Why does Link wear Blue?

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@andreasalbertojuarezramos1127 Ай бұрын

“It was hard making link look good with his green hat” did they forget twilight princess link!?!?!

@XanderVJ Ай бұрын

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.

@matthewlnd3787 Ай бұрын

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

@vadoslink446 Ай бұрын

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.

@commandershepaaarrrdwrex2881 Ай бұрын

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

@Hero_Of_Time241 Ай бұрын

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

@mrsuperheatran2794 Ай бұрын

Toon Link's pajama/blue shirt, white crab outfit is still my favorite blue outfit in the series.

@HyruletheCheetah Ай бұрын

100% agreed

@IamMeHere2See Ай бұрын

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

@briana1273 Ай бұрын

@@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)

@IamMeHere2See Ай бұрын

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

@briana1273 Ай бұрын

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

@oldfashionedboots2774 25 күн бұрын

“He didn’t look cool with his hat” is such a crazy take

@OwnyOne 6 күн бұрын

yet true

@josephsorrow6203 5 күн бұрын

@@OwnyOnefalse the hat is iconic and BA

@OwnyOne 5 күн бұрын

@@josephsorrow6203 ofc it's iconic after decades but still kinda goofy for adult link, we're just used to it

@thisisnotaustin1 2 күн бұрын

yeah, at this point the hat is cool *because* it's links hat

@xangods Ай бұрын

Link slumbered for 100 years. He just woke up in his wind waker pajamas and went off to save hyrule.

@andrescastillo7328 15 күн бұрын

lol

@haloharry97 11 күн бұрын

Am glad am not the only one who thought of that.

@JFFF6293 10 күн бұрын

he went to war without camo because the artsy fartsy types don't care about tactics.

@andrescastillo7328 10 күн бұрын

@@JFFF6293 lol

@redhallow5201 Ай бұрын

My personal head cannon is that the hero's tunic is just a tradition for the hero, and since there hasn't been a hero for 10,000 years, the tradition was lost. The sheikah of 10,000 years ago, however, remembered this tradition, which is why they made him the "of the wild" set.

@diamondly6250 Ай бұрын

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

@presleychan8998 Ай бұрын

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

@diamondly6250 Ай бұрын

@@presleychan8998 not my hero💔

@theupperroom1 Ай бұрын

Who was the Hero before the Hero of The Wild?

@kingyo1509 Ай бұрын

@@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

@Theanimefanidk Ай бұрын

Am I crazy I always thought the cap made him cooler

@anameofmine Ай бұрын

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

@XanderVJ Ай бұрын

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.

@Theanimefanidk Ай бұрын

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

@Theanimefanidk Ай бұрын

@@anameofmine thanks

@commandershepaaarrrdwrex2881 Ай бұрын

@Theanimefanidk what was the reason, guys comment was deleted

@xXEPIKgamerXx Ай бұрын

Imagine if Feirce Deity Link, the single most coolest variety of link they've ever invented, had no cap! All his aura gone, reduced to atoms!

@MSNoir7 Ай бұрын

@84warhead 27 күн бұрын

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

@zero8xkira 26 күн бұрын

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

@milkman2907 25 күн бұрын

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

@ButterApple249 23 күн бұрын

@@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

@strangearbiter467 Ай бұрын

They did not just say link can’t look cool in green😭 twilight princess link and adult ocarina of time link are some of my favourite designs

@roxlife8173 Ай бұрын

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

@thefalselemon579 Ай бұрын

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

@iamerror6546 Ай бұрын

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

@iamerror6546 Ай бұрын

Link in OoT and TP are adults

@nichtmenschlich6133 Ай бұрын

@@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

@ExGanonMain Ай бұрын

I think it’s because BOTW Link is a knight to the royal family. Which is blue

@javiervasquez625 Ай бұрын

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.

@XanderVJ Ай бұрын

That's a retroactive explanation to justify in universe.

@bautistahernandezfernandoa85 Ай бұрын

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

@zorenembry2010 Ай бұрын

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

@SlashCraftJack Ай бұрын

Starting with the 1st Hyrule Warriors game, yes

@_l1ghtsk1n_jesus_53 Ай бұрын

Nah Twilight Princess was peak Design for Link's Gear He's never looked cooler before or since

@mauricesteel4995 26 күн бұрын

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

@kohaiame2691 22 күн бұрын

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

@havemercy_hotline 17 күн бұрын

@@_l1ghtsk1n_jesus_53 ahem, ocarina of time

@havemercy_hotline 17 күн бұрын

@@kohaiame2691 same

@Riszu 17 күн бұрын

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

@drolee937 Ай бұрын

The hat wasn’t cool but link made it cool and it’s only cool on link. It gives a much better silhouette

@M4x_P0w3r 26 күн бұрын

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

@Broomer52 26 күн бұрын

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

@archie6890 25 күн бұрын

@@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

@Ozone946 24 күн бұрын

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.

@SodaCanPop 23 күн бұрын

@@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*

@binchillin888 Ай бұрын

Link always looked cool. Especially in the old official art from the 80's

@remyjones9146 Ай бұрын

It always reminds me of the crawfish shirt link wears in Wind Waker

@mistysheppard7254 6 күн бұрын

it's so adorbsss

@JeremySolo Ай бұрын

Link doesn’t need to look “cool”. What makes him cool are his actions. I loved BOTW and TOTK, but you better believe that I wore the green amiibo tunics throughout the whole thing

@pampamtamtam4001 Ай бұрын

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

@CrimsonMey 28 күн бұрын

Hyaaaah

@flyingsky1559 26 күн бұрын

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.

@igiari_objection 26 күн бұрын

@@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

@zeldahylia8549 26 күн бұрын

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.

@NamelessHumans Ай бұрын

Both blue and green suits him very nicely

@MSNoir7 Ай бұрын

Same

@84warhead 27 күн бұрын

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

@NamelessHumans 27 күн бұрын

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

@Cinnaschticks 10 күн бұрын

Both are nice, but at the moment I prefer no hat, specifically because it's nice asking him wear so many some new outfits. I always kind of wished there were more. :]

@NamelessHumans 9 күн бұрын

@@Cinnaschticks his hair in every game is so cool and very pretty and I sometimes wish I could just play the game without the tunic

@kcryrine5056 28 күн бұрын

i think the reason that mightve been most important is that theres just tons of grass in botw, and it helps him not blend in. it would be more important for botw than other games because of the style of the graphics

@skeginaldp1533 Ай бұрын

Green tunic always looks cool

@RobertSmith-ik4vd Ай бұрын

I do miss the original desings of his outfit.

@yutamuda4046 Ай бұрын

People think the green hat looks lame? It just looks like it’s a part of his outfit. Nothing lame about it, if anything it just looks neutral.

@imagomonkei Ай бұрын

Blue is the color of Zelda's Champions. He only gets the green tunic representing the goddesses' Hero after defeating every Shrine they had for him.

@sobblegaming350 Ай бұрын

The only blue tunic I respect is the lobster shirt from wind waker.

@MarzipanCat. Ай бұрын

Lobster forever

@gregorybrooks6951 Ай бұрын

Lobster shirt is in tears of the kingdom!😊

@pikachannel2763 Ай бұрын

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?

@user-wm9ee7lh3l Ай бұрын

@@gregorybrooks6951it was in BotW before that

@gregorybrooks6951 Ай бұрын

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

@wasntwas 22 күн бұрын

It also is a really nice way to show how there are a lot of outfits to pick from now. Instead of giving him his usual clothing you can choose from a large variety of clothes.

@lonksama6128 Ай бұрын

Excuse me but the hat was ALWAYS the coolest part

@kikosawa Ай бұрын

I personally adore the look of a Hylian tunic, which is red and leather brown. It contracts even better with the green environment and makes Link look like a true wanderer he is in BoTW :D

@jaceyking47 18 күн бұрын

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.

@Missa524 Ай бұрын

I was always a big hater of the tunic change but making a contrast with the green environment is actually a really good point… I just wish they had made the tunic a bit more inspired by the OG ones. They do this a bit more in Tears of the Kingdom with the new Champion’s Tunic (looks less like just a shirt and bandaids and more like a tunic & armour) or by making the archaic tunic a mix of green and grey, which is one of the reasons I like Link’s look more in that game.

@mercury2157 Ай бұрын

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

@ihatepie5937 Ай бұрын

@@mercury2157 He looks like a boy scout

@XanderVJ Ай бұрын

@@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.

@vadoslink446 Ай бұрын

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.

@richardkirkland6805 Ай бұрын

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

@Swagg_Mistress Ай бұрын

I personally love the blue, I think it looks super cool and I love how it stands out. I also love the feature in botw and totk that allows you to dye stuff

@PieJee1 Ай бұрын

Link is blue because he is depressed for being one-shot by regular goblins

@modest_mind2526 Ай бұрын

Link always looked cool with that hat.

@rexona_rolon Ай бұрын

Green is back with the new 2D Zelda game

@yuvie9588 Ай бұрын

you know it's a good design when it's the thing that's never changed during the concept phase

@imanthonyjames Ай бұрын

I wear the twilight cap in TOTK. It’s the best one.

@SmittyMacJones Ай бұрын

That’s why I made my hylian hood and tunic green in my TOTK play through

@MushroomMayhem 8 күн бұрын

Same!

@Nintendude. Ай бұрын

“It was hard making link look good with his green hat” Me thinking of Twilight Link. Remember a piece of official art work in a cover of game magazine promoting TP and Project Revolution. Link was in cliff surronded by skeleton enemies. Where even the hat looked serius with all it's details in the art. Link being blue in a battle field of green grass just makes him a perfect target.

@Wavecheckfoo Ай бұрын

I think botw brought in so many new people that most people now associate link with blue

@Arob4343 Ай бұрын

Miss the green

@Alkaris Ай бұрын

I don't necessarily care if Link is wearing green or Blue, in Wind Waker he wears a blue lobster shirt at the start of the game, and even let's you unlock it for your next save file to wear for the rest of the game. Four Swords introduced us to different colored Link's, with red, blue and violet, and I'm sure you can cycle down the entire range of colors as well. Blue tunic design fits perfectly for Breath of the Wild, but they did go back to sort of green for Tears of the Kingdom, but instead of all green, it was mix of browns and greens mixed together.

@JordanWilliams_Link7702 Ай бұрын

Looks cooler with the hat

@lilray2942 Ай бұрын

not really

@JordanWilliams_Link7702 Ай бұрын

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

@Vieislost Ай бұрын

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.

@JordanWilliams_Link7702 Ай бұрын

@@Vieislost a long exaggerated green hat is better

@dynamitoriel9056 Ай бұрын

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

@corbans5796 Ай бұрын

My TOTK link always wore the green suit and hat

@lemonchaly 22 күн бұрын

One could argue that the biggest change is the missing hat.

@rdurkin08 Ай бұрын

It also makes a lot of sense as BotW is the first game to break away from any feasible point on the pre-established timeline of games, where they all follow the tradition of"what the hero of legend wore", but since BotW is separate from all the other games where he wore green, they had no previous Hero of Hyrule to pull from, thus making the design be lost to time.

@guizhangchen1999 Ай бұрын

Because Aonuma hates Zelda 😢

@mochamanplays257 Ай бұрын

The hat is as iconic as Mario’s, Sonic’s quills, Scout’s baseball cap, Master Chiefs helmet, and Batman’s hood. Nintendo pulled a bold move that worked out great with Botw

@luma4682 Ай бұрын

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

@geoffreychauvin1474 Ай бұрын

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

@DrawingSpiffily Ай бұрын

Surprised more people don’t know how green had the same word as blue in Japanese until fairly recently (Ao). Like green is part of blue. So a blue-clothed link wouldn’t be too unusual.

@PreachBubble Ай бұрын

Bring the OG fit back 😭 I thought it was cool to see the similar differences in differences in how you get items. It’s a knights year color, it’s a traditional outfit, you’re not a fairy but were raised with fairies, etc

@gaivsvalerivs5818 Ай бұрын

Link not having his green tunic all the time is the worst part of breath of the wild

@DragoX7 17 күн бұрын

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

@justanotherimperialfist 24 күн бұрын

One of the many reasons why I describe BotW as "A Physics Engine Demonstration wearing the Zelda Franchise's skin like Buffalo Bill, staring me in the eyes, and saying 'Would you play me? I'd play me. I'd play me hard.'"

@ViviSectia 17 күн бұрын

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

@pearlplayaa 6 күн бұрын

@@ViviSectiaexcept we've literally seen the proof of concept prototype, and it was basically zelda 1 with botw mechanics

@ViviSectia 6 күн бұрын

@@pearlplayaaI didn't know that and had to look it up. OP was right. It is a physics engine demo wearing Zelda as a skin.

@RabblesTheBinx 2 күн бұрын

Funny, I referred to it as "Skyrim wearing Zelda's skin like Edgar the Bug from Men in Black".

@CrabCrow 23 күн бұрын

The hat is a throwback to classic fantasy where gnomes and fairy-folk wore pointed caps. Of course it doesn't match modern aesthetic ideals but that's the point.

@spiderz5145 4 күн бұрын

The Twilight Princess outfit still looks great on him in game, but the blue is fine too

@12368Girl Ай бұрын

To be honest, I'm not interested. The green clothes were almost always explained by the fact that he came from the Kokiri forest and wore the traditional clothes, for me. But in a setting where he's a knight and was never a Kokiri, he doesn't have to look like a forest gnome. I also don't know why people get hung up on the clothes or hype the stuff. I loved wearing different clothes in BOTW and the green stuff was the very last thing I wanted to wear. Of course I didn't think the green outfit was stupid, but it's unnecessary to judge a game on it.

@TriremeBoy Ай бұрын

Hot take... Link is iconic in green

@unoriginal2552 22 күн бұрын

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.

@vanessathomas9641 22 күн бұрын

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

@cpurizumu 17 күн бұрын

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

@unoriginal2552 16 күн бұрын

@@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.

@XanderVJ Ай бұрын

Blue was also Link's secondary color since "Ocarina of Time". Primarily the Hylian Shield, and even the Master Sword in some instances. While the hilt is technically indigo, depending on the lighting, it looks more bluish very often. So it doesn't look that out of place compared to other colors. Also, this makes Link Nintendo's biggest character with blue as their main color. Before Link, the only main Nintendo character associated with that color was Captain Falcon, which is a C-lister at best (sorry, F-Zero fans. Not the games' fault), while Link's green overlapped with Luigi's.

@tylerbutzer5183 Ай бұрын

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. 🥺 )

@timothyparham5064 27 күн бұрын

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.

@kg30004 25 күн бұрын

Should’ve kept the hat though

@Legend_of_Lukey 4 күн бұрын

Links crossbow training was PEAK ✌️

@Idk05271 Ай бұрын

Ngl I don’t mind the blue as it’s A) entirely optional as to if you wear it in both botw and totk And B) The point of link looking a tad goofy is understandable and I personally think the blue tunic has grown on me

@user-fy6tt1uy4v Ай бұрын

Also since that blue is the colour of the royal family and link is a champion and Zelda’s royal knight and he was born to a line of royal knights

@Paladin2555 Ай бұрын

I was more upset that starting with Skyward Sword they made Link right-handed. As a left-handed kid growing up, it was so nice (and rare) to have heroic lefty representation. Bring back lefty Link!

@RabblesTheBinx 2 күн бұрын

Yeah, people don't seem to realize how little (i.e. basically none) heroic and _competent_ lefty representation there was in media and then Aonuma took away the _only_ one we had because of his seething disdain for left-handed people.

@marcelmeza635 Күн бұрын

Link should be a full grown man by now. As tall as Gannon. With night caption armor.

@ChadOfAllChads 22 күн бұрын

Bro they took away what made link recognizable though. He looks like cloud strife now.

@george0287 Ай бұрын

Tears of the kingdom link is probably the best he's looked. The leather amrour with the tunic is so goated

@MSNoir7 Ай бұрын

@sporovid5856 Ай бұрын

They better bring back the iconic design in the next game. Link without the outfit isn’t Link. Imagine if one day Nintendo was like, “yeah Mario has always worn his cap and overalls, but we liked the idea of a T-shirt and jeans more since it looks *””COOL””* so we’re gonna go with that now.”

@RabblesTheBinx 2 күн бұрын

It was just one of the many, _many_ things that made BotW fall into the "Not even really a Zelda game" category of my personal ranking for the games.

@urayi8008 2 күн бұрын

@@RabblesTheBinx yeah i feel the same thing. The game is awesome but it doesn't feel like i'm playing a Zelda game

@TheSavior-zq4ls 8 сағат бұрын

Link's hat made him look like a badass in my opinion

@nicholasheston862 24 күн бұрын

link looks like a yoga instructor now

@GoronMerchant Ай бұрын

Truly believe BOTW/TOTK takes place in the “Adult Era” the Hyrule is the one from Spirit Tracks, the only other time Link has been in “Toon-Style” was in his Blue lobster outfit in Wind Waker. Spirit Tracks Link, the decedent of WW, also wears different colours, Blue and Red. That’s my theory.

@XanderVJ Ай бұрын

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

@GoronMerchant Ай бұрын

@@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.

@BetaDude40 Ай бұрын

@@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.

@liammccbyrne4184 Ай бұрын

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.

@ysucae Ай бұрын

i think it also fits with the themes of loss of identity and melancholy in botw. link was not link anymore. he had to find bits and pieces of himself back in a world that moved on. even in the memory cutscenes, you feel detached from this link because he's so different and i think that's 100% intentional never take a bit design change just at face value or for the shock of it. maybe sometimes it's for shock but a character's design is the most efficient way to passively convey their story.

@aethertoast4320 Ай бұрын

I get the symbolism and importance to Link that the color green has, but having Link contrast better with the environment is definitely a good reason for the change. Just wish that maybe they could have added more green accents though.

@yurieshicatay6309 Күн бұрын

The hat distinguishes the character and makes him instantly recognizable

@josiahtheobald689 Ай бұрын

i miss the green

@chrono0097 Ай бұрын

Link always looked cool with a green hat, nothing was broken and they still needed to fix it

@EduardoMartinez-fk2pv Ай бұрын

"It's really hard to make link look cool with his green hat" TP Link: hold my beer

@rooster5146 Ай бұрын

A better explanation would be that since Link is Zelda’s “protector” it would only make sense that he would adorn the Hylian colors of the Kingdom, since we also see that the other Champions and Zelda also wear the blue.

@drabkebab Ай бұрын

It's cool, but I hope they try to keep green as the main colour because it's by far the most iconic look for him

@Nameless_Night Ай бұрын

Link looks so cute in a little ponytail!

@ShinySunjack 24 күн бұрын

The Green hat has always looked cool.

@roland.siemar97 24 күн бұрын

And here I thought that BOTW Link's design was inspired by the protagonist from "Princess Mononoke"

@jonahmays Ай бұрын

I think the BOTW link design is amazing and really cool

@kristalange6824 Ай бұрын

I like the blue, instead of the green.

@TriremeBoy Ай бұрын

Green top

@robertcena9194 Ай бұрын

Super unpopular opinion: I never liked Link's design until finally in Breath of the Wild. I always thought that the Peter Pan's look was ok for some Zelda stories but It would have been better if they changed it for some games from time to time. I'm glad they did it for the Switch games.

@fiveythefox3318 Ай бұрын

Wind Waker Link didn’t like the green outfit compared to his usual blue outfit.

@H-TownGamer Ай бұрын

Getting rid of the green and cap is like taking off Marios red hat. It’s criminal.

@bigeek Ай бұрын

gonna be honest, I hold onto the past so much with this franchise, so BOTW and TOTK are esaily my least favorite link and zelda designs. when I first saw it and heard the story on how they came to be, it made sense, but it didn't make me like it anymore. I miss his hat, so now I wear the OOT or TP outfit in TOTK all the time 😭

@amandaslough125 Ай бұрын

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.

@thedoctor8607 Ай бұрын

It was the right choice. Link stands apart from the background much more easily

@luffytard7512 25 күн бұрын

Imagine if they had this "not looking cool with hat" dilemma with Mario

@nsramen3624 Ай бұрын

Bring back the hat I don’t need a soy boy. Man bun

@TheSilencer-fb5rt Ай бұрын

Played Zelda since Nintendo 64 it was nice for a little change that wasn't like water armor or red for fire armoe

@NoahMcNair 25 күн бұрын

Links hat IS cool. He rocks that!

@luigi7781 13 күн бұрын

Link always looked good with the hat... that was one of his defining features. Its iconic.

@itaysharf3207 Ай бұрын

Seeing ss link standing tall against demise, a human against a god with the master sword he himself forged with the breath of dragons, with his new searis of green guard outfit and the green cap Made him look so fierce A true hero of courage. Botw link eats rocks...

@ThatHandsomeHorse Ай бұрын

I like his new design better, he looks more mature and adult in my opinion

@joypink5599 Ай бұрын

I always figured it was because of ALL the green in BotW. He would get swallowed up in the scenery. I like it, it makes him a bit more unique among the others, but I do wish his Hero of the Wild green tunic looked better. If it did, I would actually wear it from time to time.

@AviciisGhost Ай бұрын

The best design hands down with looks color and authenticity and legendary history is soul caliber 2 ocarina of time link

@drbox9928 23 күн бұрын

Link always looked cool in his green hat

@kohaiame2691 22 күн бұрын

Ikr. I miss it. 😭

@ItsYaBoiV 23 күн бұрын

And then they gave us all of the updated versions of his previous outfits, and I keep him in the Twilight set 😂 It's one of the coolest of the 3d sets, with visible chainmail under the tunic, and thicker fabric that actually looks protective.

@Lastor336 Ай бұрын

You could also view breath of the wild and tears of the kingdom as complete reboot of the franchise rather than continuations

@ToonamiT0M Ай бұрын

And I then proceeded to switch back to a green tunic as soon as possible to play through the rest of the game.

@OmegaWarrior42 24 күн бұрын

The cool, iconic part of Link's design IS the green hat and tunic.

@ethyr 4 күн бұрын

The hat gave him a woodland fantasy vibe that fit well with the setting.

@andrescastillo7328 15 күн бұрын

Honestly I love the blue outfit, it actually suits him as much as the green tunic and his iconic cap.

@Jacks_game_room Ай бұрын

I actually think the hat looks cool. Twilight princess link is the coolest looking link IMO.

@-Etsu- 26 күн бұрын

Kirby's sword ability has the green cap, and since I played kirby games as a kid way before zelda, I just assumed the green cap is a sword thing. Then seeing link don the same style, it made total sense since he swings a sword so of course he has the sword hat, cause it's a sword thing. .......it took me way too many years to realise it went the other way around.

@awkwardhuman6314 Ай бұрын

Having the blue because it contrasts well to the green in the fields makes much more sense

@urayi8008 8 күн бұрын

not really it never never was a problem before, and they could also just put a blue scarf on him or something like in hyrule warriors

@Spumoon 22 күн бұрын

"It's hard to look cool while wearing a stupid pointy green hat." That's why Link is wielder of the Triforce of Courage.

@Master-Link 18 күн бұрын

As one in Green, Blue was a sign of royalty, a blue tunic made by the daughter of King Bosphoramus Hyrule, to commend the achievement of a Champion, chosen to pilot an ancient vehicle, Technically Monk Maz Koshia Gave Zelda Links Tunic as BOTW Link controls the Master Cycle Zero.