Care to elaborate? Her voice puts me to sleep. She speaks so slowly and the vocal delivery is so flat. Her dialog is stiff.
In Skyward Sword she was so full of life and character. Sad to see that kind of characterization go this time around.
But, it’s a small gripe and hardly a knock against BOTW. I’m truly loving this game.
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Where would I even start? For one thing, you might as well accuse Twilight Princess’ Zelda of being stiff. And are you even watching the Captured Memories? She is a princess, and she is trying to honor her station by doing what is expected of her, but she also has a curiosity about the world around her to the chagrin of her father because he thinks it distracts her from unlocking her power. Speaking of which, she is tasked with tapping into the power of the Triforce of Wisdom within her, but she has no idea how to do that. She prays to the goddess(es?) at the Springs but it doesn’t help, and in the end it is in defense of her most trusted friend against the Guardians that her powers awaken, though it’s too little too late.
In Skyward Sword she was so full of life and character.
Umm, she has no spoken dialogue in Skyward Sword. I wouldn’t call her feisty just because she can stand up for Link against Groose, and she doesn’t really interact with Link that much after she falls from Skyloft at the beginning. She does have quite a lot of dialogue at the end, but most of it is expository, laying out what Impa’s plan was for her in aiding to seal Demise.
Also, SS Zelda is directly following the instruction of Impa and the Sheikah Clan. BOTW Zelda is figuring this out entirely on her own with little to no outside help. And if some of BOTW Zelda’s dialogue is stilted in the memories, it’s because she’s a young princess trying to honor her station. SS Zelda is not even a princess; she’s the daughter of the Academy headmaster. She is not held to the same societal standard as BOTW Zelda is. In the present, BOTW Zelda is a disembodied being of energy, weary from a constant struggle against Ganon, so she’s not going to sound perky.
I feel like you’re comparing your unreachable expectation of BOTW Zelda with your nostalgia for SS Zelda. And it is because of people who have opinions like yours that I think it would be a horrible mistake for Nintendo to ever give spoken dialogue to Link, since he could never ever live up to the expectation.