Times You Don't Play as Link 

Epona has dialogue in TP if you talk to her as a wolf. She seems pretty intelligent, she knows that you're Link when most other characters don't, and tells you to transform back so you can get moving.

If you count king of the red lions, then by this same logic, mineru is playable in totk.

Groose makes me so confused, I swear I started that game hating the s**t out of him and by the end of the game I found myself almost with his face on a shirt, a little flag and asking "how did I get myself here?". Okay, to be fair, he does have a gradual redemption arc while also not becoming someone else, that's hard to write when he is not even a protagonist Edit: Oh, also, I really liked the video! Good job, keep it up :)

If sailing with the red lion count as playing as him, then you also play as linebeck in phantom hourglass, is he is the one controlling the ship, you only decide the route

We should’ve played as Kafei more

you forgot the statues in wind waker and twilight princess. The falcon, twili carrier bird and midna are technically controlled by the player in TP. Also, Tingle in Wind Waker if you count the Tingle Tuner

Playing as Zelda in Skyward Sword sounds cool until you remember that she took the same path as Link. So you'd have to travel to the 3 main regions again on top of the multiple times the game already forces you to do so.

Dont forget about the animal companions in the oracle games: Moosh the flying bear Rikki the boxing kangaroo Dimitri the red sea lizard/crocodile

Might just be me, but I enjoyed Phantom Hourglass on my replay a couple years back even more than when I first played it as a kid. For some reason I didn't find returning to the Temple of the Ocean King repetitive at all despite my recollection and the internets general consensus

I would say it doesn't matter if Link is telling the King of Red Lions where to go, as long as he's not actually steering. And it doesn't look like he steers in any way. It's more like he jumps in, tells the ship where to go, and it does what it needs to go there.

Wish we could have played as Groose more too

i lost at the kafei quest as a kid :( i remembered it being so difficult lol

Technically you play as medli and makar, but using command melody in wind waker

On the GameCube version of WW, if you have a gameboy and a connector cord (idk the official name of it), you can play as Tingle. Very limited but you can drop bombs and a couple other things for Link.

Eh, liked the overall video but your sarcasm wasn't really required. Also: Kafei was turned into a kid by Skull Kid, did you truly expect him to fight monsters with his weak body?. Zelda isn't boring to play as on Spirit Tracks, it just sounds like you (like most modern players) want everything done immediately and lack patience.

You talked about how you can control Zelda in Spirit Tracks' Tower of Spirits and *completely forgot* to mention how you also have her playable during the Final Battle. First with the battle at the top of the Demon Train against Malladus & Cole where she possesses a Guardian and acts as your shield to get to her possessed body, and then as your assist against Malladus final phase where you distract him so you can then move her in his back to shoot him with the Light Bow. One of my favorite boss fight of the franchise beacause of this who makes this mechanic relevent (and imo fun) 'til the very end

My man forgot you can play as the cuccos on twilight princess if you hit them enough

Cool Video Bro.

Remember tingles rosey ruppeeland

Groose is kind of reddit shit but so is playing as zelda in general imo. Like "they did the thing omg". That being said I do hope the new game is fun, despite not being the biggest fan of the visuals from the links awakening remake

That moment when Zelda dies in the funny choo choo game:

i only wanted zelda playable for coop because multiplayer makes every game better

If characters you can steer are considered as a "Playable character", then Tears Of The Kingdom DID give us playable Zelda, because she technically guides us in the sky when fighting the Demon Dragon at the end of the game.

Tingle games are surprisingly fun. That's a hill I'm willing to die on.

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Bro how is no one talking about echoes of wisdow where you play as zelda.😂😂

HI KAFEI!!!!!!!!

What about links awakening, wouldn’t Marin count as a playable charecter

Nintendo direct

I didn't even know Kafei had a slap. Although to be fair it is completely pointless. At least rolling can maybe make you go a little faster

YOU SHUT UP ABT THE TINGLE GAMES THEYRE GOOD

this video is kinda reddit

Oh boy you're now idea what danger you're in now that you criticized Spirit Tracks. They're coming... I'm already...