Echoes of Wisdom nearly broke Link's 30-year vow of silence

Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom nearly broke Link's 30-year vow of silence, but Nintendo decided to keep him mute because no one knew what he would say
The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom was supposed to buck one of the series' longest-running trends, but Nintendo eventually changed its mind because it "felt too wrong." However, with Zelda newly mute, narrative development got a little tricky.
Nintendo Confirms Surprising Cut Feature from Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom
Director Satoshi Terada and producer Eiji Aonuma revealed that Link was originally going to speak in The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom. They explained that even after having some written dialogue for Link, the idea was scrapped because it felt strange.
Nintendo Reveals Link Was Originally Going to Speak in Echoes of Wisdom
The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom is the first game in the series to star the titular princess if you don’t count the CD-i. As such, the idea of Link being an NPC who talked was initially proposed, but later scrapped. Terada said “I had Link talk a ...
Nintendo Made Link Talk in The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom But 'It Felt Really Wrong'
Nintendo tried making the historically quiet Link talk in The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom but ultimately decided against it because it "felt really wrong." In an interview with Famitsu translated by Automaton,
The famously mute Link almost spoke in Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom
At one point, Nintendo's famously silent lead Link was going to have lines of dialogue in Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom.
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