Shadow Link Battle

Shadow Link Battles are a game mode in. It uses the StreetPass feature to match Link up with shadow versions of other Links met via StreetPass.

Overview
Shadow Link Battles are only available after Link has spoken with Gramps in the StreetPass Meadow, and set up his own Shadow Link. The equipment and life given to Link's Shadow is dependent on what he currently has equipped himself. Link can speak to Gramps again later to change his Shadow. The better the equipment on a Shadow Link, the bigger the bounty will be for its defeat.

To engage in a battle, Link only needs to talk to a Shadow Link and start the fight after viewing some basic information about the Shadow Link. Shadow Links can be found all over Hyrule and Lorule, and the signs in StreetPass Meadow can help Link find these locations. When a battle is to begin, Link and the Shadow Link he talked to will be teleported to one of the five arenas. The location of the battle is defined by the location of the Shadow Link challenged.

Bounty
For each defeated Shadow Link, the player is rewarded with a bounty that depends on the equipment the Shadow Link had during the battle. The maximum bounty is 999 Rupees, which requires all of the Shadow Link's equipment to be fully upgraded.

The player has control over the bounty others might get from defeating their Shadow Link, as its equipment does not automatically update when the player acquires new gear. Rather, the player needs to manually talk to Gramps in order to change their Shadow Link's setup. It is not possible to reset gear once the setup has been updated, so players wishing to keep their bounty as low as possible should create the Shadow Link early on in the game.

Challenges
There are a total of 50 Challenge Medals the player can achieve over the course of Shadow Link Battles. these achievements range from keeping count of the player's overall victories to adding extra challenges such as forbidding walking or beating the enemy in 10 seconds. None of these challenges are missable, as clearing a challenge with upgraded item also clears the challenge for the non-upgraded item.

After beating all of the challenges the player unlocks the ability to fight against Gramps anytime they might wish to do so.

Pre-generated Shadow Links
Occasionally the game generates a Shadow Link with the player name "Shade", these Shadow Links are generated once in about five hours. There are a total of 20 different Shadow Links, each with their own name and items.

The player must have gone to visit the StreetPass Tree Gramps had planted for these enemies to spawn.

Sky Arena
An arena that is held in the sky and features the Royal Crest in the middle of the stage. While there are no traps, Link and Shadow Link can fall off the edge.

Forest Arena
A clearing in a forest, featuring grass that can be cut for hearts, bees, and fairies. There is also an apple tree at its center, where both Link and Shadow Link can eat apples to regain heath.

Fire Arena
This arena is held over a lava lake, and has jets of lava burst up and through the metal grate floor randomly. The player can use Ice Rod to freeze one of the columns and use Ravio's Bracelet to merge into the wall, making Fire Arena one of the possible places to complete the "Win after using Ravio's Bracelet!" challenge.

Ice Arena
This arena is made of breakable ice tiles with a few bumpers that can push the player or the enemy away if walked into. Both bombs and Fire Rod are capable of breaking the tiles, which can often cause the enemy to fall down.

Desert Arena
This arena is covered in sand, making it possible to use the Sand Rod to create sand pillars. Due to this, Desert Arena is one of the two arenas where it is possible to use Ravio's Bracelet - the other being Fire Arena.

The desert arena is the rarest of all Shadow Link Battle arenas, fights usually occur here only if the Shadow Link is encountered in the Desert.