Toon Link

Toon Link (トゥーンリンク, Toon Link) is a playable character in Super Smash Bros. All Stars. His return to the series was announced on the official website on August 23rd, 2018, the same day that The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD was released in Japan. Sachi Matsumoto reprises her role as Toon Link's voice actor, albeit via voice clips recycled from Super Smash Bros. Brawl. Unlike in Brawl, he is now a starter character, instead of an unlockable character.

Toon Link is currently ranked 20th out of 58 on the tier list, placing him in the B tier. This is roughly comparable to his placement in Brawl, where he was ranked 13th out of 38, although he is assessed as a high-tier character instead of a mid-tier character. Toon Link has multiple projectiles, which grant him a powerful zoning game and enable him to follow up into different moves; his Bomb in particular is his most notable set-up for combos and KOs. Toon Link's Hookshot has also been improved: his grabs now have much less ending lag, his back throw is now among the strongest throws in the game thanks to its significantly increased knockback, and his tether recovery has much more range.

While Toon Link's ground game is potent, his overall damage output has decreased, which has weakened his smash attacks' KO potentials. Additionally, his air game is rather unimpressive despite him being floaty, as his aerial attacks' high ending lag prevents them from partaking in long combos. Lastly, as Toon Link's combo game largely relies on his projectiles, reflection-based moves can both significantly hinder his combo game and turn his projectiles against him.

Toon Link has achieved impressive tournament results, thanks to the efforts of professionals like Zan and Hyuga, the latter of whom placed 9th at GENESIS 3 and 5th at CEO 2016. However, after Hyuga was banned from competing in tournaments following EVO 2016, Toon Link's results plummeted significantly, to the point that he has achieved respectable results only at the regional level. Although Hyuga has since returned to the competitive scene in January 2017 and won both Hail Smash VIII: The Return of the Heroe of the Wind and Smash Pendiente 68, Toon Link's tier placement has become debatable.