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== Sheik's Harp Will Make a Return, as Well as the Warp Songs and The Sharp and Flat Bros. from OoT ==
In the GDC trailer, we can see an icon depicting a new instrument - a harp - on the D-pad about halfway through the footage. Compare the harp icon with Sheik's harp on OoT 3DS's new American boxart, and you'll quickly notice that they look completely identical to each other. In other words, Link hands his harp over to the new Royal Family after saving Hyrule from a great evil, it's passed down generation after generation until it's back story or history is eventually forgotten, finally finding itself in the hands of OoT's Princess Zelda before it is potentially destroyed or abandoned. Seeing that Sheik also taught the warp songs to Link on his//her harp, it's possible that we may see the warp songs return, and this is how Link will travel around Hyrule or between Hyrule and Skyloft in the game.
As for The Sharp and Flat Bros. in OoT, (who were clearly ghosts who died long ago,) we may see them return in SS. However, they will be alive instead of dead, helping Link travel between the two lands via magical warps songs that they had personally composed. By the end of the game, they're noted for their accomplishments and become Hyrule's famous composers, devoting much of their practices and time towards magical songs created solely for the Royal Family's needs.
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* (Non-Ganon) Evil threatens the humans on the ground and a sword from the heavens is bestowed upon a green-clad Hylian hero, who is chosen to save the land. Sounds a lot like the prologue of ''[[The Minish Cap]]'', doesn't it? Maybe the Four Sword and the Master Sword were [[It Was with You All Along|the same all along.]]
** But the Hero of Men apparently didn't have a hat, whereas this Link currently does. (Incidentally, it has been confirmed that the Skyward Sword, which is also the girl in the concept art, becomes the Master Sword.)
*** I am aware of this (both), but seriously with this argument, you could also wonder why the Hero of Time Statue in TWW looked so vastly different from "The real thing", and why Faron claimed that TP Link's tunic was that of The Hero of Time, when there were several obvious differences, which had nothing to do with the graphical style.
**** Gustaf, who's theorized to be the Hero of Men, figurine states that he's fond of the Wind Tribe. Hint hint?
** Except the Four Sword is in the LTTP remake's bonus dungeon when Link alreddy has the Master Sword...
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== This game is actually a long, long way back in Hyrule's past, and explains the origins of the different races. ==
Link's people, the people of the sky, became divided in some way. There was an earlier group that did actually make it to the land below, but finding it dangerous, they took to the shadows and became the Sheikah. Others had already been there for longer - depending on their hiding place, they became the Gorons or the Zora or the Dekus, perhaps the Kokiri. Once the land was purified of the monsters, the rest descended and became the Hylians (aside from the ones that went to the desert and eventually became the Gerudo).
** While the Oocca stayed in the sky because they were so horribly ill-suited to anything else.
== Vaati will be the villain. ==
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Well, duh. It's a bit of an obvious guess, but don't let that stop you.
* As a corollary to this, it's possible that the Master Sword's winglike crossguard will morph into wings while still sheathed. That way, Link himself would technically have wings himself, and Motionplus will still only be used for the sword itself.
* Jossed. Link rides an awesome bird.
== There will be a powerful musical instrument again, and it will be a woodwind instrument. ==
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== The game will be [[Hijacked by Ganon]]. ==
* Just getting it out of the way.
** Apparently Jossed, as a recent interview says he won't appear this time.
== This game will contain intense amounts of [[Player Punch]]. ==
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* [[Shotacon|The one Chick that's too old for him but acts interested anyway.]]
* [[Ho Yay|That one, rarely mentioned male character that while holding some relevance to the plot shows no interest in Link, but the fangirls want it.]]
** [[Foe Yay|GHIRAHIM!!!]]
** Hey, Pipit's pretty hot.
*** But he helps link out at one point, which can count as "showing interest."
* [[Heroes Want Redheads|Demise.]]
** [[No Yay|...Ganondorf?]]
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Only instead of jumping out of a plane, you jump off of Skyloft, and instead of linking up to people you're trying to Link up with "Steve" and trying to land in the right place. Your sword saves you from going splat each time.
* A parachute I could understand. [[Willing Suspension of Disbelief|A magic spell]] like "[[Zelda II: The Adventure of Link|Fairy]]" I could understand. But a ''sword'' preventing you from going splat?
** The way I see it, it's not the fall that kills you. It's the ground. [[8-Bit Theater
** Partly confirmed: Skydiving over Pumpkin Landing (Sidequest Island) causes several multicolored creatures to link up with you, with the reward of 20 Rupees if you get all of them before they disperse and you have to land. However, nothing of the sort appears over Skyloft.
== As mentioned before in the main Zelda WMG, the legend of Zelda is real and remnants of it still remain. ==
My proof? [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMv85lRAmuk&feature=related This Video of the Skyward Sword walking about Fresno California without a care in the world!]
== Link's relationship with Sword Girl will be that of a father and a daughter, and her becoming the Master Sword will mirror a young girl growing up. ==
* To start, how old does [http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l55o3588Xq1qarwzf.jpg this girl] look to you? Not very, right? Maybe twelve or thirteen. Miyamoto has mentioned that Link in this game is going to be older than the other Links. Probably not old enough to be a ''biological'' father of a girl twelve or thirteen years of age, but perhaps old enough to be a father ''figure''. Now, think about what we know about the game so far. In the game, the Skyward Sword (which this girl is) becomes the Master Sword, possibly over time. This troper's theory is that Sword Girl, over the course of the game, becomes more powerful and is capable of doing more things "on her own". Link, who becomes attached to Sword Girl in a paternal way, doesn't like this, as he realizes someday he will have to part with her (her "leaving the nest") so that she can become a grand weapon for future heroes. However, he eventually realizes he has to let his little girl grow up and gives her up at the end. Which, by the way, will be the most ''[[Tear Jerker|painfully]] [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|sweet]]'' thing you will ever see.
* {{spoiler|Confirmed in the ending, where she enters an age long sleep for the sake of the future Links.}}
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** If not Ganon, then the boss would be a souped-up version of the 'final' boss that moves and attacks faster, does more damage, is much larger, and looks completely and utterly deranged.
* The part about the increased difficulty might be partly-confirmed. Reports from E3 2011 suggest that the game is all about precision, and the whole world is practically one giant dungeon. Even individual Mooks have their own puzzles you have to figure out via precise swordplay.
* And SS will also be the first Zelda game to feature not three, but SIX hearts for starting off. Now, Nintendo wouldn't do something like that without a reason; they could be coddling the players, or we might actually need them...Uh-oh.
== This Link becomes the father/grandfather/ancestor of Ganondorf. ==
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* Alternatively, the clothes that Ocarina Link wears are just bigger versions of the Kokiri clothes he's used to, and the clothes that SS Link wears later become the Hero's Clothes in Twilight Princess. They are identical, down to the embroidery on the tunic and the chainmail.
* It says in the manual for OoT that the Kokiri tunic is "One Size Fits All". Clothes changing would be pointless, he just got bigger in his One Size Fits All tunic.
** That outfit (at least in [[Skyward Sword]]) is supposed to be the Skyloft Knight academy outfit in Link's year's color. For example, you meet a character who is stated to have graduated last year, with the same outfit...but in yellow.
== The [[Big Bad]] will be Ganondorf's father ==
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Remember Zelda 2?
* In other words, this Zelda just isn't any Zelda in the series. She's THE Zelda, the one the Legend is named after...which means the game will have a serious [[Bittersweet Ending]]...
** Except, for this to happen, this Zelda will have to have a brother who is poised to become King of Hyrule after his Father who was *already* King of Hyrule. Because the former King telling Zelda about the full info regarding the triforce - but her not telling her brother what the king told her, and the prince only being able to gain part of it - is what caused her brother to ally himself with the evil wizard who cast the sleeping spell on Zelda in the first place. Not only does this Zelda not appear to be a princess just yet, but Hyrule has already been confirmed to be the land below Skyloft - the place she and this Link both live - that hasn't been really settled yet and is overrun by monsters. So not only would Hyrule have to be settled by the Skyloft Hylians for this to happen, but then Zelda's family would have to be established as the royal family - with her father made King - before the sleeping princess thing could even *begin* to get set up. (Plus, as noted below, Zelda's clothes don't have the triforce symbol on them - just the bird part of the royal crest - meaning knowledge of the triforce is probably very limited at this point).
== This game takes place before Twilight Princess in the timeline. ==
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** As per a WMG below, Dark Link will make an appearance (given his prominence in Lanayru's story).
** The origins of the Fused Shadows and the Mirror of Twilight will be explained.
** The final battle against Ghirahim will involve him [[One-Winged Angel|using the Fused Shadows]].
** The game will end with Ghirahim and his followers sealed in the Twilight Realm.
* Possible supporting evidence:
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== There will be an in-universe explaination as to why the future incarnations of Link are left-handed. ==
At some point, SS Link will be prevented from wielding the Skyward Sword/Master Sword with his right hand. Thus, future Links have to wield it with their left hands as a way to exploit a loophole.
* Why? [[Twilight Princess]] on the Wii had Link be right-handed, and several of the handheld games had him be [[Ambidextrous Sprite|ambidextrous]].
** However, Skyward Sword is the ONLY Zelda game where the OFFICIAL ART (and, by implication, official canon) depicts Link to be right-handed (the only other exception is the art for the first game, where he held his sword with both his left and right hand, depending on the artist, but that can be chalked up to [[Early Installment Weirdness]]).
== This game will be the origin of [[Doppelganger|Shadow Link]] ==
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== [[Twilight Princess|The City in the Sky]] was [[Foreshadowing]] the introduction of Skyloft, and the Oocca will make a cameo ==
I mean, come on. Same basic [[Floating Continent]] theme, seems to be in ruins(presumably from Ghirahim's invasion), and no signs of Hylian life beyond the Oocca and the normal dungeon enemies, besides Link of course. It doesn't seem like the Oocca built the city by themselves, but rather were once built by Hylians and the Oocca together prior to the formation of the kingdom, and the Hylians fled when Ghirahim's forces attacked. The Oocca were the only ones remaining, and soon made the ruins their home.
== Ghirahim is arming for war ==
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== Demon Lord Ghirahim & Fi will merge to create the Master Sword ==
This theory is looking more and more convincing by the second. We know that Ghirahim is attempting to resurrect his "master". Therefore, Ghirahim is not the main antagonist. It's also been said that Ghirahim will undergo a "change in character" sometime within the game.
Fi and Ghirahim are quite similar, appearance-wise, and there have been some other hints suggesting that they have an even closer relationship. And it's been practically confirmed that Fi, the Goddess Sword, will soon become the Master Sword itself. So what if the catalyst is Ghirahim himself? What if Ghirahim is another "Sword-Person"? What if he pulls off a [[Heel Face Turn]], and decides to lend his considerable powers to Link by merging as one with Fi to create the Master Sword?
Ghirahim is not the final boss, but he is most definitely a major character. Otherwise he would not be appearing ''side by side'' with Fi on the [http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110927221531/zelda/images/9/96/The_Legend_of_Zelda_-_Skyward_Sword_%28Japan%29.png Japanese box art] (which further emphasizes their connection and importance).
== The Happy Mask Salesman is one of the old Demon Lords ==
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== Groose becomes Ganondorf or starts the Gerudo tribe. ==
Redheaded big guy who hates Link? He'll probably end up in a desert at the end.
* The first part is Jossed. He gets over it.
== Midna, or one of her ancestors will appear ==
In the latest trailer, a quick shot near the end was devoted to...a mirror. That was being held by some statue. I haven't been able to compare yet, but it at least reminded me of the Twilight Mirror. At some point, Link will visit the Twilight Realm and meet with Midna or her ancestors. This is why Midna trusts Link to help her in Twilight Princess (aside from the Wolf thing). She already had met someone who looked alot like him!
== Dark Link will appear in this game. ==
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== At least one nonhuman will resent humanity. ==
OK, so during the intro, it explains that the Goddess created Skyloft so that the humans would be safe during the war with the demons. This left the other races to fight off demons for an unknown amount of time, and they were eventually left in a Hyrule ruled by Ghirahim while the humans lived happy lives above the clouds. That's a pretty good reason for resentment to pile up.
== Humanity was brought to the verge of extinction before the creation of Skyloft. ==
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Well, duh. It's a bit of an obvious guess, but don't let that stop you.
* As a corollary to this, it's possible that the Master Sword's winglike crossguard will morph into wings while still sheathed. That way, Link himself would technically have wings himself, and Motionplus will still only be used for the sword itself.
* Jossed. Link rides an awesome bird.
== There will be a powerful musical instrument again, and it will be a woodwind instrument. ==
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== The game will be [[Hijacked by Ganon]]. ==
* Just getting it out of the way.
** Apparently Jossed, as a recent interview says he won't appear this time.
== This game will contain intense amounts of [[Player Punch]]. ==
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* [[Shotacon|The one Chick that's too old for him but acts interested anyway.]]
* [[Ho Yay|That one, rarely mentioned male character that while holding some relevance to the plot shows no interest in Link, but the fangirls want it.]]
** [[Foe Yay|GHIRAHIM!!!]]
** Hey, Pipit's pretty hot.
* [[Heroes Want Redheads|Demise.]]
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Only instead of jumping out of a plane, you jump off of Skyloft, and instead of linking up to people you're trying to Link up with "Steve" and trying to land in the right place. Your sword saves you from going splat each time.
* A parachute I could understand. [[Willing Suspension of Disbelief|A magic spell]] like "[[Zelda II: The Adventure of Link|Fairy]]" I could understand. But a ''sword'' preventing you from going splat?
** The way I see it, it's not the fall that kills you. It's the ground. [[8-Bit Theater
** Partly confirmed: Skydiving over Pumpkin Landing (Sidequest Island) causes several multicolored creatures to link up with you, with the reward of 20 Rupees if you get all of them before they disperse and you have to land. However, nothing of the sort appears over Skyloft.
== Link's relationship with Sword Girl will be that of a father and a daughter, and her becoming the Master Sword will mirror a young girl growing up. ==
* To start, how old does [http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l55o3588Xq1qarwzf.jpg this girl] look to you? Not very, right? Maybe twelve or thirteen. Miyamoto has mentioned that Link in this game is going to be older than the other Links. Probably not old enough to be a ''biological'' father of a girl twelve or thirteen years of age, but perhaps old enough to be a father ''figure''. Now, think about what we know about the game so far. In the game, the Skyward Sword (which this girl is) becomes the Master Sword, possibly over time. This troper's theory is that Sword Girl, over the course of the game, becomes more powerful and is capable of doing more things "on her own". Link, who becomes attached to Sword Girl in a paternal way, doesn't like this, as he realizes someday he will have to part with her (her "leaving the nest") so that she can become a grand weapon for future heroes. However, he eventually realizes he has to let his little girl grow up and gives her up at the end. Which, by the way, will be the most ''[[Tear Jerker|painfully]] [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|sweet]]'' thing you will ever see.
* {{spoiler|Confirmed in the ending, where she enters an age long sleep for the sake of the future Links.}}
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** If not Ganon, then the boss would be a souped-up version of the 'final' boss that moves and attacks faster, does more damage, is much larger, and looks completely and utterly deranged.
* The part about the increased difficulty might be partly-confirmed. Reports from E3 2011 suggest that the game is all about precision, and the whole world is practically one giant dungeon. Even individual Mooks have their own puzzles you have to figure out via precise swordplay.
* And SS will also be the first Zelda game to feature not three, but SIX hearts for starting off. Now, Nintendo wouldn't do something like that without a reason; they could be coddling the players, or we might actually need them...Uh-oh.
== This Link becomes the father/grandfather/ancestor of Ganondorf. ==
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Remember Zelda 2?
* In other words, this Zelda just isn't any Zelda in the series. She's THE Zelda, the one the Legend is named after...which means the game will have a serious [[Bittersweet Ending]]...
** Except, for this to happen, this Zelda will have to have a brother who is poised to become King of Hyrule after his Father who was *already* King of Hyrule. Because the former King telling Zelda about the full info regarding the triforce - but her not telling her brother what the king told her, and the prince only being able to gain part of it - is what caused her brother to ally himself with the evil wizard who cast the sleeping spell on Zelda in the first place. Not only does this Zelda not appear to be a princess just yet, but Hyrule has already been confirmed to be the land below Skyloft - the place she and this Link both live - that hasn't been really settled yet and is overrun by monsters. So not only would Hyrule have to be settled by the Skyloft Hylians for this to happen, but then Zelda's family would have to be established as the royal family - with her father made King - before the sleeping princess thing could even *begin* to get set up. (Plus, as noted below, Zelda's clothes don't have the triforce symbol on them - just the bird part of the royal crest - meaning knowledge of the triforce is probably very limited at this point).
== This game takes place before Twilight Princess in the timeline. ==
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** As per a WMG below, Dark Link will make an appearance (given his prominence in Lanayru's story).
** The origins of the Fused Shadows and the Mirror of Twilight will be explained.
** The final battle against Ghirahim will involve him [[One-Winged Angel|using the Fused Shadows]].
** The game will end with Ghirahim and his followers sealed in the Twilight Realm.
* Possible supporting evidence:
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== There will be an in-universe explaination as to why the future incarnations of Link are left-handed. ==
At some point, SS Link will be prevented from wielding the Skyward Sword/Master Sword with his right hand. Thus, future Links have to wield it with their left hands as a way to exploit a loophole.
* Why? [[Twilight Princess]] on the Wii had Link be right-handed, and several of the handheld games had him be [[Ambidextrous Sprite|ambidextrous]].
** However, Skyward Sword is the ONLY Zelda game where the OFFICIAL ART (and, by implication, official canon) depicts Link to be right-handed (the only other exception is the art for the first game, where he held his sword with both his left and right hand, depending on the artist, but that can be chalked up to [[Early Installment Weirdness]]).
== This game will be the origin of [[Doppelganger|Shadow Link]] ==
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== [[Twilight Princess|The City in the Sky]] was [[Foreshadowing]] the introduction of Skyloft, and the Oocca will make a cameo ==
I mean, come on. Same basic [[Floating Continent]] theme, seems to be in ruins(presumably from Ghirahim's invasion), and no signs of Hylian life beyond the Oocca and the normal dungeon enemies, besides Link of course. It doesn't seem like the Oocca built the city by themselves, but rather were once built by Hylians and the Oocca together prior to the formation of the kingdom, and the Hylians fled when Ghirahim's forces attacked. The Oocca were the only ones remaining, and soon made the ruins their home.
== Ghirahim is arming for war ==
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== Demon Lord Ghirahim & Fi will merge to create the Master Sword ==
This theory is looking more and more convincing by the second. We know that Ghirahim is attempting to resurrect his "master". Therefore, Ghirahim is not the main antagonist. It's also been said that Ghirahim will undergo a "change in character" sometime within the game.
Fi and Ghirahim are quite similar, appearance-wise, and there have been some other hints suggesting that they have an even closer relationship. And it's been practically confirmed that Fi, the Goddess Sword, will soon become the Master Sword itself. So what if the catalyst is Ghirahim himself? What if Ghirahim is another "Sword-Person"? What if he pulls off a [[Heel Face Turn]], and decides to lend his considerable powers to Link by merging as one with Fi to create the Master Sword?
Ghirahim is not the final boss, but he is most definitely a major character. Otherwise he would not be appearing ''side by side'' with Fi on the [http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110927221531/zelda/images/9/96/The_Legend_of_Zelda_-_Skyward_Sword_%28Japan%29.png Japanese box art] (which further emphasizes their connection and importance).
== Most of the other members of the Knight's Academy (e.g. Groose and the others) will wind up dead by the end of the game. ==
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== Groose becomes Ganondorf or starts the Gerudo tribe. ==
Redheaded big guy who hates Link? He'll probably end up in a desert at the end.
* The first part is Jossed. He gets over it.
== Midna, or one of her ancestors will appear ==
In the latest trailer, a quick shot near the end was devoted to...a mirror. That was being held by some statue. I haven't been able to compare yet, but it at least reminded me of the Twilight Mirror. At some point, Link will visit the Twilight Realm and meet with Midna or her ancestors. This is why Midna trusts Link to help her in Twilight Princess (aside from the Wolf thing). She already had met someone who looked alot like him!
== Dark Link will appear in this game. ==
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== At least one nonhuman will resent humanity. ==
OK, so during the intro, it explains that the Goddess created Skyloft so that the humans would be safe during the war with the demons. This left the other races to fight off demons for an unknown amount of time, and they were eventually left in a Hyrule ruled by Ghirahim while the humans lived happy lives above the clouds. That's a pretty good reason for resentment to pile up.
== Humanity was brought to the verge of extinction before the creation of Skyloft. ==
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