Link (SSBB)

This article is about Link's appearance in Super Smash Bros. Brawl. For other uses, see Link.

Link (リンク, Rinku) has been confirmed for Super Smash Bros. Brawl at E3 2006. He appears relatively unchanged from his Super Smash Bros. Melee form. His new look is from The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess. While Link was right-handed in the Wii version of Twilight Princess, he has returned to his traditional left-handed stance for Brawl. When watching the Japanese trailer, he can be seen performing his spin attack from Super Smash Bros. Melee. In Brawl, his voice is lower-pitched than before.

His B moves have been changed to fit the style of Twilight Princess. Additionally, he now has a taunt where he summons a fairy along with one where he strikes a pose.

Link's On-Screen Appearance has changed since SSB; he now arrives in from a whirlwind, like in the original The Legend of Zelda.

His Final Smash is called the Triforce Slash, and it consists of trapping the enemy between two spinning Triforces and slashing at them repeatedly.

Pros and Cons

Pros:

• Good range on most attacks
• Neutral Aerial is a decent Sex Kick
• Long Duration and high Knockback on Up and Down Aerials
• Multiple useful projectiles
• Ranged Grab
• Tether Recovery Option
• Good falling speed
• Boomerang sucks opponent in when returning

Cons:

• Most powerful attacks are fairly slow
• Long landing lag on Down Aerial
• Spin attack weak if uncharged
• Grab is slow if misses
• Boomerang deals no damage when returning

Changes from Melee to Brawl

• Hero's Bow charges faster, and fires longer uncharged
• New Side B: Gale Boomerang
• Spin Attack can be charged in the ground, but no longer semi-spikes
• Attacks slightly faster and long-ranged, but a little weaker
• Overall, he is faster.

Role In the Subspace Emissary

Link, along with his fairy named Navi are walking through the Lost Woods, they then came across the Master sword, Link then put his hands to the sword and the triforce of his hand starts to glow, he then pull's the sword out of the padestool, in another part of the forest,Yoshi is taking a nap on a tree stump, and Link and Navi pass by him without even noticing him, but then all of the sudden the halberd apear's in the sky droping shadow bugs, wich then start to form into enemys (at this point Navi wodered of, it's unknown what happened to her) Yoshi then wake's up, and Link tells Yoshi to stay back, leaving Yoshi confused, the player can then choose to play as eather link or Yoshi.

Link's role contiunes after that, seeing him and Yoshi teaming up with Kirby, Pit and Mario (though Link and Mario got into a fight after the fake Peach/Zelda clone).

Event Matches

Dark Link Duel- Link faces the Dark Link costume.[1]

Special Moves

• Standard Special Move: Hero's Bow
• Side Special Move: Gale Boomerang
• Up Special Move: Spin Attack
• Down Special Move: Bomb
• Final Smash: Triforce Slash

Special Movements

Taunts

Up: Twirls his sword twice and sheaths it.

Side: Takes out a fairy that flies around him.

Down: Poses, like from the original.

On-Screen Appearance: Appears in a whirlwind.

External Links

• confirmation of Event Match.
• Link's page at Smash Bros. Dojo!!.
• E for All Expo Report.