A killer queen.Triforce with laserbeams...
Hyrule Warriors is a stunning announcement from a company in need of reinventing itself: unable to cater to the "casual" market which propelled the Wii to become the number one console of the prior generation, and unable to convince the "hardcore" market that actual hardcore games exist on the Wii U (the Wonderful 101, Bayonetta 2), Nintendo finds itself taking a look at its most storied franchises and its very nature as a company leading to some very interesting partnerships and possible acquisitions (the latter of which appears to have been signaled to have already occurred according to a recent shareholders meeting, according to an industry pal).
Hyrule Warriors itself doesn't appear to be unique, taking the Dynasty Warriors formula and partnering with a third party as with similar examples with the "Gundam" franchise so what could it be about Hyrule Warriors which has so many gamers excited over every reveal?
Waifus.
The Zelda series is renowned as a waifu simulator beginning with a game which constantly is said to be the best in the series if not the best game of all time, Ocarina of Time. In this game one could find waifus of different species, different cultures, different ages and sizes and personalities, a veritable harem of Hylian hotties. While there are some who may dispute that Ocarina of Time is and owes its popularity to being a harem game and waifu-simulator, how can the existence of a "trap" character, required for every modern harem, be waved away by the skeptical?
Oh ho ho, now these are the true "adventures of Link."
Every major console Zelda game since Ocarina of Time has introduced multiple waifus to woo: Wind Waker showed that no female is safe from the lecherous Link be she from air, sea, or dry land:
Just try to plunder dat booty, brah. Nice knowing ya.
You do NOT even wanna know how long it took me to find a PG pic of her.
"My little sister can't have a mistaken identity this cute!"
Twilight Princess would continue this and prove why it was better than Ocarina of Time: not because it slavishly adhered to the A Link To The Past formula more so than even O.o.T., but because the waifus wrecked those of O.o.T.:
"What's that, Malon, Illya? You think he wants to ride Epona? I rode him bareback like he was a beast!"
The Zelda series knows how to make you fall for its waifus hook, line, and sinker.
Really, shippers? Agitha x Link? I mean, are you suggesting he used The Bug Catching Net to capture her heart.......aw hell, fanfic time.
Illya? Who? I said waifus, not wastrel-y waifs. And stop it with this "Fi" talk.
That game never existed.
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