Is that Link?

In the Twilight Princess you get tought moves by the old warrior quite often. He is teaching YOU the moves of the HERO that were taught to no one else. I think this could be maybe the old link from OoT. He calls you his son at after the last technique and he resembles a wolf in his twilight form just like you do so this could mean that the 2 links may be related somehow.

This is probably a weak theory to you Zelda fanatics, but I am pretty interested in this.

A couple interesting quotes that might be related to this.

Originally Posted by Hero's Spirit

At last, the skills I have to teach you have entered the realm of true secrecy. They are forgotten ways that do not leave our bloodline.

Originally Posted by Hero's Spirit

Although I accepted life as the hero, I could not convey the lessons of that life to those that came after. At last, I have eased my regrets.

I'm strongly inclined to believe that the Hero's Spirit is an ancestor of the Link from Twilight Princess.

I've already thought about that warrior being Link from OoT. Ignoring the fact that he's quite too big to be Link, I strongly believe he is TP Link's ancestor. And correct me if I'm wrong, but if I remember well, he's left-handed, too.

Originally Posted by Lules

I've already thought about that warrior being Link from OoT. Ignoring the fact that he's quite too big to be Link, I strongly believe he is TP Link's ancestor. And correct me if I'm wrong, but if I remember well, he's left-handed, too.

Link wasn't too old in OoT and he could've buffed up a bit in the time before he might have died. He does not resemble the old link very well though.

I don't think he's Ocarina of Time Link, but Twilight Princess Link's dad, a descendant of the Hero of Time. The bloodline he speaks of could be the Knight's Bloodline mentioned in A Link To the Past.

hero's shade= hero of time.

^And, as always, you think that you stating it is actual evidence. Give me some actual evidence besides "I'm always right, its common knowledge" and THEN I will listen to you. Until you do, Heroe's Shade=Some random ghost dude.

1.-Between OOT-TP we only have one hero(the hero of time), i mean only hero's shade can be the hero of time, he said that he accept his life as "the hero".

2.-hero's shade knows the songs that the hero of time play in MM and OOT.

3.-hero's shade call link "my child"

4.-hero's shade said that only the one who carries the same blood of the hero can learn the sword techniques.

5.-hero's shade can became a wolf like link.

Conclusion:
hero's shade = hero of time.

I am inclined to believe the Hero's Shade is OoT Link, but he's huge. He's nearly twice the size of TP Link and OoT Link couldn't have grown THAT much more when he reached his OoT adult age again. Also, OoT Link could not do those skills in OoT or MM. Where would he have learned them?

Reasons why not:
1. And how are you privy to such information? We do NOT know that.

2. He also knows a song from Wind Waker, which is (gasp) in another timeline!

3. Amazing, someone called someone his kid. This is OBVIOUSLY evidence (sarcasm)

4.And guess what? All heroes are born into the Knight's bloodline, so it could be a dead KNIGHT!

5. And I can turn into a platypus. He's a spirit, he can look like whatever he wants. He just wanted to look like a wolf because Link can turn into a wolf.

Conclusion: I just shot down your theory!

Originally Posted by The Janitor

2. He also knows a song from Wind Waker, which is (gasp) in another timeline!

Let's not take that too seriously. It was probably just a mere easter egg.

Has anyone noticed that nearly all Stalfoses are huge?

Originally Posted by Lord Ranil

I am inclined to believe the Hero's Shade is OoT Link, but he's huge. He's nearly twice the size of TP Link and OoT Link couldn't have grown THAT much more when he reached his OoT adult age again. Also, OoT Link could not do those skills in OoT or MM. Where would he have learned them?

Adult Link was only 17, I doubt he was done growing.

Originally Posted by The Janitor

Reasons why not:
1. And how are you privy to such information? We do NOT know that.

The whole reason TWW happened at all was because no hero came after OoT Link left the timeline until TWW Link.

Originally Posted by The Janitor

And guess what? All heroes are born into the Knight's bloodline, so it could be a dead KNIGHT!=

He accepted life as THE HERO. Not some knight who did heroic deeds.

Originally Posted by The Janitor

Reasons why not:
1. And how are you privy to such information? We do NOT know that.

2. He also knows a song from Wind Waker, which is (gasp) in another timeline!

3. Amazing, someone called someone his kid. This is OBVIOUSLY evidence (sarcasm)

4.And guess what? All heroes are born into the Knight's bloodline, so it could be a dead KNIGHT!

5. And I can turn into a platypus. He's a spirit, he can look like whatever he wants. He just wanted to look like a wolf because Link can turn into a wolf.

Conclusion: I just shot down your theory!

He could be the hero of time OR a knight. We may never know. welcome to the thread, it's called discussion, not that i'm right your wrong crap.
I also think that the songs are everywhere, I bet the dead hero knows ALL of the songs. ALL of the songs are in each game. There are different songs because the legend of zelda releases NEW games. Why would he look like a wolf just to be like link from TP? Surely he can be whatever he wants but he wouldn't just be a wolf to be a wolf.

I think you should tell us what you think in a kind manner so that I actually listen to you. Sure Smallvilleboy could be wrong, but why act like that?

I agree with quite a few of you and smallvilleboy's points but I don't really know witch one is right because I am not the zelda expert

Really, the only thing that goes against the theory that the warrior is, in fact, OoT Link, is that he [the warrior] is that he's too big to be OoT Link.
But maybe the developers made him that big just because it made him look more badass (in other words, cool). This reason can be used in almost every theory, haha.

Who's to say OoT Link didn't grow more afterwards?

And for all we know, Hylians born in the OoT era could be just be taller than the modern (TP era) Hylians are.

I think that OoT link made his "spiritual" image of himself to be big and scary so TP link would fear him and listen to him with respect.

Originally Posted by Linku

Who's to say OoT Link didn't grow more afterwards?

And for all we know, Hylians born in the OoT era could be just be taller than the modern (TP era) Hylians are.

He sure must've grown a bit, since in OoT he was just 17. But he is too big to be Link. By the way, I've read somewhere that TP Link is taller than OoT Link. Don't know if that's true.

This theory has been debated to death. The evidence strongly favors the Hero of Time = the Hero's Shade.

Some stubborn people still say that the evidence in inconclusive, but there isn't any real reason to disagree with the theory (other than for the sake of arguing).

BTW, here's another piece of evidence that I don't think anyone has mentioned: The Hero's Shade is left-handed (Gamecube version), just like the Hero always is.

^I realize that doesn't prove the theory, but it's just some more evidence to put with all the other evidence.

That has been mentioned in this thread. What hasn't is that the Hero's Shade also has the white tights or whatever.

Probably intended to be.