Link’s ages in each ‘Legend of Zelda’ game

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The Legend of Zelda franchise has been providing core memories for gamers for nearly 40 years now. But despite the longevity of the series, we still know so little about the game’s own protagonist. This is partly because Link is a completely silent protagonist. As such, it’s hard to provide players with much information about the characters backstory. We know that Link likes to sleep a lot, and that’s about it. In fact, we’re not even told his age! So just how old is he in each game? 

Finding out such information about the main protagonist of the series requires gamers to turn to outside sources for information about Link. I wanted to know just how old Link is supposed to be in each game; from his fist adventure in 1986 all the way up until his most recent in Tears of the Kingdom, so here’s what I found.

Set during the earliest point in the timeline, we’ll start here and branch out into the other timelines when we reach them. The developers for Skyward Sword decided to keep the more mature Link so he’s likely supposed to be the same age. In fact, Ryuji Kobayashi who’s worked on The Legend of Zelda and Animal Crossing confirmed that the character is supposed to be 17 during the events of the game.

A new incarnation of Link set during the Force Era of the timeline. Placing his age in this game is difficult, we know that he is definitely a child as only children can see the Picori, but that doesn’t clear up much. What counts as a child in Hyrule? Is it anything up until 18? Because if that’s the case then that’s a pretty wide scope to estimate our heroes age in this game. Most estimates place him at around 12-13.

This game takes place after the events of The Minnish Cap but following a different Link, this game continues the