Editing Dark Link

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|image        = {{tabber|width=265px|title1=Dark Link|content1=[[File:Dark Link OoT.png|200px]]|title2=Shadow Link|content2=[[File:Dark Link Zelda II.png|200px|class=sprite]]|title3=Dark Young Link|content3=[[File:HWDE Dark Young Link Portrait.png|200px]]|title4=Dark Toon Link|content4=[[File:HWDE Dark Toon Link Portrait.png|200px]]}}

|caption      = [[File:ZeldaSymbol.svg|50px|class=invert-dark]]<br />Dark Link as portrayed in ''Ocarina of Time 3D'', ''Zelda II: The Adventure of Link'', and ''Hyrule Warriors: Definitive Edition''.

|boss        = ''[[Melee]]''<br />''[[Brawl]]''<br />''[[SSB4]]''

|console      = Nintendo Entertainment System (Famicom Disk System)

'''Dark Link''' ({{ja|ダークリンク|Dāku Rinku}}, ''Dark Link''), or '''Shadow Link''' ({{ja|シャドウリンク|Shadō Rinku}}, ''Shadow Link''), is a dark doppelgänger of [[Link]] that appears in multiple {{uv|The Legend of 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}}''. While Dark Link and Shadow Link are considered separate entities in the ''Zelda'' series, the ''[[Super Smash Bros.]]'' series reconciles elements of both characters in its representation of Dark Link.

 

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 the Dark Interlopers used Dark Link's likeness 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 and lighter-colored underclothes; this color scheme was first directly associated with Dark Link himself in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'' before retroactively being featured in ''Zelda'' titles such as ''Ocarina of Time 3D''. 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''.

 

''{{s|zeldawiki|Hyrule Warriors}}'' features dark versions of many characters, including [[Young Link]] and [[Toon Link]].

 

In ''Melee'', Dark Link is fought by the player controlling a red-colored {{SSBM|Link}} in the [[event match]] [[Event 18: Link's Adventure]]. This version of Dark Link is an allusion to the Shadow Link final boss of ''{{s|zeldawiki|Zelda II}}'', {{s|zeldawiki|Link's Shadow}}; the playable Link's red palette swap likely references the Reflect spell from ''Zelda II'', which turned his tunic from green to red. 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. However, this texture can be applied to any character via the {{SSBM|debug menu}} or the [[black character glitch]]. If playing as Dark Link through these methods, his icon and voice will be the same as regular Link; the event match's settings can be recreated in the debug menu by setting his sub-color setting to 3 and status modifier setting to 18 (respectively, dark icon and no voice).

 

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 ''{{s|zeldawiki|The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess}}''.

 

{{SSBB|Toon Link}} also has an [[Alternate costume (SSBB)#Toon Link|alternate costume]] that resembles a toon version of Dark Link, such as {{s|zeldawiki|Shadow Link}} from ''{{s|zeldawiki|The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures}}'', while likewise featuring a similar color scheme to that of the Dark Interlopers.

The Dark Link {{SSB4|alternate costume}}s from ''Brawl'' return in ''Super Smash Bros. 4'' for {{SSB4|Link}} and {{SSB4|Toon Link}}. In {{forwiiu}}, Link in his Dark Link costume is appears in the [[Final Battle Team-Up]] event match and two Links with the same costume appear in in the [[A Fated Battle]] event match.

 

SSBU Dark Link Alt.png|The Dark Link alternate costume in ''Ultimate''

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

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