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The Legend of Zelda series

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The Legend of Zelda
ゼルダの伝説
Zeruda no Densetsu
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Creator: Shigeru Miyamoto
First game: The Legend of Zelda (1986)
Best-selling game: The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (7.6 million copies)
Latest game: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (2017)
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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 released to date (with the exception of the short-lived Virtual Boy).

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 taking a supervisory role.

Overview

Games

Main series

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Other titles

Three games released for the Philips CD-i were created by Animation Magic (Link: The Faces of Evil and Zelda: The Wand of Gamelon) and Viridis (Zelda's Adventure) and published by Philips Media, 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 and are not acknowledged as such by Nintendo, though the games' poorly-animated cutscenes have been frequently used as a source in many remixes posted on YouTube.

Other media

Airing alongside The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! was The Legend of Zelda, a cartoon based on the first two entries in the series by DiC Entertainment, which would air on Fridays in place of the Super Mario cartoon segment.

Games

Game JP release NA release EU release AUS release KOR release Platform
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Main games
The Legend of Zelda 1986 1987 1987 N/A N/A Famicom Disk System / NES
Zelda II: The Adventure of Link 1987 1988 1988 N/A N/A Famicom Disk System / NES
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past 1991 1992 1992 N/A N/A SNES
The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening 1993 1993 1993 1993 N/A Game Boy
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 1998 1998 1998 N/A N/A Nintendo 64
The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask 2000 2000 2000 N/A N/A Nintendo 64
The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages and Oracle of Seasons 2001 2001 2001 2001 N/A Game Boy Color
The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords 2002 2003 2003 N/A N/A Game Boy Advance
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker 2002 2003 2003 2003 N/A Nintendo GameCube
The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures 2004 2004 2005 2005 N/A Nintendo GameCube
The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap 2004 2005 2004 2005 N/A Game Boy Advance
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess 2006 2006 2006 2006 2009 Nintendo GameCube / Wii
The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass 2007 2007 2007 2007 N/A Nintendo DS
The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks 2009 2009 2009 2009 N/A Nintendo DS
The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 Wii
The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds 2013 2013 2013 2013 2014 Nintendo 3DS
The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes 2015 2015 2015 2015 2016 Nintendo 3DS
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild 2017 2017 2017 2017 N/A Wii U / Nintendo Switch
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Non-canon / spin-off games
Zelda N/A 1989 N/A N/A N/A Game & Watch
BS The Legend of Zelda: Ancient Stone Tablets N/A 1997 N/A N/A N/A BS-X Broadcasting System
Freshly-Picked Tingle's Rosy Rupeeland 2006 N/A N/A N/A N/A Nintendo DS
Link's Crossbow Training 2007 2008 2007 2007 2010 Wii
Tingle's Balloon Fight DS 2007 N/A N/A N/A N/A Nintendo DS
Color Changing Tingle's Love Balloon Trip 2009 N/A N/A N/A N/A Nintendo DS
Hyrule Warriors 2014 2014 2014 2014 N/A Wii U
My Nintendo Picross: The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess 2016 2016 2016 2016 N/A Wii U
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Ports and remakes
BS The Legend of Zelda 1997 N/A N/A N/A N/A BS-X Broadcasting System
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past 1997 N/A N/A N/A N/A BS-X Broadcasting System
Classic NES Series: The Legend of Zelda 2004 2004 2004 2004 N/A Game Boy Advance
Classic NES Series: Zelda II: The Adventure of Link 2004 2004 2005 2005 N/A Game Boy Advance
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D 2011 2011 2011 2011 2012 Nintendo 3DS
The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Anniversary Edition 2011 2011 2011 2011 N/A Nintendo DSi / Nintendo 3DS
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD 2013 2013 2013 2013 N/A Wii U
The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask 3D 2015 2015 2015 2015 2016 Nintendo 3DS
Hyrule Warriors Legends 2016 2016 2016 2016 2016 Nintendo 3DS
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD 2016 2016 2016 2016 N/A Wii U

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Main series

The Legend of Zelda (Classic NES Series) • The Adventure of Link (Classic NES Series) • A Link to the Past • Link's Awakening (DX • Nintendo Switch) • Ocarina of Time (Master Quest • 3D) • Majora's Mask (3D) • Oracle of Ages and Oracle of Seasons • The Wind Waker (HD) • Four Swords (Anniversary Edition) • Four Swords Adventures • The Minish Cap • Twilight Princess (HD) • Phantom Hourglass • Spirit Tracks • Skyward Sword (HD) • A Link Between Worlds • Tri Force Heroes • Breath of the Wild • Tears of the Kingdom • Echoes of Wisdom

Other games
BS-X games BS The Legend of Zelda • The Ancient Stone Tablets • Triforce of the Gods
Tingle games Freshly-Picked Tingle's Rosy Rupeeland • Ripened Tingle's Balloon Trip of Love • Tingle's Balloon Fight DS • Dekisugi Tingle Pack
Other games
Picross games Picross NP Vol. 5 • My Nintendo Picross: The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
Unreleased games / demos Mystical Seed of Courage • Retro Studios prototype • Tingle horror game • Zelda HD Experience
Publications
The Legend of Zelda: Hyrule Historia • The Legend of Zelda: Art & Artifacts • The Legend of Zelda: Encyclopedia • The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Explorer's Guide
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