File:Link (Hyrule Historia).png

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Non-free media information and use rationale true for Link (The Legend of Zelda)
Description	Artwork of the various incarnations of Link, as well as his other forms, showed off in the book The Legend of Zelda: Hyrule Historia.
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Article	Link (The Legend of Zelda)
Portion used	Promotional image cropped to dimensions of the character artwork to avoid misrepresentation of the work's meaning. The book's title is omitted from this version to reduce use of trademarks and copyrighted text, as well as to provide readers a better view once scaled down.
Low resolution?	Low; decreased resolution from the original source file, but high enough for critical commentary. Copies made from it will be of inferior quality, and thus this image is unsuitable as artwork for pirated versions of the book or other uses that would compete with the commercial purpose of the original artwork.
Purpose of use	To illustrate the many forms the character was marketed as throughout the video game series (as well as the predominant imagery used for multiple physical and digital releases)
Replaceable?	As a copyrighted character, the image is not replaceable by free content; Nintendo has not released similar images into public domain or allowed free use, and any other image that shows the artwork from the book would also be copyrighted, and any version that is not true to the original would be inadequate for identification or commentary.
Other information	© Nintendo; use of the art in the article complies with Wikipedia non-free content policy and fair use under United States copyright law as described above.
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	Date/Time	Thumbnail	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	00:03, 24 May 2023		264 × 377 (204 KB)	DatBot (talk \| contribs)	Reduce size of non-free image (BOT - disable)
	17:37, 23 May 2023	No thumbnail	800 × 1,142 (1.24 MB)	TheJoebro64 (talk \| contribs)	The original version, which doesn't have the 25th anniversary logo in the middle
	15:08, 4 July 2020	No thumbnail	321 × 310 (220 KB)	Arkhandar (talk \| contribs)	Better crop. Source: https://zelda.gamepedia.com/File:Artwork_25_Anniversary.png
	14:16, 4 January 2019	No thumbnail	302 × 428 (276 KB)	Pbrks (talk \| contribs)	better quality
	08:21, 1 January 2019	No thumbnail	300 × 426 (265 KB)	Ryūkotsusei (talk \| contribs)	Reverted to version as of 03:51, 1 January 2019 (UTC)
	08:18, 1 January 2019	No thumbnail	300 × 429 (268 KB)	Ryūkotsusei (talk \| contribs)	Artwork of the various incarnations of Link in the book Hyrule Historia. Re-upload.
	03:51, 1 January 2019	No thumbnail	300 × 426 (265 KB)	Graeme Bartlett (talk \| contribs)	Reverted to version as of 15:25, 23 May 2014 (UTC) for « Ryūkotsusei »
	06:48, 23 December 2017	No thumbnail	265 × 376 (203 KB)	Theo's Little Bot (talk \| contribs)	Reduce size of non-free image (BOT - disable)
	15:25, 23 May 2014	No thumbnail	300 × 426 (265 KB)	Ryūkotsusei (talk \| contribs)	Artwork of the various incarnations of Link, as well as his other forms, in the book Hyrule Historia

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