LogFAQs > #591492

Actually, Nintendo manuals were pretty accurate. They even translated names and stuff too faithfully, even when it wouldn't make sense. Which is why Pols Voice hates loud noise.

EDIT:
His name appears in the Japanese manual:


And...

http://www.1up.com/do/feature?pager.offset=1&cId=3163610

Aonuma: When a player is playing a Zelda game, my desire is for the player to truly become Link -- that's why we named him Link, so the player is linked to the game and to the experience.

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Okay, I rolled a 14. What's that mean? Hsu
That you're a cheater. This is a 12-sided die. Chan