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Rath said:

Legend11 said:

Kasz216 said:
Link in many games has no personality.

I find that with a lot of Nintendo games not just with Link and I think it's part of the reason why I find it very hard to get into their games other than just in a pick up casual way. I mean when I played Ocarina of Time the atmosphere was brilliant but Link seemed to have no personality and it was hard to identify with anyone in the game because they all seemed so one-dimensional. Take the Mario games as well, do you ever really know what Mario is thinking or even what kind of personality he has? Has there ever been a time in any Nintendo game in which you felt real anger or sadness like in Final Fantasy 7 with it's famous scene that shocked gamers and made them feel horrified, angry, and grief?

I think a lot of it is because of Nintendo's philosophy of wanting their games to make people feel happy all the time they're playing them and also because they're aimed at everyone (which includes children) which makes it basically impossible to have characters with any real depth to them.

Really? I have always found Zeldas (Marios much less so, but as a platformer they require far less character depth) to have a sort of abstract depth to them, rather than forcing a personality on the protagonist they let you sort of propel yourself into the character. I always have found games with silent protagonists to be kind of deep on that level, as long as there is a story going on around them.

Personally I can't stand games with rigid characters because I feel like I'm not really playing a game but more prodding a very boring movie along.

I'm probably just weird like that though XD

I agree with you. Nintendo's style with their heros gave me the feeling like I was that character. I've always enjoyed the silent heroes, less talk more ass kicking. Games where the protagonists have their personalities too are great, Snake has always been an exciting character. I also agree with Legend11, where the characters are dynamic along with the world around them, like in Knights of the Old Republic, awesome game. They are all fun.

On topic...I don't know if anyone mentioned this, but since Cloud beat Sephiroth in Advent Children, he is a bigger badass than Link. Does that count?