Age requirement changed?

Originally Posted by SixaxiS

Who says Toon Link isn't 17 as well?

He looks toon-ish after all

Because it is trdition on Outset Islnd to dress boys in green tunics when they reach certain age which is either 10 or 12(I'e forgotten which one it is)

And for this topic, TWW had differnent goal than OoT. Also Ganondorf was more powerful in OoT than in TWW.

What does Ganondorf? have to do with any of this?

Ganondorf has absolutely nothing to do with this topic. I think that there must be an explanation for this topic because the Zelda Team would obviously make sure everything has a purpose or makes sense (even though some elements in the game are fantasy). Hopefully someone will ask this type of question at some interview...

Okay, let's go at this from an odd angle...

Link (Adult Link) was destined to save Hyrule. This is Fate.

Ganon tinkered with Fate, thus obtaining the Triforce before Link was ready.

Ergo, Link cannot be the Hero of Time yet... and was frozen in time until such time that he was supposed to return and defeat Ganon.


Just a thought...

What if OoT Link kinda "broke" the age requierment "safetylock" when he pulled the master sword (becouse he was the first one to pull it that we currently know of, right?). And becouse of that the age requirement has been nonexistent for the heroes that came after him?

Originally Posted by Impossible

OoT Link's age was never confirmed, though.

10 and 17.

Originally Posted by Erikson

10 and 17.

source?

Because, as far as I remember, OoT Link age has been confirmed multiple times. Miyamoto even said Child Link is 8. And I've seen other sources say 10 and 11, though not sure where

Well. The true reason the Master Sword doesn't seal TWW Link is because it's not being used as a door to the Sacred Realm.

For one. The MS was in the Temple of Time during OoT. It was being used to make sure most people couldn't get into the Sacred Realm. The person had to be strong and pure, when Link pulled it, he had all the right traits to be the Hero of Time, but he was sealed in the Sacred Realm because he wasn't old enough.

However in TWW, the MS isn't in the Temple of Time and it isn't being used as a door to the Sacred Realm. It is simply being used to seal Ganon's evil by freezing Hyrule. The person still has to be strong and pure to pull it, but it's not nearly as strict as is was when dealing with the Sacred Realm.

Perhaps it means mental youth. Age is but a number.

On top of that, I think WW link is a bit older than OoT link. His voice is a bit lower, and he just seems a bit older.

However, he's only about as big as Tetra, and if I recall correctly, one of the pirates says Tetra's eleven...

Originally Posted by Peri SC

Perhaps it means mental youth. Age is but a number.

On top of that, I think WW link is a bit older than OoT link. His voice is a bit lower, and he just seems a bit older.

However, he's only about as big as Tetra, and if I recall correctly, one of the pirates says Tetra's eleven...

There is no way Toon Link could be older than Oot Link. Listen to WW Link's voice, he sounds like a kid vs. Oot Adult Link, who sounds like an adult.

Originally Posted by Zeldablue777

Well. The true reason the Master Sword doesn't seal TWW Link is because it's not being used as a door to the Sacred Realm.

For one. The MS was in the Temple of Time during OoT. It was being used to make sure most people couldn't get into the Sacred Realm. The person had to be strong and pure, when Link pulled it, he had all the right traits to be the Hero of Time, but he was sealed in the Sacred Realm because he wasn't old enough.

However in TWW, the MS isn't in the Temple of Time and it isn't being used as a door to the Sacred Realm. It is simply being used to seal Ganon's evil by freezing Hyrule. The person still has to be strong and pure to pull it, but it's not nearly as strict as is was when dealing with the Sacred Realm.

So I guess Time is still sort of involved here. Hyrule was frozen with the MS, and when WW Link drew it out of the Pedestal, everything unfrozen to what it was like whenever Hyrule was frozen. That still doesn't completely explain the whole thing here. I'm guessing, as someone said earlier, that they're not going to use the travelling through time element again. Yet, he did pick up the same sword.

Link in OoT turns 15 when he draws the MS. He's 8 to begin with as proved in an interview with Miyamotto.

Link in TWW is 12 (see SSBB) however he's done a lot more work on outset etc. He's strong.

So it could simply be that OoT Link had to mature to the age of 15 before he was strong enough to wield the MS while TWW Link could have simply been good enough at 12.

Another possibility is that since Link pulled the MS when it had no energy he could wield it at age 12.

Originally Posted by Pinecove

Link in OoT turns 15 when he draws the MS. He's 8 to begin with as proved in an interview with Miyamotto.

Link in TWW is 12 (see SSBB) however he's done a lot more work on outset etc. He's strong.

So it could simply be that OoT Link had to mature to the age of 15 before he was strong enough to wield the MS while TWW Link could have simply been good enough at 12.

Another possibility is that since Link pulled the MS when it had no energy he could wield it at age 12.

adult link is only 15??

Do you think that perhaps the gods in WW were desperate for Link to save the world that age did not apply?

In OoT, it seem more planned and easy going to me for some reason. But in WW, everything else seem more desperate to the whole evil situation.

...Am I making any sense?

The gods don't seem to care all that much.

There are two possible scenario's for how old OoT Link can be...9 or 12

Let's tie together 2 interviews that have to do with Link's age

Kushida: In my understanding, “Ocarina of Time” depicts the first adventure that Link has. Is that true?
Miyamoto: That is true. This is about the time that Child Link makes his debut. He is set to be about 7~8 years old.

And...

Miyamoto:…But since then, we've been left with a very big question: and that was, what are we going to do when we decide to make Link a teenager again -- a 16-year-old Link...

So assuming that Miyamoto smudge a number just by one year then OoT Link would make sense as a 9 year old transitioning to a 16 year old.

However...

The events of OoT take place 10 years after peace was established, and we all know that Link was orphaned as a child during the war

Some time ago, before the King of
Hyrule unified this country, there
was a fierce war in our world.
One day, to escape from the fires
of the war, a Hylian mother and
her baby boy entered this
forbidden forest.

So Link couldn't have possibly been 9 but instead 11 or 12

I personally go with 12 so that WW Links age makes sense

As for the other Link's:
WW-12
TP-16
LOZ-15
AOL-16
MM-(can also conclude 12)
PH-(can also conclude 12)
OOX- (could be a anywhere from 9-16) * someone please enlighten me
Alttp-Described as a kid
Four Swords Saga- "A young boy" [9-12]?

Note: The interviews where taken from here http://www.zeldauniverse.net/forums/...ote-guide.html
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Originally Posted by Mandrag

The gods don't seem to care all that much.

How do you assume that the gods don't seem to care. I mean, what makes you think that is so?

Originally Posted by SkidzKid

How do you assume that the gods don't seem to care. I mean, what makes you think that is so?

I think they are reffering to the fact that the godesses allowed Ganondorf to obtain the ToP in the first place. if they had intervened at that point, then the flood probably would not have happened.

personally, I don't think there ever was an age requirement so to speak. The master sword, as depicted in OoT was designed to prevent anyone without the qualities of a hero from entering the SR and claiming the Triforce. as we know, Link was able to pull the sword and reopen the SR, but was followed by Ganondorf. I've always been of the opinion that Rauru saw that Link was not capable of fighting off ganondorf and so sealed him in the temple of light until he was capable of facing Ganondorf

I say that because they aren't ever shown to have a hand in the events of Wind Waker. After sealing off Ganon's power/forces they never intervene again.

Originally Posted by Skermefaten

There is no way Toon Link could be older than Oot Link. Listen to WW Link's voice, he sounds like a kid vs. Oot Adult Link, who sounds like an adult.

I meant child OoT link, genius.

Child Link in Ocarina of Time is 10 years old - this is a shot from a debug version of Ocarina of Time confirming it:

Originally Posted by Oni-TLink

The events of OoT take place 10 years after peace was established, and we all know that Link was orphaned as a child during the war

Where does it say in the game that there was a 10 year gap between the war and the events of Ocarina of Time? I can only remember it saying "several years", but not specifying a certain number (although of course, it is most likely to have been 10 years, considering Link's age).

Debug and beta information means nothing concrete. It CAN give a bit of insight into the original intentions of the designers, but nothing concrete.