Link (Hero of the Wild) also technically talks every time he responds to an npc or gives one of those lengthy explanations, where he gestures and everything
@@Fusion-Crash by that logic, 99% of the game characters are mute... Let's be real, I don't think they use telepathy to communicate the situations that are going around them. Plus we're just gonna ignore botw when Link gives the sand/snow boots gerudo dude intoxicating levels of sass while dressed as a woman...?
Well excuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu... I forgot.
The thing is, he talks in almost all the games. We, the players, just don't get to hear him talk because he was meant to be a "self insert" type of character where you can put yourself in his shoes. There are multiple times in multiple games where you can even see Link talk but don't hear him(for reasons I just mentioned) A prime example I have is in Skyward Sword where you can see Link gesturing with his hands as he tells Groose, who just fell from the sky to follow Link, about the world under the clouds.
Or how in totk he tells Purah what happens at the start, he was the only person who witnessed and Purah explained what happened in great detail although she wouldn't be able to know said details unless link told her.
@Oracle Right?? Though I was avoiding BotW and TotK because it states spesifically that he talks but barely because of pressure. Gotta point out all the other games he talks without us hearing him x3
@@tkiesailastname4656but he doesn't talk much, and when he does it's related to getting shit or world knowledge since he never knows wtfs going on. he didn't take an oath to silence he's just very quiet unless he has to say something for work
@pusshi3936 it's called being selectively mute, where you can talk but for the most part don't. BotW spesifically(I think it's different for other games) it heavily hints at that being the case for Link because of the heavy pressure he is under as the champion and chosen hero of the master sword.
he’s actually not meant to have a self insert voice, they did originally have a voice for the character with scripted lines and everything but the voice actor had gotten into a car accident and passed away, having them scrap all of the recordings they had to respect the va
@@3nowStorm true, if they did add a voice after everything there would be alot of controversy about it. Still though, like you said he speaks in the dialogue options, though we don't hear him it is still clear he is speaking in some manner.
i like the idea that hes signing and its just not animated bc. that would be a ton of work. i just think its a neat idea (though i know thats not the real reason)
he talks hes just using linknese, its a whole entire language that revolves around the words, HYAT, TYAHT, TORYUHAA, HA, Hoho, Rrghhn, UAWAAAAAAA, Nyegh, Horyua, Toh, mmm-mmm, oahhh, and of course Well Excuuuuuusssee me PRINCESS.
He talked in a lot of games he just doesn't have text, he explains his situation to many characters in most games than the character repeats what he said sometimes he even moves his hands as if he is explaining something.
Link talks all the time. These videos really spread misinformation. Every single time you get back to someone to complete a quest, link makes some gestures with his hands, making it obvious he tells the person everything that happened.
If you want to get very technical he always talks we just dont hear him. Every time you chose a dialog option for example he says something but we dont hear him
Link talks all the time, he just doesn’t have a VA so we can connect more to the character, as he’s supposed to be a vessel (or, a LINK) that brings us and the game together
BOTW/TOTK Link does talk, he just only speaks when spoken to, but only keeps his dialogue very short, like he tries to condense all his words in like less than 5 at a single time, with it mostly being 3.
Link talks in zelda totk but it doesnt show text he says info about zelda missing. Also he was doing gestures while talking but there was just no audio.
I believe it's canon that all the 'Hyup's and 'Hyah's he makes are actually a quote from the 1991 film "Whore." If you slow it down 1569% you can hear him say "Would if I could, bitch!"
It's interesting that the Wind Waker voice line also sounds kind of like he's just making a regular shout.. Probably took him really long to learn that one 😂
@@yeeessimusprime3422 that's not even true as far as I know. machine translation just adds first person pronouns when a foreign language doesn't specify if it's first person or not, which leads to problems (like in Japanese) where the subject of a sentence is implicit.
Whenever you do something quest related in TOTK or BOTW, if you go to a quest related NPC sometimes Link will do a speaking motion with his hands that hints he is explaining something to them
Theres another zelda character i like here are also my favorite lines: lamp oil, rope, bombs you want it it's yours my friend as long as you have enough rupees. Sorry link i cant give credit come back when your a little mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm richer
@@Laserbeak219 That’s not Zelda, that’s the fat guy with the Robin Hood hat. We are strictly talking lines from Zelda himself. Lines like “Jee, it sure is boring around here,” and “My name is Zelda, I am a boy and you play as me.”
Link does talk we just never hear his voice. In botw and totk when link responds to npcs during conversation they respond as though link actually told them something.
Link talks in every 3D Zelda game. Those dialog options are Link speaking. When you gesture with his hands, he's speaking. Every quest, pretty much, he has to be saying something unless you think he communicates telepathically. The first time I heard someone say it was crazy that Zeldas diary shows Link can speak I thought I was being trolled.
My baby boy!!!!! Damn look how far he has come as a hyrule Messiah and hardcore fan of the legend of Zelda series I will speak from experience he has indeed come so damn far from being a nobody to a wonderful person and a legend
Link may not have a voice, but he does talk. Whenever you select a dialogue option in BOTW, that is what he say to the npc. He lost his memory after, he probably does remember why he went silent, or even that he did. He probably does in every games after OoT and MM too. Link isn't an empty shell for the player to impersonate anymore, he's his own character with his own emotion independent of the player, we follow his story now. I wish they showed that more in TOTK, especially at the end.
Also, in the memory you get at Sanidin Park, “To Mount Lanayru” when Zelda says “Be sure to take the time to sooth your mount. It’s the only way to show it how you really feel.” That’s actually in parentheses, and with her following it up with adressing Link and saying “your advice was very helpful, thank you.” That’s a direct quote from our Hero of the Wild! (The wording wasn’t exactly the same here, though. I’m not perfect)
Breath of the wild gave an incredible explanation, Link doesn't talk cause he doesn't want to complain about his destiny. Imagine yourself being chosen as a hero to stop the end of the world because your ancestors who carried the same will did so without batting an eye. This is how you write a great destined character, one who accepts his role and does everything he can to fulfil it
I haven’t played many Zelda games, but he does canonically talk in Tears of the Kingdom. When he converses with characters, his hands move and I believe so does his mouth. We just can’t hear him, most likely because Nintendo wants us to connect to him, and if we can hear his voice, we no longer have as close of a connection. (Obviously many games do this)
Also, as far as I know in BOTW missions menu texts aré written in a kind of first person in japanese, so everything that it’s written as description of the missions are a kind of Link’s diary. Truely, there is a lot of feelings in there
He talks quite a bit actually. In zelda 2, he sometimes speak in first person when finding stuff In links awakening, after reading the prophecy, he responds by saying "what? A illusion?" This is present in the remake as well The cdi games and the cartoon (obviously) I believe he talks in Mario Rpg, where you can find him and samus sleeping at a hotel And though not technically speaking, in triforce heros, we see someone who looks alot like a link to the past link, and when playing co-op, you can send messages saying stuff like help, no, hi and yes
There are several instances, dating back to OoT where he actually has dialog options. People just forget about them because they don't happen often. It's also implied through dialog he responds in conversations, it's just to to you to decide what he said
In the Japanese version of Breath of The Wild some of the adventure logs containing the quests are in first person as if Link was taking notes in a diary.
Link isn't a mute because even in BOTW and TOTK, there's lots of moments where npcs react like Link just told then a story. So canonically, he talks, we just don't hear it
Even better, in totk i found an npc in lookout landing facing somewhere else and i talked to him from the back, then that guy says "that voice..." turns around and then goes on with the 'oh link you are here' trope from most of those npc in that area. So yeah, is super mega clear that he talks, just that, he conveniently only does so when he and the other npc start speaking in hyas, ho hos, ooh, eeh, hmmm, ahyas, etc.
Skyward has him talk many times. He's technically speaking and explaining things, but the camera pans away alot while his lips are moving, or it's just him moving his lips and gesturing while the audio is muted.
Also in twilight princess, near the beginning of the game, link is riding Epona down from the ranch and in the cutscene you can see his mouth move as he's talking to Ilia having just finished rounding up the goats for the first time.
He talks in tears of the kingdom too because when you’re in a dialogue there’s like a question and you can answer it was options so he technically talks and when he moves his arms around that’s him talking to
Link talks, but the voice is “supposed to be” yours. The link between gamer and avatar. He’s actually pretty witty with his remarks and jokes around a lot with npc ‘s, like with the sand seals hiring where when he’s asked “do you want to hire for this price?” He says things like “let’s seal the deal!” Or “I’ll seal later” or something like that. That “CMON!!!!” In wind waker tho 😅 like Bish hurry the fck up!!! 🤣🤣
He talks in every single game all the time actually. Every dialouge option wouldnt make sense if he just telepathically told people what he wanted to say.
CDI link talked, even if we wish he didn’t . . . I can’t be the only one that heard “well excuse me princess” in my head when i think about link talking.
I like to imagine he's selectively mute and talks in sign language, especially in botw/totk. Reminds me of Garu and how he had something like a vow of silence.
Let’s not forget that in the original Japanese version of BotW (not sure about TotK but probably) all the text in the quest logs are written in first person. Technically this doesn’t count as talking since it’s written, but it’s a neat detail that got lost in translation.
BotW Link has also been known to actually speak, in the champions ballad dlc you can read mipha's diary. She talks about how when they were children Link would talk all the time, but something happened and he got more quiet. He also has canonically spoken with Zelda, as she quotes him in one of the memories.
That something that happened might be him being chosen as zelda’s bodyguard or him getting the mastersword due to which the responsibilities and the burden on him increased.
Link (Hero of the Wild) also technically talks every time he responds to an npc or gives one of those lengthy explanations, where he gestures and everything
Hero of the wild???
Yes, Hero of the wild, because all of the other heroes have their own name, The Hero Of Time, Wind, Twilight, et cetera
@@iverhjulstad7678legend of Zelda, breath of the wild Link aka hero of the wild
@@gameclipking246 its the same link like how its the hero of time not the hero of majora
Ngl anyone that calls him the hero of the wild is fucking wierd fr
BOTW/TOTK and Skyward Sword Link both canonically talk through dialogue options
and links awakenings reads some out loud
@@Grim.Shadow-69 Spoiler Alert
Yeah, when he reads the mural that explains that it's all a dream, he goes "What the fuck!?"
@@barghest94 yeah
He even makes talking motions in botw(havent played skyward) when like yeah so this happens and their like ohhh is that so
@@barghest94 wait wait what??? What mural?
Why don't people consider dialogue options as the actual character talking? That's LITERALLY them talking.
i think they mean like an audible sentence where the player can actually hear his voice
That's communicating, not talking.
Bro's using sign language
no one talks in my zeldorne geme ):(
@@Fusion-Crashbec of the feeling of mystery of not hearing his coice bec people will always be dissapointed
@@Fusion-Crash by that logic, 99% of the game characters are mute... Let's be real, I don't think they use telepathy to communicate the situations that are going around them.
Plus we're just gonna ignore botw when Link gives the sand/snow boots gerudo dude intoxicating levels of sass while dressed as a woman...?
Well excuuuuuse me, princess!
Don’t even get me started on that 😂
Well exuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuse me, princess
Well excuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu...
I forgot.
I need to finish this show omfg
@@barghest94 he forgor
The thing is, he talks in almost all the games. We, the players, just don't get to hear him talk because he was meant to be a "self insert" type of character where you can put yourself in his shoes.
There are multiple times in multiple games where you can even see Link talk but don't hear him(for reasons I just mentioned)
A prime example I have is in Skyward Sword where you can see Link gesturing with his hands as he tells Groose, who just fell from the sky to follow Link, about the world under the clouds.
Or how in totk he tells Purah what happens at the start, he was the only person who witnessed and Purah explained what happened in great detail although she wouldn't be able to know said details unless link told her.
@Oracle Right?? Though I was avoiding BotW and TotK because it states spesifically that he talks but barely because of pressure. Gotta point out all the other games he talks without us hearing him x3
@@tkiesailastname4656but he doesn't talk much, and when he does it's related to getting shit or world knowledge since he never knows wtfs going on. he didn't take an oath to silence he's just very quiet unless he has to say something for work
@pusshi3936 it's called being selectively mute, where you can talk but for the most part don't. BotW spesifically(I think it's different for other games) it heavily hints at that being the case for Link because of the heavy pressure he is under as the champion and chosen hero of the master sword.
he’s actually not meant to have a self insert voice, they did originally have a voice for the character with scripted lines and everything but the voice actor had gotten into a car accident and passed away, having them scrap all of the recordings they had to respect the va
"Oh boy smooching time!"
"Gee, it sure is boring around here"
"I just wonder what Ganons up to!"
"Great! Ill grab my stuff!"
"Im so hungry, I could eat an Octorok!"
my boy
@@TheIronMenusthis peace is what all true warriors strive for
Toon link sounds like he’s from south park
😂😂
why is this funny but true
Legend of Cartman: Tears of the Fata**
"Respect mah masta sord!"
@@brofistbro "Yeah right, you better get back to school little boy"
"GET YO ASS TO THE SACRED REALM"
He does speak, he just doesn't have a voice actor. How else would he respond to a person's question or sentence, he doesn't just stare them down
Nah
They doesn’t want a sync cause they want that you imagine his voice so you can be the hero (or the voice of the hero💀)
@@3nowStorm true, if they did add a voice after everything there would be alot of controversy about it. Still though, like you said he speaks in the dialogue options, though we don't hear him it is still clear he is speaking in some manner.
i like the idea that hes signing and its just not animated bc. that would be a ton of work. i just think its a neat idea (though i know thats not the real reason)
He does have a voice actor - where do you think the grunts come from.
His voice actors are: Jeffrey Rath, Jonathan Potts, Fujiko Takimoto, and Sachi Matsumoto.
Link does talk. Characters in BOTW and TOTK respond to him. If you pay attention in Twilight princess, he moves his mouth sometimes.
he talks hes just using linknese, its a whole entire language that revolves around the words, HYAT, TYAHT, TORYUHAA, HA, Hoho, Rrghhn, UAWAAAAAAA, Nyegh, Horyua, Toh, mmm-mmm, oahhh, and of course Well Excuuuuuusssee me PRINCESS.
He talks in the mangas, that’s when I learned that link is a very angry and confused person.
Well when you have such a heavy responsibility on your shoulders thise two reactions make sense in somd cases
The mangas aren’t canon to the games though.
@@jordanp.davidson5977so the final kiss of Midna and Link isn’t canon? That disappoints me.
He also said “meow” in wind waker
He does talk (when he do quests or talk to npcs and the hand gestures when explaining), we just can't hear him 😆
Actually he talks all the fucking time - he just doesn't have a voice actor (or have text) because he's a silent protagonist
Wrong hes just training to defend his hyrule cherades championship
Well I mean, he does have a voice actor but I know what you mean. He’s always been a silent protagonist so they have to be consistent.
No one sounds twink enough to play link.
Only time hear him fully talk in zelda cartoons
Technically all links talk through dialogue options and even certain cutscenes have them talk even if we don't hear or read what they're saying.
He talked in a lot of games he just doesn't have text, he explains his situation to many characters in most games than the character repeats what he said sometimes he even moves his hands as if he is explaining something.
God bless you ✝️😇
Link talks all the time. These videos really spread misinformation.
Every single time you get back to someone to complete a quest, link makes some gestures with his hands, making it obvious he tells the person everything that happened.
So we know Link communicates, but what people mean is he doesn’t speak.
And I mean he does obviously speak. We just can't hear it.
@@Winkelbergo Oh. Yeah, true.
Anything for their click bait CZcams updoots
but we can’t hear him that’s what they are trying to say
well excuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuussse ME princess.
Actually, link talks a lot more. And yes in breath of the wild and tears of the kingdom through dialogue options
yeah but you don't hear him say anything so it doesn't count
@@evilgabe fair enough.
Yeah especially since he lost his memory in botw he isnt quiet no more since he has no reason to
Zelda II is the best example of Link speaking in my opinion. He actually speaks in 1st person saying “I found a mirror under the table.”
Sometimes when you swing a sword in botw, it sounds like he says "Idiot!" Like hes calling the player and idiot😂
If you want to get very technical he always talks we just dont hear him.
Every time you chose a dialog option for example he says something but we dont hear him
Zelda's diary describes every man's inner struggles
Technically, any choice you make in any zelda game is effectively link talking. Hes just a man of few words is all.
Link talks all the time, he just doesn’t have a VA so we can connect more to the character, as he’s supposed to be a vessel (or, a LINK) that brings us and the game together
WELL EXCUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUSE ME PRINCESS
BOTW/TOTK Link does talk, he just only speaks when spoken to, but only keeps his dialogue very short, like he tries to condense all his words in like less than 5 at a single time, with it mostly being 3.
Cartman is definitely voicing Wind Waker Link
There’s also dialogue options and one of the BotW memories in which Zelda quotes a line Link says to her about caring for horses
Link talks in zelda totk but it doesnt show text he says info about zelda missing. Also he was doing gestures while talking but there was just no audio.
He literally talks the entire way through botw and totk when talking to npcs, Nintendo is just too lazy to get a voice actor
I think it’s more of a tradition for Link not to speak.
@Syanne Johnson Yep, this. It would be cursed to hear him talk anyways. Hate how everyone resorts to 'Nintendo lazy' half the time.
@@josephjoestar_ if you want to say Nintendo is lazy, talk about Kass not having a voice for the songs.
It would be weird to hear link talk and I think there would be massive backlash
It's basically a Slient protagonist sort of thing.
I like how Link is quiet it makes his personality shine though more when he does show it
There is also a Zelda journal entry about Link being really shy.
I believe it's canon that all the 'Hyup's and 'Hyah's he makes are actually a quote from the 1991 film "Whore." If you slow it down 1569% you can hear him say "Would if I could, bitch!"
It's interesting that the Wind Waker voice line also sounds kind of like he's just making a regular shout.. Probably took him really long to learn that one 😂
Link is just autistic and never learned voice control, but knows he makes everyone feel awkward by his yells so he tries to stay silent instead lol
We ain't gonna talk about totk where he tells almost every npc what happened to Zelda?
Yeah you can’t just wave and use body language to explain that
“Link doesn’t talk in any Zelda game” he doesn’t talk proactively but he’ll answer people’s questions.
All the quests from botw in the japanese version are written as links diary
I know, I am so mad at how bad the translation of that and many other Japanese games are.
@@yeeessimusprime3422usually because companies don’t hire outside their country.
@@yeeessimusprime3422 that's not even true as far as I know. machine translation just adds first person pronouns when a foreign language doesn't specify if it's first person or not, which leads to problems (like in Japanese) where the subject of a sentence is implicit.
Whenever you do something quest related in TOTK or BOTW, if you go to a quest related NPC sometimes Link will do a speaking motion with his hands that hints he is explaining something to them
BotW Link speaks in piano all the time. Do people assume he telepathically asks for his horse?
I just assumed he pointed at the one he wanted
@@jaydenjayden3778 I guess that makes sense. Maybe I should’ve picked a better example, like recruiting people for Bolson Construction
Man that last bit made me tear up a little
He talks plenty. My favorite lines are “I’m so hungry I could eat an octorok!”, “Oh boy, smooching time!”, and “Hey bokahblin.”
Theres another zelda character i like here are also my favorite lines: lamp oil, rope, bombs you want it it's yours my friend as long as you have enough rupees. Sorry link i cant give credit come back when your a little mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
richer
@@Laserbeak219 That’s not Zelda, that’s the fat guy with the Robin Hood hat. We are strictly talking lines from Zelda himself. Lines like “Jee, it sure is boring around here,” and “My name is Zelda, I am a boy and you play as me.”
@@dr.MybuttYeah, the fat guy... AKA Princess Zelda.
You're thinking of Link.
Lol this is just like people thinking Metroid is called 'Samus'
@@barghest94 Actually, it’s Super Metroid. Do not forget the Super, it’s part of the codename.
Also, what link? You didn’t link anything.
He says oh boy this is expensive in the nes game
The Hero of Twilight also says "Giddy Up" when riding Epona
I thought it was more of a "Hyup!"
@@PatLundit is. This guys ears are defective
"Come on" *proceeds to kidnap a child*
Link does talk we just never hear his voice.
In botw and totk when link responds to npcs during conversation they respond as though link actually told them something.
Zelda actually directly quotes link when talking about how to care for a horse
Link talks in every 3D Zelda game. Those dialog options are Link speaking. When you gesture with his hands, he's speaking. Every quest, pretty much, he has to be saying something unless you think he communicates telepathically.
The first time I heard someone say it was crazy that Zeldas diary shows Link can speak I thought I was being trolled.
nah they just know sign language
Yunobo hints towards hylians having telepathic powers when you do can rudainia
I grew up only playing Twilight princess and wind waker and I miss those two so much
Wind waker is so OG for me it was the first Zelda game I ever played now I’m obsessed
Also in BOTW and TOTK when ur riding a horse and u go faster u can hear him say "YAHHH"
He grunts alot in OoT?
My baby boy!!!!! Damn look how far he has come as a hyrule Messiah and hardcore fan of the legend of Zelda series I will speak from experience he has indeed come so damn far from being a nobody to a wonderful person and a legend
"Always take the time to soothe your mount." Zelda says this in a cut scene, directly quoting Link in botw
Link may not have a voice, but he does talk. Whenever you select a dialogue option in BOTW, that is what he say to the npc. He lost his memory after, he probably does remember why he went silent, or even that he did. He probably does in every games after OoT and MM too. Link isn't an empty shell for the player to impersonate anymore, he's his own character with his own emotion independent of the player, we follow his story now. I wish they showed that more in TOTK, especially at the end.
He also has a full line of dialogue in Zelda II.
"I found a mirror under the table."
"I wonder what Ganon's up to"
Also, in the memory you get at Sanidin Park, “To Mount Lanayru” when Zelda says “Be sure to take the time to sooth your mount. It’s the only way to show it how you really feel.” That’s actually in parentheses, and with her following it up with adressing Link and saying “your advice was very helpful, thank you.” That’s a direct quote from our Hero of the Wild! (The wording wasn’t exactly the same here, though. I’m not perfect)
Man's got a point. You can't argue that.
Breath of the wild gave an incredible explanation, Link doesn't talk cause he doesn't want to complain about his destiny. Imagine yourself being chosen as a hero to stop the end of the world because your ancestors who carried the same will did so without batting an eye. This is how you write a great destined character, one who accepts his role and does everything he can to fulfil it
I haven’t played many Zelda games, but he does canonically talk in Tears of the Kingdom. When he converses with characters, his hands move and I believe so does his mouth. We just can’t hear him, most likely because Nintendo wants us to connect to him, and if we can hear his voice, we no longer have as close of a connection. (Obviously many games do this)
Link in Wind waker: Meow!
The hero of the wild is VERY talkative after the calamity, he just doesn’t talk in cutscenes
I'm scared of the Zelda movie being terrible movie, i literally made myself a bingo card for the occasion!
Also, as far as I know in BOTW missions menu texts aré written in a kind of first person in japanese, so everything that it’s written as description of the missions are a kind of Link’s diary. Truely, there is a lot of feelings in there
In one lf the memories, zelda says "your advice was quite helpful, thank you." implying that he spoke to her.
He talks quite a bit actually.
In zelda 2, he sometimes speak in first person when finding stuff
In links awakening, after reading the prophecy, he responds by saying "what? A illusion?" This is present in the remake as well
The cdi games and the cartoon (obviously)
I believe he talks in Mario Rpg, where you can find him and samus sleeping at a hotel
And though not technically speaking, in triforce heros, we see someone who looks alot like a link to the past link, and when playing co-op, you can send messages saying stuff like help, no, hi and yes
Sorry I initially read this as “find him in the motel sleeping *with* samus” and I was like, “ayo! My dude Link is cheating?”
I mean wind didn't have any trauma until he started his adventure so no pressure from everyone, no trauma, and he had a great childhood until then
"It's joever ganondorf!"
-Jink
Link: I guess that deserves a kiss!
Zelda: HA!
Link: *I won!*
There are several instances, dating back to OoT where he actually has dialog options. People just forget about them because they don't happen often. It's also implied through dialog he responds in conversations, it's just to to you to decide what he said
In the Japanese version of Breath of The Wild some of the adventure logs containing the quests are in first person as if Link was taking notes in a diary.
Link isn't a mute because even in BOTW and TOTK, there's lots of moments where npcs react like Link just told then a story. So canonically, he talks, we just don't hear it
Even better, in totk i found an npc in lookout landing facing somewhere else and i talked to him from the back, then that guy says "that voice..." turns around and then goes on with the 'oh link you are here' trope from most of those npc in that area. So yeah, is super mega clear that he talks, just that, he conveniently only does so when he and the other npc start speaking in hyas, ho hos, ooh, eeh, hmmm, ahyas, etc.
That "C'mon" sounds very aggressive though. That fairy from OoT is rubbing off on him
“A feeling I know all too well”
Thus not knowing the feeling whatsoever.
Skyward has him talk many times.
He's technically speaking and explaining things, but the camera pans away alot while his lips are moving, or it's just him moving his lips and gesturing while the audio is muted.
Also in oot, when link addresses himself as the hero ofhorns, the dodongo stomper, to Darunias son, link
So Link is an introvert... Nintendo just gave me another reason to like Link even more, I'm an introvert myself
Also in twilight princess, near the beginning of the game, link is riding Epona down from the ranch and in the cutscene you can see his mouth move as he's talking to Ilia having just finished rounding up the goats for the first time.
He talks in tears of the kingdom too because when you’re in a dialogue there’s like a question and you can answer it was options so he technically talks and when he moves his arms around that’s him talking to
The German Voices in Zelda totk are the best
In breath of the wild Zelda also quotes him in a cutscene when they're talking about Mt Lanayru
Link talks, but the voice is “supposed to be” yours. The link between gamer and avatar. He’s actually pretty witty with his remarks and jokes around a lot with npc ‘s, like with the sand seals hiring where when he’s asked “do you want to hire for this price?”
He says things like “let’s seal the deal!” Or “I’ll seal later” or something like that.
That “CMON!!!!” In wind waker tho 😅 like Bish hurry the fck up!!! 🤣🤣
Not y'all forgetting "I found a clock under the table" and that line where link says he could fit in that chimney from AoL 👋
He talks in every single game all the time actually. Every dialouge option wouldnt make sense if he just telepathically told people what he wanted to say.
Why does Zelda have an American accent in her diary??
Brain fog from 100 years of sleep
That’s a fandub lmao
Don’t worry about that 😂
There's no audio for the diary you just read it
@@olivesgarden2628 **insert the super dead chang squint meme**
Last one seems like the one who wrote the diary is reading it in Link’s POV.
And in wind waker, theres a funny detail where he meows.
CDI link talked, even if we wish he didn’t . . . I can’t be the only one that heard “well excuse me princess” in my head when i think about link talking.
We also see Link talk to Zelda's dad in Skyward Sword.
I like to imagine he's selectively mute and talks in sign language, especially in botw/totk. Reminds me of Garu and how he had something like a vow of silence.
Are we forgetting that he LITERALLY REPLIES TO PEOPLE IN GAME 😭
It's interesting then, that his *opens hands and bobs head* pose conveys whatever he has experienced... ever
In twilight princess, there is a scene, where he talks to the mayor. At least you see him move his mouth.
The hero of the wild doesn’t remember his vow to remain silent so he still talks technically whenever a dialogue option appears
Link (Botw) has a cutscene with Zelda and Link on horses for the begging. Zelda says that Link taught her a bit about horse riding!
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Don't forget the CD-i Zelda games. Link is VERY talkative in those and AFAIK they're fully official and had to go through Nintendo's quality control
Let’s not forget that in the original Japanese version of BotW (not sure about TotK but probably) all the text in the quest logs are written in first person. Technically this doesn’t count as talking since it’s written, but it’s a neat detail that got lost in translation.
BotW Link has also been known to actually speak, in the champions ballad dlc you can read mipha's diary. She talks about how when they were children Link would talk all the time, but something happened and he got more quiet. He also has canonically spoken with Zelda, as she quotes him in one of the memories.
That something that happened might be him being chosen as zelda’s bodyguard or him getting the mastersword due to which the responsibilities and the burden on him increased.