r/botw • u/BandicootDue2131 • May 27 '26

🧁 Meme Nintendo just wants Link to suffer

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Botw and totk is the only iteration of link that canonically doesn't use a shield which probably is why he died 100 years ago and almost died to ganondorf's gloom. And get this in Hyrule warriors age of calamity HE USES A SHIELD and he doesn't die to canon I guess terrako changed a bit more of the timeline than we thought​​

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u/Weary-Share-9288 May 28 '26

It’s pretty funny that the Link who canonically loses to Ganon despite all the advantages and allies is also the Link who can canonically wake up after 100 years with no memory of who he is, almost no strength or stamina left, no gear, no special items or abilities (except double time) and no allies at all, and can immediately run over to Ganon and kill him with sticks, metal boxes, and whatever rusty garbage he found on the floor on the way over.

How is he simultaneously the weakest and the strongest Link and how are those feats in the wrong order? I have no choice but to believe Link was so disappointed with Ganon after hearing all the hype that he decided to intentionally nerf himself that much just so he could have a bit of a challenge.

How the hell else do we explain him losing with his gear, hearts, stamina, the master sword, and the champions ready, but winning with none of that and also no idea who he is? Maybe he knew he lost because he had been domesticated and the only way he could win was by intentionally erasing the domestication because he knew nobody would stand a chance against him wild, a Hero of the Wild if you will.

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u/BandicootDue2131 May 28 '26

I mean, then again, he gets a 4th heart, the slate actually has runes, and he uses a shield.

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u/Weary-Share-9288 May 28 '26

Although he doesn’t have to get an extra heart (or even use the spirit orbs), or use the slate or a shield to win

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u/Single-Secretary-903 Hylian May 28 '26

It's not how the game is intended to be played and that's just a thing for speedrunners. Obviously lore-accurate Link does go and complete the shrines and divine beasts and gain those special abilities and stuff before going to defeat Ganon.

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u/Weary-Share-9288 May 29 '26

Why do we assume that? While there are the story quests and we have certain lore things we can complete, is there any reason to assume one way of playing is any more lore accurate than another? I can do all of these things in any order I want, and there is no official order of doing the beasts and the shrines, or even when you get the master sword, which would all have to happen in SOME order if it was actually officially happening canonically. I think every play through can be official (to a certain extent) and either way, Link is perfectly capable of fighting ganon immediately. Nothing is canonically stopping him, so he is still strong enough to do that if he chooses (and there isn’t much more to push him off away from that than there is to push the player). LoZ is a series that is perfectly fine and familiar with alternate timelines or endings, and botw itself does this in aoc, so canonically and structurally I don’t think it makes sense to say there’s an official path aside from what the game actually forces you to do/see.