Sheik

Sheik is the alter ego of Princess Zelda she uses in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, a major game in The Legend of Zelda series. Throughout the game, Sheik would appear unexpectedly and aid Link in his quest in defeating Ganondorf. Link (and the player) do not discover that Sheik is Zelda, until near the game's finale. Her appearance which resembles a male, was made that way in order to make the reveal at the end more surprising. She serves as a playable fighter in Super Smash Bros. Melee, Super Smash Bros. Brawl, and Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U. In the first two games, using the Transform move, Zelda could become Sheik midbattle, but in both the 3DS and Wii U games, Sheik is a separate character.

Super Smash Bros. Melee


In Super Smash Bros. Melee, Zelda can use her magical abilities to transform herself into Sheik. Sheik is faster, and can combo better, but relies on close-up combat, has limited KO moves, and doesn't feature many magical attacks. This can sometimes cause major damage. Her Vanish attack can't teleport her as high as her usual Zelda self, which can be dangerous, but it does more damage when she hits the opponent. According to the Star Rod's trophy information, it has most power when Sheik or Captain Falcon perform a Smash Attack with it.

Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Sheik returned in Super Smash Bros. Brawl, with the same role as before. She now has an updated, more detailed appearance, meant to match Zelda's design from The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, even though Sheik did not appear in said game. Sheik is voiced by Jun Mizusawa, who also did the voice of her counterpart, Zelda. She can now Wall Jump, Crawl and perform a Tether Recovery (via her Chain).

The Subspace Emissary
After being kidnapped, Princess Peach and Princess Zelda are taken to a dungeon-type like room in the Halberd, where they are freed from imprisonment from Meta Knight, Lucario, and Solid Snake. Zelda turns into Sheik and she advances through the Halberd with Peach until they get to the top and they see Fox McCloud in his Arwing attacking the Halberd, while the Halberd also attacks him. Fox accidentally fires a shot near Peach, which causes a huge explosion that causes Peach to scream and duck. Sheik jumps up in the air and lands right on top of the Arwing. Fox is shocked as Sheik punches the Arwing hard enough to knock her and Fox out of the Arwing. They both land on top of the Halberd where they charge at each other. Sheik tries to punch Fox and Fox tries to kick Sheik but Peach quickly stops them. She offers Fox some tea. Fox gasps and turns around to see Sheik drinking some tea as well. Fox is confused but in the end he decides to drink some tea as well and decides to be allies with them. They are soon interrupted by Mr. Game & Watch and his copies flying out of the Halberd's cockpit and onto the bridge. The Mr. Game & Watches produce Shadow Bugs and turn themselves into Duon, but Lucario and Snake emerge from the cockpit and join the other heroes. Falco Lombardi flies in from his Arwing and joins in as well. Sheik and the others then defeat Duon, who turns back into a single Mr. Game & Watch trophy, which Peach soon revives. Sheik spends the subsequent Subspace Emissary movies as Zelda.

Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U
Sheik is now a separate character from Zelda in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U. This means she and Zelda can no longer transform between each other. Instead of transforming, her down special attack is now a move called Bouncing Fish. Also, her side special attack has been changed to the Burst Grenade, which is an explosive attack.

Super Mario Maker
One of the 8-bit costumes Mario can receive from a Mystery Mushroom is Sheik. Upon touching the Mystery Mushroom, the sound effect when collecting an item in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time will play. Pressing will have her transform into Zelda and plays "Zelda's Lullaby" from Link's ocarina. The death tune is Sheik's theme from The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. When clearing a level, the theme in which Link meets Zelda for the first time in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time plays.

Snake's codec

 * Snake: What's going on here? What happened to Zelda?!
 * Mei Ling: Snake, Princess Zelda transformed into Sheik. I can understand the clothes, but to change her skin and eye color? That must take some powerful magic.
 * Snake: ...Magic...?
 * Mei Ling: Come on, Snake! Don't get all grumpy and start talking about how unscientific it is. Science is basically just another form of magic that makes our lives easier.
 * Snake: I never thought I'd hear that coming from you, Mei Ling.
 * Mei Ling: Don't you think talking to someone halfway around the world is a kind of magic? Or flying across entire continents?
 * Snake: No, I think this is completely different.

Trophies (Both Versions)
Red indicates exclusive to the Nintendo 3DS version. Blue indicates exclusive to the Wii U version.

Palutena's Guidance

 * Pit: I wish I knew Sheik's true identity.
 * Palutena: It is one of the great mysteries of our time.
 * Viridi: Are you guys for real? You can't be serious.
 * Palutena: Compared to the other fighters, Sheik moves very quickly. Don't get overwhelmed by Sheik's speed, especially one-on-one.

Trivia

 * Sheik's name can be seen in the Mario Golf 64 and Mario Golf GBC game scorechart.
 * Toon Sheik (which was a scrapped character for Brawl) never had a design.
 * Sheik never gets turned into a trophy in the main story of the Subspace Emissary. Likewise, Zero Suit Samus, Squirtle, and Sonic never get turned into trophies either.
 * In the Melee Home-Run Contest, Sheik ends up sending Sandbag flying vertically with the Home-Run Bat. Therefore, she needs to transform into Zelda to use the Home-Run Bat properly.
 * Despite being playable in Melee, Sheik's first playable role in the Zelda games is not until 2014's Hyrule Warriors, 16 years after Sheik's debut in Ocarina of Time.