why did mario and luigi shapeshift into link

eehhh, kinda strange though.

Ehh, it depends. Some ask for credit, others don't. I feel it's the least you can do if you when using free assets someone else made, though it's not like I can actually enforce it.

literally noone else ive seen on tsr has asked that

Well, that's pretty rude

IM NOT CREDITING YOU MR.MIKE

ah, okay.

The reason grey was used was because that was the default transparency color shown when I ripped them, and it wasn't until later that I started using dark purple for transparency in my rips.
I have considered going back and changing it, though if I was doing that I'd have to fix a lot more sheets than just these ones.

couldn't a different shade of gray be used in the transparent areas?
edit: or another color entirely?

I’m willing to update with MESEN pallets if I can, I just don’t know how to do anything :/

Sorry to bother with a stupid question, I’m new here, but how do you change from FCEUX to MESEN palette?

Classic Link is so iconic

@HerofLegend Because the gray would bleed. Anyway, I personally prefer the MESEN palette over the FCEUX palette, since the latter is garish and blends poorly.

I'm confused on the hot pink backgrounds

@Doc von Schmeltwick It's the default FCEUX palette, which I use for all of my NES rips.

Colors sure are bright on this, wonder what emulator settings were used?

Imo the palette on the old sheet was better

@MacaroniFFS As John B. said, it is a nice thing to credit the person who ripped the sprites you're using. I mean I can't force you to, but it'd be nice. Also, what exactly do you think is missing from this sheet? From what I can tell I've gotten every sprite for Link right there, as well as all the items and weapons he uses. Perhaps your issue is the lack of differently colored Link sprites, such as when he's wearing the Blue and Red rings? Well, that's because it's be redundant and a waste of space. Besides, that's what the hurt colors section is for. It provides all of the palettes that Link could ever use, so all you'd need to do is recolor them.

It's nice to credit the ripper for all the time and work they put into the sheet.
Also feel free to submit a revision to add the sprites you think may be missing, this is a community after all.

i would use these sprites, but i don't know if i want to give credit to sprites from a video game you didn't make.
Also you're missing a bunch of stuff.
sheet's just pretty meh in general