I concur. Given that Link is literally a different person in every single game it's not like showing his parents here is going to add anything to the franchise as a whole.
And Ocarina of Time already pulled that stunt. Link's parents went the Disney way before the game even began.
He's a cool guy and I wanna know his actual background. A Link to the Past, Wind Waker and Ocarina of Time had interesting background story for Link.
I don't want Link to become too much of his own person. That was a big issue with SS.
Having parents is fine, but it needs to be done in a relatable fashion like with Grandma and Aryl in WW.
No, the issue with Skyward Sword's story was treating Link and Zelda as characters when they had next to no character development. They can be good characters, like Link in the Wind Waker, if you let them develop and not have the same flat expression constantly. Namely, if you let them speak. Y'know, that thing humans do.
I see nothing wrong with Link being a silent protagonist and stand in for the player. It worked perfectly well in every Zelda game prior to the Wind Waker, and most since.
I would like Link to at least scream "NO!" at a bad guy or just something. Ocarina of Time and Twilight Princess had moments where I truly wished Link spoke just something.
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I hope Ninty trolls eveyone by announcing it will have full voice acting only for people to discover on release day it's the Hylian language with no subs.
Silent protagonists just don't work in modern games where cutscenes have actual shot composition, etc. It just looks so dang awkward! I'm really worried about the silent protagonist in X, but it hasn't worked well in the 3D Zelda games either. Ever since Ocarina's verisimilitude in not only art style, but also with the newfound third dimension representing the world realistically, the 3D Zelda games are always so awkward when Link interacts with so many people without uttering a word. It's especially odd, since it's canon that can talk in the games themselves. Be it dialogue options, relating information, or the implied conversation that buying something from a shop entails.
I hope Ninty trolls eveyone by announcing it will have full voice acting only for people to discover on release day it's the Hylian language with no subs.
How would it have no subs though? We've been reading the dialogue in Zelda games for the last 27 years.
Otherwise, I'd be cool with that. Pull a Tolkein and make an entire language, and all spoken dialogue in that language. Still think Link should be limited to grunts and stuff though. Wind Waker did a great job at letting Link express himself with no words. I didn't find it awkward at all.
For a modern example, take Groot in Guardians of the Galaxy. He had more personality and charm than Superman did in Man of Steel with only a single line of dialogue.
I hope Ninty trolls eveyone by announcing it will have full voice acting only for people to discover on release day it's the Hylian language with no subs.
I actually would like them to speak in Hylian, but I would also like subs too
Silent protagonists just don't work in modern games where cutscenes have actual shot composition, etc. It just looks so dang awkward! I'm really worried about the silent protagonist in X, but it hasn't worked well in the 3D Zelda games either. Ever since Ocarina's verisimilitude in not only art style, but also with the newfound third dimension representing the world realistically, the 3D Zelda games are always so awkward when Link interacts with so many people without uttering a word. It's especially odd, since it's canon that can talk in the games themselves. Be it dialogue options, relating information, or the implied conversation that buying something from a shop entails.
The thing is that Link isn't his own character, he's suppose to be you, so if they gave him a voice and have conversations and a personality that isn't similar to your own then he fails as a link between the player and him.
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I'm fine with Link saying small sentences like this, but I don't think he should have full conversations, because he still needs to be a link between you and him.
I hope Ninty trolls eveyone by announcing it will have full voice acting only for people to discover on release day it's the Hylian language with no subs.
I actually would like them to speak in Hylian, but I would also like subs too
Silent protagonists just don't work in modern games where cutscenes have actual shot composition, etc. It just looks so dang awkward! I'm really worried about the silent protagonist in X, but it hasn't worked well in the 3D Zelda games either. Ever since Ocarina's verisimilitude in not only art style, but also with the newfound third dimension representing the world realistically, the 3D Zelda games are always so awkward when Link interacts with so many people without uttering a word. It's especially odd, since it's canon that can talk in the games themselves. Be it dialogue options, relating information, or the implied conversation that buying something from a shop entails.
The thing is that Link isn't his own character, he's suppose to be you, so if they gave him a voice and have conversations and a personality that isn't similar to your own then he fails as a link between the player and him.
Watch me shed a single tear as his athletic body, blue eyes, and blonde hair begins to not resemble my unfit form with thick brown hair and grey-green eyes. And there's plenty more dissimilar to aryan elf hero boy than me.
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