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The Legend of Zelda
ゼルダの伝説
The Legend of Zelda logo.png
Creator: Shigeru Miyamoto
First game: 'The Legend of Zelda' (1986)
Best-selling game: The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time? (high number of copies)
Latest game: The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword (2010)
For in-depth information:
NIWA
ZeldaWiki
is dedicated to chronicling the The Legend of Zelda series.
For additional information:
NIWA
Bulbapedia
is another wiki dedicated to {{{niwa2-purpose}}} the The Legend of Zelda series.

The Legend of Zelda (Japanese: ゼルダの伝説 Zelda no Densetsu) is a Nintendo franchise that debuted with a title on the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1986 (Japan release) and 1987 for American and European gamers. Nintendo has managed to release a title of the series for each handheld and console system, except the short-lived Virtual Boy.

Titles in the series typically follow the adventures of a young man named Link as he journeys throughout a land (often Hyrule), battling monsters to ultimately save the captive Princess Zelda, who is often being held by the wicked Ganondorf. Retellings, often with artistic liberties, of the games' plots are available through several paperback novels and mangas. Original stories can also be found as paperback novels.

Developers

Shigeru Miyamoto is known to be the primary creator of the series and its characters. He has said that he was inspired by the Lord of the Rings saga and his own exploration of caves near his childhood home. Eiji Aonuma has taken lead development roles on each game since Majora's Mask, with Miyamoto watching over the games' development to see how it goes.

Capcom and Flagship, two third-party developers, are responsible for the games which appeared on the Game Boy Color and Game Boy Advance, while Nintendo of America is typically credited with creating the pseudo-minigame Link's Crossbow Training.

Three games released for the Philips CD-i were created and released by Animation Magic due to a broken deal with Philips to produce a CD-based addon to the SNES. These games are considered by most fans to not be canon, though many find the poorly-animated cutscenes to be the source of many laughs in remixes posted on YouTube.

Games

style="border-top-left-radius: 15px; background:#Template:Zelda blue light; " | Zelda series games style="background:#Template:Zelda blue light;" | JP release style="background:#Template:Zelda blue light;" | NA release style="border-top-right-radius: 15px; background:#Template:Zelda blue light;" | Console
'The Legend of Zelda' 1986 1987 Nintendo Entertainment System
Zelda II: The Adventure of Link 1987 1988 Nintendo Entertainment System
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past 1991 1992 Super Nintendo
Link: The Faces of Evil N/A 1993 Philips CD-i
Zelda: The Wand of Gamelon N/A 1993 Philips CD-i
Zelda's Adventure N/A 1993 Philips CD-i
The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening 1993 1993 Game Boy
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 1998 1998 Nintendo 64
The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask 2000 2000 Nintendo 64
The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons 2001 2001 Game Boy Color
The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages 2001 2001 Game Boy Color
The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords 2002 2003 Game Boy Advance
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker 2002 2003 Nintendo GameCube
The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures 2004 2004 Nintendo GameCube
The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap 2004 2005 Game Boy Advance
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess 2006 2006 Nintendo GameCube/Wii
Link's Crossbow Training 2007 2008 Wii
The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass 2007 2007 Nintendo DS
The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks 2009 2009 Nintendo DS
The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword Upcoming Upcoming Wii
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Freshly-Picked Tingle's Rosy Rupeeland 2006 N/A Nintendo DS
Tingle's Balloon Fight DS 2007 N/A Nintendo DS
Color Changing Tingle's Love Balloon Trip 2009 N/A Nintendo DS


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