• I don't know if it was made official yet but I just really wanted to know. Whenever Zelda transforms into her alter ego, her voice gets deeper and I think she develops these masculine qualities like broad shoulders, etc. I think depending on the game they still make her chest a little pronounced and in Super smash brawl you can see her ponytail. I was just curious if it's official :)

  • That would be a weird ability, you know the princess being able to change genders at will? The think that might have been someone who's Bi just wished upon a star. It's more of a disguise and stealth thing, I'm sure any woman could do the same minus the instant tranformation.

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    She is actually a girl, a character from "The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time", she passes herself of to a male, Sheikah.

    "The days are quiet beautiful, the difference is- past days can't be forgotten, future days can't be avoided".

    "Sent by Queen Legend on her LG D686".

  • dadfe34feb95f612f68050619a3e16b7.jpg

    She is actually a girl, a character from "The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time", she passes herself of to a male, Sheikah.

    "The days are quiet beautiful, the difference is- past days can't be forgotten, future days can't be avoided".


    Sorry if it is a little off the wall, but it Looks like Sheik has big pectoral muscles in that picture, and not breasts, that you would see typically in women or fat men.

  • I used to argue that Sheik was male, precisely for the OoT incarnation in both the artwork and Melee. However I didn't think of it as gender transformation from Zelda.
    It is just that as a character Sheik was supposed to represent a male Sheikah. So for me Sheik's gender isn't tied to Zelda's but on her intentions. Definitely Zelda is trying to pass off as a guy with that disguise.
    Just like when girls cosplay as male anime character, said character is not feminine just because the cosplayer is of another gender.

    Well, at least someone from NOA has given a definitive posture:

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    Bill Trinen, senior product marketing manager at Nintendo of America, took the opportunity to answer the question once and for all. His response? “The definitive answer is that Sheik is a woman — simply Zelda in a different outfit.”

    I think a lot of the debate originates from having different goal posts. We are not dumb, we by now know it is Zelda in disguise, that is not the problem. The problem comes because from there we can take different approaches. One I see often is the magic versus plain disguise argument. Depending if you think Zelda uses magic or is simply very skilled people will argue how that affects Sheik's gender.

  • Male and female.. Cool it is. She had to change many things of women, yeah?

    [INDENT]" Sheik is a character from The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. Sheik serves as Princess Zelda's alter ego in the game; to escape Ganondorf's capture, Zelda passes herself off as a male Sheikah known as Sheik. Throughout the course of the game, Sheik aids Link, who is initially not privy to Sheik's true identity, by providing him with information and teaching him teleportation songs with a lyre.

    Sheik's physical appearance and frequent usage of Deku Nuts as a means to vanish quickly is decidedly reminiscent of a typicalninja. Possibly owing to this, Sheik has become a popular character in The Legend of Zelda mythos, despite currently appearing only in one game out of the main series. In the later games where Sheik appears, she has a more feminine body figure.

    After having retrieved the Spiritual Stones in order to prevent Ganondorf from finding the Sacred Realm, Link sees Princess Zelda and her nursemaid Impa ride away from the gates of Hyrule Castle Town. Zelda desperately throws the Ocarina of Time to Link and rides out of sight. Ganondorf appears shortly thereafter, chasing after Zelda and Impa after knocking Link down with magic. Link enters the Temple of Time and opens the Door of Time with the "Song of Time" and the Spiritual Stones. Inside the chamber past the door, he finds the Master Sword, and upon drawing it from the Pedestal of Time, he is sealed away in the Temple of Light for seven years. Seeing his chance, Ganondorf invades the Sacred Realm and steals the Triforce. However, due to his imbalance, the Triforce splits into three pieces, leaving only the Triforce of Power in his possession. Despite this, he uses the power bestowed upon him by the Triforce piece to attack Hyrule Castle and assume control over the land of Hyrule.

    After managing to ride away from Hyrule proper, Princess Zelda travels to places unknown and passes herself off as a male Sheikah known as Sheik with the dual agenda of remaining hidden from Ganondorf as well as spying on him. At some point, Sheik tries to help the ailing Zora race, whose domain has been cursed by Morpha, an evil being that has taken residence in the Water Temple, a temple holy to the Zora. Sheik manages to rescue Princess Ruto from beneath the thick sheets of ice that eventually comes to encase most of Zora's Domain. Despite the many hardships that Hyrule goes through under the cruel rule of Ganondorf, Sheik remains confident that the Hero of Time will return to defeat Ganondorf and restore Hyrule.

    Seven years after acquiring the Master Sword, Link awakens as an adult. After being sent on a new quest to awaken the Seven Sages, Sheik approaches Link without a sound and tells him where the Seven Sages can be found. Sheik directs Link towards theForest Temple in southern Kokiri Forest and tells him to return to the room of the Pedestal of Time once he has awakened the Sage of Forest therein. In the Sacred Forest Meadow, Sheik appears before Link and teaches him the "Minuet of Forest", a special song that can teleport him back to the meadow should he wish it. Sheik then uses a Deku Nut to temporarily blind Link and vanish from sight. After awakening Saria as the Sage of Forest, Link returns to the Temple of Time, where Sheik informs Link that the Master Sword that he holds can be used to travel back in time seven years, when he was a child. To help him return to the Temple of Time more quickly than before, Sheik teaches Link the "Prelude of Light". They encounter one another again several times near the entrances to each dungeon, where Sheik relates to him many parables about life and teaches him teleportation songs.

    Later in Link's quest, he arrives in Kakariko Village to find the village has been set on fire; he sees Sheik standing near the Well of Three Features just as the evil spirit Bongo Bongoattempts to break the seal that had placed it there. The powerful Bongo Bongo successfully escapes, and is able to knock both Sheik and Link to the ground, rendering him unconscious. Link is awakened by Sheik, who teaches him the "Nocturne of Shadow" that can transport him to the Shadow Temple, where Bongo Bongo has now taken residence. Link clears the temple and awakens Impa as the Sage of Shadow. When all Six Sages have been awakened, Link is telepathically contacted by Rauru, who tells him return to the Temple of Time, where "someone" is waiting for him.

    Upon Link's arrival in the temple, he encounters Sheik, who reveals her true identity as Princess Zelda and presents Link with the Light Arrows, magical arrows with the power to defeat Ganondorf. Suddenly, the room goes dark, and Ganondorf's voice booms throughout the Temple of Time. From inside his castle, Ganondorf seals Princess Zelda within a crystal, transports her to him, and challenges Link to meet him there; all an elaborate plan for Ganondorf to reassemble the Triforce, whose two remaining pieces had been given to Zelda and Link, and attain the true power of the Triforce. At the very top of the tower, Ganondorf and Link engage in battle, and Link leaves the victor. Princess Zelda is released from her prison, but with his last breath, Ganondorf attempts to bring the castle down and crush them under the rubble, and the two narrowly escape certain death. After a final battle against Ganondorf's beast form, peace reigns in Hyrule once more, and Link is sent back seven years by Zelda."[/INDENT]

    Source: Zeldapedia

    "The days are quiet beautiful, the difference is- past days can't be forgotten, future days can't be avoided".

    "Sent by Queen Legend on her LG D686".

    Edited once, last by Kaynil (July 13, 2015 at 2:22 AM).

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    Whenever you want to know about Sheik. Just come here;-)

    "The days are quiet beautiful, the difference is- past days can't be forgotten, future days can't be avoided.

    "Sent by Queen Legend on her LG D686".

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    @Queen Legend, I understand it is a bit difficult by mobile, but in the future please try to at least mention where you get the info from.
    I have formatted your post and added a source for you.

    After managing to ride away from Hyrule proper, Princess Zelda travels to places unknown and passes herself off as a male Sheikah known as Sheik with the dual agenda of remaining hidden from Ganondorf as well as spying on him.

    Was this ever confirmed or could this bit be the Manga version creeping into this entry? I don't recall in game pointers about Zelda spying directly, but I can be mistaken.

    I think we agree that Zelda is a girl passing off as a male Sheikah.
    If for you that Sheik is Zelda means that using "He" is wrong once we learn the true identity and thus for you Sheik is a "she"; or if you think that Sheik intended gender is separated from her real identity. Either way I think it doesn't change things that much.

    Still interesting how some think it is simple cosplay while others believe in a heavy spell to change her appearance. What do you think regarding that?