Character names in games. Do you name them and does it matter?

[Koopaul]

Well of course I used my name in a game like Pokemon. I knew I'd be battling or trading with other people and they'd need to see my "Koopaul wants to fight/ Koopaul wants to trade"

But in a game like Zelda, I'd just call the protagonist "Link" since that's clearly who that is.