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

|homeworld = {{s|zeldawiki|Hyrule}}

|creator =

|voiceactor = {{s|wikipedia|Fujiko Takimoto}}

|interwiki = zeldawiki

|interwikipage = Young Link

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During this quest, the Great Deku Tree's [[zeldawiki:Deku Tree Sprout|newborn sprout]] additionally reveals that Link is not a Kokiri, but actually a {{s|zeldawiki|Hylian}} that was left in the Tree's care by [[zeldawiki:Link's Mother|his dying mother]] in order to survive the {{s|zeldawiki|Hyrulean Civil War}} that was going on at the time. This sprout would go on to be the Great Deku Tree in ''{{s|zeldawiki|The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker}}''. By using the Master Sword and Pedestal of Time's collective power to travel back and forth between his childhood and adult ages, Link proceeds to awaken the Sages, gain their support, and acquire the Triforce of Courage to finally defeat Ganondorf and save Hyrule.

Soon after Link becomes an unintentional ally of {{s|zeldawiki|Tatl}}, one of the Skull Kid's fairy friends, he meets the mysterious {{s|zeldawiki|Happy Mask Salesman}}. The Salesman reveals the Skull Kid's mask to be {{iw|zeldawiki|Majora's Mask|Object}}, an ancient artifact that possesses a tremendous amount of magical power. Link and Tatl soon encounter Skull Kid and {{s|zeldawiki|Tael}}, Tatl's brother and the Skull Kid's other fairy friend. Tael reveals a clue on how to stop the Skull Kid, which leads Link on a quest to stop him from using the vast power of Majora's Mask to launch the {{iw|zeldawiki|Moon|Object}} into Termina.

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

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| {{s|zeldawiki|Zora Link}}

*Young Link, [[Toon Link]] and [[Cloud]] are the only swordsmen in the ''Super Smash Bros.'' series capable of [[wall jump]]ing.

*Young Link and [[Snake]] are the only cut characters to lack a trophy in either version of ''Super Smash Bros. 4''.

**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''.