This certainly fits with the links people have pointed out between Shinto shrines and the sky islands, with both being based on the idea of a spiritual journey of purification. It makes sense: if you're malice and hatred incarnate, you'd probably want to take out the one thing that can seal you away or better yet, turn it against the people who wield it. Ganondorf might be trying to corrupt and bend the Master Sword to his will. It's interesting that even in this past scene, when the seal was formed, the arm looks all old and wizened, with long, witchy nails. Later in the trailer (but perhaps before the events I just described?) the ethereal hand grabs his (normal) left arm as he falls, and we see a split-second scene of the arm grabbing Ganon(dorf) while still attached to - presumably - the owner of the arm. The seal breaks, and Link's right arm glows a lovely minty green, as magical-looking swirls surround him. The arm is decorated with runic-looking metal bangles, similar to all the markings we see left behind by the unknown Zonai race from Breath of the Wild. From beneath the hand, Malice (the manifestation of evil) is leaking out. In the 2019 trailer, there's an important detail: The seal upon Ganon(dorf) is a disembodied hand, grasping him in place. In Breath of the Wild, and the trailer for BOTW 2, he has regular, unremarkable, short nails, so what happened here? Do the nails mean something? I certainly think so. Although long nails are relatively common on female video game characters (along with high heels and ludicrously tiny armour, usually) it's extremely rare to see a male character with manicured fingernails. Does this compromise the sword? Is Fi broken forever? Does the sword still work? We just don't know.Īn interesting new feature of Link's cool arm is the long nails. It's not clear if Link will have to go on a quest to repair/restore it, or if he's just going to use his wiggly sword from now on, but we'd guess the former (especially because we haven't seen him actually use the sword in any of the clips so far).īut if Fi is inside the sword, we can't imagine she's having a good time being all melty. It looks like the Malice that crept up Link's arm also affected the Master Sword, rendering it quite useless in the process. Of course, we'd be silly not to mention the melty Master Sword. but perhaps it's the sword's evil power that caused the arm to go all weird in the first place. If Fi and Demise are still inside that sword (or even if it's just Fi!) that could be the beginning of another great fight between good and evil - one where Link is once again trapped in the middle.Īrguably, this detail is more about the sword than the arm holding it. so who is Ghirahim? Is it Link from the future? Hmmmm.ĭemise's eventual demise in Skyward Sword locks him into the Master Sword, which has a dual purpose: One, making the Master Sword all full of evil (which seems bad!) and two, trapping Fi in there with him. Demise would later go on to be reincarnated as our old pal, the Triforce-botherer Ganon(dorf). That's right, Skyward Sword antagonist and servant of Demise, Ghirahim, has all-black arms and weird branch-like tendrils, too. Secondly, his new arm-look is all-black with tattoos that look a bit like someone we've seen before. For starters, Link is using his right arm in BOTW and the clips of BOTW 2 we've seen so far, which ties in nicely with Skyward Sword - Link's sword arm was changed from the canonical left-handedness to the right hand to fit better with the motion controls on Wii. How this relates to Link's arm is interesting. Similarly, it could be that Breath of the Wild 2 is actually set way, wayyyy in the past. is a circle? The actual Legend of Zelda is a cycle that we are all trapped in until the end of time? Hmmmm.
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