--- description: Thousands of fans have created petitions asking Nintendo to name a Zelda character after the late Christina Grimmie. title: Nintendo Responds to Petition for Christina Grimmie in Zelda image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Nintendo Responds to Thousands of Fans Who Want Christina Grimmie in Zelda Game by [Ashley Hoffman](/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 21, 2016 5:45 PM CUT by [Ashley Hoffman](/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 21, 2016 5:45 PM CUT Fans of Christina Grimmie, the young singer who was [shot and killed](http://time.com/4365100/christina-grimmie-voice-dead-concert-shooting/ "undefined") after a performance on June 10, have created two [online petitions](https://www.change.org/p/nintendo-name-a-npc-in-a-legend-of-zelda-game-after-christina-grimmie "undefined") on [Change.org](https://www.change.org/p/nintendo-get-christina-grimmie-in-a-zelda-game-as-an-elf "undefined") to urge Nintendo to name a character after the 22-year-old singer in the fantasy video game Zelda. The former contestant on _The Voice_ was a Zelda superfan who posted [YouTube videos](https://www.youtube.com/user/zeldaxlove64 "undefined") about the game and often tweeted about it. A spokesperson for Nintendo tells _TIME_ in a statement, “we are aware of the outpouring of support for her, as well as the petition, but we won’t be making any creative or content decisions in this time of mourning.” The petitions, which together have gathered 75,263 signatures, ask Nintendo to honor Grimmie’s love of the video game by paying tribute to Grimmie in an upcoming _Legend of Zelda_ game, which is expected to [launch](https://twitter.com/NintendoAmerica/status/725224978984083456 "undefined") in 2017. One petition reads: “Anyone who followed her knows how much she loved the Zelda games. It would be an amazing tribute to see her as an elf in a new Zelda game.” See evidence Grimmie’s love of Zelda below. > [](https://twitter.com/TheRealGrimmie/status/683373487927377920) > [](https://twitter.com/therealgrimmie/status/609762667989839872) > [](https://twitter.com/TheRealGrimmie/status/579058711995367425) > [](https://twitter.com/therealgrimmie/status/500749172736532480) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4376285/christina-grimmie-zelda-petition-nintendo-response/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4376285/christina-grimmie-zelda-petition-nintendo-response/"},"headline":"Nintendo Responds to Thousands of Fans Who Want Christina Grimmie in Zelda Game","datePublished":"2016-06-21T17:45:05.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:33:33.412Z","description":"\"We are aware of the outpouring of support for her, as well as the petition, but we won’t be making any creative or content decisions in this time of mourning.\"","url":"https://time.com/4376285/christina-grimmie-zelda-petition-nintendo-response/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Entertainment","Games","Video Games","Nintendo","celebrity"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Ashley Hoffman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4376285/christina-grimmie-zelda-petition-nintendo-response/","name":"Nintendo Responds to Thousands of Fans Who Want Christina Grimmie in Zelda Game"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Singer Christina Grimmie Fatally Shot","description":"CBS2's Cindy Hsu reports/","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/lLTQPXTO/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2016-06-12T13:43:34.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/lLTQPXTO.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4376285/christina-grimmie-zelda-petition-nintendo-response/","duration":"PT1M46S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4376285/christina-grimmie-zelda-petition-nintendo-response/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```