Also in the manual for the original game, he is depicted as being right-handed, and in the game itself, Link is seen as ambidextrous because whether he is facing left or right his sword is in the " down screen side ".

Link is temporarily unable to use his sword after touching them.

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Link begins the game armed with a small shield, but a sword becomes available to Link after he ventures into a cave that is accessible from the game's first map screen.

Link swings his sword as the default attack in future Zelda games, although stabbing is also possible in the later 3D incarnations.

Link's uncle tells Link to rescue Princess Zelda from her prison, giving him a sword and shield.

As Link draws the sword from its pedestal, Zelda telepathically calls him to the Sanctuary, informing him that soldiers of Hyrule Castle have arrived.

Link is armed with a sword and shield as well as a variety of secondary weapons and items for battling enemies and solving puzzles.

Link finds a sword in a cave and makes his way to the tree.

Link receives a sword from Impa and makes his way to the Maku Tree in Lynna City, the capital of Labrynna.

Link uses a sword for his primary attack, complemented by secondary weapons and items.

Once completed, Link receives an upgraded sword.

If Link swings an enhanced sword at full health, a sword-shaped beam will escape from the sword as a ranged attack.

Armed with a sword and shield, Link must alternate between standing and crouching positions in order to attack enemies and defend himself ; for example, the Iron Knuckle enemy changes the height of its attack and its shield depending on Link's current stance, forcing Link to change stances until he has a chance to attack safely.

After Link recovers his sword, a mysterious owl tells him that he must wake the Wind Fish, Koholint's guardian, in order to return home.

Link is the chosen bearer of the Master Sword, a powerful magical sword that can be used against evil.

The Adventure of Links instruction booklet describes Link setting off " with a magical sword in his left hand and a magical shield in his right ".

Starting with Link's Awakening, Link holds his sword in his left hand and his shield in his right, no matter what direction he is facing.

Vaati destroys the blade and curses Zelda, and it is up to Link to repair the sword, defeat Vaati and save the princess.

They shoot sword beams at Link that can only be blocked by the Magical Shield.

A similar enemy called the ReDead Knight appears in Twilight Princess, and uses a large sword to attack Link after screaming to paralyze him.

* In anime Bleach is an example, Ikkaku Madarame carries a bokken when in his Gigai as he wasn't allowed to carry a real sword in public.

In Chretien de Troyes's Perceval, Gawain carries Escalibor and it is stated, " for at his belt hung Excalibor, the finest sword that there was, which sliced through iron as through wood " (" Qu ' il avoit cainte Escalibor, la meillor espee qui fust, qu ' ele trenche fer come fust .").

Again, he carries the same sword.

The current one is Dane Whitman, a superhero who carries an enchanted sword, the Ebony Blade.

He carries a sword that Aramis nicknamed Balizarde.

It often carries an iron kanabo or a giant sword.

When in human shape he carries a sharp and bright sword in his hand.

While Ucchishta-Matangini carries a noose, sword, goad, and club, her other well-known form, Raja-Matangi, plays the veena and is often pictured with a parrot.

She carries a skull and a sword in her two hands, and is offered leftovers.

In her four arms, she carries a noose, a sword, a goad, and a club.

In a King Kong fashion, she carries him to the top a New York skyscraper, until Robert's beloved Giselle climbs, sword in hand, to save him.

In Yojimbo, the protagonist defeats a man who carries a gun, while he carries only a knife and a sword ; in the equivalent scene in Fistful, Eastwood's pistol-wielding character survives being shot by a rifle by hiding an iron plate under his clothes to serve as a shield against bullets.

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He wields a long sword and carries a shield with him and is portrayed as a justice loving man.

Four armed, she carries a sacrificial sword, a severed head or skull cup, a lotus and scissors.

He also carries a shield on his back, and uses a Scottish Claymore sword inscribed with Celtic runes making it unbreakable even against Jack's blade.

However, in the Zork Trilogy, the player carries around an Elven sword that glows whenever he or she is near danger, the glow being described as a faint blue glow ( when one room away from a dangerous creature ) or a bright blue glow ( when in the same room ).

He always carries his sword ( sometimes bow ) in one hand, and in the other a drinking horn.

He carries a sword named Précieuse.

Instead of carrying a sword and a gun as Travis did, Tinder carries a sword, a dagger, a quiver of arrows and a bow.

The groom usually carries a sword.

He carries a sword and traditional firearms, but also wears the Satan Claw on his right hand: this metal gauntlet amplifies his strength and emits powerful electrical shocks.