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

Boy, Link sure has it rough. Welcome to MojoPlays and today we’re looking at moments from “The Legend of Zelda” that prove being the Hero of Hyrule isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. And just in case, we’re going to go ahead and issue a series-wide spoiler alert. Our list of the worst things to happen to Link includes Crashing Into a Dream from “The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening” (1993), that time he got Trapped in a Time Loop in “The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask” (2000), When His Sister was Kidnapped in “The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker” (2003), His Failure to Protect Hyrule “The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild” (2017), and more! What do you think is the worst thing that’s happened to Link? Share your thoughts in the comments.

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[mojoplays]

What do you think is the worst thing that’s happened to Link? Share your thoughts in the comments.

[howlpendragon]

Breath of the Wild has to be the hardest experience for him
He must've already felt guilty and distraught to lose the champions, the king, and several civilians
But when he woke up and started to remember everything, he had to see a ghost of the world he loved, and he found out the hardships Zelda was experiencing

[broccoli]

Honestly, Majora's Mask is just one ginormous nightmare for Link. Not only is he forced into a time loop, but everything he puts on one of the transformation masks, he's subjected to the anguish that the spirit of the mask experienced before they died, which is why Link screams whenever he puts the masks on. And he has to put on those masks a lot. Not to mention that the fierce deity's mask, whilst also containing the potential to corrupt him, contains the memories of everyone in termina, so that probably doesn't go over well for him.

[enavy]

You would think losing an arm would rank a bit higher. Also, having a sister kidnapped is bad, but to actually watch your uncle die has got to be up there as well ( à la A Link to the Past).

[CoryAkabueze]

Link : I lost my heath and abilities

Samus : first time

[wace]

Imagine waking up in a random sci-fi like cave hearing a random voice tell you to go on a very dangerous and challenging quest when you have no recollection of who you are or the continent your at. Not only this but you relive the painfull memories of 100 years ago where you were emotionless due to an heavy burden that your finally free from now but at the cost of your father, sister, and freinds death that you recall about while your lover is trapped in a monsters stomach you have to kill. Wild Link had it the roughest imo, oot link close second. And don't get me started on totk. Bro got the Guts treatment.

[LikeWhyTF]

The worst thing to happen to Link was Zelda taking his house after BOTW

[kriscynical]

I would personally put losing a limb higher in the list than number 10, especially since it was basically eaten away by gloom first before being amputated. If you think about it, that actually means the remains of his arm are probably up there somewhere on the Great Sky Island, which is objectively horrifying. 😬

That's not even touching on the psychological toll it would take on ANYBODY having a dominant limb amputated, and then add to it the dissonance that would happen every time he'd look down and see someone else's very alien looking appendage on him instead of his own? It would be incredibly painful both physically and mentally/emotionally.

[tmacm]

Here's the worst. In the original game. They started him out with no weapon whatsoever. So if a player didn't know they had to go into the cave, they're screwed.

[PinkPixie]

I always think about Fi. Forever in the master sword, watching boy after boy go through all this hell and sometimes he never even gets her.

[ViewerOnline]

How about what became of the Link from Ocarina Of Time and Majora's Mask? Because he was never recognized as a hero in the Child Timeline, he never got to pass on what he knew to any successors, so he became a restless spirit (the Hero's Shade) who wondered Hyrule waiting for someone he could train to be the next hero, which he was finally able to do with the Link from Twilight Princess, who is his descendant, before he was finally able to find peace.

[Alxtopia]

Losing his motorcycle between BotW and totk 😫

[elisabethnunez]

Not to mention when Link turned into a wolf it looked painful

[Nikkismehlil]

Your part about Link's "childhood" in OoT is only partly right. He got to become a child again at the end, but not before the experience of suddenly becoming an adult without his consent meant he was forced to quickly mature if he was to be able to interact with npcs etc. Also some of 'em acted a bit.. suggestive when talking with him. Must've been hard for him to find out what they meant...



You're also forgetting that time Link was extorted into a marriage with Ruto. He was a KID.

[MetroidFusion]

Loosing an arm at last position? It's a freaking arm man!

[hanshaslebacher]

(dis)honorable mention. every encounter with Tingle. ever.

[younglink]

The worst thing has got to be coming back to Hyrule after saving termina in Majora's mask. Link has saved the world TWICE, but no one remembers him as a hero, and the only ones who knew him as a hero are basically gone for good.

[krishnamckay]

The worst thing to happen to Link...losing Urbosa's Fury

[LtBasil]

At least in the wolf form and (to a lesser extent) deku scrub form Link is able to defend himself. When he gets turned into a rabbit? No such luck. Even worse, everything in his basic vicinity wants to eat him.

[bardinblue]

4:42 - He also gets transformed into a rabbit in The Dark World of A Link to the Past if he has not yet obtained the Moon Pearl.