Editing Heart Container

{{Item infobox
|image=[[File:Heart Container BotW art.png|200px]]<br>Artwork from ''The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild''
|first_appearance=''[[The Legend of Zelda (video game)|The Legend of Zelda]]'' (1986)
|latest_appearance=''[[The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (Nintendo Switch)|The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening]]'' (Nintendo Switch, 2019)
|location=Various
|effect=Represent a unit of Link's [[life bar]]
|related=[[Heart]]<br>[[Piece of Heart]]
}}
'''Heart Containers''', alternatively formatted as '''heart containers''' and also known as '''Container Hearts''', are items that represent the units of [[Link]]'s health on the [[life bar]] in every ''[[The Legend of Zelda (series)|The Legend of Zelda]]'' game. They are featured as recovery items in the ''[[Super Smash Bros. (series)|Super Smash Bros.]]'' series. Most of them can be obtained if Link defeats a boss, or if he collects a number [[Piece of Heart|Pieces of Heart]] (usually four), which make up a Heart Container. Heart Containers are optional because when Link collects one, another heart unit is added to his health bar.

Pieces of Heart usually resemble Heart Containers except less of their perimeter is filled red.

==History==
===''The Legend of Zelda'' series===
====''The Legend of Zelda''====
[[File:Heart Container TLoZ sprite.png|frame|left]]
In ''[[The Legend of Zelda (video game)|The Legend of Zelda]]'', there are thirteen Container Hearts that Link can obtain. The LIFE meter begins with three hearts and can have up to sixteen hearts if Link collects every heart container. Eight Container Hearts are obtained by defeating a boss. The five others are offered by [[old man|old men]] in caves, along with a [[Sacred Water|2nd Potion]]. Link can only choose one item, so if he chooses the 2nd Potion, the Container Heart is gone permanently.

Link must have at least five Container Hearts for the [[White Sword]] and twelve of them for the [[Magical Sword]].

====''Zelda II: The Adventure of Link''====
[[File:Heart Container ZII sprite.png|frame|left]]
In ''[[Zelda II: The Adventure of Link]]'', Link's life meter is represented by bars instead of hearts. As such, every Heart Container adds another bar to his life meter. There are four Heart Containers in the game, so Link can have up to eight bars of health.
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====''The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past''====
[[File:Heart Container ALttP sprite.png|frame|left]]
In ''[[The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past]]'', there are seventeen Heart Containers. Like the first ''The Legend of Zelda'' and subsequent games in the series, Link's life meter is represented by hearts, and every Heart Container adds another unit to his life bar.

The first Heart Container is located inside a [[Treasure Chest]] in the [[Sanctuary]]. A total of ten Heart Containers are earned by defeating a boss. Six Heart Containers can be each formed by four Piece of Hearts, which were introduced in the game.
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====''The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening''====
[[File:Heart Container LA sprite.png|frame|left]]
In ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening]]'', there are eleven Heart Containers. Eight are obtained from defeated bosses, and the other three are obtained by four Pieces of Heart each. In the [[Nintendo Switch]] [[The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (Nintendo Switch)|remake]], two Heart Containers can be won from [[Dampé's Shack]].
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====''The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time''====
[[File:Heart Container OoT icon.png|frame|right]]
In ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time]]'', there are seventeen Heart Containers. Like the previous game, eight are obtained from defeated bosses. The other nine are obtained by four Pieces of Heart each. It is the first game where Heart Containers occasionally appear from the exact location that the boss was defeated.

===''Super Smash Bros.'' series===
====''Super Smash Bros.''====
In ''[[Super Smash Bros.]]'', if a fighter picks up a Heart Container their damage is reset back to 0%. Heart Containers are designed after their appearance in ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time]]''.

====''Super Smash Bros. Melee''====
Starting with ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'', Heart Containers only heal up to 100% damage, except the three Heart Containers in All-Star mode, which recover all damage. Heart Containers retain their design from ''The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time''.

====''Super Smash Bros. Brawl''====
In ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'', Heart Containers have the same role as in ''Super Smash Bros. Melee'' but are redesigned to match their appearance in ''The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess''. It is the first game where fighters can grab Heart Containers in midair, which is also possible in subsequent ''Super Smash Bros.'' installments. Like the All-Star mode in ''Super Smash Bros. Melee'', Heart Containers recover all health in both the All-Star and Boss Battle modes of the game. If either mode is done in co-op mode, there are six Heart Containers instead of three.

====''Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U''====
In ''[[Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS]]'' and ''[[Super Smash Bros. for Wii U]]'', Heart Containers were redesigned to match their appearance in ''The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword''. In All-Star mode, the fighter starts off with one Heart Container initially, but if all characters are unlocked, they start with two Heart Containers.

====''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate''====
In ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'', Heart Containers retain their appearance and role from ''Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS'' and ''Super Smash Bros. for Wii U''.

==Trophy information==
===''Super Smash Bros. Melee''===
{|class=wikitable
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!Image
!Game
!Description
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|[[File:Heart Container SSBM trophy.png|100px]]
|align=center|''The Legend of Zelda''<br>7/87
|''Heart Containers drift toward the ground slowly and replenish 100 percentage points of health. In The Legend of Zelda, these items beefed up Link's life meter; in most cases, Link found them in the possession of bosses or hidden in secret areas. Heart Containers are often scattered across the land in several fragments.''
|}

===''Super Smash Bros. Brawl''===
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!Image
!Game
!Description
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| rowspan=2 | [[File:Heart Container Brawl trophy.png|100px]]
| align=center | '''NES''' ''The Legend of Zelda''
| rowspan=2 | ''The best recovery item! Grab this and heal 100 percentage points of damage. It falls slowly, so it's best to grab it in midair. Damage recovery won't happen instantly, though, so try not to get launched while your damage is counting down. In the Legend of Zelda series, Heart Containers raise the player's maximum health. Bosses always have one in their possession.''
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| align=center | '''Wii''' ''The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess''
|}

===''Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS'' / ''Wii U''===
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!width="12%"|Image (3DS/Wii U)
!width="20%"|Appears in<br>(Wii U version only)
!American English description
!British English description
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|[[File:Heart Container SSBfor3DS trophy.png|80px]] [[File:Heart Container SSBWiiU trophy.png|80px]]
|align=center|'''GBC''' ''The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons/Ages'' (05/2001)<br>'''Wii''' ''The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess'' (11/2006)
|''An important item in the Legend of Zelda series, this item would appear when you beat a boss and increase your life by one when collected. In Smash Bros., grabbing this will heal 100 points of damage. Grab it as it gently floats to the ground!''
|''A quintessential item from the Legend of Zelda series that raises your max health. In those games, you have to defeat bosses to get them, but in this one, they'll just fall from the sky, which makes things a whole lot easier. If you see one, grab it quick - in mid-air if you can! Why? To take 100 off your damage - that's why!''
|}

==Gallery==
<gallery>
TLoZ item-health art.jpg|''[[The Legend of Zelda (video game)|The Legend of Zelda]]''
TLoZ T&T heart art.jpg|''The Legend of Zelda''
Heart Container TAoL artwork.png|''[[Zelda II: The Adventure of Link]]''
Heart Container ALttP artwork.jpg|''[[The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past]]''
Heart Container OoT artwork.png|''[[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time]]''
Heart Container SSB artwork.jpg|''[[Super Smash Bros.]]''
Heart Container TP artwork.png|''[[The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess]]''
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=ハートの<span class="explain" title="すいとう">水筒</span><ref>''Zelda no Densetsu'' instruction booklet, page 21.</ref><br>''Hāto no Suitō''<br>イノチ　ノ　ウツワ<br>''Inochi no Utsuwa''<br>ハートの<span class="explain" title="うつわ">器</span><ref>''Kamigami no Triforce'' instruction booklet, page 33.</ref> / ハートノウツワ<br>''Hāto no Utsuwa''
|JapM=Heart Canteen (''Zelda no Densetsu'' manual)<br><br>Life Container (''Zelda no Densetsu'' in-game; "Container Heart" underneath)<br><br>Heart Container (''Link no Bōken'' onward)
|Fre=Coeur
|FreM=Heart (''The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons/Ages'')
}}

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