"We have something else for you today. I'd like to introduce you to a little friend of mine who you've all been so kind to talk so much about."
With those words, Nintendo and legendary game designer Shigeru Miyamoto unveiled the then-new animated look for Link in The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker at E3 2002. But as the trailer played up on the big screen, the members of the press in the crowded room watched silently before applause. Plenty of big trade show trailers and demos have received a similar polite response, but the reaction to the cell shaded look (dubbed Cel-da by the internet community) seems tepid compared to the booming reaction to Twilight Princess in 2004. The crowd roared to life once they laid eyes on the return of adult Link, as he rode through a dark valley on horseback.
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