Keza MacDonald

It reminds me a lot of like, you know, I was very into Egyptian and Norse mythology as a kid because I was just a massive little nerd.

So the Zelda stories reminded me of those because you'd have these elements that were kind of the same across different cultures and different stories.

And the Zelda games tell the same similar elements, but they always make it different every time.

That's the correct thing to call it.

So I did have to just learn what it was.

In my defense, what is a sport?

I've got children to feed at some point.

Case academies.

I obviously agree that Breath of the Wild Link is the ultimate in Link's non-binary slay.

He's got that kind of ageless twink energy that we all aspire to.

But I'm going to pick Toon Link from Wind Waker specifically.

And the reason I'm going to pick Toon Link is because...

The reason I'm going to pick Toon Link is because there's this distinction between childish and childlike that I think is quite important when we talk about Nintendo specifically.

Like Zelda and Mario, they are in some ways childlike.

They relate to childhood experiences, but they're not infantile.

And so at a time when all video games were trying to be super grim, dark and violent and like grown up and just like a movie, Nintendo decided we're going to just lean straight into this like really cartoonish, playful, childish Link and his huge eyes and his big expressions, the way that he moves.

Like I just I just loved that character.

I loved embodying him.

And I thought that it was a really... And the thing is, Wind Waker still looks new.

You know, any game featuring Toon Link, it's aged extremely well because of the stylistic choice.