Link needs a pet, not a sidekick.

Link already has a pet, noobs.

At least it counts as one in my book.
Besides, if Links starts having pets, soon this will turn into you know what, and nobody wants that. Nobody. NO. BODY.

Either that or a mini Volvagia or the air temple boss in Twilight Princess!!! That would be awesome, you have like a knat sized Volvagia (or TP air temple boss) and then all of a sudden a gigantic torrent of flame erupts from its mouth and engulfs your enemy!!! lol

I'd be down with a ****ing bear.

Originally Posted by Marshmallow Moo

Link already has a pet, noobs.

pshh, everyone knows thats his lover, not his pet. who is the noob now?

and yeah, another moosh would be fan-freaking-tastic. i loved him and ricki. not so much demetri.

these are all great ideas..

Originally Posted by The Great Panda

I believe that instead of a sidekick like Navi or Midna, Link should have a dog.

but think for a second ok... thus would make a zelda a turn based rpg... or at least for combat.

Originally Posted by Metropalis

but think for a second ok... thus would make a zelda a turn based rpg... or at least for combat.

Um, no.

Originally Posted by Metropalis

but think for a second ok... thus would make a zelda a turn based rpg... or at least for combat.

.....How? Do you know exactly what a turn based RPG is compared to Zelda? In no way would that happen.

Originally Posted by Metropalis

but think for a second ok... thus would make a zelda a turn based rpg... or at least for combat.

Sometimes I wonder whether any of you people can even get dressed in the morning.

How in the hell would it become a turn based RPG by adding a dog? Seriously, explain this to me. I want to understand the thought process behind this statement.

That might be a lot like what they did in the Oracle games. Not too bad an idea. The dog thing has not been done in TP. We're talking about having a dog companion. Not turning into a dog.

I haven't read the whole thread.

It would probably be easier to just make the sidekick useful in battle. Like what they did with Midna. except improve on that some more by letting her or him do more stuff.

Originally Posted by Chad

That might be a lot like what they did in the Oracle games. Not too bad an idea. The dog thing has not been done in TP. We're talking about having a dog companion. Not turning into a dog.

I haven't read the whole thread.

It would probably be easier to just make the sidekick useful in battle. Like what they did with Midna. except improve on that some more by letting her or him do more stuff.

I don't feel any pet Link could have really should be much help in battle...

Link's courage is proven by the steel of blade rather then the command of an attack (sic' em boy!)

I agree to an extent and as I stated earlier, I dont agree...

Originally Posted by Chad

That might be a lot like what they did in the Oracle games. Not too bad an idea. The dog thing has not been done in TP. We're talking about having a dog companion. Not turning into a dog.

I realise the difference, but the point is the games have already featured a dog in battle. Normaqly I don't mind the games sharing features and similarities, but that coupled with the other reasons I listed off lead me to believe there are better choices then a dog.

Originally Posted by DrFeelGood666

this is zelda universe love, not fable town.
it would be great you stopped yammering on about a dog from that game here.

What the hell is Fable town? We're talking abou hypothetical pets here and how they'd affect a game, Fable had a pet implemented greatly. So it'd be great if you shut the **** up.

Originally Posted by BEHIND THE MASK

Know, I'm no expert on animal genitalia...

But inform me how a female horse may pound a female hylian in the ass, you mustn't skip the details, so do explain.

...Whats that?

We're all banned?

Have you ever heard of Strap-on? There's your answer. That also explains why Epona gets tired so fast....

I don't think a pets a bad idea. Take for example:

Shadow of the Colossus: Hopefully everyone knows what this game is about because it is amazing. But throughout the game you're trying to kill giant creatures and you have your trusted horse with you along the way. I know the whole horse thing sounds like Epona but Agro, the horse in SOTC, is the only living creature beside the Colossi in the game so you develop this great emotional bond for this pet of the main character.

SPOILER WARNING for SOTC:

Well, when your on your way to kill the last Colossi your horse seems to be killed by falling of a cliff.

I think if there was a pet aspect in Zelda it should be something like this. A creature you build a strong emotional bond with but it is killed somehow in the end I think it would add much more emotional depth into the world of Zelda and also possibly kill off a main character of the game, which has been asked of many fans of the series.

Originally Posted by Mafoofoo

What the hell is Fable town? We're talking abou hypothetical pets here and how they'd affect a game, Fable had a pet implemented greatly. So it'd be great if you shut the **** up.

sugar, we are talking about how a pet would affect a zelda game, not how "oh my golly god and jesus that dog from fable was so effin awesome and how cool would it be if like a dog like that could totally be in a zelda game!" and another thing, even if a dog like that game into the game(which a dog never will, minus the wolf from TP), then it certainly wouldnt be like a dog from any other game.

IMO Link dont need a pet, I can imagine it. Epona is fine, maybe a pet they could use is a owl or hawk making reference to the OoT owl... but with a role similar to Epona, i mean, not to use it to fly over hyrule, use it to reach some places like in WW that Link can control birds with a pear (or something) to reach some diamonds

Or maybe they should try to make Epona a bigger part of a story. They kind of botched it when they made a game where Link can talk to animals, but Epona only says two things.

Not quite sure how to work it, though. The horseback battles were a step in the right direction. Now we just need something else.

Originally Posted by TheBattler

I'd be down with a ****ing bear.

Originally Posted by Red

Riding horses =/= pets.

Erm, not what I meant. The horse is an animal that belongs to Link. Animals that belong to people are most always pets. Therefore, Epona is a pet.