There has been an increasing number of franchise reboots lately that feature a complete character redesign of classic game characters lately. 

This got me thinking how other beloved franchises would evolve if their protagonists also were to receive a remake.  So I says to myself, I says, "Why don't you just draw up some examples".

 ....and so I did.

Following is a look at a few edgey character redesigns.  Including:
 
Hyrule's favorite hero, A greek warrior turned God, gaming's reigning queen of spelunking and tresure finding, and the most recent figure to throw his name into the zombie-killing business.