The Adventure of Link When activated, Link transforms into a Fairy. While in Fairy form, Link gains the power of flight, which is required to traverse a handful of locations in the game including the cave leading to the Island Palace, Palace on the Sea, and Three-Eye Rock Palace.
All Kokiri have companion fairies, but because Link is actually a Hylian, he never received one until Navi joins him near the beginning of the events of the game. In gameplay terms, Navi functions primarily as a guide to Link that helps the player learn the controls and advance in the game.
Link's Fairy Companions
In Phantom Hourglass, Link obtains a companion Fairy named Ciela. Two other Fairies, Leaf and Neri, also come to his aid later on. Each of the three Fairies represents one of the Goddesses (courage, power, wisdom) and give Link a unique power when equipped.
The Fairy Spell is a spell learned in Zelda II: The Adventure of Link. The Fairy Spell allows Link to become a fairy. While Link is unable to attack enemies in his fairy form, it does provide him with a number of helpful advantages.
Felicia. Felicia is Link's Fairy Companion in the The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening manga. She was sent by the Owl to assist Link in his quest to awaken the Wind Fish. She starts rather aloof but eventually warms up to Link.
Navi is shown flying away at the very end of Ocarina of Time, having fulfilled her purpose by helping Link take down Ganondorf and free the Kingdom of Hyrule.
Link is a Hylian. Hylians strongly resemble humans, but have pointed ears. They also possess unique psychic and magical abilities. This makes them very elf-like, but they're not elves in the traditional sense.
Although Link is depicted as a male character, Aonuma said that he wanted him to be gender neutral. He said that in Ocarina of Time: "I wanted the player to think 'Maybe Link is a boy or a girl'. If you saw Link as a guy, he'd have more of a feminine touch.
That is until you take Link's Awakening into consideration. Link's Awakening heavily implies that Link has feelings for Zelda, and it's done all through Marin.
Although it may seem like Link himself is reincarnating, it's actually the spirit of courage, otherwise known as the Spirit of the Hero. This seems to hold true for the other two as well. Because of this, Link has no memories of his previous reincarnations, and each game feels like a 'new' Link.
However, perhaps more significantly, it seems that Skyward Sword's ending explains why the first Link wasn't the last. With his dying breath, Demise lays a curse on Link and Zelda that binds him to them forever. All future incarnations are forced to deal with Demise's eternal vengeance.
It was development error. Essentially what was done was that when the Bunny Link sprite was created, it just used the regular Link's palette even though it had its own palette like all NPCs and enemies do too.
Although romance isn't new for Link and Zelda, it wasn't until Skyward Sword when the franchise would finally decide to give the two a genuine, undeniable love story.
REDMOND, Wash. — Nintendo announced today that the iconic character Link, star of The Legend of Zelda, has the last name “Mario,” identical to the company's other flagship star, Mario Mario. “Link's full canonical name is and has always been Link Mario,” said Doug Bowser today in a video uploaded across social media.
Aryll is Link's younger sister in The Wind Waker.
So basically, Link and Zelda aren't in a canon-confirmed romantic relationship, but Summersett confirms what we've been able to see all along: Link and Zelda share a loving, caring relationship. Link has always been one to support Zelda no matter what, and Zelda has always believed in Link.
Santa advises that no family member touch their Elf on the Shelf, but he does describe a few rare instances when an adult may use tongs or potholders to help an elf in an urgent situation.
Ultimately, Link is Schrodinger's silent protagonist. He doesn't have any voice lines, but each entry indicates that he does talk, despite never hearing him do so. This paradoxical characterization helps players insert themselves into Link's shoes but also gives him a personality, despite not being designed with one.
Many see Link as an explicitly trans character, while others see him as more genderfluid—and that ambiguity is part of what makes his character so compelling and euphoric. It's truly beautiful to see so much trans joy in one place.
The official Prima Guide says that Link is supposed to be 17, and Eiji Aonuma backs that up. However, during a later interview with Nintendo Dream, Aonuma agreed with the interviewer that Link was actually 16.
While exploring Lonely Arrow Girl's village, you may also meet a lovely young girl named Paya. She is a hard-working assistant to the local elder, and she begins crushing on Link the first time she speaks to him.
Miyamoto reveals Link's full name; he won't speak in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. ... Miyamoto has said that this is because he wants the player to more or less feel like they are Link and having a speaking protagonist would break this illusion.
It's safe to say that Link is generally on the younger side and under the age of 18, regardless of his incarnation. Hyrule Historia says that Link is 10 years old in the first game, The Legend of Zelda. In Adventure of Link, the hero is age 16. In an interview, Eiji Aonuma said the Link in Twilight Princess is 17.