1. It was probably the Temple itself that made Link fight his own evil to prove himself, like the King did in AoL. 2. Imagine having to fight both Dark Link & Shadow Link at once. 1 Dark Link, but mass produced Shadow Links that're weaker.

if Link ever talked, I'd erase everyone single piece of data on the internet! NO VPN protection, Complete Deletion!

I really hope Dark Link returns in BotW 2. Possibly even acting like a secondary antagonist.

If the first game was inspired by Zelda 1, the sequel oughta be inspired by Zelda 2.

I’d love for him to be like Warframes Stalker. As in, he pops up at certain points in the game when you least expect it(say after you just beat a boss and Are exhausted in items and such)

What would be interesting is if Link loses a lot of his strength at the beginning of the game, but just before that Dark Link forms...meaning that he hasn't lost his. So he's basically impossible to beat until you get stronger, kinda like the SA-X from Metroid Fusion

@@LilacMonarch Like what if Dark Link steals the Triforce somehow?

@@SgtSega Or he's literally just made of Link's stolen power, but with Malice fueling and controlling it all?

I jus hope there’s no “trial of the sword” that shit took me months..

Oh no I loved every second of that gauntlet. Now, I don't normally enjoy masochistic challenges, but Trial of the Sword was like a big action puzzle.

The problem with this idea is that Link is no longer required by duty to not show emotion. Now, he can vent those stresses in every fight, or by commiting arson with a fire rod.

It would be even better if the Dark Link looks like Botw Link. It would just be pretty cool design wise.

Great observation.

Could Dark Link be Demise's chosen hero, or more accurately chosen villain 🤔?

@@AmericanCatlover2.0 I wouldn't say Dark Link was chosen by Demise. I do believe however that the setting and Dark Link could be based on whatever's left of Demise in the Master Sword(assuming there's anything left of him at this point). We know that the room itself is an illusion that which created a being based on the Darkness in Link, so what if it also took the Darkness inside the Master Sword? I know that's a bit far fetched, but it could've been where the setting was derived from: the scene of the Demon King's last battle.

Woah! good observation

@@elitegamer9310 It is possible Dark Link is merely a manifestation of the curse Demise placed upon Link's soul of the hero.

Ah yes, darkness within darkness

I mean, if we go to the Atlas route, then yeah. Our dark selves is our true selves. Though, i would love to see their take on Dark Link.

Hey I mean this genuinely, but check out Infinity train if you want something kinda similar explored, definitely not a perfect one on one, but I think you'd really like it In the second season, the main character is a reflection of the main character of the first season but is completely different and tries to escape being just a reflection!

@@Snow-sx5ev I've heard good things about infinity train, I'll have to check it out sometime. :3 thanks. its been a while since i ran across a really good one, but a rather recent one is from that Celeste game, still need to finish that one, but from what I've seen she's really well done. x3 even hits some of the notes i mentioned above, and even the more interesting note of, what happens when you come to terms with that shadow. its really cool and rather cathartic if you are dealing with a struggle. but careful, that game doesn't go easy on ya XD

The worst thing is that Link can never go back to forest even though Ganon is stopped in the new timeline because Navi leaves, he no longer has the deku's protection so he would become a skullkid and the kokiri still think he killed their dad and it'll be awhile until the deku seed sprouts.

I even thought link kinda killled the deku tree when i was like 8yr old even though i saw my friend beat the spider because mido talked that trash. Cuz kids are impressionable

I would’ve appreciated if thyphlo ruins were a dungeon and dark link would be the boss fight.

Who knows, it looks like they will do something like that in botw 2

And it would be cool as a post game

Defeat Dark Link and take his clothes. Great Boss Reward. IMO

I remember being SO hyped during *THAT* cutscene Twilight Princess, but then so bummed when Dark Link never made an appearance as an enemy. I know he's ultimately just a frustrating mirror match (Unless you cheese him with Biggoron Sword), but I always loved him as a concept and wanted to see him come back as a more substantial enemy with a bigger backstory than "Test from the Triforce of Courage" or "Random Ganondorf minion in a temple".

Yep, just like with Dark Samus in Metroid Prime 2 Echoes and Metroid Prime 3 Corruption

Write a fanfic about it. =) Love to read it.

I've had this idea for a fan-story in my head for a long time where Dark Link is not only pissed at Link, but more specifically...the Goddesses, as he was originally a creation of the Triforce of Courage to test Link, right? So he's basically pissed that he never gets to be his own person, merely a mirror for the chosen hero. Then he seemingly gets used by Ganondorf later on and suffers another humiliating defeat.

All I can see is a Dark Link 'hyaah'ing randomly in the background as you explore BOTW2, since getting a VA for Dark Link would basically give us a VA for link, and we don't want that.

@@camburger8263 I mean...Link already has a VA, he just doesn't have actual words in his dialogue. Except that one time in Wind Waker. You don't have to have Link talk just because Dark Link talks.

I do agree with this take, however, I would say the opposite of Courage is Cowardice. One who does have the Triforce of Courage can still feel or experience fear, but, it's more about conquering fear, and facing those fears head on if that makes any sense. xD

The Shadow Temple is themed around the dead

@@kaihedgie1747 Dude, did you really write that sentence without even noticing that you needed the word SHADOW to write that nonsense?! Here lies hyrules bloody history of greed and hatred Given that all the dead in the temple is the result of the hyrulian civil war that was not only still going when link was born. It was also most likely the reason for the genocide of the sheikah. So the reason for all the dead is the dark past and the mistakes that were made. The death even a so seemingly kind and pure nation like Hyrule can cause when things like greed and hatred (or in other words the darkness within people with power) are not kept in check. Link also is a person with power and if he gives into greed hatred and darkness without facing all the demons of his past this video pointed out so greatly, how much death, pain and suffering do you think he could cause?! So yes, dark link would have been perfect in the shadow temple and its theme even if you really want to boil it down to a small minded and short sighted word like death. So next time please try to think if your statement even makes sense before you try to tell someone he is wrong and embarres yourself with such a short and not thought out statement only to prove you know something.

@@btothekfromg5973 Yes I did and it was pretty unnecessary to write a whole essay towards a single short statement I said that because that's literally what it is. Sheik even describes it as "a house of the dead". It's located in the *Graveyard* in Kakariko Village. The inside of the temple is filled with torture and execution constructs and devices and there are even splatters of blood on the wall in some rooms, not to mention chambers filled with bones of the deceased and Stalfos litter the place. Moreso than any other temple in the game Yes, Link is a person with power, but he's also Hylian's chosen hero. He earned that power through his _courage_ . Even in his youth he's showed nothing but unflinching courage, even going so far as to brandish his arms against Ganondorf in their first encounter, something even he considered admirable. Link has shown time and time again he's incorruptible in spite of wielding that power and that's why he's the hero people depend on. Dark Link as he appears in Ocarina of Time does not represent some sort of hidden aspect of his psyche. He's just yet another monster infesting the Water Temple and uses Link's reflection to assume a physical form. That's it. And while yes he does appear in Kakariko Village in the manga, he's just treated as a physical challenge Link has to overcome and it's entirely about his skill. That's it. He doesn't make him question his motives or his mission, he's just a shadow monster who kicks him around for a bit until Impa tells him to get his head together.

@@kaihedgie1747 So now I think I get what the problem is... You are not okay with the thought or theory that dark link represents more than just another enemy. In this case I apologise for my harsch wording. But as you see, a longer statement is much more clear. Everything what you wrote about the temple is true and I don't deny a Single point of that. However, it doesn't contridict what I wrote about it. Both of our statements are correct. That's why I still don't get why my opinion that dark link (even without the symbolism surrounding this mini boss) fits better into the shadow temple feels so wrong to you. I never read the manga so I didn't even know dark link was put there. Quite honest, I after hearing how the manga to Majoras Mask butchered the origin of Majora and the fierce deity I would never suggest something because a manga said so... So this is not why I think he should have been put there. To your point of Link being the chosen one and therefor flawless (I know, that was not how you wrote it) Being couragous and skilled doesn't mean someone has to be good. If you want to see Link as that shining beacon that's cool really. For many other people (me included) is that a little too simple and even Twilight Princess proved our Link here can be sad and remorsefull, that's why his soul couldn't rest and even as a hero chosen by the godesses he was just mortal who did things he regret and that's why the hero's shade was still around centuries later. I don't want to convince you that you might have a wrong picture of link. I just want to show you that this and other games in the series also make room for a more vulberable and flawed Link to see for others. Neither of us is right or wrong. That's the beauty of this franchise. It can be interpreted from so many different angles. Sorry again for being rude before. Short statements just tend to feel as not much thought was put into them. Especially when the statement seemed to prove a mistake without proving a mistake. So thank you for taking the time to Set things straight.

@@btothekfromg5973 It's fine. And yes Dark Link was in the manga, taking Bongo Bongo's place. He also could form a Dark Epona from his body I wouldn't say butchered since the game doesn't divulge on its origin. It's just a weird mask the Happy Mask Salesman stumbled unto then got robbed of While it does seem obvious to put Dark Link in a place called Shadow Temple, the shadow part of it has more to do with the Sheikah, the ninja clan that serves the Royal Family from the *shadows* . It's also why Impa is the Shadow Sage as both she and her clan come from Kakariko Village The Hero's Shade's regret has nothing to do with what he supposedly did but what he _couldn't_ do; pass on his sword arts to someone else. With Ganondorf out of the way up until TP, there just wasn't anything left for Link to do in an era of peace

And talking owls

Also that damn hand that falls down and takes you back to the entrance.

@@cthoolhoo1441ceiling master

After I got phantom Ganons armor and majaoras mask I got an amazing idea for a Zelda villain. Maybe the link that lost to ganondorf in that the timeline he gets defeated isn't killed, but enslaved by ganondorf after he's defeated somehow making his way to the timeline in breath of the wild and being the "side" villain that you fight thoughout the game before fighting Ganon, maybe not breath of the wild but a game where Ganon and majora team up and use link to fight fire with fire against the new link

yeah it will be very cool also an history of Ganondorf king of evil

*quin has never been more confused*

Thank you!

I agree, especially after making the OoT Dark Link set available through a side quest instead of Amiibo in Breath of the Wild.

@@commonwealthrealm With the underwhelming ability of night speed. Given, that set mirrored OoT Dark Link. So maybe we'll get a true BotW Dark Link in the sequel. Possibly related to all the mystery shits going on.

Thoroughly

Or a mute monstrosity like Dark Samus in the Metroid Prime games.

Hopefully that will be less of a Horror than Dark Link ;)

Also notice that Dark Link is always seen in Ocarina of Time tunic, even in Twilight. And they show 3 of them together in a cut scene. Also he would have some time travel function due to the master sword.

Not to ramble more... but another TP reference is that Shade could be Dark Link being punished for what he did across time. Dark Link is a far more trained swordsman than our Hero.

Water casts reflections, that's why

It's from the top secret ending to the Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity DLC... he probably shouldn't have used that, it's technically a spoiler.

@@Wendy_O._Koopa well that sucks