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So here he is. It is now largely assumed that this particular Link sheet comes from a scrapped BS Zelda 2 remake. (for Satellaview) There's some interesting details here, like the blood or rust on the sword. Fascinating stuff.

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Brian

@Protodude

Jul 24, 2020

Presumed "ZELDA 3" scratchpad sprites from recent Nintendo leak. More research to be done.

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3:10 AM · Jul 25, 2020

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It looks like it could be just a shiny effect for the blade

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Nice

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Oooh... this looks great! It's got a similar aesthetic to Link's Awakening's spritework too, which makes it even more enticing. Bit of a shame it never saw the light of day.

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Why do you assume you have the correct palette information when the tunic still looks wonk

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BS Adventure of Link, maybe?

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Kind of reminds me how in one of the smash games, I forgot which, it was going to show some characters with battle damage.

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SMW styled-ish Link... neat

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I’m going with Zelda Christmas edition with candy cane sword and Santa elf link

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The sprites clip on the edges and appear on the other side pac-man style, so I did a quick reconstruction by to make the sprites more readable. Moved some stuff around, but this should help the inevitable animator who'll make a run cycle.