Princess Zelda
Template:SSB Infobox Zelda is the princess of the far away land known as Hyrule. Along with the hero Link, Zelda protects her kingdom and the sacred Triforce from the evil Ganondorf. Zelda has an alter ego called Sheik. Zelda can be considered Princess Peach's equivalent in the Legend of Zelda series. However, Zelda is usually much more active in helping Link and is rarely reduced to a mere damsel-in-distress.
Super Smash Bros. Series
Zelda is one of the newcomers introduced in Super Smash Bros. Melee. She is a default character. Most of her attacks do not do much damage, and the attacks that do a lot damage can be difficult to control. The strongest of these is the Lightning Kick, which can only be done midair. She is slow and light, and thus easy to kick off the screen. She can use her Transform ability to turn herself into Sheik, which gives her a broad range of different attacks suitable for different cases. She has blond hair and is wearing a pink and white dress and pink shoes.
Zelda returns for Super Smash Bros. Brawl. Her design is now based completely off of her The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess appearance. She still uses a moveset with magic abilities. The Lightning Kick has been seen. In a trailer, she was seen with her hands clasped to her chest, and eyes closed after teleporting, this being her battle entrance. She uses all of her former moves from Super Smash Bros. Melee, as well as the Final Smash Light Arrow. Sheik also reappears. She now has brown hair and is wearing a purple and white dress and brown boots.
In Super Smash Bros. Melee, the female Fighting Wire Frames are modelled after Zelda and have her basic moveset. When Kirby uses Swallow on Zelda, he will wear Young Zelda's wimple. This is odd, as Young Zelda does not appear in Melee. Zelda was voiced by Jun Mizusawa in both Japanese and English.
Solid Snake Codec Conversation
- Colonel: Snake, I see you're fighting Zelda.
- Snake: Yeah, I guess. Doesn't feel right fighting someone in a dress, though.
- Colonel: Don't underestimate her just because she's a woman. Zelda's attacks are backed by powerful magic. Her hand-to-hand combat may look weak, but her magic makes it cut to the bone.
- Snake: So this rose has thorns... Interesting...
- Colonel: ...This is no time for pickup lines, Snake.
- Snake: Don't worry. I know from experience that it's the quiet ones you have to watch out for.
Special Moves
Nayru's Love
Nayru's Love is an attack used by Zelda in Super Smash Bros. Melee and Super Smash Bros. Brawl. Using it makes crystals go all around her body, damaging any players that it touches. To execute the move, the player must simply press the B button. It usually deals around 2-8% damage. Although rather weak, the attack is good to use when surrounded. Nayru's Love is also able to deflect projectiles back at the opponent, although it is hard to get the timing correct. Kirby can use the attack when he has copied Zelda's abilities.
Din's Fire
Din's Fire is an attack used by Zelda in Super Smash Bros. Melee and Super Smash Bros. Brawl. It is her Smash (side) B move. Once done correctly, she will shoot out a ball of fire from her hands, in a similar fashion to Mario's Fireball move. However, it becomes a guided bomb, and Zelda is able to tilt it up or down to get a better chance at hitting the opponent. The player would have to press and hold up and down for it to move around. Then, the player must press the B Button again when it is close enough to the opponent. The attack is difficult to use, but helpful at long-distance fighting.
In Brawl, the fireball travels much faster than in Melee, detonates much quicker (rather than the slight delay in Melee) and does more damage the further the fireball travels. It cannot be reflected, but still can be absorbed by PSI Magnet and Oil Panic.
Farore's Wind
Farore's Wind is one of Zelda's special moves in Super Smash Bros. Melee. It is executed by pressing Up+B. Rings will go around Zelda, and she will teleport up into the air. Farore's Wind acts as her third jump, and she is teleported her farther than all other characters by their third jump. Farore's Wind is also notable for being able to go through solid ground. If any character touches those rings, there will be 3-5 damage done to them. Sheik, Zelda's second form, has a similar attack called Vanish, which teleports her upwards as well. However, it does not go as far, and does more damage to surrounding enemies. In Super Smash Bros. Brawl, the move can deal damage at the point of vanishing and appearing, while in Melee it was only possible for Zelda to deal damage with it upon vanishing.
Role in the Subspace Emissary
Zelda and Peach were watching Mario and Kirby. However, at the arrival of the Halberd, both princesses ran down to assist them after the arrival of the Primids. However, Zelda is soon captured by Petey Piranha and put into a cage along with Peach. Kirby, who battles Petey Piranha, has the choice to rescue either Peach or Zelda.
When Zelda is not rescued, Wario appears and uses a Dark Cannon to transform her into a trophy and run off with her; she is next seen on Wario's Cargo alongside Ness, who was also turned into a trophy by Wario. However, King Dedede distracts Wario by turning Luigi into a trophy and using him to lure Wario off the Cargo. Dedede steals the Cargo, takes back Luigi, and drives off. Link later spots Zelda on the Cargo before Dedede takes Mario and Pit, who were defeated by Link and Yoshi just prior. Although he loses both his newly aquired trophies to Kirby, and the engine of the Cargo is then wrecked by Pit, Dedede manages to get away with the remaining trophies he does have and makes it to his castle, where he pins badges on Luigi, Ness, and Zelda to revive them later. Unfortunately, Bowser arrives, steals Zelda and brings her to the Halberd, having a short scuffle with Mario's team along the way (and causing Zelda to lose her badge to Kirby).
When Zelda is rescued, however, she forms a team with Kirby for the story. Kirby and Zelda take off on the Warp Star and leave the stadium right before it explodes. They fly through the sky, and start following the Halberd where both Kirby and Zelda land on. However, the Arwing with Fox McCloud inside is also following the Halberd. The Halberd shoots down the Arwing which falls down and crashes into the duo, and soon, Kirby and Zelda are back on the ground now in a grassland. While Kirby wanders off looking at other things, Zelda is shot by Bowser and she turns into a trophy. Bowser sends Shadow Bugs which take over Zelda and clones her.
False Zelda takes out a Dark Cannon and tries to shoot Link and Yoshi, however is stopped by Pit and Mario. False Zelda and the two fight however she is soon defeated and turned into a trophy, which soon dissolves. However, Link saw this and thinks that Mario is a member of the Subspace Army and that he killed Zelda, so he tries to turn Mario and Pit into a trophy with Yoshi's help. They are both defeated, however, and taken by King Dedede before Kirby's intervention, after which Link attacks the Cargo's engine.
Regardless of whether or not she is rescued from Petey Piranha, she still ends up in the Halberd with Peach. Meta Knight soon arrives with Lucario and Solid Snake as his entourage, fighting off both False Zelda and False Peach before freeing the real princesses. Zelda then becomes Sheik and goes off on her own with Peach until they are united by Fox, Falco Lombardi, Lucario, and Snake to fight Duon and have Mr. Game & Watch join their team. As Zelda, she then goes into Subspace and finds Tabuu, but is turned into a trophy along with everyone else by him soon after, leaving it up to Kirby, revived by the badge from earlier, to revive her. If Kirby also rescued Link, then both of them will revive Ganondorf, who learns of Tabuu and joins the other heroes into the Great Maze.
Trophy Information from Super Smash Bros. Melee
Classic
The crown princess of Hyrule. Zelda entrusted Link with the future of Hyrule after a revelation came to her in the world of dreams. She knows much about the Triforce; in fact, the only person who likely knows more about Triforce lore is Ganondorf himself, whom Zelda evaded in Ocarina of Time by transforming into her alter ego, Sheik.
Adventure
Zelda is a bit slow and, because of her light frame, easy to send flying. On the other hand, her magical skills lend her reliable and explosive attack power. Zelda's easier to use if you focus on waiting and countering rather than pressing attacks. She can use Nayru's Love to reflect projectile attacks or as an offensive weapon.
All-Star
Zelda's midair Lightning Kick centers immense magical power in the ball of her foot. If she strikes perfectly, the attack is as strong as can be. If her aim is slightly off, it'll be exceedingly weak. Farore's Wind again utilizes Zelda's magical prowess, this time by transporting her great distances. It's vital to know the lay of the land before using this move.
Trophy Information from Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Zelda
The princess of Hyrule. In other games, her role changes between titles. In Ocarina of Time, she was hunted by the would-be conqueror, Ganondorf. She deceived him, however, by adopting the persona of Sheik. In Twilight Princess, she surrendered to Zant and was held as his prisoner.
Light Arrow (Zelda)
Princess Zelda's Final Smash. She wields a mighty bow of light with which she can attack from afar. Her arrow travels in a straight line and flies through all characters unlucky enough to be in the way. This attack cannot be blocked. The more enemies there are, the higher the chances to get them all with one shot. More is always better!
Robed Zelda (with hood)
The princess of Hyrule, loved and trusted by the people. When Hyrule is invaded by Zant from the Twilight Realm, Zelda is resolute in opposing him...but she chooses to protect her people and must surrender. From then on, she is imprisoned in the Twilight Hyrule Castle. In memory of the lost people of Hyrule, Zelda wears a black robe of mourning.
Zelda (Wind Waker)
The rightful successor of the throne and descendant of the true royal bloodline of Hyrule. She strove to put an end to the ongoing battles with Ganondorf. As the bearer of the Triforce of Wisdom, she became a target of the resurrected Ganondorf. Although she was hidden in Hyrule Castle, Ganondorf managed to find and kidnap her.
Trivia
- All of Zelda's moves in Melee, except for Transform, are actually Link's attacks from The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. The reason for this is because in the actual series, Zelda had not shown off her fighting skills, only Sheik did, and she didn't show her fighting abilities until after Super Smash Bros. Melee's release.
- In Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Zelda has an alternate costume which lets her look like in Super Smash Bros. Melee.
- Zelda appears in Nintendo Monopoly, where she replaced North Carolina Avenue. She costs $200.
- In the level Jelly Pipe in Yoshi's Story, Zelda's name is seen in the background along with Mario and Luigi in what is apparently a molded newspaper.
| Super Smash Bros. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Playable characters | Donkey Kong • Fox • Kirby • Link • Luigi • Mario • Yoshi • Others | |||
| Non-playable characters | Bob-omb • Whispy Woods | |||
| Bosses | Giant Donkey Kong • Metal Mario | |||
| Stages | Peach's Castle • Yoshi's Island • Congo Jungle • Hyrule Castle • Mushroom Kingdom • Others | |||
| Items | Barrel • Bob-omb • Crate • Egg • Fire Flower • Green Shell • Hammer • Red Shell • Star • Star Rod • Target | |||
| Moves | Miscellaneous | Jump • Taunt | ||
| Special | Standard | Up | Down | |
| Mario | Fireball | Super Jump Punch | Mario Tornado | |
| Luigi | Green Fireball | Luigi Cyclone | ||
| Donkey Kong | Giant Punch | Spinning Kong | Hand Slap | |
| Yoshi | Egg Lay | Egg Throw | Yoshi Bomb | |
| Other | Gallery • Glitches • Pre-release and unused content • Quotes • Staff | |||
