you know, making link blonde was the single worst character design decision made in all the zelda series. not because there's anything wrong with blond hair, but because early in the series, link's hair color was literally fucken whatever.
zelda 1 & 2? brown hair.
a link to the past? reddish blonde in the manual/concept art, fucking pink hair on the in-game sprites
link's awakening (original)? reddish blonde in the manual/concept art, vaguely light-colored hair in the black-and-white cutscenes, stark black hair on the black-and-white gameplay sprites
link's awakening DX (and also oracle of seasons and oracle of ages)? cutscene hair color clarified as that reddish blonde, gameplay sprites still have black hair despite the addition of color
like, i think standardizing link's hair color has just stifled creativity. think of all the bullshit we could have had if the devs at nintendo still had the guts to make his hair purple or whatever. tri force heroes was a breath of fresh air.
