Link (The Legend of Zelda)

Link is the main character from The Legend of Zelda series.

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Link, as he appears in official artwork for Tears of the Kingdom
Game series	The Legend of Zelda
First game	The Legend of Zelda (1986)
Created by	Shigeru Miyamoto
Voiced by	Video games Fujiko Takimoto (Ocarina of Time/Majora's Mask (child Link), 1998–2001) Nobuyuki Hiyama (Ocarina of Time (adult Link)/Majora's Mask (Fierce Deity Link), 1998–2001) Sachi Matsumoto (The Wind Waker/Phantom Hourglass, 2002–present) Akira Sasanuma (Twilight Princess, 2006–present) Television Jonathan Potts
Motion capture actor(s)	Nobuyuki Hiyama

The game franchise was created by Shigeru Miyamoto. 47 million copies of the game have been sold since 2007.^[1]

Description

Link wears a green shirt and a long, floppy green hat on his head. In the Legend of Zelda games, the player must use Link to fight against evil, especially Morshu. Although Link is the main character in the game, he never speaks (he does speak in the Legend of Zelda CD-I games). He is also left-handed, and has large ears, like most Hylians. He has also appeared in all 6 of the Super Smash Bros. games. Link mainly used a sword and a shield but he is able to use a large number of weapons like bombs, bow, hammer or a boomerang and the hook shot.

Reception

Link has been in many GameFAQs "Character Battle" contests and is the only character to have won more than once.^{[2][3][4][5][6]} In one of IGN's 2007 "Hero Showdowns", Link was voted the favorite over Cloud Strife.^[7] Link ranked first on GameDaily's Top 10 Smash Bros. characters list.^[8] IGN asked its readers to vote for their favorite Nintendo character in which Link came first.^[9]