A version of [[Link]] created for an article on [i][[the legend of zelda (NES)|The Legend of Zelda]][/i] in the magazine [i]Shounen Captain[/i] (later famous as the home of [i][[Trigun]][/i] and [i][[Armitage III]][/i]) on the game's release in 1986. Unlike the child Link that appears in game, this Link is a young woman with long [[red hair]], likely because the artist had confused the "Zelda" of the title with the protagonist in the game.

h4. External links
* "Discovery by kazzycom":[https://nintendosoup.com/retro-japanese-magazine-depicted-link-as-female-long-before-linkle-existed/]

h4. See also
* [[Linkle]]: a character originally drawn as a female Link that was spun off into a separate person