Waifu Warriors: Featuring Link from the Legend of Zelda series! Now on New 3DS WOAH!

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Same deal with both Ocarina of Time and Wind Waker; in both games Link didn't receive the Triforce until late in the game.

That doesn't mean he didn't receive it though. Even if you don't say anything about it at first, at some point you're going to have to reveal that it's Zelda after all and suddenly it's an issue.

It seems kind of dumb not to just give Zelda her own game rather than try to replace Link with her and not say anything about it for a while.