About

BAN•ZELDA is a phrase used mostly from members of the online community "The Zelda Social"^[3] when being successful while playing as the Super Smash bros. for Wii U character, Zelda.

Origin

BAN•ZELDA was first stated by a user who goes by the name "Patch" on Nintendo's social networking site, Miiverse. It first started after a Super Smash bros. for Wii U match, which Patch lost to a Zelda while playing online. He then changed his tag to "BAN•ZELDA" in frustration to losing to the character, Zelda, and suggesting she should be banned from online play.

Spread

The image was first used in a thread titled "How often do people ragequit against you?" by user Brinzy,^[1] before it was quoted in the Zelda Social where it sparked massive amusement among the userbase and the creation of a post by SBphiloz4.^[2]

The phrase has since been used as an in-joke from members of the Zelda Social on the website Smashboards, to spark hilarity with its members whenever they have success with Zelda, as Zelda has been considered to be one of the least viable characters in tournament play in every Super Smash bros. game she has appeared in.

Occasionally, members of the Zelda Social will make images regarding Zelda and "BAN•ZELDA", using examples of being triumphant when using her, or showing examples of her status as a lower tiered character in the game using phrases and instances of Zelda falling behind higher tiered characters, while still sarcastically stating to ban Zelda.

Search Interest

External References

^[1] Smashboards – Brinzy's post. Posted March 29th, 2015

^[2] Smashboards – SBphiloz4's post. Posted on March 26th, 2015

^[3] Smashboards – The Zelda Social

^[4] Miiverse – Example use of BAN•ZELDA