Editing Link (SSBB)

'''Link''' ({{ja|リンク|Rinku}}, ''Link'') returns as a playable character in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'' at [[E3 2006]]. He was one of the original 4 members to be confirmed as returning playable character at [[E3 2006]], with the other three being [[Mario]], [[Kirby]], and [[Pikachu]]. Akira Sasanuma, who voices Link in ''The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess'', reprises his role as Link in ''Brawl''.

Link is currently ranked 35th on the tier list, placing him in the middle of the F tier, a vast drop from his position of 18th in ''Melee'', and his worst placement in the series. He is the lowest ranked of the original eight. Link is equipped with a useful [[DACUS]] that helps his mobility, as well as some camping ability, some of the best overall [[reach]] in his attacks, great [[momentum cancelling]] and the third best potential vertical endurance, and many KO moves. Like his ''Melee'' incarnation, he still has plenty of projectiles, all of which can be useful at different times. Despite his [[projectile]]s and large number of advanced techniques, however, Link in general has poor mobility due to poor [[Dashing|dashing speed]], [[air speed]], and [[jump]]ing ability, poor [[out of shield]] options, one of the worst [[aerial]] games, and sluggish moves in general (his fastest ground attack, jab, has a startup lag of 7 frames, and fastest aerial, [[back aerial]], is 6 frames). The most crippling flaw of Link, however, is his recovery, that has been heavily [[nerf]]ed from ''Melee'' to being arguably the worst recovery in ''Brawl'', and often prevents him from fulfilling his amazing endurance potential; [[Spin Attack]] doesn't give him much horizontal distance (and barely any without prior momentum), his bombs are less effective for recovery, and his hookshot can no longer [[wall grapple]]. This has resulted in terrible match-ups against most characters, and terrible tournament results.

Link may be a character of poor speed, but he makes up for that with power. His sliding [[DACUS]] also helps his slow mobility and his BDACUS is very effective due to his fast sidestep. Link is moderately [[weight|heavy]], having the same weight as {{SSBB|Captain Falcon}}. Link is also one of the heavyweight characters that has good [[directional influence]] and [[momentum canceling]], especially vertically, which along his extremely quick [[fast fall]] allows him to survive almost as long as {{SSBB|Snake}}, though he arguably has the worst recovery in the game and sometimes his fast fall can also give him problems recovering. His heavyweight backfires, however, by making him extremely vulnerable to chain grabs that force him offstage. Link's tilts are fast and powerful, and his down tilt is particularly good for getting opponents into the air. It can also [[meteor smash]] at the tip of the sword or hitting behind Link. His up tilt is fast and good for juggling, and his forward tilt can easily KO at high percentages. Link's forward smash can become a two hit combo at low percentages, it is also a great KO move, depending from where the sword connects. His down smash is an easy KO move at fairly high percentages, and is Link's quickest smash. However, it is predictable making it easy to watch out at higher percentages, and has some ending lag. Link's up smash doesn't KO easily, but it racks up decent damage. Link's aerial attacks are also good, as both his neutral aerial and [[grab aerial]] (zair), combined with a short hop and fast falling, is a great option for approach. Link's back aerial is good for spacing when needed. Link's forward aerial is fairly fast, is a good set-up move and its second hit is powerful, but this KOing move is hard to land, since the first hit only set ups the second hit at very low percentages and the first hit lacks KO power. Link's up and down aerials are some of his best KO moves, having high duration and high [[knockback]], but have high ending and landing lag. Even though his aerial attacks are effective, his slow aerial speed, fast falling speed, and small jumps give Link a very weak aerial game. His grab, like all tether grabs, has good range but has 12 frames start-up and is laggy if missed. Specials for Link are also good for keeping distance, racking up damage, and great for survival. On the ground, Link can charge his [[up special]]. It is a good edge guarding tool, but is predictable. Spin attack can also deflect projectiles if used in the air. His [[neutral special]] is a bow that charges and shoots high-speed projectiles. If activated in the air, just before hitting the ground, an uncharged arrow will shoot instantly, making it a fast attack that will often hit unsuspecting enemies. Link's [[down special]] allows him to pull out a bomb and throw it, which can be used for mind games, but his own bombs can be used against him. His [[side special move]], [[Gale Boomerang]] has fairly good range and can gimp some opponent's recovery. Smashing the side special will cause the boomerang to reach farther. Link's shield can act as a shield on its own: when Link doesn't move, many projectiles coming from the opposite direction he's facing can't hit him. Crouching can also block most attacks as well, but leaves his upper hitbox open. He also has a great [[spot dodge]].

Link's critical problem is his abysmal recovery, being arguably the worst recovery in the game, on par with {{SSBB|Ganondorf}}'s [[Dark Dive]]; this makes him easy to KO despite being a heavyweight with great momentum canceling. Although his projectiles, particularly Gale Boomerang help it somewhat, his poor jumping, quick fall speed, slow air speed, and poor distance on the Spin Attack make his recovery arguably the shortest in the game both horizontally and vertically and also very predictable, so it's suggested that all Link mains have good directional influence. Link's spin attack is also a slow recovery move, with predictable trajectory, making it fairly easy to edgeguard, mostly with moves that out prioritizes his projectiles, and due to the poor distance of his recovery he can get KO'd offstage with a fairly low amount of hits and not being able to recover, especially when he loses his 2nd jump, and due his poor vertical distance that also means meteor smashes are devastating for his recovery. Link's most effective mode of recovery is to first throw the Gale Boomerang to disrupt the opponent, then use his up special right after doing his second jump to give more momentum so he can gain more height, but even this is a poor recovery option. Using [[Spin Attack]] immediately after being hit while recovering makes it give no horizontal distance at all. His [[Clawshot]] is also useful, being the second longest tether grab in the game, but, like all [[tether recovery|tether recoveries]], it is easily [[edgehog|edgehogged]]. Another method of recovery is where Link pulls out a bomb, uses his Spin Attack, and his bomb blows up on him for little damage but gives Link another Spin Attack. At higher percentages the knockback from the bomb can be used for additional height. Although, Link has a large [[Sweet spot (ledge)|ledge sweetspot]], but due to his poor recovery, Link heavily relies on edge grabbing, leaving him vulnerable to edgehogging (though, this can be prevented with his projectiles). If Link is lucky, the Gale Boomerang can carry the opponent out far enough so they can't recover, but this happens rarely, making it very unreliable.

Link has received some significant power buffs and is overall a much more powerful character in ''Brawl''. Many of his attacks have had an increase in power resulting in him having access to a lot more kill moves with his overall KO potential and damage output being better relative to the cast. His grab aerial is a lot more useful as an attack as it no longer suffers from a lot of landing lag giving him a new spacing tool which could be used to flow into other attacks. Additionally, the introduction of [[DACUS]] gives him a new much needed approach option although his DACUS is poor as while it covers a large distance, his up smash remains a fairly poor move especially with its higher ending lag.

However, he has received some significant nerfs in other more important areas, that have made him an even slower and less mobile character. His already poor [[out of shield]] game was made even worse as all of his out of shield options (including [[Spin Attack]], [[grab]] and [[neutral aerial]]) are all slower than they were before and his lower traction only increases this issue. His aerial game is also worse. His air speed is much slower hindering both his aerial approach and recovery. Up aerial is much slower and is non viable for combos and the removal of [[L-canceling]] drastically harmed both his up and down aerials. Lastly and most significantly, his recovery has been drastically nerfed, almost close to being as bad as it was in ''Smash 64''. His grab aerial can only be used as a tether recovery significantly reducing its utility and his Spin Attack covers less horizontal distance and is more reliant on prior momentum which is especially poor considering his worse air speed and acceleration. Link can also no longer destroy [[Bomb]]s with Spin Attack which also hinders his recovery.

This overall makes him a worse character in ''Brawl'' than he was in ''Melee'' where he was already a non viable character.

*{{change|Link's design is now based off of ''Twilight Princess'', rather than being based of his ''Ocarina of Time'' design he had in ''Melee'' and ''SSB''. His design has also received a significant boost in graphics quality, most notably seen on his tunic and hat, which have much more detail and textures.}}  

*{{change|Link's taunt from ''Melee'' has been removed. His new down taunt is similar to his ''Smash 64'' taunt.}}

*{{buff|[[Spotdodge]] has a longer duration (frames 2-15 → 2-20).}}

*{{buff|The second and third hits of [[neutral attack]] have less startup lag (frame 7 → 6) and the third hit has altered knockback (10 (base), 100 (scaling) → 70/50) improving its spacing potential. Additionally, the first hit can now be used to [[jab lock]] opponents.}}

*{{nerf|Link's neutral attack is now always three hits instead of being multi-hit, making it less effective at racking up damage. The first hit also has more startup lag (frame 6 → 7) and deals less damage (5% → 4%). The second and third hits also have more end lag (frame 18 → 21 (hit 2), frame 33 → 37 (hit 3) and the third hit also deals less damage (6% → 5%).}}

*{{buff|Forward tilt has less startup lag (frame 16 → 15) and deals more knockback (5/2 (base), 90 (scaling) → 20/96).}}

*{{nerf|Forward tilt deals consistent damage (13%/14%/15% → 13%).}}

*{{buff|Up tilt has less startup lag (frame 9 → 8) and the universally decreased falling speeds improve its KO potential.}}

*{{nerf|Up tilt has a shorter duration (frames 9-15 → 8-12) and more ending lag (frame 30 → 36). This combined with universally decreased fall speeds and the introduction of [[hitstun canceling]] hinders its juggling potential.}}

*{{buff|[[Down tilt]] deals more damage (11% → 12%) and has increased base knockback (80 → 90). This combined with the changes to [[meteor canceling]] significantly improves its edgeguarding potential.}}

*{{nerf|Down tilt's meteor smash hitbox is significantly smaller and the hitbox placement is worse (now being a small hitbox on Link's body), now making it nearly impossible to land due to its impractical placement. One of its hitboxes is also no longer a meteor smash.}}

*{{buff|[[Dash attack]]'s tipper hitbox deals more damage (9% → 10%) and all hitboxes have altered knockback (10 (base), 100 (scaling) → 30/80) improving its safety.}}

*{{nerf|Dash attack has more startup lag and a shorter duration (frames 7-12 → 8-11). The introduction of hitstun cancelling also hinders its combo potential.}}

*{{buff|Second slash of forward smash is now affected by smash charging and launches opponents at a lower angle (65° → 48°). The first hit also deals more damage (13%/14% → 14%/15%) has increased knockback (30 (base), 83/85 (scaling) → 25/90), has slightly decreased ending lag (frame 50 → 49) and can now [[trip]] opponents.}}

*{{change|The second hit of forward smash now has three hitboxes dealing a different amount of damage (18%/20% → 17%/19%/20%).}}

*{{nerf|Both hits of forward smash have a shorter duration (frames 15-18 → 15-17 (hit 1), frames 10-13 → 12-14 (hit 2). The second hit also has more startup lag (frame 10 → 12) and deals less knockback (30 (base), 100 (scaling) → (20/25/30)/90) making it weaker when uncharged despite its more favourable angle.}}

*{{buff|[[Up smash]] inflicts 2% more damage when all hits connect due to changes in [[stale-move negation]] (15% → 17%). Up smash also has less startup lag (frame 11 → 10) and all hits have a longer duration (frames 11-15 → 10-15 (hit 1), frames 26-28 → 26-29 (hit 2), frames 41-43 → 41-45 (hit 3).}}

*{{buff|Link was given a lengthy sliding DACUS, whose inputs can also be used for super [[glide toss]]ing his Bombs or other items significantly improving his grounded approach.}}

*{{nerf|Up smash has more ending lag (frame 52 → 70) significantly hindering its followup potential despite the final hits lower base knockback (90 → 70).}}

*{{buff|[[Down smash]]'s weak hit deals more damage (11% → 14% (front), 16% (back)), the front hit has higher base knockback (20 → 26) and the back hit has less startup lag (frame 21 → 20).}}  

*{{nerf|Down smash has more ending lag (frame 42 → 50).}}

*{{nerf|Link is arguably the character second most adversely affected by the loss of [[L-cancelling]] after {{SSBB|Ganondorf}}, as his high landing lag up and down aerials were especially reliant on it, with his up aerial completely losing its comboing abilities while his down aerial is now dangerously unsafe if he misses it.}}

*{{change|Neutral, forward and back aerials have less landing lag (15 frames → 9 (neutral), 10 (forward/back) although their landing lag was not fully compensated for the loss of L-cancelling.}}

*{{buff|[[Neutral aerial]] [[auto-cancel]]s earlier as its hitbox is now shorter than its auto-cancel window (frame 40 → 32) allowing it to auto-cancel in a [[short hop]]. Neutral aerial also no longer has sourspots which deal less damage (9%/8% → 10%).}}

*{{nerf|Neutral aerial's clean sweetspot and late hit deal less damage (11% → 10% (clean), 7% → 6% (late)) although their base knockback was compensated (15 → 22 (clean), 10 → 15 (late)). Neutral aerial also has more startup lag, a shorter duration (frames 4-39 → 7-27) and more ending lag (frame 36 → 40).}}

*{{nerf|First hit of [[forward aerial]] was significantly weakened, dealing less damage (13% → 9%) with no compensation on its knockback, no longer reliably KOing. However, even with the power nerf, it does not connect with the second hit for much longer. Both hits also have a shorter duration (frames 14-16 → 14-15 (hit 1), frames 30-33 → 26-27 (hit 2)).}}  

*{{buff|The second hit of forward aerial deals more damage (8% → 12%) and knockback (0 (base), 90 (scaling) → 20/110) being stronger than the first hit in ''Melee''. The second hit also has less startup lag (frame 30 → 26) and is much easier to use out of a short hop. Forward aerial also has less ending lag (frame 56 → 51) and it can now auto-cancel out of a full hop.}}

*{{buff|[[Back aerial]]'s first hit now has set knockback (0 (base) → 40 (set)) making it connect with the second hit much more reliably. The second hit deals more knockback (15 (base), 100 (scaling) → 70/70) improving its edgeguarding potential}}

*{{nerf|Back aerial's first hit deals less damage (7% → 4%) and back aerial has slightly higher ending lag (frame 30 → 31).}}

*{{buff|Up aerial auto-cancels earlier (frames 1-4/56 → 1-10/47) enabling it to auto-cancel out of a full hop. The late hit also deals more damage (12% → 13%) although its base knockback was compensated (25 → 18).}}

*{{nerf|Up aerial has much more startup lag with a shorter duration (frames 5-49 → 11-41) and the clean hit deals less damage (16% → 15%) and has less base knockback (25 → 18).}}

*{{buff|[[Down aerial]]'s clean hit's sourspot deals more damage (20% → 22%) and launches opponents at a higher angle (65° → 90°) improving its KO potential despite its lower base knockback (40 → 30) and making it among the strongest aerials in the game. The universally decreased fall speeds also improves its KO potential. The bounce hit also deals consistent damage (6%/8% → 8%).}}

*{{change|If Link fast falls while using his down aerial, he will not bounce after hitting with it, plummeting straight through to the ground.}}

*{{nerf|Down aerial has more startup lag and a shorter duration (frames 13-64 → 14-64) and its early auto-cancel window is shorter (frames 1-12 → 1-9). It's previous clean hit's sweetspot deals less base knockback (50 → 40) and the late hit deals less damage (19% → 18%).}}

*{{buff|[[Grab aerial]] is significantly more useful for non-recovery purposes; the move now auto-cancels on landing instead of having an immense 30 frames of landing lag, and its altered angle (361° → 45°) and knockback (30 (base), 40 (scaling) → 60/30) makes it useful for setting up additional blows, giving the move significant utility on stage and making it an effective spacer. It also no longer renders Link helpless after using it. It now also has a second hit increasing its maximum damage output (6% → 10%).}}

*{{nerf|Grab aerial's first hit deals less damage (6% → 4%) and has a shorter duration (frames 11-18 → 11-16).}}

*{{nerf|Grab aerial is now a tether recovery instead of a wall grapple meaning that Link can only use it to grab the ledge and it can now be [[edgehogging|edgehogged]]. This makes grab aerial significantly worse for recovering. It also has less range.}}

*{{nerf|Grabs have more startup lag (frame 11 → 12 (standing), frame 12 → 14 (dash).}}

*{{buff|Grabs have a longer duration (frames 11-17 → 12-19 (standing), frames 12-17 → 14-21 (dash) Link also now possesses a pivot grab with a very long duration (frames 15-35).}}

*{{buff|[[Pummel]] has less end lag (frame 26 → 16).}}

*{{nerf|Pummel deals less damage (3% → 2%).}}

*{{buff|All throws deal more damage (6% → 7%).}}

*{{buff|Forward (25 (base), 110 (scaling) → 50/120) and back throw (24 (base) → 50) deal more knockback.}}

*{{nerf|The introduction of [[hitstun canceling]] heavily limits up and down throw's follow up potential beyond very low percents.}}

*{{buff|Down throw no longers put opponents into [[tumble]] at extremely low percents allowing for potential follow ups despite the introduction of hitstun canceling.}}

*{{nerf|Down throw no longer connects properly on {{SSBB|Jigglypuff}} making it deal less damage against Jigglypuff (6% → 4%). It also has increased knockback scaling (50 → 90) hindering its follow up potential beyond extremely low percents.}}

*{{buff|Link can now [[B-reverse]] [[Hero's Bow]] and [[Gale Boomerang]].}}

*{{buff|Hero's Bow charges faster, and the arrows it fires travel faster and farther. He also now has access to {{b|Quickdraw|technique}}ing improving Hero's Bow's utility.}}

*{{bugfix|[[Ghost Arrow glitch]] has been removed.}}

*{{nerf|Link has a new side special: Gale Boomerang. It is considered less effective; Gale Boomerang deals significantly less damage in its initial hitboxes and has no damaging hitboxes at all in its later flight and on its return, while the opponent can still fully react when being pushed/pulled by the wind hitboxes, which makes it difficult for Link to use the move to setup additional blows. Gale Boomerang also travels more slowly and cannot be controlled.}}

*{{buff|Gale Boomerang deals more knockback, has larger hitboxes, and is much more effective for [[gimp]]ing. Its new [[Windbox]] can allow for new follow ups in some situations. Link can now [[cape glide|edge momentum shift]] Gale Boomerang aiding its edeguarding potential.}}

*{{bugfix|[[Boomerang superjump]] glitch removed.}}

*{{buff|Link can now charge grounded [[Spin Attack]] with its fully charged varient dealing more damage (15% → 19%) and knockback. It's uncharged late hit also deals more damage (5% → 9%/7%/5%) and the aerial version deals more damage due to changes to stale move negation (12% → 14%).}}

*{{nerf|Grounded Spin Attack is significantly weaker unless it is charged, making the move less effective for KOing. Its non charged varient deals less damage (15% → 12%/9%) and its knockback was not fully compensated (15 (base) 100 (scaling) → 68/72 (clean), 60/100 → (55/20)/80 (late)). The semi-spike of its later hitboxes was also removed as in the PAL version of ''Melee'' (0° → 361°). It also has sourspots and it now has a clean hit, a mid hit and a very weak late hit. Furthermore, Aerial Spin Attack covers significantly less horizontal distance, and has a greater reliance on prior momentum, to where if Link uses the move without momentum toward the direction he was going, it'll gain almost no horizontal distance at all and the final hit has less base knockback (40 → 30). Both versions of Spin Attack have more startup lag (frame 8 → 11).}}

*{{buff|The introduction of super glide tossing gives Link an extra movement option while holding [[Bomb]]s.}}

*{{nerf|Link can no longer hit his own Bombs with aerial Spin Attack, preventing Link from utilising the most useable form of his bomb jump, thus Link can no longer use a bomb jump to extend his recovery unless he had a bomb in his hand before going offstage and it explodes in time. Bomb's maximum damage output is also lower (10% → 9%).}}

*{{change|Link's final smash is [[Triforce Slash]]. He emits a beam of light with the Triforce of Courage and traps a nearby opponent into it when he then proceeds to constantly slash at them with his sword. It it highly damaging dealing 83% although he can only trap one opponent into it.}}

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|dtiltdesc=Swipes sword across ground. [[Meteor smash]]es aerial opponents in contact with Link's body and the hilt of the sword. This is more difficult to use as a meteor smash than other down tilts, because the sweetspot is significantly smaller, ranging only from his head to his body (while crouching).  

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|dairdesc=Holds his sword downward, this time based on his "Downthrust" from ''Zelda II: The Adventure of Link''. Bounces when the attack lands, possibly scoring an additional hit, but goes through opponents if Link is fast falling. A very powerful finisher that can K.O as low as 75%, but if missed leaves Link open for 50 frames if not auto-cancelled (the laggiest aerial landing in the game).  

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|uthrowdmg=5% (hit 1), 2% (throw)

|uthrowdesc=Link raises the opponent above him and slashes upward.

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|dthrowdesc=Link takes the opponent onto the ground and elbow drops them.

|usdesc=This move functions differently when grounded and airborne; an aerial Spin Attack is used as recovery which grants Link vertical distance. A grounded Spin Attack is akin to most ''Zelda'' games, and functions similarly to a smash attack with great knockback.

|desc=Small whirlwinds appear on the battlefield, from which Link appears. Link then proceeds to equip the Master Sword and Hylian Shield.

|desc-down=Link's taunt that had previously appeared in the original ''Super Smash Bros.''. He pulls his knee to his chest and draws his sword back behind his head. Similar to {{SSBB|Lucario}}'s down taunt. May be loosely based on the attacking pose used by the Link from ''Zelda II: The Adventure of Link''.}}

|desc-right=Gives two swipes of his sword, then sheaths it (his victory taunt from ''{{s|zeldawiki|The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess}}'').)

===Matchups===

Link has among the worst matchup spreads in ''Brawl''. He soft counters two characters {{SSBB|Ganondorf}} and {{SSBB|Zelda}} and is even with three, but is soft countered by seven, countered by 20, and hard countered by four. He suffers against characters who can outspeed him such as {{SSBB|Sonic}} and {{SSBB|Sheik}}, characters who can outcamp him such as {{SSBB|Falco}}, or characters that can chaingrab him to death such as {{SSBB|Ice Climbers}} and {{SSBB|King Dedede}}. Overall, Link has very few advantageous matchups, and his positive matchups are rarely seen in competitive play.

*{{sm|Izaw|Sweden}}

*{{sm|KirinBlaze|USA}}

*{{sm|Legan|USA}}

*{{Sm|LordXav1er|USA}}

*{{sm|Mr. R|Netherlands}}

*{{sm|Scabe|Australia}}

*{{sm|Scizor|USA}}

Despite the considerable power buffs he received in ''Brawl'', his amazing [[momentum cancelling]], and being given a useable DACUS, Link has perpetually hovered among ''Brawl'''s bottom four characters since the first tier list. Link's terrible and extremely gimpable [[recovery]] has always significantly limited his survivability even in the early inexperienced ''Brawl'' [[metagame]], and his very sluggish attacks and terrible mobility significantly inhibited Link's ability to effectively compete since day one. Link has had some renowned players, such as {{Sm|KirinBlaze}} and {{Sm|Legan}} in the United States, {{Sm|Izaw}} in Europe, and {{Sm|Scabe}} in Australia, but none of these players have ever achieved much beyond the local level, and they have all since dropped Link for a better character (such as Izaw dropping Link for {{SSBB|Sheik}}), or stopped playing ''Brawl'' competitively altogether. As such, Link's competitive prospects have never gotten any better over the years, and while he is not usually thought of as a candidate for worst character, it is extremely unlikely Link will ever rise beyond the bottom tier, as he has a minuscule player base and ''Brawl''{{'}}s metagame has become mostly stagnant.

Link's next appearance plays out depending on which princess is saved earlier on in the story. If {{SSBB|Peach}} was saved, Link and Yoshi do battle with a Shadow Bug clone of Peach (who had recently been turned into a trophy by {{SSBB|Bowser}}) after she attempted to turn an unsuspecting {{SSBB|Mario}} and {{SSBB|Pit}} into trophies until Link prevented the attack by slicing the Dark Cannon in half. Upon defeating the clone of Peach, Link is attacked by {{SSBB|Mario}}, who witnessed the defeat of Peach's copy as it reverts into Shadow Bugs and drifts away, apparently mistaking it for the real Peach. Then Link and Yoshi fight him and {{SSBB|Pit}}. If {{SSBB|Zelda}} is saved earlier on, then it is she who is cloned, and Mario and Pit fight the clone of her, and must then fend off an attack by Link and Yoshi, whom Link thinks Mario killed the real Zelda. After the defeat of Mario, Pit/Link and Yoshi, {{SSBB|King Dedede}} arrives in a [[cargo]], and snatches the trophies of the fallen duo with an arm attached to it. Fortunately, {{SSBB|Kirby}} (who had accompanied Peach/Zelda earlier) appears and frees the two trophies, and revives them as well. Upon revival, Pit/Link fires an arrow at the incoming cargo, slowing it down a little. The five characters then form an alliance and pursue Dedede.

==In [[Event Matches]]==

===Solo Events===

===Co-op Events===

==Trophies==

Link's main and [[Final Smash]] trophies can be obtained by clearing {{SSBB|Classic Mode}} and [[All-Star]] mode respectively with Link.

 

::''A young man who emerged to rescue Hyrule from peril. He's the bearer of the Triforce of Courage who fights to keep Ganondorf from conquering the world. His green outfit is a constant throughout the series. He's a skilled swordsman, horseman, and archer. He's also proficient with bombs and boomerangs.''

 

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