Editing Dark Link

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|caption      = The Dark Link-inspired Dark Armor Set in ''The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild''. <br />[[File:ZeldaSymbol.svg|50px]]

'''Dark Link''' ({{ja|ダークリンク|Dāku Rinku}}, ''Dark Link''), also known as '''Shadow Link''', is a dark doppelgänger of [[Link]] that appears in multiple ''Zelda'' titles, including ''[[Zelda II: The Adventure of Link]]'', ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time]]'', and ''{{s|zeldawiki|The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures}}''.

Dark Link's design varies between games. In his earliest appearances, such as ''The Adventure of Link'' and ''Ocarina of Time'', he appears as a completely black version of Link, sometimes with glowing red eyes. After Dark Link made a cameo appearance as the Dark Interlopers in ''{{s|zeldawiki|The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess}}'', he started being depicted with various gray shades in his color scheme, occasionally including white hair.

''{{s|zeldawiki|Hyrule Warriors}}'' features dark versions of many characters, including [[Young Link]] and [[Toon Link]]. While Dark Link himself does not appear in ''{{s|zeldawiki|The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild}}'', the Dark Armor Set is based upon his updated appearance in ''Ocarina of Time 3D''.

{{Head|Dark Link|g=SSBM|s=16px}}

In ''Melee'', Dark Link is fought by the player controlling a red-colored {{SSBM|Link}} in the [[event match]] [[Event 18: Link's Adventure]]. An all-black character does not appear anywhere else in the game, and aside from the texture and lack of voice effects, he is identical to Link. The texture can be applied to any character via the {{SSBM|debug menu}} or the [[black character glitch]]. This version of Dark Link is an allusion to the final boss of ''{{s|zeldawiki|Zelda II}}'', {{s|zeldawiki|Shadow Link}}. The playable Link's red palette swap is likely referencing the Reflect spell that was used in ''Zelda II'' which turned his tunic from green to red. When using an action replay to play as him, he will have voice effects and no dark icon; his icon and voice will be that of a regular Link. The only way to make it so is through the debug menu with Sub-color setting to 3 and status modifier setting to 18 (dark icon and no voice). Also, pressing the b-button will automatically drop to Link on the character select screen when holding a token to select a character.

Dark Link appears as an [[Alternate costume (SSBB)#Link|alternate costume]] for {{SSBB|Link}}.<ref>[http://www.smashbros.com/wii/en_us/howto/technique/technique08.html Smash Bros. DOJO!! - Color Changes]</ref> Rather than the traditional completely-black Dark Link, this costume resembles the design of the Dark Interlopers in ''Twilight Princess''.

Dark Link also reprises his role as the enemy of [[Event 18: Dark Link Duel]]. However, the Dark Link in said event is shown as being completely black, like in ''Melee'' and ''Zelda II''. Despite that, Dark Link uses the damage meter icon for the normal palette swap. [[Co-Op Event 7: Battle of the Dark Sides]] features the players as Link and {{SSBB|Samus}} versus Dark Link and [[Dark Samus]].

The Dark Link {{SSB4|alternate costume}}s from ''Brawl'' return in ''Super Smash Bros. 4'' for {{SSB4|Link}} and {{SSB4|Toon Link}}. In {{forwiiu}}, the Link costume is used to represent the Dark Link character in the [[Final Battle Team-Up]] event match and two entirely darkened Links in the [[A Fated Battle]] event match.

In addition to the Dark Link {{SSBU|alternate costume}}s for {{SSBU|Link}} and {{SSBU|Toon Link}} returning from ''Brawl'', {{SSBU|Young Link}} gains a Dark Link-inspired costume as well.

SSB4 Dark Toon Link Alt.jpg|{{SSB4|Toon Link}}'s Dark Link-inspired costume in ''SSB4''

SSBU Dark Young Link Alt.png|{{SSBU|Young Link}}'s Dark Link-inspired costume in ''Ultimate''

SSBU Dark Toon Link Alt.png|{{SSBU|Toon Link}}'s Dark Link-inspired costume in ''Ultimate''

*Dark Link and Dark Meta Knight are the only "dark" characters to not be a separate playable character from the one they are based on.

*By coincidence, the Dark Link Event Matches in both ''Melee'' and ''Brawl'' are Event 18.