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This page is an archive of guesses about what was going to be in the game before the game was actually released.
 
== Skyward Sword WILL be [[Hijacked Byby Ganon]], but not Ganondorf ==
Ganon was originally one of the demons that ravaged Pre-Skyloft Hyrule and will be some sort of patron for Ghirahim. After Girahim is defeated Link will fight Ganon, and when he is defeated, he won't be killed. Rather than being destroyed or [[Sealed Evil in Aa Can|sealed in a can]], He will be temporarily dispersed...only to be reincarnated centuries later as a Gerudo prince...
* Alternatively, he'll be sealed in a trident, which a certain Gerudo prince is fated to find in Four Swords Adventures...
* The first option is somewhat confirm, {{spoiler|in that Ganon is the curse Demise left upon Link and Zelda. However, Ganon never appear, and Demise himself is actually sealed, so can be considered subverted in the other sense.}}
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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.
** Sharp and Flat claim to have been killed by Ganondorf in [[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (Video Game)|The Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time]].
** Seriously, who are these guys? I've played the game through a good number of times and ''never'' run into them before. This site is the first I've heard of them.
*** The ghosts who teach you the Sun Song, as I recall.
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* Alternatively, while the game shows the origins of the City in the Sky, it doesn't show the origins of the Oocca or the Sky Statues (or that magnificent cannon in Lake Hylia). {{spoiler|However, the game does state that the Skyloft Hylians and the Loftwings are two halves of one whole. After the game ends and some Hylians choose to move to Hyrule below, the remaining Skyloft Hylians get merged with their Loftwings to form the Oocca. During the early years of the separation, the two worlds use both Loftwings and the aforementioned cannon to communicate and trade, but forget about each other over the long years proceeding Ocarina of Time.}}
== The game is somehow connected to the Backstory of ''[[The Minish Cap]]''. ==
* (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 Withwith 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.
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== Link will meet the forebearers of the Kokiri ==
After saving them or doing something heroic, [[Call Forward|they honor him by dressing as him.]]
** Wouldn't be the first time (Well, it is chronologically) that [[The Legend of Zelda: theThe Wind Waker (Video Game)|this has happened]].
*** On [[The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks (Video Game)|two counts]]. He would be the [[Time Travel Tense Trouble|first/third]] hero to inspire this.
*** So, Link from Skyward Sword would indirectly influence ''Ocarina Of Time'' Link, who directly influences ''Wind Waker'' Link, who influences [[The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks (Video Game)|Spirit Tracks]] Link. Woah.
 
== Ganondorf will appear, but not as the main antagonist. ==
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== Vaati will be the villain. ==
Since the game is a prequel to ''[[Ocarina of Time]]'', we know that Ganondorf cannot be the villain. Also, since the sky is an important part of the plot and gameplay, having a wind mage as the main villain would make sense.
* There was an article written a while back about how the following elements from the [[The Legend of Zelda Four Swords (Video Game)|The Legend of Zelda Four Swords]] backstory were left unexplained:
** Vaati is supposedly known as a Wind Mage, but is never referred to as such during [[The Minish Cap]].
** Vaati was also famous for kidnapping numerous maidens. The only kidnapping he performed in [[The Minish Cap]] was when he abducted Zelda upon realizing she held the Light Force.
* In addition, how Vaati wound up sealed in the Four Sword (he appears to simply die at the end of [[The Minish Cap]]) and acquired the Palace of Winds is not explained, despite him referring to it as "''my'' Palace of Winds" in [[The Legend of Zelda Four Swords (Video Game)|The Legend of Zelda Four Swords]]. In [[The Minish Cap]], however, there is a Palace of Winds, except it is guarded by the Wind Tribe living above the clouds. Now, the Wind Tribe and the Palace of Winds could well be involved with Skyloft in the next game, and kidnapping maidens would be a good excuse to have Link perform his usual dungeon-crawling. [[Rule of Cool|Plus, Vaati needs a 3D appearance after all this time]].
* Recent interviews have stated explicitly Ganon(dorf) isn't present, but remained vague when asked a question about Vaati. Hmm...
* [[The Legend of Zelda Four Swords (Video Game)|The Legend of Zelda Four Swords]], the game Vaati debuted in, will be available for free on the 3DS eShop this September. Perhaps a way of introducing Vaati to new players before Skyward Sword is released...?
* One recent press release revealed the possibility of Ganondorf appearing in the game after all, but not as main villain. Instead the game might explain Ganondorf's origins and his [[Start of Darkness]]. Now, remember how in ''[[The Legend of Zelda: theThe Wind Waker (Video Game)|Wind Waker]]'' Ganondorf was jealous of Hyrule's gentle winds? That in his homeland, the winds only meant death and despair? Vaati is the evil Wind Mage. He causes death and despair with his wind powers. This could make it even more likely that Vaati will be the main villain, as well as the one who (indirectly) made Ganondorf what he is today.
* Jossed, {{spoiler|although Demise exhibits some traits of Vaati, indicating that Demise may have created him alongside Ganon}}.
 
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== Ganondorf will be the villain. ==
The Master Sword will play a vital role to the story, and it has ''never'' appeared in a game that Ganon wasn't in.
* ''[[The Legend of Zelda: aA Link Toto T Hethe Past (Video Game)|The Legend of Zelda a Link To T He Past]]'': The Master Sword is needed to defeat Agahnim, who is later revealed to be Ganon in disguise.
* ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (Video Game)|The Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time]]'': The backgrounds of the Master Sword and Ganon are explored. This game marks the first appearance of the human (okay, Gerudo) Ganondorf.
* ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Oracle Gamesof (VideoSeasons Game)and Oracle of Ages|Oracle of Ages and Oracle of Seasons]]'': Ganon is the final boss of a linked game. The Master Sword is only obtainable during a linked game.
* ''[[The Legend of Zelda: theThe Wind Waker (Video Game)|The Wind Waker]]'': The Master Sword's power needs to be restored for it to even be able to hurt Ganondorf.
* ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Video Game)|Twilight Princess]]'': The Master Sword is a forgotten relic that must be retrieved to break the curse Zant placed on Link. Ganondorf is revealed to be in the story one dungeon later.
 
If the pattern continues, the Skyward Sword will not be powerful enough to defeat Ganondorf, and will need to become the Master Sword. In fact, if the Master Sword is being created, then this game is almost guaranteed to be Ganondorf's [[Start of Darkness]]!
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== Ganondorf will be the [[Big Bad]] of the game, but no one knows who he is in ''Ocarina'' because... ==
Ganondorf hasn't appeared in a Zelda game since Twilight Princess. That's an absence of two games, the longest Ganon has gone without an appearance. There are various theories being batted around for why Ganondorf can't be the [[Big Bad]] because the game is a prequel to ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (Video Game)|The Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time]]'' which was the first time anyone realized his true intentions. But what if no one knew he was evil in ''Ocarina'' because he was ''successful'' in ''Skyward Sword''?
 
After the final fight against Ganondorf, Link and Zelda share an emotional farewell with the Spirit of the Sword (whatever her name turns out to be) and just as they're about to seal the Sacred Realm by plunging the Master Sword into the Pedestal of Time, Ganondorf [[Back From the Dead|comes back to life]]. He succeeds in killing Link and Zelda, and is about to take the Triforce for himself when the Spirit puts the Sword into the Pedestal, thereby locking the Sacred Realm, and sealing Ganondorf's soul away until someone who can destroy him forever is born. He is then released at the moment of the Hero of Time's birth. It's a [[Downer Ending]] for a Zelda game, but if done right, it could be quite touching and bittersweet.
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** Naturally, this all assumes that the game takes place VERY far in the past.
 
== The game will be [[Hijacked Byby Ganon]]. ==
* Just getting it out of the way.
** Apparently Jossed, as a recent interview says he won't appear this time.
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== This game will yet again feature many varied characters fans will pair up with Link for little to no adequately explainable reason. ==
Because the fans totally didn't do that with Oot, WW and TP. These charecters will probably include:
* [[Everything's Better Withwith Princesses|The Zelda (Duh).]]
* [[Magical Girlfriend|The Sidekick.]]
* [[Unlucky Childhood Friend|The Childhood Friend and/or the Farmgirl.]]
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== The Scorpion boss seen in the trailer is Skyward Sword's version of Gohma. ==
Gohma is usually thought of as a spider, but her ''Ocarina of Time'' description just says "Arachnid" and her portrayal has been inconsistent. Sure, ''sometimes'' she's a spider (a [[The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Video Game)|bigass spider]]), but other times she's a [[The Legend of Zelda: Oracle Gamesof (VideoSeasons Game)and Oracle of Ages|crab]], some sort of [[The Legend of Zelda: theThe Wind Waker (Video Game)|armoured centipede]] (which isn't an arachnid), and sometimes what she's supposed to be is [[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (Video Game)|completely unidentifiable]]. And regardless of her physical appearance, her theme is always eyes. The Scorpion ''is'' an arachnid, and the point is to swing your sword in the right direction to hit the eyes in its claws. Sounds like a Gohma battle to me.
* Jossed. Its name is Moldarach, it's the adult version of tiny enemies called Arachas, and more than one appear in the game.
 
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== Entering Hyrule from Skyloft will be identical in execution to skydiving in Wii Sports Resort. ==
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: theThe Adventure of Link (Video Game)|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 (Webcomic)|So I blocked it.]]
** 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.
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Villainous hints: The thing he's sitting on attacks you in another shot and the way his eyes look. }}
 
== White Haired Guy is Alternate Dimension [[Super Paper Mario (Video Game)|Dimentio]]. ==
Come on! The jester-ish outfit, the way the eyes look, the fact he vanishes like that...Totally an Alternate of Dimentio.
 
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Thus, [[The Very Definitely Final Dungeon]] is accessed by beating all of the bosses yourself. If you Super-Guided any and decide to go back to beat them, your health and inventory is temporarily reduced to what you had at the time you first came across said boss. In addition to this, in order to get past the first few rooms of the final dungeon at all, you can't have any Super-Guided items and will have to go back and redo said puzzles. The boss of the final dungeon will be revealed to be none other than Ganon, who is responsible for everything that happened in the game. After beating him (no Super Guide available for him), you get the true ending.
* Perfectly fine until the [[Hijacked Byby Ganon]] ending. Ugh.
* If the higher difficulty of ''[[Spirit Tracks]]'' was any indication, then this may very well happen. Minus the [[Hijacked Byby Ganon]] part.
** 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.
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== The white-haired guy is Vaati. ==
The [[The Legend of Zelda: theThe Minish Cap (Video Game)|last time we saw Vaati]], he was also a white-haired human(oid) with pale skin and dark clothes. The guy in the GDC trailer looks almost exactly like ''MC'' Vaati, just with more years and less clothes. Plus, this game deals with the ''sky'', and Vaati is a ''wind'' mage...
* Possibly jossed - his name is Demon Lord Ghirahim. On the other hand, he still does appear to have some connection to wind.
* Ghirahim may be Vaati's alter-ego the way Agahnim was for Ganon in [[A Link to The Past]]. More plausibly, Ghirahim is attempting to awaken his "master"...and Vaati has to get from [[The Legend of Zelda: theThe Minish Cap (Video Game)|apparently dead]] to [[The Legend of Zelda Four Swords (Video Game)|sealed in the Four Sword]] somehow.
 
== The clothes the [[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (Video Game)|Hero of Time]] wears as an adult actually belong to this Link. ==
In ''Ocarina of Time'', when Link wakes upas an adult, he finds that he's been given new (adult-sized) clothes that still have a Kokiri style, with no explanation whatsoever. In the E3 2011 trailer, a man with a striking resemblance to Rauru (the Sage of Light in Oot) can be seen...[[Call Forward|giving SS! Link his trademark green clothes]].
* 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.
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== The [[Big Bad]] will be Ganondorf's father ==
So we've confirmed that the game is a prequel. And by pattern, games with the Master Sword are usually [[Hijacked By Ganon|Hijacked by Ganon]]. So, the Big Bad of the game will be Ganondorf's father. Since the Gerudo can only birth boys once every hundred years, his father will probably be really old or have some magic to keep him looking young. He wants the power of the Triforce, and the only thing that can stop him is the Master Sword. So the Skyward Sword has to turn into the Master Sword. And to keep with legends, he will be Ganon. By the end of the game, after Link defeats him, he seals his power into his son who [[Start of Darkness|vows to avenge his father by obtaining the power of the Triforce and taking over Hyrule]]
 
Where's Ghirahim in this? He's [[The Dragon|actually second in command]]
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Just compare the Skyloft island where Link lives, and the layout looks very similar to Windfall Island. It also stands to reason that the gods flooded Hyrule because they knew civilization could find and take refuge on the islands that were always there.
* That's an awfully large height for water to get to....
** [[Two Words: Obvious Trope|Two Words:]] [[Colony Drop]].
 
== The flying in this game got it's inception with the flying in ''[[Twilight Princess]]''. ==
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There appears to be a bit of reversing going on with traditional elements of the series. Given how heavily the series relies on [[Leitmotif]], I doubt this is unintentional. Some evidence:
 
* The reverse Zelda's Lullaby heard in the trailers, obviously. However, remember that [[The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Video Game)|Midna's]] theme was also Zelda's Lullaby backwards.
* Ghirahim's body is mostly white with blue highlights, which is the inverse of Midna's design that was mostly black with firey orange highlights.
* Additionally, Ghirahim wields a black sword, while Ganondorf was struck and then wielded a white [[Hard Light]] sword in ''Twilight Princess''.
* The creature that swallows Zelda is black with white design lines. The [[The Legend of Zelda: LinksLink's Awakening (Video Game)|Wind Fish]] and [[The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass (Video Game)|Ocean King]] were white with dark design lines.
* You enter a [[Dark World]] at times, though admittedly this is nothing new to the series.
* In ''Twilight Princess'', you were in Hyrule first and visited a city in the sky last. Here, you start in a sky town first then visit Hyrule later.
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The world below Skyloft is supposed to be a dark, war-torn place. This is similar to the back-story in Ocarina of Time, and civil war may have gone on for a long time before then. Ganondorf will lead his faction of Gerudo against the other races of Hyrule, and he may be set up to be the mastermind behind the events of the game. However, the [[Big Bad]] (possibly the proto-Twili) will eventually reveal himself, forcing an uneasy alliance between Ganondorf, Link, and other faction leaders. Together they will fight a bigger threat to them all, but Ganondorf will insist that while he and the [[Big Bad]] are after the same thing, he recognizes that the world will be much worse off if the interlopers were to win.
 
== In-universe, Ghirahim was the inspiration for [[The Legend of Zelda: aA Link Toto T Hethe Past (Video Game)|Agahnim]] ==
Based off nothing more than the similarities of their names.
 
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== Ghirahim is Ganon's father. ==
 
Basing this on the above theory, but why the hell not? Plus, it'd be a nice way to slip in a pseudo-[[Hijacked Byby Ganon]].
 
== This Zelda is the [[Ao L]] one. ==
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== This game will be the result of Ganondorf's attempt to alter time. ==
* After breaking free from his sealing for the umpteenth time, he finds himself in the far past long before the events of ''[[Ocarina of Time]]'', and thus is behind all the events of the entire game [[Hijacked Byby Ganon|but will only be revealed as so near the end]]. He ultimately fails, of course, and his actions ironically lead to the creation of Hyrule, the Master Sword, and the legends and bloodlines of Zelda and Link, all of which he set out to destroy so he could claim the entire Triforce for himself and have nobody to ever stand against him. Ganondorf will be [[Stable Time Loop|ultimately responsible for his own failures and downfall long before he was even born]].
 
== The village elder is Rauru, Sage of Light from ''Ocarina of Time'' ==
In ''[[Oo T]]'', Rauru claims to have been involved in the creation of the Temple of Time to protect the Master Sword, which presumably happens during or shortly after the events of this game. The trailers have shown a very similar-looking old man who appears to be the elder of the village.
* Jossed? Maybe? Sorta? The character's name, it turns out, is "Gaepora", which invokes images of a somewhat [[Shall I Repeat That?|repetitious]] owl...but then, another WMG is that Rauru and Kaepora are the same entity, sooo...
 
== There will be an in-universe explaination as to why the future incarnations of Link are left-handed. ==
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There's a figure directly to the left of the demon leader in the prologue that looks suspiciously similar to the Mask Salesman. Explains his creepy nature, his immunity to time, his desire to retrieve Majora's Mask, which may very well have been his leader and his subsequent disappearance afterwards.
* [http://i52.tinypic.com/34qvhtx.jpg It's also worth noting that the demon lord to the left of said silhouette appears to be wearing a mask].
* [[The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks (Video Game)|And]] [[Evil Chancellor|Chancellor]] [[Punny Name|Cole]] is his descendant.
 
== 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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Since this is a prequel, and that her name IS in the title...she will have some outcome on the rest of the series. It is the Legend of ZELDA, after all.
 
== There will be a focus on sidequests that rivals ''[[The Legend of Zelda: MajorasMajora's Mask (Video Game)|The Legend of Zelda Majoras Mask]]'', yet will have a very long main game. ==
It's been stated that this will be one of the longest Zelda games. With all the collectibles, there must be a bunch of sidequests as well.
 
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== Vaati will be the villain. ==
Since the game is a prequel to ''[[Ocarina of Time]]'', we know that Ganondorf cannot be the villain. Also, since the sky is an important part of the plot and gameplay, having a wind mage as the main villain would make sense.
* There was an article written a while back about how the following elements from the [[The Legend of Zelda Four Swords (Video Game)|The Legend of Zelda Four Swords]] backstory were left unexplained:
** Vaati is supposedly known as a Wind Mage, but is never referred to as such during [[The Minish Cap]].
** Vaati was also famous for kidnapping numerous maidens. The only kidnapping he performed in [[The Minish Cap]] was when he abducted Zelda upon realizing she held the Light Force.
* In addition, how Vaati wound up sealed in the Four Sword (he appears to simply die at the end of [[The Minish Cap]]) and acquired the Palace of Winds is not explained, despite him referring to it as "''my'' Palace of Winds" in [[The Legend of Zelda Four Swords (Video Game)|The Legend of Zelda Four Swords]]. In [[The Minish Cap]], however, there is a Palace of Winds, except it is guarded by the Wind Tribe living above the clouds. Now, the Wind Tribe and the Palace of Winds could well be involved with Skyloft in the next game, and kidnapping maidens would be a good excuse to have Link perform his usual dungeon-crawling. [[Rule of Cool|Plus, Vaati needs a 3D appearance after all this time]].
* Recent interviews have stated explicitly Ganon(dorf) isn't present, but remained vague when asked a question about Vaati. Hmm...
* [[The Legend of Zelda Four Swords (Video Game)|The Legend of Zelda Four Swords]], the game Vaati debuted in, will be available for free on the 3DS eShop this September. Perhaps a way of introducing Vaati to new players before Skyward Sword is released...?
* One recent press release revealed the possibility of Ganondorf appearing in the game after all, but not as main villain. Instead the game might explain Ganondorf's origins and his [[Start of Darkness]]. Now, remember how in ''[[The Legend of Zelda: theThe Wind Waker (Video Game)|Wind Waker]]'' Ganondorf was jealous of Hyrule's gentle winds? That in his homeland, the winds only meant death and despair? Vaati is the evil Wind Mage. He causes death and despair with his wind powers. This could make it even more likely that Vaati will be the main villain, as well as the one who (indirectly) made Ganondorf what he is today.
* Jossed, {{spoiler|although Demise exhibits some traits of Vaati, indicating that Demise may have created him alongside Ganon}}.
 
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== Ganondorf will be the villain. ==
The Master Sword will play a vital role to the story, and it has ''never'' appeared in a game that Ganon wasn't in.
* ''[[The Legend of Zelda: aA Link Toto T Hethe Past (Video Game)|A Link to the Past]]'': The Master Sword is needed to defeat Agahnim, who is later revealed to be Ganon in disguise.
* ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (Video Game)|Ocarina of Time]]'': The backgrounds of the Master Sword and Ganon are explored. This game marks the first appearance of the human (okay, Gerudo) Ganondorf.
* ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Oracle Gamesof (VideoSeasons Game)and Oracle of Ages|Oracle of Ages and Oracle of Seasons]]'': Ganon is the final boss of a linked game. The Master Sword is only obtainable during a linked game.
* ''[[The Legend of Zelda: theThe Wind Waker (Video Game)|The Wind Waker]]'': The Master Sword's power needs to be restored for it to even be able to hurt Ganondorf.
* ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Video Game)|Twilight Princess]]'': The Master Sword is a forgotten relic that must be retrieved to break the curse Zant placed on Link. Ganondorf is revealed to be in the story one dungeon later.
 
If the pattern continues, the Skyward Sword will not be powerful enough to defeat Ganondorf, and will need to become the Master Sword. In fact, if the Master Sword is being created, then this game is almost guaranteed to be Ganondorf's [[Start of Darkness]]!
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** Naturally, this all assumes that the game takes place VERY far in the past.
 
== The game will be [[Hijacked Byby Ganon]]. ==
* Just getting it out of the way.
** Apparently Jossed, as a recent interview says he won't appear this time.
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== This game will yet again feature many varied characters fans will pair up with Link for little to no adequately explainable reason. ==
Because the fans totally didn't do that with Oot, WW and TP. These charecters will probably include:
* [[Everything's Better Withwith Princesses|The Zelda (Duh).]]
* [[Magical Girlfriend|The Sidekick.]]
* [[Unlucky Childhood Friend|The Childhood Friend and/or the Farmgirl.]]
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== The Scorpion boss seen in the trailer is Skyward Sword's version of Gohma. ==
Gohma is usually thought of as a spider, but her ''Ocarina of Time'' description just says "Arachnid" and her portrayal has been inconsistent. Sure, ''sometimes'' she's a spider (a [[The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Video Game)|bigass spider]]), but other times she's a [[The Legend of Zelda: Oracle Gamesof (VideoSeasons Game)and Oracle of Ages|crab]], some sort of [[The Legend of Zelda: theThe Wind Waker (Video Game)|armoured centipede]] (which isn't an arachnid), and sometimes what she's supposed to be is [[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (Video Game)|completely unidentifiable]]. And regardless of her physical appearance, her theme is always eyes. The Scorpion ''is'' an arachnid, and the point is to swing your sword in the right direction to hit the eyes in its claws. Sounds like a Gohma battle to me.
* Jossed. Its name is Moldarach, it's the adult version of tiny enemies called Arachas, and more than one appear in the game.
 
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== Entering Hyrule from Skyloft will be identical in execution to skydiving in Wii Sports Resort. ==
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: theThe Adventure of Link (Video Game)|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 (Webcomic)|So I blocked it.]]
** 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.
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Villainous hints: The thing he's sitting on attacks you in another shot and the way his eyes look. }}
 
== White Haired Guy is Alternate Dimension [[Super Paper Mario (Video Game)|Dimentio]]. ==
Come on! The jester-ish outfit, the way the eyes look, the fact he vanishes like that...Totally an Alternate of Dimentio.
 
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Thus, [[The Very Definitely Final Dungeon]] is accessed by beating all of the bosses yourself. If you Super-Guided any and decide to go back to beat them, your health and inventory is temporarily reduced to what you had at the time you first came across said boss. In addition to this, in order to get past the first few rooms of the final dungeon at all, you can't have any Super-Guided items and will have to go back and redo said puzzles. The boss of the final dungeon will be revealed to be none other than Ganon, who is responsible for everything that happened in the game. After beating him (no Super Guide available for him), you get the true ending.
* Perfectly fine until the [[Hijacked Byby Ganon]] ending. Ugh.
* If the higher difficulty of ''[[Spirit Tracks]]'' was any indication, then this may very well happen. Minus the [[Hijacked Byby Ganon]] part.
** 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.
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== The white-haired guy is Vaati. ==
The [[The Legend of Zelda: theThe Minish Cap (Video Game)|last time we saw Vaati]], he was also a white-haired human(oid) with pale skin and dark clothes. The guy in the GDC trailer looks almost exactly like ''MC'' Vaati, just with more years and less clothes. Plus, this game deals with the ''sky'', and Vaati is a ''wind'' mage...
* Possibly jossed - his name is Demon Lord Ghirahim. On the other hand, he still does appear to have some connection to wind.
* Ghirahim may be Vaati's alter-ego the way Agahnim was for Ganon in [[A Link to The Past]]. More plausibly, Ghirahim is attempting to awaken his "master"...and Vaati has to get from [[The Minish Cap|apparently dead]] to [[The Legend of Zelda Four Swords (Video Game)|sealed in the Four Sword]] somehow.
 
== The [[Big Bad]] will be Ganondorf's father ==
So we've confirmed that the game is a prequel. And by pattern, games with the Master Sword are usually [[Hijacked By Ganon|Hijacked by Ganon]]. So, the Big Bad of the game will be Ganondorf's father. Since the Gerudo can only birth boys once every hundred years, his father will probably be really old or have some magic to keep him looking young. He wants the power of the Triforce, and the only thing that can stop him is the Master Sword. So the Skyward Sword has to turn into the Master Sword. And to keep with legends, he will be Ganon. By the end of the game, after Link defeats him, he seals his power into his son who [[Start of Darkness|vows to avenge his father by obtaining the power of the Triforce and taking over Hyrule]]
 
Where's Ghirahim in this? He's [[The Dragon|actually second in command]]
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There appears to be a bit of reversing going on with traditional elements of the series. Given how heavily the series relies on [[Leitmotif]], I doubt this is unintentional. Some evidence:
 
* The reverse Zelda's Lullaby heard in the trailers, obviously. However, remember that [[The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Video Game)|Midna's]] theme was also Zelda's Lullaby backwards.
* Ghirahim's body is mostly white with blue highlights, which is the inverse of Midna's design that was mostly black with firey orange highlights.
* Additionally, Ghirahim wields a black sword, while Ganondorf was struck and then wielded a white [[Hard Light]] sword in ''Twilight Princess''.
* The creature that swallows Zelda is black with white design lines. The [[The Legend of Zelda: LinksLink's Awakening (Video Game)|Wind Fish]] and [[The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass (Video Game)|Ocean King]] were white with dark design lines.
* You enter a [[Dark World]] at times, though admittedly this is nothing new to the series.
* In ''Twilight Princess'', you were in Hyrule first and visited a city in the sky last. Here, you start in a sky town first then visit Hyrule later.
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The world below Skyloft is supposed to be a dark, war-torn place. This is similar to the back-story in Ocarina of Time, and civil war may have gone on for a long time before then. Ganondorf will lead his faction of Gerudo against the other races of Hyrule, and he may be set up to be the mastermind behind the events of the game. However, the [[Big Bad]] (possibly the proto-Twili) will eventually reveal himself, forcing an uneasy alliance between Ganondorf, Link, and other faction leaders. Together they will fight a bigger threat to them all, but Ganondorf will insist that while he and the [[Big Bad]] are after the same thing, he recognizes that the world will be much worse off if the interlopers were to win.
 
== In-universe, Ghirahim was the inspiration for [[The Legend of Zelda: aA Link Toto T Hethe Past (Video Game)|Agahnim]] ==
Based off nothing more than the similarities of their names.
 
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== Ghirahim is Ganon's father. ==
 
Basing this on the above theory, but why the hell not? Plus, it'd be a nice way to slip in a pseudo-[[Hijacked Byby Ganon]].
 
== This Zelda is the [[Ao L]] one. ==
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== This game will be the result of Ganondorf's attempt to alter time. ==
* After breaking free from his sealing for the umpteenth time, he finds himself in the far past long before the events of ''[[Ocarina of Time]]'', and thus is behind all the events of the entire game [[Hijacked Byby Ganon|but will only be revealed as so near the end]]. He ultimately fails, of course, and his actions ironically lead to the creation of Hyrule, the Master Sword, and the legends and bloodlines of Zelda and Link, all of which he set out to destroy so he could claim the entire Triforce for himself and have nobody to ever stand against him. Ganondorf will be [[Stable Time Loop|ultimately responsible for his own failures and downfall long before he was even born]].
 
== The village elder is Rauru, Sage of Light from ''Ocarina of Time'' ==
In ''[[Oo T]]'', Rauru claims to have been involved in the creation of the Temple of Time to protect the Master Sword, which presumably happens during or shortly after the events of this game. The trailers have shown a very similar-looking old man who appears to be the elder of the village.
* Jossed? Maybe? Sorta? The character's name, it turns out, is "Gaepora", which invokes images of a somewhat [[Shall I Repeat That?|repetitious]] owl...but then, another WMG is that Rauru and Kaepora are the same entity, sooo...
 
== There will be an in-universe explaination as to why the future incarnations of Link are left-handed. ==
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Since this is a prequel, and that her name IS in the title...she will have some outcome on the rest of the series. It is the Legend of ZELDA, after all.
 
== There will be a focus on sidequests that rivals ''[[The Legend of Zelda: MajorasMajora's Mask (Video Game)|The Legend of Zelda Majoras Mask]]'', yet will have a very long main game. ==
It's been stated that this will be one of the longest Zelda games. With all the collectibles, there must be a bunch of sidequests as well.
 
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