Breath of the Domestic
A brown earth stallion trotted through the Ponyville market district with a wagon full of jewels, a confident smirk, and a hat that resembled the end of a green windsock over his blonde mane. He practically pranced down the road despite the weight pulling against his harness. The smirk grew to a genuine smile when he approached one of the market's store-homes, marked only by a wrapped sweet hanging over the door.
He unhitched himself in front of Bonbon's Bonbons, making no effort to conceal his load. He trusted the ponies of Ponyville, and trusted the anti-theft enchantments on the wagon even more. As he entered the empty shop, he waved and said, "Hey there!"
The proprietress turned around from the lollipop display she'd been adjusting and gasped with delight. "Brave Heart!" She raced out from behind the counter and hugged him. "I thought you were dead!"
Brave grinned. "Who, me?"
Sweetie Drops socked him in the jaw, then reached behind him to flip the open/closed sign in the front window.
"What was that for!?" Brave cried as he rubbed his jaw.
Sweetie scowled down at him. "Making me think you were dead!"
"It was a routine mission."
Sweetie raised her front leg again, then brought it back down with visible effort, settling for shouting "You went into an active volcano!"
Brave rolled his eyes. "I had my red hat."
"The heatproof one, yes. I thought it might fall off in an active volcano."
"That’s what bobby pins are for," said Brave, as though explaining a simple concept to a foal.
Sweetie's scowl didn't shift as she stomped back behind the counter. "And you were gone for months!"
"A lot of that was transportation time." Brave Heart chuckled. "Death Mountain isn’t exactly on any of the major rail lines, Sweetie."
"You went to Death Mountain, an active volcano, with zero agency support."
All the humor drained out of Brave's expression. "Yes. Yes I did. A Diamond Dog cult was trying to summon an avatar of Lavan the All-Smelter. What was I supposed to do, sit back and hope somepony else could take care of it?"
Sweetie's mouth worked silently for a moment before she cried, "Yes! Somepony else whose special forces unit hasn’t been shuttered!"
"Hey, what are we yelling about?" Lyra came downstairs, her face splitting into a delighted grin as she saw the stallion. "Brave Heart! I thought I heard you."
He smiled. "Hi, Lyra. Any new tunes?"
"Nothing compatible with that goofy potato flute of yours."
Brave pouted. "It’s an ocarina."
Lyra winked at him. "I know, but it’s a lot more fun to call it a goofy potato flute. Where’ve you been?"
"In an active volcano," Sweetie growled.
Brave's eyes widened. "Uh, Bonbon? Civilian."
Sweetie gave him a flat look. "We’re both civilians too, Brave. That’s what decommissioning means. Besides, Lyra found out a while ago." She sighed. "The bugbear found Ponyville."
"It..." Brave took a step back. "It did?"
"Yes. And you know who dealt with it? The Bearers of Harmony."
"Wait," said Lyra," you didn’t help at all?"
Sweetie shot her a sour look. "Okay, I may have distracted it by lurking in its peripheral vision a few times, but that was ninety-five percent Twilight Sparkle and company."
"With all due respect, Sweetie—"
"Stick with Bonbon, Brave. Unlike some of us, I've left the past behind me."
Brave nodded, though he noted the way Lyra raised an eyebrow at that. "My point is that these weren’t the sort of enemies you can beat with friendship."
"So? The Bearers could unleash the unbridled power of Harmony on the cultists. Problem solved! Or a Shadowbolt or three could’ve swooped in; I know Yearling’s always happy to get a plot that doesn’t involve Ahuizotl. For peat's sake, even the official Royal Guard might have been able to handle it!" Swee—Bonbon snorted. "It's been about a decade since their last moment of competence. They're due for another one soon." She took a deep breath. "The point is, you are not the only hero in Equestria. Stop acting like you are."
"It wasn’t even that bad! I got to them way before the avatar assumed its full mantle. Three bucks to the runestone holding it together and it collapsed into a puddle." Brave shifted his weight to his front legs and shadowbucked a little for emphasis. "The dodongos I fought along the way were more dangerous."
Brave had fought gorgons before. He knew some looks could kill, and Bonbon's was getting close. "More dangerous than a giant magma elemental."
Lyra cleared her throat. "Um, dodongos?"
"Volcanic quasidragons that dislike smoke," said Bonbon. "The alphas can grow to the size of a house."
"Should I be hearing any of this?"
"Technically speaking, you got Prince-level security clearance when you married me. As long as you keep it to yourself, you're fine." Bonbon turned her hardening gaze at Brave Heart. "Unlike some ponies."
"I was fine. I exercised the utmost caution."
"You went into an active volcano."
Brave rolled his eyes. "You’re going to run that into the ground, aren’t you?"
Bonbon gave a dismissive whicker. "I’m sure it’s not half as bad as what Gen said."
"Uh…" Brave paled and gulped.
Lyra and Bonbon both glared at him. "You did see your wife before coming here, didn’t you?" said Lyra.
"Well, I passed by the shop first, and—"
"Go," both mares said at once.
Brave started backing away towards the door. "Going."
Brave Heart had faced a lot of horrible things in his life: dragons, giant spiders, an immortal camel warlock with a habit of turning into a giant pig. But none made his heart quail quite like standing before the front door of his own house.
He swallowed and knocked.
A voice from within half-sang, "Just a minute!" The door opened, revealing a pale yellow mare with an auburn mane. "How can I—" She fell silent, her eyes widening as she beheld Brave.
He gave a desperate grin. "Hi, Princess. I’m home."
He didn’t see Next Generation’s punch, but it still came as no surprise.
The yelling began before he could even pick himself up off the ground. "How dare you! Do you know how worried I was? Do you even think about what you do to us every time you leave on one of these little adrenaline rushes of yours!?"
"Can I at least come inside?" Brave said as he pulled himself to his hooves.
Gen snorted angrily. "Not like the neighbors can think any less of us. This will be the third funeral I'll have to cancel. Mr. Waddle's coming by later to see if there's anything he'd need to change in the eulogy he prepared last time."
"Please, Princess."
"Don't call me that." Gen bit her lip, her eyes starting to water. "Not now."
"Please." Brave hugged her, feeling the tears run down his own cheeks.
They held each other for a time, neither caring how long. Finally, Gen said, "I'm still mad at you."
"I know."
"Come in."
"Thank you."
They were silent until they made it into the living room, each resting on a couch. "You missed Button's birthday again," said Gen.
"I know. Did you get the card in time?"
She nodded. "I saw the postmark on the envelope. You sent it a month ahead of time."
He offered a humorless smile. "Didn't want to make him think I forgot again."
"I guess you can learn." Gen gave one sad laugh, then shook her head. "You can't keep doing this, Brave. I can't stand not knowing whether or not I'm a widow for months on end."
"We've talked about this." Brave nodded towards the partially filled heart on his flank. "I'm no good at anything if I'm not on the edge of death."
Gen smiled. "Actually, that's something else you've missed." She sat up and cried "Button! Come and see who came home!"
"But Mom, I'm just about to—"
"Button." Brave's ears flattened at Gen's tone. That explained who she'd been practicing on.
Little hoofsteps approached. "Okay, who is—" Button stopped in his tracks. His jaw dropped. He rushed to Brave. "DAD!"
Brave opened his forelegs. Button plowed into him hard enough to shift the couch back a few inches. "Oof! I guess I don't have to ask if you missed me." Brave ruffled his son's mane.
"This is so awesome! How long are you staying?"
"Yes, Brave. How long are you staying?"
He opened his mouth to answer, then looked back at Button. His little guy wasn't that little anymore. The new scratch marks in the floor attested to that. But Button was still young enough to give puppy-dog eyes with the best of them.
Finally, Brave said, "I... think I'll be looking for work in town."
Button beamed. "You are!?"
"You think?" said Gen.
"I am. Definitely." Brave felt a pit form in his stomach. "Somehow."
"Button, why don't you tell your father your idea?"
Button nodded. "You know Sweetie Belle, right?"
After a moment, Brave nodded. "Unicorn filly, Miss Rarity's little sister. Are she and her friends still getting into as much trouble as I did at that age?"
As Button regaled Brave with the story of the Crusaders finding their marks, Gen said nothing. Her smile didn't shift, even as her eyes narrowed.
"Don't you worry, Mrs. Button's Mom!" said Scootaloo.
Sweetie Belle nudged her. "Mrs. Generation."
"Right, that. The point is, we'll be happy to help your husband."
Gen beamed and nodded. "I'm sure you will, girls."
As she left, Brave Heart looked up at the clubhouse and smiled. "Heh. This is nostalgic. Had a place a lot like this back home."
"Ya did?" said Apple Bloom.
"Oh yeah. Kokirin was a logging town. Felt like every kid there had his own treehouse." Brave shook off the nostalgia. "Alright girls, let’s get started."
All three were examining his flanks. "Yer sure yer talent’s adventurin’?" said Apple Bloom. "We’ve seen plenty o’ ponies misread their marks."
"Very sure. I’ve been adventuring for more than ten years and I’m still here." Technically true, and that was as true as Brave could get. Last he had checked, none of the Crusaders had married former S.M.I.L.E. operatives.
Sweetie hummed to herself. "Well, what else can you do?"
Brave mentally ran through his skill set for something safe to share with fillies. Then he realized that he barely knew how to work with Button, much less these three. "I am trained in demolitions."
"You are?" said Scootaloo, her eyes wide with glee.
Sweetie nudged her. "We’ll, um, put that on the list."
Apple Bloom nodded. "We ain’t allowed near construction or demolition areas fer another four years or so. Let’s try somethin’ else in th’ meantime."
"And that’s training, not talent," added Sweetie. "What I meant was, what besides adventuring do you love doing?"
Brave sat and thought for a good minute. What did he like doing? "Well…"
"Hmm. Even glaze, fine grain, expertly baked... " Brave nodded. "I have to say, Mr. Amphora, this is an exquisite piece of earthenware."
The other earth stallion puffed out his chest. "Why, thank you."
With a wordless cry and a devastating blow, Brave reduced the pot to shards. He sifted through the fragments with a hoof, giving a disappointed grunt. "Darn. Well, plenty more where that came from." He shifted his focus to the next pot in line.
"Out, out, out!" cried Mr. Amphora, his whole head cherry red as he shoved Brave out of his shop.
"Breezies hide gems in pots!" Brave shouted back. "I’ve seen them do it! This is scientific fact!"
The Crusaders stared at him, dumbfounded. "So this is what it’s like from the outside," said Sweetie Belle.
Mr. Amphora glared at them. "You three just got your ban extended for another year." He went back inside, grumbling to himself.
"Maybe we should focus on trained skills fer a bit." Apple Bloom turned to Brave, who was still glaring at the potter's shop. "Any ideas?"
He took a deep breath and said, "Well, I’m certainly good at bucking."
Bloom grinned. "AJ may say otherwise, but we could always use a helpin’ hoof at Sweet Apple Acres."
Brave’s screams resounded across the Acres, barely louder than the pursuing swarm’s enraged clucking.
"He ain’t even supposed t’ be feedin’ the chickens," Apple Bloom said distantly.
"Eeyup," said Big Macintosh.
"We ain't even got that many chickens."
"Eeyup."
"Was I ever that bad?"
He smirked. "Worse."
Applejack shook her head. "Well, at least he’s got a good turn o’ speed. Next time there’s a rodeo, he may gimme a run fer mah money, but I don’t think he’s a good fit fer the farm."
Apple Bloom sighed. "Yeah. Shouldn't be more'n a few minutes 'til Sweetie an' Scootaloo get back with Fluttershy, right?"
"Eeyup," chorused both older siblings.
"Guess we'll try somethin' he likes doin' again."
Strains of beautiful music wafted about the square, ponies gathering from all across the town to listen. A phantom orchestra seemed to accompany the two performers as the song swelled to its climax. The audience stomped their applause as the last echoes faded into memory. The duet bowed and the crowd dispersed, each of them stepping a little higher, their eyes a little brighter.
Brave Heart’s smile lasted until he looked in the lyre case.
Lyra beamed at it. "Wow! Twelve bits and a Quills and Sofas coupon! Nice haul."
"Seriously? Don’t these ponies know how hard it is to play an ocarina with hooves?"
Lyra scoffed, her accent working its way back to Canterlot. "You don’t do this for the money, Brave. You do it for the music."
He just groaned. So did the fillies sitting on the other side of the fountain.
The Crusaders beamed at their teacher. "Thanks again, Ms. Cheerilee," said Sweetie Belle.
"No problem at all girls. You know I'm happy to help my students in any way I can." After a moment, Cheerilee added, "Within reason. Now take your seats; class is about to begin."
Once the foals settled in, Cheerilee gave her customary wide smile and said, "I'm pleased to announce that we have a special guest teacher today. Everypony, please give a big round of applause for Mr. Brave Heart."
Brave entered the schoolhouse to middling applause, the loudest coming from the Crusaders and Button Mash. "Hello, colts and fillies! Some of your classmates told me you're learning about biology, and I thought I'd offer my own experiences on the subject." He moved to the chalkboard. Talking while holding a piece of chalk in his teeth was simple compared to some of the things he'd held in his jaws over the years. "Now, first we have the like-like," he said, drawing a pile of... something. The sketch almost seemed to quiver on the blackboard. "Don't panic when they swallow you whole; they feed on metal, not flesh, and they don't do it quickly. Climbing out of their gullet is easy enough, though you may end up a little bruised from the muscle contractions. Act quickly and you'll be able to pull your valuables out of their corpses with only a little discoloration for your troubles."
"Uh, Mr. Heart..." said Cheerilee.
"Oh, right, most of you probably won't be going anywhere near like-like habitats any time soon. Let's move on to something more relevant." He began drawing something out of an arachnophobe's worst nightmares. "Gohmas come in a variety of shapes and sizes; the Everfree Forest has five different recorded species and who knows how many we haven't heard about yet. All have extremely thick exoskeletons, but their eyes are critical weak spots. They're going to have to look at you eventually. When they do, use whatever projectile weapon you found on your way to their lair. Even a slingshot can be deadly when aimed correctly."
"Mr. Heart, this isn't exactly age-appropriate."
"Oh!" Brave nodded. "Right, right, very true, Ms. Cheerilee."
Cheerilee breathed a sigh of relief.
"At their age, it's much more important that your students know how to ward off Skull Foals."
"It’s okay, dear. Really."
Brave Heart just grunted, slumped as he was on the new sofa.
"The hospital did say I was always welcome back at the maternity ward, and you still have a pension coming in."
"I get to sit around. Yay."
"Besides, now you can spend more time with Button."
He sighed and nodded. "There is that."
A knock made both look at the front door. "I'll get it," said Gen.
"Fine." Brave let his head plop back down and shut his eyes. He had to admit, it was a nice sofa.
"Mr. Heart?"
He cracked an eye open and saw the Crusaders, along with Button. "Oh. Hello, Button, girls."
Apple Bloom shuffled her hooves. "We came to apologize."
"We may have exaggerated our experience," said Sweetie Belle.
"We’ve helped ponies with cutie mark problems, just…" Scootaloo bit her lip. "Well, not all that many of them. Not yet, anyway."
"An’ at recess, after Ms. Cheerilee chased ya outta th' schoolhouse, Button helped us see that this time around, we were askin’ th’ wrong questions."
Button nodded. "You're a hero, Dad. It doesn't matter what a hero does. What matters is why he does it."
Brave quirked an eyebrow. "How much did your mother tell you about what I used to do?"
"You saved the world. But now Princess Twilight is hogging all the world-saving, so you have to find something else."
"Not quite all of it, but..." Brave thought for a fair stretch of time, enough to make the Crusaders start to squirm. Finally, he brought himself up to a sitting position and said, "I did what I did to keep ponies safe without them ever knowing they were in danger. I did it because somepony has to, and few can. And…" He took a deep breath. "Well, if I’m being perfectly honest, a little bit because of the thrill."
Button and the Crusaders huddled up for a few moments. Sweetie Belle looked up from it and said, "This time, we have the perfect job for you."
Twilight Sparkle fluffed her wings a bit before saying, "I appreciate the thought, everypony, but I don’t think this is strictly necessary."
"Come on, Twilight, the other princesses have all been on your case to have some kind of guard. Especially Luna." Spike shuddered. "I really don’t want to burp out another epic poem on the subject."
"But I want to be approachable. Just because I have wings and a crystal castle doesn’t make me special."
Spike, the Crusaders, Button, and Brave Heart gave her a flat look. Every eye looked around the room, lingered on the magical map that dispatched the Bearers wherever they were most needed, and settled on the crystal throne emblazoned with Twilight's cutie mark.
Twilight blushed. "That sounded a lot better in my head."
"For what it’s worth, Twilight," said Brave, "just think of me as a helping hoof. Shooing away solicitors, keeping ponies out when you’re busy, fighting off any experiments gone awry, that kind of thing."
"I barely have time for experiments the way my schedule is."
"Do you have to do everything on it?" said Sweetie Belle.
"No, she doesn’t." Spike gave Twilight a knowing look. "I should know, I write the thing."
"All right, I suppose you have a point." Twilight nodded at Brave. "You’re hired, Brave Heart. Welcome to the... well, we'll figure out a name for my branch of the guard soon. Technically, you’re a captain by default, but I don’t plan on expanding it any time soon."
He nodded back. "I’m fine with that." He turned to the foals and smiled. "Thank you. All of you."
"Does this feel right?" said Button.
Brave thought about it. "Serving Princess Twilight? Yeah, I’d say it does."
For those wondering about the story title:
Yes, Link pony showed up in the background in "Flutter Brutter," but it's one of those Season 6 episodes where Starlight is conspicuously absent. Thus, it could easily fit in before her revenge scheme.
Since writing this story, I've learned that Jan did in fact have a name in mind for Button Mash's mother—namely, Cream Heart—but I still like mine.
And I'd apologize for that last line, but that would imply that I regretted it. 
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I'm loving the Link pony
Edit: also, I didn't know you were a Zelda fan, FoME.
Headcanon accepted.
So I saw the title and all I could think of was
Link!
He come to town!
Come to save!
The princess Zelda.
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Just wait until you see the author's note!
This is pretty awesome! And it makes total sense, too
Could we get more of this please?! This is quite an amazing story. Would love to see more of this as a big series.
Mind if I steal this? Too bad, I'm doing it anyway.
I always enjoy reading a nice LoZ story, even if it's just a one off and not a multi-chapter story...
...or will it?
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I hope Linkpone is mute in this.
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What is Next Gen's talent??
How did they meet, etc!
Cool story! ... How many former Agency operatives ended up in Ponyville? *shrugs*
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Awww!
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All those nice Crusaders' self-reflection scenes!
Gosh, what a sweet little story to come from a blink-and-you'll-miss-it visual gag. And the Button connection makes too much sense.
Since no-one else has said it I guess I have to: He could have been a lawnmower for hire.
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I'm two generations of consoles behind the curve (and ironically enough, I never actually played Twilight Princess) but I am a Nintendo fanboy through and through. I just don't have much time for console gaming these days.
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I'm flattered, but I'm afraid I don't have anything more planned for Brave Heart at the moment. Though I may have him at least show up in the background now and again. Feel free to make use of him in your own stories; after all, he's not even an OC.
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Go right ahead. I love it when I can inspire others, whether it's with entire AUs or just little punny details.
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Sorry to disappoint. Though he does give at least one trademark "Tyaaaah!"
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As her name and mark imply, Next Generation's talent is for child care, from prenatal to prepubescent. In this setting, she changed it shortly after becoming the best foalsitter in town. She met Brave when he checked how some foals he rescued from nameless horrors of the Everfree were recovering.
Not many former S.M.I.L.E. operatives chose to move to Ponyville. Those that did did so because it was so close to a monster hot zone. Those that didn't avoided it for the exact same reason. The exact number of former agents in town is, of course, classified.
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I actually considered that, but... well, they're horses. Everypony's a lawnmower for hire.
Wait...why can he talk?!
Good thing Brave Heart did not go to Fluttershy's and see the family of Skulltulas nesting there...
I see link still has a pot-smashing addiction.
Man, I live for this shit.
Oh shit, son, you did not XD
Damn, that was way better than it had any right being. :)
This was fun. I liked that he was Button's dad.
I loved that pun at the end.
Now I am imagining Fizzlepop getting hired on as Brave's co-worker.
Bonny stuff! Plenty of wee character moments and gags I loved throughout the whole thing. Especially like this line from Spike, though.
Luna doesn't muck around in her persuasion methods, clearly.
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Well excuse me princess!
While he couldn't talk in most of the games there were the horrible, HORRIBLE, CDi games and the decent cartoon that aired with Captain Nintendo. Also it is implied in the games that he does actually talk, you just don't hear him say anything more than grunting noises.
It's like how Princess Peach used to have brown hair in the 'Super Mario Brothers Super Show' and the original Mario Bros. NES game. Nowadays most people would swear she was always blonde.
Edit: Bit of irony, link was also originally brown haired and turned blonde.
You are a mad, incredible genius and I love you even more than I did before. Link pony needs more stories.
Wow, Bonnie. Tell us how you really feel.
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My theory is that Link is still brown haired, it's just that he's advanced to the point of always being a Super Hylian, even in his sleep, now.
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You didn't sneak in an "Excuuuuuuuse me, Princess."? For shame!
Canonically, she's Cream Heart, but I'm going to stick to calling her Love Tap.
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He was also pink-haired for a short time.
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Back when I was risin up
the suckahs used to play
actin like they all that
and that they knew the way...
Link: So? Like I said, routine mission,
This was really amusing!
Very good work.
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I've pretty much boycotted Nintendo until they bring the HD remakes of Twilight Princess and Windwaker (and maybe the 2DS Ocarina of Time and Majora's Mask) to Switch.
It wasn't right how they discontinued the Wii-U so quickly. Never mind their bullshit decision to adopt completely subscription and rental-based online services.
And don't get me started on how they've been treating the Mother Trilogy. What were they thinking, putting the Mother 1/Earthbound Origins trailer in the DS store when they never had any intention of releasing it for any of the DSs? It's almost like they don't want our money and want us all to start moving completely to emus (and yes, I know all about the possible pitfalls when emulating Earthbound if not careful. ROMs are generally immune to the infamous copy-protection, but there are reports of the flag getting triggered by abusing save states or fast forwarding the clock).
Definitely the best Zelda crossover I've read on the site. Link stepped into the house, and in my head up popped:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaQT4c6Zobo
Right, you've got the start of a pretty epic series here.
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Nintendo did a comic on the whole story of links efforts throughout hyrule based on 'Link to the Past'. It was definitely blonde at that point.
You can look up 'Nintendo power comic, link to the past' and find images for it, I even owned that particular comic wholesale. Don't know where it is now, but it basically had a cyborg 009 character in it. It's what Jet Link 002 would have been like if his powers were magical instead of cybernetic.
In the game Link's hair is pink, though some people have debated that it is actually the rim of his cap and it's at an angle that you can't see his hair at.
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Agreed, they dropped the WII U and hard. It was a good system and it worked well, then they developed the Switch to replace it. The differences are the removeable controllers and the console returning things to a cartridge system.
I still use Wii U to play BOTW, I have a lot of free downloads on it from Nintendo Rewards when they were running it and one of them is Earthbound. Also Golden Sun, Dr. Luigi and a few others. So yeah, I'm still getting my mileage out of it.
I think Nintendo is flagging for games on the 3DS, thanks to their handheld home console fusion in the Switch.
As for PlayStation, they get all kinds of third party support and thousands of games released for every console. Plus a store with free downloadable games if you have the internet never hurts, though the quality is expectedly low.
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Nintendo Power?
Don't be a stupid, smelly, left-to-right-reading gaijin.
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-legend-of-zelda-box-set-akira-himekawa/1104178239#/
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Say what you will, but Gaijin goombah is cool. Also I do read manga from time to time, it's expensive though. Ace Attorney series is good stuff.
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I certainly hope you've read Akira or seen the movie. EVERYONE needs to do that at some point before the next Olympics.
This was great. I loved trying to find all the LoZ references...and of course it raises the rather good question of what do most Links do once they retire?
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Oh, good, it's here already so I don't have to go to YouTube.
I knew what the title was about immediately, had the song on my computer, and was playing it on repeat the entire time I was reading. You had me at the title.
I can't belive you missed the oppurtunity to drop a "Well excuse me, Princess!" I think I may be contractually obligated to hate you forever. Oh well, it was still an excellent story. I like the way that elements of Hyrule were folded into Equestria, like how Ganondorf is a camel. Why does he turn into a pig anyway? It's weird.
Brave Heart promptly loses this new job after Starlight invades the cutie map room.
Triforce Guard fits Twilight to a T, courage, power, and wisdom.
I'm literally begging you to make more of this!
I want to see Link helping the Mane 6 save the world!
P.S.
This was so hilarious! The part about the red hat had me in stitches!
Guess it was too much to ask that the chickens not go cucco in Brave's presence. 😄
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He was guarding the princess's person and he did make it harder for starlight
He locked the door when he left
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Same reason the Sacred Realm turns Link into a bunny, I guess. Ganon's humanoid male Greudo-form is unstable once he gains the Triforce of Power.
Making this prediction before I read the story: lawnmower / landscaping
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Psychic powers, cool bikes and giants blob monsters of flesh, yes I've seen the movie.
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He's already dealing with a drastic shift in his career path and missing most of his son's childhood. I wasn't going to throw Silent Protagonist Syndrome on top of that.
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Or the Wolfos, the Keese swarm, the Chuchus... and that was before Discord started bringing in specimens!
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Truly the highest praise I could ask for. (And this isn't even the only idea I have that involves cultists trying to summon Lavan!)
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Hmm. I'd said that I had no idea what to do for a sequel, but now...
Well, no promises, but there's definitely some potential here.
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And she likes Twilight. Imagine her letters to newspaper editors!
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Heh. I should've known you'd love this story.
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To be fair, the Royal Guard actually is pretty competent in times of conventional warfare. It's just that Equestria lives in unconventional times.
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Going for the animated catchphrase with his wife would've likely ended with Brave sleeping in the street, much less on the couch.
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Glad to know the story was so immersive.
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Dare I ask why you set that deadline? Is there going to be a heaving pile of mutated psychic flesh at the opening ceremony?
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Yeah, that's the thing about happily-ever-afters. They never seem to consider "What now?" At least some Links have pre-established occupations they can go back to.
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I may have passed up on the animated series reference, but any story with Link needs to have him get mobbed by the true unbeatable army of evil.
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Sadly, I've yet to play Breath of the Wild. And I'm pretty sure Brave wants to keep the Saddle Arabian outfits in the bedroom.
But yes, the Crusaders could be a terrifying force for evil in the right circumstances.
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What about Princess Twilight?
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The 2020 Olympics figure into the plot.
https://kotaku.com/the-2020-tokyo-olympics-were-predicted-30-years-ago-by-1276381444
We can only hope...