Here's Why Zelda: Breath of The Wild Has Voice Acting, But Link Still Doesn't Speak

Now that they are reminding people that Link is just a shell for the player with no voice, I'm actually starting to be a little disappointed that they are not going to have a female link option. Never thought about it because I'm always me (I always rename) when I play Link anyways. Link isn't really a character with characteristics since he always need some type of sidekick to talk and make decisions for him.

Thank god. Hearing Link talk would be super awkward. Protagonists should be silent, imo. Link and Gordon FTW!

Just love how this game has evolved so much over the years. Even Gamespot uses it as a loading icon for loading comments. Fantastic. Really look forward to this game and the NX. If the Nx shows that it has really great potential for future generation of games I'm down to getting it.

I'd find it funny (although out of character) if Link pulled a Matthew and started swearing whenever Ganondorf does something nefarious again.

If your projecting yourself into Link, your doing it all wrong. Link is a link from him to you, not you to him. Link doesnt become you, you become Link.

That argument is pretty weak. To me its about tradition. I have no bond with Link and never do. Silent protagonist do that for some people. Thats why when people brought up the female protagonist stuff, my response was what difference does it make It changes essentially nothing and if its not adding a new wrinkle to the game why do it? Link may as well be a naked slug monster for all I care, I have no attachment to him. Its projecting yourself in a sense onto Link. It's a tried and true method.

It's about the world your playing in and the tale of fighting monsters in dungeons.

Some of you guys kill me. With videogames basically turning into feature length films, its good to have a game that doesnt try to be like everyone else. I agree that at times dialogue is better but as far as link, its obviously more than just trying to have a silent protagonist. Its more about tradition. We like link the way he is. Its become his thing. If we change everything about the game to make it like the other games then it loses its appeal and what makes it special. And the people who say its because of bad storytelling that link doesnt talk. Well thats just preposterous. Link has always communicated without talking. Its usually clear what he wouldve said. Furthermore 99 percent of the story is dialougue but u wanna focus on the one percent that isnt. Zelda has always had good storytelling and link actually physically talking has nothing to do with how good the story is

Look what happened to Sonic when they gave him a voice

Sounds good to me. Honestly, with the way Link screams and yelps, I'd hate to hear what that sounds like when he starts saying full sentences.

Silent protagonists are bad story telling and way overused in video games. If you don't want the audience to disagree with what link says then write his dialogue well and you won't have that problem. This game will still be awesome but it's time videogames moved past the silent protagonists BS.