Twilight Princess models ripped, enhanced, put in strange poses

by John Bardinelli { Apr 13th 2007 at 9:45AM }

Forum members at Facepunch Studios have ripped almost 50 3D models from The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, cleaned them up, and released them for the world to play with. It didn't take long before images of Link and Ila "sittin' in a tree" appeared. Surprisingly, the images so far have been SFW. If you have your own 2D and 3D manipulation software (3D Studio Max, for example), you can grab the meshes yourself and make your own magic. Fortunately the Epona model has yet to be ripped. We can't wait to see the, uh, "creative" scenes that will bring.

[Via TheLastBoss]

Gallery: Zelda Twilight Princess 3D

Tags: 3d, hacks, models, nintendo, rips, sprites, wii, zelda

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Konny @ Apr 13th 2007 9:53AM

AHAHAHAHAHAHHAAAAAA .... NintenPWND!

ShortFuse @ Apr 13th 2007 9:55AM

This is ripped from the GameCube version since the GameCube reverse-engineering documention is widely available

JodyAnthony @ Apr 13th 2007 9:57AM

people are fucking creepy. The second some epona and link picture shows up, I'm quitting gaming.

http://www.jodyanthony.com

Neal @ Apr 13th 2007 9:57AM

In for Link and Ilia porn.

FTW. haha

Neal @ Apr 13th 2007 9:58AM

C'mon JodyAthony... you don't wanna see Gannon mounting Eponia?

And Im not talking on its back...

Slaziman @ Apr 13th 2007 10:00AM

ZING!

Joystiq makes another fine joke.

Tckob @ Apr 13th 2007 10:03AM

hmmmm....cant wait for some creative animation.

Stupidiot @ Apr 13th 2007 10:04AM

lol, garrys mod
:)

Matt @ Apr 13th 2007 10:09AM

Man on Horse love is completely natural. Work on your maturity levels please, everyone doesn't have the same sexual preferences as you.

gir @ Apr 13th 2007 10:17AM

Oh, great, just great! thanks for spoiling the game for us.

Jack of No Trades @ Apr 13th 2007 10:19AM

Nintendo Fans hit an all time low.

Chris @ Apr 13th 2007 10:22AM

I really really REALLY hope you're joking Matt... I just don't know...

Neal @ Apr 13th 2007 10:49AM

Who here has seen Clerks 2?

yeah.... kinky kelly and the sexy stud?

kinky linky and the hot horse...

lolz.

Kevin @ Apr 13th 2007 11:12AM

I hope everyone knows rule #34.

If it exists, there's porn of it.

sheppy @ Apr 13th 2007 11:15AM

I see those shots and think one thing instantly....

Dude, check your geometry. Intersecting geometry in stills is NOT acceptable...

baby sea tuna @ Apr 13th 2007 11:32AM

Rats, #14, you just beat me to it.

Internet, you break my heart.

Jin @ Apr 13th 2007 12:00PM

I wonder how Nintendo will react to this... when fan made movies start popping up on youtube or something.

ssuk @ Apr 13th 2007 12:01PM

Actually, it was easier than hell to rip models from TLP as they used the same old model format Nintendo has been using since Mario Sunshine. Why it's taken so long for these to be fine tuned and released I'll never know... Though, I suppose you could have ripped them yourself anyway so...

sheppy @ Apr 13th 2007 12:27PM

ssuk,

got any links on how to rip models from Gamecube games, then? I was curious about this since it would be fun to do an over the top style battle between Talim and Nightmare.

FierceDeityLink1 @ Apr 13th 2007 12:44PM

AFAIK, ripping the models is not a processor (at its current state) of extracting them from the game files. Rather, they capture the scene as DirectX (IIRC) is rendering it with a magical program that spits out a model. Pretty nifty if you ask me.

Mystic @ Apr 13th 2007 12:48PM

Wow, can you imagine if Nintendo would have made the Wii's graphics more like the 360s? I still love Nintendo games, but this eye candy would be nice to have with them one of these days.

sheppy @ Apr 13th 2007 12:54PM

"AFAIK, ripping the models is not a processor (at its current state) of extracting them from the game files. Rather, they capture the scene as DirectX (IIRC) is rendering it with a magical program that spits out a model. Pretty nifty if you ask me."

Would make sense. It seeks the data being references and spits it out. Nice. Linkage? My computer is down right now but I can imagine having some fun with this.

"Wow, can you imagine if Nintendo would have made the Wii's graphics more like the 360s? I still love Nintendo games, but this eye candy would be nice to have with them one of these days."

Wouldn't be that hard to make a super high poly Link from this source material. Selectively add edge loops, motify the texture, add in more advanced geometry, take it into Zbrush to add some normal mapping to the clothe and hair, easy peazy.

Shadow Hog @ Apr 13th 2007 1:45PM

It wouldn't be DirectX, though, since that's Microsoft's thing.

So does this mean Zelda models in Garry's Mod? Because I'd be interested in that.

kip @ Apr 13th 2007 2:23PM

I don't see any models from the end of the game ripped... zelda, ganon, ganondorf, and of course midna's final form...

Erarg @ Apr 13th 2007 2:37PM

@23: Probably, if someone can convert the models, ragdoll them, and stuff like that.

@24: I looked around and found some .3ds models for download and editing, it has almost every character ;)

Shapyi @ Apr 13th 2007 2:38PM

Isn't this illegal? I think it violates copyright law to reverse engineer a piece of software and release those copyrighted material on the Internet.

Erarg @ Apr 13th 2007 2:41PM

Forgot link :doh:

http://forums.facepunchstudios.com/showthread.php?t=296927

sheppy @ Apr 13th 2007 2:54PM

Erarg, YOU looked around? The Last Boss link above links to an article that links to what you linked.

sphetr2 @ Apr 13th 2007 3:45PM

Files are down, here are some mirrors:

http://rapidshare.com/files/25682856/Darknut.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/25682714/Model_Pack.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/25682813/Model_Pack_2.rar

Have fun!

sphetr2 @ Apr 13th 2007 3:46PM

Here's another (can only post 3 URLs):

http://www.sendspace.com/file/autih5

Just_a_guy @ Apr 13th 2007 7:47PM

This is awesome: now I can finally work with finished 3D models in Maya, and use the bone system to animate them correctly!

Erarg @ Apr 13th 2007 4:17PM

@28: didn't see that :(

Tsalagi @ Apr 13th 2007 6:42PM

It's inter-species erotica, F#cko!

t @ Apr 13th 2007 6:50PM

the one where he's holding midna like a baby is the creepiest thing i've ever seen.

gam3r3OOO @ Apr 13th 2007 7:52PM

Um those rar files are corrupted. They won't open for me. Are they zip files or something?

krizoitz @ Apr 13th 2007 9:32PM

@33

"the one where he's holding midna like a baby is the creepiest thing i've ever seen."

This must be your first time on the internet then ;-)

gam3r3OOO @ Apr 13th 2007 8:01PM

#29 i just downloaded and installed WinRaR. The files won't open.

gam3r3OOO @ Apr 13th 2007 9:56PM

Is there anyone who has been able to see the files in the .rar file yet? I installed the latest WinRaR and its useless for opening these. Oh well... I so was about to do some 3DSMax editing but...all is lost.

gam3r3OOO @ Apr 13th 2007 10:29PM

I checked the links the .rar files are just html files changed to .rar (!@#$@!) Some people are so immature.

Nicolas Redfern @ Apr 14th 2007 5:21AM

BTW, in case anyone doesn't have 3ds max (it costs money!), you can import the models into Blender (its free!). Remember to turn textures on, to see them in glorious technicolour.
http://www.blender.org

darkpikachu02 @ Apr 14th 2007 10:13AM

I wouldn't mind seeing some Zelda nude pics.
Bwn

darkpikachu02 @ Apr 14th 2007 10:15AM

I wouldn't mind seeing some Zelda nude pics.
Ben

Kato @ Apr 14th 2007 4:57PM

Doubt she has that geometry, but, I'll have to check...

Arlia-Jin @ Apr 15th 2007 3:02PM

. . .umm why are Ilia's earz like . . .not pointy???

??UnKnOwN?? @ Apr 17th 2007 5:05PM

Could you at least give credits if you are going to steal my images?

A Blind Man @ Apr 21st 2007 7:04PM

@ 40

I import my models into Blender, but the textures don't map right... Help please.

randomman @ Jul 31st 2007 2:18PM

"This is ripped from the GameCube version since the GameCube reverse-engineering documention is widely available"
Um, does anybody know of any sites that have such documentation? please put up a link.