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The Legend of Zelda
Courage, puzzles and Hyrule
Nintendo's adventure series has sent Link through Hyrule's dungeons since 1986, pairing exploration and puzzle solving with a recurring struggle against Ganon.
- 1986
- First game
- 6
- Series
- Shigeru Miyamoto and Takashi Tezuka
- Creator
One world. Many eras.
Choose your chapter
The overhead years. The first game put a free-roaming quest on the Famicom Disk System. Zelda II tried side-on combat, then A Link to the Past set the template of dungeons, items and two linked worlds.
Start with The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
Chapters
Series (6)
Hyrule WarriorsZelda crossed with Dynasty Warriors-style crowd battles. Omega Force and Team Ninja started it in 2014, and it includes the Age of Calamity prequel to Breath of the Wild.The Legend of ZeldaNintendo's action-adventure line, begun in 1986, sends Link through Hyrule with a sword, a growing kit of tools and dungeons to solve.
A legacy worth revisiting
A new Hyrule every time.
You rarely need the last Zelda to play the next. Each game resets the hero, the map and often the rules, from Ocarina of Time's 3D leap to Breath of the Wild's open ground. What holds them together is the pull of a locked door and the tool that opens it.
- 1986 to 1997
- The overhead years
- 1998 to 2016
- The 3D template
- 2017 to 2024
- Open air
Scenes that stay with you
Inside the world
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