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Personally, I must say, Adult Link is my favorite. Even though he's only been in three games (well, really four, but Adventure of Link doesn't really count, given that he's 8-bit and all) He's the most awesome, heroic, and generally, when the game has a seventeen year old hero as opposed to a ten year old one, it's much more serious of a game. Many of my favorite games in the series have an adult Link in them, and I think that's not only because I like controlling someone who's seventeen more than ten or twelve, size-wise, but also because the games tend to be more epic, dark, and generally more serious and easier to take seriously when it gets serious.
If they wanted to drop ten-year-old/twelve-year-old/toon Link entirely, and just make Adult Link games from now on, I would not complain one bit. If I had my way, this is how it would be (though no doubt many would disagree). I just really like a seventeen-year-old hero more than a younger hero. In addition, after playing Skyward Sword, it feels weird to think of Link as a kid in some games, given that the original, REAL Link was seventeen or so, like in Ocarina of Time and Twilight Princess.
In addition to all this "preference" garbage, I think, generally, that when portraying Link as near-adulthood, it's easier to give him some character, reveal more about his personal motivations, and create a more character-driven story that's really about this guy.
Note: The Wind Waker is the exception to everything I said in the last paragraph.
So, how do you feel about all this? Do you want to see more Adult Link? Less Adult Link? Bring back Toon Link? An even mix of them all?
If they wanted to drop ten-year-old/twelve-year-old/toon Link entirely, and just make Adult Link games from now on, I would not complain one bit. If I had my way, this is how it would be (though no doubt many would disagree). I just really like a seventeen-year-old hero more than a younger hero. In addition, after playing Skyward Sword, it feels weird to think of Link as a kid in some games, given that the original, REAL Link was seventeen or so, like in Ocarina of Time and Twilight Princess.
In addition to all this "preference" garbage, I think, generally, that when portraying Link as near-adulthood, it's easier to give him some character, reveal more about his personal motivations, and create a more character-driven story that's really about this guy.
Note: The Wind Waker is the exception to everything I said in the last paragraph.
So, how do you feel about all this? Do you want to see more Adult Link? Less Adult Link? Bring back Toon Link? An even mix of them all?