Let's look at what Cia has done here: after protecting the Triforce for a while, she's become the newest evil overlord to threaten Hyrule, all because she loves Link and wants to make him hers. I repeat, she declared war on another country just because she wanted to get in his pants. And to say she's interested in him is an understatement: she summons Dark Links to fight for her and she has a statue garden filled with various incarnations of Link. None of this is in anyway healthy behavior that leads to a good relationship. Whatever Cia might say, this isn't love, not really. It's an obsession, the kind that's going to get a lot of people hurt. She just wants what she considers to be hers and doesn't care what gets in her way.
Basically, Cia's creepy behavior towards Link and the people around him is a metaphor for the "bad fan"; the fan that takes their interest in a series to an unhealthy extreme. Just as Cia is obsessed with Link to the point that she'll invade his home country and kill his friends just for a chance to have him, the "bad fan" takes their interest in a series to unhealthy extremes, develops an entitlement problem and isn't afraid to lash out at lash out at other, friendlier fans or even the creators. (Heck, look at Cia's army. Her forces are a "Greatest Hits" of bad guys throughout Hyrule's history. Get some maladjusted, villain-obsessed fan to write a fanfic staring their evil self-insert, and the results probably wouldn't be too far off from Cia's forces.)
Now they seem to be setting up Lana as Cia's benevolent counterpart. As a counterpoint to the above, Lana will be a metaphor for the "good fan". For every crazy that throws vomit at Alan Dean Foster, there's someone out that who's experienced some media or other and let it become a positive influence in their lives. Lana is that someone: using her fangirl powers for the good of everyone.
In a lot of ways, Hyrule Warriors is a celebration of the franchise, bringing a lot of the series' best moments and characters as a thank you note to the fans. And if you've got a such a fan-centric game, doesn't it make sense to say something about them as well?
- Definitely makes sense, especially now that we've seen Lana in action... and especially taking into account her Summoning Gate weapon. She summons iconic monsters from throughout the franchise... while singing and dancing to the series' theme song. Definitely a metaphor for the positive side of the fanbase.
- Makes even more sense when you consider that Cia and Lana are effectively the same person.
Cia and Lana, as two halves of the same person, each kind of got half of their original name. (At least phonetically speaking.)
He IS the Poe Collector.
- It'd make more sense for him to be a Wizzrobe. Heck, it's in the name.
He's using Volvagia's skull, which he's wearing as a helmet, as a focus to do so. Volga may not actually be his name, but rather a derivative of Volvagia, which he has taken in place of his own name as a mark of his devotion to embodying the strength of the dragon.
- While still possible that he's a shaman or channeling Volvagia's power, he actually is a dragon. He takes his warrior form to fight humans because he would otherwise get bored with how quickly he would win. The dragon form he takes for his finisher moves is his real form.
That question is answered when you arrive at the Temple of the Sacred Sword. The Temple looks almost exactly like the Temple of Time, which is located within Hyrule Castle Town. Of course, the Temple itself is also about 1/3rd of the map, with the other 2/3rds being taken up by the crumbling ruins of a city which bears an awful lot of resemblance to Hyrule Castle Town.
So, what happened to the city? The most likely answer is linked to Ganondorf's presence. Remember, the Master Sword and the temple itself are being used to seal away 1/4th of Ganondorf's soul. But this seal isn't perfect - it didn't stop Ganondorf from being able to corrupt Cia, after all, and it didn't protect the city either.
The Hyruleans living near the Temple began to fall to corruption. Dark cults began to form, violent crime and suicide rates skyrocketed.
The royal family took notice, and first built the three Sealed Shrines in the city, hoping that would take care of the problem. It didn't. They quickly realized they could not live near the Temple anymore without their entire society falling into chaos. Moving the sealed portion of Ganondorf's soul was not an option, so instead they ordered the city to be evacuated, and have left it abandoned ever since.
Think about it: "Guardian(s) of Time"? Watching over and observing every chronological event as it all unfolds? It's definitely a possibility.
Also, Lana being a personification of Cia's purged essence could be seen as something similar to regeneration, or even more likely: an odd occurrence like the Valeyard or the Dream Lord.
Her attacks are incredibly powerful for someone who's not a known warrior or sorcerer, and seem to be directed by her parasol.Well, the most powerful queen of Mewni's wand was also a parasol, and she had a similar magical style to Agatha.
Agatha's special also bares a shocking resemblance to Star's golden Mewberty form.
And those dots under her eyes? Those aren't makeup, they're her cheek marks!
- Tingle, using Ma Dai's moveset.
- Yup, he's playable via DLC, though he has his own moveset.
- Skull Kid
- Confirmed for the 3DS version.
- Fierce Deity (As a mask item or otherwise).
- Confirmed, sort of - Young Link takes this form whenever he activates Focus Spirit. He also has several mechanics that make getting into and maintaining this form easier.
- The Happy Mask Salesman
- Young Link using the masks
- Yes and no: He is playable via DLC, but the only mask he's seen using is the Fierce Deity's Mask.
- Kafei, also could be using the masks. Maybe Keaton Mask being the 1st level weapon.
- Deku Link or Deku Princess with the Deku Pipes as a weapon. It would be awesome to see Ruto and Darunia fighting with musical instruments from Majora's Mask too.
- Well, there is the fact that Lana is first met protecting the people of Faron Woods, but that's admittedly kind of a flimsy excuse.
- I have a feeling she was taken out because if she were in Lana's role, there would be too much Squick between her and Link, unless she were to be paired with Young Link.
- Lana could’ve still be in during that time.
This is because Lana wasn't there. By this point, Cia's use of black magic has left her so exhausted that she's become delusional, as seen when she summons Dark Link and believes it's the real Hero. The fake Lana is another hallucination, or maybe a semi-real manifestation, which represents the last tiny shred of good left in Cia desperately begging her to turn back before it's too late.
- Well, we know Cia has the power to create clones of herself, and Cia and Lana are two halves of the same person...
- More likely that Lana is a hallucination. Cia is wracked with grief from losing so many times and weakened by using her life force to power her army. As mentioned, Lana is supposed to be traveling with Zelda. And no one else acknowledges Lana's presence.
- In Legends, Ganondorf DOES acknowledge Lana. Considering Lana also shows the power to split into three copies as he attempts to reclaim his Triforce, plus how she shows up at the fairy fountain, it's entirely plausible Lana quietly slipped away and warped another herself to the battefield to try an make one last try to end things without violence. Then re-fuses the extra herself when Cia refuses to let her keep talking, and the rest of the story happens.
- More likely that Lana is a hallucination. Cia is wracked with grief from losing so many times and weakened by using her life force to power her army. As mentioned, Lana is supposed to be traveling with Zelda. And no one else acknowledges Lana's presence.
- Either that, or she knows Zant cursed her but doesn't want to admit that he was able to get the better of her twice-thus, she blames the next available bad guy.
Cia's powers are based mostly around spacetime and gravity manipulation, and she's never shown to cast anything that could reasonably be called a curse. If the Imp Form was Cia's personal curse, the odds of it turning her into the Imp Midna we know and love, with all the Twilight aesthetic that entails, are slim to none; as such, what Cia ACTUALLY did was swap the Twili-Midna version with a version after Zant cursed her, or with the alternate timeline in which Zant DID curse her (i.e. the original Twilight Princess timeline). This in turn explains why Twili-Midna and Imp-Midna will be able to exist simultaneously on the battlefield.
- Link: 8-bit fairy for the great fairy (already confirmed)
- Zelda: 8-bit recorder for the baton (Confirmed)
- Impa: 8-bit blue candle for the Naginata (Jossed, Magic Sword on a pole)
- Lana: 8-bit compass for the summoning gate (Confirmed)
- Darunia: 8-bit food (either by grabbing the bone or putting the food on a stick) (Confirmed)
- Ruto: 8-bit heart container (the scale itself would be a heart container, while the arm-thing has heart patterns) (Jossed, 8-bit stop watch)
- Wizzro: 8-bit blue ring (Confirmed)
- In addition to the above, Agitha gets 8-bit Rupees.
- Link: orange tunic (to complete the hue) (Jossed, Fierce Deity).
- Impa: Black outfit, like Sheik's master quest one, or simply based in HW Sheik (Jossed, OoT Impa and Mask of Truth)
- Sheik: Based on Tetra (Jossed, OoT Sheik and Kafei's mask)
- Lana: red outfit, to complete the mirroring of the "main" Link outfits (Jossed, Skull Kid and Deku Mask)
- Darunia: Based on Skyward Sword gorons (Jossed, Goron Mask)
- Ruto: Classic Zora (green skin and whatnot) (Jossed, Zora Mask)
- Midna: Skull kid/majora-colored outfit (or at least mask), just to mess with fan theories (Jossed, Ordon Shield as a mask)
- Zant: Either like Midna or just yellow markings (Jossed, Troupe Leader's Mask)
- Fi: Since the TP pack outfit was based on the light spirits, maybe this one in the four giants? (Jossed, Stone Mask)
- Ghirahim: Another one based in majora, but this one looking more like Majora (incarnation/wrath) itself, not just the mask. Or maybe Yuga. (Jossed, Kamaro Mask)
- Ganondorf: Blue skin, like classic Ganon. Or Yuga. (Jossed, Odolwa's Remains)
- Cia: Same as Lana (Jossed, Majora's Mask)
- Volga: Based in Moldrom (Jossed, Giant Mask)
- Wizzro: Red Wizzrobe (Jossed, Captain's Hat)
- In addition to the above, Agitha gets the Don Gero's Mask.
- Possible, but not likely unless there is another set of DLC planned after the current set. So far, Link's Awakening, Phantom Hourglass, Spirit Tracks, and A Link Between Worlds are the only games that are supposed to get DLC for right now.
- It appears in two different trailers now. There's no way it was put there by accident twice.
- Confirmed
- Jossed. They look the same but with scaled up models.
- Confirmed. The Legends DLC will come in three forms: 3DS only, Wii U only, and both 3DS and Wii U. The Wii U packs will only contain the new characters/weapons, as the other stuff pertains to 3DS-exclusive features. There's also going to be a Wii U-exclusive Legends Characters Pack, which will allow Wii U owners without Legends to buy all of the Legends characters/weapons (Toon Link, Tetra, King Daphnes, Skull Kid, Linkle and Ganondorf's trident weapon).
- He could even borrow Lucina's mask for a Majora's Mask-themed outfit.
- Seems very unlikely now that more Legends DLC information has come out: there are four characters that will be coming that we don't know about yet: 1 in the Link's Awakening Pack, 1 in the Phantom Hourglass/Spirit Tracks Pack, and 2 in the A Link Between Worlds Pack.
- Called it on Fire Emblem Warriors, though.
- Jossed. Toon Link is never brought up in the story mode.
- But she's not rendered in the Wind Waker art style.
- More specifically, a new incarnation, just like Link, Zelda and Impa.
- Jossed: Eiji Aonuma didn't approve of the idea of making her Link's sister, so they just decided to make her a separate character unrelated to Link. [1]
- Highly unlikely now that we have more info on Legends DLC - 1 new Link's Awakening character, 1 new Phantom Hourglass/Spirit Tracks character, and 2 new A Link Between Worlds characters. Barring a new line of DLC/new game, I'd say Groose is a bust.
- Jossed: Toon Zelda takes the honor.
- Late to the party, but am I the only one who wanted it to be Linebeck?
- Link: Engineer outfit, or Alfonzo (Jossed; Spirit Train colours
- Impa: Colour scheme based on Oshus (Jossed; Anjean)
- Lana: A costume based on Fado (Jossed; no costume)
- Zelda: Spirit Zelda (Jossed; Phantom Hourglass era Phantoms)
- Ganondorf: A costume based on Malladus (Confirmed)
- Darunia: Kagoron (Jossed; Goron elder of the same village)
- Ruto: Laruto (Jossed; Cyclos)
- Zant: A Phantom (Jossed; no costume)
- Ghirahim: A colour scheme based on Bellum (Jossed; no costume)
- Cia: One of the Cubus sisters (Jossed; no costume)
- Volga: A colour scheme based on Byrne (Confirmed)
- Wizzro: Wizzrobe's appearance or Chancellor Cole's colours (Jossed; Phytops)
- Linkle: Aryll's skull dress (Jossed; Yeko)
- Toon Link: Engineer outfit (Confirmed)
- King Daphnes: Zelda's teacher from Spirit Tracks (Jossed; Linebeck's colours)
Hyrule Historia revealed that the Hero's Shade in Twilight Princess is the soul of [[the Hero of Time,]] a hero that came before that game's Link, meaning that the souls of two heroes exist simultaneously. Spirit Tracks has Niko talk about Link and Tetra from The Wind Waker and Spirit Tracks but doesn't seem to imply that they've died. He even says they went off on an adventure some time ago and he expects them to come back. There's also a strong hint that the old man in Kakariko Village in A Link Between Worlds is A Link to the Past's Link, another hero existing alongside the player character. Since it is specifically mentioned that every Link is born with the Spirit of the Hero, this means more than one can and have lived at the same time before, once for absolute certain. The Spirit, therefore, seems like a quality someone can have rather than referring to the literal living soul of an individual.
The point of all this? Linkle was raised by her grandmother to believe she's the Legendary Hero of her time. While it's true that Link is stated point-blank to be the Hero in this game, and it's shown to be true, it doesn't mean he's the only one. Linkle shows that she has all the signs of possessing the Spirit of the Hero as well, facing many of the same dangers and showing the same unbreaking resolve to persevere that Link did. She also faces down Skull Kid during her first encounter without being overpowered by him. She may not be the Chosen Hero, but it doesn't mean she can't be Link's equal once she gains the same level of experience that he has.
The Wind Waker epilogue in Legends had Phantom Ganon wanting the Tri-Force of Power, wishing to take it from the newly revived Cia. It was left ambiguous as to whether or not Phantom Ganon was doing this of his own volition or whether or not he was a pawn of someone else. And according to Famitsu when the game was coming out, Phantom Ganon is not the one from Wind Waker, but Four Swords Adventures.
Therefore, Vaati will be revealed to have been pulling the strings behind Phantom Ganon form the Wind Waker epilogue, in an attempt to either bring Ganondorf back to life, or become his own Big Bad.
- Makes sense... assuming of course that there will be a version on the game on NX, which hasn't been announced yet, and isn't even likely yet to exist, considering there's already two versions of the game already. Nonetheless, if a version on the NX does get made, it's unlikely they'll leave Vaati out again.
- Jossed. We got a version on the NX, officially the Nintendo Switch, but Vaati wasn't included beyond a reference in another character's costume.
- I don't think it'll be Linebeck; we've only seen him fight once, plus, he's quite the coward.
- Good point, but not being seen fighting much (or at all) didn't stop Agitha, Marin, Medli, King Daphnes and lots of other characters from being playable. Also, despite him being cowardly, there's IMO potential to make him a good Fighting Clown character.
- Possibly jossed, as this explains Turns out the devs think of Toon Zelda as a different character, after all.
- Jossed. She remains alone throughout her entire moveset.
- Jossed. Her moveset does use the bell for swinging attacks, but she uses it mainly for water attacks, several attacks have her use the Wind Fish, and another one has her singing the Ballad of the Wind Fish.
Judging by the amount of Skyloft clothes you find for your fairies, as well as the Skyward Sword items such as Stamina Fruits, Life Tree Fruits, and Pumpkin Soup, I'm willing to speculate this is the case. It also might as well be, since Skyward Sword doesn't have an (official) exclusive map.
Think about it: Geno is constantly requested for Super Smash Bros. but couldn't make it in due to being owned by Square Enix, and the closest he got was being a Mii Costume. Likewise, Vaati's iconic humanoid appearance appeared in Minish Cap, a Capcom developed game. And considering Capcom's recent approach to the gaming market nowadays, it'll be a while before they'd ever (if at all) collaborate again.
We have an upcoming Zelda game. Maybe promotional DLC for that game?
Let's ignore the fact that the Powers That Be already weighed in on this, saying that Hyrule Warriors is outside the continuity of the series proper. HW does fit very well within this timeline.
Consider the three eras that Cia selects. Skyward Sword is part of all of the three timelines, and some part of Ocarina of Time is part of every timeline. The third era is... Twilight Princess, which is only part of the Twilight timeline.
The only problem here is the addition of the Wind Waker era in Legends/DLC.
- The difference is actually explained in the game. The trips to the first three games mentioned are all talked about as if they are time travel, whereas the Wind Waker characters are referred to as coming from another dimension entirely.
If we assume that Hyrule Warriors is part of the Twilight timeline, it makes a lot of sense that Cia/Lana was a Gerudo.
First, we know that, while they're commonly called thieves, there have been quite a few Gerudo magic users. Kotake and Koume being the most prominent examples.
Second, we also know that, in the Twilight timeline, the Gerudo king was captured and executed. I'm guessing that this didn't happen without some kind of war; extraordinary rendition and summary execution of their leaders tend to upset people. Plus, considering that the Arbiter's Grounds (the cite of Ganondorf's "execution") is inside the Gerudo Desert, it's a good bet that this took place after the end of a long war.
Third, it explains how Cia/Lana could be so completely ignorant of Link for so long. The Gerudo were likely wiped out, with only a small few surviving the purge. Those who survived would have done so in the shadows, staying away from civilization and thus not learning about things like a destined hero. All while keep their magical traditions alive.
Fourth, it explains more directly why Ganondorf was able to connect with her. After all, he is technically the King of the Gerudo. It also explains Cia having dark skin while Lana is pale; Ganondorf essentially expelled all of the non-Gerudo parts of her, to more directly contact and control her.
- Lana's and Cia's Guardian of Time outfits (presumably what they looked like when they were still one person) don't appear even vaguely Gerudo. They have lavender hair, violet eyes, and a much lighter skin tone, meaning Cia's darker skin was a result of them being split apart.
- A map or two. Possibly Hyrule Field.
- Playable heroes.
- It's guaranteed we'd be getting at least one Champion.
- Hopefully, Sidon will be also there, as we still don't have any princes yet.
- Enemies from that game. Such as Guardians and Lynels.
- The Yiga Clan.
- Master Kohga as a playable villain and part of Ganondorf's possible Five-Man Band.
- Either the Bot W version Link being playable or his outfit for the Main Link.
- Not confirmed for a sequel, but for a Definitive Port, there will be a costume for him and Zelda.
- The game being a Wide-Open Sandbox Warriors game. Like DW 9.
- In a roundabout way, the first three points have been confirmed: The sequel will center entirely around the backstory of BotW.
The Mipha, Revali, and Daruk amiibo would unlock weapons for Ruto, Medli, and Darunia, respectively, and the Urbosa amiibo will either do the same with Ganondorf (both Gerudo) or Impa (Urbosa is basically a Gerudo Young Impa). Bokoblin and Guardian could double as Ganondorf's weapons or his minions.
This only makes sense if this story takes place well after Majora's Mask, but Skull Kid and his fairy friends are still around (they're long-lived, after all) and they came across the mask again at some point. However, it's still very likely that the mask was indeed depowered at the end of that game, considering Skull Kid is using it for fairy pranks and never regional catastrophe. Indeed, even his moon summon has been toned down significantly. (Young Link's take does not count here, as he is explicitly a non-Legend Mode character and hails from Majora's Mask itself.)
This may also suggest that the main Hyrule Warriors events take place before Twilight Princess, as Skull Kid's appearance and personality shift much more at that point and the fairies are no longer with him.
- Not saying Jossed yet, but if I recall, Word of God says this game won't be directly linked to any of the timelines, leading to...
- You recall incorrectly. He said "it's not a main entry in the Zelda series", implying it might not be part of the storyline, but is very left open. Nobody knows if it'll be canon or not. It's a spin-off, though. But those can be canon anyway.
- Aonuma has now confirmed that the game is NOT part of the official timeline. (http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2014/06/11/eiji-aonuma-addresses-hyrule-warriors-place-in-the-zelda-timeline.aspx)
- Although technically the game isn't in any timeline as it's non-canon, this is the closest that fits, especially considering that ONLY the games along that continuity make any appearances here.
- Somewhat confirmed, see above WMG.
- Jossed.
- Jossed.
- Not all just the more prominent ones with Zelda, Sheik, Impa, and Link are from the Zelda Musou/Hyrule Warriors verse/timeline.
- Only confirmed for Ocarina of Time, Skyward Sword, and Twilight Princess so far.
- Along with Wind Waker for the 3DS version, though that is stated to be a different dimension, rather than a different timeline.
- Not Jossed yet, but it seems that (it sounds like) Impa gives Link his gear fairly early in the game. At worst, it may have a Justified Tutorial level where you play as Impa before Link is "unlocked".
- Jossed. Link is unlocked from the start. However, the plot focuses on the entire group's efforts, including at places Link never goes to.
- Not only is it jossed because Word of God confirms Hyrule Warriors is not part of the official timeline, but the official Zelda timeline states that the Decline Era — which A Link to the Past is part of - begins when the Link from Ocarina of Time is killed.
- Confirmed by Famitsu: he and the Imprisoned will be enemies.
- Not only that: He's playable.
- Zelda Gaiden: Scarf of [Insert name of an important character here]
- I doubt Koei will drop the Musou or Warriors. So it'll be Zelda Musou: Scarf of [Insert name of an important character here]
- Scarf of Link
- Scarf of Zelda
- Scarf of Ganon
- Scarf of Hylia
- Scarf of Tingle
- Scarf of Dodongo
- Jossed now. It's just Zelda Musou or Hyrule Warriors with no subtitles.
- Jossed, at least for gameplay (cutscene voice acting is neither confirmed nor denied), but technically Midna does speak in Twili language.
- Lana does speak some phrases (in Japanese) when attacking. (It's in the Japanese trailer showing off her attacks.)
- There is also narration.
- Jossed; See above. Even in the story context Link never speaks, but one of his "special gifts" is communicating with fairies (apparently non-vocally), so the fairy Proxy speaks his mind for him.
- Jossed. The Chessmaster is none other than Ganondorf.
- Jossed.
- Partially confirmed and partly jossed. Darunia is playable and he uses a large hammer. Ruto is playable, but she doesn't wield a weapon and only uses water magic.
- Jossed. Cia is defeated and dies. Lana lives on and she wants her beloved to be happy.
- Not quite:
- Technically Midna rides a twilight wolf when dashing or attacking sometimes.
- Then we have Agitha riding a giant golden butterfly as part of her attacks.
- Lana rides a Deku Sprout for one of her attacks with the Spear moveset; Lana rides Argorok in one of her moves with the Summoning Gate moveset.
- Did happen, but it's DLC. The Master Quest pack includes Epona as a new weapon for Link.
- Jossed.
- Not just any Gerudo, but Nabooru will be playable, and she will be something of a mix between Shiek/Ninja and a dual-wielding graceful rogue. Also, since everyone seems to have some sort of element about them (Link=Fire, Zelda=Light, Impa=Water, Midna=Darkness) Nabooru will be elementally aligned with earth, or more specifically, sand (a nod to the Gerudo Desert).
- Ganondorf is going to dual wield Great Sword. Elements are determined by weapon of the character though some weapons have multiple elements associated with it.
- Bravo. She is indeed playable, and was revealed as such at the E3, along with Midna.
- Zelda - Confirmed
- Young Zelda (maybe as part of a Fountain of Youth side-story, after which she could be unlocked)
- Hilda - Confirmed as Zelda's DLC costume.
- Midna - Confirmed
- Humanoid Midna - Confirmed as DLC
- Zant - Confirmed
- Ganondorf - Confirmed
- The Skull Kid (with Majora's Mask) - Confirmed for 3DS
- Ravio
- Dampe
- Kafei
- Yuga
- Agahnim
- Nabooru
- Demise
- Ghirahim - Confirmed
- Groose
- Ralph
- Saria
- Darunia - Confirmed
- Ruto - Confirmed
- Deku Link
- Darmani - Confirmed as Darunia's DLC costume.
- Mikau
- Ezlo
- Vaati
- Linebeck
- Anjean
- Byrne
- Cole
- Samus (as a Guest Fighter)
- An Iron Knuckle
- Toon Link (Secret Character) - Confirmed for 3DS
- Tetra (Either as a secret character in the vein of Toon Link, or as a disguise that Zelda takes during the story) - Confirmed for 3DS
- Tingle - Confirmed as DLC
- Pit (Also as a guest fighter, to promote Smash Bros 4)
- Sheik (Similar to Tetra; in this timeline Sheik may or may not be a different person from Zelda) - Confirmed
- Wind Waker Ganondorf - Confirmed as Pre-Order DLC costume
- Koume and Kotake / Twinrova
- Majora's Mask Link - Confirmed as DLC
- Din, Nayru, and Farore (The oracles, not the goddesses)
- Veran
- Onox
- Malon
- Lu Bu (As a Guest Fighter from one of the series this game is based on) - Confirmed(?) as Volga's Twilight Princess DLC Costume
- King Daphnes Nohansen Hyrule - Confirmed for 3DS
- King Harkinian, mah boi.
- Pipit
- Ashei
- Yeto
- The Hero's Shade
- Epona (Because why the hell not?) - Confirmed as Link's DLC weapon.
- Batreaux
- Error
- The E3 2014 trailer adds more fuel to the fire with a cut-in of a green-skinned man laughing manically. Gee, I wonder who that could be?
- As of now, Ganondorf has been confirmed to be playable, though is exact role in the story has yet to be confirmed.
- Confirmed, Ganondorf does hijack the plot after Cia dies.
, but *didn't* say games like this wouldn't be considered part of the overall mythology, the game will be given a place in the offical timeline.- OP here, Jossing myself on this. Aonuma confirmed that the game is NOT part of the official timeline. (http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2014/06/11/eiji-aonuma-addresses-hyrule-warriors-place-in-the-zelda-timeline.aspx)
- Earth: Nabooru (Sand/Desert)
- Wind: Groose (With his Loftwing)
- Partially jossed. Each weapon type has an element, with Link having Light, Fire, Electricity, and Water, for instance. Some other weapons (like Sheik's Harp) can use attacks with different elements.
- I say either:
- Lana is Cia from the past before corruption, trying to stop herself from conquering the world.
- They're two halves of the same person. Cia's face would look just like Lana's under her mask.
- They're sisters, probably twins.
- Or maybe Cia is Lana's Lorule counterpart?
- Or Cia is Lana's Enemy Without?
- Or vice versa?
- Thanks to a livestream from someone who got the game early: The second one is true. Lana is Cia's goodness.
- Or vice versa?
Lana represents altruism and pure intention, intention which needed to be purged to allow Cia to embrace pure selfish desire and claim the power needed to "take" Link for herself. Cia was an aberration, having nothing but selfish desire; but Lana's state of pure altruism in human form is just as unnatural and dangerous. It's likely that, now having put right her own evil and then Ganon, the Ultimate Evil, Lana will seek to "fix" other errors in the timeline by eliminating ALL villains, starting with the world conquerers such as Zant and perhaps eventually going as far as jaywalkers or layabouts. With her mastery of time and the Summoning Gate in her hands, such a feat would be quite concievable.
- Maybe The Cameo. But this is an Alternate Continuity.
- This doesn't totally happen. Cia simply dies, and Lana lives on, but the story never totally focuses on her.
- There's a chance that Wizzro hijacks the plot from Ganon after that.
- Alternatively, there's a possibility that he will defect to Ganon's side when he realizes he's stronger than Cia.
- Right on the money. Wizzro betrays Cia for Ganondorf, but is Rewarded as a Traitor Deserves before he can do anything actively harmful to Cia's interests.
- There are no love interest options/convos in this game, sadly, so it'll all have to be in fanon. Moreover, Cia dies and Lana lives on, but Lana just wants her beloved to be happy.
- Alternately, it could actually be another Zelda. This game is pulling together tons of characters from various timelines after all, so why not have two different incarnations of Zelda in the same place?
- Unlikely at this point. Recent screenshots have shown Sheik and Impa facing an "Evil" looking Zelda in the Water Temple, in what is likely a call back to Dark Link's appearance there. The "Evil Zelda" looks like the playable zelda, just paler. If Sheik was the The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Zelda, dark Zelda would use the DLC "OOT Zelda" model.
- Jossed. The Hyrule Warriors Direct refers to Sheik as a woman, with female pronouns.
- And finally Nintendo's Bill Trinen confirmed that Shiek is female.
- Unlikely at this point. Recent screenshots have shown Sheik and Impa facing an "Evil" looking Zelda in the Water Temple, in what is likely a call back to Dark Link's appearance there. The "Evil Zelda" looks like the playable zelda, just paler. If Sheik was the The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Zelda, dark Zelda would use the DLC "OOT Zelda" model.
- Confirmed to the letter as early as chapter 3.
- Fi does call Link "Master", but she acknowledges that HW Link != SS Link. Midna does not actually call attention to it, mainly because she gets pushed out of the limelight before they can interact.
- 1) This Shiek is from The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time continuity and HW!Zelda doesn't get a Shiek setup. OoT!Shiek is aware of HW!Zelda's situation in more detail than the heroes, and HW!Zelda herself is possessed or brainwashed. Shiek is basically trying to save his/her alternate self.
- 2) Shiek is HW!Zelda who somehow managed to become two people- considering that the heroes believed Zelda was dead/missing until Shiek showed up and corrected them, probably something involving Cia and a curse. Perhaps split into two forms with her princess self going on a brainwashed evil rampage while the Sheikah is the true Zelda trying to rectify the situation.
- Or, the "Evil Zelda" is an impostor and Sheik only knows this because she herself is the real Zelda. Sheik is using the Lens of Truth to see who or what the impostor really is.
- Confirmed that Evil Zelda is an impostor. Zelda disguises as Sheik in the meantime.
- Confirmed, the second they see each other it's clear there's... something they recognize about each other. The backstory confirms that the Spirit of the Hero and spirit of the Princess are bound to each other in every reincarnation, the futility of it is what made Cia susceptible to dark whisperings.
- Jossed, she is not a childhood friend and knows Link through observing his different incarnations through out time.
- If not a Heroic Sacrifice (for fans of Lana who want her to remain), a consolation can have Cia starting to dress up as her "Lana self" after they merge back together.
- Thanks to a livestream from someone who got the game early: true. Lana is Cia's goodness.
- Confirmed. They are Ganondorf's Co-Dragons and work together in several missions. They sadly do not actually converse with one another, let alone engage in Ham-to-Ham Combat. They do have funny interactions with Ganondorf though.
- Yes and no, apparently. The developers stated that they plan on releasing long-term updates and a large scale mode expansion, so it's very likely that we'll indeed get new characters, weapons and stages, but as updates rather than DLC.
- Maybe yes, by Koei Tecmo said: “Hyrule Warriors is expected to get its 1.2.0 update on September 1. We’ll have a [more] major update for it sometime after, but what if (with a lot of emphasis on the ‘what if’) we said ‘a playable character will be added’. Who would you like to see?”
- And one supposed part DLC is Linkle (female link character) and also said: “she was a rejected story character featured in the art book, but it looks like she got a quite lot of attention… maybe we should have included her in the main story…”
- Nintendo of Europe recently announced that there will be four DLC packs, which include 3 new characters in total. They also announced free DLC that lets you play as Cia, Wizzro and Valga.
- The game will have Hero's Shade from Twilight Princess, or Gramps (who is hinted to be Link from the Link To The Past, Ocarina of Seasons, Ocarina of Ages, and Link's Awaking games), from A Link Between Worlds, as dlc or in future games.
- Nintendo of Europe has announced 4 DLC packs for Legends (and the Wii U version) that will bring 4 new characters - 1 from Link's Awakening, 1 from Phantom Hourglass/Spirit Tracks, and 2 from A Link Between Worlds.
- Fyer, Falbi, or both together
- The four adventurers who helped Link out as a roaming party
- Yeto, the male yeti
- Zora prince
- Telma
- Fortune teller
- Postman- kind sorta confirmed; the Postman's uniform is Link's new costume.
- Wolf Link
- A darknut
- Long dead hero who taught you new techniques
- The three girls who fawn over Link once he's beaten the star minigame
- The owner of the star minigame
- The woman who lets you fish
- Oocoo and or Oocoo Jr.
- All Jossed — it's Midna's true form.
- The Link amiibo unlocks the Spinner weapon, but other than that, Amiibo of characters simply give you a really nice weapon for that character (with non-Zelda Amiibo just giving you random presents). The Legends amiibo trailer looks like it will allow the Toon Link Amiibo to get you Toon Link weapons (pre-Legends, it was considered the same as the Link Amiibo) and the Wolf Link Amiibo will give you Midna weapons. Other than that, amiibo in Legends will work the same.
- Jossed While some new amiibo give specific weapons that weren't available by amiibo previously (Horse Link for Epona weapons, Majora's Mask Link and Toon Zelda for Young Link and Tetra etc.), No new fighting styles were added.
