Super Smash Bros. for Wii U Miiverse Update Thread XVI

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Link / Toon Link / Young Link
2nd Place (Victory Music!)

Notable Appearences
The Legend of Zelda (1987)
Zelda II: The Adventure of Link (1988)
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (1992)
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (1998)
The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages (2000)
The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons (2000)
The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask (2000)
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker (2003)
The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap (2004)
The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures (2005)
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (2006)
The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass (2007)
The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks (2009)
The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword (2011)
The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds (2013)
Hyrule Warriors (2014)

Bio
Link is the main protagonist of the Legend of Zelda series. He is usually depicted as a courageous young boy or teenager in green clothing who leaves his home and any relatives to pursue his destiny: fighting the evil forces threatening the land. On his journey, he learns to make use of many different weapons and items to adapt to, and overcome, the enemies and obstacles in his path. After navigating both a game's Overworld and its dungeons, Link ultimately vanquishes his enemy and becomes a legendary hero. He is considered an iconic character in video gaming and the very symbol of the Zelda franchise, and remains one of the most popular video game protagonists.

A peculiarity of Link, as well as other characters, is the several different incarnations of the person throughout the Legend of Zelda series. All incarnations of Link share a number of characteristics, the most common of which are his physical appearance, sense of bravery, and selflessness. He is implied to be somewhat sleepy or lazy at first since at some point near the beginning of every game except the first two, he is sleeping or dozing off. Since Link does not have extensive dialogue, clues to his personality come from his actions and other characters' comments about him.

What NeoGAF Says
“My favorite franchise.” - georly

“He's Link! What's not to like about him? Personally as of Brawl, Toon Link was my favorite...I really wish he had a bit more moves inspired from Wind Waker, however, like the Deku Leaf and Multi-Hit Boomerang. But overall he's a solid Nintendo character, and I enjoy him in all his forms.” - WatchDaBirdie

“Specifically, Toon Link is my second-favorite because he's by far my favorite incarnation of Link. The Wind Waker is amazing, and so is he. I don't care nearly as much about regular Link or Young Link.” - MaverickHunterAsh

“Everyone's favorite silent protagonist. I think I've made it clear that I'm a Legend of Zelda fan and was one of my other favorites since Smash 64. I was massively disappointed with him in Brawl, but the e3 demo gave me hope that he'll be viable for Smash 4.” - Kriken

“I love the Legend of Zelda series. Playing as the main hero, Link, in Smash Bros. using a lot of items from his arsenal delivers a fun experience for Legend of Zelda fans.” - Feltrol

“Original long-reach sword fighter.” - Mr.Miyamoto

“Toon Link is so much better than regular Link. I can consistently play better when I use him instead.” - -Horizon-

“(Melee) Adult Link. He was my first main in casual Melee play, and I still like playing him even though he's shit tier. Also I'm a big Zelda fan.” - JediLink

“The classic hero. A mixture of swordfighting and projectiles make him a fun character in Smash.” - Benzychenz
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Congrats, Link(s)!

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JoBo4 said:
i'm very glad this thread is not as snobby as the smash subreddit on reddit. That place is filled with stupid stuff like "I'M SCARED THIS GAME WILL BE LIKE BRAWL BECAUSE BRAWL WAS LITERALLY THE WORST GAME EVER." and filled with people who follow Mew2King like a god.
Then they turn around and say just cringe-inducing stuff like "we should all send tweets to Sakurai because he has obviously listened to us and our complaints he went above and beyond. Just weird

You guys, and most of the internet seem pretty ok and not weird. lol.

I'm new here, btw. and can we curse?
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Hello! Welcome to GAF and more importantly Smash GAF. Demo and Alts Edition!

Yeah gaf allows cursing. Preferably don't say it all the time. :P
 
Wooohoo, congrat to the Links! This corresponds nicely with the Link Amiibo being the most pre-ordered one so far. Glad to see we still give the Zelda series' hero/es their due, even if Japan seems not to be enamored with the franchise anymore.

This also means MAH MAN FALCON'S NUMBER ONE!
 
Man that's some nice art for Young Link. Despite Toon Link basically replacing him, I kind of miss that character anyway. I don't think I'd want to see him return to the series now(unless he got a Majora's Mask inspired moveset), but there was a certain charm to him in Melee that Toon Link doesn't quite manage.

They're just very different characters tonally, even if I love 'em both.
 
Hardcore gamers like Zelda, no matter how terrible Link is.

And now it seems like Link will actually be okay. Dreams really do come true.

Except for you Ridley.
 
JoBo4 said:
i'm very glad this thread is not as snobby as the smash subreddit on reddit. That place is filled with stupid stuff like "I'M SCARED THIS GAME WILL BE LIKE BRAWL BECAUSE BRAWL WAS LITERALLY THE WORST GAME EVER." and filled with people who follow Mew2King like a god.
Then they turn around and say just cringe-inducing stuff like "we should all send tweets to Sakurai because he has obviously listened to us and our complaints he went above and beyond. Just weird

You guys, and most of the internet seem pretty ok and not weird. lol.

I'm new here, btw. and can we curse?
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Gaf is harder to join and bans really often, so it's typically a better group of individuals than a forum/etc that allows anyone to join and rarely bans. You weed out a lot of bad apples this way.

A Link to the Snitch said:
Is there a link to that?
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No links to scans, but if you know Nintendo and love Everything they do, then you might be able to find it.

OricWindstar said:
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Link / Toon Link / Young Link
2nd Place (Victory Music!)
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My quote was lame! I must have been super tired when I voted (for the second time, after the first round of votes).
 
Oh no. You better not be telling me Wario didn't even rank.

Because if that's the case… well… hope you lot weren't looking forward to Smash, because you may not live to see its release…
 
Of course Zelda characters place higher than Mario ones. Shouldn't even be surprised.

#1 is gonna be Falcon. He was practically revived through Smash.
 
georly said:
Gaf is harder to join and bans really often, so it's typically a better group of individuals than a forum/etc that allows anyone to join and rarely bans. You weed out a lot of bad apples this way.



No links to scans, but if you know Nintendo and love Everything they do, then you might be able to find it.
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Oh nonono, I wasn't looking for scans, I was just hoping that someone on NeoGAF had a nice little summary of what was discovered. :>
 
JoBo4 said:
i'm very glad this thread is not as snobby as the smash subreddit on reddit. That place is filled with stupid stuff like "I'M SCARED THIS GAME WILL BE LIKE BRAWL BECAUSE BRAWL WAS LITERALLY THE WORST GAME EVER." and filled with people who follow Mew2King like a god.
Then they turn around and say just cringe-inducing stuff like "we should all send tweets to Sakurai because he has obviously listened to us and our complaints he went above and beyond. Just weird

You guys, and most of the internet seem pretty ok and not weird. lol.

I'm new here, btw. and can we curse?
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Welcome! You're gonna have a lot fun here, and especially now since we're so close to release date.
And remember:
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Kinda shocked Link is so high. Zelda is my favorite series of all time, but Link in smash is pretty universally horrible. I guess there are three different characters he's representing, though.
 
It appears that Zelda is the only veteran with a new taunt. Maybe it's because her old up taunt looked sort of similar to her up smash.
 
DrStiles said:
From the demo streams it seems like Link has gotten a few buffs this time around, so I'm excited to try him out. I was more of a Toon Link fan in Brawl, so it'll be fun to figure out which one I like playing with more this go around.
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It's always weird when big iconic characters like Mario and Link aren't very good and basically get ignored on the roster. It's in Nintendo's best interest to make sure those guys aren't terrible this time around.
 
DrStiles said:
From the demo streams it seems like Link has gotten a few buffs this time around, so I'm excited to try him out. I was more of a Toon Link fan in Brawl, so it'll be fun to figure out which one I like playing with more this go around.
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I always play Toon Link over regular Link.

He just feels swifter and more fluent to me.
 
Speaking of which, anyone else agree that this is the second time in a row where the best version of the main theme was in the multiplayer waiting lobby?

georly said:
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How great would that be? :p
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It would be really funny haha, the leaker purposefully took a really bad shot.
 
JoBo4 said:
i'm very glad this thread is not as snobby as the smash subreddit on reddit. That place is filled with stupid stuff like "I'M SCARED THIS GAME WILL BE LIKE BRAWL BECAUSE BRAWL WAS LITERALLY THE WORST GAME EVER." and filled with people who follow Mew2King like a god.
Then they turn around and say just cringe-inducing stuff like "we should all send tweets to Sakurai because he has obviously listened to us and our complaints he went above and beyond. Just weird

You guys, and most of the internet seem pretty ok and not weird. lol.

I'm new here, btw. and can we curse?
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You can curse, but try and stay away from dumb shit like "faggot."
 
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