Link (Hero of the Wild) also technically talks every time he responds to an npc or gives one of those lengthy explanations, where he gestures and everything
Well excuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu... I forgot.
@@Fusion-Crash by that logic, 99% of the game characters are mute... Let's be real, I don't think they use telepathy to communicate the situations that are going around them. Plus we're just gonna ignore botw when Link gives the sand/snow boots gerudo dude intoxicating levels of sass while dressed as a woman...?
The thing is, he talks in almost all the games. We, the players, just don't get to hear him talk because he was meant to be a "self insert" type of character where you can put yourself in his shoes. There are multiple times in multiple games where you can even see Link talk but don't hear him(for reasons I just mentioned) A prime example I have is in Skyward Sword where you can see Link gesturing with his hands as he tells Groose, who just fell from the sky to follow Link, about the world under the clouds.
Or how in totk he tells Purah what happens at the start, he was the only person who witnessed and Purah explained what happened in great detail although she wouldn't be able to know said details unless link told her.
@Oracle Right?? Though I was avoiding BotW and TotK because it states spesifically that he talks but barely because of pressure. Gotta point out all the other games he talks without us hearing him x3
@@tkiesailastname4656but he doesn't talk much, and when he does it's related to getting shit or world knowledge since he never knows wtfs going on. he didn't take an oath to silence he's just very quiet unless he has to say something for work
@pusshi3936 it's called being selectively mute, where you can talk but for the most part don't. BotW spesifically(I think it's different for other games) it heavily hints at that being the case for Link because of the heavy pressure he is under as the champion and chosen hero of the master sword.
he’s actually not meant to have a self insert voice, they did originally have a voice for the character with scripted lines and everything but the voice actor had gotten into a car accident and passed away, having them scrap all of the recordings they had to respect the va
he talks hes just using linknese, its a whole entire language that revolves around the words, HYAT, TYAHT, TORYUHAA, HA, Hoho, Rrghhn, UAWAAAAAAA, Nyegh, Horyua, Toh, mmm-mmm, oahhh, and of course Well Excuuuuuusssee me PRINCESS.
@@3nowStorm true, if they did add a voice after everything there would be alot of controversy about it. Still though, like you said he speaks in the dialogue options, though we don't hear him it is still clear he is speaking in some manner.
i like the idea that hes signing and its just not animated bc. that would be a ton of work. i just think its a neat idea (though i know thats not the real reason)
Link talks all the time. These videos really spread misinformation. Every single time you get back to someone to complete a quest, link makes some gestures with his hands, making it obvious he tells the person everything that happened.
He talked in a lot of games he just doesn't have text, he explains his situation to many characters in most games than the character repeats what he said sometimes he even moves his hands as if he is explaining something.
If you want to get very technical he always talks we just dont hear him. Every time you chose a dialog option for example he says something but we dont hear him
Link talks all the time, he just doesn’t have a VA so we can connect more to the character, as he’s supposed to be a vessel (or, a LINK) that brings us and the game together
It's interesting that the Wind Waker voice line also sounds kind of like he's just making a regular shout.. Probably took him really long to learn that one 😂
Link talks in zelda totk but it doesnt show text he says info about zelda missing. Also he was doing gestures while talking but there was just no audio.
Whenever you do something quest related in TOTK or BOTW, if you go to a quest related NPC sometimes Link will do a speaking motion with his hands that hints he is explaining something to them
Theres another zelda character i like here are also my favorite lines: lamp oil, rope, bombs you want it it's yours my friend as long as you have enough rupees. Sorry link i cant give credit come back when your a little mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm richer
@@Laserbeak219 That’s not Zelda, that’s the fat guy with the Robin Hood hat. We are strictly talking lines from Zelda himself. Lines like “Jee, it sure is boring around here,” and “My name is Zelda, I am a boy and you play as me.”
I find it amazing that they keep Link from talking. It gives a sort of mystery to the player and leaves them wondering how they think. It surrounds him in deep mystery.
@@yeeessimusprime3422 that's not even true as far as I know. machine translation just adds first person pronouns when a foreign language doesn't specify if it's first person or not, which leads to problems (like in Japanese) where the subject of a sentence is implicit.
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BOTW/TOTK Link does talk, he just only speaks when spoken to, but only keeps his dialogue very short, like he tries to condense all his words in like less than 5 at a single time, with it mostly being 3.
I believe it's canon that all the 'Hyup's and 'Hyah's he makes are actually a quote from the 1991 film "Whore." If you slow it down 1569% you can hear him say "Would if I could, bitch!"
Link does talk we just never hear his voice. In botw and totk when link responds to npcs during conversation they respond as though link actually told them something.
Link talks in every 3D Zelda game. Those dialog options are Link speaking. When you gesture with his hands, he's speaking. Every quest, pretty much, he has to be saying something unless you think he communicates telepathically. The first time I heard someone say it was crazy that Zeldas diary shows Link can speak I thought I was being trolled.
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He talks in every single game all the time actually. Every dialouge option wouldnt make sense if he just telepathically told people what he wanted to say.
He talks quite a bit actually. In zelda 2, he sometimes speak in first person when finding stuff In links awakening, after reading the prophecy, he responds by saying "what? A illusion?" This is present in the remake as well The cdi games and the cartoon (obviously) I believe he talks in Mario Rpg, where you can find him and samus sleeping at a hotel And though not technically speaking, in triforce heros, we see someone who looks alot like a link to the past link, and when playing co-op, you can send messages saying stuff like help, no, hi and yes
Breath of the wild gave an incredible explanation, Link doesn't talk cause he doesn't want to complain about his destiny. Imagine yourself being chosen as a hero to stop the end of the world because your ancestors who carried the same will did so without batting an eye. This is how you write a great destined character, one who accepts his role and does everything he can to fulfil it
CDI link talked, even if we wish he didn’t . . . I can’t be the only one that heard “well excuse me princess” in my head when i think about link talking.
I haven’t played many Zelda games, but he does canonically talk in Tears of the Kingdom. When he converses with characters, his hands move and I believe so does his mouth. We just can’t hear him, most likely because Nintendo wants us to connect to him, and if we can hear his voice, we no longer have as close of a connection. (Obviously many games do this)
He talks in tears of the kingdom too because when you’re in a dialogue there’s like a question and you can answer it was options so he technically talks and when he moves his arms around that’s him talking to
There are several instances, dating back to OoT where he actually has dialog options. People just forget about them because they don't happen often. It's also implied through dialog he responds in conversations, it's just to to you to decide what he said
Link isn't a mute because even in BOTW and TOTK, there's lots of moments where npcs react like Link just told then a story. So canonically, he talks, we just don't hear it
Even better, in totk i found an npc in lookout landing facing somewhere else and i talked to him from the back, then that guy says "that voice..." turns around and then goes on with the 'oh link you are here' trope from most of those npc in that area. So yeah, is super mega clear that he talks, just that, he conveniently only does so when he and the other npc start speaking in hyas, ho hos, ooh, eeh, hmmm, ahyas, etc.
Link (Hero of the Wild) also technically talks every time he responds to an npc or gives one of those lengthy explanations, where he gestures and everything
Hero of the wild???
Yes, Hero of the wild, because all of the other heroes have their own name, The Hero Of Time, Wind, Twilight, et cetera
@@iverhjulstad7678legend of Zelda, breath of the wild Link aka hero of the wild
@@gameclipking246 its the same link like how its the hero of time not the hero of majora
Ngl anyone that calls him the hero of the wild is fucking wierd fr
BOTW/TOTK and Skyward Sword Link both canonically talk through dialogue options
and links awakenings reads some out loud
@@Grim.Shadow-69 Spoiler Alert
Yeah, when he reads the mural that explains that it's all a dream, he goes "What the fuck!?"
@@barghest94 yeah
He even makes talking motions in botw(havent played skyward) when like yeah so this happens and their like ohhh is that so
@@barghest94 wait wait what??? What mural?
Well excuuuuuse me, princess!
Don’t even get me started on that 😂
Well exuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuse me, princess
Well excuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu...
I forgot.
I need to finish this show omfg
@@barghest94 he forgor
"Oh boy smooching time!"
"Gee, it sure is boring around here"
"I just wonder what Ganons up to!"
"Great! Ill grab my stuff!"
"Im so hungry, I could eat an Octorok!"
my boy
@@TheIronMenusthis peace is what all true warriors strive for
WELL EXCUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU
Why don't people consider dialogue options as the actual character talking? That's LITERALLY them talking.
i think they mean like an audible sentence where the player can actually hear his voice
That's communicating, not talking.
Bro's using sign language
no one talks in my zeldorne geme ):(
@@Fusion-Crashbec of the feeling of mystery of not hearing his coice bec people will always be dissapointed
@@Fusion-Crash by that logic, 99% of the game characters are mute... Let's be real, I don't think they use telepathy to communicate the situations that are going around them.
Plus we're just gonna ignore botw when Link gives the sand/snow boots gerudo dude intoxicating levels of sass while dressed as a woman...?
Toon link sounds like he’s from south park
😂😂
why is this funny but true
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"Respect mah masta sord!"
@@brofistbro "Yeah right, you better get back to school little boy"
"GET YO ASS TO THE SACRED REALM"
The thing is, he talks in almost all the games. We, the players, just don't get to hear him talk because he was meant to be a "self insert" type of character where you can put yourself in his shoes.
There are multiple times in multiple games where you can even see Link talk but don't hear him(for reasons I just mentioned)
A prime example I have is in Skyward Sword where you can see Link gesturing with his hands as he tells Groose, who just fell from the sky to follow Link, about the world under the clouds.
Or how in totk he tells Purah what happens at the start, he was the only person who witnessed and Purah explained what happened in great detail although she wouldn't be able to know said details unless link told her.
@Oracle Right?? Though I was avoiding BotW and TotK because it states spesifically that he talks but barely because of pressure. Gotta point out all the other games he talks without us hearing him x3
@@tkiesailastname4656but he doesn't talk much, and when he does it's related to getting shit or world knowledge since he never knows wtfs going on. he didn't take an oath to silence he's just very quiet unless he has to say something for work
@pusshi3936 it's called being selectively mute, where you can talk but for the most part don't. BotW spesifically(I think it's different for other games) it heavily hints at that being the case for Link because of the heavy pressure he is under as the champion and chosen hero of the master sword.
he’s actually not meant to have a self insert voice, they did originally have a voice for the character with scripted lines and everything but the voice actor had gotten into a car accident and passed away, having them scrap all of the recordings they had to respect the va
he talks hes just using linknese, its a whole entire language that revolves around the words, HYAT, TYAHT, TORYUHAA, HA, Hoho, Rrghhn, UAWAAAAAAA, Nyegh, Horyua, Toh, mmm-mmm, oahhh, and of course Well Excuuuuuusssee me PRINCESS.
😂Don't forget GYAAAAAaAaAA
He does speak, he just doesn't have a voice actor. How else would he respond to a person's question or sentence, he doesn't just stare them down
Nah
They doesn’t want a sync cause they want that you imagine his voice so you can be the hero (or the voice of the hero💀)
@@3nowStorm true, if they did add a voice after everything there would be alot of controversy about it. Still though, like you said he speaks in the dialogue options, though we don't hear him it is still clear he is speaking in some manner.
i like the idea that hes signing and its just not animated bc. that would be a ton of work. i just think its a neat idea (though i know thats not the real reason)
He does have a voice actor - where do you think the grunts come from.
His voice actors are: Jeffrey Rath, Jonathan Potts, Fujiko Takimoto, and Sachi Matsumoto.
well excuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuussse ME princess.
Link does talk. Characters in BOTW and TOTK respond to him. If you pay attention in Twilight princess, he moves his mouth sometimes.
He talks in the mangas, that’s when I learned that link is a very angry and confused person.
Well when you have such a heavy responsibility on your shoulders thise two reactions make sense in somd cases
The mangas aren’t canon to the games though.
@@jordanp.davidson5977so the final kiss of Midna and Link isn’t canon? That disappoints me.
@@jordanp.davidson5977
Ehh I dont care about canonical or not. Its just good writing.
Technically all links talk through dialogue options and even certain cutscenes have them talk even if we don't hear or read what they're saying.
He does talk (when he do quests or talk to npcs and the hand gestures when explaining), we just can't hear him 😆
He also said “meow” in wind waker
Link talks all the time. These videos really spread misinformation.
Every single time you get back to someone to complete a quest, link makes some gestures with his hands, making it obvious he tells the person everything that happened.
So we know Link communicates, but what people mean is he doesn’t speak.
And I mean he does obviously speak. We just can't hear it.
@@Winkelbergo Oh. Yeah, true.
Anything for their click bait RUclips updoots
but we can’t hear him that’s what they are trying to say
Zelda II is the best example of Link speaking in my opinion. He actually speaks in 1st person saying “I found a mirror under the table.”
“Link doesn’t talk in any Zelda game” he doesn’t talk proactively but he’ll answer people’s questions.
Actually he talks all the fucking time - he just doesn't have a voice actor (or have text) because he's a silent protagonist
Wrong hes just training to defend his hyrule cherades championship
Well I mean, he does have a voice actor but I know what you mean. He’s always been a silent protagonist so they have to be consistent.
No one sounds twink enough to play link.
Only time hear him fully talk in zelda cartoons
WELL EXCUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUSE ME PRINCESS
Technically, any choice you make in any zelda game is effectively link talking. Hes just a man of few words is all.
He talked in a lot of games he just doesn't have text, he explains his situation to many characters in most games than the character repeats what he said sometimes he even moves his hands as if he is explaining something.
God bless you ✝️😇
Sometimes when you swing a sword in botw, it sounds like he says "Idiot!" Like hes calling the player and idiot😂
If you want to get very technical he always talks we just dont hear him.
Every time you chose a dialog option for example he says something but we dont hear him
There’s also dialogue options and one of the BotW memories in which Zelda quotes a line Link says to her about caring for horses
Actually, link talks a lot more. And yes in breath of the wild and tears of the kingdom through dialogue options
yeah but you don't hear him say anything so it doesn't count
@@evilgabe fair enough.
Yeah especially since he lost his memory in botw he isnt quiet no more since he has no reason to
@@evilgabe It does
Link talks all the time, he just doesn’t have a VA so we can connect more to the character, as he’s supposed to be a vessel (or, a LINK) that brings us and the game together
He does talk, we (the player) just don’t get to hear it.
Why do you think there are dialogue options in BOTW and TOTK? He’s literally talking to them.
He says oh boy this is expensive in the nes game
Zelda's diary describes every man's inner struggles
It's interesting that the Wind Waker voice line also sounds kind of like he's just making a regular shout.. Probably took him really long to learn that one 😂
Link is just autistic and never learned voice control, but knows he makes everyone feel awkward by his yells so he tries to stay silent instead lol
I like how Link is quiet it makes his personality shine though more when he does show it
Well excuuuuuuuuse me
We ain't gonna talk about totk where he tells almost every npc what happened to Zelda?
Yeah you can’t just wave and use body language to explain that
Link talks in zelda totk but it doesnt show text he says info about zelda missing. Also he was doing gestures while talking but there was just no audio.
Cartman is definitely voicing Wind Waker Link
He literally talks the entire way through botw and totk when talking to npcs, Nintendo is just too lazy to get a voice actor
I think it’s more of a tradition for Link not to speak.
@Syanne Johnson Yep, this. It would be cursed to hear him talk anyways. Hate how everyone resorts to 'Nintendo lazy' half the time.
@@josephjoestar_ if you want to say Nintendo is lazy, talk about Kass not having a voice for the songs.
It would be weird to hear link talk and I think there would be massive backlash
It's basically a Slient protagonist sort of thing.
Whenever you do something quest related in TOTK or BOTW, if you go to a quest related NPC sometimes Link will do a speaking motion with his hands that hints he is explaining something to them
He talks plenty. My favorite lines are “I’m so hungry I could eat an octorok!”, “Oh boy, smooching time!”, and “Hey bokahblin.”
Theres another zelda character i like here are also my favorite lines: lamp oil, rope, bombs you want it it's yours my friend as long as you have enough rupees. Sorry link i cant give credit come back when your a little mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
richer
@@Laserbeak219 That’s not Zelda, that’s the fat guy with the Robin Hood hat. We are strictly talking lines from Zelda himself. Lines like “Jee, it sure is boring around here,” and “My name is Zelda, I am a boy and you play as me.”
@@DoctorBCYeah, the fat guy... AKA Princess Zelda.
You're thinking of Link.
Lol this is just like people thinking Metroid is called 'Samus'
@@barghest94 Actually, it’s Super Metroid. Do not forget the Super, it’s part of the codename.
Also, what link? You didn’t link anything.
I find it amazing that they keep Link from talking. It gives a sort of mystery to the player and leaves them wondering how they think. It surrounds him in deep mystery.
There is also a Zelda journal entry about Link being really shy.
All the quests from botw in the japanese version are written as links diary
I know, I am so mad at how bad the translation of that and many other Japanese games are.
@@yeeessimusprime3422usually because companies don’t hire outside their country.
@@yeeessimusprime3422 that's not even true as far as I know. machine translation just adds first person pronouns when a foreign language doesn't specify if it's first person or not, which leads to problems (like in Japanese) where the subject of a sentence is implicit.
He grunts alot in OoT?
Wind waker is so OG for me it was the first Zelda game I ever played now I’m obsessed
My baby boy!!!!! Damn look how far he has come as a hyrule Messiah and hardcore fan of the legend of Zelda series I will speak from experience he has indeed come so damn far from being a nobody to a wonderful person and a legend
BOTW/TOTK Link does talk, he just only speaks when spoken to, but only keeps his dialogue very short, like he tries to condense all his words in like less than 5 at a single time, with it mostly being 3.
I believe it's canon that all the 'Hyup's and 'Hyah's he makes are actually a quote from the 1991 film "Whore." If you slow it down 1569% you can hear him say "Would if I could, bitch!"
Link in Wind waker: Meow!
I grew up only playing Twilight princess and wind waker and I miss those two so much
"Come on" *proceeds to kidnap a child*
Zelda actually directly quotes link when talking about how to care for a horse
Also in BOTW and TOTK when ur riding a horse and u go faster u can hear him say "YAHHH"
"I wonder what Ganon's up to"
Link does talk we just never hear his voice.
In botw and totk when link responds to npcs during conversation they respond as though link actually told them something.
BotW Link speaks in piano all the time. Do people assume he telepathically asks for his horse?
I just assumed he pointed at the one he wanted
@@jaydenjayden3778 I guess that makes sense. Maybe I should’ve picked a better example, like recruiting people for Bolson Construction
He talks in all games it is just that it showed to us through the reaction of the person he's interacting with
Link talks in every 3D Zelda game. Those dialog options are Link speaking. When you gesture with his hands, he's speaking. Every quest, pretty much, he has to be saying something unless you think he communicates telepathically.
The first time I heard someone say it was crazy that Zeldas diary shows Link can speak I thought I was being trolled.
nah they just know sign language
Yunobo hints towards hylians having telepathic powers when you do can rudainia
@@jazzy7924 no
I know its correct but bro you forgot about the manga and tv shows that link can talk too much
"Always take the time to soothe your mount." Zelda says this in a cut scene, directly quoting Link in botw
Man's got a point. You can't argue that.
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He talks in every single game all the time actually. Every dialouge option wouldnt make sense if he just telepathically told people what he wanted to say.
He sounds so baby in windwaker ❤
I mean wind didn't have any trauma until he started his adventure so no pressure from everyone, no trauma, and he had a great childhood until then
In one lf the memories, zelda says "your advice was quite helpful, thank you." implying that he spoke to her.
I'm scared of the Zelda movie being terrible movie, i literally made myself a bingo card for the occasion!
Good vid bro! Playing totk rn too lol
He talks quite a bit actually.
In zelda 2, he sometimes speak in first person when finding stuff
In links awakening, after reading the prophecy, he responds by saying "what? A illusion?" This is present in the remake as well
The cdi games and the cartoon (obviously)
I believe he talks in Mario Rpg, where you can find him and samus sleeping at a hotel
And though not technically speaking, in triforce heros, we see someone who looks alot like a link to the past link, and when playing co-op, you can send messages saying stuff like help, no, hi and yes
Sorry I initially read this as “find him in the motel sleeping *with* samus” and I was like, “ayo! My dude Link is cheating?”
The Hero of Twilight also says "Giddy Up" when riding Epona
I thought it was more of a "Hyup!"
@@PatLundit is. This guys ears are defective
Oh boy, smooching time!
The hero of the wild is VERY talkative after the calamity, he just doesn’t talk in cutscenes
Link: I guess that deserves a kiss!
Zelda: HA!
Link: *I won!*
😂😂😂 all the times he says yup so he talks always
he's talked since ocarina of time. Also good on you for not caring about the CD-i games
It's interesting then, that his *opens hands and bobs head* pose conveys whatever he has experienced... ever
Breath of the wild gave an incredible explanation, Link doesn't talk cause he doesn't want to complain about his destiny. Imagine yourself being chosen as a hero to stop the end of the world because your ancestors who carried the same will did so without batting an eye. This is how you write a great destined character, one who accepts his role and does everything he can to fulfil it
He also has a full line of dialogue in Zelda II.
"I found a mirror under the table."
Link DOES talk in older games, through the optional texts in 3D games.
That "C'mon" sounds very aggressive though. That fairy from OoT is rubbing off on him
And don’t forget in windwaker when you’re trying to catch that girl stealing from a safe on Windfall island, Link says “meow”
"It's joever ganondorf!"
-Jink
I mean if you want to be technical about it he says hey in every game or hi yaaa 😂😂😂
Why does Zelda have an American accent in her diary??
Brain fog from 100 years of sleep
That’s a fandub lmao
Don’t worry about that 😂
There's no audio for the diary you just read it
@@olivesgarden2628 **insert the super dead chang squint meme**
Last one seems like the one who wrote the diary is reading it in Link’s POV.
The hero of the wild doesn’t remember his vow to remain silent so he still talks technically whenever a dialogue option appears
“A feeling I know all too well”
Thus not knowing the feeling whatsoever.
CDI link talked, even if we wish he didn’t . . . I can’t be the only one that heard “well excuse me princess” in my head when i think about link talking.
I can see why he didnt make any kind of face when he seen the four champions spirits and regained his memories
Now I know it’s not in the games, but in the mangas he actually talks there too
And in wind waker, theres a funny detail where he meows.
I haven’t played many Zelda games, but he does canonically talk in Tears of the Kingdom. When he converses with characters, his hands move and I believe so does his mouth. We just can’t hear him, most likely because Nintendo wants us to connect to him, and if we can hear his voice, we no longer have as close of a connection. (Obviously many games do this)
Nobody talks exept zelda.Everyone else is like Hmm.Oahh.GYAAA,😅
So Link is an introvert... Nintendo just gave me another reason to like Link even more, I'm an introvert myself
Are we forgetting that he LITERALLY REPLIES TO PEOPLE IN GAME 😭
He talks in tears of the kingdom too because when you’re in a dialogue there’s like a question and you can answer it was options so he technically talks and when he moves his arms around that’s him talking to
There are several instances, dating back to OoT where he actually has dialog options. People just forget about them because they don't happen often. It's also implied through dialog he responds in conversations, it's just to to you to decide what he said
“oh boy smooching time!”
Medli: You just want to look under my dress.
Link isn't a mute because even in BOTW and TOTK, there's lots of moments where npcs react like Link just told then a story. So canonically, he talks, we just don't hear it
Even better, in totk i found an npc in lookout landing facing somewhere else and i talked to him from the back, then that guy says "that voice..." turns around and then goes on with the 'oh link you are here' trope from most of those npc in that area. So yeah, is super mega clear that he talks, just that, he conveniently only does so when he and the other npc start speaking in hyas, ho hos, ooh, eeh, hmmm, ahyas, etc.