No, they didn't. Satoru Takizawa, the series art director since Majora's Mask, has been very open about the fact that he never liked the hat. In an interview he acknowledged the TP design as the closest he's ever gotten to make the hat look cool in his eyes, but it was still not cool enough for him. So when he got the opportunity to get rid of it in BotW, he took it.

And skyward sword, and ocarina, and majora Link almost always looked cool (from fan pov at least)

It looked like Link was wearing a huge pillow case on his head. I’m glad they changed his design. The hood looks way better and blue just looks nicer when Link is running through green environments all the time.

Na, yall new fans be smoked rn, cause link with a pony tail ain't as cool as a unique NBDB hat no other character in media has unless they reference the guy himself I know some of yall will be butt hurt about it, that's your problem, it's called opinion, and I know some of you will say "well I'm a old fan" bruh no one cares That's my take and that my answer to things I see coming

Or fierce deity or the hero of time outfit in botw/totk

100% agreed

If it were in TotK, I feel it should award you a bonus heart every time you rested while wearing it.

@@IamMeHere2SeeIt is in Totk though, but I agree it should’ve had an interesting effect when worn, my idea might be to have the anti gravity feature everywhere but only during nighttime to symbolize the weird zany things that someone is capable of during dreams (like floating)

@@briana1273 Dang. Where is it? I haven't found it.

@@IamMeHere2See It’s by lurelin village on the shores in a treasure chest and it looks absolutely adorable on this incarnation of Link :3

No, you're not. Something about that hat just makes him look so much more badass

Apparently that's the opinion of Satoru Takizawa, who's been working in the series since A Link to the Past", and became art director of the series in "Majora's Mask". And apparently, he NEVER liked the hat. Apparently he wanted to get rid of it since he joined the team, but he was never allowed to until BotW.

@@XanderVJ dang why does he hate it so much I wonder

@@anameofmine thanks

​@Theanimefanidk what was the reason, guys comment was deleted

it was a lot longer then 10,000 years. the 10,000 years ago was when they made the divine beast and stuff

@@diamondly6250there was a hero 10,000 years ago but i don’t think he wore the green tunic either

@@presleychan8998 not my hero💔

Who was the Hero before the Hero of The Wild?

​@@theupperroom1 the redhead one shown in that painting in Kakariko, he defeated Ganon 10,000 years before BoTW Link, when the divine beasts were first used. There's an armor set of him in TotK, he kinda looks like a Zonai tbh

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I could picture Feirce Deity Link wearing a jeweled headpiece similar to Ganon. With the long white hair that might actually look amazing.

​@@84warheadyou mean the Goku hair? It definitely would look amazing

nah he’d look cool with the ponytail or even TOTK long hair

@@84warheadtbh that would be cool but the iconic cap makes it LINK, without it it's just a mad God, with it it's THE FIERCE DEITY

No disrespect to wind water but bro did not look cool in that tunic, he looks like a homeless tingle.

​@@roxlife8173 wrong. Tingle is literally homeless link. Fake fan.

⁠@@roxlife8173…Wind Waker link is still visibly a child.

Link in OoT and TP are adults

​@@roxlife8173 He's supposed to look silly. All that expressive facial animation and movement is specifically designed not to be "cool" but silly and fun

So was the Hero of Time after he returned from Termina yet instead of a blue colored shirt weaved by Ocarina of Time Zelda he instead wore the iconic owl-themed armor he would always carry beyond his very death as the _Hero's Shade_ in Twilight Princess. It was clearly a simple design choice from Nintendo's part rather than an in-Lore explanation.

That's a retroactive explanation to justify in universe.

That's an in-universe explanation, video was talking about irl reasons.

oh yes that also make more sense with how the whole game really is

Starting with the 1st Hyrule Warriors game, yes

honestly his new look is less cool now.

​@@chrispilcher2024the fuck are you talking about the hat was so fucking ugly quit being nostalgia blinded just cause its recognisable doesnt mean its good

@@chrispilcher2024 What? You think his stupid blue t-shirt looks less cool than his iconic outfit that everyone instantly recognizes as him if they see it elsewhere? Say it ain't so!

i really liked TP Link, the Chainmail under the tunic was the best.

I had such a huge crush on TP Link it's not even funny. 😩

@@_l1ghtsk1n_jesus_53 ahem, ocarina of time

@@kohaiame2691 same

@@kohaiame2691 Same, but I'm a straight male

Same

I'm personally a fan of no hat. I primarily stuck to the earrings once I got them.

@@84warhead in general hat or no hat he still looks amazing

Exactly. Link without his hat has a less recognizable outline. It's just less unique.

Fierce Deity Link and Twilight Link are the two most badass versions of Link and they would just look less interesting without the cap. The cap made the outfit work and the way Link carried himself pulled it off. The cap looks bad if the link they made is also not that interesting. In short Link makes the Cap cool. I never wear the Hero Tunic and dye the Hylian Armor Green and then put on the Zora Helm (also dyed Green) it looks like Classic Link with an appropriately updated Tunic

​@@M4x_P0w3runique doesnt mean good and botw link is a good design they could have gone with a basic short haired two coloured plain outfit but they gave him stuff the still makes it recognisable and not ugly as shit like the tunic and hat

Yep. It’s almost like one of the biggest gaming companies in the world has never heard of character design and the importance of recognizable silhouette.

@@archie6890And Mario isn't recognizable as a plumber. Seriously, why change something major, and break tradition/recognition from a character like that? Sure, Link has his outfits, and Mario does as well. Oh well, great game, awesome you can still choose the tunic from outfits, but Link *makes* the green tunic and hat *his*

Same way Wind Waker Link looks cool when he's flippin' and dippin'

Hyaaaah

Oot Link was designed to not look cool, what with the tights and all. I have heard he was designed to be handsome, but not cool.

@@flyingsky1559 but the funny thing is that he still looked cool regardless! 🤩 I think JeremySolo had it on point that his actions and heroism really shined

I miss the default green tunic and hat so much. It's like having Mario without his hat and overalls, it's their signature look.

It not being there made you miss it. Therefore making it feel better when you do have it

Lobster forever

Lobster shirt is in tears of the kingdom!😊

We are on the verge of World War III, and all you care about is if pixels on a screen have different colors than those you remember from childhood?

@@gregorybrooks6951it was in BotW before that

@@user-wm9ee7lh3l oh lol I just found it in totk

did you not do all the shrines in BOTW or visit the great skeletons' depths counterparts in TOTK

​@@mercury2157 He looks like a boy scout

@@mercury2157 The Tunic of the Wild is easily THE worst classic tunic designs in the entire franchise. So much so I'm quite convinced that it was designed poorly on purpose to not upstage the Champion's Tunic.

I dunno, with the exception of TP and SS, most of the green tunics look like they’re "just a shirt" tbh. But yeah, the new Champion tunic looks badass.

You do realize that BotW Link DOES have a green tunic that's unique to him, right? The Tunic of the Wild.

That is my preferred outfit of choice, when playing BotW (since I can't have the classic Link look- I ain't spending money on amiibos just to have an outfit). I think the Hylian tunic looks much better than the Champion's tunic, which IMO just looks like a comfy pajama shirt and not really "heroic" in any way.

I have a suspicion that it was an entirely different game that the Zelda franchise took over like what happened with Starfox Adventures.

Hot take... Link is iconic in green

As I read more and more replies, I find that a lot of the older Zelda fans just want Nintendo to keep releasing OoT forever and ever and never deviate. Glad you're not one of them.

Not a single person in these comments has said that. I hate this ridiculous strawman take.

@@unoriginal2552 No shit fans want more of the things they like. BotW and TotK are Zelda games for people who dislike Zelda games.

@@cpurizumu that statement about BotW and TotK is objectively wrong but okay. I understand that people want more of what they like, but to just want a billion OoT clones that have a formula and never deviate is idiotic.

Any in universe explanation will only be retroactive. You cannot explain it like that.

@@XanderVJwhat you said makes no sense, if that were true, stories could not be written. Called being faithful, not creating plot holes. If you cannot be creative enough, to create a good story, that is your fault, not the people. So yes, I can, there will always be three timelines. In universe is the only way you can explain a story detail. Called writing a story/plot. Something Nintendo has forgotten, and the fan base.

​@@GoronMerchant A retroactive story justification can be unsatisfying for some people, but I should point out that there are multiple ways that stories are able to be justified. Literature majors use "Watsonian" and "Doylist" explanations for in-universe and out-of-universe explanations respectively. The problem is that Zelda games were never really developed with the idea of an overarching massive story structure like other media franchises. It was meant to be more like Mario in that regard, with each game being a different self-contained story using recurring characters kind of like a myth. Sure there would be references between games, and occaisionally direct sequels like with OoT and MM, but the intentions weren't to make a huge "Zelda Cinematic Universe" that was wholly consistent or accurate (case in point: the geography between games being absurdly different having to be handwaved away by writers as "oh that just happens sometimes, Hylians are used to it") With that said that doesn't make them less legitimate. I like the 3-timeline divergence at OoT, and I think that it makes sense to try and connect the stories together in a satisfying way. Some people don't like that and feel it takes away from the "mythos," or it relies on too much out-of-universe justification. It's not a sign of a lack of creativity at all, I think it's great, but there is also some merit in disliking the timeline as some fixed canon.

its a reboot that exists at the end off all timelines. but they never said if its a merging of timelines or if all timelines just inevitably turn into Botw.

not really

@lilray2942 Yes really, you should get taste tho new gen

As someone who has been playing since wind waker, I think the BOTW design looks better. Now don't get me wrong, the green hat and tunic worked fine, but the leathers allow more movement to be felt and honestly the hair just looks good. Along with the contrast of the light blue and light tan colors and It just looks pleasant on the eyes.

@@SilvieSteam a long exaggerated green hat is better

Opinion is an opinion but the fact you attacked people over liking different design than yours then you also don't derseve too have an opinion

I agree, iconic design is better than cool design Cool can be like following a trend, while iconic become timeless

Batman's is called his Cowl, they always say the cape and cowl when referring to Batman's appearance

Good point, can't have our main man Link in the same colors as green Mario! (Forgive me Luigi, you will always be the best Mario, no Mario Marios for me, just Luigi Marios and Luigi's Mansions and I'm set for life. Please don't smite me. 🥺 )

As obscure as the Fire emblem games were, many of their protagonists also wore blue, in all kinds of shades too. So there's that.

Should’ve kept the hat though

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Green top

I honestly prefer wearing the regular Hylian tunic and climbing banana than ever wearing the new brand of clothing. Like, the Hylian tunic died green looks better than any of them anyway. Only reason mine isn't is because I only get one bandana so I rather pull off a "Goron Tunic" look that matches.

But Blue has always been Zelda's color. Link went from having his own color to wearing Zelda's colors.

​@@metaltornado3457 the commenter is actually wrong here. ALL of the champions wear blue. It's simply the color of the champions.

Dudes working on the Halo TV show also thought it was time for a change and had Master Chief not wear his helmet. Or his armor. Except that fandom actually has standards and pushed back against the obvious stupidity. The Zelda fandom lost.

@@xSilentZeroXx Reee! This different thing scares me!

A Link Between Worlds showed that if the Triforce didn't exist, the world would decay and fall into an abyss. It's basically responsible for holding the world together.

Ikr. I miss it. 😭