I'm gonna go with the Hero of Time
What a -blam!-ing badass. At 9 years old he obtains the 3 sacred gems to open the Door of Time, which not even Ganon could do. Then he pulls the Master Sword but he's too young to wield it so he sleeps in the Temple of Time for 7 years and wakes up to find the world has gone to shit and he has to pick up the pieces.
After saving the Princess and stabbing Ganon in the face Zelda sends him back in time to go live his childhood that he skipped over for being a badass.
Then the timeline splits.
In one reality Link goes to another land where he turns back time to save the world from the moon falling and destroying everything
And in the other he just grows up and -blam!-s a cute farm girl. And then he feels regret for not kicking even more ass so after he died he takes on the form of a phantom wolf and teaches his reincarnation how to do sick ass sword moves
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Is ocarina of time one where you are underground or something when these huge colored skulls are coming at you and you play this small flute-like thing?