kindly note, there areminor spoilers for Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom below.
Terada added he “let Link talk a little bit” when work on the Switch title began.
“Link would never speak like that,” Aonuma furthered.
“It felt really strange.
Nobody knew what Link would say - that’s only natural, because he’s never spoken before.”
Early in the game, Zelda can come across a journal entry written by Impa’s brother, Lueburry.
Echoes of Wisdom is not the only Legend of Zelda game to give a reason to Link’s silence.
InBreath of the Wild, Link can read Zelda’s diary when making his way through Hyrule Castle.
This “has caused him to stop outwardly expressing his thoughts and feelings”, Zelda writes.
“I always believed him to be simply a gifted person who had never faced a day of hardship.
How wrong I was…” the Breath of the Wild diary reads.
“Everyone has struggles that go unseen by the world…
I was so absorbed with my own problems, I failed to see his.
The company has additionallynarrowed down the release window for its upcoming Legend of Zelda film.
