Any video game player worth their weight in hours of boss battles and sore thumbs can tell you that that the titular character in The Legend of  Zelda game series does not necessarily get the attention that she deserves. While the game series has had a lasting impact over the years since its initial release in 1986 and remains one of Nintendo's most successful franchises, this is all largely due to the main character, Link, and his escapades as he assists Zelda and often saves both her and the Kingdom of Hyrule. Yes, as many of us are too well familiar, Zelda is usually sidelined in her own series.

Still, none of this means that Princess Zelda isn't incredibly interesting all on her own. It's actually kind of surprising that Zelda hasn't gotten her own game yet. After all, she's a fleshed-out character with a lot of potential, and she's actually more powerful than Link when it comes to her background and magical abilities.

Even though won the prestigious Game of the Year award for 2017. Imagine what a totally rule-breaking, Zelda-focused game could do (hint, hint, Nintendo).

We'll continue to wait for a Zelda-led Zelda game, but in the meantime, let's discuss the crazy, intricate details of her design that continue to make the character so intriguing to this day. Here's The Legend Of Zelda: 20 Wild Details About Zelda's Anatomy.

She Is A Demigod

Zelda isn't exactly your normal, everyday Hylian, and that's not just because she's a princess who seems to constantly find her way into trouble. The character is actually, in more words or less, a demigod. This goes back to the early timelines of the video game series, where it was established that Zelda is a descendant of the Goddess Hylia. In other words, she's essentially a demigod.

Like many of her female ancestors before her, Zelda is the crown princess not by chance, but precisely because she carries the divine blood of the goddess. She is also named after her, as Hylia was (by her own volition) reborn as a mortal and took the name Zelda. Ever since, the Royal Family of Hyrule has had a habit of naming their daughters Zelda. It makes us wonder just how much pressure there must be when you're a young Hyrulian princess with this name!

She Is A Reincarnation

For those unfamiliar with the franchise, hang on to your hats because things are about to get weird. As loyal players already know, it's an established fact in the world of Zelda that Princess Zelda in one game is not necessarily the same Zelda in another. This is because every Zelda is essentially a reincarnation, and each game just takes place at a different point in time in their world. Link is meanwhile a corresponding reincarnation in most of these time periods, though both Zelda and Link have been in decades-long comas that have resulted in a Zelda from a previous age being paired up with a more modern Link and vice versa. It's like Westworld on steroids, only the steroids are magical and known as the Tri-Force.

Yeah, it's still a bit confusing even for those who have played all of the games. The full timeline (complete with alternate timelines) can be found here on the Zelda website, though it should be noted that the page has not been updated to include Breath of the Wild or 2018's Hyrule Warriors (though the latter is openly supposed to be outside of the official timeline anyway).

She Has Magical Powers

As a character who is both a reincarnation of and descended from a goddess, Zelda's got some powers. Most incarnations of the princess have powers that are of the psionic type-- telekinesis, precognition, and even teleportation-- but she can also manipulate magic and has displayed the power of healing on multiple occasions. Adding to her plethora of powers, the Ocarina of Time Zelda even completely transformed her appearance in order to hide from Ganon.

Interestingly, one of the most powerful versions of Zelda to date is the one featured in Super Smash Bros (she was first added to the Super Smash lineup in 2001). This Zelda is meant to fight, and fight she does. Her most powerful moves are spells that inflict great damage on her foes, the main three being aptly named after the three goddesses of Hyrule: Din (Din's Fire), Nayru (Nayru's love) and Farore (Farore's wind). Sure, Link gets to use these in 1998's Ocarina of Time, but in Super Smash, it's Zelda's time to shine. That, and explode things with giant fireballs.

She Looks Like Other Hylians

Despite her ancestry that is both royal and magical, Zelda has the same general physical characteristics of other Hylians. Sure, the truth is there's not much going on here beyond fair features and sets of long, pointy ears.

However, her relatively normal appearance makes total sense for someone who is either a descendant or a full reincarnation of the goddess Hylia (, we're dealing with multiple Zeldas here), seeing as the goddess herself is depicted as a normal-looking woman in statues recurring throughout the series. Granted, statues of Hylia are often shown with a set of wings, but the fact remains that most incarnations of Zelda are just Hylian princesses with some extraordinary divine gifts.

Her Eyes Are (Almost) Always Blue

In every incarnation except for the handful of ones where all the characters just had simple black dots for eyes (hey, the animation in 2015's Tri Force heroes was fun!), Princess Zelda has been shown with blue eyes. At first, this doesn't seem all that significant, but it's pretty interesting when we take into consideration the fact that these are all different Zeldas over time who have somehow ended up with the same eye color despite other basic variations in appearance (more on that in the next section). Making things even more interesting, however, is that fans of the series have been hotly debating the character's eye color in 2017's Breath of the Wild. As seen in message boards across the internet (here's a great example), many players believe the princess’ peepers look green for the first time ever, while others insist that they are still blue but might only appear green in certain light settings. No official word on this from the game's creators (yet), but if they are indeed green, we as players should be asking ourselves if it really matters.

Nevertheless, there's entirely different debate over the version of Zelda that is disguised as Sheik. First seen in Ocarina of Time, Sheik has noticeably red eyes. However, the reason for this could simply be because she is using magic to transform herself.

Her Hair Has Been Blonde, Brunette, And Red

Zelda's hair is blonde, right? Not necessarily. While the princess is indeed most commonly depicted as a blonde, different incarnations of her over the years have had different shades of blonde and even different hair colors entirely. For example, she's a brunette in 2006's Twilight Princess, which interestingly corresponds with Link's hair also being darker in the game. And as far as the original games go, the very first Zelda that was introduced to players in 1986's The Legend of Zelda had reddish brown hair, and the Zelda seen in 1987's The Adventures of Link had distinctly red hair.

What does this all mean? Most likely, it's nothing more than the Zelda designers playing around with the character and depicting her as they see fit for each game. Yet as we've seen with Zelda's eye color, there are entire hasn't exactly been free of controversy over the years.

Her Hair Is Always Long

Just as Zelda's most common features are blonde hair and blue eyes, her long locks are even more her signature look. No matter what shade it is, the character's hair is always shown to be long and usually flowing, though sometimes it is depicted as tied back or braided. Nevertheless, the most recent Zelda game almost featured a very different-looking princess.

For Breath of the Wild, game designers played around with the idea of depicting Zelda with short hair or even longer hair woven entirely up close to her head (to give the appearance of a short look). But as anyone who has played the game already knows, the designers ultimately they went with the traditional route. Perhaps they felt the character would be too unrecognizable without her long hair">here.

She Was Once Turned To Stone

What's a princess without an undergoing a curse here and there? In 2004's The Minish Cap, Zelda is turned to stone by the power-hungry wind mage, Vaati, who feels threatened by her. It's a storyline that's actually pretty reminiscent of traditional fairy tales from centuries ago (think Brothers Grimm), and it stayed true to the original tone of the series. Also, Zelda turning to stone is arguably the most dramatic transformation she's made to date.

Of course, as players already know, Zelda gets turned back into her regular form and then, being the powerful being that she is, is able to use the Minish Cap herself to set everything back to normal and then destroy the Cap itself. Way to go, Zelda!

There Was That Time She Was Basically A Ghost

Anyone who has played 2009's Spirit Tracks knows just how powerful Zelda can be, including when she’s not in her own body! While she’s not technically a ghost in this game, she may as well be. The princess’ spirit becomes separated from her body by the evil Chancellor Cole, and he subsequently steals her body to use it for more evildoing. But this is Zelda we're talking about, and she's not one to let not having a body get in the way of her taking action.

This is also one of the more effective Zeldas to be featured in a game, and while Link is still the hero she helps him throughout. Not only does the bodyless princess still effectively communicate with Link as a spirit, but she is also able to inhabit phantoms and do some crazy cool things like roll giant wrecking balls, teleport, light torches and even just be impervious to most forms of damage. You go, ghost girl!

Her Body Holds A Powerful Energy Source

Known as the "sacred power of the spirits", a mysterious energy source with possibly unlimited potential dwells inside the body of Zelda. This is only really discussed in Spirit Tracks, but it is hinted to exist in other games of the series. It's quite possible that other incarnations of Zelda have family with the energy source, as the character Anjean in Spirit Tracks says that it always resides in a member of the Royal Family of Hyrule.

Of course, the thing about having a powerful energy source held inside your body is that people are always going to try to use it for their own motives. In Zelda’s case, her foes frequently try to use it to transform themselves into more powerful beings or to bring others back from the dead. This makes for interesting plot points, but it must be exhausting for poor Zelda.