Princess Zelda

Princess Zelda (ゼルダ姫 Zerudā Himē) is the titular character of The Legend of Zelda series by Nintendo.

Character description
Zelda's first appearance was in the original Legend of Zelda game. She has appeared in almost every installment of the Zelda series (excluding Link's Awakening). Since then, she has usually filled the role as the princess of Hyrule, but unlike Nintendo's other prominent character Peach, Zelda takes a much more frequent and active role in battles against the evil Ganon, such as in The Wind Waker, and The Twilight Princess, where she attacks Ganondorf with Light Arrows and in Spirit Tracks, where she uses her Light Arrows against Malladus. Throughout these battles, she has been shown to have very powerful magic abilities.

Zelda's age can vary throughout the Zelda games. In some games, she is young girl, and in others, she takes the role of a young adult.

Zelda appeared as a playable character on two games for the CD-i, a little-known console that sold very few units. Because of its small market and due to the fact that Nintendo struck them from the Legend of Zelda canon, most people who know of the existence of these games disregard them and consider Zelda's appearance in Melee her first appearance as a playable character.