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Name Registration

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Name Registration or Name Entry is the term used for the screen on which the player assigns a name of choice to the main character, Link. Depending on the game, the player is allotted a certain amount of characters to type in. In The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, the player also has the option of renaming Link's horse, Epona.

In all games since the original including all subsequent games, except for Four Swords Adventures, changing Link's name will alter the way other characters refer to him. Instead of calling him Link, the characters will address him as the name chosen by the player. This is ostensibly to make the player feel more like he/she is the hero of the story.

In some of the games, the name registration screen can also be utilized to access hidden parts of the game. In The Legend of Zelda, entering the name "ZELDA" on the second line results in the game starting on the Second Quest immediately.

In Link's Awakening, the same procedure changes the music of the registration screen. Also if Link steals from the Mabe Village Shop the characters will refer to him as "THIEF" no matter what name was regestered at the game's start.

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