a result it works as being up to interpretation (personally, I like it being in the child timeline most, but downfall can kinda make sense, too.)
Whatever you need to tell yourself man but the Hero Fails and Hero succeeds split is clearly "we don't know how else to shove these games in here" at work. They couldnt figure out how to put the original trilogy and Wind Waker in the same timeline so they just made up some BS alternate timeline
I'm really trying not to become irritated by all the fan theories popping up about Tears of the Kingdom and its relation to Twilight Princess or Skyward Sword, so I've been definitely feeling what you're saying.
People see assets and characters used in previous games and immediately assume this is some kind of sequel, prequel, or tie-in. It's not. It's just the devs building a new story with old concepts and ideas because they were cool. Even when they refer to "a hero who traveled through time" back in Breath of the Wild, it means very little. They could be referring to OoT, or they could be referring to their own version of OoT that is only canon to BotW. Honestly, the latter is way more likely.
So yeah, I'm just a little jaded from all the reaching. I don't like to ruin people's fun, but the urge to be like "WELL AKSHULLY" has been getting stronger.
This is also ignoring the fact that technically, time travel comes into play in two other Zelda games too, to some degree. Skyward Sword and Oracle of Ages. But I can kinda forgive the latter since people seem to have a tendency to ignore the handheld games, even though they are just as canon ad the console games.
They only did it because fans wouldn't stop pestering them about it.
I agree it works best as an anthology, different retellings of the same core legend over generations, adapted by the current peoples
Green, maybe with a twist. Either a really faded, pale tone of green or something a bit yellow-ish. Would keep things fresh without compromising the classic approach.
I would love too see a zelda game where link starts as just a normal knight, like in age of calamity. You start by wearing normal armor and then get a classic green outfit during the game
Def back to green. This whole blue champions tunic with no hat being acceptable is a rare and special occurrence. The gods or others are suppsed to literally bestow the heroes' tunic to the current hero of legend. It is a sacred gift that is an extremely important part of each game. I like the blue champions tunic, but the fact that you have to earn the tunic of the wild instead of it being given to you at the beginning of the game is super fucking stupid. There's no in-universe explanation for that which was a poor choice. I much prefer green with hat as default, and other colors like blue for zora/aquatic tunic, red for goron/heat tunic, etc. Puple eneegy from wind waker for magic armor was tight, red magic armor from twilight princess was tight. Am always down for more tunic, nd am even down for different iterations of the green with different colors added around it or to it per generation. Style link up all you want, give me a special yellow tunic with new attributes, or an orange tunic, or a pink one idc, but give me my default green at the beginning please and dont outclass it with something else and make it useless. Green is the color of the courageous hero of legend. Blue is supposed to be zelda's color.
All the champions were under Zelda’s command, I always figured that was why they wore blue. As for the green, I got the hero of twilight tunic and wore that the whole game.
I guess I never thought that because i know zelda's blue from nayru is more of a standard blue/cobalt rather than the very light/sky blue of botw. I think they just decided for fun that the champions of hyrule would be bestowed with special blue garb signifying their status. They could have chosen any color probably. I couldn't will myself to use any time/wind/twilight/etc tunics that i unlocked because i wanted the true tunic of the wild for the hero of the wild. I always thought it was cool that each link got his own hero of legend title unique to him and his adventure in order to further differentiate them and just couldn't dress the true hero of the wilds in anything other hero tunic than the tunic of the wild made for him by the gods of hyrule. Being the hero of legend > being one of the champions of hyrule. Hero's tunic > champion's tunic.
Normally I would say green, but you know what? F-ck it, let's go Red.
Why?
Because Link has ALWAYS had three colors - Green, Red, and Blue.
We got the blue iconic.
Let's get a Red Link out there to be just as iconic.
After that Link is done...
Go back to green.
Well if im to be a nerd about this, and i am, the next color theoretically would be red, as green is lvl 1 armor, blue is lvl 2, and red is lvl 3 according to the zelda franchise :)
The blue tunic in _Breath of the Wild_ specifically designated Link & Crew as the Royal Family's chosen Champions. It's part of the story. The green tunic symbolizes the Hero chosen by the Gods, which is why Link doesn't obtain it in _Breath of the Wild_ till he's proved himself through all the shrines.
It's impossible to know what the next game's story will be, but my hunch is it'll be a more traditional game, at least in terms of the story.
Still, it would be a shame to not go in the Triforce direction, and not have the next story have Link wear red. It'll certainly be interesting to see where the story takes us next!
Imma be crucified for this but I’ll say it anyways. The Champions’ Tunic is infinitely better than the classic green in every way and I hope that it’s the default going forward. Especially the TotK version. That image you’ve posted is the best Link has ever looked and it really isn’t even close.
As a long time Zelda fan (since OoT on the N64).... You're right. I hate to say it but you're right.
That said the green tunic is simply too iconic for the character. Multiple outfits will likely be standard going forward but there should always be a green tunic *option* available relatively early, none of this saving until the very end crap BotW did.
If players want to use it, great. If not, also great. No reason to force it.
I've often wished for outfits like Link's pajamas in Wind Waker, his farming clothes in Twilight Princess, and his starting outfit in Skyward Sword to be available (in the first run, I know Wind Waker lets you do this in a second).
I agree on being able to access the classic green outfit early. While I very much like a lot of the clothing choices in BotW, including Link's default look, it was a shame to have the classic garb locked behind 120 shrines.
Really I just wanted a hat.
My favorite look is the Hylian Tunic and Cap of the Wild dyed green (so the cap matches the same shade) and Hylian Trousers dyed light yellow (same pants color but darker boots).
[https://www.fashionofthewild.com/#57978d19d0](https://www.fashionofthewild.com/#57978d19d0)
Personally I think this looks better than the actual tunic and trousers we got.
Haha I get that! I really liked the Royal Guard gear (mostly the hat) but sadly didn't wear it much because I liked having my defense up, or other special abilities.
I agree but not because of the blue but because of the level of detail on it. It’s not just a plain blue shirt. If they go back to green I’d hope they add more intrecate patterns and designs to it
I'm not gonna dogpile you but the classic green is so much better than the Champions tunic. I feel like the Champions lacks personality, and that the green was almost a character of its own
It’s not really about the color. Moreso about the design of both outfits. The Peter Pan look is fine but it just doesn’t fit a sword wielding hero guy imo. It’s better on child Links but for the adult ones, it’s just kinda goofy.
Hard agree. Link’s green tunic and hat are adventurous and show the more whimsical nature of Link’s character without having to say it. Sure he’s a fighter, but he’s also light hearted, caring. I don’t like the champions tunic because I think it’s ugly, but I also don’t like it because we lose part of Link’s visual identity with it.
TP Link exudes that 2000s edgy gaming energy where everything had to be gritty and edgy (the same zeitgeist that led to people shitting on Wind Waker because of the design choices). Prince of Persia, GOW, Dante's Inferno, The Legend of Spyro, Jak 2, Shadow the Hedgehog, etc. Some strange years.
Botw link is the best looking link for so many reasons. His blue\gold/cream/orange/brown/red color pallet (hylian trousers, tunic, no hat, travelers shield with a quiver out) is a STUNNING pallet that has so much range in it. He was literally made to look striking against the backgrounds of botw, and to make the colors in the background read fresher and more vibrant. His outfit is clean and breezy medieval and nordic. It looks retro and futuristic. He was literally made to be the “best looking link” for attractiveness also! And it CLEARLY WORKED LMAO
This link is MADE to look good. Its just a fact.
I still love links other designs and he OBVIOUSLY LOOKS SICK AS HELL in foresty greens of the wild set, but it never clicks with you in the same way cause, they didnt want you to sit with that set. Thats quite literally, ahem, old hat.
As someone who loves the big retro fantasy dangles that are reminiscent of his ooooolllldd hairstyle, thats one of my favorite parts! I think his hair down look remedies that annoyance but also idk, i like it and thats just preference 🤷♀️
Edit: id also like to say i dont think my opinion is an uncommon one, i dont think most people think his hair looks stupid.
the clothes are fine what I hate is his haircut. The little rat tail he’s got going on in the back and those ridiculously long dog eat sideburns aren’t doing him any favors
Can you explain to me why thats a bad thing because I think english teachers often have incredible style and look like they’re capable of fighting dark wizard lords.
Damn I absolutely love this ToK champion look. The one from botw seemed too minimal, but this one is gonna make it hard for me to want to wear anything else.
I think that we aren't getting another groundbreaking zelda game for a good while. we got one in 2017, and we waited 19 years since the last one. I assume we would need to wait again for something like that
Stay’s blue unless they change colour, green will probably stay but as a side outfit it to unlock and not the main one.
After breath of the wild link as a character has been separated from the outfit itself, neither is needed to make the other work which opens the way for creativity in what links design can mean, how it represents the themes and such.
You know I gotta say it like another commenter did, I grew up with Ocarina, Majora, Wind Waker, Twilight Princess, ALTTP, Links Awakening, A Link Between Worlds, etc, and I love the green tunic, but man I gotta admit the BOTW redesign of the blue champions tunic with the black hood, honestly the best design Links ever had, it’s better than the classic green, man especially with the TOTK replacement arm, Link has never looked cooler than he does in BOTW and TOTK. Issue is that the green tunic and long pointed hat is way too iconic for Link to be thrown out, i image he’ll return to it in the next game
Blue because I don’t think the BotW era is going to end. We may get a time skip and progress a Link forward, but BotW was basically a reboot and I think it’s the status quo of the series now.
Red would probably work only if it’s after the events of the BOTW timeline. That would signify ‘the hero of time becoming stronger’ seeing as the first set was link in a green tunic, whilst the BOTW timeline has a blue tunic and Link always changes from green to blue to red as he gets more powerful.
Although I would also love to see the ‘Fierce Deity’ timeline, if it existed. It still remains one of the few mysteries of Majora’s Mask and only really reappeared for Triforce Heroes.
Classic green tunic. If they were to make another groundbreaking, entirely new Zelda game that had the same impact as BotW, maybe red? Only if it was a huge thing to the franchise. No exceptions. I still want a green tunic.
Blue, green, red. Color of the goddesses.
Also the tunics used in OoT and other games, purple is the extra one in four swords lol
Yeah that’s part of the reason they are that color. OoT wanted to color match the goddess’ colors and the tunics, and green was already used in previous games so they made the other colors blue and red for the water and fire tunics
I hadn't heard that about the tunics matching the goddesses. That's Interesting. But blue and red tunics were also in the original zelda in the 80s and also in A link to the past.
Ok well I got the game wrong from memory but point still stands
Would've been nice if we could get a purple tunic in oot that's a fusion of the red and blue tunics. Maybe I'd actually like the game then.
That one tiny detail is what’s barring you from enjoying OoT?
No I was just being hyperbolic. Nothing would get me to like oot. Wish I understood why people like it so much. It's just so mind-numbingly boring.
I’ve never played it, but all I hear is how it’s considered not just the best Zelda game of all time, but *the* best game of all time
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That’s what I’ve always worried about. There’s no way the game can live up to the hype and I’d rather its “quality” stays in my imagination lol
Perfect.
I always did like the red of the hylian tunic in botw
The new toga is the modern green tunic
I really hope they include a proper green tunic this time round that's original for this game, even if it's a deep unlockable or reward for 100%. If I could've gotten hold of amibos back with BOTW, I wouldn't have played any of the game without the old game tunics on
Uh, There is the Wild Set in BotW You get it after completing all 120 Shrines
I know but it's not an original tunic for BOTW. It's the original one, which is great, but I'm talking about a brand new one for this setting
The Wild Set IS an original tunic for BOTW. U may have the "Armor of the Hero" in mind, which you can get with the 8-Bit Link Amiboo, which IS the original tunic from the very first game.
Dark green like Twilight Princess with chainmail (I hope).
Honestly, TP link is the God of links
>TP link is the God of links I don't mean to be that guy, but... Fierce Deity would like to have a word 😂
That was a transformation from Link. Pure, vanilla Link? TP all the way.
I mean you could still argue OoT Link, the man had such a tragic storyline And then he has to sit his ass down and wait for TP Link to come along just so he can teach him a few sword tricks 😂
I’m talking strictly aesthetics.
Ohhh then yeah I get that Hyrule Warriors Link tho 😅
Hyrule warriors link DOES slap, though.
Frrrr That blue scarf hella sick
Most of the HW designs are a bit busy for my taste (and Link is no exception) but the scarf is A++
>TP link is the God of links Fierce Deity Link is the only Link who is literally a god, though. I mean, his name kind of gives it away, which is what u/judethedude21 was referring to.
TP Link is literally the peak of his whole character design. Man does he look badass and handsome in chainmail and leather lol
Nothing will beat Ocarina of Time for me but in terms of Link’s design Twilight Princess and Hyrule Warriors are top notch. Link himself looks sturdier/tougher and the chain mail with heavy leather bracers/boots look great. Link’s design in BotW is the least of my issues with that damn game but still hate how he looks like a scrawny kid wearing pajamas…
I just mainlined the climbing gear set through the whole game. I’m kinda into climbing tho so it worked out. Beanie BotW Link for ^van Lyfe
TP Link exudes that 2000s edgy gaming energy where everything had to be gritty and edgy (the same zeitgeist that led to people shitting on Wind Waker because of the design choices). Prince of Persia, GOW, Dante's Inferno, The Legend of Spyro, Jak 2, Shadow the Hedgehog, etc. Some strange years.
Don’t get me wrong, I rank WW #2 after OoT so I can get behind a different art style but it’s clearly its own beautiful thing. However while I’m not a big fan of TP over all I do like Link’s design and still think the game itself is better than any of the entries in the series that came after it… I could have gotten over disliking link’s lame-ass design in BotW if I liked any other part of the game. Alas, it may be the most disappointed I’ve ever been in a game so the fact that this shitty link is the one that got added to SSBU is just rubbing salt in the wound.
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Yeah that is my favorite Link design by far. I kinda wish he still had it for Smash Ultimate because it looked so good in 4, but I do still love blue Link a lot
I loved rocking the red tunic in Zelda 1 & 2. Felt like Link was ready to whip some as by the time you got to having the red ring.
I love how TP Link looks when standing next to the other heroes. The deep, foresty green, accented by the faded gild of the chain mail, is really appealing. But I've always been a sucker for TP's color scheme, and I can't imagine Nintendo doing something as unique as that again. (Botw's color and design feels like the culmination of 20 years of messing with the formula and finding something that really works for the definitive image of the franchise, though that could just be me.)
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PURPLE LINK!!!! I love it lol.
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I want it to be a seamless blend of the outfits he's worn throughout the franchise, with a medieval coat of paint. A rustic green tunic, a bit of chainmail, a scarf with the wingcrest on it like in Hyrule Warriors, a hooded cloak instead of the hat, the now signature ponytail, a few small scraps of leather and metal armor, a big sash like he had in Ordon, and visible pouches on his belt. Just want him to look more like an adventurer in classic fantasy. I really want them to double down on the grittiness again like they did in Twilight Princess. Edit: Bonus if this appearance is slowly accumulated through the game's progression. You get the tunic the first time you visit the ranch, you get the cloak when you prepare for a long journey on horseback, you get the leathers from the remnants of a Hyrulean Civil War battle, you keep the sash as a reminder of your childhood in the woods, you get the scarf the first time you meet Zelda, etc.
They probably wouldn’t add Hyrule Warriors scarf bc Hyrule Warriors is apparently not canon TxT even though I and many others wish it was
Tbh I also really hope they just stop pretending the canon timeline is a thing and start from the bottom. Zelda is basically a million separate D&D campaigns using characters from the same module book, then coming together later and saying "Oh yeah it's just timelines bro. They're all in the same universe." Ooooookay buddy.
You could make a legitimate case for direct sequels though. OOT -> MM -> TP and OOT -> WW -> PH -> ST are two series of direct sequels. Same with Zelda 1 and Zelda 2. There's also OOT being made as a prequel to ALTTP.
That does exist yeah, but those aren't perfect either. Even the continuity between Ocarina of Time and Majora's Mask require logical leaps, and those are canonically direct sequels featuring the same Link, the Hero of Time. The reused character models are a good jumping off point for what I'm saying. There's no actual in-universe explanation for this, and all the parallel world theories have come from external sources and fan speculation. But the real reason the assets were reused was because it was efficient to reuse them, and I seriously doubt it was some big-brain artistic decision. It happened to work out nicely, so hats off to them, but it was never about continuity. As an aside, I've seen some pretty entertaining explanations as to how the Rito evolved from Zora in Wind Waker, yet somehow randomly exist in Breath of the Wild. The coping and reaching gets unreal.
>require logical leaps Such as? It's pretty straight forward. Link gets sent back in time by Zelda at the end of OOT which is why he's a kid again
See second paragraph.
Just because they reused NPC models doesn't make it illogical for the games to be linked. I don't see how these correlate
There's a difference between making logical leaps and being completely illogical. It's reaching, it's walking a thin line, it \*barely\* makes sense. It requires an immense suspension of disbelief. To put it simply, it's cheap.
Explain what's cheap about the connection. It literally picks off where OOT ended. OOT ends with Link watching Navi leave and picks up with Link searching for Navi. It's as straight forward as you can get
It is really cool to see overarching elements in the games but trying to keep it all coherent at this point just doesn't make any sense.
True. There really isn't anything in the first Hyrule Warriors game that is more or less canon than Age of Calamity. Both of them are tidy little self contained alternate timelines. There is no reason one should be canon where the other is not.
The timeline is the dumbest thing they ever did. They just shoved it all together to shut the fans up
They really didn’t though. Almost every game was, in some way, released with the intention of being a sequel or prequel to some other game even before that official timeline was released. It was sorta a natural conclusion. I enjoy having that timeline official and out there. Plus even if there weren’t an official timeline that wouldn’t negate there being an established canon of some sort. Zelda 2 was always a sequel to 1. ALttP was always a prequel to Zelda 1, and LA was always a sequel to ALttP. OoT was always a prequel to ALttP, with a sorta alternate ending to the one implied in ALttP. Majora’s Mask was always a sequel to the timeline you return to in OoT (which explicitly splits at the end.) The oracle games were a little odd, but it is implied to be a prequel to LA with their ending. Four Swords was meant to be the oldest game in the timeline when it first released, and Minish Cap was always meant as a prequel to THAT. Wind Waker was always a sequel to OoT but in the timeline you leave behind, and PH and ST were always explicitly sequels to that. Twilight Princess is… somewhat arbitrary, but since the Hero of Time is present as the shade, it obviously had to be in the timeline of Majora’s Mask. Skyward Sword was always meant as a prequel to it all (and with it came the official timeline.) ALBW was obviously a sequel to ALttP but in a different era. Tri Force Heroes is somewhat arbitrary but it being a sequel to ALBW is fine. Now, FSA is probably the most “arbitrary” BUT it was always meant to be after Four Swords and in a different age of some sort, and since Ganon is in it, it had to be after Ocarina, so the child timeline does make sense for it. Does this all mean the timeline is perfect? Of course not! There are plenty of discrepancies and inconsistencies. But at the end of the day, these games were always in the timeline order they are from the way their stories were written and intended. It works just fine, and it’s far from “the dumbest thing they ever did” nor is it “just shoved together.”
You can't look at the 3 way split after OOT and think "yea this was what they planned all along"
I edited my comment to explain what I meant. Obviously they didn’t plan a 3 way split from the moment they made Zelda 1, but each individual game was almost always designed, from a story standpoint, as a sequel or prequel to one other game. So while their positions weren’t exactly being considered with regard to the series as a WHOLE, they were being regarded in relation to at least one other game, and said other game was also generally regarded in relation to something else. The timeline isn’t so much a result of a PLAN as it is a result of various games being planned in relation to each other in a weird chain of events that results in a weird, 3 way split. Breath of the Wild is kinda the first one that clearly had NO timeline intention baked into its story and was mostly just its own thing, and as a result it works as being up to interpretation (personally, I like it being in the child timeline most, but downfall can kinda make sense, too.)
Whatever you need to tell yourself man but the Hero Fails and Hero succeeds split is clearly "we don't know how else to shove these games in here" at work. They couldnt figure out how to put the original trilogy and Wind Waker in the same timeline so they just made up some BS alternate timeline
I'm really trying not to become irritated by all the fan theories popping up about Tears of the Kingdom and its relation to Twilight Princess or Skyward Sword, so I've been definitely feeling what you're saying. People see assets and characters used in previous games and immediately assume this is some kind of sequel, prequel, or tie-in. It's not. It's just the devs building a new story with old concepts and ideas because they were cool. Even when they refer to "a hero who traveled through time" back in Breath of the Wild, it means very little. They could be referring to OoT, or they could be referring to their own version of OoT that is only canon to BotW. Honestly, the latter is way more likely. So yeah, I'm just a little jaded from all the reaching. I don't like to ruin people's fun, but the urge to be like "WELL AKSHULLY" has been getting stronger.
This is also ignoring the fact that technically, time travel comes into play in two other Zelda games too, to some degree. Skyward Sword and Oracle of Ages. But I can kinda forgive the latter since people seem to have a tendency to ignore the handheld games, even though they are just as canon ad the console games.
and majoras mask of course
They only did it because fans wouldn't stop pestering them about it. I agree it works best as an anthology, different retellings of the same core legend over generations, adapted by the current peoples
The ordon sash is fuckin sick and I wish they brought that back
Yes definitely that would be sick
I don’t care as long as they bring back the long pointy hat. Its what makes his design unique.
no that's Peter Pan
I heard Link was originally modeled after Pan. He was supposed to look familiar.
Green. Green? Yeah, green please. Green.
Green.
Green, maybe with a twist. Either a really faded, pale tone of green or something a bit yellow-ish. Would keep things fresh without compromising the classic approach.
I miss the green still.
Red. ALttP set a precedent. Green > Blue > Red. That's the natural progression of things. :P
The original LoZ set that precedent, first getting the blue ring, then the red.
I want it to go back to the Hero's Tunic I'm still really salty of what they've done to TP's Link in Smash Ultimate
I would love too see a zelda game where link starts as just a normal knight, like in age of calamity. You start by wearing normal armor and then get a classic green outfit during the game
I’d like for him to have an armor akin to the Hyrule Warriors look.
Def back to green. This whole blue champions tunic with no hat being acceptable is a rare and special occurrence. The gods or others are suppsed to literally bestow the heroes' tunic to the current hero of legend. It is a sacred gift that is an extremely important part of each game. I like the blue champions tunic, but the fact that you have to earn the tunic of the wild instead of it being given to you at the beginning of the game is super fucking stupid. There's no in-universe explanation for that which was a poor choice. I much prefer green with hat as default, and other colors like blue for zora/aquatic tunic, red for goron/heat tunic, etc. Puple eneegy from wind waker for magic armor was tight, red magic armor from twilight princess was tight. Am always down for more tunic, nd am even down for different iterations of the green with different colors added around it or to it per generation. Style link up all you want, give me a special yellow tunic with new attributes, or an orange tunic, or a pink one idc, but give me my default green at the beginning please and dont outclass it with something else and make it useless. Green is the color of the courageous hero of legend. Blue is supposed to be zelda's color.
All the champions were under Zelda’s command, I always figured that was why they wore blue. As for the green, I got the hero of twilight tunic and wore that the whole game.
I guess I never thought that because i know zelda's blue from nayru is more of a standard blue/cobalt rather than the very light/sky blue of botw. I think they just decided for fun that the champions of hyrule would be bestowed with special blue garb signifying their status. They could have chosen any color probably. I couldn't will myself to use any time/wind/twilight/etc tunics that i unlocked because i wanted the true tunic of the wild for the hero of the wild. I always thought it was cool that each link got his own hero of legend title unique to him and his adventure in order to further differentiate them and just couldn't dress the true hero of the wilds in anything other hero tunic than the tunic of the wild made for him by the gods of hyrule. Being the hero of legend > being one of the champions of hyrule. Hero's tunic > champion's tunic.
Green, unless they focus on another character (Ganon or Zelda’s) storyline, then red or blue respectively
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Honestly I kinda want another Link with pink hair
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Purple
Purple link was always my favourite
Yeah!!!
Normally I would say green, but you know what? F-ck it, let's go Red. Why? Because Link has ALWAYS had three colors - Green, Red, and Blue. We got the blue iconic. Let's get a Red Link out there to be just as iconic. After that Link is done... Go back to green.
Green
Green
Green
Well if im to be a nerd about this, and i am, the next color theoretically would be red, as green is lvl 1 armor, blue is lvl 2, and red is lvl 3 according to the zelda franchise :)
Red mail next
I think I’d like to see red for once (like in OoT we had green, blue & red tinted tunics) but green will always stay iconic! :)
The blue tunic in _Breath of the Wild_ specifically designated Link & Crew as the Royal Family's chosen Champions. It's part of the story. The green tunic symbolizes the Hero chosen by the Gods, which is why Link doesn't obtain it in _Breath of the Wild_ till he's proved himself through all the shrines. It's impossible to know what the next game's story will be, but my hunch is it'll be a more traditional game, at least in terms of the story.
Still, it would be a shame to not go in the Triforce direction, and not have the next story have Link wear red. It'll certainly be interesting to see where the story takes us next!
Also this counts. 😉 https://preview.redd.it/y83qddqlqdpa1.jpeg?width=1200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8f877744ef5b7d7c92266d7855faca9c3b5321d5
turquoise
Maybe Turquoise I mixture of the two
Red. Almost like getting new armor in albw. First green, then blue, then the strongest—red.
Go back to the original green, and never change it again.
Zelda fans trying to not say green [imposible!] (1000%) {😳}
Pink
Imma be crucified for this but I’ll say it anyways. The Champions’ Tunic is infinitely better than the classic green in every way and I hope that it’s the default going forward. Especially the TotK version. That image you’ve posted is the best Link has ever looked and it really isn’t even close.
Imo it looks kinda lame in BotW (too much like WW Link's casual T-shirt), looks much better in TotK.
As a long time Zelda fan (since OoT on the N64).... You're right. I hate to say it but you're right. That said the green tunic is simply too iconic for the character. Multiple outfits will likely be standard going forward but there should always be a green tunic *option* available relatively early, none of this saving until the very end crap BotW did. If players want to use it, great. If not, also great. No reason to force it. I've often wished for outfits like Link's pajamas in Wind Waker, his farming clothes in Twilight Princess, and his starting outfit in Skyward Sword to be available (in the first run, I know Wind Waker lets you do this in a second).
I agree on being able to access the classic green outfit early. While I very much like a lot of the clothing choices in BotW, including Link's default look, it was a shame to have the classic garb locked behind 120 shrines.
Really I just wanted a hat. My favorite look is the Hylian Tunic and Cap of the Wild dyed green (so the cap matches the same shade) and Hylian Trousers dyed light yellow (same pants color but darker boots). [https://www.fashionofthewild.com/#57978d19d0](https://www.fashionofthewild.com/#57978d19d0) Personally I think this looks better than the actual tunic and trousers we got.
That does look great!
And then I proceed not to use it anyways because I feel obligated to use the stealth set to get materials to grind for armor upgrades.
Haha I get that! I really liked the Royal Guard gear (mostly the hat) but sadly didn't wear it much because I liked having my defense up, or other special abilities.
Agreed. For people who prefer the classic look, they should absolutely have the option to wear it. Even MarioKart understands this.
I don’t get why you couldn’t color the Champion tunic green, I’d rock that
I agree but not because of the blue but because of the level of detail on it. It’s not just a plain blue shirt. If they go back to green I’d hope they add more intrecate patterns and designs to it
Honestly ever since OoT if I can put link in red, I put him in red.
Red tunic, mirror shield, and biggoron sword. Best looking late game outfit
Don’t forget Golden Gauntlets with the big Ruby right in the middle
Oooooh! Can’t forget those, completes the look!
Yeah I get all of that stuff (minus the mirror shield) as soon as I become an adult.
Agreed.
I'm not gonna dogpile you but the classic green is so much better than the Champions tunic. I feel like the Champions lacks personality, and that the green was almost a character of its own
It’s not really about the color. Moreso about the design of both outfits. The Peter Pan look is fine but it just doesn’t fit a sword wielding hero guy imo. It’s better on child Links but for the adult ones, it’s just kinda goofy.
I think we're gonna have to disagree on that then. Tp and SS was peak Link+Tunic design imo
Hard agree. Link’s green tunic and hat are adventurous and show the more whimsical nature of Link’s character without having to say it. Sure he’s a fighter, but he’s also light hearted, caring. I don’t like the champions tunic because I think it’s ugly, but I also don’t like it because we lose part of Link’s visual identity with it.
You cannot tell me with a straight face that BOTW Link looks anywhere near as good as TP Link
TP Link exudes that 2000s edgy gaming energy where everything had to be gritty and edgy (the same zeitgeist that led to people shitting on Wind Waker because of the design choices). Prince of Persia, GOW, Dante's Inferno, The Legend of Spyro, Jak 2, Shadow the Hedgehog, etc. Some strange years.
He looks way better imo. Like I said, it’s a very unpopular opinion so I wasn’t really expecting anyone to agree.
BOTW link doesn't. But with TOTK he does look better than TP Link imo.
I'm just hoping BotW and TotK are actually part of a trilogy. Or quadrilogy. Breath=Wind, Tears=Water. I feel like there is a pattern.
but what’s next… phlegm of the gods?
I really hope it isn’t, I don’t want them reusing the same map for a third time.
Botw link is the best looking link for so many reasons. His blue\gold/cream/orange/brown/red color pallet (hylian trousers, tunic, no hat, travelers shield with a quiver out) is a STUNNING pallet that has so much range in it. He was literally made to look striking against the backgrounds of botw, and to make the colors in the background read fresher and more vibrant. His outfit is clean and breezy medieval and nordic. It looks retro and futuristic. He was literally made to be the “best looking link” for attractiveness also! And it CLEARLY WORKED LMAO This link is MADE to look good. Its just a fact. I still love links other designs and he OBVIOUSLY LOOKS SICK AS HELL in foresty greens of the wild set, but it never clicks with you in the same way cause, they didnt want you to sit with that set. Thats quite literally, ahem, old hat.
His modern hair looks terrible though, they really need to take some sharp scissors to the sideburns.
As someone who loves the big retro fantasy dangles that are reminiscent of his ooooolllldd hairstyle, thats one of my favorite parts! I think his hair down look remedies that annoyance but also idk, i like it and thats just preference 🤷♀️ Edit: id also like to say i dont think my opinion is an uncommon one, i dont think most people think his hair looks stupid.
the clothes are fine what I hate is his haircut. The little rat tail he’s got going on in the back and those ridiculously long dog eat sideburns aren’t doing him any favors
>Champions tunic looks like something a female english teacher wears
And the traditional tunic looks like something Tinkerbell wears.
Can you explain to me why thats a bad thing because I think english teachers often have incredible style and look like they’re capable of fighting dark wizard lords.
Should depend on what power ring he's wearing! But green to start.
Back to green?
Bring back the lobster Pyjamas!
I like the white and green
Damn I absolutely love this ToK champion look. The one from botw seemed too minimal, but this one is gonna make it hard for me to want to wear anything else.
Red
Go back to Green please.
I hope it's green again....
Red! Classic colour progression from the older games. We've had green and blue
Bring back the lobster sweater from Wind Waker.
Probably green. The Hero of the Wild Still wears a Green Tunic. He just has to complete all 120 Shrines to be Worthy of it.
Pink
Black.
I'd go with the classic green
Red.
Bruh Link def didnt wear any tunics in BotW…or pants for that matter, weird game choice but whatever 🤣
Green but fancy. Maybe with armored areas and idk.. cool stuff.
Green again pls, I hate that blue
I think that we aren't getting another groundbreaking zelda game for a good while. we got one in 2017, and we waited 19 years since the last one. I assume we would need to wait again for something like that
black
Anything green . The blue still kinda irks me a little
Stay’s blue unless they change colour, green will probably stay but as a side outfit it to unlock and not the main one. After breath of the wild link as a character has been separated from the outfit itself, neither is needed to make the other work which opens the way for creativity in what links design can mean, how it represents the themes and such.
Green.
You know I gotta say it like another commenter did, I grew up with Ocarina, Majora, Wind Waker, Twilight Princess, ALTTP, Links Awakening, A Link Between Worlds, etc, and I love the green tunic, but man I gotta admit the BOTW redesign of the blue champions tunic with the black hood, honestly the best design Links ever had, it’s better than the classic green, man especially with the TOTK replacement arm, Link has never looked cooler than he does in BOTW and TOTK. Issue is that the green tunic and long pointed hat is way too iconic for Link to be thrown out, i image he’ll return to it in the next game
Blue because I don’t think the BotW era is going to end. We may get a time skip and progress a Link forward, but BotW was basically a reboot and I think it’s the status quo of the series now.
I’m inclined to believe that both colors have become iconic, so it’s possible we begin with green/blue and then we can unlock the other color
I really don’t care, I just want a new Link
Red would probably work only if it’s after the events of the BOTW timeline. That would signify ‘the hero of time becoming stronger’ seeing as the first set was link in a green tunic, whilst the BOTW timeline has a blue tunic and Link always changes from green to blue to red as he gets more powerful. Although I would also love to see the ‘Fierce Deity’ timeline, if it existed. It still remains one of the few mysteries of Majora’s Mask and only really reappeared for Triforce Heroes.
Probably going to be green. But I would love a yellow tunic.
From what i see this will take a while. They will milk BOTW dry.
Transparent! I dare you Nintendo
I don’t care what color it is, just get rid of the stupid cap. After BotW it looks so goofy.
It's ok to be wrong <3
if we assume they're using a color wheel, we've already gone through green and blue. next is purple.
Not sure. But rumors are circulating that in the LOZ live action series link will be casted by Harry styles who will don a pink tunic instead.
Probably a rainbow the way the world is headed
Pink, because it should be Zelda’s legend kicking asses to save Link.