Why does Link have pink hair in A Link to the Past

[ThePoesareLoose]

Is there any official explanation apart from fan theories?

 

[VikzeLink]

I think it has something to do with the SNES limitations in the amount of colors that can be on the same sprite, and the pink part comes from when you're a bunny

 

[Pokémaniac13]

I think it has something to do with the SNES limitations in the amount of colors that can be on the same sprite, and the pink part comes from when you're a bunny

This is in fact correct. But if you want an in game lore explanation (theory, of course) than I present you with this thought: he is a feminist activist who wants to counter gender norms by dying his hair pink. But I think the real question is, when will Link have pink hair again?

 

[thePlinko]

A better question is, why does Zelda 1 Link have green eyebrows?

 

[Pokémaniac13]

 

[thePlinko]

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that implies that Link has his eyes halfway closed throughout the entire game, as if he’s just done with it all and just wants to get back home so he can finish the book he was reading.

 

[Pokémaniac13]

that implies that Link has his eyes halfway closed throughout the entire game, as if he’s just done with it all and just wants to get back home so he can finish the book he was reading.

So?

 

[thePlinko]

So?

Nothing, just a thought.

 

[TheGreatCthulhu]

Link was going through a punk rock phase.

 

[Azure Sage]

Even if it was technically an error, we need it to be canon one day. I keep hoping you'll somehow be able to give Link pink hair in TotK. If not, then the next game. Please Nintendo. Do the right thing.

 

[Pokémaniac13]

Even if it was technically an error, we need it to be canon one day. I keep hoping you'll somehow be able to give Link pink hair in TotK. If not, then the next game. Please Nintendo. Do the right thing.

Exactly!

 

[Hyrulian Hero]

that implies that Link has his eyes halfway closed throughout the entire game, as if he’s just done with it all and just wants to get back home so he can finish the book he was reading.

Link's half closed eyes throughout LoZ is likely due to the amount time he spends burning every single bush in the game.

*cough*

 

[ThePoesareLoose]

Link's half closed eyes throughout LoZ is likely due to the amount time he spends burning every single bush in the game.

*cough*

Snoop Linkk

 

[Dizzi]

cuz he couldnt find the red dye....

 

[Emma]

It actually was not a SNES limitation. At all. It was development error. Essentially what was done was that when the Bunny Link sprite was created, it just used the regular Link's palette even though it had its own palette like all NPCs and enemies do too. And for whatever reason, no one realized this, so whenever they tried to give Link his correct hair, it messed up Bunny Link and they couldn't figure out why. Instead of fixing the bug they just gave Link pink hair. A game modder called Puzzledude discovered the actual cause of the bug in 2017 and another called rainponcho found a way to make Bunny Link actually use his own palette, allowing normal Link's palette to have his own hair color.