The ‘Ocarina of Time’ Remake Is Finally Here, but Why Does Link Look so Yassified?

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After 28 years, the gamer’s game is getting a big remake.

A fully redone version of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time arrives Thursday exclusively on the Switch 2. Nintendo has been releasing trailers and screenshots in the run-up to the launch, and the imagery, while whetting appetites, has also left fans with an overwhelming question: Why does Link look like that?

Specifically, child Link. Ocarina of Time allows players to time-hop and explore levels as child and adult versions of the game’s main protagonist. Gameplay starts as child Link in the Kokiri Forest, which looks more lush and verdant than ever in the remake. But aesthetic upgrades have also been applied to child Link, resulting in a curled-eyelash, laminated-eyebrow, douyin-lipstick yassified elf boy.

Fans have been quick to compare the design to the human-vampire hybrid Renesmee from Twilightand the Gerber Baby. “He looks so microwaveable,” one Reddit...

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