A way to look at it is with the fan-theory that all the games of nintendo are played by "actors" (ie: Mario is a actor that play "Mario Kart" and "Mario Bross"

A way to look at it is with the fan-theory that all the games of nintendo are played by "actors" (ie: Mario is a actor that play "Mario Kart" and "Mario Bross" etc). With this, you can say that all characters, Zelda included, loosely play a cliche but each story is a new one. This is how Link also fight in Smash!...