Female Link, “Linkle” Confirmed for Hyrule Warriors Legends

Get your fan art ready.

Jessica Lachenal

Published: Nov 12, 2015 05:52 pm

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A new playable female character named Linkle enters the Zelda universe in #HyruleWarriors Legends. #NintendoDirect pic.twitter.com/UsQPJILMRu

— Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) November 12, 2015

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During today’s Nintendo Direct, the folks behind Hyrule Warriors Legends revealed that we’re all finally getting a female Link. Named Linkle, she wields crossbows instead of a sword and has a “spinning kick” attack, as a riff of of Link’s traditional spinning blade attack.

Linkle will be coming to Hyrule Warriors Legends, which is the Nintendo/Zelda riff off of Dynasty Warriors–you know, that one game where you’re a general and you beat up a bunch of baddies? Yeah. That.

Link has long been a male hero, one that past game directors have adamantly defended, citing that only male characters are “heir to the prophecy” of Link. But fans will remember that concept art for a female Link have popped up before–specifically in the old Hyrule Warriors guidebook, and the design is still strikingly similar.

This is super exciting for us, and frankly, Linkle looks super awesome. How excited are you folks?!

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Jessica Lachenal

Jessica Lachenal is a writer who doesn’t talk about herself a lot, so she isn’t quite sure how biographical info panels should work. But here we go anyway. She's the Weekend Editor for The Mary Sue, a Contributing Writer for The Bold Italic (thebolditalic.com), and a Staff Writer for Spinning Platters (spinningplatters.com). She's also been featured in Model View Culture and Frontiers LA magazine, and on Autostraddle. She hopes this has been as awkward for you as it has been for her.