Was That Link in the Zelda Wii U Trailer at E3?

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Update 6/12/2014:

Aonuma has now confirmed that he was just joking. The person in the trailer was indeed Link, and is a male figure.


Ever since the Zelda Wii U trailer was shown earlier today, fans have been speculating if that was indeed Link we saw in the video. Some say the person we saw looked rather feminine, and comments have arisen about the strange choice of outfit seen on the figure.

Maybe this is because it was not Link in the video. When Zelda producer Eiji Aonuma was asked about it he replied with a laugh and a smile stating, “No one explicitly said that that was Link.”

Could this be confirmation that it was not Link shown in the video? Are we looking at a possible female hero? Or just a new hero altogether? Maybe Link will not be in this game.

What do you think? Let us know in the comments.

Source: VentureBeat

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  • Justin Meek

    :/ It wouldn’t be the same without Link…

  • Armaan Patel

    Is there any source on when he said this?

    • Noah Glaser

      it was during an interview with venture beat

  • Andrew Scott Dawson

    Please no, Nintendo. Dont Final Fantasy us

  • A main line Zelda title without Link is just blasphemous… And if this is not Link i doubt that is a female character just by looking and the smaller details like the hands for instance, there to masculine to be a women’s and there’s no boobs. i think believing that just because they have there hair tied back that is a women is just silly.

    • Noah Glaser

      Hard to say. A TON of people on the E3 floor think it is a girl. Need to see some official art or something

      • razerade

        If Nintendo did that they should just make a new serie intierly plus it has been 16+ games and 26 years they can’t just make Link a girl on a wim and without telling us would be a b!$&h move

        • TjayKid

          Link is reincarnated. So, why cant the Hero be reincarnated into a girl? I think it would be Interesting. :)

        • Noah Glaser

          Skyward Sword did make it clear that it would be just the same family line. Nothing makes it set in stone that “Link” has to be a guy

  • Gabrielsen

    It is Link, without doubt. When he jumps of the horse you can see his blue earring in the left ear.

  • Conan Dufour

    Inspired by elder scrolls.

    It’s not Link, if you don’t want him to be Link. I’m gonna guess we’re going to have a certain amount of character creation

  • Byron Tate Roberts

    Remember that time in the timeline before Wind Waker the hero that never came, yet some one stood up to the evil only to fail. The rest is history.

  • Simon Lucas

    WHEN I PLAY THIS GAME I HAD BETTER SEE LINK OR I’M GONNA BE SO INSANELY MAD!!!! WHAT’S LEGEND OF ZELDA WITH THE MAIN MAN.? A PILE OF SHIT AND THERE’S NO WAY IN HELL LEGEND OF ZELDA SERIES WILL BE TURNED INTO A PILE OF SHIT, NOT ON MY WATCH!!!!!!!!!!

  • ZeldaGuy

    What people fair to understand is that there is lore to the universe. Official lore. Not every Link is “Link”, it isn’t always the same guy. The fact that this one looks different means absolutely nothing. So what if he/she doesn’t have the hero’s clothes, or if they aren’t male? It makes literally no difference so long as this character has the soul of the hero and the triforce of courage. “Link” is the hero of old, and since then Link has been a title we’ve all given to the next character.

    As some have said, there’s an alternate timeline where the hero never came and the world plunged into darkness. Could be that hero, who knows? Link doesn’t make the Zelda series what it is, and if you’re one of the butthurt betties gettin all like “IF IT ISN’T LINK I’M GONNA BE SO MAD” you need to grow the fuck up and actually learn a bit about the series you’re so angry about.

  • Irishonfire

    Wait. Could this be post Majora’s mask? Like after Link leave’s Hyrule. I’m fucking game

  • Jon

    This could also be an alter ego of Link in the same sense that Sheik is an alter ego of Zelda…