Flute Link performs at Otakon 08 with pestering Navi

by Ross Miller { Aug 16th 2008 at 1:00PM }

Tossing aside the standard temporal ocarina for something a little more complex, a "Flute Link" cosplayer performed on stage at this year's Masquerade show at the Otakon 2008 in Baltimore, bringing Navi in tow. It's a great performance, although it's hard to tell when she's playing live and when it's pre-recorded (for demonstrationg of her live performance, we also embedded a video of Flute Link performing Tetris with an Otaku band.

And for anyone who ever wished Navi would get her what for, keep watching until about the 4:25 mark. Video embedded after the break.

[Via VG Cats]

Tags: legend-of-zelda, link, navi, nintendo, ocarina-of-time, otakon, otakon-2008

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)

Red Leader @ Aug 16th 2008 1:07PM

That guy in the first video has some balls. I like balls.

Demosthenes @ Aug 16th 2008 1:28PM

That was a girl

Zeromaru @ Aug 16th 2008 1:34PM

It's the same girl in both videos. So I think you meant to say "That *girl* in the first video has some balls. I like balls."

Vegeta (aka Ska Oreo) @ Aug 16th 2008 1:45PM

hmmm. Freudian slip maybe?

BananaBoat @ Aug 16th 2008 4:34PM

I loves me a woman with a nice set of balls. That's finger lickin good.

Poke4Christ @ Aug 18th 2008 11:34AM

If that happened in the US it would not be treated the same way.

Demosthenes @ Aug 16th 2008 1:13PM

That was great

Superstar90 @ Aug 16th 2008 1:13PM

If Navi had guts it wouldn't be HEY LISTEN! It would be LISTEN GODDAMIT, OR I'LL RESET YOUR FUCKING GAME.

Tuefl @ Aug 16th 2008 1:14PM

shame

Saria the Cat @ Aug 16th 2008 1:17PM

Oh em gee! I wake up this morning to be greeted by an Ocarina reference. :D She sure has some skrillz, I just wish she wasn't so drowned out in the second video by the less skillful other musicians.

aka_ak @ Aug 16th 2008 2:49PM

They seemed pretty skilled to me... the sound's just not very good quality.

It was almost like folk metal... I loves me some folk metal 8D

Abuzar Baloach @ Aug 16th 2008 3:23PM

Skilled, but dressed REALLY weird.

I am a machineee @ Aug 16th 2008 7:40PM

Oh I get why you like Ocarina references, because your username is Saria. I get stuff... damn we need a close up of this Link girl.

Saria the Cat @ Aug 16th 2008 9:42PM

@I am a machineee: OR my username is Saria BECAUSE I like Ocarina! :O C'mon, the forest sage is way cooler than any of the other girls.

Jerk Face @ Aug 16th 2008 1:17PM

That girl was actually really talented. Very entertaining performance! Those crazy otaku kids put a lot of work into their hobby.

Would I get yelled at for calling it a hobby? Maybe.

Tiptup300 @ Aug 16th 2008 2:01PM

Wearing women's clothes?

tc @ Aug 16th 2008 1:28PM

mmm, makes me want to get some Lon Lon milk!

Cyro @ Aug 16th 2008 1:32PM

That was Awesome!

Those tunes bring back so much memories.

For me Ocarina of Time is still the best game ever made.

Divector @ Aug 16th 2008 1:47PM

Indeed.

deaftly @ Aug 17th 2008 4:47PM

Hes good I suppose but hes no Ron Burgundy.

j.howlett @ Aug 16th 2008 2:00PM

i wonder if her note sheet had arrows

Jacksons @ Aug 16th 2008 2:04PM

Haha, busts out the milk. Good show.

therpham @ Aug 16th 2008 2:05PM

Cute costume, cool act. But I wonder how she'd do in a fight against those two girls that dress as Link that get their pictures spread about the webbernets?

Mikeymike @ Aug 16th 2008 2:17PM

She killed Navi. D:

Jim @ Aug 16th 2008 2:41PM

The more I see "Link played by a girl" videos the more I think it's time for a "Link Game played with a female character"... what do you think?

j.howlett @ Aug 16th 2008 2:51PM

i thought that before, i also want to see the roles reverse. zelda has to go on an adventure to rescue link after he saved her or something like that.

Jim @ Aug 16th 2008 3:03PM

YES! Or how about Tetra rescuing Link?

Mr Khan @ Aug 16th 2008 3:08PM

I think one of the infamous CDi games had Zelda taking the role of rescuer, but i can't recall which

Saria the Cat @ Aug 16th 2008 3:13PM

I'd love for Zelda to be something other than a helpless princess for once. It'd be awesome if there was a Zelda in which the enemy actually gets smart and kidnaps LINK instead and Zelda has to don his attire and save him. And no wimpy magical spells, either. Just pure hack and slash by female. :)

Zig55 @ Aug 16th 2008 5:21PM

I'm SO glad you guys don't design games...

The Doctor @ Aug 16th 2008 2:44PM

Is there any particular reason as to why that man is wearing a dress?

Dre Day @ Aug 16th 2008 3:03PM

That's no man. It's a Space Station...err, I mean girl.

Saria the Cat @ Aug 16th 2008 3:05PM

Well, it's a girl, if that makes you feel any better. ;)

The Doctor @ Aug 16th 2008 3:12PM

Wow, now I feel horrible. Bad video quality?

Geez I feel like a moron.

Cidan @ Aug 16th 2008 3:59PM

I was actually at Otakon and saw this live. When she was done, everyone went *wild*. This was in a huge stadium, with well over a thousand people watching. Almost everyone in there was standing up, screaming and cheering at the end.

For the record, the only parts that were pre-recorded were the parts where "Navi" was playing the flute.