10 Video Game Character Redesigns The Fans Actually Liked
1. Link
Link could be on this list a couple of times, having reinvented himself throughout his career. For that reason alone, he more than deserves his place at the top of the pile.
The first major change that wasn’t just a little tweak or graphical update was in Wind Waker, where this character design - affectionately known as Toon Link - really came into its own.
Gone were the realistic proportions and in was a funkier, friendlier, more cartoonified version of the legendary character.
After this came the more recent reinvention, with an ethereal looking Link in Breath Of The Wild. The Nintendo Switch launch title gave Link another makeover, with the title a more mature, developed and expansive Legend Of Zelda experience.
Link’s design had to match this, giving him his most fantastical look to date and bathing everything in an angelic, mystical yellow glow.
Speaking of Zelda, the titular Princess could have featured here too, especially for her Breath Of The Wild look. However, the hero of Hyrule just pipped her to the post this time around.