Marin

Marin
Link's Awakening for Nintendo Switch artwork render
First game	Link's Awakening (1993)
First spinoff	Hyrule Warriors (2014)
First crossover	Super Smash Bros. Melee (2001)
Title(s)	Songstress of Koholint Island (HW) Dreamer Girl (HWL) Dream Girl (HWDE)
Species	Human
Gender	Female
Era(s)	Era of Light and Dark
Family	Tarin (father)

Marin is a recurring character in The Legend of Zelda series.

Biography

Link's Awakening

Link's Awakening Manual Description

Marin

This maiden from Mabe village saved your life when she found you washed up on the beach. Marin bears an uncanny resemblance to Princess Zelda. She is a very musical woman who loves singing and yearns for life off the island. She has many friends among humans, animals and even some among monsters.

Marin is a young woman who lives in Mabe Village with her father Tarin on Koholint Island and loves to sing. She saves Link when she discovers him on the Toronbo Shores after he was shipwrecked from a dangerous storm. Due to her resemblance to Princess Zelda, Link initially confuses Marin with her when he wakes up at her house.

After Link retrieves his missing Sword on the beach shore, Marin leaves her house and stands next to the Weathercock singing the "Ballad of the Wind Fish", where she can be found for most of the young hero's quest. Later on, the path to the Yarna Desert is blocked off by a sleeping Walrus. Link learns from the Animals in the Animal Village that the lazy Walrus is fond of Marin's singing. Link goes to Marin's house but finds a note left by her saying that she is at the beach. When the hero finds her at the Toronbo Shores, the two of them sit down on a log and Marin confesses that her heart skipped a beat when she found him on the shore, believing that he had come to give the islanders a message. She goes on to say that if she were a Seagull, she would fly away from Koholint Island and sing for many people, wondering if her dream will come true if she wishes to the Wind Fish. Shortly after, Marin declares that she wants to know everything about Link, but immediately laughs it off and agrees to go with him to go see the Walrus.

Along the way, Marin and Link go through a series of misadventures, such as Marin falling on top of him when they both go down the Well and Marin picking up the Trendy Game Shop Owner with the Crane. When Link hits a Chicken, she also tells him off, and calls him a "bad boy" when he throws and breaks a Pot. If he hits a Chicken too many times, Marin will briefly change her attitude as if she is enjoying the moment. Once Marin wakes up the Walrus with her singing, she goes to the Animal Village and stays there to sing for the animals.

Near the end of Link's adventure, some monsters kidnap Marin while she is singing to the Wind Fish's Egg and place her on a rotting segment of the bridge crossing between the Tal Tal Heights. Calling for help, she admits to him that she is afraid of heights. Link rescues her using the Hookshot and, for a brief moment, she begins to admit something to him, but as she is about to confess, Tarin calls and breaks the moment.

After obtaining the Ocarina, Link can speak to Marin to learn the "Ballad of the Wind Fish". If he speaks to her again, she will thank the young hero for all his help and tell he is the "kindest boy" she knows, revealing that she already made her wish to the Wind Fish but refuses to tell him what it was. Marin also asks that Link always remember her and the "Ballad of the Wind Fish" when the time comes for him to leave Koholint Island, for if he were to forget, she would never forgive him.

The secret ending of Link's Awakening, showing Marin briefly flying away while singing

When the Wind Fish finally wakes up after Link defeats the final Shadow Nightmare, the dream ends and everyone, including Marin, ultimately disappears. If he manages to complete his quest without dying once, Marin is seen when the end credits are over, and the hidden cutscene is different between versions; In the original Game Boy game, a winged Marin can be seen flying across the screen. In Link's Awakening DX, Marin's image appears in the sky and then slowly fades, revealing a Seagull. In Link's Awakening for the Nintendo Switch, it is similar to DX, although Marin's image is animated briefly to have her close her eyes and shudder slightly in an apparent giggle before fading away. The perfect ending suggests that Marin's wish indeed came true and was "saved" by not vanishing with the dream in the original version, or in the case of DX and the Switch remake, becoming reincarnated as a seagull. It is possible it could just be Link remembering her from his adventure.

In other media

Non-Canon Information

Link's Awakening (Fujiaka)

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Link's Awakening (Cagiva)

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Crossover appearances

Non-Canon Information

Super Smash Bros. Melee

In Super Smash Bros. Melee, Marin appears as a Trophy. In this Trophy, her hair is blonde instead of red as depicted in her official artwork.

#	Trophy	First Game / Move	Description	How to unlock
220	Marin	Link's Awakening 8/93	Marin is a young girl who cares for Link after a shipwreck washes him up on the shores of Koholint Island. She's a talented harpist, well liked for her kind and gentle nature. She holds fast to the ideals of truth and honor; if Link happens to steal something during his adventure, she greets him with a shout of "THIEF!"	Earn all secret levels and characters

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

Marin — Spirit Battle Information

Marin Support Spirit No. 187	Team Power	Shield | 4600	Rank	★★ ADVANCED	Fighter(s)
	Stage	Tortimer Island (Battlefield)	Theme	"Tal Tal Heights"	Zelda Link
	Rule(s)	—	Hazard(s)	Slumber Floor
Condition(s)
· The floor is sleep-inducing  · Timed battle

Marin — Spirit Information

Marin No. 187	Rank	★★ ADVANCED	Cost	⬣⬣
	Skill
	Irreversible Controls
	Become immune to left-and-right control reversal.

In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Marin appears as a Spirit with the ability Irreversible Controls, which grants a Fighter a resistance to Inverted Controls.

Spinoff appearances

Hyrule Warriors

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In Hyrule Warriors, Marin appears as a playable Warrior. In Hyrule Warriors and Hyrule Warriors Legends, she is included as part of the Link's Awakening Pack DLC. In Hyrule Warriors: Definitive Edition, she is unlocked as a Reward for Battle Victory in Battle F4 on the Koholint Island Map. She uses the Bell as her Weapon, which carries the Element of Water. Using her Bell, she can summon the Wind Fish to aid her in an assortment of attacks and her Special Attack by ringing the Bell over her head in the air.

Marin does not drop any unique Materials when defeated in battle. She instead drops Zelda's Brooch as a silver Material, or Zelda's Tiara as a gold Material.

Quotes

• "Follow the lane south to reach the beach where I found you. Since you washed ashore, lots of nasty monsters have been in the area, so be careful, OK?"
• "What a relief!"
• "I thought you'd never wake up! You were tossing and turning... What? Zelda? No, my name's Marin! You must still be feeling a little woozy. You are on Koholint Island!"
• "Hi! Tarin went to the forest to look for toadstools, but I'd rather sing. Listen to this: it's called the Ballad of the Wind Fish."
• "I wonder where these coconut trees come from? ...Tarin says there is nothing beyond the sea, but I believe there must be something over there... When I discovered you, Link , my heart skipped a beat! I thought, this person has come to give us a message..."
• "... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... If I was a sea gull, I would fly as far as I could! I would fly to far away places and sing for many people! ...If I wish to the Wind Fish, I wonder if my dream will come true... ... ... "
• "I want to know everything about you...Err...Uhh, Ha ha ha ha!"
• "Hunh? The walrus wants me to go to him? It doesn't matter, I will go with you to him..."
• "Wow! Link, can I try this?! What do you say?"
• "Ahhh! Ahhh, you are a bad boy, Link !"
• "Ha ha ha! Do it! Do it! Do it moooore! ... ... Hunh? No, it's nothing... I didn't mean it."
• "Hey! Link ! Some monsters put me up here! What should I do?! I'm afraid of heights!!"
• "... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... Say... Link ..."
• "Uhh... I don't know how to say this... but..."
• "Thank you for everything! Link , you are the kindest boy I know. One day I made a wish to the Wind Fish... What was the wish? It was... No, it's secret!"
• "Link , some day you will leave this island... I just know it in my heart... ...Don't ever forget me... If you do, I'll never forgive you!"
• "Please, don't ever forget this song...or me..."
• "Not very good... Eh? What? Did I say something? No, you're hearing things..."

Mentions

• "Hoot! That girl sang her song in front of the Egg! Her 'Ballad of the Wind Fish' is a song of awakening! Did she actually intend to wake the Wind Fish?! The next Sirens' Instrument is in the west. Play your melodies so the unliving stones might hear! Show your courage! The Wind Fish waits for you! Hoot!" - Owl

Trivia

• If Link plays the "Ballad of the Wind Fish" while in the presence of Marin, she will critique him, commenting that it is not very good, then immediately pretend she did not say anything.
• Even though the official artwork and her Super Smash Bros. Melee Trophy depicts her with a harp, she is never seen with one in-game.
• In an Ocarina of Time developer's interview posted on Shigesato Itoi's website, 1101.com, script writer Toru Osawa said that Talon and Malon from the Nintendo 64 game are based on Tarin and Marin, respectively. It was intended that players who have played Link's Awakening would recognize the reference.

  

  Princess Zelda's sprite in the Oracle games, which strongly resembles Marin's own

• As Marin is well known to be mistaken as Princess Zelda by Link at the beginning of his adventure, ironically, Zelda's own sprite in the linked game based on Oracle of Seasons/Ages is identical to that of herself as seen in Link's Awakening DX, with a crown being added to distinguish between the two characters. This is because these installments for the Game Boy Color reused the Link's Awakening engine.
• In the character design notes for Aryll, the younger sister of Link for The Wind Waker, inside the Zelda Box's book, Eiji Aonuma said that Aryll (アリル, Ariru) was originally going to be named Mariru (マリル) to be similar to Marin (マリン) and Malon (マロン, Maron) from Ocarina of Time. As such, certain similarities between Aryll and Marin can be noted, such as their affinity for seagulls and the red flower in Marin's hair being similar to the one on Aryll's dress.
• Marin will chastise Link for performing mischievous acts, but if he continues on, she will instead encourage him to continue doing so. This is referenced in Hyrule Warriors during her quotes after defeating 1,000 enemies.
• Her drops belonging to Princess Zelda in Hyrule Warriors is a reference to her having an uncanny resemblance to Zelda herself (and Link mistaking her for the princess of Hyrule at first).

Nomenclature

Marin's name could come from the Latin word marinus, meaning "of the sea". Marin's name resembles the word "marine," which is her French name. Also, the prefix "mar-" means "sea" in Spanish, and "seagull" in Norse..

Names in other regions
Language		Name	Meaning
	Japanese	マリン (Marin) (LA | LANS)
	FrenchCA	Marine (HWDE)
	FrenchEU	Marine (LA | HWDE)
	German	Marin (LA | LA | LADX | LANS | HWDE)
	Italian	Marin (LANS | HWDE)
	SpanishEU	Marin (HWDE)
	SpanishLA	Marin (HWDE)
This table was generated using translation pages.

Gallery

Artwork

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  Marin's The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening artwork
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  Marin's The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX artwork

Sprites

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  Marin's The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening sprite
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  Marin's The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX sprite

Other

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  Marin artwork from Link's Awakening
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  Artwork of Marin finding Link in Toronbo Shores from Link's Awakening
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  Marin artwork from Link's Awakening DX
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  Marin attempting to wake up an unconscious Link in the intro of Link's Awakening
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  Marin being mistaken as Princess Zelda by Link in Link's Awakening
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  Marin during the ending of Link's Awakening
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  Link and Marin at Toronbo Shores in Link's Awakening DX
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  Link and Marin on a cliff in Toronbo Shores in Link's Awakening DX
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  Link obtaining Marin in Link's Awakening DX
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  Marin during the ending of Link's Awakening DX
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  Marin as a Seagull during the ending of Link's Awakening DX
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  The full animation of the Link's Awakening DX secret ending featuring Marin
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  Photo of Marin falling on Link from Link's Awakening DX
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  Photo of Marin, Tarin, and Link in front of the Weathercock from Link's Awakening DX
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  Artwork of Marin from the German Link's Awakening guide
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  Artwork of Marin from the German Link's Awakening guide
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  Artwork of Marin finding Link at the Toronbo Shores from the German Link's Awakening guide
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  Artwork of Marin, Tarin, and Link from the German Link's Awakening guide
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  Marin singing the "Ballad of the Wind Fish" from Link's Awakening for Nintendo Switch
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  Marin during the ending of Link's Awakening for Nintendo Switch
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  Marin from the Link's Awakening manga by Ataru Cagiva
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  Render of Marin from Hyrule Warriors
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  Render of Marin wielding the Sea Lily Bell from Hyrule Warriors
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  Render of Marin holding the Sea Lily Bell from Hyrule Warriors
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  Marin portrait from Hyrule Warriors
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  Marin portrait from Hyrule Warriors
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  Marin portrait from Hyrule Warriors
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  Marin portrait from Hyrule Warriors
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  Dark Marin portrait from Hyrule Warriors
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  Marin Adventure Mode icon from Hyrule Warriors
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  Marin concept art from Hyrule Warriors
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  Marin Mini Map icon from Hyrule Warriors: Definitive Edition
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  Dark Marin Mini Map icon from Hyrule Warriors: Definitive Edition
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  Marin wielding the Awakening Sunbell in Hyrule Warriors: Definitive Edition
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  Link's Awakening for Nintendo Switch model

Video gallery

Link's Awakening Pack Trailer