Summary

• While most Legend of Zelda games star Link, fans can explore Hyrule as the titular Princess in a number of titles.
• While Zelda is mostly playable in spin-offs like Hyrule Warriors, she also stars in the mainline entry Echoes of Wisdom.

Since the first 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Legend of Zelda launched in 1987, you've been able to control Link countless times as he saves Hyrule and its diverse population from peril. While each iteration of ൩Link has something new to offer, it would be nice to have the chance to play as someone else instead.

For the longest time, fans of the series have wanted to see Princess Zelda as a playable protagonist in a mainline entry. It would be great to see a reversal of the damsel-in-distress trope by placing Link in the captive position and the Princess of Hyrule as the hero. Luckily, plenty of games, mostly 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:spin-offs and side adventures, allow Zelda to be a playable character.

Updated on September 30, 2024, by PJ Molloy: Echoes of Wisdom is finally out, giving Zelda her very first mainline entry. We've updated the list with new info about the Princess's exciting new adventure.

8 The Legend Of Zelda: Echoes Of Wisdom 🗹

After 37 long years, Zelda finally starred in her first mainline entry, thanks to Echoes of Wisdom. When a mysterious vortex traps Link in a distorted realm called the Still World, the Princess must explore Hyrul♌e to find a way to💮 bring him back.

This adventure not only marks 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:the return of the 2D format, but it also introduces the Echo abil♐ity. With the help of her new Tri Rod, Zelda can make clones of objects and enemies, which can be used to solve puzzles, access hard-to-reach areas, and even fight bosses. It's a spectacular debut that make🃏s excellent use of the Princess's wisdom.

7 Zelda's Adventure

In the early 1990s, Philips created three ♍Zelda games as part of a deal with Nintendo for their CD-i format. These titles became some of the industry's most ridiculed games, mainly because of their terrible cutscenes and awful controls. The s🎐tories and combat were also panned by fans and critics alike. However, their terrible quality made them instant memes, and their legacy persists today.

The last entry in the trilogy is called Zelda's Adventure, a top-down game where you get to play as Zelda as she attempts to save Link from Ganon. It's an interesting relic if you want to see awful FMV cutscenes and experienc♌e some of the worst level deꦐsign ever made.

6 💃 Zelda: The Wand Of Gamelon 🌺

It's hard to believe that two of the three CD-i games featured playable versions of Zelda, whi𒈔le most canon titles put her in a supporting role. Zelda: The Wand of Gamelon is not much better than Zelda's Adventure. Still, it has a tiny bit of charm, and its unintentional humor makes it worth checking out at least once.

Like Zelda's Adventure, The Wand of Gamelon follows the titular Princess on a quest to rescue Link and her father from Ganon. Despite being ridiculously cheesy, the animated cutscenes and voice acting are vastly superior to the FMV used in the other game. As long as you don't take it too s🔜eriously, you can have an adequate time playing through this short adventure.

5 ⛦ The Legend Of Zelda: Spirit Tracks

In The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tra𝄹cks, Zelda's soul is separated from her physical body💙, and she spends most of the game as Link's travel companion in spirit form. As such, she can possess the Phantom guards and use them to help solve puzzles and move Link along.

Because of this, Zelda is technically playable in this game. It⭕'s in a small role, of cou🤡rse, but it's the closest she came to being a playable character in the main series before Echoes of Wisdom launched.

4 📖 Hyrule Warriors: Age Of﷽ Calamity

Shortly after Hyrule Warriors: Definitive Edition launched on Nintendo Switch, Omega F🦹orce began development on another Zelda-inspired spin-off, Age of Calamity, which focuses on the characters and events from Breath of the Wild. While it features fewer modes to play, its lengthy campaign allows you to revisit Hyrule as some of your favorite characters, including Princess Zelda herself.

There are technically two versions of Zelda in Age of Calamity - Scholar Zelda and Awakened Zelda - and they play very differently from each other. The former wields the Sheikah S🎶late to use moves like Magnesis and Stasis. The latter can use more traditional weapons like the bow. It's great playing as Zelda throughout Age of C🦋alamity, but her version in Hyrule Warriors: Definitive Edition better encapsulates the character's history.

3 Hyrule Warriors 🍌 ๊

In 2014, Nintendo made a move that nobody saw coming by partnering with Koei Tecmo to create a crossover game between The Legend of Zelda and Dynasty Warriors. Hyrule Warriors uses locations, characters, items, and enemies from the Zelda series and pairs them with the hack-and-slash gameplay of Dynasty Warriors. It initially launched on the Wii U, with an updated version ported to the 3DS in 2016 and the 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Definitive Edition on Switch in 2018.

Many fan-favorite characters from the Zelda series are playable, from obvious choices like Midna or Ganondorf to surpꦕrise appearances from characters like Agitha and Ravio. But one of the most well-done and appreciated fighters is Zelda herself, sporting an excellent new design. For weapon choices, she can wield either a Rapier, the Wind Waker, or the Dominion Rod. You can also play as Sheik, Tetra, and Toon Zelda - each with their own unique play style.

2 Cadence Of𝓰 Hyrule ไ

After the success of Hyrule Warriors, Nintendo decided to once again partner with another studio to create 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:a fanta✅stic and underrated Zelda spi💖n-off. In 2019, Nintend🌞o and Brace Yourself Games came together to publish Cadence of Hy🍃rule, a rhythm game featuring the gameplay of Crypt of the Necrodancer and the characters, locations, enemies, and music of The Legend of Zelda series.

Crypt of the Necrodancer was already an amazing game with a very unique play style, requiring you to move, attack, and navigate the world on the beat of the music. Cadence of Hyrule b꧋uilds on this by adding Zelda's iconic tunes and characters. Its top-down style and art direction are very reminiscent of early Zelda titles, and it will reignite your love for the serieꦚs' music with lo-fi renditions of familiar songs. Even better is the fact that you can play as either Link or Zelda and even switch between the two.

1 𒈔 Super Smash Bros.

Of course, the most straightforward way to play as the Princess of Hyrule is to pick up a Super Smash Bros game. Zelda joined the figh🙈t in Super Smash Bros. Melee. Since then, she and her alter ego, Sheik, have appeared in every entry.

Zelda's design has had significant changes throughout the Smash Bros. series. In Melee,🙈 she takes on her adult appearance from Ocarina of Time. Then, in Brawl, she sports her Twilight Princess model. She would make her latest update in Ultimate with a design based on her Link Between Worlds attire.

While a fight🔯ing game may not be most people's ideal way to play as Zelda, it has been a constant that has only gotten better with each iteration. And it's pretty satisfying to see the Princღess destroy Ganondorf along the way.