New Female Character to Come to Hyrule Warriors Legends

<p>Nintendo held their Nintendo Direct event today&comma; announcing and revealing many new games and updates directly to players and fans&period; <em>Hyrule Warriors Legends<&sol;em>&comma; a 3DS version of the game <em>Hyrule Warriors<&sol;em> for the Wii U&comma; received a number of special announcements&comma; including a release date and a brand new female character based off of Link&comma; named Linkle&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>Hyrule Warriors Legends<&sol;em> follows the same structure as the previous <em>Hyrule Warriors<&sol;em>&comma; placing iconic characters from <em>The Legend of Zelda<&sol;em> series onto a battlefield full of enemies and featuring gameplay from the <em>Dynasty <&sol;em>series&period; Tetra&comma; the King of Hyrule&comma; <em>Wind Waker<&sol;em> Link&comma; and Skull Kid have all been announced to join the cast of playable characters within the game&comma; but Linkle is the first brand new character to be announced for the game&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Linkle is a female protagonist touted as a &&num;8220&semi;double-wielding crossbow hunter&&num;8221&semi;&period; Her special attack is a spin kick similar to Link&&num;8217&semi;s spin attack&period; Linkle premiered along with in-game fighting footage showing off her ranged attacks and spin kick&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>Hyrule Warriors Legends<&sol;em> is set to release on March 25th&comma; 2016 for the 3DS&period; Upon purchase&comma; a limited-edition <em>Hyrule Warriors Legends<&sol;em>-themed home screen will be available for a limited time&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Here is the picture of the Linkle from Nintendo&&num;8217&semi;s Twitter page&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote class&equals;"twitter-tweet" lang&equals;"en">&NewLine;<p dir&equals;"ltr" lang&equals;"en">A new playable female character named Linkle enters the Zelda universe in <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;hashtag&sol;HyruleWarriors&quest;src&equals;hash">&num;HyruleWarriors<&sol;a> Legends&period; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;hashtag&sol;NintendoDirect&quest;src&equals;hash">&num;NintendoDirect<&sol;a> <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;t&period;co&sol;UsQPJILMRu">pic&period;twitter&period;com&sol;UsQPJILMRu<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>— Nintendo of America &lpar;&commat;NintendoAmerica&rpar; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;NintendoAmerica&sol;status&sol;664935411454640128">November 12&comma; 2015<&sol;a><&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p><script src&equals;"&sol;&sol;platform&period;twitter&period;com&sol;widgets&period;js" async&equals;"" charset&equals;"utf-8"><&sol;script><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Source &&num;8211&semi; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;nintendo&period;com&sol;nintendo-direct&sol;11-12-2015&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">Nintendo Direct<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;