Removed Link Animations

This is a sub-page of Development:The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time.

All 129 of these previously-unseen animation filenames were found in z_ocarina2/src/z_player_shape.h. It's likely that these text references are all that remains of them. See Unused Link Animations for unused animations that were still included in the retail version of Ocarina of Time.

Inc. - This column indicates whether or not the SoftAnimTblRomTrsInfo file was commented out or included in z_player_shape.h.
- Many files that are included in this file are nonetheless absent from the final game.
[Duplicate] - For some reason, this filename appears twice in z_player_shape.h.

(Source: Translation - GlitterBerri)

Cutscene Animations#

Inc.	Filename	Translation	Notes
✔	clink_demo_Tbox_open	Child Link - Cutscene - Treasure Chest - Open	[Duplicate]
✔	demo_box_DDbox	Cutscene - Chest - DD Chest

Anchor Animations#

Inc.	Filename	Translation
✔	link_anchor_bom_side_putL	Link - Anchor - Bomb - Side - Put (Left)
✔	link_anchor_bom_side_putR	Link - Anchor - Bomb - Side - Put (Right)
✔	link_anchor_brakeR_end	Link - Anchor - Break (Right) - End
✔	link_anchor_Lpower_jump_kiru_endR	Link - Anchor - Long (Power) - Jump - Slash - End (Right)
✔	link_anchor_Lpower_kiru_wait_endR	Link - Anchor - Long (Power) - Slash - Wait - End (Right)
✘	link_anchor_normal_kiru_endR	Link - Anchor - Normal - Slash - End (Right)
✔	link_anchor_u_turnR	Link - Anchor - U-Turn (Right)
✘	link_anchor_waitL_jump	Link - Anchor - Wait (Left) - Jump
✘	link_anchor_waitR_jump	Link - Anchor - Wait (Right) - Jump

Fighter Animations#

Inc.	Filename	Translation	Notes
✘	link_fighter_comboA_1st_end	Link - Fighter - Combo A - 1st - End
✘	link_fighter_comboA_1st_end_long	Link - Fighter - Combo A - 1st - End - Long
✘	link_fighter_comboA_2nd_end	Link - Fighter - Combo A - 2nd - End
✘	link_fighter_comboA_2nd_end_long	Link - Fighter - Combo A - 2nd - End - Long
✘	link_fighter_comboA_3rd_end	Link - Fighter - Combo A - 3rd - End
✔	link_fighter_comboA_3rd_end_long	Link - Fighter - Combo A - 3rd - End - Long
✘	link_fighter_comboA_ALL	Link - Fighter - Combo A - All
✘	link_fighter_comboA_ALL_long	Link - Fighter - Combo A - All - Long
✔	link_fighter_jump_kiru	Link - Fighter - Jump - Slash	[Duplicate]
✘	link_fighter_jump_kiru_end	Link - Fighter - Jump - Slash - End
✘	link_fighter_jump_kiru_landing	Link - Fighter - Jump - Slash - Landing
✘	link_fighter_normal2fighter_long	Link - Fighter - Normal 2 Fighter - Long
✔	link_fighter_power_kiru_side_walk	Link - Fighter - Power - Slash - Side - Walk	[Duplicate]
✔	link_fighter_power_kiru_start	Link - Fighter - Power - Slash - Start	[Duplicate]
✔	link_fighter_power_kiru_wait	Link - Fighter - Power - Slash - Wait	[Duplicate]
✔	link_fighter_power_kiru_wait_end	Link - Fighter - Power - Slash - Wait - End	[Duplicate]
✔	link_fighter_power_kiru_walk	Link - Fighter - Power - Slash - Walk	[Duplicate]
✘	link_fighter_power_kiruA	Link - Fighter - Power - Slash A
✔	link_fighter_running_kiru	Link - Fighter - Running - Slash
✔	link_fighter_running_kiru_long	Link - Fighter - Running - Slash - Long
✘	link_fighter_side_kiruL	Link - Fighter - Side - Slash (Left)
✘	link_fighter_side_kiruR	Link - Fighter - Side - Slash (Right)
✔	link_fighter_u_turn	Link - Fighter - U-Turn
✔	link_fighter_u_turn_kiru	Link - Fighter - U-Turn - Slash
✔	link_fighter_u_turn_kiru_end	Link - Fighter - U-Turn - Slash - End
✘	link_fighter_wait_kiru	Link - Fighter - Wait - Slash

Magic Animations#

Inc.	Filename	Translation
✔	link_magic_hikari1	Link - Magic - Light 1
✔	link_magic_hikari2	Link - Magic - Light 2
✔	link_magic_hikari3	Link - Magic - Light 3
✔	link_magic_koori1	Link - Magic - Ice 1
✔	link_magic_koori2	Link - Magic - Ice 2
✔	link_magic_koori3	Link - Magic - Ice 3
✔	link_magic_tame_sidewalk	Link - Magic - Charge - Side Walk
✔	link_magic_tame_sidewark	Link - Magic - Charge - Side Wark
✔	link_magic_tame_wait	Link - Magic - Charge - Wait
✔	link_magic_tame_walk	Link - Magic - Charge - Walk
✔	link_magic_tame_wark	Link - Magic - Charge - Wark
✔	link_magic_yami1	Link - Magic - Shadow 1
✔	link_magic_yami2	Link - Magic - Shadow 2
✔	link_magic_yami3	Link - Magic - Shadow 3

Normal Animations#

Inc.	Filename	Translation	Notes
✔	link_normal_180_turn	Link - Normal - 180 - Turn
✔	link_normal_180_turn_free	Link - Normal - 180 - Turn - Free
✘	link_normal_250step_up	Link - Normal - 250 Step - Up
✔	link_normal_90_turn	Link - Normal - 90 - Turn
✔	link_normal_90_turn_free	Link - Normal - 90 - Turn - Free
✔	link_normal_bom_back_put	Link - Normal - Bomb - Back - Put
✔	link_normal_bom_back_walk	Link - Normal - Bomb - Back - Walk
✔	link_normal_bom_put	Link - Normal - Bomb - Put
✔	link_normal_bom_put_run	Link - Normal - Bomb - Put - Run
✔	link_normal_brake	Link - Normal - Break
✔	link_normal_brake_end	Link - Normal - Break - End
✔	link_normal_brake_end_free	Link - Normal - Break - End - Free
✔	link_normal_brake_free	Link - Normal - Break - Free
✔	link_normal_carryA	Link - Normal - Carry A
✔	link_normal_carryA_wait	Link - Normal - Carry A - Wait
✔	link_normal_comeback	Link - Normal - Comeback
✔	link_normal_defense_ALL	Link - Normal - Defence - All
✔	link_normal_dieA	Link - Normal - Die A
✔	link_normal_GoToHeaven	Link - Normal - Go to Heaven
✔	link_normal_Lturn_run_free_Q	Link - Normal - Left Turn - Run - Free - Q
✔	link_normal_Lturn_run_Q	Link - Normal - Left Turn - Run - Q
✔	link_normal_M180_turn	Link - Normal - M180 - Turn
✔	link_normal_M180_turn_free	Link - Normal - M180 - Turn - Free
✔	link_normal_M90_turn	Link - Normal - M90 - Turn
✔	link_normal_M90_turn_free	Link - Normal - M90 - Turn - Free
✔	link_normal_normal2fighter_wait	Link - Normal - Normal 2 Fighter - Wait
✔	link_normal_pierce_kiru	Link - Normal - Pierce - Slash
✔	link_normal_reed_blow	Link - Normal - Reed - Blow
✔	link_normal_reed_start	Link - Normal - Reed - Start
✔	link_normal_Rturn_run_free_Q	Link - Normal - Right Turn - Run - Free - Q
✔	link_normal_Rturn_run_Q	Link - Normal - Right Turn - Run - Q
✔	link_normal_talk_free	Link - Normal - Talk - Free	[Duplicate]
✔	link_normal_u_turn	Link - Normal - U-Turn
✔	link_normal_waitB	Link - Normal - Wait B

Swimmer Animations#

Inc.	Filename	Translation	Notes
✔	link_swimer_backturn_swim	Link - Swimmer - Backflip - Swim
✔	link_swimer_u_turn_swim	Link - Swimmer - U-Turn - Swim

Horse Animations#

Inc.	Filename	Translation	Notes
✔	link_uma_long_fastrun	Link - Horse - Long - Fast Run
✔	link_uma_long_fastrun_shoot	Link - Horse - Long - Fast Run - Shoot

Wait Animations#

Inc.	Filename	Translation
✔	link_waitF_pointA1_20f	Link - Wait (Free) - Point A1 - 20F
✔	link_waitF_pointA2_20f	Link - Wait (Free) - Point A2 - 20F
✔	link_waitF_typeE_20f	Link - Wait (Free) - Type E - 20F

Motion Capture Animations#

In an interview with developers such as Shigeru Miyamoto (Mr. M.) and Giles Goddard (GG) that appeared in the July, 1998 issue of Nintendo Power (NP), Miyamoto mentions the following regarding the use of motion capture to create the game's animations.

Mr. M.: [...] I'd also like to talk a bit more about a technical issue. I think the use of realtime cinema scenes is something we really haven't seen much of before.

GG: FMCG.

NP: What's that stand for?

GG: Full Motion Computer Graphics. I named it.

Mr. M.: We used motion capture technology for the FMCG to capture more realistic movements such as Link mounting his horse. We had to make a mock horse in our studio.

NP: So you had to create a motion capture studio?

Mr. M: Yes. Actually, we rebuilt it several times. Did you see the treasure box opening in the demo game? We also captured the box opening using a real treasure box.

NP: Who played as Link?

Mr. M: It was a professional actor, although not a famous one. We also hired professional action stunt men to capture Link's sword fighting. There is a famous Universal-Studio-type amusement facility in Kyoto called Eiga Mura. Movie Village. We hired a professional Samurai sword-stunt actor from there.

If MC stands for "motion capture", the cryptically-named animations below may be remnants of this process.

Inc.	Filename	Translation
✘	link_mc1_aa1_1	Link - Motion Capture 1 - AA1 - 1
✘	link_mc1_aa8_1	Link - Motion Capture 1 - AA8 - 1
✘	link_mc1_b1	Link - Motion Capture 1 - B1
✘	link_mc1_b10	Link - Motion Capture 1 - B10
✘	link_mc1_b14_1	Link - Motion Capture 1 - B14 - 1
✘	link_mc1_b15	Link - Motion Capture 1 - B15
✘	link_mc1_b2	Link - Motion Capture 1 - B2
✘	link_mc1_b3	Link - Motion Capture 1 - B3
✘	link_mc1_b4	Link - Motion Capture 1 - B4
✘	link_mc1_b7	Link - Motion Capture 1 - B7
✘	link_mc1_b9	Link - Motion Capture 1 - B9
✘	link_mc1_bb14_2	Link - Motion Capture 1 - BB14 - 2
✘	link_mc1_bb6_2	Link - Motion Capture 1 - BB6 - 2
✘	link_mc1_c1_4	Link - Motion Capture 1 - C1 - 4
✘	link_mc1_c3_2	Link - Motion Capture 1 - C3 - 2
✘	link_mc1_c3_3	Link - Motion Capture 1 - C3 - 3
✘	link_mc1_wark_1roop	Link - Motion Capture 1 - Walk - 1 Loop
✘	link_mc1_wark_1roop2	Link - Motion Capture 1 - Walk - 1 Loop 2
✘	link_mc1_wark_end	Link - Motion Capture 1 - Walk - End
✘	link_mc1_wark_start	Link - Motion Capture 1 - Walk - Start
✘	link_mc2_d_1_test	Link - Motion Capture 2 - D - 1 - Test

Inc.	Filename	Translation
✘	mc1_aa5_2	Motion Capture 1 - AA5 - 2
✘	mc1_b11_1	Motion Capture 1 - B11 - 1
✘	mc1_c2_3	Motion Capture 1 - C2 - 3
✘	mc1_cc11_1	Motion Capture 1 - CC11 - 1
✘	mc1_cc11_2	Motion Capture 1 - CC11 - 2

Unsorted#

Inc.	Filename	Translation
✘	link_h_fr	Link - H - FR
✘	link_h_wait	Link - H - Wait
✘	link_h_wait2	Link - H - Wait 2
✘	link_h_wait3	Link - H - Wait 3
✘	link_h_wark	Link - H - Walk
✔	link_hook_shot	Link - Hook - Shot
✘	link_hr	Link - HR
✘	link_jyouba01	Link - Mount 01
✘	link_kaiten	Link - Spin
✘	link_kouba01	Link - Dismount 01
✔	link_yousei	Link - Fairy