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Princess Zelda (ゼルダ姫, Zeruda-hime) is the name of a fictional character in The Legend of Zelda of...
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Princess Zelda (ゼルダ姫, Zeruda-hime) is the name of a fictional character in The Legend of Zelda of video games. The name has applied to every female member of Hyrule's royal family and plays an integral role in Hyrule's history. Though she is the eponymous character, the player controls the main protagonist, Link. Zelda is usually kidnapped or imprisoned by Ganon, also known as Ganondorf. In some games, she appears as one of the sages. In Ocarina of Time and The Minish Cap, she displays other magical powers, such as energy blasts and force fields. Creator Shigeru Miyamoto has stated that her name was inspired by Zelda Fitzgerald, the wife of American novelist F. Scott Fitzgerald.
During the development of The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, illustrator Yusuke Nakano tried to portray Zelda as “as if she’s wondering about something”. He drew the illustrations of Zelda with the feelings of “hopelessness and anxiousness”, and tried to avoid associating her with “gloom and doom”.
Like Link, Princess Zelda has multiple incarnations in the series, portrayed between childhood and adulthood. She has blue eyes and her hair is usually blonde, but nowadays she has brown hair. She wears an
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