Why Does NOBODY REMEMBER LINK in Tears of the Kingdom?!

Honestly I'm glad that this is the case in Tears of the Kingdom, it makes the world feel a lot more real and lived-in!
#nintendo #tearsofthekingdom #zelda

[@blueskyblazingrose]

Ironically enough the ones who remember you best are the yiga clan

[@Dado_nastro]

They probably are link's best friends outside of botw and totk

[@DaSheepKiller]

Well, they would remember one of their 2 sworn enemies

[@spacecadetlostintransit]

His haters will never forget him

[@The_Juice14]

not really ironic. they remembered him after 100 years in the shrine of resurrection and he hadnt even done much at that point. after defeating their leader and essentially banishing them to the depths he would be public enemy #1 in Yiga land

[@masterofmadness4821]

i mean link literally defeated their leader and one of their main missions were stopping link from defeating calamity ganon, if anyone would remember its them

[@derpydj12]

It upset me that beedle didn’t remember link. He’s literally his #1 customer dude Edit: I know that the game isn’t supposed to make too many references to BOTW as to not confuse newer players. However, I KNOW that save data transfers your horses over, meaning the game recognizes you have played BOTW. I think it would be cool if characters recognized you if you played BOTW.

[@GamerChase8273_FN]

Link got a free ancient arrow in botw for being the most valuable customer or something like that.

[@Connor_McKinnon]

​@@GamerChase8273_FN It was customer appreciation day.

[@ShadowSkyX]

Beedle likely knows, but has to pretend link is no different from any other customer. Link likely does not want too many people to know who he is. The stress and weight of expectation would return just like 100 years ago. Zelda definitely would agree the general public knew too much about him and this time took steps to limit the information that got out and only told those they trusted what really happened. This way link can actually retain some privacy and a life.

[@samonnathan2652]

@@ShadowSkyXbro what☠️ nah

[@ThanatorRider]

But to those people his presence is like a 2 minute conversation where he told them about Tarrey Town. Hudson and the people building the town would have a big presence in their lives, but your role is just some guy they met.

[@beedle3185]

I was surprised hestu didnt remember you, considering only certain people can see the koroks

[@ironyoshi27]

It could also mean canonically Link never talked to Hestu or collected any Korok seeds in BOTW

[@GamerChase8273_FN]

900 koroks were just a dream.

[@canadasyrup2125]

@GamerChase *A nightmare

[@wewlad2917]

i mean, you start the game with the mastwr sword only so it makes sense link would never get any seed at all

[@DoctorOfPlague890]

@@wewlad2917or link just did have any other swords on him at the time

[@Labriction]

I liked how master kohga was recognizing me how i made him drop into a chasm

[@MikaelHermes]

We literally gave him a huge pionerism in exploring the depths

[@thebladedbeast3711]

@@MikaelHermesand he still didn’t figure out how to do shit down there before us

[@MikaelHermes]

@@thebladedbeast3711 he actually did, and a lot, the only thing he couldn't was activating the constructs just because he couldn't, but all the vehicles they built there, all the research ongoing was quite great, at least in comparison to both the zonai zurvey team and josha

[@noody2188]

Yah that made me kinda happy, regardless of him trying to kill me lol

[@Shxaun]

we secretly gave master kohga testing access to totk

[@queenlygoddess1348]

Honestly i would probably remember the dude that ran around naked smacking monsters with a tree stick but i can see how it might slip people's minds lol.

[@anus4114]

Hylians during the upheaval: “Oh no… the naked swordsman… he’s back!!!”

[@JohnnyTyrant]

The devs chose to ignore the “Gremlin Grindset” gamers. 😂

[@dazcarrr]

"oh hey that crackhead's running around the wilderness again"

[@mariothane8754]

A lot of people would rather forget watching something like that if we’re being honest.

[@SuikaNine]

​@@sakuparkkonen2959I still find it hilarious that the Goddesses love all Links, especially the quirky ones like BoTW/ToTK Link.

[@FireofthetigerYT]

Link’s literally the main reason why Tarrey Town becomes what it is, very surprised that none of the NPCs that you personally recruited for it even recognize you outside of Hudson’s family

[@Water_Fire444]

Yes I was so sad when I first saw it I wasexcited seeing that sidequest in botw really affected it but no not a single on of them has memories if link

[@linkslayer15]

One of them remembered he helped build the town

[@Water_Fire444]

@@linkslayer15 who tho

[@linkslayer15]

@@Water_Fire444 I think it's the guy standing at the entrance to the town. I can't remember his name. I normally spam click out of chat

[@Water_Fire444]

@@linkslayer15 Oh the guy that's the son of Robbie? I’ll not sure il check

[@Adelicousbottleosyrup]

Well 1st, Hudson remembers cus you brought the love of his life to him, 2nd beetle doesn’t remember you cus you’re not his only buyer, which means he’s a big corporate success Edit: the reason why bolson doesn’t remember you is because it was 7 years since your house purchase, and you aren’t the only purchase he got.

[@Xerxine]

Nahhh Beedle remembers. He remembers it all, from Skyward Swort to BoTW. He just doesn’t want you to know he remembers.

[@GabeS-jm1zg]

​@@Xerxine Beedle was hidden away for thousands of years, waiting for an opportunity to return, he was sealed away, he was too powerful. So he later returned as an all powerful being who can teleport. Now he must be punished for even existing. He was always too powerful, and now, it is our turn to get revenge. He dropped us down to skyloft for not buying anything. Why couldn't he just have a store on the surface? Simple. He wanted to destroy link, he started the yiga clan. He was Sooga. Strange how Sooga disappeared after so little time. How can we know for sure, though? Sooga is one of the most powerful beings in age of calamity, with the ability to block attacks, and he even could teleport. But that's just a theory! A joke theory!

[@ripscrumble]

Hudson also remembers from the fact you helped build his town?

[@agent_squidboy0470]

Hudson also rembers because you helped him build Tarrey Town

[@josuefiallos9575]

​@@GabeS-jm1zgbeedle is actually powerful enough to split into multiple forms of himself, you can gather up to for of him with a flying machine and they all share the same hive mind

[@auroraastralis]

Sometimes it feels like only the Yiga appreciate what Link has done for Hyrule I mean they try to kill him for it but either way

[@Higher-Ground]

Yeah, I feel like only the Yiga Appreciate Link too.

[@Kaladin707]

And the Zora they remember him to

[@mori_san8206]

Not me remembering the Yigas from Age of Calamity...

[@unnecessarilyepic1107]

​@Kaladin707 yeah, but they didn't really appreciate him either...

[@ouiueu]

​@@unnecessarilyepic1107 They have a statue of him, I think that shows a bit of appreciation

[@edman9953]

I’m still upset by the fact Kapson, the elderly zora who knew link from before the calamity (the one who you recruit to join Tarrey Town in breath of the wild), doesn’t remember you for some reason. Either this is a massive oversight, or the Zora are prone to dementia as well.

[@dfprod.]

my headcanon is that he has dementia quick edit here; why are yall being such assholes about this??? its an oversight youre all calling “shit writing”

[@theawsomecheese9714]

Considering that he looks very old, he most likely did get dementia

[@chewtag]

people really be making up headcanons to excuse bad writing

[@kxng-999]

When he said I couldn’t sleep for free I wanted to burn the inn down 😂😭

[@KellanKnox]

He looks very old and it’s states in the game that Zora live to be very old so it could definitely be dementia

[@Cyrovolt]

“The final fight at hyrule castle took 10 minutes maximum” 💀

[@Platinum1426]

More like 5 💀

[@Ultimaetor]

even less if any speedrun is how the battle canonically went.

[@jonson856]

And there was nobody to witness it.

[@farah.868]

In game time it took hours

[@Isuream6331]

Yeah, in game it takes Link 5 minutes to walk two meters

[@errormachine5056]

I actually found it to be mostly opposite. Im sure there are some who appear to forget but I've encountered dozens of people who either directly remember who link is or talk about link but simply don't recognise I'm him. Also the entire gerudo town obviously remembers him since that's why he's the only voe allowed inside.

[@extraterrestrialgoose8738]

Yeah I honestly love all the recognition you get, or just hearing how everyone realizes how big of a deal Link is now. Even when you go to the yiga hideout, they admite they have to get stronger bc link is an absolute menace. Respect on our boys name

[@nekomancer47]

Well, most of gerudo town doesn’t actually know him. Or rather they don’t recognize him since they would’ve only known him as his vai disguise. They just know he’s some dude who helped out riju in a major way and she granted him access to the town so they just gotta go along with it

[@headphonesaxolotl]

Except you still had to sneak into gerudo town after Vah Naboris and the only ones who knew (or at least said something about it) were some of the guards, Riju, and the GSC members. This canononically means that the Gerudo are so devoted to outdated rules that they didn't let the dude who saved them from an ancient death machine AND retrieved their sacred artifact enter their town until Riju said sometime later "Oh yeah that weird vai was actually a voe named Link, we're buddies since he was close to my great-great grandma, he's cool, he's the first dude allowed in our town for years." And then they still make fun of you for not being tall and having huge abs. I love the Gerudo.

[@rigure]

That makes it weirder. Lots of people remember Link and yet people who have no reason to forget him ask if he's a tourist..

[@henrioak]

yeah, people just expect every single npc he has ever interacted with to recognize him. Obviously in the whole population some people are either gonna forget him, or remember what he did but forget his face. Henry Cavill once went unnoticed just because he had sunglasses on.

[@Thelastairbenderispeak]

I got so pressed when the teacher was literally describing link in every way in the one hateno quest line, but never knew it was him 💀 edit: I worded this wrong: essentially, he said everything about Link but never stated it was really him in front of the students. I probably missed something since I’m racing to get to 100% update: I am at 80% 🥳

[@gabe-yy1dn]

that was the same guy who sold you pictures in the hateno tech lab in botw (his name is symin)

[@The_Fire_Radish]

MEE TOOO… if I were Link I would be STEAMING in the background.

[@shuriken05]

Same with Penn. Boy why do all those Yiga keep setting traps for you, you're just a reporter! Sure, Penn, sure.

[@Labriction]

Yeah ,though that children’s picture of link holding their hands. They still didn’t know me i even wore the champions tunic ,but still

[@pixilmon]

I was like “BOY THAT SWORDS ON MY BACK!”

[@adamandom]

I mean, Zelda would 100% tell everyone what happened. Link shouldve been a celebrity at the very least, though i guess people wouldn't know him by just looking at him (i think there are three gerudo women at a stable who corroborate this as they know about a hero that killed calamity ganon, but speculate that hes super tall and handsome) Its strange though because all of the sidequests are implied to be canon; the Tarrey Town -sons and the zora not remembering you is the most alarming to me

[@Dado_nastro]

Don't think link would want to go through all that stress again

[@CodaBlairLucarioEmperor]

​@@Dado_nastroAnd Zelda wouldn't want to put him under that stress, since that is literally the similarity between them that helped them connect

[@amandaslough125]

​@@CodaBlairLucarioEmperorThere is a newspaper service now though. And usually newspapers want the most impressive of stories.

[@brotbrotsen1100]

There's only one reasonable explanation. Link wore majoras throughout the entirety of botw.

[@RavenclawNimbus]

“Aren’t you a little short for a Yiga member, Link?” (I made this joke and I am so happy with it bahaha)

[@DapperBirb]

Funny thing is, Hudson in Tarrey Town remembers you… he doesn’t say much about it, but when you first talk to him, he does a customer spiel and then says something to the effect of “oh, it’s you”

[@LivingGuy484]

I like to think of it as them playing it safe and Catering to players that might have only done unskippable main quest events, but not side quests

[@OtisCluck]

This is the most likely reason

[@britt6184]

You can literally just go straight to the final boss after getting the paraglider so most of the main quests are in fact skippable. You'd think TotK being a sequel would encourage people to play the first game.

[@BonaparteBardithion]

More likely they're catering to players who didn't play the previous game at all. Side quests are eluded to, but even the most familiar characters (outside the new champions and certain Sheikah) reintroduce themselves so new players aren't left wondering who they are and what their relationship with Link is.

[@soba6538]

@@BonaparteBardithionI don’t like the catering. It’s just sad

[@BonaparteBardithion]

@@soba6538 It wasn't the best executed. Would've been better to have a room of the schoolhouse dedicated to explaining where all the stuff from the previous game went since there's all that unused space, or maybe signs of dismantling work in the Hateno tech lab. There could have been a plaque in most towns hinting on past events. But I understand why they chose not to have all the Calamity stuff in there on top of the Upheaval map elements, and why they feel the need to reintroduce most of the characters.

[@Isuream6331]

People do know of Link, the legendary swordsman of princess Zelda and slayer of Calamity Ganon, but Link looks so unassuming that no one thinks he is the hero. Imagine the surprise of the normal Hyrulean citizens when they see who that one guy who gave them 10 bugs actually is

[@andrewg.3281]

I think people also need to realize that just because a character doesn't start their conversation with, "Oh hey Link, I remember you explicity. I love you man. I am making it known right now that I know you." doesn't mean the character completely forgot about Link.

[@TeknightJ]

Especially so for the Zora. For them, they saw Link last Tuesday, and the Gerudo never saw him at all.

[@BonaparteBardithion]

​@@TeknightJ It feels especially jarring for the Zora to not act familiar since the older ones were all "It's been so long!" in the previous game. But they could just be used to seeing him now and it might just be the younger generation explaining all the landmarks likes he's any Hylian tourist. I'll have to check.

[@iame7483]

Yes, but it's also hard to ignore when they all start their conversations with, "Oh, are you a traveller? Let me help you out, since you've never been here before!"

[@alexgamer1556]

Bullshit, don't excuse shit writing with copium headcanons. Half of freaking lookout landing doesn’t recognize who Link is even though he is pretty much the highest ranked military man in the place. Kapson the guy who recognized you in botw and knew Link well doesn’t know who you are in this game. And there's dozens of other examples that made no sense.

[@TeknightJ]

@@alexgamer1556 If it’s the canon, then it’s the canon. That means that somewhere out there, there must be a solution to the most nonsensical situations that the game can throw at us. I’m simply presenting a way in which to explain the inconsistencies, not stating that they’re okay. If you have a theory you would like to share then go right ahead, but until then, don’t criticize us for having a discussion.

[@UniverseElementalist]

The NPC Bolton for some reason doesn’t remember Link. He’s an NPC you interact with a lot in BoTW, and is the starting NPC for the eventual Tarrey Town construction. Tarrey Town is in ToTK, meaning buying the house in Hateno and mainly interacting with Bolson is a cannon event, but when you meet Bolson again in Luralin Village, he doesn’t seem to remember you.

[@brendondellinger355]

Yeah I remember getting salty, I was like, “Bro! You slept on my lawn for months! How do you not remember me!?!”

[@pokehero5327]

Bolson probably has a lot fo customers. You really think he remembers all of them.

[@schrutebuck]

@@pokehero5327dawg bolson gave link a 47,000 rupee discount on your house because he liked links go getter attitude and probably because he thought link was cute too. It was also a house they were about to demolish so he should have remembered all of it

[@nanashilogic9256]

Simple, Link woke up with a speed runner mentality

[@Lordxzamasu]

This just proves that being a hero doesn’t pay

[@Recon-601]

Hero of time vibes

[@SSlash]

Well when you dont talk to people and probably do want to just live in peace and quiet then yeaahh

[@-BenGaming-]

@Lordxzamasu It proves being a hero gives you the ability to glue anything you want together and swim through solid blocks and go back in time

[@Noxamu]

Wdym? Its cannon that link slept with zelda in their house.

[@beygamer1098]

Hudson remembers you along with Rhondson, all of the Sages, the child zora who was dating an adult hylian remembers you, also there is one woman in Zora's domain next to the inn who remembers you as a child

[@danielcrud9345]

There is also Teba and his wife, Buliara, Purah, Robbie, Impa and probably a few more. Basically anyone who played a major role in the main quests in BOTW, plus Tulin.

[@snakewriter7786]

Just correcting you on something that’s a common misconception the hylian man and zora child aren’t dating it was a translation error, they are best friends however.

[@wadewats2278]

Don’t even get me started on the sages man. Every single one of them gave a knock of version of a champions ability form the last game EXCEPT yunobo WHO ACTUALLY HAD A CHAMPIONS ABILITY THAT THEY COMPLETELY IGNORED. Yet Sidon gave a knock of daruks protection? So annoying.

[@_Hawkes]

​@@snakewriter7786that too is a misconception, she indeed holds romantics feelings for the hylian man, the original japanese script has her use a word that translates to "special one" in a romantic sense. Finley's problem is that she looks like kid while her younger sister looks older than herself.

[@jamesbrandon5162]

​@@_Hawkesyeah, because Finley herself even says that she's not a child anymore and wished that people would stop treating her that way.

[@taz2559]

didn't Hyrule Castle have a giant storm of malice swirling around it for 100 years, since Link died? he woke back up and there was still malice and monsters everywhere. i would have remembered the guy who saved Hyrule from Ganon after 100 years of chaos. although, some people may have been born and died within the 100 years Link was asleep, so it may have been normal to them ig

[@mohawk1010]

the malice storm around the castle didnt pop up untill shortly after the great platoe tower erupted if you begin the game again you can see its not there untill the great platoue tower cutscene

[@Higher-Ground]

@@mohawk1010Yeah, I find that part really strange.

[@CodaBlairLucarioEmperor]

​​@@Higher-Groundt's because prior to that point, Zelda's seal was pretty much absolute besides small bits of malice escaping (presumably during Blood Moons), and once you awoke, the decay of the seal basically started weakening exponentially

[@Isuream6331]

Just CG throwing a fit

[@bluejaywuzhere]

I’m honestly surprised that the Zora don't remember him (other than Sidon and Dorphean ofc). They literally remembered him for a hundred years, and then forgot in the span of eight months. That's messed up.

[@ShadowSkyX]

Simpliest answer: link doesn't want a repeat of what happened 100 years ago where a majority of hyrule knew his face or name and the kind of knight he was. Expectant eyes and ears followed him everywhere. Zelda likely agreed with him that way too many knew who he was and decided to only tell those they really trusted. I think beedle knows but has to pretend link is any other customer. Link basically suffered from overexposure to the public and never wants to experience it again. The pressure was too much.

[@timmcguire653]

My headcannon is that link went around killing monsters and traveling as Zelda’s guard but didn’t talk to people he just made sure monsters were dead Zelda’s safe because with Zelda she’s easy to hide just put in a cloak but I don’t think link used any weapons aside from the master sword after getting it so it’s much harder to hide a blade when you need to be ready than hide a face when you dont

[@le1323]

I assumed that they did this because botw was so open and it would be weirder to be recognised by someone you might've never talked to in botw than being forgotten by most non-story relevant characters. So in my head, totk plays in a reality where Link actually hurried up during the events of botw to save zelda, instead of doing a thousand little riddles and sidequests.

[@PBIX]

Exactly! I think it’s been about 7 years but it’s not like no one remembers Link, just those who rarely spoke with him. But most people who had larger quests still remember him (for example Symin and Hudson) but like you said do YOU remember a random lad who you had a wholesome meeting with 7 years ago. Now as to why Hestu forgot Link I have no clue, maybe he fought another Calamity. Also do you think Age of Calamity is canon?

[@DumbNub_]

@@GamerChase8273_FN no it is not 💀

[@SpingotGoomer]

You could technically call it canon in the sense that it's contained to its own split timeline, but no, the events of Age of Calamity never happened in TOTK

[@PBIX]

@@SpingotGoomer it would be interesting to see games in the Age of Calamity timeline

[@Ratheartz]

I would say all until the time travel stuff at the end are canon.

[@andrewg.3281]

Exactly, I had friends form 7 years that I wouldn't be able to recognize today, so I definitely wouldn't recognize some random dude I talked to. As for Hestu, I think he's just dumb. Bro lost all hundreds of his koroks in both BotW and TotK, and likely lost them all many other times. Him not recognizing Link, or just straight up forgetting about him, seems pretty on brand for him.

[@ajlucky0076]

Keep in mind, a lot of the side quests you did in breath of the wild were not canon. Impa tells link to get his ass to the divine beasts as fast as possible. So he did just that. He basically did a speedrun

[@CodaBlairLucarioEmperor]

He presumably did at least get the Master Sword though. The rest of the memories, he could've potentially went around being reminded of stuff by Zelda and the other people who are old enough to know him, after having defeated Calamity Ganon and saved her.

[@amandaslough125]

At minimum you save the races from the divine beasts. There are some nuances in that.

[@walkingmarshmallow6895]

I do believe that Link being the hero he is would've done most of the quests, but I could understand monster medals and koroks not being canon, stuff like that.

[@BladeMasterIcarus]

two side quest probably were canon though: link buying back his own house in hateno village, and supporting hudson's dream of starting his own construction company by building Terry town. The first one being the need to provide zelda a place to live after this quest is over, as its not like she can live in the castle anymore. The second being that by supporting Hudson in building up terry town link would be making it easier for Zelda to enact any of her plans on restoring all of hyrule.

[@feistsorcerer2251]

Even the ones that are canon like Terry Town have people who should recognize Link acting like they don't. Specifically the Zora priest who previously very much knew him treats him like a random traveler. It's weird that only Hudson and Rhondson recognize him. And unless I'm remembering wrong for that to happen you have to have gotten the house built, but in totk it's mentioned Zelda had the house built instead. It just doesn't line up with BoTW and is either oversight or an alternate timeline.

[@AYAHWYWBEJGS]

buliara remembers link with just shows she is actually softer on the inside than we think

[@justsomeguy1691]

I don’t get why everyone says NOBODY remembers Link. There are a few NPCs that don’t remember him, but there are tons of them that do. Everyone in the main story remembers him and lots of people around the map do as well, it’s usually NPCs who have no relation to the main story who don’t remember, and that could be because the stuff that happened involving them wasn’t canon, or it could be because they didn’t have time to worry about all of that while they were making this amazing game

[@attackcrash655]

But it's weird, because Bolson doesn't remember Link, (Bolson helped link build his house in botw), and the house is there and fully built in tears of the kingdom Plus Tarrey Town exists in Tears of the Kingdom, which you build in the same quest that Bolson helps you build you house, Hudson who builds Tarrey Town alongside link remembers, but Bolson doesn't?

[@lurker230]

​@attackcrash655 Bolson's job is building houses. He probably just forgot a customer that showed up years ago.

[@attackcrash655]

@@lurker230 and my job is customer service, yet I remember every person who's called in. Even as far back as a decade The videogame character can should remember the hero of Hyrule who not only saved the entire kingdom but also helped him start the famous Hudson Construction company especially because he clearly knew of links involvement during Breath of the Wild

[@brokeboy3511]

@@attackcrash655there is no way you said you remember everyone who’s called in for over a decade. You should be on Americas got talent for that amazing skill

[@justsomeguy1691]

@@attackcrash655 major cap alert 😂

[@BisexualPlagueDoctor]

Shouldn’t he be like.. really fucking famous? I guess he rarely tells people he’s link and many probably haven’t seen his face

[@joshuafallgren8498]

But link also helped all the villages deal with the divine beasts and has a statue is zoras domain

[@Dado_nastro]

They probably think that sidon, yunobo, riju and teba all done it themselfs

[@raison_obscure]

You'd think that Zelda would talk to people about what Link did to save them all from calamity (hehe), especially considering they all seem to know her but can't remember Link who never leaves her side 😂😭😭

[@MelonBoy64_]

the guys running the stables know who link is at least

[@Sick-cada]

They don't have to necessarily forget him, I think Link just has a major case of Tony Hawk syndrome. If Link entered a Hero of Hyrule lookalike contest he would score 4th place

[@ventusxzephyr13]

Sideon and tulers reunion cutecenes were the best, theyre just happy to see link again

[@_kimchichicken]

Ahh the hard life of saving everyone from oblivion and have nobody even care. Link could try to go flex his accomplishments (if he could speak) and the people would respond: "Did I ask?"

[@youtubestuff683]

Its stated in BOTW Link can speak, and actually is a lot more talkative then he was 100 years prior as before he put so much pressure on himself and always kept his problems to himself so no one would think of him as weak or unworthy, but after losing his memories he became more open and talkative I think he slowly is returning to how he was before though in tears of the kingdom as you see with Zelda he doesn't talk as much and just let's her do the talking which could also be a bit of survivors guilt after all his friends died to Calamity Ganon some of them died hoping he would save them in the end (Mipha) so honestly by this point Links lack of talking so much could just be do to depression and stress.

[@dizzyx7]

I will never understand where people got the impression that Link is physically incapable of speech…

[@amandaslough125]

​@@dizzyx7silent protagonist syndrome. Even though he's been shown capable of speech for many games.

[@OrdinarySlime]

Nintendo made it like this for new players who never played botw so that they won't be too confused when playing totk (I'm still mad about it though.)

[@justalapis5768]

I never understood this argument. Literally all of Lookout Landing remembers him. All of Zoras Domain remembers him. Most of the Rito remember him. Paya, Impa, Traci, the construction workers remember him. And all the other villages welcome him like a familiar face. Aside from actually new people, no one I remember treats him like a stranger

[@Gbest_]

I was really disappointed when the inn in tarrey town wasn’t free anymore. Even though Hudson recognised link, the rito at the inn didn’t. 😢

[@andrewgood7586]

Plenty of people remember him, and like you said, its been 8 years. I dont remember most people I encountered from 8 years ago, and those I do remember clearly made an impact on my life to be remembered. All the right characters remember Link. It feels like it should.

[@Yamooski7]

its been only like 2-3 years or somthin

[@andrewgood7586]

@@Yamooski7 Thats what I thought at first too, but no. In breath of the wild, Hudson and Rhondson just got married. In Tears, their daughter is at least 6.

[@Yamooski7]

there are kids that are like 6 in botw bit in totk they are like..... ok you got me there

[@midnightpluto]

@@andrewgood7586then it’s been 6 years. mattison is supposed to be a clear indicator of time, they wouldn’t use her if they wanted to tack on an extra 2 years. also why do people keep saying that it’s be so long that no one would remember him? was link not living in hyrule? he didn’t just kill ganon and move away for 6 years. he continued to live there, people should know who he is.

[@andrewgood7586]

@@midnightpluto Do you remember people you met 6+ years ago when they live all the way across the country?

[@jonmantovani6642]

I think it’s because the game developers wanted Totk to be a new experience to everyone being people who have not played botw

[@MrGort6000]

I have no how they forget the dude who jumped on their roofs and started chucking bombs at the children

[@AKCXM]

Taking a Selfie while fighting Ganon Broke me💀

[@SilentVinyl]

Everybody got Link's amnesia

[@LinkTheTwilightsSoilder]

The first thing is that Link was all the hype right before the calamity and everyone looked up to him and the fact that supposedly he had a family to support and maybe even look after put basically TONS of weight on his shoulders and he eventually just stopped showing emotion and then when he regained his memory he didn’t want to carry that weight so they agreed to not tell anyone, I’d do the same thing in that situation.

[@wayland513]

I mean he had a family, but he wasn't a father. So he didn't have to support them.

[@LinkTheTwilightsSoilder]

@@wayland513true but he was the older brother he probably had to help on one way or another

[@Nokturnt]

Tony Hawk Effect.

[@corneliusquincydavenportic1913]

It is kinda weird at first. But then again, saving the people of Hyrule was the most important part, not the recognition. And courage need not be remembered for it is never forgotten.

[@shinjumiro6613]

Maybe it's because Link changes outfits every damn single time they see him. 😂

[@Archdornan9001]

Plus alot of side quests in games are usually considered non Canon at times (eg when the the Hero of Kvatch or the Dragonborn from the Elder Scrolls series does side quests, it's hypothesized that these quests in Canon are actually completed by other individuals. Only Story/dlc story missions are counted as canon)

[@LocalMaple]

At the very least, TotK should have read the quests in your BotW save file, not just the horses, and added new dialogue based on the quest progress.

[@d-jams]

Yeah, that would have been too much to ask for in Nintendo's eyes.

[@andrewg.3281]

1. That seems like an insane amount of work for something that ultimately not many people would see. 2. Having quest npc recognize Link wouldn't really make sense as most players probably won't recognize them either.

[@GrumpyTy34er]

I'm still offended that Bolson doesn't recognize you. Dude, you fixed up my old house, was paid in money and materials, and you apparently messed the house up to give it to Zelda, so clearly you should know me

[@keagenkuhn3468]

Yes, that was the biggest disappointment he didn't remember me.

[@_StarlightRose_]

Link just has strong Tony Hawk energy

[@randomtrouble3291]

Man says 8 years because he wants Riju to be 20

[@SCP-tn2ln]

It's because Hudson had a daughter in that time, so it's gotta be at least 5 or 6 years

[@JacksonKarmenLowe]

she's 18 now, that's all you need 😈

[@britt6184]

​@@SCP-tn2lnI heard Gerudo age quicker so it may be less time but I like to think at least five years have passed. It just seems like a reasonable amount of time.

[@LilfoxTheHybridHylian5967]

Heh. How old is she again?

[@LilfoxTheHybridHylian5967]

​@@britt6184thats not quite correct.... Not clear how long has passed

[@Mr._Leaf]

Purah says that there are a lot of people who look up to you, yet there are only twenty People that know you.

[@Bananna_man]

I feel it’s hard to forget a small man carrying a massive sword and bows carried by the most dangerous beasts in the world, as well as conjuring bombs out of thin air

[@Isuream6331]

People do like to live AWAY from monster encampments, so maybe they don’t know what their weaponry looks like

[@6youtubeperson]

Death by glamour with botw guardians is now one of my favorite jokes.

[@hopefulsemblance]

My only criticism is that your BoTW save file should have recorded and carried over everyone you met and talked to for special dialogue. Had you not met or spoken to them, or if you didn’t have a save file then NPCs wouldn’t know Link save for the main NPC’s (Sages, Impa, Purah, Robbie, etc.). But I’m sure that would have eaten up a ton of data.

[@Rebel3000]

And not just what horses you had

[@andrewg.3281]

That also seems jarring while playing the game cause every other npc would be like, "Oh hey I remember you! You gave me raw gourmet meat several years ago!" And most people will not remember at all when they did that in BotW. It wouldn't really make sense and I feel like would take me out of the game because of how common that'd be.

[@hopefulsemblance]

@@andrewg.3281 fair point! I meant more of the “oh you’re the asshole that stepped on my flowers” or “welcome back to our inn” stuff

[@DaBoysjk]

Wdym what about daddy Sidon he remembered link

[@gaymiens]

didn't remember me enough to call off his engagement smh /j

[@LilfoxTheHybridHylian5967]

He got a gf now

[@joegardner851]

@@gaymiensdude he saw us with Zelda and thought we were dating. I think he’s trying to make Link jealous but unfortunately, he ended up getting married and couldn’t back out the wedding 😂

[@gaymiens]

@@joegardner851 somehow sidon's canon marriage just made him more into link considering the zora monument about his wife says that it was an arranged marriage and he considered her his big sister when they were kids... and then there's an entire separate monument talking abt how cool and awesome link is and how he's sidon's most cherished companion

[@CMCC1017]

He's too calm, something's coming.

[@3EyeStudios]

Also in the time between BotW and TotK, Link went back to following Zelda around in the same fashion as he did when he was her appointed knight, so people making more note in their minds of Princess Zelda showing up and talking to them than her bodyguard further adds to this

[@HylianBull]

If you played and finished BOTW (including DLC) there are more people that remember link than you think.

[@talikajr]

He actually does get remembered in some small instances. For example Hudson and his wife both remember and thank you for introducing them to each other. There's others but I can't remember

[@theoneandonlyever]

this is what i was kind of thinking, i doubt most people would remember someone they only really met once. the important people remember link - and it was definitely nice going to lookout landing and feeling like everyone knows you!

[@TOLIMCSchacht]

And we also are in a more medieval time, so News and facts don‘t spread that well. And they likely don’t have the ability to make pictures and share them. So even if they heard the name once they don’t exactly know how he looks. That also is the reason why Yigas get trained to know how Link looks.

[@Isuream6331]

Exactly. All the good painters got taken by the stables

[@TOLIMCSchacht]

@@Isuream6331 And no one is trying to make a painting of Link

[@mattthehat8023]

I think Hestu should’ve at least remembered us, cuz even though technically he wasn’t a part of the story, I feel like he would’ve been a character Link met multiple times on his journey

[@Isuream6331]

6ish years + low intelligence + mental age of a child = Hestu forgot

[@waterzipper]

Because after they defeated the calamity Link is still a soldier and even though they defeated Gannon the war wasn't over yet

[@No-ze9lv]

Link isn't just a soldier. He's the guy who traveled across all of Hyrule helping out the Rito, Gerudo, Zora, Gorons, and Hylians. He helped free the 4 Champions and then marched to Hyrule Castle and took on Calamity Ganon. It's also pretty much confirmed he did all BOTW quests based on how he has max hearts, Tarrey Town is built, etc., so he should be more widely known. It makes no sense that the Gerudo know about Urbosa, the Rito know about Revali, the Gorons literally have Daruks face carved into the mountain, the Zora remember Mipha, and the Hylians can't even remember Link, the Hylian champion, but instantly recognize Zelda. Presumably Link is still Zeldas bodyguard so why does the entirety of Hyrule know Zelda but not her bodyguard, the guy who saved the world from Ganon? It's such a mess up on Nintendos part.

[@pixilmon]

@@No-ze9lvyea

[@timmcguire653]

@@No-ze9lvto be honest I think that in canon link just did all the shrines,tarrey town and the main quest because if we look at the main quests the hylians in hateno a guy just went in walked to a lab and bought a house

[@dontneedtoknowmyname.6828]

​@@No-ze9lvidk, it feels like Nintendo has made this incarnation of link play out like a side character, Zelda is the one who everyone seems to praise as the hero while link is just her bodyguard. I miss how it was in the older games where you actually felt like a badass mysterious hero.😮‍💨

[@tobycurrie4499]

The time component is a good point, I hadn't considered that. Although I do wish Beedle remembered him :( he seems like the kind of lad who would never forget a customer

[@tommyissans]

OMG THE OPPSIE DAISY SCENE WITH DEATH BY GLAMOUR IS BAAACCKKK

[@FrederickTheKorokAndForestSage]

Yahaha! ( And can I get banned for spamming “ Yahaha!”?)

[@Justahuman-bp7ch]

Yahaha!

[@SayianNazgul]

Yahaha

[@SOUL_SLAYER358]

Yahaha

[@99ratsinatrenchcoat]

Yahaha

[@slothdudemanguy]

Yahaha

[@mohammedalghamdi651]

Nah alot know link even the people in zora domain

[@dfprod.]

link used to visit zoras domain before the calamity so a lot of people know him

[@Red39261]

In the hateno village school, you can find Purahs old assistant (I forgot his name), teaching a lesson about the calamity.

[@Z-Dino]

I remember the days when TOTK just came out and you put the spoilers in the beginning

[@smithsmith1956]

And yet everyone fawns over Zelda despite her having to be saved and you doing the heavy lifting. Personally, I'd be more than a little pi$$ed off if I did everything he did and almost no one remembered me or recognized the superhuman accomplishments I did to keep their a$$es alive.

[@BonaparteBardithion]

She literally spent 100 years without break as an incorporeal magic force fighting darkness. She was doing overtime while Link was off snowbowling and practicing his shield surf tricks. In spite of that, what Zelda is known for is the public service works she's done in the years between games. Girl's been busy. It's disappointing they don't mention the good works Link did less recently, but I think she's earned her moment in the spotlight.

[@smithsmith1956]

@@BonaparteBardithion Both did. But link is the literal key to sealing away evil. You'd think people would acknowledge that.

[@BonaparteBardithion]

@@smithsmith1956 On that particular count they may not know. Most of the ones that do know acknowledge it. I think the majority of NPCs in Zelda games don't know about prophecy and all that, otherwise they might think twice about sending a legendary hero to fetch the milk.

[@smithsmith1956]

@@BonaparteBardithion That always cracked me up. You have this basically superhuman hylian and folks are asking him to get bugs or find their missing chicken. It just think it sucks Link doesn't get the same level of recognition Zelda does. Both were essential. One couldn't do their job without the other.

[@Isuream6331]

Also they need to get people to get reacquainted with this whole “monarchy” thing

[@SOUL_SLAYER358]

Yahaha (edit 1: item acquired sfx)

[@MegaBoris636]

Bro summoned a whole fandom with that Gaurdian clip

[@Lowglory]

The champions descendants remember him for obvious reasons but nobody else seems to aside from I think Hudson I don't remember if he does though. My theory is that in the canon for botw link didn't waste any time. He got the sheikah slate upgraded, got memories, got the sword, freed the beasts and beat up ganon. You could slide building a house and tarrey town into there but it is possible that happened after the calamity as well.

[@Moonstriker2514]

My personal favorite Iroh quote "You must never give in to despair, slip down that path and you surrender to your lowest instinct. In our darkest times hope is something you give yourself, that is the meaning of inner strength." Iroh truely has helped me shape the kind of man I am now and strive to be.

[@Moonstriker2514]

KZbin apparently put my comment from another video on this.....why?

[@mrmercury9389]

Me who gave Beedle all my cool rocks:

[@Dado_nastro]

And still had money after he gave me 560.000 rupees

[@zeromontalvan1514]

When I went to school I didn't loved socializing, but it really surprised me when I went back two years later to that same school only like 2 teachers and my old bully remembered me

[@PavePlayz]

i love your videos, so informational, always a spoiler warning and no obnoxious over-editing

[@Ejcantread]

Like literally imagine being the hero of Hyrule the person who saved the entire Kingdom from the Calamity The Prisoner saved Princess Zelda the King's Daughter and being the princess has appointed night and literally nobody knows who you are I think I would cry

[@mike_van_hellson]

I have a theory that rauru's hand kept ganondorf and his past locked away in time somehow which could be why the calamity "gave up" on reviving properly and when it was removed the 2 timelines came together again making an amalgamation of reality

[@mewmere6069]

They should still remember the princess' appointed knight though right he is almost royalty

[@UnknownShooter347]

Bro litterally snaps a picture of calamity gannon.

[@Churrros]

Honestly that one dude in lookout landing that says "no way" when he sees you just meant so much to me 🥺

[@CamtheWolfGamer]

*Zora's domain in the background having a statue of Link and Sidon*

[@Crystalgarcia814]

Has anyone else realized that TOTK is just THE LEGEND OF ZELDA BREATH OF THE WILD CAVES AND CLIFFS UPDATE

[@MlsslingL3ftS0ck]

I was so mad that beetle didn’t remember Link😭

[@AsherTheFemboy]

Riju remembers everyone remembers what are you on about every story character remembers him

[@FinnFongus]

“or talk” ☠️ had me dead

[@Asser9000]

If only he was this calm during can you parry that

[@NieroshaiTheSable]

Link did life-changing work for ALMOST EVERYBODY through the side quests, though! And he's been following Zelda around for EIGHT YEARS! They've been living in a small cabin in Hateno for EIGHT YEARS! (Sheikah rubbers never break apparently) It's absolutely HEINOUS that nobody in Hateno remembers him.

[@timeAmbassador]

I’m just glad that the main region members, like the rito, zora, Goron and gerudo remember link, considering he actually did a lot for them as a whole

[@noahjahnsen7841]

Also no one ever mentions the devine beasts being gone or other significant things from the past.

[@BonaparteBardithion]

It'd be nice if they at least mentioned whether the Divine Beasts were gone before or after the Upheaval. They were huge and probably sat around in view of cities for years even if they weren't acting up.

[@jamesgotchall7205]

The funny part is this explains why link is often overlooked in a lot of the other games too like twilight princess, he went off to live in an obscure little village and nobody in Hyrule town recognized him grown up

[@alexandrejesus8709]

Speedrun view: something happened in the last 20 minutes

[@D3amer]

bro it's been 10,000 years past

[@mr.barbalobo]

The one thing I was so excited for was talking to npcs and then them saying ohh hello link how are you doing but no

[@petervella6973]

I like to think that the amount of in-game time that passed between botw and totk was the same amount of time it took from botw's release in 2017 to totk's release in 2023. So a little over six years.

[@RedJet99]

But during that ~8 years or so, Link was up and running around to wherever Zelda was going. Surely a bunch of the researchers that were on the Zonai team she established would remember him or smth

[@annieandelsieofarendelle3294]

@RedJet99 In all fairness, we don't know when the Zonai Survey Team was created so it could've been a fairly recent development since they don't really seem to know much about the Zonai devices beyond vague outlines and the fact Purah said they had to expand the ZST to help search for Link and Zelda. With all that in mind, it's possible the ZST only have a vague outline of Link.