Editing Young Link

|name = Young Link

|image = [[File:Young Link.png|250px]]

Official artwork of Young Link from ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time]]''.

|universe = {{uv|The Legend of Zelda}}

|firstgame = ''{{s|zeldawiki|The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time}}'' (1998)

|games = ''[[Melee]]''<br>''[[Ultimate]]''

|console = [[Nintendo 64]]

|gender = Male

Although Young Link's special moves are burdened by his aforementioned shorter range, they nevertheless have benefits to compensate. [[Fire Bow]]<ref name=SGbio/> boasts combo potential, thanks to its {{s|zeldawiki|Fire Arrow}}s' higher hitstun. Young Link's [[Boomerang]] can be thrown at wider angles,<ref name=SGbio/> while his [[Spin Attack]] is useful for punishing rolls thanks to its multiple hits. Lastly, Young Link's {{b|Bomb|Link}} has twice as many hitboxes as Link's Bomb, which give it greater damage potential and make it better in regard to combos.

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===Trophies===

{{main|List of SSBM trophies (The Legend of Zelda series)}}

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==In ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]''==

Young Link was one of the five playable characters in ''Melee'' who did not return in ''Super Smash Bros. Brawl''. Instead, he has effectively been succeeded by {{SSBB|Toon Link}}, owing to both functioning as a younger, smaller, weaker, and faster version of Link. Toon Link also derives most of the moveset differences Young Link had from his older self, such as forward smash's first hit having set knockback, grounded Spin Attack hitting multiple times, and down aerial being capable of [[meteor smash]]ing.

===Stickers===

! Game

! Effect

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| {{s|zeldawiki|Deku Link}}

| [[The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask]]

| {{SortKey|AttackSlash+021}}{{EffectIcon|Slash}} Attack +21

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| [[Link]] with {{iw|zeldawiki|Goron Mask}}

| [[The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask]]

| {{SortKey|AttackSlash+017}}{{EffectIcon|Slash}} Attack +17

|-

| {{s|zeldawiki|Zora Link}}

Although Young Link's descendant, the "Hero of Twilight", has been succeeded by the "Hero of the Wild" as [[Link (SSBU)|a playable character]] in ''Ultimate'', Young Link nevertheless possesses mechanical and aesthetic aspects from both his own moveset in ''Melee'' and his descendant's moveset in ''SSB4''. When coupled with the new Link featuring a number of noticeable mechanical and aesthetic differences, Young Link has been further decloned, though not enough to change his full clone status.  

===Spirits===

*Young Link and [[Pichu]] are the only playable characters to skip more than one installment in the ''Super Smash Bros.'' series prior to returning to the series in a playable capacity.

**Young Link is also the only ''The Legend of Zelda'' character to skip an installment.

*''{{s|zeldawiki|Hyrule Warriors}}'' is the only other game outside of the ''Super Smash Bros.'' series where the Hero of Time's child form is referred to as "Young Link" instead of simply Link.

*Even though both ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'' and ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'' give Young Link palette swaps based on the Goron and Zora Tunics, he was never able to change his outfit in either ''Ocarina of Time'' or ''Majora's Mask''.