Next story — Legend of Zelda, why it’s not called “Legend of Link” if he’s the title character.
Via Vox:
The Legend of Zelda is actually about a boy named Link
Zelda’s premise is one we’ve all heard before: A princess is in trouble. An evil man has captured her. And the young hero — a swordsman — is charged with saving her.
That is the basic plot outline of most (but not all) Zelda games: Link, a commoner, is suddenly thrust into a mysterious, magical quest in the kingdom of Hyrule to save the princess, Zelda, from one evil or another. Each Zelda game follows a similar arc: Link typically obtains a sacred sword, maybe collects pieces of the all-powerful Triforce (which grants wishes), and obtains other powerful artifacts to become strong enough to defeat the evil and save the day.
This plot line reflects the “legend” referred to in the series’ title — a mythology in which a hero, reborn time and time again, rises to vanquish an evil, also reborn time and time again, with the help of the powerful Princess Zelda and the Triforce.