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Which Link do you associate with "Legend of Zelda" the most

Which Link?

  • Kid Link (Majora's Mask, Wind Waker, most 2D games, etc)

    Votes: 219 23.0%

  • Adolescent Link (OoT, Twilight Princess, Breath of the Wild, most 3D games, etc)

    Votes: 735 77.0%
  • Total voters
    954
Jonathan Lanza

Jonathan Lanza

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Feb 8, 2019
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I don't THINK this is a hot take or anything but personally I've always associated Zelda with being about a little kid going on a grand adventure so Kid Link is still what I imagine when I think of Legend of Zelda. I'm not sure how much of that is a boomer opinion though so I want y'all to weigh in.
 
Beth Cyra

Beth Cyra

Banned
Oct 26, 2017
2,903
Never cared for Kid Link and I hate children in games.

Kid Link is more a way to turn me away from the game than cellshading ever was.

For me Twilight Princess is still my favorite link. Hyrule Warriors Link probably second most.
 
Roliq

Roliq

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Sep 23, 2018
6,170
It was Adult Link from Ocarina of Time however now most people go for the one in Breath or the Wild especially since now it will have 3 games
 
SaberVS7

SaberVS7

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Oct 25, 2017
5,223
Both of these options are wrong, MAH BOI.

Sorry OP, I can't give credit. Come back when you're a little... Mmmmmmmmm... Cultured.
 
eZipsis

eZipsis

The Fallen
Oct 25, 2017
2,435
Melbourne, Australia
When I close my eyes and think, I see (edit I can't read) Adolescent Link as I played a ton of A Link To The Past and Links Awakening
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Unknownlight

Unknownlight

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Nov 2, 2017
10,538
Where does classic Link fall into? He seems like a younger teenager... but all Links are teenagers at most, so that doesn't help much. Like 14-15 instead of 17-18?

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hasher

hasher

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Oct 10, 2020
551
To me, kid Link embodies the spirit of the Zelda franchise. I'm also an old guy who played the original LOZ obsessively as a child. The squat sprite for Link is forever engrained in my mind.
 
CaviarMeths

CaviarMeths

Avenger
Oct 25, 2017
10,655
Western Canada
It's kind of strange how quickly and effectively BotW supplanted my mental image of "Link." So much so that the classic green tunic and windsock hat almost seem wrong now.
 
theosmeo

theosmeo

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Oct 27, 2017
773
young link for sure, my fav 3 zeldas are majoras, wind waker, and awakening so
 
arcadepc

arcadepc

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Dec 28, 2019
1,925
Zelda II Link, the only one that kisses Zelda and also gets special life filling treatment
 
Alooful

Alooful

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Mar 27, 2020
441
I read "Link" and first thought of that art of OoT Young Link shooting his slingshot
 
Version 3.0

Version 3.0

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Oct 27, 2017
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eZipsis said:
When I close my eyes and think, I see Kid Link as I played a ton of A Link To The Past and Links Awakening
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This is "kid Link"? I wouldn't describe him that way. This looks like a teenager.

Anyway, Zelda 2 manual's art is what I think of, and where this is from, if I'm not mistaken. It's right in line with LttP and OoT's art, too.

So, adolescent Link.

Zelda 1's Link art was weirdly squat. Not so much like a kid, though he obviously is a kid or very young teen, but more like he saw the top-down look of the game and just though Link was built like a dwarf or something. Like that:

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Nilou

Nilou

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Oct 25, 2017
9,715
Toon Link is what I think of when I think of the Zelda Series, he's the most iconic link design to me.

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minish cap link is best link
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I adore Minish Cap so much, my favorite game in the series. What I wouldn't do for a Minish Cap remake on switch like how A Links Awakening got.
 
Het_Nkik

Het_Nkik

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Oct 27, 2017
3,389
I don't separate any Links in my mind. Link is Link. Sometimes he's older, sometimes he's younger, sometimes he looks like a cartoon, sometimes he looks like a toy. All different but all the same. All Links are Zelda series.
 
toadkarter

toadkarter

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Oct 2, 2020
2,011
Child Link from Ocarina of Time. That image of him always stuck in my head as the definitive version ever since I first played it!
 
Giga Man

Giga Man

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Oct 27, 2017
21,201
Norsuchamp said:
This picture is The Legend of Zelda as a franchise for me

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Yeah. Smash Bros. was the first time I saw Link who was based on Ocarina of Time, and Ocarina of Time was the first Zelda game I encountered, while you start as Kid Link in that game, adolescent Link was still the main focus of the game from the title screen to the marketing. It was all about this design right here.
 
youwei

youwei

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Jun 3, 2019
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my first LOZ link
and also loving the DX version and Switch remake ( i do not care about the framerates )
 
eZipsis

eZipsis

The Fallen
Oct 25, 2017
2,435
Melbourne, Australia
Version 3.0 said:
This is "kid Link"? I wouldn't describe him that way. This looks like a teenager.

Anyway, Zelda 2 manual's art is what I think of, and where this is from, if I'm not mistaken. It's right in line with LttP and OoT's art, too.

So, adolescent Link.

Zelda 1's Link art was weirdly squat. Not so much like a kid, though he obviously is a kid or very young teen, but more like he saw the top-down look of the game and just though Link was built like a dwarf or something. Like that:
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I must admit I read the poll options as kid and adult not adolescent. Looking at it now I would classify it as adolescent.
 
9-Volt

9-Volt

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Oct 27, 2017
12,866
Kid Link. Adult Link is too anime and handsome, kinda irritates me for a reason.

This is perfection:


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