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HaRRicH posted...

Young Link or Toon Link in addition to Link would break the spirit of what we're dealing with here. LoZ has weird continuity with its characters so they may be recognized as separate characters, but the points above remind us how similar they are in Smash and that's before considering how similar they are in LoZ. Wolf Link and Fierce Diety Link are basically power-ups to existing Links in my mind -- nobody wants Fire Mario and Cape Mario.

With recognition that Sheik is a disguise for Zelda in LoZ:OoT, Smash still separates Sheik from Zelda more overall than these Links do from Link.

I agree with all of this. I think the best pro-Sheik line, for me at least, is that plenty of characters get into these contests on Smash and effectively nothing else, so it's not really any worse to try to get Sheik in on her Smash status. They're different characters in a "character select screen" sense rather than a literary sense.
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Congrats to BKSheikah, who knows more about years than anyone else.