Link is off, locked in another battle with Ganon and his forces, leaving Zelda and the King in the castle in relative safety. Every day, the young princess worries for Link, even if she tries not to show it. But she doesn't have time to worry about anyone other than herself! There's rumbling under the castle and Zelda is about to stumble into another world! Armed with the royal White Sword and a shield, it's time for...

The Adventure of Zelda!

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...Okay, hear me out.

I really like Zelda's design in the CDI Zelda Games.

So, like, I'm not here to say that those games are good. But they are entertaining to watch-so, in a weird way, it's kind of a good cartoon and I recommend watching a let's play of either of those games (or, at least, a cutscene compilation). These Western Zeldas (So, the CDI Games and the Cartoon) were kinda born during this time when the franchise was young and fresh. It was the hot new thing, another notch on the Nintendo Belt and not this main staple of gaming and I think that's when Zelda had the most creative liberties so we could get more wilder entries.

With that said, it's kind of a shame we won't see any of the Western depictions of Zelda in any official capacity, practically scrubbed from Zelda's "illustrious time line" when, let's face it: the time line is stupid. And dumb. And meaningless; it's no better than SEGA's blast processnig.

But that's a rant for another day, lol.