Minish Cap: Is it toon Link?

[Inflexus]

I say yes, because the artwork is consistant with Toon Link from WW and PH.

I personally don't like Toon Link but I wanted to post this so we could debate about Toon Link within the context of the Minish Cap.

[blackice_cc]

I'd have to say yes, as MC cap link looks a lot like toon link, as well as some of the art from WW to MC seems alike.

[Matthew_79]

It is not Toon link. Toon link is just a cel shaded form of a decendet of the link in OoT.
Toon link is ONLY in TWW and PH

[Inflexus]

It is not Toon link. Toon link is just a cel shaded form of a decendet of the link in OoT.
Toon link is ONLY in TWW and PH

Then why is the artwork such a contrast from TP and OoT and so similar to PH and WW?

[Chidori]

Ok look. I doubt in terms of timeline, Wind Waker Link and Phantom Hourglass Link are related to Minish Cap Link but in terms of Look-Alike, I bet if Minish Cap wasn't 2D and was 3D, he'd be another Tink.

[Onilink89]

of cource, just because its not cell shaded doesn 't mean its the same style.
i mean in brawl toon link is also not cell shaded.

i mean its for the GBA, how is the GBA gonna make cell shaded grapics.
i think they did a very good job even in 2D and not to mention sprites.

[El Bagu]

I am not really sure about Link but the game itself more reminds me of Alttp (and maybe also Link).

[Shadow Goris]

Yes, Mc link is toon link. Look at the Mc bozart and stuff. It's very simaliar to ph and ww toon link pics.

[Twili123prince]

Thats kinda hard too say because something in my gut says they're not the same but they look very similar Hm Im gonna have too say they are the same.

[linkman8]

I believe that MC Link is Toon Link, because if you look at the official art of the Link from Minish Cap, it is the same style as Four Swords and Wind Waker, so I'd say yes.

[Smitie]

http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t189/smitie1405/link4.gif
http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t189/smitie1405/wwjump.jpg

they look quite the same to me. even the shield is the same.

[Judai]

http://www.desertcolossus.com/zelda12/fusion.jpg

http://www.wikicheats.com/images/c/c8/WindWaker_Link.jpg

http://interactive.usc.edu/members/jantonisse/Four_Sword_Links.jpg

http://gaygamer.net/images/Artwork_TLOZ_Phantom_Hourglass.jpg

Toon Link is just basically all Links that look cartoonish with big eyes and such. That means all these links I posted are Toon Links, including TMC. TMC has the same style as FS and FSA Links, and they are all cartoonish. So yes, TMC Link is a Toon Link.

[El Bagu]

Now that I have completed the game and seen the ending I must agree with majority of you folks: Seems to be toon Link!! :clap:

[Powerbracelet]

Call it what you like, I just consider it another phase in the artwork. Other than adult link from TP, you will probably never see any modern artwork of Link in the old style.

It's just like when they dropped the LoZ/AoL/ALttP style for the OoT/MM/OoX style.


Just no hating on toon link.

[Leix]

It's the BELT that really makes you think. They have identical belts.
Which makes me wonder, perhaps there were TWO hero's outfits handed down, one in each timeline? The child bearing OoT Link, and the Adult path bearing Minish Cap Link?
The only difference between the Links that I see in Smitie's evidence is the sword. But they were using different swords anyways. Also, if you stare at it long enough, WW Link's tunic seems to be a deeper green than MC Link's. MC's sort of looks mint.

[Powerbracelet]

If there were a split timeline, wouldn't there just be one hero's outfit from before the timeline split, and different things happened to it in each timeline?


But the shade of the tunic? That's the sort of nitpicking that brought about the timeline theorists who made the whole art of timelining complicated.

[Joey Kazooie]

I think the "Links" from TMC, FS, FSA, TWW and PH can all be considered Toon Link.

[Leix]

If there were a split timeline, wouldn't there just be one hero's outfit from before the timeline split, and different things happened to it in each timeline?


But the shade of the tunic? That's the sort of nitpicking that brought about the timeline theorists who made the whole art of timelining complicated.

Well if you think, there really ARE two outfits.
TMC Link starts with the garb that WW Link wears, yet OoT Link isn't wearing 'The Hero's Clothes', he's wearing standard Kokiri garb. The Toon Link Tunic hasn't got any sleeves connected to it, plus, it's long sleeved compared to Kokiri short sleeve.

[chrisbg99]

Toon Link is style more than a character so yes they are both Toon Link but not the same Link.

[Mike Pothier]

Toon Link is style more than a character so yes they are both Toon Link but not the same Link.

Precisely. MC Link and WW Link are NOT the same person. Even a passing glance at the backstory for both games will tell you that.

[MrMosley]

I for one believe that the looks are too similar, and WW and MC happening one right after the next, connects the games and therefore I consider them to be somewhat of a sequel-like series. At least that is what I believe was originally planned.

MC could have taken place long after Link and Zelda (Tetra) discovered the "new Hyrule" the king talks about in the end of WW. In which case, Tetra, being the descendant of Zelda's bloodline, would take on her role as the princess.

And in the intro, the whole thing about them being "childhood friends". It is just too obvious of a story connection there.

So, in my mind, Toon Link is one general Link, not different generations who look the same. Toon Link exists first in WW, second in PH, and third in MC.

[Mike Pothier]

There is no way MC Zelda and WW Zelda are the same person. Zelda has a father in MC, and Link has a grandfather. There is a hundred year history in MC involving the Minish and the Picori blade.

The artwork is similar, thats the only thing the two games have in common.

[Glided Sword]

It kind of looks like it but I don't think it is. To me, it looks like a childish Link.

[Chrono]

LOL...Toon Link isn't really an official name for it (SSMB is not Zelda people). Cel shaded is more proper. But the art style of TMC is similar to that of TWW, PH, FS, FSA. But that doesn't mean its the same Link.

[Inflexus]

I apologize, I meant the artwork was "toon link" style, not that it was the same Link in both games.

[Petman1325]

Look, Capcom wanted to make the Minish Cap out of something popular. They thought that Toon Link would be a good idea (He was praised in The Wind Waker for his cell-shadedness), and used it.

[Kybyrian]

It's not the same Link as from The Wind Waker, I know that for sure, but the artwork is that of similar to The Wind Waker's Link.

[Petman1325]

That was what I had stated. Capcom saw that the Cel-shaded style was popular, and tried to make it. It was like when Coca-cola came out. Others saw it was popular, and tried to make another product like it.

[Skull_Kid]

It's toon link,only it is a different toon link...they just used the same style to make it, but it's not story-related to WW/PH toon link

[Powerbracelet]

It's just the style. It used to be brown/dirty yellow haired link, with the alternately colored brim on his cap, and the more stern look. Except for Twilight Princess, every link since windwaker has been Toon Link. To be perfectly honest, toon link only looked good in Wind Waker.

[Claire]

I do not think they are the same people, no. But referring to 'Toon Link' in meaning the way they are styled, then yes - the Link from the Minish Cap was made in a way that allows him to fit the bill as another Toon Link by design.

[waldo12]

i kinda think that hes in between like hes not 100% toon link but its like 75% toon so its easy to think that they are connected but the style is a little more real i think

[Chris]

They are close but I say no...

[Zemen]

i think it is the toon style of link (not the same link as in WW). if you look at all of the artwork for the game, it is definintely a resemblence of toon link, and also, many of the people in the game resemble the toon characters in WW. its impossible to make the characters look 100% toon in a GBA game.

[Master94]

Toon link is seen only two games: WW and PH, so i say no.

[mewtwolord]

i say it's the four swords link [which is another version of toonlink] end o conversation

[Matt]

Similar art styles does not mean that they are the same. The Link from Four Swords Adventures looks like the Link from The Wind Waker. But they are not the same. Toon Link is just a name for the Link in Brawl that looks like the Link from The Wind Waker. The name is only a joke on the cel-shaded art style. It doesn't mean anything. Not only that, but Brawl is not canon. So any supposed connection is not logical.

[mewtwolord]

Wtf errr my brain is in agony cause errr explanation

[Matt]

Wtf errr my brain is in agony cause errr explanation

Then I know I have made one small victory for logic today! :p

[Zemen]

Similar art styles does not mean that they are the same. The Link from Four Swords Adventures looks like the Link from The Wind Waker. But they are not the same. Toon Link is just a name for the Link in Brawl that looks like the Link from The Wind Waker. The name is only a joke on the cel-shaded art style. It doesn't mean anything. Not only that, but Brawl is not canon. So any supposed connection is not logical.

no one is saying that it is the same Link, himself. we mean the art style of link. is the art style and depiction of link in MC the same as in WW or PH? that is the question, and i say the answer is yes. go search artwork for MC and you will get pictures that look VERY similiar to the toon VERSION of Link.

[Skull_Kid]

Of course it is Toon Link... The concept arts for Wind Waker were reused/revamped for Four Swords, four swords adventures, minish cap and phantom hourglass... all of these games feature Toon Link... period