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Takashi Tezuka - News - IMDb

Takashi Tezuka - News - IMDb

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Nintendo Is Ready to Take On Hollywood

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Miyamoto really didn't like Toon Link when he first saw The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker

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OTHER] [OC] Concept art and storyboards for an idea I had, where Zelda is a trans woman, and Link is a trans male Gerudo. : r/zelda

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