What if Link Talked in Breath of the Wild? - Episode 1 (Reboot) (Parody) 

Thanks for watching everyone! I hope you enjoyed it! Here’s a LOT of fun facts about this video: 1. This is the first REBOOT series I've done. The original episode of this was done back in 2019, before I rebranded to Press Start to Laugh and made the "What if Talked" videos my main type of content. Since I've now brought in extra voice actors to help fill in all the NPCs and such, I can do this series the way I wanted. Hence... reboot. 2. This will be a complete series, regardless of views. Most of the time I determine what will get a full series based on views and popularity. This will be the first time I'm doing the whole series regardless, simply because I believe Zelda will be a big franchise for this channel in the long run. 3. The first episode only has two voice actors, me (Brad - Link, King Hyrule, and the Shrine Monks) and Wibbles (the pedestal voice and goddess voice). Future episodes will have MANY MORE voice actors, it just so happened this episode didn't need many voices. 4. I was originally going to have this episode be around 1 hour long, but decided against it after doing some research. ~20-30 minutes is the ideal length. I planned for BOTW to be four episodes at an hour each, but instead this will likely be a very long series. A LOT will end up getting cut simply for time’s sake, but I’m going to try and leave as much in as I feel is necessary. 5. For NPCs like King Hyrule who in the actual game have a few actual voiced cutscenes, we stripped the voiceovers out and replaced them with our own. We attempted to voice match the already existing voice actors, but it wasn't perfect and was simply too jarring of a switch when it would go from our voices to theirs. We found we could do a good enough job just replacing their voice with our own take on the character. We did our best to keep close to the original voices though. 6. I tried several voices for Link. An alternate version of the first 10 minutes or so exists with a higher pitched voice for Link. After editing it for a bit, I went back and re-recorded him, as it simply didn't feel like it fit. This is still slightly higher pitched than my normal voice, but still has some deepness to it. 7. I tried to keep Link somewhat serious. He takes what's going on seriously, though is very confused. He'll still make jokes (this is a comedy channel after all), but he will be slightly more grounded. 8. During editing I attempted to work around Link’s existing grunts and gasps, but eventually just decided to work them into the character and let them be. 9. So far this is not connected in any way to my overall universe... unless... 10. Maidenless - Elden Ring reference (It could be debated that the adventures of Rykeon in Elden Ring and Skryim were just a dream that Link was having) 11. I added music throughout the video, as BOTW is actually very quiet as a game. I felt like adding music helped my version of this work a bit better. 12. Link is missing... Missing Link... PUNS! 13. I attempted to model my "King Hyrule" voice after the voice actor who did him in the game. His voice is surprisingly similar to my own, which made it a bit harder when trying to differentiate between Link and the King. 14. Link screaming during the towers rising from the ground scene is really the only joke from the original version of this video that made it to this one. 15. "A giant moon I can use to crush everything" - Majora's Mask reference 16. “Land in a cart full of hay” - Assassin’s Creed reference 17. "Might be a bird man" - More Zelda references to other Zelda races 18. "It's dangerous to go alone..." - Even more Zelda references 19. Link will generally be nice to people... except the Old Man... considering he jerks Link around for no reason really. 20. Teleporting hurts - Running gag 21. I did in fact die the first time I came across the guardians, simply because I forgot to get away fast enough. I decided to include it because I thought it was funny. 22. I had an extremely hard time with the controls on this game after playing Elden Ring (and other Souls games). Elden Ring and BOTW are very similar games and playstyles, yet extremely different control schemes. It made it difficult for me to adjust for quite some time. 23. "Boom" - Choo Choo Charles reference. 24. This will be the first time I’ve played all the way through BOTW. I’ve never beaten it.

I love how, unlike other protagonists on this channel, Link's not an a-hole. He's just a decent guy who's got no idea what's going on. He still tries to be the hero of legend, but he's gonna be screaming confusedly the whole time.

And thus starts the 2000 episode series where we get to listen to Link express his immense joy at outsmarting every shrine, and collecting every poop.

"It's dangerous to go alone, maybe you could give me a sword or something?" Considering that many consider King Rhoam's old man disguise to be a reference to the Old Man at the beginning of the very first Zelda on NES, that was a clever bit of dialogue.

“Deal! But yknow it’s dangerous to go alone…..maybe you can give me a sword or something?” I see what you did there

"Or a giant moon to crush everything." I think you'll need a mask for that. Maybe ask my friend Majora.

As a joke you can have'em shout at one point, "REVALI WAS A BIG JERK!... How do I know that, and whose Revali?"

"you've been asleep for the past 100 years" "WHAT?!"

I love the touch of the echo during the cliff cutscene.

Do you have the Wolf Link Amibo? "Cool I can summon a wolf from beyond?" Wolf Link, "So this is what it was like for old skull face."

I'm glad I'm not the only one who thought of the skeletal arms in the game pinching Link. Anyways, looking forward to the rest of this series.

I swear, Brad, you and the family should really consider doing genuine voice acting for movies! I bet you’d kill it! You’re hilarious😂😂😂

I love every part of this. Keeping it grounded while also giving it that PSTL charm to it.

This is way much better than the old one. PLEASE KEEP MAKING MORE OF THIS

holy crap I want Nintendo to get you guys to make a voicepack addon for BotW and TotK

Well, excuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuse me, Princess!

Fantastic opening episode! The sound design was on point, from the echo in the shrines to the volume changes in the hilariously drawn out scream during the tower scene; and your voice for King Roham was very well done, it sounds very much like the original. Fun fact I learned recently: in Japanese, the quest log is written from Link's perspective like a journal, with occasional comments regarding certain characters or even just an "I can't wait to find out!" When talking about an objective. If they continue that in TotK, I hope the english translaters keep it this time.

Who can't wait for the New Zelda game .

Now that I’ve actually finished all of Breath of the Wild, I can’t wait to see what comedy this, and future videos, have in store!

it feels more like *What would Link think in a situation* than talking ;) love it x

How funny this comes out now, because I’ve been reading a story on AO3 where Zelda was the one who lost their memory and woke up in the Chamber of Resurrection. It’s actually very well-written, but I just found the timing of that and this coming out hilarious.

Man, you'll have your hands full with Tears of the Kingdom...

This is literally my first ever dive into the Zelda franchise. Aside from seeing fanarts of Link and Zelda on the internet.

Fi, "MASTER! YOU HAVE RETURNED!" "You were gonna kill me if I couldn't pull you out!" "You'd just get resurrected again or reincarnate again, like you have a million times before."

I love how the “TELEPORTATION HURTS!!!” Joke is still going strong.

I’ve been meaning to get back to finishing BoTW before Tears comes out so thanks for the push

Little did Link know, there is a creature out there even Ganon regreeds giving live to it, and now it's to wild and... annoying to listen to anyone's commands other than itself. It is only known as Flowerblight-Ganon.

Again thanks for keeping your word on giving the series another try

Any time I play BotW I always break every pot and box because my headcanon is Link has a deep hatred of storage vessels

Funny how he finds climbing tiring, yet hanging in the sky on the glider which will need a lot of strength to hold onto isn't tiring or sore at all! No hate, im just joking around XD

Bud thanks for the funny videos you make, keep at it its awesome.👍

How ‘What If-’ can simultaneously feel like it’s own fandom (lore n timelines included) but also work for casual entertainment is beyond me… It’s like a virtual potluck, everyone can find something to enjoy ☺️💚 People tend to use the term ‘underrated’ a lot these days but dear lord does this earn that title hands down!

Awesome just in time for the sequel of the game coming out this month

“Hopefully I don't have to climb much on this quest.” Famous last words😂

Here’s a tip if you’re having trouble with making food if you find a durian fruit and cook it by itself it gives you max heart with +4 and the +4 increases more Darien furit you add

This just emphasizes that certain games just need voice acting for parts of their story especially on animated bits

BRO I ONLY FOUND YOUR CHANAL A CUPLE DAYS AGO BUT I AM IN LOVE WITH YOUR VIDEOS, KEEP UP THE AWSOME WORK

"I didn't come soaring down here on my own feathery wings, you know." "You might have. I don't know you. You might be a bird-man." Or an owl, or a dragon

I hope that there will be a continuation of this in tears of the kingdom as well when this series is completed also have an awesome day! I also love the additional voices lol also I only have one request and that is to at least have the bokoblin or some of the monsters (not talus or guardians) have a few voice lines pls?

That scream while the towers were rising though 🤣🤣

I like these sketches better than your earlier ones. Good job dude! Keep it up! These are funny!

Much better than the old one. Great work!

An amazing start to a highly anticipated series.

Love the reference of going alone and liking this series

I hope you will do a Tears of the Kingdom version as well. Most likely after you have had a good rest after doing this series and any others you have going. Love all your work.

I can already tell this is going to be an awesome series. I cannot wait to see it through.

The cackle when he got bombs

It used to be the Quadforce, but the forth god took his piece and left. Many say he went on a great crusade against the forces of darkness. Others say he was hungry.

Majora's mask reference yeah dropping the moon on him would definitely do the trick 🤣

I am angry at the algorithm for never having found your channel before. Your work is phenomenal, keep up the good work (looking forward to more - and I can't wait for when you get to the first divine beast and the whole story schtick with the Zoras).

Wow. This is great. I would subscribe, but....I already am. I am VERY interested to see how this Link handles TOTK. Let's face it, for anyone that fears heights, TOTK would be a NIGHTMARE.

So... will link wear the outfit from the memories. Being: hylian trousers and champions tunic

This was amazing! Hoping the next one is soon!

Great video. Funny as always.

"Woah that is really really big. Are you expecting me to fight that thing? If so I'm going to need something bigger than a stick to defeat that. Preferably a balista, or like a giant moon to crush everything." 😂 Nice Majora's Mask reference.

20:23 "Last time I climb anywhere" HA! Unless you plan to become a mountain goat, good luck with that! Though apparently it is possible. There's a RU-vid video about it.

I actually hope this is a continued series of his journey

Love your vids, keep it up😊

All of the references from the other Zelda games are nice to hear

Awesome Video Bro!

Dude with your content you should be having 900k Subs by now!

More of this and just more content, because I love your videos, they always make me smile and laugh😊😊

wait what do you mean you aren't already at 300k dude seriously your channel is so unique i love it-

I love you videos I'm a long time fan. I started with season one of your Minecraft series and also I've been waiting forever for you to do this and also I want to stay awesome. And have a good rest of the day And keep putting smile on people's faces

I Patiently await the next episode! :)

you do very good work i've been watching your chanal for 1 year

Love your videos!

Ha! Dangerous to go alone! Reference!

NEW EP LETS GOOO

A new "what if "they" talked" series, we shall watch this adventure with great interest.

Link once said: “What’s going on an earthquake?!? Aw geez I got a get outa here before- AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA” 7:58

I have been waiting 4 years for this

I know this is something difficult to do, but it would help a lot for the videos if you manage to modify the sound of your voice depending on where the camera is, as it feels a little... detached... when I hear your voice perfectly clear when the camera is far from Link. With first-person games that's not an issue as the voice is always in the same position as the camera, but on third-person games hearing your voice always perfectly clear when the camera is away from the character makes the voice feel a bit more like a player role-playing while gaming instead of the character speaking. Again, I know that would be hard to do, and your videos already have a lot of effort put into them as they are, so they are already great, plus I see do that a bit on cutscenes sometimes, but if you ever feel like trying to work on that some more, I think it would make you reach another level. Keep up the great work!

18:19 the goblin sound was perfect

Can't wait till you do tears of the Kingdom

8:20 makes it seem like the towers are all screaming as the rise up. Maybe it hurts like teleporting?

One thing I’ve learned about press start to laugh Teleporting always hurts

I'm surprised you haven't already done "What if you talked in Breathedge?" It's just perfect for it, plus you could easily fit it into your Cinematic Universe with Subnautica, Savage Planet & Raft

17:36 is 100% my favorite part 😂!!!

That title drop.

Love your content

4:01 Hopefully i dont have to climb much😂😂😂😂

8 Days until tears of the Kingdom!

I hope you do more of this soon.

❤❤❤😂 I love this episode please keep making more also please make the one where he gets the motorcycle it'll be hilarious once he gets it

Oh boi time for 200 part series

I'm sorry, but as far as I'm concerned, the voice of the shrine monk is 100% nightmare fuel.

dude that scream was epic i was shocked how long it was lol

Screaming so immense it can be heard in the four corners of the world

WE NEED MORE

Idea for why Link's mouth doesn't move when 'talking', it's simply that he is thinking instead.

That laugh when he blew up the bomb for the first time😂

I love your videos

Oh my gosh! The references! Beautiful! 😂😂

Made me laugh like you guys normally do and i love it! Keep it up please! Oh side thought Wo Long Fallen Dynasty would be another good game to voice over at least in my opinion.

You know you can find the King's grave on the plateau. And the king will comment on it being the grave of a fool if he hasn't moved on yet.

Garden of banban 3 is out now press start to laugh

As someone who’s known BOTW Lore for a long time (got it when it first came out and VERY addictive to this game), I fucking LOVE your interpretation of link in the reboot than in the first series. The way link talks, reacts to things, his thoughts, Etc. I hope I get to see more :D Edit: I also love the way to implemented the lore into this series!😊

Just have to say I LOVE the majora’s mask reference good job 🙂

I just wanted to say how great your videos are and how they has inspired me to want to make videos agian. I'm not you or anyone popular, but I'm trying lol. Just wanted to say thank you lol.