Princess Zelda (ゼルダ姫 Zeruda-hime) is the name of a fictional character in The Legend of Zelda series of video games. The name has applied to every female member of Hyrule's royal family, which includes several distinct characters in Hyrule legend. Though she is the eponymous character, the player controls the main protagonist, Link. Extremely similar to the Mario rescues Peach story in "Super Mario Bros" game series, Zelda is usually kidnapped or imprisoned by Ganondorf, or his alter ego, Ganon, though Zelda usually plays a more prominent role in the story than Peach. In some games, she appears as one of the sages. In Ocarina of Time and The Minish Cap, she displays other magical powers, such as energy blasts and force fields.

Like Link, Princess Zelda has multiple incarnations in the series, varying in physical age, appearance and assumable disposition. In most of the games, Zelda has blonde hair, dark blue eyes, and a slight frame, and wears a pink and white kirtle with pink dress shoes, but in Twilight Princess she is a tall and pale girl with auburn hair, blue-gray eyes, and has a more womanly figure, and wears a purple and white kirtle with brown knee-high boots. She is associated with the goddess Nayru and the Triforce of Wisdom. Most iterations of Zelda also have psychic or magical powers, such as teleportation (also known as "Farore's Wind" in Super Smash Bros. Brawl), telepathy and precognition; for example, she can cast spells and create or undo barriers and seals. Her alter egos also have their own abilities. Zelda is usually depicted as a right-handed person, except in the Wii version of Twilight Princess, where the game world is mirrored to the Nintendo GameCube version.[

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