User blog comment:SPARTAN 119/The Past, Present, and Future of Gaming Collide: Link (Legend of Zelda) vs Kirito (Sword Art Online)/@comment-1061145-20130316032603

Hello, Kirito. Welcome to "Legend of Zelda Online: Adventures in Hyrule". You might have played Sword Art Online before, but this game has more challenge than it.

In this beta test, you will spar with the Hero of Time himself, Link. Since you have many records on Sword Art Online, I made this a good challenge. Don't worry, if you lose, you won't die. And we will keep it that way. Afterall, no players gets killed by defeat in gaming these days anymore.

But before you fight, let me predict how the battle will end.


 * Primary Weapon: Your Elucidator has the range advantage over Link's Master Sword, but one thing you need to watch out for is this, the Master Sword is backed by powerful magic. Edge: Even


 * Secondary Weapon: I see you have the skill in dual-wielding your swords, especially your Dark Repulser. But neither of your swords will do any good against the Hylian Shield. Edge: The Hero of Time


 * Ranged Weapons: The Boomerang? If you don't watch your back Kirito, you might get knocked out, leaving you open to Link's attacks. But your Stick Shurikens, however, has better chances of dealing some damage to him. Edge: You, Kirito

But sorry, Kirito. You barely holding your life any longer against Link. But don't worry. Like I said earlier, you will not get killed if you lose this one.
 * Special Abilities: This is a bit of a challenge, even for me, to give the edge. Link will have the Triforce of Courage, the spell that will save him from killing blow. And for greater challenge, he has the deflective spell called "Nayru's Love". This will create a shield of which nothing can go through. You want my advice? Wait till the attack-proof spell runs out. But don't worry, Kirito. You will have the special spell of your own, "Battle Healing". This may not make you attack-proof, but everytime you get hit, your health will regenerate, only if you can stay away from his attacks long enough. Edge: You, Kirito
 * X-Factor: This is where you two's actions will really put into account. For Combat Experience, Link slightly beats you, since his enemy, Ganondorf, is probably more dangerous than this Heathcliff guy. You might know him as Kayaba Akihiko. But we know that Heathcliff owns the Sword Art Online, having being able to manipulate that game at his own will. I see you could block a strike with a giant sword wielded by a roughly 25-30 foot boss monster, but Link is slightly stronger, as, assuming (as we are) that he has his Golden Gauntlets, he can literally lift and thrown an entire stone column. You, however, is pretty good in fighting unarmed, but I don't think he was used to that stuff. And finally, you have shown that you are slightly a better swordsman that Link, since you could skillfully dual wield two swords, stringing together multiple slashes and thrusts into multi-hit combos.

(I pretend to be the maker, explaining Kirito about the "Legend of Zelda Online: Adventures in Hyrule" game)''