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Though Sheik has not made another appearance in a mainline ''Zelda'' game to date, her design within the ''Super Smash Bros.'' series has been updated over time to match the aesthetics of other installments in the series. When Zelda's design was changed to her ''{{s|zeldawiki|Twilight Princess}}'' appearance in ''Brawl'', Sheik was also altered to match, now using a design based on concept art the development team created specifically for ''Brawl''. Because Zelda and Sheik were split into unique fighters in ''SSB4'', their designs diverged in ''Ultimate''; while Zelda uses her look from ''{{s|zeldawiki|A Link Between Worlds}}'', Sheik was given a unique appearance combining the ''Twilight Princess'' design with the {{s|zeldawiki|Stealth Set}}, armor based on her design which is available to Link in ''Breath of the Wild''. | Though Sheik has not made another appearance in a mainline ''Zelda'' game to date, her design within the ''Super Smash Bros.'' series has been updated over time to match the aesthetics of other installments in the series. When Zelda's design was changed to her ''{{s|zeldawiki|Twilight Princess}}'' appearance in ''Brawl'', Sheik was also altered to match, now using a design based on concept art the development team created specifically for ''Brawl''. Because Zelda and Sheik were split into unique fighters in ''SSB4'', their designs diverged in ''Ultimate''; while Zelda uses her look from ''{{s|zeldawiki|A Link Between Worlds}}'', Sheik was given a unique appearance combining the ''Twilight Princess'' design with the {{s|zeldawiki|Stealth Set}}, armor based on her design which is available to Link in ''Breath of the Wild''. | ||
Sheik is occasionally assumed to be male or a male persona of Zelda, but it is the official stance of Nintendo that Sheik is female, just as Zelda is.<ref>[http://www.polygon.com/2014/8/5/5948989/zelda-nintendo-sheik-gender-cosplay Zelda fans debate Sheik's gender, but here's Nintendo's final word]</ref> She merely disguises herself as male, which her trophy in ''Melee'' speculates to be the result of magic; the manga adaptation for ''Ocarina of Time'' suggests that Zelda uses the Triforce of Wisdom to actually become male while disguised as Sheik, though this is considered non-canon to the games. | |||
The | The ''Super Smash Bros.'' games consistently refer to Sheik as female, but the Super Smash Blog for ''Ultimate'' once referred to Sheik as male;<ref>[https://www.smashbros.com/en_US/blog/index.html?category=cat02_fighter_16 Super Smash Blog]</ref> however, an official Nintendo Twitter account which reposted the information altered it to refer to her as female<ref>[https://twitter.com/NintendoVS/status/1047018344212250625 Nintendo Versus]</ref>, suggesting it to be a mistake. Likewise, while Sheik is referred to with female pronouns in her ''Ultimate'' [[Move List]] and [[List of tips (SSBU)#Sheik|tips]], {{SSBU|Palutena}} and [[Viridi]] refer to Sheik as male in the corresponding [[Palutena's Guidance]] conversation in ''Ultimate'' (likely as an intentional joke, since {{SSBU|Pit}} knows that Sheik's true identity is Zelda). | ||
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==''In [[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]''== | ==''In [[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]''== |
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