For Legend of Zelda fans, voice acting is a touchy subject. Go to any Zelda forum and suggest that maybe Link could have a voice in the next game, and you will be met with the enraged howls of long-time Zelda fans, who insist that if this was implemented the Zelda series would be “ruined FOREVER!”

Why is this the case, though? Certainly, when the Zelda series was first created, there were some reasons to keep the character silent, but as time went by and the series evolved, these reasons started to become less and less relevant. Could it be that now is the time for the series to take that extra step further?

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Recently, Club Nintendo offered a set of three Zelda posters in return for Club Nintendo Coins. One of the posters chronicled all of the different styles of Link through the ages, while the other two were from Twilight Princess and Phantom Hourglass.

Unfortunately, they were backordered, but it looks like they are now ready and arriving, so you should hopefully receive your Zelda poster set sometime this week.

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Those of you who are going to get Spirit Tracks on release day (December 7 in the US and December 11th in Europe) have a chance of getting a sexy limited edition, consisting of (other than the game, of course) a tin box and miniatures of Link and the Phantom.

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Hello, ladies and gentlemen! You may not know who I am; my posts are so infrequent that you probably don’t remember my last one. However, if you do remember, then there is undoubtedly a huge grin on the middle of your beautiful face – as it means that there is a new podcast, and boy you’re in for a good one! You just know you want to read more to find out what wonderful gems the ZUBC have spat out of it’s wonderful, gift giving vending machines!

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GameSpot recently held a poll battle between Link and Gordon Freeman, as part of its “All Time Greatest Video Game Hero” tournament. The battle was extremely close, and the two remained within 0.5% of each other the entire match.

That is, until the creators of Gordon Freeman, Valve Corporation, stepped in on the last day, alerting their entire fan-base about the contest and telling them to vote for Gordon. This flooded the polls with 40000+ sudden votes and demolished Link’s chances for good.

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Gamespot is currently running a competition in which gamers vote to decide the greatest video game hero of all time, and, of course, Link has made it to the final four.

He is currently locked in a neck-and-neck battle with Gordon Freeman of Half-Life fame, and is just barely losing by 0.4%. You can check out the competition here.

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Interested in getting a Zelda-themed ocarina so that you can be like Link in Ocarina of Time? Blast Magazine recently interviewed ocarina-makers STL Ocarina about their Zelda-themed products and plans for the future. You can read the interview here.

Alongside replicas of the Ocarina of Time itself, the site also has other Zelda-themed products, such as a fully functional ocarina in the shape of a rupee, and songbooks of music from the Zelda series.

“All of the classic Zelda elements are there – Link, Zelda, Ganondorf, the Triforce, Hyrule – yet the story is a new Zelda tale in its own right.”

The Hero of Time is a full-length independent Zelda film which is loosely based on the events of Ocarina of Time. Lysia of the Sacred Realm has given it a thorough review, while making sure to avoid any spoilers. You can have a look at it here.

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If you are a member of Club Nintendo, you can now purchase a set of three Zelda posters – the main attraction is a lineup of all of Link’s different artwork styles throughout history, and it also comes with the promotional posters for Twilight Princess and Phantom Hourglass.

Given the content, these posters could sell out quickly, so you should probably cash in your Club Nintendo coins as soon as possible if you are interested in obtaining them.

If you played Oracle of Seasons or Oracle of Ages, you should remember the unique rings system that it had, which provided Link with various different abilities and power-ups. Well, Ben of ZeldaInformer thinks that these should be brought back for more Zelda games. You can read the article here.

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Do you have way too much spare time and not enough friends? Then Papercraft Museum has a solution for you. Why don’t you make a life-sized paper statue of Link?

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As promised a while ago, we told you guys we had an exclusive deal with First4Figures, the creators of well known statues such as Fierce Deity Link, OOT Link, Sheik and Skull Kid, regarding new info and images from their The Legend of Zelda-series. Today’s the day we can share the world’s first exclusive images and facts of and about Zant!

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One of the most mysterious characters from Twilight Princess was the Hero’s Shade, the spirit of a former hero who knew many powerful techniques and taught them to Link. Not much is known about his past self, though it is widely believed from various clues that he was the original Hero of Time.

Dathen of ZeldaInformer has taken a deeper look into the past and true nature of the Hero’s Shade in his newest article, Spirit of the Hero, so if you played Twilight Princess and want to learn more about the character, you should take a look.

I was talking Zelda with some friends the other day when I came across someone with a curious pet peeve – he felt that Link’s name should not be changed or it would break the flow of the game during dialogue, and that people who changed the names were “casuals”.

Obviously, most people are less extreme and less focused on roleplay, but it’s true that preferences vary wildly between players. What do you think?

Does it feel more natural to you to keep the default name, or substitute in a name of your own? Does it even matter to you, or do you just insert a word that spices up the dialogue and makes you laugh?