Half the time, she saved herself, and there were even a few occasions when she saved Link. While she did get captured from time to time, she didn’t always have to rely on Link to save her. Animated Zelda was smart, resourceful, proactive in nearly every episode, and took zero crap from anyone, especially the hero. The cartoon gave her an interesting, fun personality. Up to that point in the games, Zelda’s character amounted to nothing more than a standard damsel in distress. What a fantastic heroine we were given! At the time of the series’ production and release, only two games had dropped, The Legend of Zelda and Zelda II: The Adventure of Link. One thing this show did very well was to imbue video game ciphers with actual personalities, their greatest success being the titular character. Most of the time, though, it was down to Link, Zelda, Ganon, and Spryte. We really only had four main characters, five in the episodes where Zelda’s father, King Harkinian, appeared. ![]() To the writers’ credit, they kept this simple.
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