Hyrule Warriors hopefuls part 2, low-res pixel style!

I made some cruel, harsh decisions when deciding who to include in my previous speculative Hyrule Warriors post. So here’s another, and with slightly relaxed conditions: I’m less concerned this time if a potential moveset is already covered in the game to some extent. This let me draw and consider some fun and nostalgic characters, as well as alternate costumes from a broad range of Zelda games. Some of them to add interest use a common or unique item from the games that aren’t necessarily associated with them, but Hyrule Warriors already does that so it’s cool. Now for a breakdown of origins, weapons, and concepts.

Pig Ganon (Zelda 1 etc). Dark Trident -> Nightmare Trident -> Trident of Power (Darkness). Swings his trident and uses dark magic bolts. Like a smaller version of Boss Rush mode Ganon, with a more versatile moveset. Costume: Great Moblin from Oracle of Seasons/Ages.

Sahasrahla (Link to the Past, etc). Cane of Pacci -> Cane of Somaria -> Cane of Byrna (Light). Uses his cane to summon crushing blocks and waves of force. Costume: Old Man from Zelda 1.

Happy Mask Salesman (Majora’s Mask etc). Happy Mask Sack -> Grateful Mask Sack -> Faithful Mask Sack (Darkness). Swings his sack and throws masks; combo finishers use the effects of various masks, such as the Blast Mask for an explosion, Gibdo mask for a paralyzing scream attack, etc. Costume: Lake Scientist from Ocarina of Time/Majora’s Mask.

Din (Oracle of Seasons). Rod of Seasons -> Rod of Change -> Rod of Nature (Fire). Din moves acrobatically, swinging the Rod of Seasons to call forth sudden plants, snow squalls, or burning sunlight. Costume: Rosa Sisters from Majora’s Mask.

Nayru (Oracle of Ages). Harp of Ages -> Harp of Echoes -> Harp of Time (Water). Sings and plays her harp, sending waves of flowing energy out. Costume: Marin from Link’s Awakening.

Farore (Oracle of Seasons/Ages). Gust Jar -> Gust Bellows -> Whirlwind Jar (Lightning). The Gust Jar sucks enemies in and blows them away with gusts of wind. It was borderline whether to swap her weapon with Makar’s slingshot, either would work. I also envisioned her using Lana’s Book of Sorcery, as happens in some DLC Adventure maps. Costume: Jim of the Bomber Society in Majora’s Mask.

Ricky (Oracle of Seasons/Ages). Boxing Gloves -> Blaino Gloves -> Tornado Gloves (Lightning). Ricky gets up close with flurries of punching attacks and makes use of his special Tornado Punch. Costume: Moosh from Oracle of Seasons/Ages.

Onox (Oracle of Seasons). Gerudo Flail -> Subrosia Flail -> Dark Dragon Flail (Fire). Like Link’s Gloves but with fiery explosions and partial transformations to his dragon form, as with Volga and Ganondorf. And yeah my sprite looks crap but moving on. Costume: the Magic Armour from Twilight Princess.

Veran (Oracle of Ages). Shadow Medallion -> Quake Medallion -> Nightmare Medallion (Darkness). Similar to Cia’s dark magic but also summons swarms of insects. Focus Spirit uses her fairy-like form. Costume: Queen Ambi from Oracle of Ages.

Beedle (Wind Waker etc). Hook Beetle -> Tough Beetle -> Horned Beetle (Lightning). Beedle uses Skyward Sword’s Beetle item similarly to the Spinner, shooting out copies of it that grab enemies and fling them. Some of his specials use bait to call seagulls or pigs to attack. Costume: Business Scrub.

Medli (Wind Waker). Grappling Hook -> Grappling Whip -> Dragon Whip (Fire). Similar to Cia’s whip attacks, the Grappling Hook swings around and can grab and throw enemies. It also has fiery effects and her Focus Spirit finisher summons Valoo. Costume: Laruto from Wind Waker.

Makar (Wind Waker). Fairy Slingshot -> Hyper Slingshot -> Scattershot (Water). The slingshot can fire multiple seeds, and the combo finishers use different seeds from the Oracle games for different effects. Could swap with Farore’s Gust Jar, I can’t decide. Costume: Monkey from Majora’s Mask.

Uncle Rupee (Tingle’s Rosy Rupeeland). Green Rupee -> Huge Rupee -> Rupoor (Darkness). Smacks foes around with a large rupee with an evil aura, also shooting out streams of rupees. Some specials involve transforming into his giant rupee head form and slamming the ground. Costume: a Giant from Majora’s Mask.

Hero’s Shade (Twilight Princess). Blue Lantern -> Magic Lantern -> Flame Lantern (Fire). The spirit uses a combination of his sword and a lantern to throw sheets of flame. Costume: His armour parts are recoloured green to resemble Link.

Phantom (Phantom Hourglass etc). Phantom Greatsword -> Darknut Greatsword -> Phantom Ganon Greatsword (Darkness). The Phantom takes mighty swings with its large sword, with the occasional flame or rolling attack. Costume: Silent Realm Guardian from Skyward Sword.

Scrapper (Skyward Sword). Sand Wand -> Nice Sand Rod -> Lanayru Sand Sceptre (Lightning). This Ancient Robot floats around, summoning pillars and streams of sand to attack. Special attacks throw a pot of water or pumpkin soup. Costume: Kakashi from Tingle’s Love Balloon Trip.

See also: my pixel art of existing HW characters.