Young Link

Young Link (子供リンク, Kodomo Rinku, literally "Child Link") is the Link who stars in Ocarina of Time and Majora's Mask. He is an independent entity from the default Link.

Like his adult counterpart, the boy's thoughts are verbalized by Proxi.

Personality
Young Link is a quiet yet determined ten year old boy. He's not one to back away from a challenge, facing any form of adversity head on with unwavering resolve. As the Hero of Time, he's well experienced in combat, having saved both Hyrule and Termina from various disasters.

But despite all the hardships and struggles he's experienced, Link is still a happy youth of ten years. He smiles excitedly and cheers upon completing a powerful attack, or accomplishing missions. Despite the war going on around him, he always finds time to play around and will even giggle while playing around with his keaton mask during battle.

Gameplay

 * X: Plays the Ocarina of Time to replenish the magic meter while depleting the special gauge. One full special bar will fill 1/3 of Young Link's magic meter. All three special bars can fill his magic meter entirely. If pressed when the magic bar is full, Young Link will put on the Keaton Mask and exhale vehemently, imitating a mask transformation before pausing abruplty and tilting his head before giggling playfully and removing the mask.
 * Y, X: Performs a jump-through two-handed upward vertical slash to the left that knocks enemies into the air. If Y is pressed while in the air, he will raise his sword overhead and tuck in his knees and somersaults twice in the air before landing onto the ground with a two-handed downward vertical slash, ending in a half-kneel, slicing enemies behind and in front of him up to three times. If X while in the air, he will hold his sword over his left shoulder and dive toward the ground at a 145° angle while corscrewing 360° clockwise, landing with a forward-style Sword Plant and slam his sword into the ground, causing an explosion of energy to knock back surrounding enemies as he swings his body clockwise around the sword before pulling it out.
 * Y, Y, X: Pulls sword back, then swings it horizontally to the right with both hand, sending a horizontal energy wave out to attack enemies directly in front of him.
 * Y, Y, Y, X: Young Link hops forward as he pivots to the right, turning around clockwise 360°, during which he switches his sword to reverse-grip. As he completes the turn, he simultaneously lands and plants his sword into the ground with both hands, causing an explosion of energy to knock back surrounding enemies.
 * Y, Y, Y, Y, X: Lowers his sword to the ground on his right, then swings it upward vertically to the left with both hands, hitting a powerful upwards slash with the reverse-edge of the blade to knock enemies into the air, followed by pulling his sword back towards his left hip as he steps forward with his right leg and performs a powerful 540° clockwise spinslash diagonally upward to the right to knock back all surrounding enemies.
 * Y, Y, Y, Y, Y, X: Young Link equips a pair of boots similar to the Pegasus Boots and automatically starts hovering in the air, much like the Hover Boots, then begins to dashes around at high speeds around the ground, performing a series of brisk cuts, slowly forming a sigil of the Triforce as he dashes, each one outlining a respective segment of the Triforce vanishing and reappearing instantly at different spots after each cut (at the same time, some white feathers flutter about in the spots he vanishes from). Each cut will pull and trap nearby enemies inside the sigil and, after delivering six cuts, he reappears at the bottom of the Triforce sigil and thrusts his sword skyward with both hands, causing the sigil to burst in a powerful geyser of light, sending all enemies flying skyward.
 * Y, Y, Y, Y, Y, Y: Raises his sword over his left shoulder as he steps forward with his left leg into a two-handed downward diagonal slash to the right, then steps forward with his right leg into a two-handed horizontal slash to the left, then steps forward with his left leg into a two-handed downward horizontal slash to the right. Young Link then stabs forward twice with both hands, stepping forward with his left leg before each stab. He then leaps forward and raises his sword over his right shoulder then does a two-handed downward diagonal slash to the left as he lands with his right leg forward. He then pulls his sword back on his left side then steps forward with his left leg into a two-handed upward diagonal slash to the right, then pulls his sword back to his right side as he steps forward with his right leg into a wide two-handed upward vertical slash to the left, then steps forward with his left leg into a two-handed downward diagonal slash to the right, then raises his sword over his right shoulder and crouches as he does a wide two-handed downward diagonal slash to the left, followed by moving his sword in front of himself then presses and holds the foible of the blade against the ground and closes his knees together before performing an aerial front somersault, elevated by his sword and and swings his sword vertically downward with both hands, slamming it against the ground as he begins to land with his right foot forward, knocking enemies into the air. He then pivots to the left as he steps back with his left leg and pulls his left arm back and holds it parallel to his left shoulder before releasing his right hand from the hilt and stepping forward with his left leg into a strong one-handed forward thrust, knocking enemies away.


 * A: Young Link puts on the Fierce Deity's Mask and steps back with his left leg and pulls his left arm back, holding the Double Helix Sword parallel to his left shoulder with his left hand and does a 900° clockwise spinslash with his left hand, knocking enemies away at the end of the move.


 * Focus Spirit + A: Fierce Deity Link steps forward with his right leg and raises his sword over his head with both hands. The Skull Kid appears with Tatl and Tael, followed by the Moon, at the same time a violet-colored ray of of energy acts as an extension of his sword's reach. Fierce Deity Link then performs a powerful two-handed downward vertical slash, splitting the moon in twain down the middle. The two halves of the moon then begin to move outward slowly for a brief moment before dissipating into a rainbow of colors.
 * Focus Spirit Finisher: Fierce Deity Link slowly raises his sword back into Hassō-gamae before pulling it back and performing a 540° clockwise spinslash with both hands, generating a dome of dark energy around him with Hylian runes on the ground, knocking enemies away.


 * Weak Point Smash: Young Link puts on the Fierce Deity's Mask and Fierce Deity takes out Double-Helix as he steps forward with his left leg into a

two-handed upward horizontal slash to the right, a two-handed upward horizontal slash to the left, a two-handed upward diagonal slash to the right, a two-handed upward diagonal slash to the left, a two-handed upward diagonal slash to the right angled upward slightly, a two-handed upward diagonal slash to the left angled upward slightly, a two-handed upward vertical slash to the right, two-handed upward vertical slash to the left, stepping forward with his right leg midslash, then pulls his sword back from his left side as he leans back, holding Double Helix close to his body and then steps forward with his left leg into a strong two-handed downward diagonal slash to the right, sending the enemy(s) flying back.


 * Forward Dodge + Y: Performs a spinning vertical slash while descending towards the ground repeatedly attacking enemies directly near him.
 * Forward Dodge + X: Dives downward and slam his sword into the ground, causing an explosion of energy to knock back surrounding enemies.


 * Fierce Deity Variation: When using his Focus spirit, Young Link temporarily transforms into Fierce Deity Link. When in this form his attack speed and attack range increases. All of his slash attacks will start to generate multiple energy slashes. This makes him great for dealing with huge crowds, and wiping out large numbers of enemies at a time. The extra bursts of energy will not appear during Link's few stabbing attacks though, only his slash attacks.

Fighting Style
Unlike his older counterpart, Young Link is a two-handed swordsman who can temporarily transform using the Fierce Deity Mask, gaining high levels of power and weapon reach for short periods of time. And Despite his small size, young Link is pretty decent at taking out huge groups of enemies, due to how quickly he is able to attack.

It is still possible for players to use his C1 while in his Focus spirit form, so if the player generates his Special Bar from Tri-force shard pick ups, or from attacking enemies, players can transfer this to his Magic Bar. This greatly enhances the duration of Young Links Focus Spirit, allowing players to keep it indefinitely if players can manage to generate enough special Bar in time.

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 * See also: Hyrule Warriors/Badges

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