Sheik

Sheik
	; Super Smash Bros. Ultimate artwork
First appearance	The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (1998)
Latest appearance	Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (2018)
Portrayed by	Saori Seto, Ayumi Fujimura
In-universe information
Species	Hylian (disguised as a Sheikah)
Super Smash Bros. appearances
	Super Smash Bros. Melee; Super Smash Bros. Brawl; Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS; Super Smash Bros. for Wii U; Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (unlockable)
Special moves
	Standard: Needle Storm ; Side: Chain (Melee, Brawl), Burst Grenade (3DS / Wii U onward) ; Up: Vanish ; Down: Transform (Melee, Brawl), Bouncing Fish (3DS / Wii U onward) ; Final Smash: Light Arrow (Brawl, 3DS / Wii U), Sheikah Dance (Ultimate)

“Moratta. (I got this.)”

– Sheik, Super Smash Bros. Melee (Japanese version)

Sheik is the alter ego of Princess Zelda featured in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. Throughout the game, Sheik would appear unexpectedly and aid Link in his quest in defeating Ganondorf. Link (and the player) do not discover that Sheik is Zelda, until near the game's finale. Her appearance is very androgynous, and was made that way in order to make the reveal at the end more surprising. Because of this, she has been referred to as both male and female by other characters as well as in certain descriptions, but is canonically female.

In the Super Smash Bros. series, Sheik has been a playable fighter since in Super Smash Bros. Melee. In her first two playable appearances, using the Transform move, Zelda could become Sheik mid-battle, but in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Sheik is a separate character.

History

Mario Artist: Paint Studio

Artwork of Sheik from The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time can be used as a stamp in Mario Artist: Paint Studio.

Super Smash Bros. series

Super Smash Bros. Melee

Super Smash Bros. Melee artwork

In Super Smash Bros. Melee, Zelda is able to use her down special move Transform to turn herself into Sheik at any point, or automatically at the start of a match by holding down A on the stage select screen, giving her a completely different moveset and playstyle. Compared to Zelda, Sheik is more agile, with quick movements and attacks, but she lacks Zelda's power. The lone exception is her up smash, which has a sweetspot that can hit twice for about 30%. Sheik is voiced by Jun Mizusawa (up until for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U), who also did the voice of her counterpart, Zelda.

Sheik's standard special move is Needle Storm, in which she gathers and tosses needles at opponents. Her side special move is Chain, in which she tosses a chain that can grab opponents. Her up special move is Vanish, in which, similar to Zelda's Farore's Wind, Sheik disappears in an explosion and reappears in a different location depending on the direction held. Finally, her down special move is Transform, which turns her back into Zelda.

According to the Star Rod's trophy information, it has most power when Sheik or Captain Falcon perform a smash attack with it.

Sheik has a victory quote exclusively in the Japanese version, "Moratta!", which is Japanese for "I got it!". As such, Sheik is the only The Legend of Zelda character to speak in the game.

Super Smash Bros. Brawl

Sheik returns in Super Smash Bros. Brawl, with the same role as before. Matching with Zelda's design, Sheik's design in this game is based on The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess. In this game, Sheik can now be chosen from the character select screen, by choosing Zelda and selecting Sheik's portrait. For her stage entrance, Sheik appears onto the stage, as if Zelda had just transformed into Sheik.

Sheik retains weak attacks and a powerful up smash; her down smash, however, can now hit twice, allowing for 23% damage. Many of Shiek's attacks deal less knockback, but her mobility is improved as compensation.

Sheik can now wall jump and crawl; additionally, her Chain move can be used as a tether recovery. In addition, she shares her Final Smash with Zelda, Light Arrow, though Sheik's Light Arrow deals greater damage and knocks back at a more horizontal angle than Zelda's.

Adventure Mode: The Subspace Emissary

Sheik's introduction in Adventure Mode: The Subspace Emissary

At any point in The Subspace Emissary at which the player can control Zelda, they can transform into Sheik using the Transform move, and vice versa. However, Sheik is not properly introduced until later in the story.

After being turned into trophies and kidnapped, Peach and Zelda are being held in cages in the Halberd, until they are freed by Meta Knight, Lucario, and Snake. Snake tells them to stay where they are, but Zelda transforms into Shiek and sneaks out of the room with Peach, moving around the outside of the Halberd until they reach the main deck. While Fox is battling the Halberd in his Arwing, he almost blasts Peach, prompting Sheik to appear on top of his Arwing and attack him. Both of them leap down onto the bridge and start to fight, but Peach stops them by offering them both tea. While this is happening, Snake punches the Mr. Game & Watch copies onto the deck from the bridge, the Shadow Bugs forming together into Duon. Sheik, Fox, and Peach, along with Snake, Lucario, and Falco, fight Duon, and after it is defeated the Trophy of the actual Mr. Game & Watch appears, which Peach returns to normal. After this point, the rest of The Subspace Emissary's storyline features Zelda.

Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U

Sheik's artwork for Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U

“Sheik Appears on the Scene!”

– Introduction, Super Smash Bros. Direct

Sheik is now a separate character from Zelda in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Super Smash Bros. for Wii U. This means she and Zelda can no longer transform between each other. Instead of transforming, her down special move is now a move called Bouncing Fish, in which she leaps with a backflip and strikes with the heel of her foot. In addition, her side special has been changed to Burst Grenade, in which she tosses a small grenade attached to a string that explodes after a certain time. Like many other veteran characters in the game, Sheik's mobility has significantly improved from Brawl; on the flipside, her overall damage output is toned down to a degree.

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

Sheik returns in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, this time as an unlockable playable character. She has a new Final Smash, Sheikah Dance, in which she stuns any opponents in front of her (as the Sheikah symbol briefly appears) and deals multiple slashes with her knife while constantly vanishing and reappearing around them, culminating with a final blow that launches them away, similarly to Young Link and Toon Link's Triforce Slash and Cloud's Omnislash. Her outfit in this game resembles the Stealth Chest Guard and Stealth Tights from The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. As a result of Zelda's The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds-based revamps, Ayumi Fujimura now also voices her (replacing Jun Mizusawa), giving Sheik more deeper, masculine voice clips. Like her fellow The Legend of Zelda fighters, Zelda's victory theme has been changed to a new arrangement of their home series' main theme.

Like the other characters, Sheik benefits from universal changes: her already-incredible mobility is improved; her short hop timing is reduced; her aerial attacks have less landing lag; she can directionally air dodge once again; and she can use any grounded attack out of a run and any of her aerials while climbing ladders. However, her damage output receives a harsher downgrade.

Classic Mode route

Masquerade
Round	Opponent(s)	Rule	Stage	Song
1	Meta Knight		Fountain of Dreams	Forest Stage
2	Captain Falcon		Big Blue	Death Wind
3	Samus		Norfair	Opening/Menu - Metroid Prime
4	Roy		Mushroom Kingdom U	Underground Theme - Super Mario Land
5	Little Mac (wire-frame/hoodie costume)		Boxing Ring	Tunnel Theme - X-Scape
6	Mii Brawler ×2, Mii Swordfighter ×2, Mii Gunner ×2	Horde Battle	Final Destination	Meta Crystal
Final	Master Hand, Crazy Hand (intensity 7.0 or higher)		Final Destination	Master Hand Master Hand / Crazy Hand (intensity 7.0 or higher)

Super Mario Maker

In Super Mario Maker, one of the 8-bit costumes Mario can receive from a Mystery Mushroom is Sheik, which can be unlocked either with a Sheik amiibo or by clearing 100 Mario Challenge on Normal difficulty. All of Sheik's sounds are from The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. The costume's transformation sound is the sound clip that plays when collecting an important item. Pressing will have her turn into Zelda (using her sprite in this game based on The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess), which briefly plays "Zelda's Lullaby" as it would sound on Link's ocarina. The sound that plays when she jumps is her voice clip when throwing a Deku Nut before disappearing. The death tune is Sheik's theme, and when clearing a level, the theme in which Link initially meets Zelda plays.