Talking Point: Should Link Have Voice Acting In The Next Zelda Game?

Fears of the Kingdom.

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild was revolutionary for the Zelda series in a number of ways. You can talk all day about the stunning open world, the tonal shift, the slew of characters and references, and the change in the overall structure of a Zelda game. But maybe the biggest surprise was that it was the first game in the series to feature proper voice acting (no, the Phillips CD-i games don't count).

For the first time in the franchise's 30-year history, Zelda, Impa, and plenty of new and returning characters had a voice we could hear. But there's one big exception to the rule — Link, the hero of Hyrule himself. We're all pretty accustomed to Link's "hyaah!"s and "aaaahhh"s at this point, but given that so many of the major players speak, and Link just remains silent throughout important story moments, it seems a little bit odd, even if it's a recurring theme in Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity and Tears of the Kingdom.

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