I hate this new design. Retconning him to have pants. Bah! Back in my day, we weren't so goddamn sensitive to guys running around without pants! By golly, we embraced it! It was an aesthetic! An artform!
But yeah, in all seriousness, I think this new design just doesn't look good. I dunno, something's just off. Also, yeah, Nintendo needs to stop censoring pantsless Link. But I do like that it makes him slightly more similar to the Oracles, even if I'm still salty about that timeline switcheroo thing.