
Midna's game of origin, Twilight Princess, reveals her backstory as being the next in line to rule the Twilight Realm, making her the eponymous "Twilight Princess". Her on-screen dialogue is often accompanied by a babble of pseudo-speech, which was produced by scrambling English phrases sampled by Kōmoto. Her bright orange hair is her main method of physical control while she is in imp form and often uses it to deal physical damage or control Link while he is in his wolf form. While in her imp form, Midna frequently speaks in sinister and sarcastic ways, often acting uninterested in Link's plight unless they suit her needs. Other than her lack of clothing, save a fragment of the Fused Shadow relic as a mask, Midna bears elements of her original form. However, after being cursed by Zant, Midna became a diminutive "imp". She wears a South Asian-like attire composing of black gagra choli with a trailing black veil. As stated in The Legend of Zelda: Hyrule Historia, her design has an "air of the Middle East" as opposed to Princess Zelda's Westernized design. Midna's original form is a turquoise-skinned woman with body markings on her limbs, orange hair, and red eyes. When asked by Game Informer editor Billy Berghammer if Midna would make a follow-up appearance to her role in Twilight Princess, Aonuma found it unlikely that she would return due to the game's ending, but added that if there were enough demand, the developers may consider it. In describing the character, Twilight Princess director Eiji Aonuma called her " tsundere", which means a character who starts the story as snobbish and brash, but becomes gentler and kinder over time, a character archetype both he and Shigeru Miyamoto, co-creator of The Legend of Zelda series, are fond of. Eventually re-purposed for Twilight Princess, Midna was illustrated by Yusuke Nakano and voiced by Akiko Kōmoto. The concept of Midna came from another game Nintendo was working on before Twilight Princess, which was eventually abandoned. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U, and Ultimate), and is a playable character in Hyrule Warriors. Midna makes minor appearances in Super Smash Bros. Her role in Twilight Princess has been compared to that of Navi, who accompanies Link in the 1998 game Ocarina of Time. Midna was generally well received by critics and fans alike. Midna's first appearance was in a trailer for Twilight Princess shown at the 2005 Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) at the time, her gender was unknown, leaving some journalists confused about it. She was designed by Yusuke Nakano and voiced by Akiko Kōmoto. While Midna appears as an imp-like creature in the majority of Twilight Princess, her actual form is humanoid. She is a member of the magic-wielding Twili who joins forces with Link to prevent the kingdom of Hyrule from being enveloped by a corrupted parallel dimension known as the Twilight Realm. Midna is a fictional character introduced as one of the main protagonists in Twilight Princess, a 2006 video game in Nintendo's The Legend of Zelda series.
