Topic: New Zelda Look 2

[GoldShadow]

This is a continuation of the thread that was locked:  http://www.planetgamecube.com/forums/messageview.cfm?catid=3&threadid=1695

I just had to reply to a post I read by Shocking Albert, showing the changing styles of Link.  These changes *were* due to technical design issues, not graphical style.  The original Link had to be able to stay in a tiny square.  Also, as it had a bird's-eye perspective, no other design would really have been possible.  In a side-scroller, however, you can see the whole height of Link's body, as opposed just a head and shoulders (oddly enough, you can actually see that Link walks in a weird sideways manner in the original so that you could see more than that despite the perspective.)  So, obviously, Link's body in LTTP is more of an SD-style to once-more reflect the camera angle.  This can also be seen in the different angles of Zelda II.  The artwork in these three games is similar.