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The 10 WORST Things That Have Happened To Link in The Legend of Zelda
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- čas přidán 14. 08. 2024
- Boy, Link sure has it rough. Welcome to MojoPlays and today we’re looking at moments from “The Legend of Zelda” that prove being the Hero of Hyrule isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. And just in case, we’re going to go ahead and issue a series-wide spoiler alert. Our list of the worst things to happen to Link includes Crashing Into a Dream from “The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening” (1993), that time he got Trapped in a Time Loop in “The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask” (2000), When His Sister was Kidnapped in “The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker” (2003), His Failure to Protect Hyrule “The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild” (2017), and more! What do you think is the worst thing that’s happened to Link? Share your thoughts in the comments.
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What do you think is the worst thing that’s happened to Link? Share your thoughts in the comments.
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Seeing Twilight princess on this lit, I need to add that Astral Chain's Beast legion digs just like Wolf Link
The worst thing I think is saving Termina only for it to cease from existing. Not sure if Link is aware though.
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You forgot that time Link was extorted into that marriage with Ruto. They were KIDS.
LITTERALLY DYING AND HAVING TO BE PUT IN A COMW TO BE REVIVED 😭
Breath of the Wild has to be the hardest experience for him
He must've already felt guilty and distraught to lose the champions, the king, and several civilians
But when he woke up and started to remember everything, he had to see a ghost of the world he loved, and he found out the hardships Zelda was experiencing
Yeah, and on top of that, unless you are a speed runner, Zelda is still waiting for you while you collect apples and find koroks. 😅
Honestly, Majora's Mask is just one ginormous nightmare for Link. Not only is he forced into a time loop, but everything he puts on one of the transformation masks, he's subjected to the anguish that the spirit of the mask experienced before they died, which is why Link screams whenever he puts the masks on. And he has to put on those masks a lot. Not to mention that the fierce deity's mask, whilst also containing the potential to corrupt him, contains the memories of everyone in termina, so that probably doesn't go over well for him.
The Limbo Of Zelda: Majoras Purgatory 😂
Link had to undo all the evil that Majora did in the Land of Termina as Majors used The Skull Kid memories of all the people he knew to unleash chaos and destruction.. what a very dark game Majora Mask is
@@flowerofreckoning6325the gold comment😂
Considering Link wandering into the forest and dying after MM I'd say the masks and experiences took their toll on his mind
@@JosephShemelewski I do feel Link was still alive when he got turned into a Deku, just his experience being a Deku still lives on inside his Deku mask 🎭
You would think losing an arm would rank a bit higher. Also, having a sister kidnapped is bad, but to actually watch your uncle die has got to be up there as well ( à la A Link to the Past).
It isn't ranked, I just opened on TotK because it's the newest game. I thought about Link's uncle, but he's shown to be alive in the ending cutscene of the game, or else he would've made it on.
@@johnnyreynolds9636he was brought back to life from the triforce since link obtains it at the end of the game
It’s not a ranked list buddy.
Link : I lost my heath and abilities
Samus : first time
No, Majora's Mask, Phantom Hourglass, Zelda 2, Links Awakening, Tears of the Kingdom.
This comment is golden
Samus just collects tons of abilities in one game and just starts with none of those in the next! Yeah, that's rough.
Link: Well, not really, it's a past life thing-you wouldn't understand.
Imagine waking up in a random sci-fi like cave hearing a random voice tell you to go on a very dangerous and challenging quest when you have no recollection of who you are or the continent your at. Not only this but you relive the painfull memories of 100 years ago where you were emotionless due to an heavy burden that your finally free from now but at the cost of your father, sister, and freinds death that you recall about while your lover is trapped in a monsters stomach you have to kill. Wild Link had it the roughest imo, oot link close second. And don't get me started on totk. Bro got the Guts treatment.
The worst thing to happen to Link was Zelda taking his house after BOTW
Where will he go to sleep now? In the middle of the woods next to a bonfire while he eats rocks?
Its their house now. And the reason for being only zelda name there is that Link is a gentleman...
@@Brigadeiro-rz8vp If the house belongs to both of them why can't Link sleep in his own bed😭
Zelda did not take Link’s house. They are living together in Hateno village. Where in the hell did you get that idea?
@@MetroidFusion5044cause Zelda is a control freak
Here's the worst. In the original game. They started him out with no weapon whatsoever. So if a player didn't know they had to go into the cave, they're screwed.
You can beat the game without the Sword all the way till Ganon
Bro, there is a cave in thr beginning, who wouldnt explore that first? 💀
Technically that's not the worst one but i understand why you chose it.
I would personally put losing a limb higher in the list than number 10, especially since it was basically eaten away by gloom first before being amputated. If you think about it, that actually means the remains of his arm are probably up there somewhere on the Great Sky Island, which is objectively horrifying. 😬
That's not even touching on the psychological toll it would take on ANYBODY having a dominant limb amputated, and then add to it the dissonance that would happen every time he'd look down and see someone else's very alien looking appendage on him instead of his own? It would be incredibly painful both physically and mentally/emotionally.
I don’t think it’s ranked
I always think about Fi. Forever in the master sword, watching boy after boy go through all this hell and sometimes he never even gets her.
How about what became of the Link from Ocarina Of Time and Majora's Mask? Because he was never recognized as a hero in the Child Timeline, he never got to pass on what he knew to any successors, so he became a restless spirit (the Hero's Shade) who wondered Hyrule waiting for someone he could train to be the next hero, which he was finally able to do with the Link from Twilight Princess, who is his descendant, before he was finally able to find peace.
Losing his motorcycle between BotW and totk 😫
Getting his Sheikah Slate stolen only to find out that lil sis purah deleted all his games
Your part about Link's "childhood" in OoT is only partly right. He got to become a child again at the end, but not before the experience of suddenly becoming an adult without his consent meant he was forced to quickly mature if he was to be able to interact with npcs etc. Also some of 'em acted a bit.. suggestive when talking with him. Must've been hard for him to find out what they meant...
You're also forgetting that time Link was extorted into a marriage with Ruto. He was a KID.
Loosing an arm at last position? It's a freaking arm man!
A physical scar is nothing compared to an emotional scar, look at Ocarina of Time Link who was forced to grow up at age 10.
@@ArcticGorilla47 That's not a scar, that arm is gangrenous, and if not amputated it will lead to death. Also, Link is right-handed in this game, so that is his dominant arm as well. I can understand not putting it over Ocarina of Time, but at least over a stupid hallucinogenic dream yes.
@@MetroidFusion5044he gets an arm back in like 10 min lol. And it has cool abilities and he eventually gets it back.
Tis but a scratch
@@Ceezmemefn08 You're seriously going to downplay losing a limb just because it was replaced? Okay. lol
He still has to deal with the psychological toll of having a dominant limb amputated and replaced by one that's obviously not his own. The dissonance of looking down and seeing someone else's appendage on you would be incredibly messed up.
Not to mention when Link turned into a wolf it looked painful
He seemed to be in pain when he put on a transformation mask.
His scream gives me chills every time
(dis)honorable mention. every encounter with Tingle. ever.
Nobody f*cks with Tingle!
Kooloo-Limpah!
noooooooooooooo
The worst thing has got to be coming back to Hyrule after saving termina in Majora's mask. Link has saved the world TWICE, but no one remembers him as a hero, and the only ones who knew him as a hero are basically gone for good.
At least Zelda knows and botw Link can relate
Hey, I don't even think OoT Link had a place to go even after Majora's Mask. Zelda claimed that he was go back to his original time. However, after what Link learned in the other timeline, how could he even go back there? It does explain his waywardness in the next game.
I mean, being put in a coma only to realize you lost everybody has got to suck. I also think losing an arm has got to be painful. I mean you put the transformations high and those seemed painful, but losing an arm is last place. Lolol idk that should be higher imo
Imo, Botw/Totk Link probably had the second toughest life after the hero of time,given what he had to go through
@@Doctor_BamiasYeah I am honestly worried what Nintendo will put the next Link through.
Definitely. You can tell that it was incredibly painful, and Rauru saying he "had to replace it" is just a nicer way of saying it had to be amputated because it had been eaten away by gloom to the point of not being salvageable. If you think about it, the remains of his arm are probably up there somewhere on the Great Sky Island, which is objectively horrifying.
The fact that it's number 10 is ridiculous, imo.
Seeing this reminds me of 1 idea I had for the next zelda game: Link is sent into a future where Ganondorf has already won, so he has to live as an outlaw & find a way back to the past. Ergo it'd be similar to GTA & samurai jack. But the problem is that was kind of already done in Oot & Botw. I did have another idea that the next game could take place in space though, which I feel they strongly hinted at in totk. Another option I can see them doing is having the next game be the story of the 8th heroine. There's a lot more going on there, as we saw in that side quest
Demise’s curse does follow Zelda’s bloodline. But not Link’s. Those whom had the spirit of the hero are also cursed.
Yea his soul is cursed which is kinda worse.
At least in the wolf form and (to a lesser extent) deku scrub form Link is able to defend himself. When he gets turned into a rabbit? No such luck. Even worse, everything in his basic vicinity wants to eat him.
Link losing all his stats in TOTK was scary 😦
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"Was that the sword that seals the darkness? A blade that shatters so easily against my power cannot save you from me."
4:42 - He also gets transformed into a rabbit in The Dark World of A Link to the Past if he has not yet obtained the Moon Pearl.
The worst thing to happen to Link...losing Urbosa's Fury
Majora’s Mask is definitely the darkest and saddest of all the Zelda games, there I said it. 🥺🙏
Tears of the Kingdom wishes it was as bleak as Majora’s Mask lol
How about being abused by the great fairies every time he upgrades his armor.
😂
And possibly being shoved in their forbidden garden if you know what I mean ;3.
Lol
By the looks of it he definitely doesn't find their company enjoyable
Based on the multiple times he has been abused by them you think he would've died by snu snu, at least they were good looking.
Fun fact the Hero of Time is actually the guy who teaches you sword techniques in Twilight Princess. So that means that the Oot Link has went to war, died, and then became a stalfos forever alive/dead.
Another experience to add to the Hero of Time. After he returned to Hyrule he eventually became a Stalfo and had to remain in the world of the living for potentially 200 years after he died before he was finally able to move on. He really is the most tragic of all the heroes of Hyrule.
Out of all things he has seen, Zelda turning into the dragon is the worse for him.
Something curious, the cinematic of the deku scrub transformation is based of a nightmare the director had once, where a deku scrub didn't stop chasing him no matter how far and fast he ran.
How about having to listen to navi/fi give you useless information for an entire game 😂
Our pointy eared boy in green can’t catch a break
I was half expecting an unwinnable boss fight at the start of TotK, but let's be real, Grandadorf finished it before it even had a chance to begin.
Dealing with Navi's neediness AND the owl's endless speeches definitely was tough
My pick is forcing Link to take a train everywhere. Spirit Tracks was a weird one.
But amazing music
5:52. Ganon: *Laughs.* “U mad bro? Did I trigger a nerve?”
This was my brother’s and I favorite and hated scene in the game. Especially the laugh.
I have a list for every incarnation of Link:
The Legend of Zelda & The Adventure of Link, Hunted for a blood sacrifice
A Link to the Past & Link’s Awakening, His uncle dies, he watches Zelda being sacrificed, trapped in a dream world, then lost at sea
Ocarina of Time & Majora’s Mask, Growing up too fast, separated from Navi, turned into a Deku Scrub, the time loop ordeal, then unable to pass on his legacy to his children.
Oracle of Seasons & Ages, getting crushed on by a magic tree
Four Swords, Fighting with himself over rupees
The Wind Waker & Phantom Hourglass, Watching his sister getting kidnapped, then Tetra gets turned to stone.
Four Swords Adventures, Freeing Tingle
The Minish Cap, Failed to protect Zelda from being turned to stone by Vaati.
Twilight Princess, Ilia is kidnapped, he is turned into a wolf, imprisoned, nearly dies several times, Ilia loses her memory, Midna leaves and severs the connection between her world and Hyrule forever.
Spirit Tracks, Getting knocked out trying to save Zelda
Skyward Sword, Fails to save Zelda from Ghirahim’s tornado, watches her seal herself inside a crystal for thousands of years, and Zelda almost dies thanks to Ghirahim’s ritual to resurrect Demise.
A Link Between Worlds & Tri Force Heroes, getting turned into a painting
Breath of the Wild & Tears of the Kingdom
Has heavy burden forced upon him by claiming the Master Sword at s young age, most of his friends and family are killed in the Great Calamity, almost dies defending Zelda after Calamity Ganon ravages Hyrule, loses his memory, then he loses his arm, the Master Sword, and Zelda thanks to Ganondorf, and the Demon King and Yiga Clan deceive him with Zelda imposters, and his heart is broken after witnessing the final Dragon Tear memory.
In The Minish Cap, Link's girlfriend Zelda was petrified by Vaati. That's rough, if you look at how much he loves her.
Also, in A Link Between Worlds, Yuga turned him into a painting after their first toe-to-toe fight. Of course he was rescued by the bracelet, but Imagine if he wasn't! Ouch!
8:16 I did not think that Link and Michael Jackson had anything more than their voices and long hair
He has to try to look Telma in the eyes when she speaks to him. 😅
Thank you for not saying dying in Majora's Mask in reference to the infamous "Link is dead theory" which was debunked before it was made. But nice list, really adds to making Link a tragic hero as part of his character. I want to add is l
Witnessing his uncle die in front of him and being framed for Zelda's kidnapping in A Link to the Past.
Losing his companions (Navi, Daphnes, Midna, Ezlo, Linebeck/Ciela, Fi and the champions)
Dying with regret, (His Ocarina of Time adventure being erased leading to not being honored in that timeline, and becoming the hero shade not passing his sword skills until his descendant).
4:47 I have never seen him in so much pain before 😅
Another transformation was in ALttP where he becomes a bunny on entering the Dark World. Sure it doesn't seem overly traumatic but being suddenly changed and being unable to protect yourself in a terrifying new world filled with strong monsters has to be scary.
I know that Demise is the one who started this curse from the very beginning and all, but when is said "I will rise again" is really concerning, I mean I know Ganondorf embodies his anger and hatred, but it makes me wonder if he'll actually one day return in a future Zelda game.
I hope demise somday zelda game return
Technically link does die in botw, but he’s revived by shrine of resurrection
Seems to be up to interpretation though. He may have actually died, he may not have.
By the way, there's actually a theory that Link DID die and that's why he not only lost his memories, but took 100 years to resurrect (due to 100 years being the time it took for the Spirit of the Hero to reincarnate).
Honoring you all
Samus: I'm destined to destroy planets and befriend dangerous and rare, even unique creatures.
Mario: I'm destined to save Peach and transform in various forms eating strange vegetables and plants.
Belmonts: Destined to fight Dracula over the generations.
Link: I'm destined to live my life...
Worst thing that happened to him was the great fairy cutscenes. Or getting hit by Kazuya's Heaven's door.
Link has gone through even worse when he became the Legendary Doomslayer. Like when the Demons killed his pet bunny.
My personal no.1 is in majoras mask, where the fierce deity mask posseses him
Does it make the majora fight a joke? Yes!
Does it doom link to be an eternal vessel for a god outside of his controll, cursed to always be a husk? Absolutely!
Short Correction:
Demise didnt force him into rebirth, rebirth is a common thing in Zelda Because modern Zelda Lore is a lot inspired by Buddhism.
Meaning Link and Zelda would have still been reborn still, but what Demise did is basically sending (his) Demons which are taking his place to haunt them forever.
And besides it wouldnt make much sense that Demise would make the one that killed him reappear so that his Successors could be killed by that one as well.
zelda was quite literally my childhood. it was all i had
I feel that one of the worst things to happen to Link is losing his memories over the course of BotW. I say this because even though Zelda contacted Link, in order to wake him up, that one wrong individual coming across him, no sooner than Link walking out of that cave would have easily changed a lot. And that's not to forget that he literally forgot anyone and everyone close to him. Champions included.
I didn't realize Link got his arm back in the end.
Crashing into a dream? Is that what happened?
In the original Wind Waker if you pause the footage right before Aryll gets plucked away by the giant bird she makes this face "HOLY SH1T °□°!". I didn't see this in the remake.
Link apparently experiences great pain when he transforms. 4:52 AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!
Zelda 2 is too damn hard. I have a much easier time dealing with the Yiga and I can always run away if I can't. 5:52 Ha ha ha ha ha!
Link does get his childhood back.
Speedrunners of Majora's Mask can get through the game in only two time loops.
Link is awesome
It’s crazy how half of these happened to The Hero Of Time.
What kinda mental trauma would link have from each game
And probably more trauma before each game's events if Link continuously refuses to speak in any of them
Tears of the Kingdom implies what Link may have PTSD from the possessed Guardians as he absolutely panics when the recycled Guardian legs start grabbing him in order to do their thing the first time he goes to use a Skyview Tower. So Link having trauma from the events of BoTW is possibly even canon.
Honestly the Demise curse should be #1 because it is the reason for everything else on this list and everything everywhere in this series.
Imagine being the hottest and bravest hero of all time, going through all these bull** to save his beloved Princess and he doesn't even have the game named after him. The poor guy
"Link's Crossbow Training".
I don’t think Link’s (The Hero of Time) life was all bad. According to “Majora’s Mask”, a few months had passed after the events of “Ocarina of Time” and I like to believe Link got to spend a few months hanging out with Princess Zelda at her castle while living with Malon and Talon at Lon Lon Ranch learning how to live a more peaceful existence as a farmer.
I'd say loosing his childhood. I mean... you can recover everything else but time.
While Zelda from Ocarina of Time did what thought was the right thing by sending the Hero of Time back to relive his childhood, why she should’ve known that you can’t changed the past to fix your mistakes.
Even if it wasn’t entirely Zelda’s fault of what happened 7 years ago.
Learning our past mistakes is what we grow as a better person. And we would’ve seen Link x Zelda lived happily together like many of us fans hoped. Sadly this not how it happened in both the game and in the manga adaptation.
The worst thing to happen to link was the 'price' of getting his clothes fully enhanced in BOTW
So the clip thumbnail shows link transforming into the fierce deity, but you completely skip the canonically AGONIZING transformations in Majora's mask?
Breath of the Wild was definitely the worst thing he went through. Nearly dying after your best friends and allies are murdered, then getting put in a coma and losing your memory only to wake up 100 years later in a desolate and ruined Hyrule knowing nothing about what happened...
I got the 500th like nice job on the vid keep up on the good work.Thank you.
Who else wants that fucked version of the champion’s leathers from the beginning of the game
Poor Link,he is always so traumatised…😢
Which version of Link? They are not all the same.
Demise came out with the ultimate "you didn't win.".
Hero of Time is on this list a few times. Poor guy.
An honorable mention from A Link to the Past would be Link becoming Hyrule’s most wanted man for the whole game following the initial sequence.
I feel that transformation in link to the past is worse. Helpless bunny? Twilight link at least has heart of wolf instead of bunny
wow such a nice video...
I'd say that the worst thing that happened to link was the curse in skyward sword, because without it, all the other bad things that happened to him probably wouldn't have
I always think of Fi. She's in the Master Sword though all of this.
Neither Link nor Zelda were ever forced into rebirth. So many people get this wrong, but Zelda and Link are NOT reincarnations of previous Links and Zeldas. All the Links and Zeldas in other games are the descendants of the OG Link and Zelda, not their reincarnations; this was confirmed by the game makers. Demise cursed Link and Zelda's bloodline, he even says "Those LIKE you, with the blood of the goddess and the spirit of the hero" (spirit does not necessarily mean soul).The only one who keeps reincarnating is Ganondorf because he is Demise's curse, the manifestation of Demise's hatred, who arises whenever to plague OG Link and Zelda's descendants (it’s become tradition to name the female descendants of Zelda to be named Zelda and the male descendants of Link to be named Link so there will always be an “age of Zelda” and a Link to support her). Heck, the Link in Twilight Princess even meets the spirit of the Link from OOT/MM (the Hero's Shade), who is his confirmed ancestor, something he couldn't do if he was that Link's reincarnation.
Also The hero of time link dying at war, before he could see his kids grow up
The worst thing was to generation after generation being friendzoned by Zelda! (Thankfully Tears of the Kingdom corrects it!)
What about "Skyward Sword"?
though he's been through complete hell, Link always managed to get himself out of a dangerous situation and fight till the very end.
How about probably never knowing anything about his parents from any of his incarnations.
I think the worst thing that has happened to link is losing his arm to the gloom in TOTK because it looked like it really hurt and it would have killed him if Rauru didn't save him
I feel like the time loop is worse than failing to protect Hyrule. Canonicaly, Link could have relived those 3 days for millennia before figuring out how to save Termina and get back home
What's the worst thing that happened to link is that none of the responsibility, be the hero is something he never asked for
Yeah, could you imagine one game where Link refuses to step up to be a hero and someone else has to do it?
There's a reason why link doesn't speak, he's crying on the inside.
With all the hell he’s dealt with let’s be grateful he doesn’t fall to darkness
2:35 is this a tv series??
Nintendo taking away his Nintendo Switch shirt
There’s a theory out there saying Zelda’s massive energy blast actually killed Link. And the Shrine of Resurrection didn’t heal him, but brought him back from death.
Breath of the wild and tears kingdom Link a suffer the most.
Imagine not talking about child Dead Hand encounter ☠️ link didn't deserve that lol
I think the worst thing that happen to Link is that he heals the whole Termina of it's sorrows but he lives with regret in Twilight Princess.
The worst thing that happened to link is the flower girl in botw😅
Minish Cap/Four Sword games. Poor dude gets himself ripped apart, and his other parts tend to be utter a-holes. That or Tri-Force Heroes, where his other halves(?) are deaf morons.
With transformations you forgot A Link to the Past in which Link entering the Dark World turns into a bunny
Every time a kiss attempt waas thwarted or shor doq in rhw `989 cartoon. Oh, wait....
Watching midna leave link…
All his companions for that matter.
The worst thing to happen to Link is Fi telling him his controller battery is low. What does that even mean to him?
Year of the shaw
I feel like the worst thing is people thinking his name is Zelda 😂
The thing is kinda misleading
Instead of the worst should be the most disturbing or something like that
Also, losing an arm should make the top 3 or 2