Crafting a Roster for a Zelda-Themed Fighting Game!

The Legend of Zelda is a beloved franchise with a long history of games...yet not many spinoff titles. We've had a few, ranging from hack-and-slashes to rhythm-based roguelike adventures, but there's something Zelda could pull off amazingly: A spinoff fighting game! With so many different characters with wildly different abilities across the series' many timelines, it has the perfect source material for a compelling setup, interesting gameplay, and (of course) a roster of playable fighters.

But if such a thing ever happened, what could it look like? Let's take a deep dive on how a Zelda fighting game could work, covering very aspect from story to unique mechanics to the potential base roster of 25 characters!
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(Additional footage sources are in the pinned comment! Not enough room to put them here.)