General Zelda Do You Name Link?

[Justac00lguy]

Don't think I have seen a thread like this, I am sorry if there is one similar....

So what I am asking ia that ahen you start a new file on a Zelda game it gives an option to keep Links name as "Link" or to change it as you please. So do you keep Links name or do you in fact name him something else? If so what do you name Link?

Me personally I always name him Link, yes I know its boring but I think i just do if for legitimacy purposes, so it doesn't sound a context in the story or in dialogue. However on a second playthrough I tend to use a different name, maybe next time I'll call him Reggie. :yes:

 

[Night Owl]

Yes, I find it makes the game more personal.

 

[Linknerd09]

Always named Link, Link. No other name has been used for him. I used to call him Zelda because I though that was his name

 

[Sydney]

Yes, I usually name Link after my real name. If there's an option for multiple profiles (which there usually is), then I either name him 'Link' or 'Atticus'.

 

[DekuPrincess]

I always name him, and it's always the same name (a variation on my real name that I use for all the games I play). The first Zelda I ever played was OoT and I didn't actually know his name was Link since I never read manuals or boxes for fear of spoilers, and now I've been using my file name for so long that, even though I think of him as Link, I can't imagine actually using Link for my file name.

 

[Vaati101]

I don't really name him anything other than Link. I prefer seeing him as his own character, not myself or someone else :/

 

[Kupsacker]

Traditionally, no, especially in the games with dialogue, unless it's like my fifth playthrough or something. I'll put my name in on ones like Zelda 1 and 2, because I usually share the cartridge with my friends.

 

[Satsy]

The first time I'm playing, I won't. The first file is, usually, Link. The next file, I'll give it my personal 'default' name (not my own).

 

[ihateghirahim]

No. I never tried to see myself as Link. He is the Hero of Time, or the Winds or whatever, and I am simply his controller.

 

[NascNaHéireann]

Usually use my own name as myself and my son both play and easier to know who's file it is rather than file 2 is mine or his. I like to play through 100% whereas he likes to mess around and do glitches or speedrun. He usually lets me do all the hard work and copies my file though:->

 

[Doc]

I always name him. Can't remember what I called him a long time ago, but I saw my sister name her file Roy. I was then heavily influenced to steal her idea.

 

[alexanderraimo]

I have Link for most games, and LINK for a few.

 

[BoxTar]

The only time I ever named Link, I named him 0987 for some reason. I was six, so i can't remember why. Sumthin about robots...I think. It was mostly because I had no idea his name was supposed to be Link. Not until after I read the game guide for OoT. Whoops. Now its just tradition to name the first file that whenever I start a new Zelda game, but after the first playthrough, I just name him Link.

 

[LittleGumball]

Sometimes I'll call him things like "bro" so everyone sounds like they don't know his name.
Sometimes I'll call him things like "sexy" so everyone sounds like they're flirting with him.
Occasionally I'll call him something like "Spaghetti" because I'm bored.
Every once in a while I'll name him after myself.
Sometime soon, I'm going to create a file in Skyward Sword called "Commander" just so Fi can call me "Master Commander". XD (Reference? Anyone? No? Didn't think so.)

 

[TheRizardon]

I only keep his name as "Link" when it's my first time playing the game. After the first time playing the game, I name him things like "Lonk", and "Bob". Sometimes I give him a shortened version of my name, since it's rare for a game to have nine letters for a name.