Legend Of Zelda - Ranking Every Link From Worst To Best
Whether skyward bound, adrift in time or steeped in the glowing embers of twilight, Link has it all.
Link has been gracing our consoles and handheld systems for over thirty years, and yet he and his adventures have never grown stale.
With stories and game design that combine the likes of Disney animated movies, the legend of King Arthur, and many other fairytales or myths while crafting out an engaging lore all its own thats never afraid to try new things and shake up its own formula, giving Link and his games an identity through out the years that allows them to be distinct from each other.
Always with some new gimmick, personality, design, or any other host of things, Link is not just the Hero of Time, but timeless, thanks to his resourcefulness, courage, and relatability. So join in as we look through the ten best versions of Nintendo's iconic green tunic wearing hero of Hyrule.
Bare in mind, they are placed on this list through a combination of critical and fan reception, as well as personal preference. If there's a tweak on an established version that should be on here I've missed, feel free to mention it in the comments below.
With all that in mind though, who's the finest hero of Hyrule?
11. Zelda II: The Adventure Of Link
Adventure of Link gave us a new perspective on Link, quite literally, by letting us see him in a 2D side scroller like Super Mario Bros or Metroid. Whether or not you believed this was a good design choice, you can’t fault Nintendo for trying something new so early on.
And speaking of early on, it would even serve as the early foundation for what would end up being the iconic Ocarina of Time, if you can believe it!
Again, we see the Peter Pan similarities when, at the very end, Link’s shadow, commonly known as “Dark Link”, serves as the final boss, much like the sequences in the eponymous Disney movie where Peter fights his own shadow, as well.
On the topic of strange encounters, this very well may be the only Link who has ever had a romantic encounter with a woman in a game that helped him restore health, offering him to come inside and “restore his life.”
Emerging fully replenished when he leaves her home, Link even got to meet another iconic character in this title, with the unforgettable introduction, “I am Error.”