Don’t diss the hero of trains when he could be barreling down the tracks as you are tied to them

"Hero of trains"". I fucking died.

The Hero of Spirits, or as you called him, "Trains", may be the weakest incarnation of Link, but it has the best incarnation of Zelda in the entire series.

"He can jump with the Roc's Feather in both Oracle games." Link's Awakening: Am I a joke to you??

At least the “Hero Of trains” has courage and an engineer certificate with the Princess

I played Twilight Princess again recently and I noticed that Link could also use his sword underwater

Matpat in 2014: which link is the strongest? Death battle in 2019: let’s do that but with mega man Matpat in 2019: let's do that but with spiderman

Breath of the wild link: *Allow Me To Introduce Myself.*

Things Botw link wins at: Mount: The bike Bow Accuracy: He can do a backflip and shoot as many arrows as he has in middle air and also has a bow with more range Mobility and Agility(?): he can climb, Run and swim with lots of stamina, climb anything, jump and dodge enemy attacks He might also win at puzzles or be at second place (If there’s a cooking and survival category he might be the best of all)

Which Link Rules them All? _Zelda_

Hero of Trains definitely deserves the reward as the smartest, kid graduated as an engineer at the age of 12. You also know that this isn't a normal occurrence at all due to the reactions of some of the castle staff in the beginning of the game so it just a normal thing in new hyrule to have children as engineers.

Hero of Time (young edition): *travels time* Hero of Twilight: Wait where'd he go? Hero of the Wild: I don't know. 7 years later... Hero of Time: *destroys everyone remaining*

but wait....Twilight Princess link is allowed to use his sword underwater?! ಠ_ಠ

"The Hero of Legend is Hyrule's resident HORDER." Breath of the Wild Link: *Shoves 20 swords, shields, hundreds of arrows, plates of food, 20 different armor sets, meat chunks, fruits, vegetables, and thousands of rupees into his pants* Y o u w e r e s a y i n g s i r

3:21 he went from conducting trains to being a knight weilding a legendary sword and saving a kingdom and possible the world that's a big promotion man....

Oh don’t mind me, just rewatching one of my favorite old Game Theory videos after MatPat made his “Goodbye Internet” announcement.

Sword smith = someone who MAKES a sword. Swordsman = someone who uses a sword. Come on man. That's easy.

You should update it with Hyrule Warriors, Breath of the Wild, and Cadence of Hyrule

Funny he doesn’t talk about young links masks until he sneaks him in at the end

Other Links: I defeated Ganon in a 1v1. Minish Cap: Smol Train Link: Train

don't cha mean link vs link: which link hyrules them all? 😅

Oh phew, throughout the video I was like "But what about MM Link?" "But what about MM Link?" "Wasn't that stalfos MM Link?" Turns out I wasn't crazy.

The most experienced link HAS to be oot link. I mean HE DID travel through time in oot but in mm he travels through time multiple times to save termina multiple times in only 3 days each trying to save his own failures. Which might be years to do. After that link must have had a family or something idk lol

Adding on “The Hero Of The Wild” From Breath Of The Wild. This guy does sprint and at full health get shot by 3 lightning speed lasers. Also on the topic of lasers, this dude can deflect lightning speed lasers with a pot lid.

But now there is Botw And botw link has a motorbike Surely thats enough to make him win

You know, watching this video again has made me want a Zelda game where all the Links come together for a big adventure. I can see it now; "The Legend of Zelda: The Gathering of Links".

This makes me want to see a battle between the Hero of the Wild and the Fierce Deity. Especially if HotW can reflect the Fierce Deity’s projectiles like a guardian’s lasers, it would be a pretty awesome match to watch.

Matpat: the child link is the strongest Hero of the wild: Hold my Master sword

I guess that makes the Hero of Trains a trainee

I'm still waiting for "The Legend of Zelda: Enchanted Jetliner". Screw Loftwing, Epona, Train and ship. I got a freakin machine on my side. Come at me Ganon!

I always feel that the Hero of Legend pretty much trumps the rest by virtue of defeating Ganon without the aid of any component of the Triforce. Simply put, in order to win, most Links needed divine power ups. ALttP Link defeated the full triforce while operating under a handicap that none of the other Links endured.

Hearing that old intro brought tears to my eyes

I knew Link would win!

2014: it’s like they just made up a timeline to tie a bunch of game together that weren’t supposed to be tied together 2017: NINTENDO HAS BEEN KEEPING TRACK OF TIMELINE PLACEMENTS FROM THE FIRST GAME!!!

I love the joke about the planes and cars ended up coming true.

I knew Majora's Mask Link would be the best!

BUT WHAT ABOUT CDI LINK?

1:59 Matpat was three years ahead of the meme

It's 2020. Time for a recount. There's now breath of the wild.

And then the Hero of the Wild came around and blew everyone of their feet. Like seriously have you seen his capabilities! Like Stopping a charging Lynel (doesn't matter which type he stops them all the same) in 3 seconds, learning to survive with literally no memories (I'm talking about the Great Plateau), being able to use not only bows and swords on horseback, but also clubs, spears and double handed swords (also the fact that he can use those things in the first place give him extra points from me), HAVING to have a large inventory because he's breaking his weapons left and right, and most importantly, be so agile that he can not only jump (shocking I know) but also back flip and slow down time as he does it. Sure he may not have the magical prowess of his ancestors or the battle experience they have, but he makes up for it with his already mentioned slow-time ability, as well as having Revali's Gale, Urbosa's Fury, Daruk's Protection and Mipha's Grace. And for the other downside, first off the only reason he has none is because he cant remember. In Mipha's diary she says that Link was able to easily best adults in combat at the age of four. But through his adventures 100 years later he slowly relearns everything he lost as well as picking up a few survival instincts along the way. Oh yeah quick edit: There is also the fact that he was so strong, in every way, that he wore down the MASTER SWORD!!!!!! He used the master sword so much 100 years ago that it was cracked, chipped and was rusting away before Zelda put it back in the pedestal. And even after 100 years of healing itself, it still breaks after a few hits. Link is just smashing thing with it so hard that it is literally wasting away!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Young Link has a few "Sticks and Nuts" to play with.

Actually, the Hero of Twilight can also use his sword underwater.

Breath of the Wild: I'm about to ruin this man's whole career

I knew right from the start that Young Hero of Time would win 😂😂😂😂

Even in 2019 this is one of my favourite Game Theory videos.

Not even mentioning the hero of Koridai? He'd eat every other link like an octoarok, and then bomb some dodongoes all over their face.

2:19 It is called "The Hero of the Four Sword"

Thanks for using Top Gears Music for the video. Such a great game. Love the videos. Any theories I may have missed for older games (SNES or Nes)? I see a lot of Mario and Zelda. Keep up the hard work!!!

The most powerful Link is an Internet Link

Even if botw Link was in this, child Link would still win. All he has to do is play the Song of Storms and botw Link would fall off a cliff.

Ive watched this video dozens of times and i just noticed and want to thank you for using the music from TOP Gear from the snes its my ringtone on my phone and one of my fav games growing up.

I just keep coming back to this video. I think it may be my favorite

I think Twilight Princess is the most beautiful Zelda game there.

Twilight link is my favorite, but yeah. i do have to give it to you. majoras mask link is the most powerful

Love your content and style of expression. Earned a new sub :)

If you're counting Zora armor, I think iron boots AND the Zora mask could do pretty good.

You'll probably have to check your theory again with Breath of the Wild who's coming.

i keep coming back to watch these old videos, they're so comforting somehow

i knew one day, after putting this on my playlist this would come in handy. ^^ I'm getting ready to do a Zelda D&D game, and I couldn't fully remember how many games The Hero of Legend was in. ^^ Thank you for making this enjoyable video that holds up to this day.

Yay

So which is the most powerful Ganon/Ganondorf?

Congrats Matpat! You called it! 7 years before the contest even started, you called that Slurmp would be name champion of the links! Lol

I don't care what you say. The Hero Of Twilight is a god

Twilight Princess was so damn close!! God damn it. I love you TP Link... Also, one last bit of information. As you showed that the Hero of Time is the white wolf who teaches Link his moves in Twilight Princess, he refers to Link at one point as his son (or something close to that) so a big theory is that the Hero of Time married a ranch girl. Kinda makes sense because in the Time line where Link stays an adult, Twilight Princess is the first game in that branch of the time line.

Man oh man, that was a lot of research. Still, I had a lot of fun doing it! Thanks again MatPat. :D

This is it the one that led me to this channel. Thanks Matpat!

It's really interesting watching how your intros have changed over the years 🤣 I been wondering where my favourite Link was... MM Link to the end!!!

I think we have a new winner, Breath of the Wild Link. I mean....he can jump...c'mon 10/10

He forgot CDI Link.

Me: worried about young link bc he hasn’t said anything about him. Mat pat: and the most powerfull link is, the hero of Time, child edition Me:YESSS

Spirit Tracks gets no respect, despite having some of the best music of the series. :c

Let's say he's the Hero of Spirits from Spirit Tracks. Sure there's a big emphasis on trains in that game, but there's an even bigger emphasis on the spirits

Breath of the wild: hold my beer

Clue reference!! I love that movie!!! Love your videos too MatPat!

I agree with the outcome. I was skeptical when you hardly mentioned the hero of time at first. and imagine if you gave him his complete weapon arsenals from both games adult and child. then he would have the longshot and all the elemental ocarina stuff. Also I just thought of something stupid. how weird would it look if young hero of time used the golden gauntlets.

Bullshit twist. Anyone can beat a Deku Scrub, earlier in your video you say yourself that TP Link can take down a goron, and TP Link also has the Zora armor which could make him go toe to toe with a Zora. Obvious winner is Twilight Princess Link.

You need to update this with Breath of the Wild coming out in the near future

ide like to see an updated version of this

And I'm sure that after seeing young Link in the game you mentioned at the outset, you'll realize he is the god of death.

I was sad that my boy young link was mentioned once And then he gave him the victory, yeah!

3 years later, Breath of the wild comes out.

Wooooow amazing, I literally haven't expect that end

Hey, spirit tracks link pushed a freaking sword through a giant beasts head

breathing new life. breathe of the wild comes out a few years later. mind blown

Hero of Trains XD!! So threatening. Watch out Ganon

Wow 2014 this channel old, and it's still amazing

BuT acTuAllY tHe HErO oF wiNdS is the youngest because he starts on his birthday instead of just being 10

Hero of Twilight, calling it at the beginning of the video...okay wait a minute: Twilight can wrestle a goron, so the goron mask isn't that special. Twilight's swimming ability is the same as the zora mask essentially. Wolf form is more agile than the damn bird even, much less the deku scrublord. Also, Young Hero of Time only had the skill to teach the Hero of Twilight after an obviously extensive amount of time. If Time and Twilight fought, it would be the young, inexperienced kid, not the old, grizzled veteran. Tl;dr you are wrong dammit.

HEY JACKSFILMS YOUR BRETHREN HAVE ARRIVED. 13:12

just to point out, the books show that tp link is so strong because of midna's support. it even shows him about to be instantly defeated in wrestling combat by elder don goron until midna simply flicks him.

"Some sticks and nuts to play with" - game theorists

Why doesn't Ganon like the Internet? Because there are so many "LINKS"

In all, very well done video and I do very much agree that The Hero of Time is the strongest due to the advent of Majora's Mask with TP Link being a close second and ALTTP Link being third. Almost got me with that Curve ball in which the Masks, Time travel and connection to the Hero's Shade wasn't introduced till the end. Great Video MatPat. Don't think I've got a problem with this one lol However TP Link CAN use his sword while underwater, not while he is swimming though...unless that boss fight with Morpheel counts...

When I first saw this vid I was 10 and I had no idea what Zelda was. This video got me into the franchise and now I’ve played nearly all of them.

Still years later and this is one amazing video

Twilight princess had fidget spinners before it was mainstream

Okay, so I was interested in HOW EXACTLY the Links would be ranked up in a complete list, so I did the math. I listet up every category MatPat uses and which Links are mentioned there. I don't know the 2D games so well, besides A Link to the Past and Oracle of Seasons, so please keep that in mind. I did research on Zeldawiki when I was in doubt though. I tried to rank the Links by points ranging from 0 to 3. The winner gets up to 3 points, follow-ups who also stand out get 2 or 1 point(s), while every not-outstanding Link gets 0 points. If there are more Links than 3 in a category, I included decimal numbers (by x.5). Not entirely sure about my mathematical distribution, but I think it works in general. I did allow myself to make some additions here and there MatPat didn't mention, but I still felt were worth noticing. Also note that this comparison is by now changed and expanded upon multiple times, so it probably will get more and more diverse from MatPat's version in the future. So, let's get started! Categories: Strength 1. Adult Hero of Time, 3 (lifting rocks x64) 2. Hero of Legend, 2 (lifting rocks x4) 2. Child Hero of Time, 2 (Goron Mask) 3. Hero of Hyrule, 1 (pushing rocks x1) 4. Hero of Twilight, 0.5 (most natural strength) ----- Cleverness (not entirely sure here!) 1. Hero of Twilight, 2 (most difficult puzzles) 2. Chosen Hero, 1 (formal education) ----- Speed/Agility 1. Hero of Legend, 3 (Pegasus Boots, can jump) 2. Hero of the Minish, 2.5 (Pegasus Boots, Roc's Cape) 3. Hero of Light, 2 (Pegasus Boots) 3. New Hero of Hyrule, 2 (Pegasus Boots) 3. Child Hero of Time, 2 (Goron Mask, Bunny Hood, Deku Mask, can transform into a wolf[?]) 4. Hero of Twilight, 1.5 (wolf form) 5. Chosen Hero, 1 (can sprint/jump/parcour, gets tired fast) ----- Mounts 1. Hero of Twilight, 3 (has Epona, can shoot arrows with bow while on Epona) 2. Adult Hero of Time, 2.5 (has Epona, can shoot arrows with bow while on Epona) 2. Child Hero of Time, 2.5 (has Epona, can shoot arrows with bow while on Epona) 3. Chosen Hero, 2 (has Loftwing, limited to 2-hand-steering) 4. Hero of Wind, 1.5 (has a Boat [it's better than swimming!], limited to water) 5. Hero of Lokomo, 1 (has a Train [it's better than walking!], limited to tracks) ----- Marksmanship (not entirely sure here!) 1. Hero of Twilight, 3 (has Bomb and Light Arrows, has crossbow, has Hawkeye Googles [can snipe anyone else and thus negate stronger Arrow types]) 2. Hero of Wind, 2.5 (has Fire Ice and Light Arrows, can redirect Arrows with Orbs) 3. Adult Hero of Time, 2 (has Fire Ice and Light Arrows) 3. Child Hero of Time, 2 (has Fire Ice and Light Arrows) 3. Hero of Legend, 2 (has Silver Arrows) 3. Hero of Hyrule, 2 (has Silver Arrows) 4. Hero of Lokomo, 1.5 (can redirect Arrows with Orbs, has Light Arrows) 4. Hero of the Minish, 1.5 (has Light Arrows) 5. Hero of Light, 1 (can charge and shoot multiple arrows) 5. Chosen Hero, 1 (has strong and far-reaching bow) 5. New Hero of Hyrule, 1 (can shoot multiple arrows, can fire arrows while merged in walls) ----- Items 1. Hero of Legend, 2 (all the items MatPat listed) 2. Child Hero of Time, 1 ("a bunch of useless masks" like Bunny Hood, Stone Mask, Bomb Mask, Great Fairy Mask etc. and Transformation Masks) ----- Spellcaster 1. Hero of Hyrule, 2 (all the spells MatPat listed) 2. Hero of Legend, 1 (all the spellcasting items MatPat listed) ----- Adventure Experience 1. Hero of Legend, 2 (38 dungeons, this pro goes on quests in his sleep!!!) 2. Child Hero of Time, 1 (possibly infinite timetravel, this ability however is limited to Termina and its knowledge) ----- Underwater Maneuverability (not entirely sure I'm not missing some Links) 1. Child Hero of Time, 3 (Zora Mask) 2. Hero of Legend, 2 (Mermaid Suit, Seed Shooter, can use sword while swimming underwater) 3. Hero of Twilight, 1 (Zora Armour, can use boms underwater, can use sword while standing underwater) 4. Adult Hero of Time, 0.5 (Zora Armour, Iron Boots [... I mean, at least he CAN go underwater!]) ----- Swordfighting 1. Child Hero of Time, 3 (teaches Hero of Twilight as Hero Shade TP sword techniques, Fierce Deity Mask) 2. Hero of Twilight, 2 (TP sword techniques taught by Hero Shade) 2. Hero of Wind, 2 (WW sword techniques) 3. Hero of Hyrule, 1 (upwards and downwards swordslashes) 3. Hero of the Minish, 1 (whole training series) ----- Villain's Strength: 1. Hero of Legend, 3 (defeating ALttP-Ganon) 2. New Hero of Hyrule, 2.5 (defeating Yuga-Ganon from ALbW) 3. Hero of Twilight, 2 (defeating TP-Ganondorf) 4. Hero of Wind, 1.5 (defeating WW-Ganondorf) 4. Hero of Hyrule, 1.5 (defeating Zelda-1-Ganon) 5. Adult Hero of Time, 1 (defeating OoT-Ganon(dorf) ) 6. Child Hero of Time, 0.5 (defeating Majora) ----- Results 1. Hero of Legend, 16 2. Hero of Twilight, 15 3. Child Hero of Time, 14 4. Adult Hero of Time, 9 5. Hero of Wind, 7.5 5. Hero of Hyrule, 7.5 7. New Hero of Hyrule, 5.5 8. Chosen Hero, 5 8. Hero of the Minish, 5 10. Hero of Light, 3 11. Hero of Lokomo, 2.5 (Links from Four Swords are disregarded) So, I'd say if this battle was an MMO, the playerbase would be pretty evenly split between the Child Hero of Time, the Hero of Legend and the Hero of Twilight. The Adult Hero of Time and maybe the Hero of Wind and the Hero of Hyrule would be situational. So, what are the conclusions? Well, MatPat was mostly right: The Child Hero of Time, the Hero of Twilight and the Hero of Legend are favourites and evenly strong, and the Hero of Lokomo is indeed the weakest Link (as of now).

Well, the ‘Hero of Trains’ I think is called ‘Hero of *The Tracks* ‘ Or ‘Hero of *New Hyrule* ‘

2023: okay link can be the hero of enchanted jetliners

How does this channel have 2,000,000 subs if there are only 7,000,000,000 people in the world. Oh wait I'm not an idiot