Keese

Keese are bat-like creatures from the Legend of Zelda series of video games.

Keese

Keese are bats that are often found in caves and dungeons, but sometimes found on the overworld. They usually have black skin, and fly towards Link. Like Octoroks, they appear in every Zelda game.

The Legend of Zelda

Keese appear in every Dungeon throughout the game, and often litter areas in those Dungeons. They fly around the screen, not heading towards anything in particular, and stop for a short amount of time. Come as red Keese when a Vire is harmed to a point. They come in the colors of Blue, Red, and Black, with one room having a black floor with black Keese.

Zelda II: The Adventure of Link

The Keese in this game take on a more blue and white color, and are usually found in forests. They hang at the top of the screen, waiting for someone to pass, and dive down to attack them. Take only one hit to defeat. Another kind of Keese, the red and white one, fly down when someone approaches, and turns into a red Goblin-like creature, which shoots fireballs at their prey. It should be noted that the official name of these enemies is actually Ache, but they behave like Keese in almost every respect, so they are often confused with them.

The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past

In this game, they take an approach more similar to Zelda 2's Keese, including the idea of them only moving when Link get close. They aren't as commonly found as they used to be, although they aren't rare. They stay dormant, and fly around when they're approached, stopping after a while. In the Dark World, Keese replaced with winged eyeballs, who are similar to Keese, but with a vastly different appearance.

The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening

Keese return to its roots in this game, taking on a darker color, like in The Legend of Zelda. They act similarly to the originals, too, moving around whenever they please, and like the original, they are weak. There are also larger Keese that only appear during the fight with the Grim Creeper, the mini-boss of Dungeon number seven. These are stronger than a regular Keese. The Vire in Turtle Rock turns into Big Keese when destroyed that fly into you and leave.

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time

Keese return as pure black bats, flying high mostly in dungeons. Whenever it sees Link, it will fly down to attack. The easiest way to kill one is to hit it with arrows. Sometimes, they are ignited with flames (Fire Keese), but still surviving. If they attack Link, he will be set on fire, and if he's carrying a Deku Shield, it will burn up. And sometimes, they are ignited with Blue Fire (Ice Keese), which makes them cold, and if they attack Link, he becomes frozen. If Link fires at a Keese with a Fire Arrow or Ice Arrow, they will also become one of them.

The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask

Keese remain exactly the same in Majora's Mask as they did in Ocarina of Time, including being mostly found in Dungeons. There are larger forms of Keese called Bad Bats, which act the same, but pack a bigger punch.

The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages and The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons

Keese are the same as they were in Link's Awakening, on account of the fact that Flagship used the data used to make Keese. However, they are a lot more erratic than they were in Link's Awakening. Another form of Keese is the Fire Keese, similar to the Fire Keese of past games, and any Keese who encounters fire will become one. They fly higher in the air than Keese, and swoop down on their enemies. Big Keese sometimes accompany the enemy Blue Stalfos.

The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker

Keese take on a more Goblinesque form in this game, flying faster than most Keese. They are usually found in Dungeons, and also appear as Fire Keese. Unlike other Keese, they do not head straight into their enemy, they wait and prepare to strike.

The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap

Keese slowly fly around dark caves and dungeons, with no real strategy. They are easily defeated and of little threat to Link.

Vire

Vires are large human-shaped bat creatures, who fly and hop around the area, sometimes shooting fireballs. Split into two Keese when hurt enough.

The Legend of Zelda

Vires are large, blue bat creatures that hop around aimlessly. They're only found in Dungeons, and when harmed enough, split into two red-colored Keese, which float around the room like regular Keese.

The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening

Vires rarely appear in only one dungeon, the eighth dungeon, Turtle Rock. They fly around shooting Fireballs, which can be blocked with a Sword swipe, and after three or four of them, will swoop down at Link. Three blows will take it out, and cause it to explode into two Big Keese.

The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages and The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons

In these games, Vire appears as a unique enemy, a henchman to Veran at one point, and Onox at the other. Depending on which game is played first, Vire will be the henchman for one or the other first, and do something different in the other game than he did if you did it first. He acts similarly to the one in Link's Awakening. In a Linked Game, after you beat Veran or Onox (again, depends on which game you played first), Vire will kidnap Princess Zelda, and take her up a tower, where he drops rolling objects down the tower to mess you up, ala Donkey Kong. Defeat him and save Zelda.