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Some The Legend of Zelda games in which Link appears have been forgotten in the Appearances and evolution section. It's the case of the following:

• The Legend of Zelda Game & Watch (1989);
• The Legend of Zelda Game & Watch (2021);
• The Nelsonic Game Watch (Zelda) (1989).

Other references to Link have also been omitted, such as his cameo in Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars, or his pixel arts in My Nintendo Picross: The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, to name a few. BS The Legend of Zelda (1995) and BS The Legend of Zelda: Ancient Stones Tablets (1997) could also be mentionned, as the main character in these games (the Hero of Light) is designed to be extremely similar to Link. Leasticiou ( talk) 21:16, 4 January 2022 (UTC) reply

Thanks for highlighting these. You are welcome to contribute these if you can find reliable sources for them. Sometimes this can be challenging if it's just a cameo part. Fieryninja ( talk) 21:50, 4 January 2022 (UTC) reply

These missing appearances have all been added now and Super Mario RPG was already listed. I'm not sure whether we should mention the BS Zelda games because the character is not specifically named as Link as stated in the article Satellaview games from The Legend of Zelda series. Any other missing appearances feel free to list them here and I will try to source them. Fieryninja ( talk) 00:05, 10 January 2022 (UTC) reply

Excuse my lack of technical knowledge but the infobox image appears distorted. Can anyone explain why this is and what can be done to fix it? Fieryninja ( talk) 20:46, 17 June 2023 (UTC) reply

This review is transcluded from Talk:Link (The Legend of Zelda)/GA2. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: Jaguar ( talk · contribs) 14:51, 28 October 2023 (UTC) reply

Upon a cursory glance this does look to be well-written and comprehensive. Comments will follow soon. ♦ jaguar 14:51, 28 October 2023 (UTC) reply

• "most critically acclaimed videogame playable character" - video game (two words)
• The lead is well-written and summarises the article perfectly. No issues here
• "but he wore brown pants and longer hair" - trousers, if this article is written in British English
• "Link appears in Tears of the Kingdom," - this paragraph is missing the game's year of release
• "In the main quest line involving a boss fight with the leader of the Yiga Clan, Master Kohga, Link also obtains Autobuild" - perhaps is too superfluous, but I'll leave it up to you if you want to cut it or not
• The amount of shorter paragraphs in the Spin-off games subsection makes it quite choppy - I think you can safely merge a couple
• "In Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, the Breath of the Wild incarnation also appears, along with the Master Cycle Zero" - I think this should be changed to his, and unfamiliar readers will not know what the Master Cycle Zero is - I'd remove it

And that's it. Simply put this article is a fully-fledged GA, which compels me to give this an outright pass. It is well-written, comprehensive and all the sources check out. I couldn't find anything to justify putting this on hold. Congratulations on writing an article which does justice one of the most important characters in video game canon. I'd recommend addressing some of my minor queries above should you nominate this at FAC. ♦ jaguar 19:13, 28 October 2023 (UTC) reply

Hi Jaguar I'm ecstatic because I've put so much work into this article. It really means a lot to me to get it to GA status. Thanks for putting the time in to review it. I will look through your comments and make those amendments. Fieryninja ( talk) 19:30, 28 October 2023 (UTC) reply

These sources [1] [2] [3] are important and could be added. 2001:4455:6FB:8B00:FD9F:DB9:F9CB:6AB ( talk) 12:02, 29 October 2023 (UTC) reply

I was surprised the article doesn't mention that in most games of the series, indeed all games (as far as I know) before Breath Of The Wild, the character's name is chosen by the player when creating their character, so that in a normal play-through of a Zelda game you are not necessarily playing as a character called Link but as yourself, or at least, as a character with a name chosen by you. Of course, the player can choose to call themselves the default, "Link" and many did. But, there was a practical reason not to do so: sharing the game with others - your name identified your saved game slot, too. mmj ( talk) 07:04, 30 January 2024 (UTC) reply

Mmj actually it is mentioned in the analysis section. We could add it in the characterisation, I suppose, but we would need a reliable source. Fieryninja ( talk) 07:32, 30 January 2024 (UTC) reply

Could someone please check this article for English variant consistency? I edited this page to include a "Use British English" template, before my edit was promptly reverted by the user Ferret, and then restored upon their finding that the article wasn't checked for consistency. I deducted that the article was in British English due to a lot of squiggly red underlines underneath British variants of words (recognisable, characterisation, colour, etc.) as I use Microsoft Edge and am in the United States. I don't want to mess up anything, as I have already been noticed before for altering variants of English, so could someone check to make sure the entire article is in British English for me? Thanks! Antrotherkus ( Talk to me!) 03:52, 8 February 2024 (UTC) reply

I initially checked for "armor" and found it, and was too hasty in reverting. I then found that many other words however were in their British spelling and "armor" was an outlier, so decided to restore the tag. -- ferret ( talk) 03:54, 8 February 2024 (UTC) reply

Makes sense to me. Thanks. Antrotherkus ( Talk to me!) 03:59, 8 February 2024 (UTC) reply

@ Greenish Pickle! @ Fieryninja Just because this is a character article and not video game. Reception section should only talk about the character achievements and impact. Not unnecessary details about video games.

Good example: "As the mascot of The Legend of Zelda series, Link has become a widely recognisable character in pop culture."

It discusses about the character and its impact in pop culture.

Bad example: "The original The Legend of Zelda video game influenced the evolution of the action role-playing video game genre, being an early example of open world design and nonlinear gameplay. The series has inspired numerous other game titles to adopt a similar action-adventure gameplay and open world exploration, with these games being commonly referred to as Zelda clones."

It tells nothing about the character itself but only video games and unnecessary stuff that isn't related to the character at all. Kazama16 ( talk) 08:36, 23 March 2024 (UTC) reply

Did you realize that this article went on to be GA reviewed by a very experienced reviewer? And you also removed a source like this [4] that definitely talks about the character. Ironically, this source [5] you've used somehow talked about Mario? GreenishPickle! ( 🔔) 08:42, 23 March 2024 (UTC) reply

Did you even fully read my sentences, also this source isn't related to legacy nor reception. Just a gender thing that's it? Kazama16 ( talk) 08:48, 23 March 2024 (UTC) reply

The discussion about the character's gender was a major talking point at one time and is certainly pertinent to the reception, being the player character. Fieryninja ( talk) 08:53, 23 March 2024 (UTC) reply

"Just a gender thing that's it?" Okay buddy. I think there's no reason to waste our precious time here. GreenishPickle! ( 🔔) 08:55, 23 March 2024 (UTC) reply

Alright what about "The original The Legend of Zelda video game influenced the evolution of the action role-playing video game genre, being an early example of open world design and nonlinear gameplay. The series has inspired numerous other game titles to adopt a similar action-adventure gameplay and open world exploration, with these games being commonly referred to as Zelda clones." Kazama16 ( talk) 08:56, 23 March 2024 (UTC) reply

Personally I think it adds the context for the following point about him being one of the most celebrated console heroes. Remember this is a character with a very long history and this influence is part of his legacy. Fieryninja ( talk) 09:00, 23 March 2024 (UTC) reply

Sergecross73 now that the context has been removed from the paragraph, it literally makes no sense. Which characters could be switched? We don't know because it has been removed. Fieryninja ( talk) 20:02, 28 March 2024 (UTC) reply

Then maybe it needs to be reworked then? The role/gender stuff is a valid topic, but I don't know why we have such a long, rambling quote by Nintendo in the reception section. It's not even a good quote. It's long and light on substance. Sergecross73 msg me 20:32, 28 March 2024 (UTC) reply

Fair enough. Hopefully that's settled. Fieryninja ( talk) 20:42, 28 March 2024 (UTC) reply

Yes, I'm good with that. Thank you. Sergecross73 msg me 21:12, 28 March 2024 (UTC) reply

I removed the language tag (English only) because the article is in English (obviously, am I dumb lmao) so it makes no sense to put the language tag of English since the casual readers already know that the websites are in English just by looking at the title. 39.50.246.233 ( talk) 13:13, 10 April 2024 (UTC) reply