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# Nintendo Responds to Thousands of Fans Who Want Christina Grimmie in Zelda Game

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## Video: Singer Christina Grimmie Fatally Shot

[Watch (HLS stream): Singer Christina Grimmie Fatally Shot](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/lLTQPXTO.m3u8) (1:46)

![Singer Christina Grimmie Fatally Shot](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/lLTQPXTO/poster.jpg?width=720)

_Published 2016-06-12. CBS2's Cindy Hsu reports/_


by 

[Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/)


## Ashley Hoffman


Jun 21, 2016 5:45 PM UTC

by 

[Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/)


## Ashley Hoffman


Jun 21, 2016 5:45 PM UTC

Fans of Christina Grimmie, the young singer who was [shot and killed](http://time.com/4365100/christina-grimmie-voice-dead-concert-shooting/) 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) on [Change.org](https://www.change.org/p/nintendo-get-christina-grimmie-in-a-zelda-game-as-an-elf) 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) 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) 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)

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