The 10 WORST Things That Have Happened To Link in The Legend of Zelda

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00:00 You're just fine.

00:09 Welcome to Mojo Plays and today we're looking at moments from The Legend of Zelda that prove

00:13 being the hero of Hyrule isn't all it's cracked up to be.

00:17 And just in case, we're going to go ahead and issue a series wide spoiler alert.

00:30 Before we begin, we publish new content all week long, so be sure to subscribe and ring

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00:40 Opening and Arm The Legend of Zelda Tears of the Kingdom

00:53 Let's start with something more recent.

00:55 During the opening of Tears of the Kingdom, Link accompanies Zelda to investigate the

00:58 recently uncovered ruins beneath Hyrule Castle.

01:01 By doing so, the duo disturbs Ganondorf's beauty sleep, whose powerful magic absolutely

01:07 shreds Link's right arm.

01:09 If the loss of the majority of Link's hearts are any indicator, it's a pretty painful process.

01:14 As if that wasn't bad enough, he then watches helplessly as Zelda vanishes in midair, only

01:19 to be knocked out and wake up on the newly appeared floating islands in the sky.

01:23 Sure, he gets a replacement arm with some cool tricks, and his original is returned

01:28 to him by the end.

01:29 Still, could not have been fun though.

01:44 Crashing into a Dream The Legend of Zelda Link's Awakening

01:57 Though we've never experienced it personally, being shipwrecked during a mighty storm has

02:01 got to be terrifying.

02:03 Now imagine going through that, all on your own, only to wake up on an odd island that's

02:08 a fabrication of a gigantic, vicious dream.

02:11 Yeah, we'd have trouble coming to terms with it too.

02:13 Link's Awakening follows our hero in such a predicament.

02:16 Despite the colorful Koholint island being populated by charming NPCs, Link eventually

02:21 learns that nothing is real.

02:23 The island, or dream, is being plagued by nightmares.

02:26 And Link must defeat all of them to awaken the Wind Fish and return home.

02:30 It's one of the more bittersweet endings in the series.

02:41 His sister is kidnapped.

02:43 The Legend of Zelda The Wind Waker Technically, this is something that happens

02:58 to Errol, Link's younger sister, but it's undeniably tragic for the young hero to experience.

03:04 During the opening of Wind Waker, Ganon's pet, the Helmaroc King, drops Tetra on Link's

03:09 home island while being chased by her pirate pals.

03:13 Link takes it upon himself to save her, and all he gets for his heroics is an ungrateful

03:17 attitude and having to witness his younger sibling get kidnapped instead.

03:21 Link never has any living parents, and rarely any other relatives, so we have to assume

03:26 he and Errol are pretty close here.

03:28 So we can't really blame him for recklessly running off a cliff in an attempt to save

03:45 her.

03:50 Unwilling Transformation The Legend of Zelda Majora's Mask and Twilight

03:54 Princess Link has gone through many transformations

04:06 across the series, usually against his will, but the most traumatic instances take place

04:11 in Majora's Mask and Twilight Princess.

04:14 In the first, he's turned into a Deku scrub by the Skull Kid, only after the villain robs

04:19 him of his horse and ocarina.

04:21 In Twilight Princess, he's turned into a wolf when Zant's forces attack his village

04:26 and kidnap all his friends.

04:28 In both games, he's eventually able to regain his true form, but it must be stressful for

04:32 the poor lad.

04:33 His Deku form is looked down on by several Clock Town NPCs, and even attacked by the

04:38 dog outside the clock tower.

04:40 Everyone who sees his wolf form in Twilight Princess screams in fear or tries to attack

04:45 him, so it isn't much better.

04:59 Hunted by Ganon's minions Zelda II The Adventure of Link

05:12 Zelda II is a hard game for players, so imagine what Link must be going through.

05:17 The premise concerns a sleeping Princess Zelda, who Link can only awaken by completing challenges

05:22 in six palaces across Hyrule.

05:24 All the while, the minions of Ganon, who Link defeated in the original game, are hunting

05:29 him in an effort to use his blood to revive their fallen master.

05:33 When Link dies, players are given a game over screen telling them Ganon was successfully

05:37 resurrected.

05:38 Now, Ganon's minions are on the lookout to kill Link in every game he appears in.

05:43 However, being used as the key ingredient in the return of ultimate evil certainly makes

05:48 it worse.

05:55 Killed by Ganon The Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time

06:08 Being hunted for sacrifice is pretty bad, but there's only one canonical time Link

06:12 has actually been killed, and it doesn't even take place within a game.

06:17 With 2011's Hyrule Historia, Nintendo cleared up the debate behind the series' timeline,

06:22 and clarified that it splits in three following Ocarina.

06:26 One in which Link relives his childhood, the future era where Ganondorf was defeated, and

06:31 one in which he loses the big fight.

06:33 Being murdered by a raging pig monster sorcerer is awful enough, but to go on the arduous

06:39 journey he does, and end up losing in the final moments, has got to sting.

06:44 All that sacrifice and suffering for nothing.

07:01 Forced into Rebirth The Legend of Zelda Skyward Sword

07:05 Hey, just because it's great for us, doesn't mean it doesn't suck for Link.

07:20 With Skyward Sword coming first chronologically, this version of the hero is the first.

07:24 By the end, he's able to live up to his potential, fighting and defeating the mighty

07:28 demon king Demise in order to bring peace to the land.

07:32 However, before the villain perishes, he places a curse upon Link and Zelda.

07:36 He states his undying hatred will follow their bloodlines for all time, and it does so, even

07:42 across different timelines.

07:44 Everything that every version of Link goes through is all because Demise can hold a serious

07:49 grudge.

08:10 His Childhood The Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time

08:22 The Hero of Time is one of the strongest iterations of the character, but he's also one of the

08:27 saddest.

08:28 Before the game even begins, Link is an orphan raised among Kokiri, feeling like an outsider

08:32 among them with one straight up hating him.

08:35 Things don't get any better when he signs up to fulfill his destiny either.

08:39 He has to wait inside the Sacred Realm for seven years, completely missing his childhood

08:43 and waking to a world far worse off than the one he left behind.

08:47 Even when Zelda sends him back in time to make up for it, we doubt he'd actually be

08:52 able to experience what he's missed, given everything he's been through.

09:07 Trapped in a Time Loop The Legend of Zelda Majora's Mask

09:22 Link had it rough in Ocarina, but the sequel really brought the despair.

09:25 Majora's Mask sees Link trying to stop the moon from crashing into Clock Town, which

09:30 will occur in three in-game days.

09:32 Unfortunately for him, that's not nearly enough time to do everything he needs to in

09:37 order to stop it from happening, and so he's forced to relive the same three-day loop until

09:42 he can.

09:43 That would suck regardless of circumstances, but in a game as dark as Majora's Mask,

09:48 everything's a bit worse.

09:50 Link is powerless to save certain doomed NPCs, and even those he can help have their memories

09:56 and actions reset whenever Link plays the Song of Time.

09:59 Other than Tattle, it's a very lonely adventure.

10:12 The Philips CD-i Games Nah, we're just joking.

10:23 They are terrible, though.

10:24 Our actual last entry is...Failing to Protect Hyrule

10:29 The Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild

10:38 In Breath of the Wild's post-apocalyptic Hyrule, Link attempts to save his kingdom while reclaiming

10:43 his forgotten memories.

10:45 Sadly, those memories show us why he couldn't the first time.

10:49 A hundred years prior to the game's events, Hyrule began preparing for the prophesied

10:53 return of Ganon.

10:54 When he did return, he took control of the Guardians and Divine Beasts.

10:59 While the Guardians slaughtered citizens and soldiers alike, the monsters that corrupted

11:03 the Divine Beasts killed the Champions, Link's close friends and allies.

11:08 However, when all seemed lost, well, it really was.

11:12 Link nearly died trying to defend Zelda and had to be put into a coma, losing a century

11:17 and his memories in the process.

11:19 We feel the impact of Ganon's victory here more than anywhere else.

11:37 What do you think is the worst thing that's happened to Link?

11:40 Share your thoughts in the comments, and be sure to subscribe to Mojo Plays for more great

11:44 gaming videos every day.

11:58 Thanks for watching.

12:06 Bye.

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