#oracles of ages

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lil something for the zelda/linked universe folks that still stick around <3

pspsps! my commissions are open here if you're interested!

[ganonfan1995]

Yeah, I noticed that too! Especially after you get the future song—I was like, "Oh my god, this opens up so many possibilities!" The excitement I felt was palpable.

Something I really love about the setting is how unsettling it is! I appreciate how they made the time travel affect the future through the past in a way that’s almost eldritch. The looming threat of a giant tower being built in the past, but growing in the future brick by brick, is so eerie. Entire towns simply cease to exist because they’ve been eradicated in the past. Everyone you meet is disoriented, unable to get their thoughts straight, with their loved ones randomly disappearing—or did they ever really exist?

I absolutely love how your actions in the past immediately affect the future. It’s incredible puzzle-solving while leaving a delightfully uncomfortable feeling in the pit of my stomach! This is exactly what I love in a Zelda game: pleasant and cute on the surface, but the more you delve into it, the more horrifying it becomes!

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I just love Din's design so much! She is so pretty!

[loz-furbies]

Oracle of Ages & Seasons Zelda

Nintendo can't make up their mind if the Oracles Link is the same one from ALttP or not and I suppose the same applies to Zelda. Personally I think that sure, let's give ALttP Link more adventures, but if I were to draw a compilation of all individual Zeldas I'd probably make ALttP and Oracles Zeldas separate characters since they have different enough designs. In the end I don't think it matters though and I seriously don't believe Nintendo cares either.

I played Ages first so this is based on her presence in Seasons linked game, not sure how different it is to the Ages counterpart.

Design

Speaking of character design, this is yet another time for me to bitch about the promo art and sprite not matching (fear not this will end soon as we move away from the pixel games). But seriously, why give her cute hair buns in the sprite if you're not going to use them! And more importantly that would be a unique Zelda design at least, because her actual look is one of my least favourites in the franchise. Like sure she's perfectly cute and there's nothing particularly stupid about the design either, but it's just so derivative. This is just the adult OoT Zelda design except in a younger art style and ALttP Zelda's cape. It's not an interesting or memorable look, and it also makes it harder for me to decide if this is a new character or not (and how to draw her). Like looks-wise it's clearly a different girl, but since there's grounds for the Oracle games to be ALttP sequels it's just so confusing.

Alright, moving on!

Character

This time Zelda does get a moment of being a bit more assertive than usual. She's told to stay safe during a crisis, but instead she shouts that she's going anyway and runs off to give a rousing speech to the villagers. But for the most part there's not much to Zelda outside her typical shtick of being the nice princess who gives exposition.

In the end credits we see every character once more, but Zelda's part is just that she looks at the stars alone at her castle while smiling happily, and while she looks cute, I don't get a lot out of that.

Role in the story

Story-wise Zelda doesn't get to do much. She's the one who sent help to foreign lands after she saw a vision of their downfall, so she takes a very active part in that, but it's all offscreen and ultimately her plan to evacuate the oracles doesn't even work. She then comes to visit herself, and her most notable contribution is to encourage the villagers. And sure I can take that, it's set up reasonably well that she becomes a symbol of hope to them (for GBC storytelling standards at least).

In the grand finale she gets kidnapped as usual, this time so that she can be sacrificed to revive Ganon, and there's nothing interesting to that.

Relationships

Aside from the character design, the biggest reason to consider that the Oracle games are not an ALttP sequel is that Zelda doesn't appear to recognise Link at all and introduces herself as if it was the first time they met. I'm willing to chalk this off as video game jank and it's more of an introduction to the player (for example Impa and the animal companions who you meet in both Ages and Seasons also don't appear to recognise Link in the second game you play in a linked game). I think it also makes more sense for Link to be the friend of the royal family since the game starts with him just sauntering to the Triforce unimpeded.

Not that it makes much difference because Zelda and Link don't have much of a relationship, even if Zelda spends most of the game not being kidnapped this time. However the game does end with Zelda giving a little kiss to him (and him getting all lovestruck about it), and I think it's cuter if they have some history together already.

Impa is also in the game, but she and Zelda don't have much to do together outside the standard princess-and-caretaker stuff. Zelda doesn't get any meaningful interaction with Din or Nayru either.

[zelda-photography]

Okay, new question,

[facesofevilzine]

Should Ralph be including on this blog? I initially allowed him as a rival but that's based on the manga and not the games being that I haven't played them.

[lilyblossom-art]

All of the zeldas so far in order of release

This took me so long lol i don't even know why i did this but here it is :>

And also i have not played eow yet so no spoilers pls

1. Classic Zelda

2. Zelda I

3. Alttp Zelda

4. Cdi Zelda

5. Other cdi Zelda

6. Oot Sheik

7. Oot adult Sheik

8. Oot downfall Sheik

9. Ssb Zelda (i needed to get to 25 lol)

10. Oox Zelda

11. Fs Zelda

12. Tetra

13. Fsa Zelda

14. Mc Zelda

15. Mc stained glass Zelda

16. Tp Zelda

17. St Zelda

18. Ss Zelda

19. Albw Zelda

20. Hw Zelda

21. Botw Zelda

22. Ancient princess (named after Sonia from totk)

23. Coh Zelda

24. Aoc Zelda

25. Eow Zelda

[breadlinkmeetau]

Oracles Link! I'm going to call him Guppy until I play the games and find a better name lmao. @legendofdinner's mermaid oracles forever lives in my head because he's so chunky!!

And Oracles Zelda!! I went more with her sprite then her official art because it suffered from Same Character Syndrome with Ocarina of time, wind waker (NOT tetra. the white version), minish cap, etc..... idk why they all just gave her the same fit? anyway i found her very cute. I'm calling her Goldy.

[red-velvet-void]

Being an artist is awesome bc you can project your period cramps onto your fave

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"Come see the many looks of Princess Zelda throughout the years!" image from Nintendo Game News

[the-phantom-peach]

miscellaneous zelda art over the last month

… or something ☕️

[drawnbyshelly]

my take on goddess din's real form :)

edit: this is my most popular post ever so far, THANK YOU SO MUCH POR ALL THE SUPPORT!! 🥹💞

[beebeerock]

Linktober days 6-11. Fear/Horror- Royalty/Noble-Tunic-Secret/Mystery-Species/Race-Music/Dance.

[chibinur]

I think I never showed this one :o So here it is !!

This is not a ranking btw !!! I took the Links I wanted to draw at that time and just wrote things about their respective games.

OoT : The first Zelda game I have ever put my eyes on (I was watching my big bro play when I was like 4-5 years old) and it has my favourite Link in it !

ST : The first Zelda game I have finished, so it has a special place in my heart... This game is often overlooked because of its trains gimmick but it's so good I swear !!! Plus Zelda's your companion in this game, she's one of my favourite princesses alongside Wild era Zelda. I LOVE her chemistry with Link in that game, they're too cute AAAAH

OoS/OoA : They're Zelda games I haven't played yet (I know, shocking) but I read the manga and I particularly love the one with Ralph and Nayru in it XD

TP : Link is ripped good lord (and his voice ???). Also you can talk to animals so that's a plus for me. I also think this game has the best dungeons ! Best character Midna is in it, should be an enough reason to play the game !

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These two have such a funny vibe, had to take Zelda out of half their games because you know she’d just be telepathically negging him the whole time. Theyre besties, theyre potentially related, she’s mentally whispering ‘Sandwich’ in his ear whenever he’s trying to focus.

Edit: Added funny page in celebration of me not having to rework these designs for the new game

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