Toon Link

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## **Character Info**

A younger incarnation of the hero Link. Though the version called “Toon Link” is generally thought to be the one from The Wind Waker and Phantom Hourglass, it’s not really wrong to also think of them as being the Link from other games where Link is portrayed as being young and with a similar cartoony design. In The Wind Waker Link first begins his journey from Outset Island in an attempt to rescue his sister from the Helmaroc King. His adventure becomes much larger though as he sails the Great Sea atop the King of Red Lions and works with the pirate Tetra at multiple points before meeting his eternally destined foe, Ganondorf, and slaying him.

## **General Informationr**

### **Entrance**

Toon Link will pull on up to the stage atop his ship, the King of Red Lions, before jumping down onto the stage and drawing his sword ready to fight.

### **Kirby Hat**

Kirby will wear Toon Link’s cartoony green hat.

### **Taunts**

**Up Taunt:** Toon Link will take his hat off of his head to reveal that his hat is actually Ezlo who will angrily squawk at Toon Link and berate him for how he’s fighting.

**Down Taunt:** Toon Link will pull out the Spirit Flute from Spirit Tracks and begin to play one of several different songs on it. This taunt lasts as long as the player holds down the taunt button. Whether it’s 2 seconds or 60, Toon Link won’t stop until the player does. The songs this taunt can play are the Song of Awakening, Song of Healing, Song of Discovery, Song of Light, and Song of Birds.

**Side Taunt:** Toon Link will pull out the Deluxe Picto Box and take a selfie with it as he sports a huge cheesy grin on his face.

### **Victory Poses**

1. Toon Link will ride into the screen on a pig which is trying its hardest to buck Toon Link off it. Toon Link tries to hold on as long as he can as the pig runs about, but in the end the pig triumphs and knocks Toon Link to the ground where he lands on his ass watching the pig get away off screen. Toon Link will awkwardly rub his sore butt.
2. Using the Wind Waker, Toon Link will add his own little sound effects to the victory music as he conducts in time with his victory theme.
3. Using his Telescope, Toon Link will look off into the distance off screen and point excitedly as Linebeck stands next to him as he smirks down at a map in his hands.

## **Moveset**

### **Standard Special**

**Hero's Bow:** At first glance this special is unchanged from Smash. You can tap the button to fire a short-range arrow or hold it down to shoot an arrow farther away and deal more damage. What’s different now though is that while you are charging up this attack you can tap up on the control stick to change your Arrow into a Fire Arrow or you can tap down to change it into an Ice Arrow. Fire and Ice Arrows both deal more damage than regular damage, but they fly a shorter distance than the standard fair. Fire Arrows can set off explosive items while Ice Arrows have a small chance of freezing an opponent.

### **Side Special**

**Ciela's Hammer:** With a tap of the button Toon Link’s fairy friend Ciela will appear and magically swing a hammer to damage and knock enemies away. Alternatively you can hold down the button and send Ciela flying forwards where she will swing the hammer every half second or so as she flies. These hammer swings however deal quite a bit less damage than just the solo swing. Ciela can only fly a short distance away from Toon Link, but when she reaches the limit she’ll do one final stronger WHACK with her hammer to send enemies flying. Ciela can fly about half as far as Toon Link can throw his boomerang in Smash Ultimate. Being a creature of flight, Ciela can fly past a platform’s edge and be used for edge guarding.

### **Up Special**

**Hurricane Spin:** When used on the ground the Hurricane spin starts out very similar to Toon Link’s old Spin Attack as he will spin around rapidly and slash about with his sword. When charged up however you will be able to tilt the control stick left and right guiding Toon Link across the stage as he moves around  similar in a way to R.O.B.’s Arm Rotor. As he does this opponent’s become trapped in Toon Link’s slashes as a dangerous gust of wind surrounds Toon Link helping to move him about. When used in the air, Toon Link will be able to recover a considerable vertical distance, but won’t have the same horizontal control that he has on the ground. With vicious winds surrounding him though he is still able to trap opponents in his slashes before the final hit sends them away.

### **Down Special**

**Deku Leaf:** Toon Link will pull out a large Deku Leaf which is almost comically larger than himself. With a bit of slow windup and difficulty, Toon Link will swing the Deku Leaf down at the ground. Doing this will cause a puff of wind to be thrown forward by the Deku Leaf which can travel just a hair longer than the length of Final Destination. This wind does no damage to anyone it hits, however it will push them away. If you’re right next to Toon Link and get hit by the Deku Leaf itself you’ll take 1% damage. The real kicker to this move is that the wind can pick up any physical projectiles, including small thrown items (not crates), and will carry them along with it. If the wind has projectiles and hits an opponent they’ll take damage for each projectile that the wind picked up. Energy projectile attacks however pass through the wind harmlessly, however larger and more powerful energy projectiles like a high-powered shot from a Rage Blaster or charged shot from a Super Scope can disperse the wind. If the wind does have projectiles in it though, the energy blasts will destroy the projectiles before they disperse the wind.

### **Final Smash**

**ALL ABOARD!:** As the Final Smash activates a train whistle is heard as Toon Link’s personal train comes flying in from the foreground and will smash into anyone in front of Toon Link and carry them away as the train blasts off into the background and transitions into a cinematic. The fighters hit by the train are shown struggling to stand up with some holding onto their heads and others their aching backs as they realize that they are standing in the middle of some train tracks. A train’s whistle is heard once more as the chugga chugga sounds of an incoming train cause the fighters to panic, but before they can get away Toon Link rams into them with his train and sends them flying away. Aboard Toon Link’s train you can see a few of the characters from his games taking a ride including Aryll, Linebeck, Niko, Toon Zelda, Oshus, Beedle, Alfonzo, Byrne, and Anjean.

### **Extra Skill**

**Mirror Shield:** For this Extra Skill Toon Link will crouch down and hold the Mirror Shield in front of him as it shines a bright and shining light from its surface. By tilting the control stick Toon Link can adjust the aim of the Mirror Shield up or down which adjusts where the Mirror Shield’s light shines. Any opponent who is in the light’s path will take constant damage much like Palutena’s Heavenly Light attack but they will take zero knockback. They are free to stand or attack in the light as much as they want, they’ll just continue to take damage as long as they do. Using this attack does put Toon Link at risk though as he’s unable to move for as long as it is in effect. The Mirror Shield is also vulnerable to being destroyed by attacks and if it occurs Toon Link will be unable to use this move either for the next 30 seconds or until he is KO’d.

## **Unique Traits**

Toon Link can Wall Jump. Toon Link has a long-range grab using his Whip which can also function as a tether recovery. So long as Toon Link is standing still, walking, or crouching, any projectiles that hit Toon Link's Hero's Shield will be negated causing Toon Link to receive 0 damage and only minorly push him back a step. It doesn't matter how big or powerful the projectile is, Toon Link's Hero's Shield can stop it in its tracks.

## **Alternate Costumes**

1. **Default**
2. **Red Link** - Toon Link will wear a Red version of his tunic based off of Red Link from Four Swords.
3. **Blue Link** - Toon Link will wear a Blue version of his tunic based off of Blue Link from Four Swords.
4. **Purple Link** - Toon Link will wear a Purple version of his tunic based off of Purple Link from Four Swords.
5. **NES Link** - Toon Link’s tunic will change to resemble the color scheme of Link from the original Legend of Zelda. His shield will also change its pattern to the shield from that game.
6. **Dark Link** - Toon Link’s design will change to resemble Dark Link with a black tunic, gray pants, white hair, and red eyes.
7. **Lobster Shirt** - Toon Link will wear his Lobster shirt outfit from Wind Waker along with his pants becoming orange. Toon Link will also not wear a hat in this costume.
8. **Niko’s Pirate Uniform** - Toon Link will wear an outfit based off of Niko’s pirate uniform with green pants, black boots, a red and wh-ite striped shirt, and a blue bandana on his head instead of the usual green cap.
9. **Engineer’s Uniform** - Toon Link will wear his Engineer’s Clothes from Spirit Tracks instead of the usual hero’s tunic. His traditional cap will also be replaced by the engineer’s hat.
10. **Alfonzo’s Uniform** - Toon Link will wear Alfonzo’s red version of the Engineer’s Uniform including swapping out his cap for a red bandana on his head.

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## Associated Content

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