Super Mario Bros. Crossover/Characters/Link

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Link

Original Game	The Legend of Zelda
Features	Boomerang Sword Beam Bombs
Advantage	Long stun duration, Downward / upward thrust
Disadvantage	Short range melee

The original downward thruster, Link, comes from The Legend of Zelda and is a character in Super Mario Bros. Crossover.

Controls

Pressing the Left or Right buttons will cause Link to move left or right.
Pressing the Jump button will cause Link to jump.
- Holding Up or Down while jumping allows Link to thrust upward or downward.
Pressing the Attack button causes Link to stab with his sword.
- Pressing Up, Down, Left, or Right will allow Link to attack in any of those directions.
- While Link has the Red Ring, pressing the Attack button cause Link to shoot a magical sword beam.
Pressing the Select button cycles through the Boomerang, Bombs, and Arrows.
- Pressing the Special button causes Link to use the selected weapon.

	Wooden Sword	Allows Link to stab enemies Damage: 200 Link begins with this
	Boomerang	Throws a boomerang a short distance which can stun enemies and pick up coins, ammo pickups, and powerups Link begins with this
	Mushroom	Provides Link with one extra hit Allows Link to pick up other power-ups Restores most items lost from getting hit Gives Link the White Sword Damage: 275 Gives Link the Blue Ring Prevents Link's bombs from hurting him Turns Link's tunic blue
	Magic Sword	Gives Link the Magic Sword, increasing the damage he deals to enemies Damage: 400
	Red Ring	Allows Link to shoot sword beams Damage: 200 Turns Link's tunic red
	Magical Boomerang	Travels farther than the boomerang
	Bombs	Placed on the ground and explodes after a short time Pierces armor Damage: 800 Obtained by collecting as an enemy drop Provides 2 bombs on pickup Can carry a maximum of 20
	Bow and Arrows	Enables the use and pickup of arrows Shoots an arrow across the screen Damage: 300 Arrows can be collected as an enemy drop Provides 2 arrows on pickup Can carry a maximum of 20
	Starman	Link becomes invincible for a limited time, enabling him to defeat enemies by touching them Grants Link unlimited bombs and arrows for the duration of the invincibility

Link (NES, from The Legend of Zelda)
Link (SNES, custom by Ryuza, based on BS The Legend of Zelda)
Link (GB, from The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening)
Dark Link (NES, recolor of Link from The Legend of Zelda)
Dark Link (SNES, recolor of custom Link by Ryuza, based on BS The Legend of Zelda)
Dark Link (GB, recolor of Link from The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening)
Zelda (NES, custom by Rey D, sbq92, based on The Legend of Zelda)
Old Man (NES, custom by nickreaper, silentshadowxp, Squaff, based on The Legend of Zelda)
Hero of Light (SNES, from BS The Legend of Zelda)
Heroine of Light (SNES, from BS The Legend of Zelda)

When playing in the harder modes, Link's advantages are worth much more.
- He has tight jumping and great control allowing him to easily land on small floating platforms.
- He can stun any enemy with his boomerang, allowing him to easily pass.
- He can downward thrust on the spiked, unbeatable enemies allowing him to easily pass in tight areas.
While fighting Bowser, downward thrust on him in between him and the floating platform.
When underwater, stun Bloopers with your boomerang and get away! Those things are annoying! You can also upward thrust Bloopers. While this won't kill them (in one hit, anyway) it allows you to touch them from the bottom.
On amphibious Cheep Cheep levels, when you must jump hold up to upward thrust. That way you have insurance in case a Cheep Cheep finds a way to descend upon you.
When playing the newly infamous "Hammer Brother Mode", Link is a good choice because you can stun the Hammer Bros.
Be careful when using the NES Dark Link skin on a nighttime Overworld, Underground, Bonus Room, or Castle level, as it blends right in to the background except his eye.
When a Bill blaster shots a Bullet bill, with downward thurst to B.Bill and move is fast platform, because Bullet Bills are armored. (the Bullet Bill platform, only when play link)

Link is from The Legend of Zelda for the Nintendo Entertainment System.

The original game was a top-down adventure game. Link has been adapted to use in a side scroller.
In the original, items would be dropped every 10 times an enemy of the same kind was killed (see here), hence the term "10th enemy has the bomb". In Super Mario Bros. Crossover, items are dropped at random.