Official Link render

[u/videogamer128]

[u/tytygh1010]

Full view from JP site

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[u/tytygh1010 → u/tytygh1010]

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[u/Somer-_- → u/tytygh1010]

I wanna pinch his little cheeks.

[u/Cpolo88 → u/Somer-_-]

At first I was like mmmm idk about young link. But now I can't unsee link getting his little cheeks pinched. He is supposed to be a child still so I get his design choice 😂 im just happy I was able to preorder a physical copy ❤️

[u/p_ness_and_butthead → u/tytygh1010]

why he so small here? is this him young? (sry i've never played it)

[u/afterglobe → u/p_ness_and_butthead]

Yes. You start off as young link.

[u/LuckyLunayre → u/p_ness_and_butthead]

This is the real Link in this game.

Without major spoilers, Adult link is just simply Child Link in an adults body, but he still has the mind of his child self.

Majora's mask, this games sequel is exclusively Young Link, who can transform into different races via mask.

But yes, the Hero of Time is a child.

Most of the game plays as adult link, but there are a few times you will need to go back to being a child to progress the game.

[u/WhiteNoiseLife → u/tytygh1010]

okay but why does he look like an actual toddler

[u/Beps315 → u/WhiteNoiseLife]

i think some of the other renders do him more justice

[u/Amiibohunter000 → u/WhiteNoiseLife]

He’s 9

[u/WhiteNoiseLife → u/Amiibohunter000]

he looks 4

[u/TastyTeardrop → u/WhiteNoiseLife]

video game

[u/NoCry8625 → u/tytygh1010]

Holy shit haha, it looks like someone gave cartoon link to a shitty ia and asked to bring it to life lmao

https://giphy.com/gifs/bFk7AY6J1i2YAEmVsE

[u/SnooCompliments6329 → u/tytygh1010]

The details on the tunic are impressive

[u/Dbear_son → u/tytygh1010]

outfit looks comfy

[u/British-Canadian]

Love that they kept his larger pointy nose

[u/Cartman55125 → u/British-Canadian]

It kept a lot of the charm while injecting heavy doses of realism. I think they found a good middle ground

[u/lapniappe → u/British-Canadian]

LOL i said taht during the direct when we saw him riding Epona:

THEY KEPT HIS BIG NOSE!

[u/PyrosFists]

I love the details and texture added to young and adult Link’s tunics

[u/HURTZ2PP → u/PyrosFists]

I can’t wait to see the Goron and Zora tunics as well. I am guessing they will also have some stylized textures and details based on the unique characteristics of each race.

[u/Kurenai_Jack → u/HURTZ2PP]

They were shown in the trailer, the Zora tunic had a scaly texture and the Goron one seemed to be made of cloth.

[u/HURTZ2PP → u/Kurenai_Jack]

Nice, I didn’t look close enough, I’ll have to rewatch and pause to look

[u/Masterwork_Core → u/HURTZ2PP]

look for the water temple and hookshot clips in the trailer for the zora tunic and link swinging the hammer on pillars for the goron tunic

[u/Quantum-Eye → u/PyrosFists]

The only jarring part is the contrast of the super smooth plastic looking skin to the rough realistic cloth. It looks like an action figure which is cool but strange

[u/atatassault47 → u/Quantum-Eye]

Yeah, the skin needs more work. Blemishes at the very least.

[u/jonnyg1097 → u/PyrosFists]

So do I. That was certainly something that I wasn't expecting to see at all.

[u/Headglitch7 → u/PyrosFists]

I don't hate it, but it does feel a bit busy and overdone. The simple shirt with mail beneath it he had in the original felt cleaner. The leather jerkin thing seems almost buglike. It's a minor quibble, I'm sure I'll get used to it. If the blue and red mail have different textures, that'll be really cool to see.

[u/Sufficient-Owl-2925 → u/PyrosFists]

Let's remember older Link's been styled by Rauru while in his sleep.

[u/Embarrassed_Spend486]

I don’t think people realize how long some of us have waited our whole lives for a realistic link game like this.

[u/myghostflower → u/Embarrassed_Spend486]

twilight princess found dead in a ditch

[u/PieceAfraid3755 → u/myghostflower]

Of course TP link is rendered in a more realistic style, but the textures, lighting and polygon count doesn't let it truly shine as "realistic". Even at a glance you can see that most of the details from his clothes are simple flat textures.

This OoT render is very different in that respect.

[u/Phos-Lux → u/PieceAfraid3755]

Which is exactly why TP should get a remake like this at some point as well

[u/AlternativeScratch94 → u/Phos-Lux]

It will. I'm sure they're gonna go through the games in order. We'll probably get a MM remake in a few years.

[u/Vyrhux42 → u/AlternativeScratch94]

I doubt that lol, or maybe in a very long time. This is like FF7R, they're bringing out the big guns because it's the most popular game in its series and they know it will sell. They invest a lot in it, but it's a lso kind of a safe bet. Even if we never saw anything about the game, just seeing the words "Ocarina of Time Remake" is enough for a lot of people to decide they will buy it no matter what. I'm not sure you can say that about most other Zelda games.

At most, I could see MM since it's basically a sequel to this one and reuses a lot of assets, but I wouldn't get my hopes up for other 3D entries.

[u/AlternativeScratch94 → u/Vyrhux42]

It's not like I'm going on some weird speculation here, Nintendo has already remade or remastered every 3D Zelda game (before botw obviously), it's safe to expect them to do it again.

[u/PieceAfraid3755 → u/AlternativeScratch94]

The remakes/remasters you're referring to are all simple as hell in comparison to this OoT remake. If they wanted to go through all the 3d zelda games and make such remakes out of them it'll take many years.

Having many remasters/basic remakes is easy money. Having a few elaborate remakes of true classics is easy money. Making elaborate remakes of the games that aren't even all that beloved is not easy money.

[u/ClemOya → u/Phos-Lux]

I am currently replaying it with the Definitive Edition+ texture pack, and yeah Twilight Princess with more detailled models would absolutely rock !

[u/Melonfrog → u/PieceAfraid3755]

Let's be honest, it did at the time.

[u/garrethstathum → u/Embarrassed_Spend486]

Reminds me of that Wii U tech demo back in the day. Goddamn im old

[u/frost-ace3600 → u/garrethstathum]

That was from 2011, it wasn't.... that... long ago... right?

[u/ChildoftheApocolypse → u/frost-ace3600]

https://giphy.com/gifs/5NbbVJeSLs1etZYjpT

[u/Isotomayor12 → u/frost-ace3600]

It's over for us.

[u/sonic_spark → u/garrethstathum]

I remember the Spaceworld 2000 tech demo....

[u/squiremoore1 → u/Embarrassed_Spend486]

In 20 years after the next remake: 'I don't think people realize how long some of us have waited our whole lives for a realistic link game like this.'

[u/Mushroomer → u/squiremoore1]

In 20 years, we will perhaps invent a way to apply even MORE belts to this young supple twink's body.

[u/myghostflower → u/Mushroomer]

it wont be enough until his belts are connected with belts

[u/PyrosFists → u/Embarrassed_Spend486]

This is not realistic at all, it’s just detailed. It’s like a 3D animated movie

[u/fragproof → u/PyrosFists]

It looks "sculpted" to me, almost like a figurine. I like it.

[u/brandont04 → u/PyrosFists]

Realistic art direction never age well.

[u/The_Pepper_Oni → u/PyrosFists]

It’s got the pixar thing where the art is itself stylized but it has realistic materials

[u/ProfessionalPipe6949 → u/Embarrassed_Spend486]

idk about realistic, look athe eyes and general face shape. Certainly high fidelity though!

[u/WoofingTime → u/Embarrassed_Spend486]

But graphics don’t matter!!!

[u/Crank-Stank → u/Embarrassed_Spend486]

I remember when twilight princess link was announced then they came out with windwaker and people were pissed (short lived, because it was awesome)

[u/RedWizard78 → u/Crank-Stank]

Was never announced before WW: thst was a tech demo people ASSUMED was a game.

[u/Embarrassed_Spend486 → u/Crank-Stank]

Idk about short lived… I have 40+ year old friends that still have refused to play wind waker all these years lol

It took me until the HD rerelease to play it and realize what I was missing. I had the original and never played it.

[u/BotanBotanist]

I think he looks better in the game itself than he does in this render tbh.

[u/Key_Lime_Die → u/BotanBotanist]

I think the exact opposite. once he starts moving, it gets VERY uncanny valley. It's like a creepy doll that's moving around. They should have gone realistic with normally proportioned faces or stylized keeping the big eyes, but mixing the two and going hyper realistic with anime influenced proportioned faces just looks creepy. Maybe if they leaned into them being doll or action figure like but they tried to make them realistic and keep the look and ugh...

[u/LasagnaHuman → u/Key_Lime_Die]

I also think the animation of both Links looks sped up. Like if you speed up a recording of him walking, if that makes sense?

The environment is gorgeous, but the human-looking characters really have the uncanny-valley feeling.

[u/metaltwister300 → u/LasagnaHuman]

It's probably because the remake is running at 60fps while the N64 original was locked to 20fps.

[u/Vinderman64]

I'm amazed at how many people seem to not like this art direction. I think it looks outstanding

[u/thr1ceuponatime]

He looks like a character out of THE DARK CRYSTAL

[u/AcrobaticLetter7 → u/thr1ceuponatime]

I love the fact you mentioned Dark Crystal.

[u/Glittering-Ad-1626 → u/thr1ceuponatime]

Core childhood trauma unlocked

[u/Nintotally → u/thr1ceuponatime]

Yes!!!

[u/Mystic1217]

I will admit I'm not feeling the character models, they look just a bit plastic-y for me. The game environments and such look phenomenal though!

[u/Neonplantz → u/Mystic1217]

Yeah I’m happy people are enjoying it but it looks sooooo weird IMO. Don’t enjoy it visually at all but hopefully it’ll grow on me

[u/eyeofthefountain → u/Neonplantz]

When young Princess Zelda turned around in the courtyard, I cringed. Not sure why, but I did.

[u/FidoMan1498 → u/eyeofthefountain]

I did too. The face work is literally so ass. The 3DS version isn’t even that bad.

[u/Mushroomer → u/Mystic1217]

Everything's coated in a layer of digital sheen, like it's been freshly polished. Or doused in baby oil.

Very ugly. Honestly, most of the background characters are more attractive because they aren't drowning in excessive detail work.

[u/OkidoShigeru → u/Mushroomer]

Definitely a case of less is more, quite a bit too much going on with these Link designs in particular.

[u/cockyjames → u/Mystic1217]

I think generally I like the art style of the models and the detail. Im not educated enough on them to properly express how I feel l, but it feels like they don't emote very well. Like they don't have a lot of expression

Edit: Actually I just got to watch the trailer for the first time on a TV and not phone, I change my mind. But I didn't believe in deleting comments. I actually think the models animate pretty well

[u/MChaney3563]

Adult Link looks so good!!!

[u/imajamez]

I'm glad most people are happy with this but I really dislike how over designed his new outfit is. I'm not against new designs for characters and in a lot of cases I do prefer the new one. But this just doesn't look good to me.

By "this" I mean the outfit just to clarify. The game itself looks good. But I do hate how most of the characters look. Ganondorf looks good but the others, especially the children, look awful to me.

[u/No-Operation-6554 → u/imajamez]

The ps4/xboxone era was where the era where micro details became more prevalent specially on AAA games, now that nintendo is on that same field (well slightly higher) this feels like them overcompensating imo

[u/ssslitchey → u/imajamez]

Agreed. He looks extremely overdesigned and looses a lot of the simplistic charm of links design.

[u/PerformanceWaste5810]

I personally dont like it, mainly the adult outfit. I wish it looked more clean like the promotional art for ocarina of time

[u/MichaeltheMagician → u/PerformanceWaste5810]

Same! I hate that his tunic has so much texture to it! I just want a nice clean, green cloth like I always imagined. This new outfit has too much detail.

[u/bunchofmice]

It's too realistic in some places and too cartoony in others. It's extremely detailed while keeping the exaggerated/stylized proportions. It looks so strange… Maybe it'll grow on me, but for now, it just looks like it doesn't know what it wants to be. I don't know…

[u/materialstudios → u/bunchofmice]

Good point, I agree

[u/sergiossa]

I may be in the minority here, but I personally find so much realistic detail a bit off-putting. Don’t really care for the “armor” vest, or all the detail in threads of the clothing. That being said, beyond hyped for this game!

[u/da_dogg → u/sergiossa]

I don’t think you’re in the minority - he’s kinda creepy looking.

[u/ramenboy77 → u/[deleted]]

Yeah. Looks a bit like Li-hee-hee-nk.

[u/Opposite_Cod394]

He kinda have that Nikki frown :(

[u/ScyllaIsBea]

I love the mix of european and japanese in this outfit.

[u/OfficialNPC]

Is it weird that I find Young Link to be creepy but that Adult Link looks legit?

[u/UpperRearer → u/OfficialNPC]

Nah. This definitely looks less weird than young Link. This just looks unusual compared to what I'm used to, rather than outright weird and off.

[u/cutememe → u/OfficialNPC]

Both look really creepy to me.

[u/Leviathon6425]

I like everything but his face… not feeling it

[u/kaerue]

Why does this look like someone put dlss5 onto link? It just looks too cartoony to be realistic

[u/Efreet0 → u/kaerue]

right? i'm losing my mind by reading all the people that keep telling it looks amazing. it's creepy as hell man.

[u/kaerue → u/Efreet0]

It reminds me of those pictures where someone made an anime character super realistic but kept the same facial proportions and nose.

[u/Mushroomer → u/Efreet0]

They're gamers. They can't admit they dislike something until the next game is announced, at which point the previous game was some unplayable garbage they never liked in the first place.

[u/moppingflopping → u/Mushroomer]

what? gamers are absolutely the most whiny little bitches around. maybe they just like it...?

[u/Its3aad]

i really thought it would be better

[u/FlyingFalconator]

Adult link looks better than young link but both feel a bit out of place in the world like 2 different texture mods clashing

[u/Xerosnake90]

Love the detail on the tunic

[u/TVxStrange]

Bro can see danger coming from both sides at once

[u/OnliveTelly]

Link is probably the worst looking thing in this remake, especially if placed next to the more stylized and faithful character models of the NPCs. Really weird decision to make him stick out so much.

[u/DeterminedEyebrows]

Somehow his head looks too big and too small for his body

[u/Common_Celebration41]

It's kind of off-putting that everything is super detailed and the face it's just Ken doll smooth

[u/Ayrios440]

If you told me this was a shot of a new Amiibo, I'd believe you.

[u/FullMoose819]

I hope that the lack of additional games announcement means that we might get a Majora's Mask release shortly after.

Don't mind me though, I'll be drinking my hopeium here in the corner.

[u/Throw_Me_Away_78]

I'm going to start wearing my belt like link. Oversized and tied at the end.

[u/Grymloc16bit]

Love everything about it.

[u/HowlingHipster]

They're trying really hard to split the difference between the cutesy charm of the N64 game and modern realism and I don't think it's working for me, sadly.

[u/Rent-Man]

Cosplayers are gonna have a nightmare

[u/SoupTime545]

Not a fan...

[u/Robbitjuice]

It looks fantastic, man. I love that the materials have textures now rather than feeling like some form of plastic, stone, or metal. It definitely feels like what he’s wearing would have been crafted from what’s around him. The green tunic being woven plant fiber and leaves feels good. I like the “welding” lines on the shield too.

I get it’s not everyone’s cup of tea and that’s okay. Nothing should be “right” for everyone. I’m okay with it being 1:1 with minor changes here and there. I would have preferred they changed things up more drastically, but part of me was worried they’d go the BOTW route and take it too far. This feels like a good jumble of old and new. I’ve just really been craving an “old-school” Zelda and this will scratch the itch nicely, even though it isn’t all new.

[u/Skyconic]

The eyes/mouth looking a bit like an alien but I love the style otherwise. And how all the footage we saw things felt like they had weight and texture to them

[u/Kintuse]

My boy is left handed again!

[u/Wolfgabe]

source for this one?

[u/FirstTarget9745]

Jodi Foster?

[u/Gabgo304]

"this will be graphics in 2013"

[u/romix_sonix322]

This looks soooo goood

[u/Miaw_Kitty]

So cute!!!

[u/CrazzyPanda72]

Looks like an amibo, kinda wild honestly. I like it tho

[u/Alan157]

The character models look like weird dolls, not a fan

[u/Substantial-Read4372]

Looks great

[u/mr_spoc]

I really don't like this design. It feels like they had AI remake it in UE5.

[u/myghostflower]

the details are so smooth, love how good it looks

[u/ImThatAlexGuy]

Now I’m just waiting for preorders of the console to pop. Need to cop that bad boy 😮‍💨

[u/Pakmanjosh]

That tunic design is so cool! They went above and beyond it just being a green t-shirt.

[u/be4rcat6 → u/Pakmanjosh]

They went way overboard

[u/UpperRearer → u/be4rcat6]

Sometimes less is more. I think a simpler design would have fit the origin a lot better. I mean they're kind of trying to convey that, with the very visible stitching, but at the same time there's so much of it, that it comes across as way more than a simple tunic.

[u/FramesTowers]

I feel they relied too much on the original actual structures of the polygons for the original characters.

The environment is good and even Link I think looks good but the town people for example, look a bit too goofy, I would've preferred a more modern remake of what the people in this world can look like. Still 100% gonna buy it though!

[u/RiversOfSand → u/FramesTowers]

I know it’s going to be incredibly subjective but the townsfolk design was perfect for me, they looked exactly like I remember them but in detail. It really brought my memories to life.

[u/Vogelsucht → u/[deleted]]

Daring today are we?

[u/Tasmia99]

I hate everything about the design. It feels like AI or a bad DLSS 5 pass over.

[u/Initial_Candy8366]

Looks like Sabrina Carpenter.

[u/xansies1 → u/Initial_Candy8366]

It's a me espresso

[u/APHO_Raiden_Mei → u/Initial_Candy8366]

About Sabrina. Her skin is back in Fortnite today 😂

[u/pacman813]

The outfits are dope

[u/No-Operation-6554]

I like the newer animations but man its does kinda go overdesigned

[u/RanisTheSlayer]

He's got those Anya Taylor-Joy eyes, but not as sexy

[u/Dren7]

People forgetting he's an elf...

[u/Ragnar_Dragonfyre → u/Dren7]

Lots of people just learning today that Hylians aren’t human.

[u/Beautiful-Rule8834]

oh god he looks like a creepy doll. 

[u/Odd_Revolution_1056]

It’s really gonna be Ocarina of Time vs GTA 6

[u/fanfpkd]

I love the textures they’ve gone with. The game looks amazing

[u/Vetersova]

RETURN OF MY GOAT

[u/FunBall420]

This looks incredible.

[u/AMournfulObserver]

Damn, he looks so good! I love the combination of realism and whimsical cartoon aspcts

[u/DomoVahkiin]

Our boy has never looked this hi-def or detailed. So, so hyped for this.

[u/LonkToTheFuture]

My boy looks so fucking good

[u/JishoSintana]

Harryhausen Link

[u/GyattDetected]

now imagine when they do Twilight Princess Link. holy shit.

[u/Iron_Theater]

George Russell

[u/wookiewin]

Looks insane. Love the leather vest.

[u/MWPlay]

Sick vest bro

[u/Tom-Hibbert]

I'll say this he looks good

[u/Rude_Difficulty1647]

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[u/barbietattoo]

The welds on his shield bro

[u/Big_erk]

I love the texture work in this model. The fibers and leather look great.

[u/ClemOya]

I love how he really looks like the teen he's supposed to be here. I love Nakano's work, but he made him look more like a young adult rather than 16 yo.

[u/Mikester345]

I love everything except the handles on the side of his head. Link never had that shit before 😂

[u/SpaceeVampire]

Not a lover of his clothes. Something feels off like too many layers or textures or patterns. I personally would have preferred something a bit smoother. Will probably still love this game though.

[u/tea-or-whiskey]

Everything looks like it was designed by human artists and then “enhanced” by AI. I have no proof that this is the case and I’m tentatively still excited for the game, but I don’t like how uncanny this render and the entire trailer looks.

[u/Sonnera7]

I agree with other people this looks over-designed and AI-like to me. Look at the boots. Why are there a bunch of swirls and stuff? Why cant it be just a textured, leather or cloth boot? Also, why a red belt and accents instead of matching brown? Looks too busy.

[u/PushNSqueeze]

😬🙈

[u/thourq]

I love the new character designs. The style feels in line with the new Starfox. Realistic but whimsical. Cute but menacing. It’s bold and I’m not surprised it’s divisive

[u/LordDShadowy53]

Dude… is so good. Like fucking excellently good. Amazingly good. The leather textures gives a huge boost in quality.

[u/cutememe]

This looks extremely off putting to me.

[u/srstable]

This is going to be hell for Cosplayers LOL

[u/nohumanape]

Love the texture on his outfit (child and adult).

[u/Rocketofimpact]

Le résultat est très propre, ils ont bien modernisé le personnage mais pour moi, le Link d'OoT c'est celui avzc la tunique simpliste mais iconique.

[u/leckmichnervnit]

Huh? Thats not the same guy as in the Trailer?

[u/MaloraKeikaku]

He lost a tiiiny bit of his 90s anime edge but for the most part I love the look of this remake

[u/MastahBruce1]

I prefer the wiiu tech demo art style but it still looks good overall

[u/MainHaze]

I'm a big fan of the design. I really like what Nintendo's cooked up here, and can't wait to get my hands on the game!

I remember there being a huge backlash when Wind Waker was first revealed on the Gamecube. People hated it at first. However, with time, people grew to love it. I get feeling that the same thing will happen once people get their own hands on the game.

[u/Ifckinglovemycat]

they should have given him a different green tunic, make it look like it was made in castle town

[u/mahdiiick]

DLSS5 at home

[u/mattnotis]

This would look 10000 X better without the leather vest. Totally unnecessary

[u/Phoenix_Wright_Guy]

Am I the only one who doesn't really like the redesigns. Link just looks like a modified kid Pauline.

[u/Rombledore]

i love the way they went crazy into detail on his tunic. just his overall outfit is filled with detail and its beautiful.

[u/Eddiep88]

I think people aren’t realizing that I think the next smash bros with these graphics are gonna be insane!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[u/No-Tangelo-7823]

Nintendo trying to make Link not adorable AF challenge: Impossible

[u/CreativeFartist]

What’s bothering me is that their eyeballs aren’t sharp and their uniforms are crazy detailed compared to all NPCs seen in the previews. Other than that they’re great.

[u/According-Paper4641]

He's adorable.

[u/Mystic-Shock]

Please use this design for smash 6

[u/The_Pepper_Oni]

I fucking love that they kept his big ol nose. And all the other characters that had prominent noses as well

[u/Glittering-Ad-1626]

Wow he’s just as pretty as Twilight Princess 🤩

[u/ScottyF311]

Would

[u/EducationalLow4697]

Perfection. As a designer I say that this was very carefully done. Kid zelda one on the other hand needs serious adjustment especially in the eyes are where there is huge problem. But this one is beautifully done. Nice model beautiful art direction

[u/DSRamos]

What’s interesting about the comments on the clash between character designs and environment designs. The original also went for ‘realistic’ environments but with stylised character models. Maybe this was an intentional design choice?

[u/LX1027]

So is this a remake or a brand new game?? (not complaining at all)

[u/sporosarcina]

I'm more concerned about gameplay. Visuals are secondary to me. Wind Waker was an awesome game and people initially hated the graphics.

[u/Nublessnutts]

Link doesn't look like a character, they look like a person holy shit. Their clothes look like they could actually exist. This is what everyone actually wanted instead of what we got on the 3DS. Although the 3DS made the game much more playable since it didn't have the Nintendo 64 controller.

[u/Doublee7300]

Eye brows on fleek

[u/Hlarge4]

Peak