At the end she sends Link back to his childhood while she remains behind with the ruins of her kingdom to rebuild. It is her guilt, combined with the duty she feels to her ruined kingdom, which causes her to train as what amounts to a ninja and fight Ganondorf’s evil.
It’s heavily implied to the point of obviousness that she feels crushing guilt over this. Where it gets juicy is the further examination of why exactly Zelda does what she does.Īfter all, she sends Link to retrieve the Stones opening the Door of Time, allowing Ganondorf to seize control of Hyrule. Now, this doesn’t seem like that big a deal on the surface. She sends Link to find the Spiritual Stones opening the Door of Time and sneaks him the Ocarina of Time while escaping Hyrule Castle.Īfter the disaster occurring because of Link’s premature claim of the Master Sword, she spends seven years training as a Sheikah in order to win back her kingdom and eventually assist Link in freeing the Sages necessary to defeat Ganondorf. No longer a passive prisoner for Link to rescue, our princess played an active role in the story. One of, if not the largest beneficiaries of this newfound cinematic flair was Zelda herself. It’s the kind of near-timeless masterpiece even the young, graphically spoiled generations will go back and love.Īnother large reason was the cinematic turn which breathed a previously unseen life into classic Zelda characters. The game, of course, remains fantastic to this day. As such, it was one of the most influential games of all time, ushering in the world of 3d gaming and defining it for years to come, much like Super Mario 64. There are several reasons for this mainly that Ocarina was the first 3d Zelda game. Of all these many versions of Princess Zelda, probably the most famous is the version which appears in Ocarina of Time. Most times, she either fights alongside Link against Ganon or grants him the power to win. Wind Waker gave us a Zelda entirely unaware of her secret royal heritage. Sometimes she takes action within this role, such as her brief appearances to help both Link and Midna in Twilight Princess. Often she plays the role of damsel in distress for Link to rescue in the end Mario-style. Zelda has been many things throughout the course The Legend of Zelda’s long, storied history. I’m talking about the latest rendition of a more iconic princess who has experienced a variety of personalities over the years. No, despite all these matching traits, I’m not talking about Princess Bubblegum. Where are my new Adventure Time episodes, damn it?!