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{{Infobox_Software | | |||
software_name = The Legend of Zelda series| | |||
software_image = [[File:The Legend of Zelda logo.png|300px]]| | |||
developer = Character creator: [[Shigeru Miyamoto]]<br />Video game developers: see below| | |||
publisher = [[Nintendo]]| | |||
systems = As noted below| | |||
release = 1986-present| | |||
added_to_museum = As noted below| | |||
}} | |||
The '''''Legend of Zelda'' series''' a Japanese multimedia series consisting of [[video game]]s, television shows, music, and comic books. | |||
It was spun off into the [[Tingle|''Tingle'' series]], and the [[Hyrule Warriors|''Hyrule Warriors'' series]]. | |||
Characters from ''The Legend of Zelda'' series also are playable in the [[Super Smash Bros.|''Super Smash Bros.'' series]], and in some games in the [[Mario Kart|''Mario Kart'' series]] and the [[Mario sports|''Mario'' sports series]]. | |||
==Fictional character biographies== | |||
A struggle between good and evil happens throughout time, with the people involved in this struggle having their souls constantly reborn into new bodies, while retaining the names and appearance of their former selves. | |||
Link, the hero of Legend, is reborn to save Princess Zelda, also reborn, from the evil Ganon. Princess Zelda is the key to obtaining the legendary Triforce, and Ganon strives to collect its pieces, as the Triforce can grant the wishes of anyone who holds it. | |||
==Video games in The Legend of Zelda series== | |||
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!| Developer | |||
!| System | |||
!| Release | |||
!| Added to museum | |||
!| Notes | |||
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| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[The Legend of Zelda (video game)|The Legend of Zelda]]'' | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development|Nintendo R&D4]] | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Family Computer Disk System|FDS]] <br /> [[GameCube]] <br /> [[NES Classic Edition|FC Mini]] <br /> [[NES Classic Edition|NES CE]] | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1986 <br /> 2002 <br /> 2016 <br /> 2016 | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | GC [[Animal Crossing|AC]]: January 20, 2003<br />GC CE: December 25, 2003<br /> NES CE: June 22, 2017<br /> FC Mini: August 10, 2017 | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | The [[Nintendo Entertainment System|NES version]] was included in ''[[Animal Crossing]]'' for [[GameCube]] in 2001. <br /> The [[Nintendo Entertainment System|NES version]] version was [[emulator|emulated]] on the [[GameCube]] in 2003 in a ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Collector's Edition|Collector's Edition]]''. | |||
|- | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Zelda II: The Adventure of Link]]'' | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development|Nintendo R&D4]] | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Family Computer Disk System|FDS]] <br /> [[NES Classic Edition|FC Mini]] <br /> [[NES Classic Edition|NES CE]] | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1987 <br /> 2016 <br /> 2016 | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | GC CE: December 25, 2003<br />NES CE: June 22, 2017<br /> FC Mini: August 10, 2017 | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | The [[Nintendo Entertainment System|NES version]] version was [[emulator|emulated]] on the [[GameCube]] in 2003 in a ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Collector's Edition|Collector's Edition]]''. | |||
|- | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Zelda (Game & Watch)|Zelda]]'' | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Nintendo Research & Development 1|Nintendo R&D1]] | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Game & Watch]] | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1989 | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Not yet | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Released as a multi-screen version in 1989.<br />Released as part of the Nintendo Mini Classics miniature LCD game line in 1998. | |||
|- | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past]]'' | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development|Nintendo EAD]] | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|SNES]] <br /> [[Wii]] <br /> [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System Classic Edition|SNES CE]] <br /> [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System Classic Edition|SF Mini]] | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1991 <br /> 2006 <br /> 2017 <br /> 2017 | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | SF Mini: October 31, 2017<br />SNES CE: March 16, 2018 | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | The [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|SNES]] version of ''[[The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past|A Link to the Past]]'' was [[emulator|emulated]] on the [[Wii]] in 2006. | |||
|- | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening]]'' | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development|Nintendo EAD]] | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Game Boy]] <br /> [[Game Boy Color|GBC]] <br /> [[Nintendo 3DS|3DS]] <br /> [[Nintendo Switch|Switch]] | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1993 <br /> 1998 <br /> 2011 <br /> 2019 | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 3DS: February 19, 2018 | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Remade for the [[Game Boy Color]] in 1998 as ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening|The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening DX]]''. <br /> The [[Game Boy Color]] version, ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening|Link's Awakening DX]]'', was [[emulator|emulated]] on the [[Nintendo 3DS|3DS]] in 2011.<br />Remade for the [[Nintendo Switch]] in 2019. | |||
|- | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[BS The Legend of Zelda]]'' | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development|Nintendo EAD]] | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|Super Famicom]] [[Satellaview]] | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1995 | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Not yet | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Episodically broadcast in two maps, over the course of four weeks each. | |||
|- | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time]]'' | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development|Nintendo EAD]] | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Nintendo 64]] <br /> [[GameCube]] <br /> [[Nintendo 3DS|3DS]] | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1998 <br /> 2002 <br /> 2011 | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | GC CE: December 25, 2003<br />3DS: September 8, 2017<br />GC OoT&MQ: November 25, 2019 | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | The [[Nintendo 64|N64]] version was [[emulator|emulated]] on the [[GameCube]] in 2002, bundled with ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time/Master Quest|Ocarina of Time Master Quest]]''. <br /> The [[Nintendo 64|N64]] version was [[emulator|emulated]] on the [[GameCube]] in 2003 in a ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Collector's Edition|Collector's Edition]]''. <br /> Remade for the [[Nintendo 3DS|3DS]] as ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time|Ocarina of Time 3D]]'' in 2011. | |||
|- | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask]]'' | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development|Nintendo EAD]] | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Nintendo 64]] <br /> [[GameCube]] <br /> [[Nintendo 3DS|3DS]] | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2000 <br /> 2003 <br /> 2015 | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | GC CE: December 25, 2003 | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | The [[Nintendo 64|N64]] version was [[emulator|emulated]] on the [[GameCube]] in 2003 in a ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Collector's Edition|Collector's Edition]]''. <br /> Remade for the [[Nintendo 3DS|3DS]] as ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask|Majora's Mask 3D]]'' in 2015. | |||
|- | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages]]'' | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Capcom]] <br /> [[Flagship]] | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Game Boy Color]] <br /> [[Nintendo 3DS|3DS]] | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2001 <br /> 2013 | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 3DS: December 1, 2017 | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | The [[Game Boy Color]] version was [[emulator|emulated]] on the [[Nintendo 3DS|3DS]] in 2013. | |||
|- | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons]]'' | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Capcom]] <br /> [[Flagship]] | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Game Boy Color]] <br /> [[Nintendo 3DS|3DS]] | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2001 <br /> 2013 | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 3DS: December 1, 2017 | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | The [[Game Boy Color]] version was [[emulator|emulated]] on the [[Nintendo 3DS|3DS]] in 2013. | |||
|- | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time/Master Quest|The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Master Quest]]'' | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development|Nintendo EAD]] | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[GameCube]] <br /> [[Nintendo 3DS|3DS]] | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2002 <br /> 2011 | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 3DS: September 8, 2017<br />GC: November 25, 2019 | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Bundled with ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time]]'' on [[GameCube]] in 2002. <br /> Based on the cancelled ''Ura Zelda'' for the [[Nintendo 64DD]]. <br /> Remade for the [[Nintendo 3DS|3DS]] as part of ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time|Ocarina of Time 3D]]'' in 2011, available after completing the game. | |||
|- | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords]]'' | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development|Nintendo EAD]]<br />[[Capcom]] | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Game Boy Advance|GBA]]<br />[[Nintendo DSi]] | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2002 <br /> 2011 | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Not yet | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Bundled with ''[[The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past]]'' on [[Game Boy Advance]] in 2002. <br /> Remade for the [[Nintendo DSi]] as ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords|The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Anniversary Edition]] in 2011. | |||
|- | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker]]'' | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development|Nintendo EAD]] | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[GameCube]]<br />[[Wii U]] | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2002 <br /> 2013 | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Not yet | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Remade for the [[Wii U]] as ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker|The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker HD]] in 2013. | |||
|- | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures]]'' | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development|Nintendo EAD]] | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[GameCube]] | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2004 | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Not yet | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | | |||
|- | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap]]'' | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Capcom]] <br /> [[Flagship]] | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Game Boy Advance|GBA]] <br /> [[Wii U]] | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2004 <br /> 2014 | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Not yet | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | The [[Game Boy Advance]] version was [[emulator|emulated]] on the [[Wii U]] in 2014. | |||
|- | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess]]'' | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development|Nintendo EAD]] | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[GameCube]] <br /> [[Wii]] | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2006 <br /> 2006 | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Not yet | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | | |||
|- | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass]]'' | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development|Nintendo EAD]] | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Nintendo DS]] <br /> [[Wii U]] | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2007 <br /> 2015 | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Not yet | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | The [[Nintendo DS]] version was [[emulator|emulated]] on the [[Wii U]] in 2015. | |||
|- | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks]]'' | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development|Nintendo EAD]] | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Nintendo DS]] <br /> [[Wii U]] | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2009 <br /> 2016 | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Not yet | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | The [[Nintendo DS]] version was [[emulator|emulated]] on the [[Wii U]] in 2016. | |||
|- | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword]]'' | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development|Nintendo EAD]] | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Wii]] <br /> [[Wii U]] | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2011 <br /> 2016 | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Not yet | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | | |||
|- | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds]]'' | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development|Nintendo EAD]] | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Nintendo 3DS]] | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2013 | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Not yet | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | | |||
|- | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes]]'' | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development|Nintendo EAD]]<br />[[Grezzo]] | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Nintendo 3DS]] | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2013 | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | September 8, 2017 | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | | |||
|- | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild]]'' | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Nintendo Entertainment Planning & Development|Nintendo EPD]] | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Wii U]]<br />[[Nintendo Switch|Switch]] | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2017<br />2017 | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Switch: July 17, 2017 | |||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | | |||
|} | |||
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Latest revision as of 12:19, 26 November 2023
The Legend of Zelda series | |
Developer | Character creator: Shigeru Miyamoto Video game developers: see below |
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Publisher | Nintendo |
Platforms | As noted below |
Released | 1986-present |
Added to Museum |
As noted below |
The Legend of Zelda series a Japanese multimedia series consisting of video games, television shows, music, and comic books.
It was spun off into the Tingle series, and the Hyrule Warriors series.
Characters from The Legend of Zelda series also are playable in the Super Smash Bros. series, and in some games in the Mario Kart series and the Mario sports series.
Fictional character biographies
A struggle between good and evil happens throughout time, with the people involved in this struggle having their souls constantly reborn into new bodies, while retaining the names and appearance of their former selves.
Link, the hero of Legend, is reborn to save Princess Zelda, also reborn, from the evil Ganon. Princess Zelda is the key to obtaining the legendary Triforce, and Ganon strives to collect its pieces, as the Triforce can grant the wishes of anyone who holds it.