Originally Posted by gliderpilotgirl

Agreed. Link starting out with no background and as a nobody gets old...considering the amount of talk about his bloodline and parents..it actually seems some posters want to know where he came from. If that's the case, why not use it to give him special abilities to fight evil? If he's born into a family of Knights, ( like ALTTP ) why not start him out as a fully fledged knight, trained and all? And like you said, if he was even as high as the King..his powers would give a whole new angle to how he could fight evil..and make it more original than a mere boy with a sword. He's still Link, conquering a great evil, just by a different method.

And then there's the possibility of taking an established Link and throwing him into the role you mentionned, as a natural progression of his life. He's had his time as the lone swordsman, why not let him do more with his expanded knowledge and skill?

In terms of a playable Ganondorf...I like the idea of alternate playable characters, but I think Zelda would be a better choice, mainly because she's also a protagonist. The villian kind of has to be evil and that can't change for the plot to work. And the evil deeds he does I've not sure some players would want to do themselves. ( Think Grand Theft Auto and the criticism of some of the deeds ) As Zelda you'd have options like her magical skills etc.