| Event 18 Link's Adventure | |
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| Official description | Everyone has a dark side... Link has two! |
| Character(s) used | Link (2 stocks) |
| Opponent(s) | Dark Link (2 stocks) |
| Stage(s) | Temple |
| Music | Temple |
| Availability | Unlockable |
Link's Adventure is the 18th event match of the 51 event matches in Super Smash Bros. Melee.
The player controls red Link and must win a 2 stock match against a CPU Dark Link on the Temple stage. This event match features no time limit. Dark Link’s artificial intelligence is set at Level 8 and is given a completely black sub-color. He lacks any voice samples, but otherwise, he behaves identically to Link. His character icon is dark, indicating he is an all-black character.
A similar event with the same number appears in Brawl under the name Dark Link Duel; however, rather than using the standard percentage-based damage meter, that battle is fought in stamina mode. Doppelgänger Duel in Smash 4 is also a similar event to Dark Link Duel except that it featuresPit and Dark Pit and the player controls Dark Pit instead.
Names in other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
 Japanese |
リンクの冒険 | Link's Adventure |
 French |
L'aventure de Link | Literal translation |
 German |
Die Abenteuer des Link | Literal translation |
 Spanish |
La aventura de Link | Literal translation |
 Italian |
L'avventura di Link | Literal translation |
Trivia
- This event match is a reference to the boss battle in Zelda II: The Adventure of Link where Link battles Dark Link in the Great Palace, which the Temple stage is based on.
- Link's red costume is a reference to the Shield spell used by Link, which would reduce damage taken from the boss battle against Dark Link, which also turns his green tunic red.
- The description of this event match states that Link has "two" dark sides. The significance behind this state has been claimed that it serves as a reference to Dark Link's debut appearance in the second Zelda game, though it has also been claimed that it serves as a reference to Dark Link's second appearance as a miniboss in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time; however, it could merely be a reference to the fact that Dark Link has two stocks and must therefore be defeated twice.