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'''Link''' (or whatever the player decides to call the [[Link|protagonist]]) is the name of a [[pig]] owned by [[Abe]] and [[Rose]] on [[Outset Island]] in {{TWW}}. It is named after the game's hero, who captures it for the family early in the game.
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{{Term/Store|Link||Series, TWW, TWWHD}} is a character in {{TWW}}.{{Name Ref|TWWHD}}{{Note|In reality, the {{Term|TWWHD|Pig}}'s name matches whatever the player chooses as the hero {{Term|TWWHD|Link}}'s name.}}


==History==
==Biography==
Abe and Rose named the pig after [[Link|its captor]] while he was away. Link the pig grew very large by the next time the young hero saw him.
Link is [[Abe]] and [[Rose]]'s pet Pig.<ref name="Pet"/> [[Link]] can catch a wild Pig for them before departing [[Outset Island]], receiving a [[Red Rupee]] in exchange.<ref>{{Cite|Oh! Thank you! Thank you so much! I've been thinking of getting a pet pig for a while now. The boys will be SO happy when they get home. You sweetie! OK, Link... Hold out your hand. This is your reward! Don't spend it all in one place!|Rose|TWW}}</ref> Link will be placed in a small pen near Abe and Rose's house, along with two other pigs Link can give to Rose in exchange for a Red Rupee.


[[Link]] can use the rather obese pig to dig in the dark patches of dirt in order to unearth a [[Heart Container#Piece of Heart|Piece of Heart]]. To do so, Link needs to use one piece of the [[Bait|All Purpose Bait]] and also use the [[Power Bracelet]] to lift the pig. [[Abe]] will ask Link to take the pig out for a walk when Link sees him fully grown. If Link slices at the pig with his sword, it will become angry, just like other pigs, but due to its massive size it will deal three hearts of damage rather than one.
When the hero comes back to to Outset Island, the Pig will have grown and will be the only one left in the pen. While Rose claims that the other two pigs ran away, Zill implies that the family ate them.<ref>{{Cite|It was delicious.|Zill|TWW}}</ref> The color of the grown Link will depend on the color of the Pig originally caught. If no Pig was caught or at least one black pig was, Link will then be black, if only pink and speckled pigs were caught Link will be pink and if only speckled pigs were caught Link will be speckled.  Eventually, Link will have grown so much that he can only be lifted with the [[Power Bracelet]]. He can then be taken to the black soil facing [[Mesa]]'s  house where he will dig up a [[Piece of Heart]] if fed with [[All-Purpose Bait]].


The pig's color is determined by which small pigs Link brings back to Rosa at the beginning of the game.
Like other Pigs, Link will attack the Hylian Link if attacked by the latter. He will continue attacking until Link either dies, falls in water, or leaves the area. Unlike other Pigs however, Link is capable of dealing three [[Heart]]s worth of damage with each hit due to his size.
:*If the black pig is brought back, that's the color the giant pig will be regardless of any other pigs brought back; the black pig has precedence over the others.
:*If the solid pink pig is brought back, it will become the giant pig as long as Link doesn't bring back the black pig, regardless of whether or not he brings back the spotted pig; the solid pink pig has precedence over the spotted pig, but not the black pig.
:*The spotted pig will only become the giant pig if it's the only pig brought back. Any other pig brought back will take precedence over the spotted pig.
:*If no pig is brought, the giant pig will still be solid black. Abe takes special interest in the black pig after Rose tells him they want a pet; it is therefore implied that he catches this pig if Link doesn't get one for him.<ref>{{Cite|I just saw a wild...a wild pig! Ooh! See? Look! That black one there... Don't you see him? This is perfect! My wife was just telling me how she really wanted a pet...|Abe|TWW}}</ref>


==Trivia==
==Nomenclature==
*Characters sharing the name of the game's protagonist were earlier seen in {{OoT}} and {{MM}}; both came in the form of "[[Link (Goron)|Link, the Goron]]".
{{Nomenclature}}
*Once Link the pig attacks the young hero, he is impossible to placate unless Link gets away or dies, therefore rendering him invincible.
*[[Zill]] and [[Joel]] admit to having eaten the other pigs if Link had given them more than one earlier in the game. This is why there can only be one giant pig named Link.
*No matter which color Link is, the [[Nintendo Gallery]] will depict him as pink.


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==See Also==
* {{Term|Series|Link (Goron)|link}}


[[Category:Animals]]
{{Notes}}
{{Ref}}
 
{{Categories
|Animals, Pigs, Outset Islanders
|characters= TWW, TWWHD
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Latest revision as of 19:47, 16 April 2023

Link is a character in The Wind Waker.[name references needed][note 1]

Biography

Link is Abe and Rose's pet Pig.[1] Link can catch a wild Pig for them before departing Outset Island, receiving a Red Rupee in exchange.[2] Link will be placed in a small pen near Abe and Rose's house, along with two other pigs Link can give to Rose in exchange for a Red Rupee.

When the hero comes back to to Outset Island, the Pig will have grown and will be the only one left in the pen. While Rose claims that the other two pigs ran away, Zill implies that the family ate them.[3] The color of the grown Link will depend on the color of the Pig originally caught. If no Pig was caught or at least one black pig was, Link will then be black, if only pink and speckled pigs were caught Link will be pink and if only speckled pigs were caught Link will be speckled. Eventually, Link will have grown so much that he can only be lifted with the Power Bracelet. He can then be taken to the black soil facing Mesa's house where he will dig up a Piece of Heart if fed with All-Purpose Bait.

Like other Pigs, Link will attack the Hylian Link if attacked by the latter. He will continue attacking until Link either dies, falls in water, or leaves the area. Unlike other Pigs however, Link is capable of dealing three Hearts worth of damage with each hit due to his size.

Nomenclature

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The Italian Republic
Italian
Link (TWW)[4]
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See Also

Notes

  1. ↑ In reality, the Pig's name matches whatever the player chooses as the hero Link's name.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "I just saw a wild...a wild pig! Ooh! See? Look! That black one there... Don't you see him? This is perfect! My wife was just telling me how she really wanted a pet..." — Abe (The Wind Waker)
  2. ↑ "Oh! Thank you! Thank you so much! I've been thinking of getting a pet pig for a while now. The boys will be SO happy when they get home. You sweetie! OK, Link... Hold out your hand. This is your reward! Don't spend it all in one place!" — Rose (The Wind Waker)
  3. ↑ "It was delicious." — Zill (The Wind Waker)
  4. ↑ "Beh... Ecco... Veramente... Ho dato il tuo nome al mio maialone! Sai è forte come te, è imponente come te..." — Abe (The Wind Waker, Italian localization)
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