Why doesn't Link's voice sound like it used to?

If you listen to Link's voice in Zelda Ocarina of Time, he sounds REALLY different from how he sounds in Breath of the Wild. So, what's changed in the last 20 years?

SOURCES
Fujiko Takimoto

Nobuyuki Hiyama

Akira Sasanuma

Kengo Takanashi

CDi Voice Actor

Interviews about Link not speaking

MUSIC
- Music via Epidemic Sound, Nintendo

[ToonGohan]

Every time Link gets a new voice actor I’m always like “yeah that sounds like link”

[deadexcel]

"this is the voice of link, take a listen.."

[kano]

"please dont sound too japanese"
Procede to make the most iconic japanese reaction noises of all time

[YXTongvaLand]

The toon Link VA did an incredible job if making the "Come on!" understandable but also sound like it might not be English. Kind of like Simish.

[pavloverboy]

Link's voice might have changed, but one thing has stayed the same:
HYUH

[jazzra]

I just wanna shoutout the voice actor who did Beedles iconic " YAYA" in botw. Truly magnificent.

[revolution]

It’s weird how most of the Mario characters started out sounding not that great and got better over time, but literally every single link has just been perfect. They all sound different and yet they all sound like link.

[BladeDevil]

I love how wind waker went from the most hated during development and release to one of the most beloved years later. I always loved the game.

[TeamBlueToad]

It kinda makes sense that they don't sound the same. Like, they're canonically not the same Link.

[kahp]

I love that almost every Link has a different voice, it shows that almost every Link is a different reincarnation.

[nicocchi]

"Why doesn't Link's voice sound like it used to?" because it's almost never the same Link

[dcookie]

Couple of my favourate Link lines have to be Wind Waker's "Agh-ts-ts-ts-uh" (when sliding on ice) and Breath of the Wild's "Huh-tu-diat!" (one of the spin attack sounds).

[cthoolhoo]

The only "silent protagonist" who's been played by too many voice actors to count on one hand.

[CarthusDojo]

Waiting for Thomas to make a video about my voice before and after puberty.

[bathilra]

Young links voice actress be like: yeah my smash bros main is myself

[ankiyaanimations]

The link's va changing actually makes more sense when you realise that those are different people. It's not just one guy in different games, it's different guys, sometimes blood related sometimes not. They all have different personalities and different lives, all they share is a name. They only changed the va when the link changed. Wind waker and phantom hourglass link are the same person, spirit tracks link is another person from a few generations later. Oot and mm links are also the same person.

[deoxysoverlord]

Literally this video:

"They were the voice of Link."

*"Until they weren't."*

[ceeb]

It's odd his Twilight Princess VA didn't like his performance. I think he's my favorite. Definitely the most intense Link, it fits the vibe the game was going for perfectly, imo.

[TonyStarkCLC]

"They all would speak in hylian"
-Aonuma

Toon Link in WW in the tower of Gods:
"COME ON!".

[xAetheri]

Hearing the soundclips of nothing but grunting shrieking and shouting made me laugh every time haha.