Link almost mentioned the new Zelda, but the directors wouldn't let him!

Something basic in most The Legend of Zelda games is the lack of voice for the character, which didn't bother much, becoming something that became normal over time. Therefore, developers even thought about letting him speak just a little, especially because Link is not the protagonist of the new game Echoes of Wisdom, which features Princess Zelda as the main character instead of our warrior.

In an interview with Famitsu, the directors of Echoes of Wisdom, Satoshi Terada and Tomomi Sano, along with series producer Eiji Aonuma, shared more insights about this year's release. The developers noted that traditionally, the protagonist of a Legend of Zelda game remained silent, and that usually means Link.

Initially, the developers did have the idea of making the character speak, but that changed after some time!

Terada added that he "let Link speak a little" when work on the Nintendo Switch title began. However, it didn't work, and Terada noticed that no matter what he made Link say, at the end of the day, "it just didn't feel right."

"Link would never speak like that," Aonuma continued. "It was really weird. No one knew what Link would say - that's natural, because he never spoke before."

With all this in mind, the producers ended up choosing to even give meaning to the fact that Link simply doesn't speak, and the idea they had was ingenious, tying this curious detail of the character to the game's story.

At the beginning of the game, Zelda can find a diary entry written by Impa's brother, Lueburry. Here, Lueburry explains that Link was "one of the children" who had been "taken" by the strange rifts that opened in Hyrule, setting off much of the game.

According to this entry, "all the children taken by the rifts" lost something, and in Link's case, that thing was his ability to speak.

That was certainly a great way to work around this detail that has been there forever and makes the whole story of Link even more interesting, as he is definitely one of the most well-known characters in the gaming world, hands down!