to me, it makes more sense if her head is the the grip of the hilt, her dress as the guard, then the jewel is in place and her legs are the blade.

How's about 1:1 SHIELD control?

also my matlockery says she plays the role of Midna or Navi by offering advice to Link in his journey.

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I don't think that's a pun so much as it's a literal personification- which I find interesting. In Lord of the Rings, (if anyone here has actually READ the books)- most characters give names to their swords, and blades are treated like living things. (Sting, etc.)
I think a literal personification could act as an interesting plot device.
Also, beating goblins with a woman sounds like fun.

Am I the only one who thinks the hilt (blue box) should be pointing to her cloak and the grey and yellow boxes are flipped? The ripple pattern looks the same on the hilt and the cloak and if you flip the yellow (end of the handle --> the head of the girl and tip of the sword --> her legs), then it would go in order, which makes more sense.

Fucking called it. It was obivous when he didnt have a swoed in his hand but a sheild in the other. She looks to have metal skin to.

No, no it's not the worst pun ever, but it's close. If you want to find the worst pun ever, take a look at this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNaDZIrxh-0

As long as I can play with a classic controller...

I don't think so.

I still prefer an Ostrich hammer...

I have sold my Wii, but I will almost certainly buy a new one just to play this game. I am a sucker for Zelda games.

I'm still wondering why she necessary has to be a girl at all. I mean, the character does look feminine, but so does Link. When I first saw Midna's face, I thought she was a dude.

Not that I think she's guy, I'm just saying.

It's Zelda. Holmes may post it as many times as he wants. It's Zelda. I like to think I'm not a Miyamoto sheep, but there's something inside my that cries of joy whenever a new Zelda is mentioned. Twilight was somewhat of a let down, but this is Miyamoto we're talking about. He seems to be taking a pretty personal stance about this one. I admire Aonuma's work, but he's been silent about it, and Miyamoto is just one hell of a gaming genius. I work like that towards Kojima and Ueda as well.

About the Broad Sword, it probably just transforms back and forth, giving you advice, just like Midna just went from, well, being your shadow to not being your shadow. You probably will use her to solve puzzles in her human form, but I don't think I would bet too high on that. They probably sat down to determine what made a Zelda game a Zelda game, and a common point was probably the Master Sword, whose story was never REALLY explained or anything. Besides, given the new physical approach beetween the player and the sword, it seemed like a good moment to give it a more relevant role.

Looks like pretty solid evidence to me - I'm sold.

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Wrong direction, jeeze. Why does every yokel who does this do it in the wrong direction? The legs are the blade, not the handle.

Some people have too much time on their hands.

On top of what Springsteen said, think about it -- you need help solving a puzzle and all you have is your sword that turns into a girl. So you can get the help you need but you're completely vulnerable to attack (unless you whip our your bow & arrows or something). So I'm guessing they had to do something about constantly forcing you to be without your sword for the sake of coming up with some really cool puzzles.

Maybe she isn't a sword at all, she could be the guardian of the master sword, and u would probably have to go to hell and back to obtain it.