Originally Posted by Galedeep

I think that an entirely silent Zelda cartoon or show or whatever is feasable (though doubtful there'd be a market for it), but one where every character except Link talks wouldn't work.

The reason why it works in the games is because a) You have the other characters filling in this dialogue "Will you do this?...What's that, you say you will? Huzzah!" or b) The more immersed gamers may fill in what they would expect Link to say in their heads. In a show it just wouldn't work, it would sound poorly written and hokey.