Daily Debate: Would You Play a Zelda Game with an Older Link?
Posted on July 19 2018 by Kat Vadam
Now, it’s not clear for every Zelda game how old Link is, but he tends to be portrayed either very young or in his teens. I could see for some games even arguing he’s in his early twenties. Regardless, no matter what, he’s usually rather young, and already quite the fighter. But who’s to say he always needs to be shown that way?
What if Link was middle aged, and quite the experienced knight? A General, perhaps, or a family man with children? Or what if he was older, with stories of Hyrule that would make the ladies of the court blush and the men enviously nudge him with a laugh? He could be thirty, fourty, seventy, however old, when the call to save Hyrule comes. He’d then have his expansive breadth of knowledge acquired in his years to form new strategies and techniques to take down the King of Evil. Would that be a game worth playing?
What do you say? Would you play a Zelda title with an older Link? Let us know in the comments below!
Featured image, “Old King Link,” by greyfoxdie85.
Kat Vadam is a mother of one, proud cat mom, and wife to someone far nerdier than she could ever hope to be. She also works by day as an analyst, writer, and editor. Here at Zelda Dungeon, she is the Head of Social Media and a copy editor, though she still enjoys occasionally writing things. Someday, she plans on giving up all her worldly possessions to move to the forest and become best friends with a korok. Were it so easy.
