Sheik (シーク, Sheik) is a character in Super Smash Bros. Brawl. The playability of Sheik had earlier been hinted by Eiji Aonuma, the director of Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker and Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, who stated that he sent Twilight Princess-style designs of Sheik and Ganondorf to Sakurai. She was ultimately revealed on January 16, 2008.