Beta Character Designs of Zelda Wind Waker

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Wind Waker's characters and enemies went through a grand evolution in how much changed as development progressed from concept to polygonal. Today we explore these!
Sources:
tcrf.net/The_Legend_of_Zelda:...
www.unseen64.net/2008/04/16/t...
Hyrule Historia (154-163). Milwaukie, Or. : Dark Horse Books, 2013.
Footage Credits:
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Chapters:
0:00 - Beta Character Designs of Zelda Wind Waker
0:39 - History of Zelda Wind Waker's Artstyle
0:59 - Beta Designs of Link from Zelda Wind Waker
2:23 - Beta Designs of Zelda and Tera from Zelda Wind Waker
4:15 - Beta Designs of King of Red Lions from Zelda Wind Waker
4:43 - Beta Designs of the Tetra Pirates from Zelda Wind Waker
5:19 - Beta Designs of the Great Deku Tree from Zelda Wind Waker
5:37 - Beta Designs of the Korok from Zelda Wind Waker
5:57 - Beta Designs of the Rito from Zelda Wind Waker
6:26 - Cut Races from Zelda Wind Waker
7:16 - Beta Designs of Bokoblin from Zelda Wind Waker
7:35 - Beta Designs of Keese from Zelda Wind Waker
7:45 - Beta Designs of Darknuts from Zelda Wind Waker
7:59 - Beta Designs of the Helmaroc King from Zelda Wind Waker
8:13 - Beta Designs of the Gohma from Zelda Wind Waker
8:35 - Beta Designs of the Stalfo from Zelda Wind Waker
8:45 - Cut Enemies from Zelda Wind Waker
11:17 - Beta Designs of Ganondorf from Zelda Wind Waker
11:59 - Extro
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@TheObsessiveGamer 6 ай бұрын

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@mojojojo9359 6 ай бұрын

Babe wake up we have to watch the new TheObsessiveGamer cut content upload

@BullyPop 6 ай бұрын

4:03 This was mostly likely meant to be a call back to Zelda having red eyes in her Shiek disguise. Shiekah have red eyes.

@TheObsessiveGamer 6 ай бұрын

I was thinking that too as a possiblity especially since Tetra is an alter ego as well to Zelda

@RaveNinja1401 6 ай бұрын

For those who knew it would have been a dead giveaway that she was Zelda so perhaps that was an extra reason to change her eyes to blue.

@arc7375 6 ай бұрын

Ironically, Zelda has green eyebrows in the N64 OoT original, and Tetra had green eyebrows in WW on the GC. So I figured immediately that Tetra was Zelda.

@user-jl7cz2pe6d 6 ай бұрын

I think Tetra's original red eyes were a nod to Sheik. Another one of Zelda's alter egos.

@RoseBleueDuRosierSec 6 ай бұрын

I actually like the Zelda dress at 3:36 more than the final result... Great video!

@TheObsessiveGamer 6 ай бұрын

Yeah same! Really like the hair more too

@uncledot1868 6 ай бұрын

Yet another great Cut Content episode, this time featuring my favorite 3D Zelda game! Keep up the good work!

@TheObsessiveGamer 6 ай бұрын

Thank you! :)

@troymorgan9669 6 ай бұрын

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@Rohgamu 6 ай бұрын

We need a fan made Wind water hack that includes all cut content

@TheObsessiveGamer 6 ай бұрын

Need need Wind Waker rom hacks in general I feel lol the engine has so much potential

@Rohgamu 6 ай бұрын

Yesssss

@ShadowTraitYT 6 ай бұрын

I swear koroks in BoTW/ToTK looked like the koroks in Wind Waker. Of course my husband didn't believe me until i showed him this. 😒

@TheObsessiveGamer 6 ай бұрын

Yeah they do...and I hope they never change. The design is way too good to change

@ShadowTraitYT 6 ай бұрын

@@TheObsessiveGamer guess that's why they didn't lol

@KalinGames526 Ай бұрын

I think they’re the same model too

@Dorito_Djinn 6 ай бұрын

2:30 when they say a look of the South I bet it's mistranslated. They were probably referring to South of Japan like Mediterranean or Philippines because there's no way that is supposed to represent the American south. Also thank you for making these videos! Always at least a few things I didn't know.

@TheObsessiveGamer 6 ай бұрын

Potentially...which is sad since its an official translation too and thank you! :)

@sonidash216 6 ай бұрын

The concept of Adult Toon Link looks like he was inspired by CDi Link (the only Link who can fully speak).

@slimcognito383 6 ай бұрын

I always thought this version of Gohma was a scorpion not a lobster

@LilyBloomVee 6 ай бұрын

Really love some of the early concepts, such as Tetra in yellow clothing, this figure of her somehow suits her a bit more in my opinion. However, the Tetra we got today is just as great as the yellow dress concept. Great video!

@TheObsessiveGamer 6 ай бұрын

Yeah the Tetra in yellow I feel is definitely much more showing a princess look to her here. Or at least a very wealthy pirate. Eitherways, I bet it was changed cause they REALLY wanted to make this a plot twist

@SIXminWHISTLE 6 ай бұрын

I never understood why they changed Tetra's skin color when she "becomes" Zelda. It's not like Tetra was a disguise like OoT Sheik. It feels kind of sketchy now.

@TheObsessiveGamer 6 ай бұрын

I personally think Tetra is more her base form. Thus when she transforms into Zelda, it's more the type of transformation the way it was from Zelda->Sheik but this time the opposite. Also I think her skintone is more a suntan as she is a pirate that is heavily in the sun.

@HughAverageHomoMan 6 ай бұрын

its part of Wind Waker's reoccurring theme of people being put in roles. WW doesn't have Zelda, it has Tetra put into the role of Zelda which is why she's literally turned into her and forced not to do nothing despite being capable. the second she does something that was at this point in the series not like Zelda (directly fighting alongside link) they were able to defeat ganon. it was definitely done on purpose, with figures of Old Hyrule finding people in The Great Sea to fill roles of long dead/gone figures. (think Link being chosen by KORL, earning the master sword and proving his courage as the Hero, Makar and Medli awakening as Sages) nowadays Zelda fighting beside link is sort of a normal which is why it seems sketchy now compared to back then. if the game wasn't rushed they might have pulled it off better but holiday deadlines are holiday deadlines.

@RutrackerRoe 2 ай бұрын

I figured it meant that Tetra is naturally fair-skinned and the seafaring life tanned her(and also her crew if you look at their ancestors). I think what's sketchy is looking for issues/problems where there obviously isn't.

@vianabdullah2837 6 ай бұрын

Sometimes I wonder what ideas the Zelda team had in a hypothetical Wind Waker sequel. They ended up making something more safe with Twilight Princess in the end, so the scrapped ideas in discovering a new Hyrule is always fun to think about.

@TheObsessiveGamer 6 ай бұрын

There have been some revelations of it by the devs. Apparently it was gonna be a land based Zelda featuring horseback riding too. Bet alot of the story was actually just Twilight Princess' story with Zant at the end minus the whole"it was Ganondorf all along" part

@popkick8350 6 ай бұрын

For certain, they scrapped the idea for a sequel because Link’s proportions were too small for horseback riding.

@Shifty_ 6 ай бұрын

Man I don't know if you were doing a bit but when they say Zelda's design is from the south they obviously mean south of Japan, not the American south. Oceania and Polynesia broadly have a long history of seafaring and piracy on an ocean dotted with thousands of little islands. Okinawa specifically has a lot of lion symbolism and darker skin shades. It's a great fit for this game.

@hiddendesire3076 4 ай бұрын

5:32 Ngl, i’d be down for the one we got having arms, a moss beard and ivy hairdo. Extra points if instead of the lily pad, that he’d lift us on his palm instead, and that the deku leaf was plucked from the leaves upon his head or alternatively, a joke “coin/leaf” behind the ear reveal for it.

@bloodblues85 6 ай бұрын

A whole lot more interesting cut content I've never seen, and another homerun video.

@TheObsessiveGamer 6 ай бұрын

Thank you very much :)

@Celtic1020 6 ай бұрын

4:07 You can’t just show concept art of red eyes and say “Oh it’s possible they were being mind controlled”. Red eyes are a very common trait in Zelda characters. And more importantly, Sheik had red eyes. So it's most likely based on that.

@TheObsessiveGamer 6 ай бұрын

I was thinking Shiekah, but the reason I didn't is cause there is no evidence of Sheikah ever being conceived for the game. Not saying that's not possible either

@Celtic1020 6 ай бұрын

Well in the files for Super Smash Bros. Brawl, they had leftover data for “Toon Sheik” which could be Tetra. That would imply that they consider them equivalents. But again that’s just speculation.

@Celtic1020 6 ай бұрын

Also thanks for taking the time to reply.

@hiddendesire3076 4 ай бұрын

7:56 Essentially used for the Phantom Knights and Spirit Tower Guardians later on.

@JimMilton-ej6zi 6 ай бұрын

I still want them to do an aging link someday, especially since it's actually possible now to have a dynamically growing character. I feel like it'd be that "coming of age story" version of zelda that they tried to do in the past but couldn't due to the limitations. One thing I love consistently in zelda games is that link is a completely different person when he starts vs when he ends the games, and even though I give skyward sword a lot of crap I seriously love how they handled links transformation in that story, and I miss that kind of storytelling.

@andyq524 6 ай бұрын

Some of those cut enemy designs look like they were altered a bit and placed in Twilight Princess. The ball and chain guard in TP or Fyrus could've evolved from that big cat thing with the ball and chain. Bow and arrow enemy could've been an early Ook, the subboss of the Forest Temple in TP. The gargoyles definitely could be the basis for the Aerofos in TP.

@Chris-gx1ei 6 ай бұрын

I rather connect Tetra's Planned Red Eyes more as a Sheik Reference, Zelda disguised herself as a Shiekah which are the servants of the Goddess' Bloodline. Shiekah usually have Red eyes (That's basically almost all of them), so maybe her Red Eyes were meant for her transformation mode since both Sheik and Tetra are pretty much alike except or the missgender part.

@TheObsessiveGamer 6 ай бұрын

It's possible and I wouldn't rule it out. Only reason I didn't mention the possible Sheikah connection is cause of how there was no evidenced of Sheikah's being in the game initally.

@ajtriforcegamerofhyrule8538 6 ай бұрын

You may be onto something there Tetra having red eyes in the concept made me think of sheik as well

@catriamflockentanz 6 ай бұрын

There is one detail about the whole "Cel-da" controversy that always gets swept under the rug. People were primed by the Spaceworld Techdemo + the first The Wind Waker Trailer wasn't merely cartoonish in style. It had a whole slapstick routine built into it. So the people that acted very pissed off did it understandingly so. It wasn't just a "This looks different ergo it's bad!" response as it is often painted retrospectively. Not that I had any of these hardships as my first exposure to The Wind Waker was the 20 Min Demo of the quasi-finished product from that Mario Kart: Double Dash!! + Zelda Collector's Edition PAK. (Incredible that Big N didn't manage to move consoles with such an offer.)

@popkick8350 6 ай бұрын

I mean, the Moblins in the end floated in mid-air before falling Looney Tunes-style. Plus, Ganon was nowhere to be found, and of course, Link was a child.

@popkick8350 6 ай бұрын

And same here. I didn’t really have any hardships either because my first experience with The Wind Waker was the 20-minute demo included in the Collector’s Edition. But of course, I was 6 at the time. It was my first experience with Zelda altogether.

@connormclernon26 5 ай бұрын

Wind Waker definitely aged better than a lot of other 3d games of the era that were trying for "realistic" graphics.

@NitwitsWorld 6 ай бұрын

The game is so good the concept art for tetra are something fabulous 😅

@luxrayblast 5 ай бұрын

The Large Moblin with the Club is called a Great Moblin.

@TheGrassman451 2 ай бұрын

dude your videos are awesome

@FakYuhGoogel 6 ай бұрын

3:42 I feel like this is more of a Sheik idea where Tetra was supposed to be read as male (like how Sheiks artwork has a male chest). The red eyes would also match Sheiks eye color.

@TheObsessiveGamer 6 ай бұрын

That is also a possibility. I mean when you look at both Link and Tera's head models, they are the basic same shape and no real gender difference between their heads. The only reason I didn't mention the Sheikah eyes here is cause of how there is no evidence that was ever considered, but even so that is still a possibility

@starvoltnexus3139 6 ай бұрын

Ahh Breath of the wild game primarily on the ocean yet had the Zora go extinct as opposed to the Goron who need mountains And there’s more cartoony that has a weird human bird hybrid for the Rito. Thank heavens breath of the wild made them anthropomorphic Birds

@TheObsessiveGamer 6 ай бұрын

Yeah i'm very happy how much better the Rito's became in BOTW. Especialy being many bird races and not just one set like this game

@rvnhty 6 ай бұрын

Still my favourite Zelda ! I really want a more open world sequel.

@TheObsessiveGamer 6 ай бұрын

I do hope we get a third game that goes back to the Wind Waker story featuring New Hyrule one day

@HughAverageHomoMan 6 ай бұрын

open worlds suck.

@Tazerboy_10 6 ай бұрын

Dang, I can't to watch the video later on!

@TheObsessiveGamer 6 ай бұрын

Hope you enjoy it! :)

@Tazerboy_10 6 ай бұрын

@@TheObsessiveGamer 😀 - I always do! Sidenote: There's a ton fan art of Adult Wind Waker Link and Tetra; I mean they grow up and eventually have a family together! (Not canon at all)

@TheObsessiveGamer 6 ай бұрын

@@Tazerboy_10 Yeah definitely seen a lot of that fanart lol Wish we got one more game for them as adults when they actually get to New Hyrule

@KingsBard 5 күн бұрын

3:06 The Tetra design here has is such sword lesbian vibes

@c0mpu73rguy 6 ай бұрын

4:03 Or as a reference to Shiek.

@RealmsCrossMyths 6 ай бұрын

Timestamp 2:30 To us, the old lady at the back seems to reuse design traits from NES and GB(C) Impa.

@GerardMenvussa 6 ай бұрын

I like all the designs at 3:04 haha. Not that I dislike the final ones, but if I were to choose, I'd go for the ones on the right. Love those yeti people too. I guess they were the inspiration for the TP yetis.

@TheObsessiveGamer 6 ай бұрын

The right designs are indeed my fav of the bunch as well. Also good call on the Yeti's possibly becoming the ones from TP. The women even look the same as the male version in that game too lol

@Vulpas 6 ай бұрын

3:46 #FreeTetra

@mikeymccann3074 Ай бұрын

Ganon looks like the green goblin

@Kruegernator123 6 ай бұрын

2:06 That's just CD-i Link 😏

@ZeldaMaster285 6 ай бұрын

The aging Link could have worked in game, but likely due to time was not pursued or fleshed out as it would have needed.

@TheObsessiveGamer 6 ай бұрын

Yeah I bet it was time related. 2 years development was very short and thus why we lost a lot of what the game could have been I feel, like those 2 dungeons

@popkick8350 6 ай бұрын

I thought it was because of hardware limitations. The GameCube, for instance, could flesh out fairies unlike the N64, but it would’ve had a hard time aging Link in the process.

@ZeldaMaster285 6 ай бұрын

@popkick8350 From a few things I've read over the years and recently, it seems they just didn't have enough time to really make all the character models and relate the changing sizes of they player model to the world. That's why, despite thinking it would be cool, they left it out in the end. It was easier to focus on a single Link to world ratio than three.

@the9thinning1 6 ай бұрын

noiceeee

@TheObsessiveGamer 6 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@shibba2517 6 ай бұрын

I thought you were going to explore cut areas in this video

@TheObsessiveGamer 6 ай бұрын

That's another video entirely that is being planned as the next Wind Waker video. A rather hefty one that cover ALL cut and beta maps

@Thomas19891 6 ай бұрын

More ocarina of time/majoras mask please

@TheObsessiveGamer 6 ай бұрын

If I could I would lol. I ran out of beta content for them lol At most I might do the test rooms of Majora's Mask as that is all I still got for beta content there lol

@SilentVinyl 6 ай бұрын

Neat

@TheObsessiveGamer 6 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@troymorgan9669 6 ай бұрын

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@troymorgan9669 6 ай бұрын

OH HOLY SHIT!? BOOM 🤯 Hints💡 Gen 10 name region Confirmed not yet still waiting development Pokemon title rumour 2026 years? “Ciao” italy 🇮🇹 language announcement soon!

@ShadowTraitYT 6 ай бұрын

Honestly I wouldn't be surprised if they make a region based on Italy. They already made one based on France, the UK, and Spain

@HughAverageHomoMan 6 ай бұрын

@@ShadowTraitYT and the USA if you count the gamecube spinoff basically taking place in Arizona.

@ShadowTraitYT 6 ай бұрын

@@HughAverageHomoMan Unova's based on New York, and that's also in the US. Same thing with Alola, being based on Hawaii. But does that technically mean three regions are in America?