The Legend of Zelda series

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The Legend of Zelda

ゼルダの伝説 Zeruda no Densetsu

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) For in-depth information: is dedicated to chronicling the The Legend of Zelda series. For additional information: 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 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
00 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 Seasons	2001	2001	2001	2001	N/A	Game Boy Color
The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages	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
00 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
00 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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External links

• The Legend of Zelda on Wikipedia
• The Legend of Zelda series category on StrategyWiki

References

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