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Dustin Bailey

A permanent Switch 2 console ban has apparently stranded Twink Link in Nintendo support hell: "The guy over the phone was laughing at the username"

The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom.

Here in 2025, I think most of us are probably ready to admit to ourselves that Legend of Zelda protagonist Link, particularly in his modern, post-Breath of the Wild incarnation, is presenting himself with definitive twink energy. Apparently Nintendo itself is not so ready to make that admission, as the username Twink Link has seemingly landed one player in customer service hell.

"I let everyone in my family use my Nintendo Switch 2 system and as a result, my sister uses it," Funaoe24 says in a Reddit post. "Her username was recently changed to Twink Link and... console ban. I am fully prevented from accessing any Nintendo services at all on the system."

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