Link casi habló sobre el nuevo Zelda, ¡pero los directores no lo permitieron!

Something basic in most The Legend of Zelda games is the lack of voice for the character, which did not bother much, as it became normal over time. Therefore, the developers even thought about letting him speak just a little bit, 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 the 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.

At first, 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 out, 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. Nobody 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 a meaning to the fact that Link simply does not speak, and the idea they had was brilliant and ties 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 a large part 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.

This was certainly a great way to work around this detail that has been there since always and makes the whole story of Link even more interesting, who is definitely one of the most well-known characters in the world of games, by far!