Thoery...

Well, apparently Aonuma devulged some information about Zelda 05 taking place after TWW cronologically. So I was thinking, what if this new Zelda game actually is a sequel to TWW featuring the same Link, all grown up, even though we all thought they weren't going to make a sequel to TWW.

If I remember correctly, I recall reading somewhere about either Aonuma or Miyamato saying something like TWW looks the way it does because that is the way that a child Link would view the world, bright, colorful, and vibrant. This makes sense if this new Zelda is the same Link, a grown up Link isn't going to view the world the same way, to him it would seem, dark, brooding, raw, and real.

So if it is, maybe Link and Tetra did find a new land or Hyrule has been deflooded somehow. Oh if it is, I can just imagine, a new darker version of Ganondorf returning, bursting out of his watery tomb looking for revenge.

Your theory is very possible, even likely (if this game is indeed a sequel to WW). That would be quite a turn around, from cel-shading to realistic graphics while featuring the same Link. At first, I didn't like the news of this game being WW2. I would have preferred a stand-alone game, or to have the game be a sequel to MM/OoT. This could be fine though, and when it takes place in the timeline really isn't all that important.

Originally Posted by The Real Link

So I was thinking, what if this new Zelda game actually is a sequel to TWW featuring the same Link, all grown up, even though we all thought they weren't going to make a sequel to TWW.

i thought most poeple deduced that much from what he said, if it is a sequel to WW it most likely will be the same link just grown up. because if it wasn't the same link then you can't call it a sequel it would just be another zelda that follows the same timeline(like most of the zelda's do, we don't call them sequels because they come after one another), if it isn't the same link and they call it a sequel that would be like calling Final Fantasy 8 a sequel to FF7. even in the end calling Zelda 05 a sequel to WW is weird because MM had the same link yet most people don't call it a sequel to OoT.

This is original, I mean there are only 23,942,745,973,628,394 threads about this, right? sry, just say'n

Anyway, I think your right. My mailn concern is about tWW link. I love the comedy relief and detail brought to you by this graphic style! I home Nintendo contenues to to use "kiddie link" as well as "raw depressed gothic link".
I love both looks!

Well, if this game explains how the Great Sea was drained, then I would clear a lot of the inconsistencies in the timeline, and make the Parallel Timeline Theory obsolete. It is a possibility that the Link featured in this game is the grown-up Hero of Winds, but the again, we''ll have to wait and see.

I would not mind if the game some how spun of of TWW, but I would much prefer it to be related to OoT in some way shape or form (please not shot about the OoT take off).

Who says the great Sea will be drained? Many people seem to forget that at the end of WW Link sails off to find a new Hyrule, this game could easily take place in this new Hyrule that Link finds. Afterall, it wasn't the whole world that was plunged under water, just a portion of it.

I had speculated the exact same idea right from when the game was announced. Of course, despite my evidence (including a lot of clothing similarities, lack of the Master Sword, the presence of Bokoblins and Wind Waker-esque Moblins, etc.), people were incredibly unconvinced - mainly because they didn't want to believe that Link from The Wind Waker was going to be used again in any shape or form. Bloody Ocarina of Time fanboys. :razz:

yes yes, zelda2005 is after tWW, and I couldnt be happier (down w/ OoT!), but it might not feature tWW link, or any characters from the game, think about it, chronologically doesnt mean direct sequel, it could take place 100 years after tWW... but I do hope its tWW link

it would make for a good analyisis of the series (the BTR writers could do a good piece on this) if it was tWW link. like Miyamoto said, tWW looked the way it did because of the way link viewed the world. i like this whole thing with the way link growing up affecting his view of things. it's... good. hard to explain how much analyisis and argument and discussion could be made about this if it was true.

OHH!! when will you guys understand that OoT IS OVER!!!! and this is the sequel
of the WW the thing iss that Miyamoto said that this game is havely influted to OoT
that he means that it will look much like OoT BUT still it is a sequel to TWW

Is the horse in the clip epona? and is link holding the hylian shield?


based on the answers to the preceding questions I can formulate my opinion

I'm so glad to hear the game is after the Wind Waker, and the theory makes sense. There have been earlier hints that because he was a child he saw the world all colourfully through the eyes of a child.In this game they're probably trying to show how the world matures a bit as you grow older. Also, the Link we see in this game seems to be a very skilled warrior, though they are in all Zelda's so this shouldn't really be taken as evidence. But it does kind of seem he's fought battles before, and I doubt it'll be the HoT coming to the future. I most likely think this is The Hero of Winds, and they're trying to show that your aspect of the world changes as you get older.

Originally Posted by xi the blade

Is the horse in the clip epona? and is link holding the hylian shield?


based on the answers to the preceding questions I can formulate my opinion

o so, you say its the hero of time? well i have some good counter arguments for you. brace yourself. epona? a red/white horse. so your sating that ALL horses are brown and only epona red white? dude, come on think. hylian shield? they were sold in hyrule town, THAT ARE COMMON SHIELDS. if he had a mirror shield from MM then, it would be obvious, but it isnt right now. and i if remember correcty, the hero's shield also looked the hylian shield and it wasnt. and besides, do you think it looks like OoT link? man you need to get glasses cause he has different clothes, different hairstyle, different tunic, different gauntlets etc.



and to give a reply to the thread: i like the idea that it could be WW link. if you look closely, they sort of have the same hair style. look at my sign and avvie

I believe it is Epona and he is wielding the Hylian Shield, but I aint sure if thats the Master Sword, I mean take a look at the trailor again the sword looks a little rusted to be the ulmighty Master Sword

Originally Posted by Kaiogaha

I believe it is Epona and he is wielding the Hylian Shield, but I aint sure if thats the Master Sword, I mean take a look at the trailor again the sword looks a little rusted to be the ulmighty Master Sword

Well it's not the Epona from OoT. In this game she'll be long dead. It is set after The Wind Waker after all. That flushes most Hero of time theories down the drain. This could just be a horse called Epona like in FSA, but not actually be the one from OoT.

Originally Posted by Kaiogaha

I believe it is Epona and he is wielding the Hylian Shield, but I aint sure if thats the Master Sword, I mean take a look at the trailor again the sword looks a little rusted to be the ulmighty Master Sword

listen to my earlier reply. hylian shields were common! you could buy them, and they say it was used by hylian soldiers. so it is : A Hylian Shield.

of the things that will most likely change in the final version of Zelda 05 it is the sheild, so don't become set on it being in the final version, because i doubt it will be.

Originally Posted by SwordsMan X

of the things that will most likely change in the final version of Zelda 05 it is the sheild, so don't become set on it being in the final version, because i doubt it will be.

Why not? As has been said Hylian sheilds were common and passed down from family to family. Besides, that's just the typical Zelda Sheild design.

Originally Posted by Ganon_dwarf

Besides, that's just the typical Zelda Sheild design.

only typical for OoT, only MM had a similar sheild but there were still differences in the pattern, what i'm meaning is the pattern for the shelild will change...you saying that it wont is like saying that the title for Zelda 05 will keep the same emblem as which was shown in the trailer, and we all known that that is the emblem from OoT.