| spemanig said: The thing that made OoT great was that it was about a kid who had to grow up. That couldn't have happened without him being a child. I don't think I've ever thought about OoT as an "adult Link" game. It's a game that forces a young Link to become an adult as it's gimmick. It's an effective gimmick, and I wouldn't change it, but it was that game's thing. I don't hate adult Link. I've gone on record saying that if a sequel to MM was ever made, I would want him, no, need him to be the older Link. But that has context relating to the overarching story and theme of the Hero of Time. In OoT, Link had to grow up prematurely. In MM, Link had to deal with loss, lonelyness, and mortality. In this theoretical sequel, it would deal with how all that effects him when he really does truely grow up. That's when it's okay to use adult Link. Not because he looks more "bad ass" or because that what idiot "hardcore" fans think Zelda should be. I heard someone at IGN say that Zelda is Skyrim or Dark Souls. I wanted to hit him. |
You know Spemanig, OoT's story this is the opitome of people not getting it. OoT wasn't about young Link and adult Link. The story is about a kid who was sealed and his body aged for 7 years in the temple of time, he was still for aol intents and purposes a kid. Note the beginning and the end of the game Link was young. There was nothing adult about OoT's Link accept his physical looks during some of the gameplay.
To look further into the story, when Link left Kokiri Village in OoT it was impactful, because it was a kid going to fight this great evil. In ALTTP, when Link's uncle is killed during the storming of Hyrule castle it is also impactful. Not only has his uncle (the person supporting Link) been killed, but he finds himself having to take his place and, as a child, fight to save princess Zelda.
If the entire games of OoT and ALTTP revolved around older Link, when he left Kokiri Village it wouldn't really have mattered. Adults move. I joined the Army and was in Iraq at 19. Not that impactful. Or in ALTTP, if Link was 18 his uncle would have been in his mid to late 30's. I would have wondered why Link didn't go in the first place.
It's about an unlikely hero facing an unbeatable foe and winning. That's what is great about young Link stories.
