@GardenOfForkingPaths I get that it's a thing, it's more like 1. I didn't expect to run into it twice in a week. 2. I didn't expect to run into it again with something so similar to Ys. Though to be fair Link has a reason for losing his stuff. I like to believe the ones that aren't outright explained are Adol falling on hard times and pawning his stuff.
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@lapis http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AmnesiacHero
Gaming seems to like that a lot, possibly because the protagonist is supposed to be 'you' in some sense but also exist in the game's universe.