7 Left-Handed Heroes and the Unexpected Reasons They’re Southpaws

[@hazardous9629]

When I was a little kid and first learned to write, my mom and dad who were hardcore nintendo fans were ecstatic to see that I was left handed. I never understood why it was such a big deal but my mom would always tell me she never knew a single person who was left handed, and legend of zelda being her favorite game. She was just so happy that her son was the same as her favorite video game character. Next thing I know I've started playing Nintendo and played every legend of zelda 😅

[@Iveraxi]

It's a shame that botw link is right handed And I'm saying that as a righty

[@gugalldiznii383]

Daww that's sweet! I love that!

[@Maymer]

As a leftie I'm still bitter about the Link switch

[@reyqueenie]

Maymer And the Wii? He was a Righty for Twilight Princess and Skyward Sword.

[@KickyFut]

Not Skyward Sword... I still have it here...😓 I still have problems swinging the Sword with the right hand. Plus side, I'm really good at blocking!😁 I would make it one of my fave Zeldas if they had just added the choice of handed-ness!! All Southpaws are bitter with you...😢

[@Maymer]

Patricia Rey switch to righthanded I mean not the console

[@reyqueenie]

I was referring to the motion controls being righty-focused for TP and SS. You can change the ingame controls to make Link his true lefty self? But referring to your reply to me... Oh, my bad.

[@KickyFut]

@Patricia No you can't change handed-ness in any Zelda game. If they could, I'm sure it would be greatly celebrated by all us Lefties!😁 I just adapt awkwardly on S.S., and just play the GameCube version of T.P!

[@maloc1824]

As a left hander I can say that we have to learn to use right handed stuff all the time.

[@gnaskar]

I use the mouse with my right hand, despite being left handed, for instance.

[@bluejayfinch]

I have no idea how to use left-handed scissors because I just got used to right-handed ones.

[@melvincorrea4436]

Yeah using a mouse with your left hand just feels wrong

[@KickyFut]

I learned my whole life to get used to the mouse on the right, which leaves the keyboard for my dominant left hand for the keyboard. Far easier a combo to me! Plus, it leaves my left hand free to write notes or draw at the same time as using the mouse! (I also have leftie scissors to leave out as revenge for any righties who may need them!)

[@EmrysAdaar]

In fact using right handed tools is a leading cause of death for left-handed people. How weird is that we die all the time cuz you filthy right-handers won't just let us have our own tools

[@Davwyn]

When Twilight Princess and Skyward Sword came out, as a lefty I was so excited to play a motion control game with a left-handed protagonist. I was so mad when I discovered to my dismay that not only did they make Link right-handed. They didn't even offer a left-handed mode! They flipped the entire game world of TP from the Gamecube for the Wii version just to make Link right-handed, but didn't let us un-flip it??

[@IsaScience]

You'd think that all games made for the wii would have the option to swap handedness as a requirement or something

[@JAEman02]

I just played TP with my left hand anyway. I was so used to playing Wii games like that, so I just did it anyway. I'm struggling with Skyward Sword though because I have it on Switch and I can't do the same thing with the joy-cons.

[@ariwanless2618]

I'm still mad about it. And still mad that BotW continues to take left-handedness away from me.

[@39Chevy]

"Is that crossfit?" If it was, Chris would've mentioned it. Repeatedly. Within the first 5 minutes of the game.

[@justincredible5414]

@@ichijofestival2576 hey, have you ever done CrossFit?

[@deathbykonami5487]

@@justincredible5414 Chances are he doesn't even know what crossfit even is?

[@Rqoiz]

Link becoming right-handed is the biggest betrayal in video gaming history!!!

[@theganjician9272]

Im fine with him being ambidextrous. The only thing that bothered me was in Majora's Mask. Link is Left handed in the game with all the masks but when he wears the Zora mask he plays the guitar as you would if you are right handed. It doesnt make sense to me. It's probably just an oversight by nintendo but, it's just bugs me. It's like that in both the 64 and 3ds versions tho so, idk haha

[@LockeWick]

The GanJiCiAn, considering the masks holds the soul of the person giving all their skills and abilities to Link when he puts the mask on, Link might of gained the preference if the Zora played the guitar in his right hand while he was alive. I have no clue if the Zora was a right handed character though, took me ages to notice Link was left handed since I don’t pay attention to stuff like that.

[@frenchy18692]

@@theganjician9272 not all left handers do everything left handed.for example i am left handed but i prefer using mouse and keyboard like right handed person.

[@theganjician9272]

@@frenchy18692 yeah you're right. It's honestly just a pet peave of mine since I've only known Link to be left handed. I didn't think about that either. Haha and like John Klein said above that the Zora was probably right handed so that could also be a reason why Link plays the guitar right handed. Idk why it always bugged me tho. But thanks guys :)

[@Chaos89P]

@@theganjician9272 If I remember correctly, Mikau, the Zora who Link "turns into" when wearing the Zora Mask, played his "swan song" with his right hand.

[@vixenquinn4927]

I think you’ll find that Link is actually 4 things: 1. Silent 2. A menace to pottery 3. Left-handed 4. Doom Guy...

[@TheReZisTLust]

Ahh i remember when speech text boxs popped up for responses in botw good times

[@derpythecookie2185]

What

[@John-Ng]

Luke, don't hide yourself under a different user name 😜

[@grailingmills4756]

Link isn't doom guy wolfinstiens grandson is

[@Nathanyel]

You only listed one thing, phrased differently.

[@justmindset]

But why would they need the excuse of Link being ambidextrous if it's a different Link in each game? Couldn't they just say that some were left handed, some were not?

[@digitool5944]

it's supposed to be the same soul, which makes it funny that the first Link to bear that soul was a righty

[@LashknifeTalon]

I think there are some exceptions; like I think Wind Waker Link is just some guy who happened to be in the right place at the right time (or the wrong place at the wrong time depending on how you look at it).

[@quintonwinton7210]

@@LashknifeTalon true wind waker link is not a reincarnation of link as in that timeline link is just gone so their is no soul to pass one

[@retosius7962]

I think that's what they at least could mean, he's ambidextrous because he's a series of reincarnations of the same guy.

[@nousername191]

@@digitool5944 Skyward Sword Link is ambidextrous. He uses his sword in his right hand but fires his bow like a leftie. The sword part is likely a consequence of being a trained knight in a school that probably only taught right handed sword skills. Now that I think about it, that's actually a better excuse for BoTW Link being right handed; he was trained like that.

[@JessieShadowhold]

Fun fact: Lefty fencers get similar advantages as lefty boxers! So maybe Riphiel gets the same advantages in universe?

[@SnowxXxAngel]

And lefty tennis players too, because the ball spins different when u use left hand, so most righties need to train against lefties specifically to learn how to deal with the ball spinning different

[@TeamLegacyFTW]

And lefty basketball players are harder to block.

[@Alsebra]

Since most people are right-handed, logic would dictate that, unless athletes trained specifically for and against left-handed opponents, they'd be caught off-guard. In some sports, it's either more common (baseball, for example) or less focus is placed on handedness (like basketball...handedness wouldn't really figure in too much), but in others (like boxing, fencing, and the like...often the one-on-one sports), it takes more training to be able to deal with a lefty (though it also takes the other person longer, as they've either got to find a left-handed teacher or change their style to take into account the training from a right-handed teacher (possibly leading to an ambidextrous style)).

[@Reepicheep-1]

Link: "I'm going to duel them left-handed." Zelda: "You KNOW what a hurry we're in!" "If I use my right, over too quickly." "Oh, have it your way."

[@Reepicheep-1]

🤦‍♂️That's kinda the point...

[@Alsebra]

That scene explains exactly why a lot of swordsmen were bamboozled by lefties...not only would it have been harder to find a left-handed teacher, but a lefty would've been trained to fight against both types of opponents while most right-handed people would've been less likely to train against lefties. This is also why some swordsmen would search out different styles of combat...it makes you more of a threat and affords you some protection when you face off against a practitioner of that style.

[@andymcp4752]

Twilight princess dev: "OK so Link is left handed in the gamecube version but we need him right handed on the Wii for the motion controls so I was thinking we just mirror link or maybe-- Nintendo: *"FLIP THE WORLD"* dev: emm the whole game world? Nintendo *"WHAT GAME?.. oh.. oH YEAH SURE WHY NOT"*

[@Sharikacat]

It would actually be easier to flip the entire game on the y-axis than just Link. You'd likely have to change how Link reacts with literally everything because of hit boxes, hurt boxes, sprite location to activate things, etc. It would probably take much fewer lines of code to program all x-values in the game as opposite.

@@Sharikacat yeah either that or they just stuck a sword in his right hand

[@KickyFut]

And that is why I bought the GameCube version, and ignored the Wii version!😁

[@GcorpCoPrez]

KickyFut i played solely the wii version, then the wii u remake came out. My mind was so off with puzzles and locations cuz everything was ‘flipped’. Lol

[@ZeroNatal]

@@GcorpCoPrez me and my little sister played together. She was on the gamecube and I was on wii. I had a hell of a time trying to help her when she was stuck

[@8ballmoe]

I don’t know Jane, I always complain whenever I’m stabbed by a left handed Vampire

[@MarkEdwardRom]

@@titanuranus3095 or stall w the stabs

[@lekhapratap1652]

Because AIDS.

[@willieoelkers5568]

Oh, you'd complain if you were stabbed by an ambidextrous vampire.

[@jwng2587]

Bounty Hunter Kakuzu I hate it when that happens

[@KickyFut]

HOW OFTEN DOES THAT HAPPEN?!😣

[@ReverendTed]

Speaking of sinister, underhanded lefties, it was my mother (of all people) who pointed out that Doomguy (from DOOM's original 1993 release) held his pistol and punched left-handed.

[@Jamie-bh7rc]

Because he's link...

[@diego.justoo]

Doomguy é destro, é só tu ver como ele segura a shotgun

[@phoenixslayer6067]

He could easily be ambidextrous or mixed handed.

[@phoenixslayer6067]

@@diego.justoo Maybe he is ambidextrous

[@dantevivas6646]

Chris: I'm Sugondese Wesker: What's Sugondese? Chris: Sugondese, Wesker **shoots him with a Rocket launcher**

[@guardianknight1985]

Ok, but "muscle golem" is the best nickname for Chris that I've ever heard.

[@kendoyle]

Link was hiding his ambidexterity like Inigo Montoya and Wesley!

[@Platonis-The-Warlock]

If Link could talk - "My name is Link (or Buttface, as most people rename him). You stole my Triforce. Prepare to die."

[@melodysymphonystar]

"Hello, my name is Link, from Hyrule. I'm the terror of chickens and pottery. Prepare to die." Or, more probably: "HYAAAH!!!"

[@SanderEvers]

@@Platonis-The-Warlock If Link could talk he'd say "Well, excuuuuse me, Princess!"

[@BFedie518]

Those two aren't actually ambidextrous--they're right-handed.

[@kendoyle]

@@BFedie518 I'd always interpretated the "I also am not left handed" line as admitting to ambidexterity due to the skill shown with both hands. Could see that this isn't necessarily the case though. :)

[@gruggerduggerhoose]

“Small enough to be launched long distances.” Wait thats not why Ellen got her job on the channel is it? “Ellen come over here, i can’t reach the top shelf.” Yeet*

[@johnsansker7064]

Yeah, stopped the video after that bit to scroll down to see if that was in the comment section, and here it is.... heh heh heh

[@MatthewSchooley94]

While not a hero, Sephiroth from Final Fantasy VII is notably left-handed. Edit: Okay, y'all make good points about him being a hero throughout Crisis Core. Come to think of it, there are a few other Final Fantasy heroes who are left-handed. The most notable ones I can think of are Leon and Leila from FFII and Kain from FFIV.

[@RemembermeSF]

Ah, but don't forget. He WAS a hero until he discovered the truth of his origin and was driven insane by shinra's betrayal and his mom waking up.

[@DataDrain02]

I mean.... Raphael isn't a hero either. Since he wants to do some crazy "change the world for Amy" plan....

[@theMeshtar]

He was in Crisis Core

[@viktorblack2792]

And concidering that he was a goodie in most of Crisis core and a certan portion of Final Fantasy VII.. he technicly could be here :D

[@cmdrleonhart]

While not a hero, Reno was also left handed.

[@QwertyCaesar]

Megaman.exe is right-handed on purpose. That Megaman is a program that has a human handler controlling them in a manner similar to how we control a videogame character. As such it makes sense that Megaman would use the same hand as his handler, Lan. In Battle Network 1, 2, and 3 Lan is right-handed and as such so is Megaman.exe. However in all subsequent installments Lan is left-handed. However since the Battle Network series reuses a significant amount of assets Megaman remains right-handed, including in the handheld spinoffs like Battle Chip Challenge. Wby they changed Lan's animations but not Megaman's is beyond my knowledge. Anyways, Megaman.exe is also right-handed in the animated show based off of the series. The only time we see Megaman.exe to not be right-handed is in the gamecube spinoff Megaman Network Transmission, which depicts him as being ambidextrous, using items with his right hand but using the megabuster with his left hand, the one and only time (to my knowledge) that Megaman.exe uses a megabuster in the southpaw tradition. So yeah, Megaman.exe being right-handed is actually correct and entirely faithful to the series. It's actually a sign that they really do look for the tiny details that they noticed this instead of just assuming that he was left-handed like all other Megaman iterations are.

[@wanderingraven]

first thing I wanted to find in comments was this

[@crimzonshooter]

it could also be inferred that Hub, Lan's Twin that died shortly after birth due to a lethal heart disease (HBD, if I remember correctly), could still have been right handed, as MegaMan.EXE is a NetNavi made with Hub's DNA and soul, and while it's never shown what handedness Lan's Mom and Dad are, there ARE odds, about a 21% chance, that both children will end up with different handedness (as you pointed out, in Battle Networks 4 and above, Lan switched to being left handed, while MM.EXE stayed righthanded.)

[@Foxster170176]

@@wanderingraven Absolutely

[@matthewmuir8884]

Except Megaman is (spoilers) actually a human being made into a NetNavi; specifically, he's Lan's twin brother.

[@ethandillaman5728]

To add to this, Geo Stelar from StarForce is actually right handed as well. His left hand becomes Omega-Xis while he is MegaMan, but in human form he is wearing his device (Transfer in the first game) on his left arm, so that he can navigate it with his right hand. It also strikes me that this is the kind of comment a MegaMan fan would leave on a video. I'll see myself out.

[@Traveler-VII]

I just noticed something. This video came out exactly 10 years after this channel was started. So, happy 10th anniversary outsidexbox!

[@eric_moore-6126]

I thought you were going to make a "Half-Life 3 confirmed" joke after I'd only read the first sentence.

[@Traveler-VII]

@@eric_moore-6126 Yeah, that probably could've been funny, but I wasn't really funny 2 years ago.

[@AngelBeatYunara]

Gotta hand it to you, as a lefty, this has left me inspired. Right?

[@ptonpc]

No... Left :D

[@maxvel0city906]

I'm confused!!!

[@tombsofak]

Oh these puns

[@willieoelkers5568]

I believe OX crew have a special phrase to use for puns like these: "BOOOOOOO!!"

[@VanDamnator]

Wow.. I have nothing left to say, I've been left astounded. BRB going to play some Left 4 Dead.

[@Sparklie_x]

As a Lefty I fully appreciate this content (except that dig about birthday cards it's a struggle okay)

[@Im0nJupiter]

And scissors. Don't forget scissors.

[@drigodamus]

i just do those things right handed till it sticks...or just remain rubbish

[@theofficialtaylorroachyout6269]

It's sad because it's true

[@emperorleachicus2199]

I’ve learned to use right handed scissors perfectly well (as long as they don’t have those angled thumb holes, that’s cruel) As for pens, use one with quick-drying ink, and never smudge again

[@Inhaledcorn]

Taking notes in class was a struggle.

[@fergusodonoghue5698]

Yes go lefties! As a proud left hander, I support these heroes

[@skymmer7601]

Ditto

[@jwng2587]

We need a lefty cult

[@gtbkts]

fergus odonoghue same

[@Victor.-.E]

I write with my left hand, but throw a ball with my right. Not ambidextrous, I can't write with my right or throw with my left. Is it wrong to describe myself as lefty? I wanna be in the club, guys.

[@gunner3457]

@@Victor.-.E same dude. I just go with ambidextrous

[@justmonica9253]

It's something I think right handers never really think about, but being left handed really becomes important to those who are: The inconvenience of certain tools, pads and pens; the common surprise from right handers, who in the worst cases legitimately treat it like a parlor trick; the (thankfully no longer existing) prejudice and persecution of left handers evidenced in our history and etymology. Due to skewed proportion of left to right handers, right handedness is often seen as though it is the 'default', that we left handers are 'irregular'. Obviously no one has ever really had contempt for the hand I happen to use, but it's more common than I'd like that I'm referred to as 'difficult' or 'a nuisance' in a joking matter whenever a difference in dominant hands causes a problem, such as bumping elbows when writing, even though that's just as much the fault of the right hander. It's not a big issue, it really isn't, but I think I'm allowed to hold a little grudge that things are this way. I really wish, like choosing gender or height or whatever, I could choose what hand my own character holds their weapon in. I wish link could stay left handed so I'd have that in common with one of my favourite heroes. I think we can relate to any character, regardless of differences, but it really does make me happy to see a cool left handed character, and it's just a selfish wish of mine that we get just a few more of them, and not because a game demands it, but because to be left handed isn't irregular, it's natural for so many of us. Thank you for reading my entitled plea, I will now accept complaints about how big a deal I've made of it.

[@TheLastGarou]

Agreed. New petition: Add "Handedness" to character creators!

[@Ghirahim3]

@@TheLastGarou I have found exactly one game with it, and it's minecraft. And arguably it makes more sense then, use left click for left hand, right click for right hand. I would have expected legend of zelda to have it be switchable, makes the control scheme a pain.

[@SnowxXxAngel]

Sims includes left- and right- handedness.... though its not very obvious.... and also, I know what u mean, I was the only lefty in guitar class and the teacher always joked I was the weird one when he tuned our guitars for us...

[@arnez6179]

No becaise i have the exact same thoughts on everything u said so its nice to know im not crazy, or at least im not the only one crazy.

[@arnez6179]

@@TheLastGarou i agree with this! If/ when i create some video games im going to do this no matter how much work it adds.

[@Ldforthetree]

"You are wonderful, but there is something you don't know. I am not left handed" -Link

[@matthewmuir8884]

I am still upset that they made Link right-handed in BOTW. He better be left-handed in BOTW 2.

[@CaitlinRC]

If between 5 and 30% of people are left handed and all polar bears are left handed, does this mean all these video game characters are actually polar bears???

[@secondcoolestyoutubechanne2123]

Oh I never knew that I am a polar bear

[@thomasloyal4525]

KUMA !

[@ananonynoussauce7616]

*crunching the numbers* Yup, it checks out.

[@wereflipper]

Quick lefties, our secret is out! Swim for it!

[@InnocuousRemark]

Yes that is what that means correct

[@Gunman610]

Miyomoto making Link left-handed is pretty much the same reason why Kermit the Frog is left-handed, because so was Jim Henson.

[@digitool5944]

is he still a leftie or did that change with Muppeteers?

[@3bismyname404]

Most hand rod puppets are lefties. Because when you puppeteer, your dominate hand controls the mouth and the other controls the arms. So when you watch the muppets notice that most of them, with the exception of like Fozzy or Rolf because they aren’t hand-rod puppets, are lefties

[@matthewmuir8884]

And that's one more reason I dislike that Nintendo made Link right-handed in Breath of the Wild. It's not only disgraceful to left-handed fans, but it is also disgraceful to Miyamoto.

[@orangecat862002]

Speaking as a lefty, it hurts me to know that they have changed Link from left to right just because of motion controls. Let us have this one thing! Also, you folks have no idea how many things in the world are designed to be ergonomic for right hands not lefties. Lefties unite! *Raises left hand in a fist*

[@GcorpCoPrez]

heBRUhammer86 i know it hurts too. :( jeez he couldve been a leftie in btow. Inb4 someone makes a leftie mod. One can dream lol

[@62swordsmen]

I mean he's ambidextrous so he's still technically a lefty so they didn't completely take it away

[@LordBaktor]

Whenever I encounter something that isn't designed for lefties I just learn how to use it with my right hand. Like playing drums, I didn't know how to play drums and the first drum kit I ever sat down at was configured for righties so I learnt to play drums the standard way even though I am a leftie. Maybe I'm closer to ambidextrous than pure leftie, I don't know.

[@chloe.imogen]

I was once in a calligraphy class and was told that I could never be good at calligraphy because I'm left handed :/

[@tetragaming6332]

Link is a different person in almost every game

[@NumPad]

Fun fact: 'Sinister' actually means 'left' in Latin. Many villains in real-life old-timey stories and plays were left-handed because, like they said with Raphael, there was a stigma against left-handedness in the olden days. You can see where the etymology of the modern definition of the word comes from.

[@UpperDarbyDetailing]

Another not so fun fact is that many schools, particularly religious schools, viewed left handedness as a sign of inherent evil which led them to mistreat the left handed. Including forcing them to use their right hand. Some people ended up ambidextrous. Some ended up paranoid schizophrenics.

[@Alsebra]

By the same token, the Latin for "right" gives us the root of "dexterity": "dexter".

[@jonbass6346]

As a lefty I was so ecstatic see this video! Thank y’all so much! Although I did hate when they “made” link ambidextrous.

[@dylantan5031]

WHERE MY FELLOW LEFT HANDERS?! Edit:Wow this is the most liked comment I've gotten so far, thanks everybody! Left hand ftw!

[@secondcoolestyoutubechanne2123]

Here

[@King_Cobra_Gaming]

Here

[@InnocuousRemark]

All dead

[@deathhuntdog1258]

Here

[@DancertheRose]

Here!

[@vindicare9915]

While we’re on the subject of lefties, here’s something for Luke to consider: a left-handed master swordsman with a close connection to wolves and the forests, specially trained and equipped to combat the forces of darkness and sent on a mission to aid a magical princess; am I describing Link the Hero of Hyrule, or Sir Artorias the Abysswalker?

[@theganjician9272]

Link is Atorias of the failed hero timeline

[@taintedmyth0s636]

It's possible that Sir Artorias was actually right-handed, but his arm was injured to the point he had to use his left. Notice how his right arm hangs limply when you're fighting him.

[@Ryanmiaku]

I think you got it mixed up, Artorias uses his right arm, it's his left that's useless.

[@alastairbond7104]

There is no real evidence from the first game that Artorias is left handed it’s just a fan theory. Dark souls 2 does state in his weapon it was always used by left handed people.

[@retosius7962]

*german accent WHY NOT BOTH?!

[@lowlowcheeses]

I don't care why they're lefties I'm just glad to have lefty representation! Lefties ftw!

[@johngoodman5976]

That nick perfectly sums you're pleasing attitude :D thanks for making me smile

[@insanegravity]

EXCUSE ME, KNIGHT ARTORIAS FROM DARK SOULS IS LEFT HANDED

[@MrDrumStikz]

insanegravity So is Yoshimitsu in Tekken (but not in Soul Calibur). They did miss a few awesome characters

[@PepeDaWise]

Thank you

[@CyrusdVulture]

Exactly. The only reason he uses his right hand in fighting you as a boss is literally because his left arm's been shattered.

[@ghostofpolaris]

Yooo I feel stupid but I never knew that! :o No wonder I like him xD

[@zipherdias420]

Mmmh...feels good to know that he sent me back to that damn bonfire 2, maybe 3 hundred times...one handed!...WITH HIS OFF HAND EVEN!!

[@scubasteevo7013]

Luigi, Peach and Rosalina are all ambi-dextrous, a common trait of left-handers.

[@e.d.5766]

I have a dominant left-hand. I got it from a zombie, it really likes to pin people down.

[@IamaPERSON]

Oh shit

[@jgn]

Left 4 Dead reference?

[@garycurnowii1540]

As a lefty, I often look to see who is, or isn’t, a lefty in games, so this video was a great one as far as I’m concerned. I will say, BotW Link being a righty really pissed me off, after so many years of his left-handedness. On another note, Aiko from Skies of Arcadia is Another lefty, in case you ever want to do another list.

[@justbirb1486]

Also Dunban from Xenoblade Chronicles

[@mathybrain8]

Perhaps the Shrine of Resurrection turned Link right-handed as a side-effect. Or left-handedness may be frowned upon and Link had his left hand tied behind his back until he could do stuff with his right hand. The latter is also my explanation for Skyward Sword Link. Interesting how the first and most recent Links are the right-handed ones. Points to Nintendo for keeping the Hero of the Wild right-handed in Smash.

[@tetragaming6332]

It is a different Link

[@yt_Ajay_]

I was surprised Doomguy wasn't in this video until I realised he was.

[@omiorahman6283]

Lol

[@StickWithTrigger]

What?

[@TeamLegacyFTW]

Shout out to my fellow lefties!

[@z.e....3175]

Hi!

[@TeamLegacyFTW]

@@z.e....3175 😁😉

[@Kiku91]

Funny story, I grew up left handed, but in high school, I discovered I had the capacity to be ambidextrous. Made my life a little easier. But in regard to 3:00, I find that funny, because my dad is right handed. However, my mum was supposedly born left handed and forced to use her right hand because dated, religious beliefs. So I wonder if that has any influence on my ambidextrity...

[@EikoAngel]

Akihiko from Persona 3 is left-handed and uses southpaw style boxing :)

[@hikaru9624]

So link is right handed in botw because buttons....I smell bollocks. Time, WW and Twilight are just a few examples of left handed Links who's console's controllers have buttons on the right.

[@nousername191]

I'm pretty sure ALL the consoles had buttons on the right.

[@hikaru9624]

@@nousername191 I'm not sure about that but I admittedly can't think of any with buttons on the left. Either way having a character a certain hand type because of button placement is complete crap! I know that Link was right handed on the wii but that makes sense due to the motion controls and most folk being right handed.

[@Enaronia]

@@hikaru9624 No, it makes *less* sense. If he needed to match the player, than the player needed to be able to choose.

[@fxmaster2571]

You're thinking too small man, the reason why is because of handheld mode, not the main mode. It's confusing if you have to look at a tiny screen and the buttons on the right of link control his left arm

[@regularusername5516]

@@fxmaster2571 how? You are supposed to be able to solve complex problems but can't handle seeing your left half move when you press buttons on your right side?

[@butters8760]

The reason why shevaa (or how ever you spell it) uses her left hand is because she is left eye dominant. I am a lefty but shoot with my right hand because I am right eye dominant. No hate I thought this video was cool as a lefty just pointing out you cant base somebody's dominant hand bassed on shooting expecaliy if they are experienced in shooting.

[@ashchisalleh1454]

.....you actually right.

[@Thinking-OutLoud]

I’m a righty but left eye dominant, so I shoot with my left... I actually do a lot with my left haha

[@butters8760]

@Leroy Kleeman if you start shooting with your right and close your left eye and use your right hand your going to shoot a whole lot better

[@butters8760]

@@Thinking-OutLoud I play baseball and all sports right handed because my coaches made me at a young age so it feels natural

[@aaronseet2738]

I'm left-eyed and right-handed but still shoot pistols with my right hand. And I aim with my right eye (more forcefully so when it comes to rifles). Guess what works best is dependent on the individual's techniques.

[@renatos6711]

I write with my right hand and still get ink on my hand. I guess I just suck at writing

[@kappadarwin9476]

@@tmmaster6904 I've gotten ink and paint on my hands many times, English wasn't meant to be written with the left hand.

[@Satoshi_ig]

same lol

[@danshakuimo]

You might just need a new pen lol

[@liviwaslost]

I always get stuff on my hand

[@MrGhostTheBigRoast]

Oh they missed Knight Artorias from DS1. He wasn't just an awesome badass, dude also sacrificed himself to save his pup.

[@CyrusdVulture]

@Nessa If you look at the cover art for PtDE, Artorias is holding his sword in his left hand. His sword also has a whole unique moveset of equipped in the left hand in DS2. He's left handed.

[@rickyrns1059]

@@CyrusdVulture …Which means that the guy was kicking our asses with his off-hand. Wow.

[@CyrusdVulture]

@@rickyrns1059 Yes it does.

[@Dorma_]

Concerning the guns, you would shoot with your left hand if you left eye is dominant. This is different from whether you're left handed or not.

[@QwertyCaesar]

Not necessarily. Some folks have a mismatch and still fire quite well, just a tad bit more slowly. I've got two members od my own fsmily that are right handed but aim with their left eye. Additionally while it takes significant amounts of practice most shooters can eventually train themselves to use either eye proficiently with their dominant hand. Most just don't because it takes a ton of practice. You see it mostly among police and paranoid prepper types, not much anywhere else. This has been another episode of "More Useless Information Replacing Useful Information."

[@ckhirikasvoncpf6548]

I’d think that they would be somewhat connected.

[@byrongerhardt1714]

Normally most weapons are made so that the empty case is ejected to the left when fired meaning that most left handed people will just learn to shoot right handed to avoid being hit in he face with hot brass every time they pull the trigger

[@Enaronia]

@@ckhirikasvoncpf6548 Most people's dominant eye matches their hand. A lot of people don't even realize that dominant eyes are a thing. But not quite everyone. I think most people with mismatched hand and eye tend to favor their hand and train their eye, though. All you really have to do is close your dominant eye; if you've only got one open, that's the one that focuses even if it's normally secondary.

[@ejedwards988]

@@Enaronia I think that your dominant eye has more to do with which eye is stronger. My family all wear glasses and the eye that sees better is dominant.

[@BigfootZac]

Yes Link CAN talk. In BotW there is either a journal entry or a memory (I cant remember off the top of my head) zelda says she asks him why he doesnt speak and he told her why. Look it up ya pirate

[@62swordsmen]

It was a journal entry more specifically Zelda's diary which can be found in her room in Hyrule Castle

[@BigfootZac]

@@62swordsmen exactly.

[@tigerwarrior1787]

...Game Grumps has ruined Zelda's voice for me... "I mean, just look at the way he eats his soup!" *Ganondorf slurping like some ravenous swine that he is.* "It's just EVIL!!!"

[@jeffextreme5498]

I found it. Interesting "Bit by bit, I've gotten Link to open up to me. It turns out he's quite a glutton. He can't resist a delicious meal! When I finally got around to asking why he's so quiet all the time, I could tell it was difficult for him to say. But he did. With so much at stake, and so many eyes upon him, he feels it necessary to stay strong and to silently bear any burden. A feeling I know all too well... For him, it has caused him to stop outwardly expressing his thoughts and feelings. I always believed him to be simply a gifted person who had never faced a day of hardship. How wrong I was... Everyone has struggles that go unseen by the world... I was so absorbed with my own problems, I failed to see his. I wish to talk with him more and to see what lies beneath those calm waters, to hear him speak freely and openly... And perhaps I, too, will be able to bare my soul to him and share the demons that have plagued me all these years."

[@Enaronia]

Or... play any of the games, where he clearly speaks. His dialogue just isn't spelled out word-for-word, because he's the player character and that's fairly standard.

[@dirgecry2047]

Resident Evil Outbreak was the first online co-op game in the franchise. A lot of people forget that.

[@JeedyJay]

Resident Evil is a franchise with a lot of overlooked games.

[@twistednightmare1363]

outbreak was fantastic, but suffered from being too online focused at a time when not many people had acess to playstation online capabilities. I would love for a remake of it though since now everyone is online.

[@resplndnt]

Twisted Nightmare also if I’m remembering correctly, the ps2’s hay-day was in the age of wired internet

[@pedrodewaal7040]

"link is a menace to pottery" have you seen Dark Souls players?

[@BeanManolo]

I mean, I would hit the pottery too if that could be a Mimic

[@monkeyturner2434]

Link in Twilight Princess is both right handed and left handed, keep in mind, there are three main released of Twilight Princess, one on the Game Cube, one on the Wii and one on the Wii U, the versions on GameCube and Wii U had Link as a left handed hero where as the Wii version had Link as a righte because the vast majority of people are right handed.

[@Fennec333]

3:24 didn’t... pick up.... rupee..... (*has aneurysm*)

[@Sluggii]

Tbh I just learned to use my right hand for scissors and can openers cuz that stuff usually requires it, I use my naturally dominant left side anything that gives me a choice but the world is kinda made for right handed folks

[@arnez6179]

I refuse to do this lmao i try to do everything with my left hand

[@efilwv1635]

I’m left handed. If someone was going to fight me and I had to protect myself, I’d pretend to be right handed at first, then let them have it with my southpaw!

[@Sophie_the_Sapphic]

That's actually my tactic when fighting in karate. They never see it coming... Unless they've fought me before.

[@taintedmyth0s636]

"I am not right handed"

[@Madrock7777]

We know 4 things about link, the fourth being that HE is not the girl.

[@SirKickz]

Oh sure they'll animate our favorite characters as lefties but when are devs ever going to step up and make pre-configured left-handed keyboard binding setups for us so that we don't have to spend an hour painstakingly reconfiguring every keyboard binding to the the other side of the keyboard one key at a time?

[@TheMorpheus3000]

"Makes you wonder what else he's hiding" That would be that. he's Doomguy.

[@frodobaggins7710]

Link being ambidextrous would explain why he uses weapons in his right hand in Doom. Also weird to think that Doomguy's dad is Miyamoto, who'd have guessed?

[@taintedmyth0s636]

Is there some inside joke here?

[@axletensa8051]

@@taintedmyth0s636 Luke from Outside Xtra came up with the theory that DoomGuy is actually Link from the future.

[@skullcandy14785]

Yeah left handed gamers unite!

[@jamaicanscampbell4902]

Everyone dies sooner or later

[@ViviSectia]

@@blackhatfreak Nope. That's a myth that came from a time when people were still forcing left handed people to become right handed.

[@xanthousfishjeretuna9778]

No Artorias the Abysswalker, deeply saddened

[@isuwolfie_92]

I was waiting for them to mention our favorite fallen left handed hero

[@omiorahman6283]

Gattsu?

[@julianmarquez7962]

Artorias is barely part of the game. He doesn't even appear outside of the dlc and and he's only mentioned a few times in the base game. Why would they include a character that's almost entirely lore based?

[@Kesvalk]

IIRC Artorias is actually right handed, but he uses the left because his other arm is broken. You only defeated him because he was using his inept hand.

[@taintedmyth0s636]

He's right-handed but with a broken/injured right arm, I believe.

[@Renanbso]

Link is also seen using his left hand to shoot his many, many guns in DOOM, all the more proof of him being ambidextrous.

[@saraross8396]

Yes, contrary to common perception Link can speak, and any Zelda fan worth their salt knows this. In fact every time you are given a text box answer, whether or not there are multiple options, that is Link speaking. Another common example is where he is asked a question (usually his name), and after a brief pause they repeat what he said. Some examples from the games: Skyward Sword - On two occasions Link is explaining something to a character, and his mouth is clearly moving while doing so. Twilight Princess - Mayor Bo asks about Ilia and replies, "That ain't the answer I wanted to hear, Son." Breath of the Wild - Too many to note as several text boxes use "I" as in "I'm Link." Sometimes there is only one option further indicating that Link is indeed speaking. Perhaps the most famous from this game is Zelda's journal entry about why he is so quiet.

[@violetcrystal333]

In WW Toon Link says "Come on!!"

[@Oblithian]

Is mega man left handed? or is he right handed with a gun on his left so he can still write?

[@ExeloMinish]

There's guns built into both of his arms, which is why you never see him write anything.

[@maximumhippo]

I was thinking something similar. But yeah he clearly favors the left hand for shooting, which is basically all he does.

[@Hellwyck]

You mean Rock Man

[@TheReZisTLust]

He writes by throwing the paper to the wind and using back air

[@RemembermeSF]

according to the lore, mega man's left hand retracts into his arm but when both hands are in use he prefers the left.

[@ananonynoussauce7616]

Now I want to see 7 ambidextrous Heroes in videogames. Its only fair.

[@unworldlywaif]

Peach (Mario Series)

[@ansamgimer8077]

R/imverysmart

[@tba113]

Hmm... Dante's twin pistols and Talim's matched tonfa suggest they are almost certainly ambidextrous, and apparently Link is, but we need four more.

[@ollikoskinen1]

Dragonborn.

[@mathybrain8]

Fable 3 protagonist, TF2's Pyro

[@kanoodles1140]

Shout-out to all us ambidextrous, left, and right handers!

[@kanoodles1140]

@@matthewharris517 if I need brute force, it's my right hand. If I need precision, it's my left.

[@Purpleturtlehurtler]

Cross-dominate is the most common thing. All finesse tasks are my left hand, but all my power based actions are right-handed.

[@adarshsirsat9110]

I have no arms and no legs

[@Purpleturtlehurtler]

@@adarshsirsat9110 that's gotta suck.

[@Sophie_the_Sapphic]

I don't even know what i am. Most things i do with my left but some things i do just as good if not better with my right. I'm so confused.

[@blujay7559]

With link, pretty much each link is a different person, a reincarnation but still, they are separate people, so that could explain why every link isn't left handed

[@kyledavidson6635]

While not originally left handed, I think Dunban from Xenoblade Chronicles can still work here. While wielding the Monado at the beginning of the game in the battle for Sword Valley, the Monado's power completely messes with his right arm, resulting him to be unable to use it. He then exclusively uses his left arm for everything, including climbing and sword fighting for the rest of the game.

[@Shirayuuki1]

interesting thing about being a leftie, we are more often than not ambidextrous simply because we live in a world where everything is made for righties, we have to learn to use our right hand if we want to do alot of things.

[@noddler217]

'And [Sheva] is the perfect companion-' Unless she's controlled by the AI, because then she'll do absolutely nothing you tell her to do, and indeed ENTIRELY SCREW YOU OVER sometimes, because she picks up the mines YOU JUST PLACED to kill the boss you're fighting. Ai-ai-ai...

[@LockeWick]

I’m replaying the game at the moment and I didn’t have nor am I currently having an of these AI issues with Sheva. In fact, she has saved my ass a few times by blowing away a horde with the shotgun. Only Resident Evil AI that drove me up a wall was Ashley’s in RE4... useless ass girl didn’t know how the fuck to run.

[@noddler217]

@@LockeWick They may have patched it since I played - I tried it pretty close to original release on the X360. Never got further than that boss.

[@drigodamus]

i am playing as well, heard this for years after finishing in coop...playing dolo now and have no issues(doubt its a patch years later) sheva is dope!! my boo!

[@JeedyJay]

That's one of those behaviors that I've heard of, but I've never actually seen it. Just about every Sheva-bot quirk that's supposed to make singleplayer miserable hasn't turned up, for me. The worst she's done for me is try to stand her ground against monsters with instant-death attacks, on occasion.

[@linkknightofhyrule3947]

Happy to see more left handed heroes in games

[@twobearshighfiving7660]

Fun little etymology factoid: ambidextrous actually means "to have two right hands." Furthermore to have dexterity only means to be skilled with your right hand. So if you're left handed you could refer to yourself as having sinisterity instead. Or if you're a fumbles all together, ambisinistrous.

[@TerribleTrace]

Fun fact most Olympic fencers regardless of dominate hand will learn to fence left handed. and that how almost all of them fence.

[@GloomyGhost28]

As a left handed kid trying to play videogames, I always felt somehow weird looking the gun/sword on my caracters. Of course I got used to, but from time to time, when I pick up some FPS or an RPG I think for a sec: ''wait, this is wrong'' then laughing a bit and get into the thing

[@IaconDawnshire]

nah it's your brain saying "this doesn't feel right (no pun intended). And I know that feeling since I'm lefty as well.

[@Pastaislife05]

As a Leftie this makes me happy 🙋🏻😂

[@Snommelp]

I can imagine there were some technological limitations when the Wii came around, preventing them from letting the player decide which hand would be dominant, but we've got to be past that by now. Let players choose their hand dominance for motion controls, and/or give us back Southpaw Link.

[@petergilbert715]

When it comes to shooting it’s actually which eye is dominant that matters not necessarily if you are right or left handed. I am right handed in everything except shooting because I am left eye dominant

[@ethanmartin82]

Zelda's diary in Botw actually explains quite beautifully that Link can speak, but due to the pressure of being Zelda's appointed knight, and the preparation of the return of Ganon, he remains silent and and stoic to bear any burden laid upon him.

[@NBluth]

I was listening to this at work and just called a client "megaman" instead of their name

[@nateklempner561]

I will say this because it deserves a mention: WHERE IS KNIGHT ARTORIAS FROM DARK SOULS?!?!?! I mean, seriously, a badass left-handed knight that went into the in-game version of hell, fought against the in-game version of Satan, got his dominant left arm F$%^ed up, left his shield behind to protect his best pupper bro Sif, crawled his way OUT of hell, only to finally go insane and start kicking in the sh#$ of the main protagonist, us, over an over again until we beat him, all the while being completely and totally drained and weakened from his quaffle in Dark Souls hell as well as, again, fighting us using his OFF-HAND because his dominant one was broken as s#$%!!! Seriously, how did this guy not make it onto this list?

[@Ovetupp]

If Miyamoto is Links dad AND Bowser Jr. mother, then does that mean that Doomguy is related to the Koopalings?

[@trajik1576]

15:21 When you hit another damn fox on the road.

[@1Thunderfire]

I think 100% of players would have been using the right hand to swing the remote because 1: It didn't require especially subtle movements and 2: you always have the control stick on the left and the Nunchuck was designed to fit nicely against the left hand anyway. Left or right-handedness has pretty much no factor on gameplay unless you're using just the remote vertically because we're all used to the standard configuration of a controller. (Apart from Orbulon's mini-games in WarioWare: Smooth Moves which swapped the nunchuck and remote around for left-handed players because you'd normally be using just the remote in your left hand. It felt so weird playing those games that way.)

[@theromancatapult2922]

No fallout 4?, Literally every weapon is left bolt, and the sole survivor reloads with their left hand, and everyone in the wasteland is left handed too by proxy

[@kasenrin3]

I'm a lefty and I approve of this video!!

[@TrafficJamByCam]

How could you have forgotten the best left-handed character of all... Luke from the Outside Xtra series!

[@roadsterman1211]

As a southpaw myself, I appreciated this video

[@onetom2222]

This video certainly has an audience 🤣 Being left-handed; -you have to carefully pick your pens - haven't figured out blocks with ringbinding though, only left-hander product I'd buy - you use the mouse with the wrong hand, but I am used to it - when having one hand free opening doors isn't always as easy as it should be - when someone hands you a pen, you reach across and think 'guess again'

[@Dproc8]

14:55 Mega Man = also right-handed, sometimes

[@ashchisalleh1454]

That megaman is kinds weird version.. Use card to fight. And human beings

[@lamario]

Yeah, I noticed the same thing. Looks like they switch hands depending on which direction their facing. With the exception of. exe, who is right handed when facing screen right.

[@McShieldBash]

when you play tekken bowling. you will discover who the left handed characters are.

[@TornadoZX825]

I'm left-handed and all of my relatives are right-handed

[@LadyOnikara]

I think that's the way my brother is too.

[@Alsebra]

Not only am I the only lefty in my immediate family (my kids are showing either right-handed or ambidextrous), but I was the only lefty in my school classes up until like 4th grade...my kindergarten teacher attempted to force me to learn to write right-handed, in fact (though this was *years* ago...my parents were not happy, though, and that teacher got a chewing out by the principal).

[@reloadpsi]

You know what blows my mind about Link? His name being the German word for left is a complete accident.

[@kathrine8653]

I don't always consciously notice when a character (from games, movies, or shows) is left handed , but I have found that I will be especially attached to certain characters for some inexplicable reason... And then later realize they are left handed. I guess I just subconsciously connect with them easier because I am also left handed. I always get excited when I realize that they are!

[@rezachoudhury823]

Ah yes, my old adversary... 360p

[@Bacxaber]

Pisses me the hell off that Link isn't left handed anymore. We barely have any characters to relate to, and they just took that one away from us.

[@planexshifter]

seriously? THAT is how you identify with others? Their handedness?

[@Bacxaber]

You have any idea how disorienting it is to see EVERY character in games hold things the wrong way? It fucks with my brain.

[@Liam.Bardwell]

DOOM guy must only be pretending to be right handed then right?, because this might affect the canon Edit: nvm the canon is safe as DOOM guy is also ambidextrous, he's not afraid to use both hands to crush a demons skull

[@Chaos89P]

@Connor Heddle-McGurk Lefty here. I actually prefer to shoot, or hold guns in general, with my right hand. It feels more comfortable that way.

[@alanlayton3662]

In regards to Sheva, marksmanship is more determined by eye dominance than hand dominance (they are not always the same) also lefties having to shoot rpgs and at4s right handed is also a real thing.

[@mandyrobbins1041]

Link was still a Leftie in the Gamecube Twilight Princess. It's only the Wii version he's a Rightie.

[@StrawBunnyKing]

Great list, but I wouldn’t consider someone firing a gun lefty to be automatically left-handed. That’s got more to do with eye dominance, since you need to be able to accurately aim down the sights. Your dominant eye can be the reverse of your hand, like I’m left handed but right eye dominant, so I’d still fire a gun right handed. Again, loved the list! Wish there were more lefty characters in media.

[@ChangelingLady]

As a left-handed person my first thought upon seeing the title was "what the hell is a southpaw??? and am I one?" So yeah, mystery solved.

[@emperorleachicus2199]

I’m also left handed but had never actually known what southpaw meant. I’m kinda interested to know its origin as a word now

[@especiallyleavish]

I think southpaw is from baseball, where a left handed pitcher would be aligned to the south

[@emperorleachicus2199]

Isaac Fox ah, cool, that makes sense. Thanks

[@sethramirez7946]

I’m left handed. Trust me, modding a firearm for left is costly. But I don’t change game controls in shooter games, I’m used to the normal. Although my right arm is still my stronger arm

[@AsheramK]

As a fellow leftie, I'm having the same deal. Left for precision, right for strength.

[@djitidjiti6703]

SHEVA!!! I never played any other Res Evil game besides 5, but I had huge amounts of fun playing co-op with mates on split screen, and the one thing that really stuck with us was the amount of times Chris and Sheva shout each others names as loud as they could, especially upon dying.

[@HorusDeathtouch]

Mega Man and the other robot boys are actually left-handed only in the same sense that Dante, Deadpool, or Morpheus hold their gun in their left hand so that they can hold their sword in their right... because they're right-handed. I would strongly consider Mega Man to be a righty and would also imagine that he probably performs basic tasks with his right hand, especially while shooting people with his left.

[@Enaronia]

...how often do you perform basic tasks with one hand while shooting people with the other? Those are one-at-a-time things.

[@HorusDeathtouch]

@@Enaronia "While" was not to be taken so literally.