The Legend of Zelda: Link Vs Dark Link

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An AnimFight Animation Collaboration from 2020.
An homage to The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time's Dark Link.
Link Rig by Christoph Schoch.
Big thanks to Joey Vick for finishing this project.
Nine animators were asked to animate a fight using the same chars/set.
However, they did not know what other animators were doing.
It was then combined together to make this.
This project went on hold a couple times, and we decided it was better to post this incomplete version than not at all. We'll do better on the next one!
Animators: Dan Cherkasky; Peter Dang; Matt Drury; Vito Ferber; Millie Gonzales; Colin McAtee; Megan Pellino; Joey Vick; John Yang.
Set modeling by Alex Juarez.
Special thanks to Julia Walker.
©Nintendo Co., Ltd. & Nintendo EAD. All Rights Reserved.
Disclaimer: I do NOT own any part of this video. All music and images belong to their respective owners.
Music is composed and arranged by Koji Kondo.

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@owenrehling4281 2 жыл бұрын

I love how this shows how versatile of a fighter link is and how he is clever in his fights as well as skilled. When brute force isn't working against this part of himself that seems to embody direct attacks and brutal efficiency, he overcomes it with a diverse tool set and creative problem solving

@zackdy776 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah accurate if it would actually happen in game

@cortezlucious95 Жыл бұрын

One of the reasons I love Link.

@kelmirosue3251 Жыл бұрын

@@zackdy776 Actually it does more frequently then you thing. Link uses his newfound gear against almost every single bosses. And not only that but also some bosses but enemies too

@TheOriginalCFA1979 11 ай бұрын

Except none of that is ever shown by Link.

@TheOriginalCFA1979 11 ай бұрын

@@kelmirosue3251 ⁠ Link’s defining characteristic is courage, not “versatility.” He doesn’t have the Triforce of Using Newfound Gear to Beat Bosses.

@heavygaming7914 Жыл бұрын

Seeing Link throw hands has got to be the most badass thing I have witnessed.

@cathedral1375 11 ай бұрын

Ong this is what ive been saying man, botw would have been crazy if fist fighting was in.

@marcusdaking Ай бұрын

@@cathedral1375 I just wanna deck a Bokoblin in the face, that's all!

@niptv3280 2 жыл бұрын

He was never the enemy, he was the lessen Literal god tier animation

@zerakuna1639 Жыл бұрын

Agreed man. This kind of animation is exactly what there needs to be more of! It’s so fluid and flawless!

@rizaalnova-gamesnewsmusica4095 Жыл бұрын

Lesson?

@niptv3280 Жыл бұрын

@@rizaalnova-gamesnewsmusica4095 trial might've been a better word lol. Conquer yourself and whatnot. Love this fight in the game btw

@spaceonisorceress4406 11 ай бұрын

@@rizaalnova-gamesnewsmusica4095 Don't over-rely on one aspect of yourself alone. Use all of your abilities together.

@yellaboiroc3188 2 жыл бұрын

I won't lie at the beginning I was like oh gosh here goes another generic animation now I'm halfway through the video and I'm like this guy has skills I'm actually hoping that we actually get to see some unarmed combat from link and futures Zelda titles

@_maliciousIntent Жыл бұрын

its 9 people

@CraftingGummi Жыл бұрын

(Out of context TOTK spoilers) you got the unarmed combat thing, kinda

@yellaboiroc3188 11 ай бұрын

@@CraftingGummi lmao fuck 🤣🤣🤣🤣 literally huh

@ItsLucid2 8 ай бұрын

@@CraftingGummi how? Pls tell me

@CraftingGummi 8 ай бұрын

@@ItsLucid2 it’s a scroll you get from Yiga Clan members that lets you use the Yiga Blademaster earthquake move

@Wonjyo 2 жыл бұрын

Omg, one of the best Zelda animations I had ever seen! I liked the references back from Ocarina of Time :)

@chubbyadler3276 2 жыл бұрын

The whole battle was Ocarina of time. ...though I would have loved to have the Sheekah Slate then.

@user-gj2cp9gq1f 2 жыл бұрын

한쿡인 반갑다

@justaspoon1912 2 жыл бұрын

@@chubbyadler3276 sheika*

@jonathansmith2438 Жыл бұрын

@@justaspoon1912sheikah*

@VicinalElk44104 2 жыл бұрын

Here is a tip for fighting dark link: use the hammer. You'll hit him every time as long as you're close enough.

@rifasclub 2 жыл бұрын

If I want to cheese him, I just use Spam hits with the Biggoron Sword, he can't defend from that.

@VicinalElk44104 2 жыл бұрын

@@rifasclub true, you can use that too, if you have it at this point. If you don't, you most definitely will still have the hammer to use

@lukebeakum1316 2 жыл бұрын

You can also use Dins fire but it uses up a lot of magic energy

@zackdy776 2 жыл бұрын

Ppl in this comments are just so dum

@neverinstone 2 жыл бұрын

I always untargeted and kinda struck at an angle lol

@sahasrakondapalli50 11 ай бұрын

The choreography, the cinematography, the expressions, the fluidity, and just everything about this animation was insane!

@kouryuu1694 2 жыл бұрын

This was brilliant! I’ve seen some other Link vs Dark Link animations, but non of them played around with Dark Link’s power quite like this. The clones and the sort of teleporting (?) via water was really smart and something I always thought of. You also included references to the original fight and the remix of Dark Link’s theme kinda slapped 👀👀👀 I really hope you get the recognition and attention you deserve for this!

@ChristBearerFlameHeart Жыл бұрын

Dark Link teleported by shadow not by using the water. I guess it is a reference to him being a shadow of Link so it makes sense he would have the power to use the shadows to move around since he is a shadow of Link made into a full person for the purpose of testing himself.

@Toothless21link 2 жыл бұрын

THIS WAS SICKKK. I love how it used ideas from botw, oot, and new techniques. I really hope you guys make more, bc you are talented.

@Mosti06_gaming Жыл бұрын

I know it was fucking sick i play oot3d on my 3Ds and botw on my nintendo Switch i am gonna complete both Games hope oot comes on the Switch and after i finish the Games i will buy majoras mask

@RwanLink 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent work guys! Congratz to the 9 animators involed!

@Konan43316 2 жыл бұрын

Oh you’re here! Another legendary Zelda animator

@JamborHill 9 ай бұрын

JUST 9

@bloodblues85 2 жыл бұрын

This goes so hard, it's awesome!! The only criticism I have is that there are no sound effects. Hearing the clink of the swords and some fire/explosion effects would be cool, and maybe a couple Link sounds. But on the other hand I kind of don't mind because the music is so hype. I also have to mention the fantastic use of the camera. Really great job!

@lnguyenhuu6821 7 ай бұрын

Yes, FX and SFX would definitely be an excellent addition, I had troubles determining whether they clashed swords, grazed or missed each others' blades just by looking at the animation sometimes.

@johnwilliams7738 2 жыл бұрын

how is this the sickest, coolest thing i've seen in the past fifteen years. this really reminds me of the good old days, except it's better in every possible way.

@nicolebeardsley2215 2 жыл бұрын

AMAZING!! I'd love to see a future Zelda game where Link uses hand to hand combat even if it's a little bit

@jenniemae87 Жыл бұрын

There is a theory where that happens in botw 2.

@shadowninja394 Жыл бұрын

Ahem... Oracle of Ages and Oracle of Seasons, two different rings gave Link the ability to attack with his fists

@jenniemae87 Жыл бұрын

@@shadowninja394 Thats really cool! I never played either of those so I had no clue.

@Varrbariouss Жыл бұрын

This animation is insane!! I cant believe the animators didn’t know what the others where doing, thats some great editing to make it look so seamless and thought out. Amazing

@user-yr4ob9cr6i Жыл бұрын

ヤバい…毎日観に来てしまってる。凄くカッコいい。リンクの顔の造形が好き。ダークリンクの虚ろな眼差しも好き。投げた盾をジャスガしようとしてる所も好き。モーション全部好き。BGMも全場面好き(特に最初とED)。これもうofficialでいいんじゃないでしょうか。

@AzzyArtz 2 жыл бұрын

This was the coolest Link vs. Dark Link fight i've seen in years! Kudos to you man!

@huntercahoon 2 жыл бұрын

This choreography in the fight is fantastic all throughout! Bravo to all who worked so hard on it!

@Ferry1411 2 жыл бұрын

This is amazing, love the use of links "arm powers" that we will see in botw2!

@Mosti06_gaming Жыл бұрын

I hope so

@LightHero117 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent work! I never thought I would see Link resort to unarmed combat, Captain America-style, but the universe keeps finding new ways to surprise me.

@guroboys Жыл бұрын

UGH I love the head movement mimicking bit. this is so nice, even in silence the animation does a fantastic job at giving them personality, I’m frothing at the mouth rn

@Hellturner Жыл бұрын

HOW CAN THIS ANIMATION BE SO PRETTY?!

@ThomasAnimations2 2 жыл бұрын

I really like how link is fighting at his most yet dark link is just swingly like he is a puppet

@thedoctor1466 Жыл бұрын

Ive watched this around 20 times a day. Its just too cool. And even the music is perfect as it syncs with the animation in bits.

@Licket Жыл бұрын

Literally amazing....the movements, the weight to the fighting, the rune abilities in action-- I was blown away.

@hx1782 9 ай бұрын

It’s so cool to see all the different games put together in one amazing fight scene!

@digitalfaux1903 2 жыл бұрын

I really loved the exchange from second 45 to 55. Whoever did that, good job.

@AprilTheAwesomee Жыл бұрын

I LOVE the animation and artstyle!!! Seriously, you have no idea what masterpiece you've made!

@marie_with_e2781 2 жыл бұрын

THIS IS AMAZING! This is one of the best Zelda animations I've seen, the movement of the characters is very fluid and the whole fight was very interesting to see. Great job :D

@NatetendoOfficial Жыл бұрын

This animation is incredible! The fluid motions, the use of Link's new abilities, the expressive faces, it is incredible! I love this so much!

@loonatoon5657 11 ай бұрын

A dark Link battle could be an interesting concept for ToTK dlc, of which it would have the same stats, armor defense and weapons as the player, going as far as copying the player's strategy.

@breathofthedeity2366 2 жыл бұрын

Thus is by far one of the best Zelda animations I've ever seen, it was clean, no clipping that I noticed, and the movement was really cool. Then there's also the use of the botw abilities and the fact that dark link accepted defeat... so cool. I can only hope that botw 2 has a fight like that, again just a really good job. If you keep that up, you are gonna go far

@AngelCG666 8 ай бұрын

When Dark Link summoned three copies of himself It instantly reminded me of that one cutscene from Twilight Princess I love the detail in this video

@ilovefumo 11 ай бұрын

this is how the fight felt fr clashing and constant hit trading back and forth it was so awesome and it's great to see my mind put into a video of this scale

@autocorrrect7658 Жыл бұрын

holy shit everything from movement to the microexpressions is insane. loved watching every second of this!

@tylermorgan8214 2 жыл бұрын

I appreciate so much how you kept him as a left handed swordsman

@noth9307 Жыл бұрын

i love love the visual effects for the runes

@thesilentshadow1256 Жыл бұрын

This is the most fluid 3D animation I have ever seen. It's absolutely perfect. The choreography is next level, I could spend hours praising this. It would be amazing to see you guys work with Smashbracket.

@VidGamer123 2 жыл бұрын

1:50 Oh shit, Dark Link knows Shadow Clone Jutsu!

@cosmicgem7775 2 жыл бұрын

I was absolutely blown away!! You did an outstanding job making one of the best Zelda animations I’ve ever seen!

@Saku_Art 2 жыл бұрын

This went way harder than I expected! Great work from the whole group!

@gregorya1179 2 жыл бұрын

This is tremendous. Love the blending of OoT and BotW. Well done, guys.

@ne9n_ 2 ай бұрын

Bro I loved this amazing work to the team🔥

@Neutrois Жыл бұрын

Thank you for making this is a dream come true. I was just thinking man I really want to see this fight animated and you not only did that you made it better!

@jrtmariofan6415 Жыл бұрын

This is extremely well done I love every detail of this animation!

@darrellcavett4790 2 жыл бұрын

That was freaking amazing i rewatch it so many times

@cloverkalimba3368 2 жыл бұрын

this is literally just so cool! you and your team is so underrated seriously

@Jessica-fn2sg Жыл бұрын

this is actually so incredible you guys are talented 😭😭

@saintvengeance7109 2 жыл бұрын

Truly an amazing fight!! You did great, this could totally be on TV!

@ShinyDarkrai2K Жыл бұрын

I had no idea this was a collab between different animators! You all make a fantastic team!

@TheAxmore 2 жыл бұрын

The way the camera feels like part of the action choreography makes this feel very Monty Oum in style and I love it

@HisNameisLink 2 жыл бұрын

Outstanding animation, you guys did amazing! 👏 ❤️💙💚

@hyliandragongaming 9 ай бұрын

This is incredible! I love the unintentional foreshadowing to Link’s new arm and his ability to reverse/freeze time with it! So cool!! I know this was made way before that feature was even announced, but having seen it now with the knowledge I have of Tears of the Kingdom makes it even better! Oh, and the lizalfos rod/spear too! I also love the homage to Ocarina of Time’s epic fight!

@ryanrapier4569 2 жыл бұрын

I kinda want to go through a battle like this,good work using the classic water temple fight as inspiration. That dark Link boss was a personal favorite of mine

@Icantreadatall Жыл бұрын

I like the blade movement and how it has a sort of after image very nice 10/10

@Linkskyfyre 2 жыл бұрын

Wow, this is pretty awesome. This is exactly how I imagine Link would fight. Great job!

@qiyanbettis649 Жыл бұрын

2:00 that was AMAZING! Gave me freaking chills watching that part! Amazing job

@Epitaph_of_Seikilos 3 ай бұрын

I like the choreography of this fight! Well done!!! 👍

@shanar13071 7 ай бұрын

I liked and subbed I can’t imagine how hard it is to animate this.

@scarredmask1444 11 ай бұрын

This is the animation was sick. I love how they went back to the old dungeon room It's so good

@hotarushidosha Жыл бұрын

Amazing choreography, very creative and loved when he was making the shadow look silly xD Excellent work!

@CoolStoryBruh 2 жыл бұрын

This is amazing! Really really well done!!

@azeldis Жыл бұрын

Wow this animation was really smooth. The you showed links skill was amazing.

@soulsilver8127 2 жыл бұрын

How did I not see this sooner this is genuinely one of the best animations I’ve ever seen

@932ForeverLove Жыл бұрын

Well done! That was some impressive fight choreography!

@silverfish012 Жыл бұрын

I just love the music in this!

@kobeb983 Жыл бұрын

This is so damn cool. Absolutely amazing work I love it!

@FanaticChain 11 ай бұрын

Such a godly animation! It’s so smooth and badass

@rororokai 2 жыл бұрын

THIS IS SO AMAZING!!! Link’s facial expression and movements are so realistic and fluid!! It’s actually unbelievable how it’s already been a month and there’s ONLY 36k views, this deserves 36 MILLION! Absolutely wonderful job everyone! One animator to another :)

@darrellcavett2631 Жыл бұрын

I love how the hero of time has a direct connection to every single link including dark link

@anandaramlochan4312 Жыл бұрын

This deserves more views. Iconic fight

@sage9634 Жыл бұрын

Ok but when link was fighting four of himself… how did you all even come up with such a graceful fight?!? Amazing work, really amazing!

@xoGdimondxo 8 ай бұрын

This is INSANE! I LOVE IT!!!

@shelteernavantress8394 Жыл бұрын

Incredible animation and details

@missblueh5314 Жыл бұрын

omg this is beautiful. This was one of my favorite parts in Ocarina of Time. I wish the fight in the game was as cool as this is!

@crokay1716 11 ай бұрын

I really like this, good job!

@MajinNightz 2 жыл бұрын

Theres no way u dont have 100 subs yet U deserve more subs and MORE VIEWS As a kid i always waited for someone to animate Link vs Dark Link!

@camicuti97 Жыл бұрын

Wow incomplete how?! This was so amazing already!! Love the music you chose it works so well with the animation! I can't believe 9 different animators didn't know what the others were doing haha, it all works so well together?

@dr.kokiri7013 Жыл бұрын

This is epic! With Dark link being my most favorite character in all of zelda, this just makes me enjoy this level so much more.

@ATK1734 10 ай бұрын

This is reminiscent of old school Monty Oum animations. Stellar work man, keep it up!

@OrangeFoxE Жыл бұрын

This is amazing omg, with some great shaders and audio design this could be movie standard

@StargazerGirl000 Жыл бұрын

Holy Hylia! This is fantastic! I was in awe the whole time, and I can't believe how awesome this is! Another masterpiece to add to the list of inpiration.. One step closer to trying to become an animator! This honestly inspired me, and the style you chose is gorgeous. To think, you've all combined the newer games with an older fight... Incredible. Dark is definitely my favourite character.. And when he gave in and stopped fighting... I shed a tear. Truly splendid! The goddess Hylia would be in awe. ❤

@Rubberbucket0038 5 ай бұрын

This was made with so much love and care. Thank you so much. I have been wanting to fight like this between Link and Ganon for so long but I never realized how badly I needed the dark Link fight too. An actual Lore accurate link fighting himself is intense

@Legend-lt8bg Жыл бұрын

Animation was absolutely god tier! Only that would’ve added just a little more to the animation is Link’s reflection in the water as he enters then vanishes as he approaches the tree. Great work!

@thedoctor1466 Жыл бұрын

amazing animation and i love how link is able to adapt to dark link's attacks. this made me start thinking and i wish and hope they would add in some way of one on one combat in tears of the kingdom even if you do not have the weaponry to do it. like fist fighting just in case your sword breaks.

@TyGamer0426 2 жыл бұрын

Don't think I have EVER seen Link punching. Great job on the video

@Zelda_Weeb64 2 жыл бұрын

THIS IS YNDER RATED YOU ARE AMAZING IMA SHOW MY FRIENDS THIS!!!

@magnus_artifex 2 жыл бұрын

This is so damn cool. Nice work! Love the choreo ideas.

@DOLLARS_Cross 8 ай бұрын

A F Great Animation, very good work with this video 🫡

@alyssianrei 2 жыл бұрын

Love the creativity!!

@_B311AB3AN_ Жыл бұрын

Love the references Link is wearing his BOTW clothing, the setting is from OoT, the three Dark Links that appear are from Twilight Princess, and the paraglider and Link freezing his shield in place are from BOTW I love this.

@germanshepherdlover522 3 ай бұрын

The animation is incredible

@mj_out 10 ай бұрын

Wtf... These animations are insane!!! Awesome!

@silverwing2009 2 жыл бұрын

Muy impresionante, la batalla que todos habíamos esperado.

@TheBanishedWind 9 ай бұрын

This is actually pretty good

@Hyruledude12 7 ай бұрын

WE NEED A PART 2😭

@KXA23 Жыл бұрын

This man deserves way more clout Ike it’s so well done

@fei3919 2 ай бұрын

Finally someone made him left handed as he was meant to be. AMAZING ANIMATION! Keep it up.

@user-sc3st1kz5s 2 жыл бұрын

This is sooo good! Some of the moves and expressions really reminded me of rwby style fighting animations, I wonder if u took inspiration from the series! I think that would be awesome.