Looking at box art and other artwork Link always seems to be a preteen or teenager (12-14) in most games. Plenty of games have him smaller then all the adult NPCs and it makes sense considering classical fairy tales usually star children. I donāt remember most of Zeldaās inspirations right now but Miyamoto was inspired by how he used to explore the countryside as a child. I
The only āadultā versions of link are the ones in , OOt, TP, SS* and the wild games (and the non cannon warrior versions).
However, I think itās easier to sell Link as an action hero when heās a more serious looking adult and post WWs backlash Nintendo seems to be purposely focusing on adult links.
I also think link was also purposely designed to be androgynous so that girls could also connect to him but I may be misremembering the exact quote.
Link is also a hylian and hylian designs tend to be very elvish which could help explain why even the more adult versions donāt have any facial hair. Elves tend to be more ātwinkishā to contrast with regular humans and dwarfs in most fictional settings.
Looking at box art and other artwork Link always seems to be a preteen or teenager (12-14) in most games. Plenty of games have him smaller then all the adult NPCs and it makes sense considering classical fairy tales usually star children. I donāt remember most of Zeldaās inspirations right now but Miyamoto was inspired by how he used to explore the countryside as a child. I
The only āadultā versions of link are the ones in , OOt, TP, SS* and the wild games (and the non cannon warrior versions).
However, I think itās easier to sell Link as an action hero when heās a more serious looking adult and post WWs backlash Nintendo seems to be purposely focusing on adult links.
I also think link was also purposely designed to be androgynous so that girls could also connect to him but I may be misremembering the exact quote. Link is also a hylian and hylian designs tend to be very elvish which could help explain why even the more adult versions donāt have any facial hair. Elves tend to be more ātwinkishā to contrast with regular humans and dwarfs in most fictional settings.
* This needs a better abbreviation