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*When Zelda's ''Ultimate'' design was demonstrated during the game's E3 2018 trailer, the Japanese version said her design is based on her incarnation in ''A Link to the Past''. Conversely, the English version, as well as the official website's English blog post focusing on Zelda, said her design is based on her incarnation in ''A Link Between Worlds''.<ref name=UltE3>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L93H7YC-83o Super Smash Bros. Ultimate - E3 2018 - Nintendo Switch]</ref><ref name=Blog>[https://www.smashbros.com/en_US/blog/index.html?category=cat02_fighter_17 Super Smash Blog | 17: Zelda]</ref> To further complicate matters, Zelda's Classic Mode Spirit uses official artwork of her incarnation from ''A Link Between Worlds'', yet the English version of [[Palutena's Guidance]] regarding her in ''Ultimate'' contradicts both the English E3 trailer and blog post by stating that she is the incarnation from ''A Link to the Past''. | *When Zelda's ''Ultimate'' design was demonstrated during the game's E3 2018 trailer, the Japanese version said her design is based on her incarnation in ''A Link to the Past''. Conversely, the English version, as well as the official website's English blog post focusing on Zelda, said her design is based on her incarnation in ''A Link Between Worlds''.<ref name=UltE3>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L93H7YC-83o Super Smash Bros. Ultimate - E3 2018 - Nintendo Switch]</ref><ref name=Blog>[https://www.smashbros.com/en_US/blog/index.html?category=cat02_fighter_17 Super Smash Blog | 17: Zelda]</ref> To further complicate matters, Zelda's Classic Mode Spirit uses official artwork of her incarnation from ''A Link Between Worlds'', yet the English version of [[Palutena's Guidance]] regarding her in ''Ultimate'' contradicts both the English E3 trailer and blog post by stating that she is the incarnation from ''A Link to the Past''. This discrepancy was finally settled by [[Masahiro Sakurai]] during a Nintendo DREAMS Magazine interview, in which he stated that Zelda's design in ''Ultimate'' is indeed a combination from both games.<ref>http://www.japanesenintendo.com/post/182181277319</ref> | ||
** | **Due to ''A Link to the Past'' portraying her in-game sprite with brunette hair and a blue dress, in contrast to her appearance in the game's artwork, it is possible that this was the main reason as to why she is mostly referred to resemble her ''A Link Between Worlds'' incarnation. | ||
*Zelda is one of two characters in the ''Super Smash Bros.'' series to be portrayed by a different incarnation of that character throughout the franchise, with the other being Link. Her ''Ocarina of Time'' incarnation appears in ''Melee'', her ''Twilight Princess'' incarnation appears in ''Brawl'' and ''SSB4'', and an incarnation featuring design elements from both ''A Link to the Past'' and ''A Link Between Worlds'' appears in ''Ultimate''. | *Zelda is one of two characters in the ''Super Smash Bros.'' series to be portrayed by a different incarnation of that character throughout the franchise, with the other being Link. Her ''Ocarina of Time'' incarnation appears in ''Melee'', her ''Twilight Princess'' incarnation appears in ''Brawl'' and ''SSB4'', and an incarnation featuring design elements from both ''A Link to the Past'' and ''A Link Between Worlds'' appears in ''Ultimate''. | ||
**Her ''Twilight Princess'' incarnation is the only one to appear in more than one game. | **Her ''Twilight Princess'' incarnation is the only one to appear in more than one game. | ||
**Prior to ''Ultimate'', Kirby's Zelda hat depicts him wearing the wimple her ''Ocarina of Time'' incarnation wears during her childhood, despite being based on her adult design in ''Melee''. This was changed in ''Ultimate'', as his Zelda hat now resembles Zelda's hair in ''A Link to the Past'' and ''A Link Between Worlds''. | **Prior to ''Ultimate'', Kirby's Zelda hat depicts him wearing the wimple her ''Ocarina of Time'' incarnation wears during her childhood, despite being based on her adult design in ''Melee''. This was changed in ''Ultimate'', as his Zelda hat now resembles Zelda's hair in ''A Link to the Past'' and ''A Link Between Worlds''. | ||
**''Skyward Sword'' and ''Breath of the Wild'', ironically enough, are the only non-"Toon" 3D | **''Skyward Sword'' and ''Breath of the Wild'', ironically enough, are the only non-"Toon" 3D console games whose incarnations are not directly represented by Zelda herself in the ''Super Smash Bros.'' series. | ||
**Zelda's design in ''Ultimate'' is the only incarnation of any ''Zelda'' character to originate from either a non-3D game or a handheld game to be directly represented in the ''Smash'' | **Zelda's design in ''Ultimate'' is the only incarnation of any ''The Legend of Zelda'' character to originate from either a non-3D game or a handheld game to be directly represented in the ''Super Smash Bros.'' series. | ||
*Zelda is the only playable character in the ''Super Smash Bros.'' series to sport an alternate costume that would inspire her default design in a subsequent game. In this case, ''SSB4'' reuses her ''Twilight Princess'' incarnation from ''Brawl'', yet gives an alternate costume based on her incarnations in ''A Link to the Past'' and ''A Link Between Worlds'', which would become her default design in ''Ultimate''. Conversely, her ''Twilight Princess'' incarnation becomes the basis for an alternate costume in ''Ultimate''. | *Zelda is the only playable character in the ''Super Smash Bros.'' series to sport an alternate costume that would inspire her default design in a subsequent game. In this case, ''SSB4'' reuses her ''Twilight Princess'' incarnation from ''Brawl'', yet gives an alternate costume based on her incarnations in ''A Link to the Past'' and ''A Link Between Worlds'', which would become her default design in ''Ultimate''. Conversely, her ''Twilight Princess'' incarnation becomes the basis for an alternate costume in ''Ultimate''. | ||
*Zelda has the highest amount of enhanceable [[spirits]] out of all playable characters, | *Zelda has the highest amount of enhanceable [[spirits]] out of all playable characters, with a total of 3. | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||