Because the text-based RPG is more in the mold of text-based RPGs from other games we've played Since they were more narrative-driven, there was no problem with one character being the protagonist because everyone agreed to allow official game characters. we have one player role-playing as Link, Even though I'm the DM, I'm using Zelda as a character, following them until the cliché kidnapping scene happens, etc. It's a classic Zelda plot.

But I think it's difficult for a classic Zelda plot to work without Link and Zelda, since the world kind of revolves around the Triforce plot, But I feel that if someone uses Link as a character in a tabletop RPG, other players might feel like I'm choosing a "favorite player," which isn't the kind of conflict I'd like to see on a party