Legend of Zelda is a series of action - adventure games created by Shigeru Miyamoto and Takashi Tezuka, a pair of Japanese game designers. The majority of games have been published by Nintendo although some were outsourced to Capcom and Vanpool. There have been a total of 16 Legend of Zelda games in the franchize to date the first game simple called 'Legend of Zelda' was released on February 21st, 1986, and the latest 'Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword' was released on the 18th of November, 2011. Originally released on the NES the Zelda series has since been released on; Gamecube, GameBoy, GameBoy Advanced, Wii, DS and 3DS.
Back Story
In the original game the player plays as Link, just a normal boy living his life in the land of Hyrule. Unbeknownst to him that at that time the land of Hyrule is under attack by Ganon, the prince of darkness. Ganon is looking for the Triforce of Wisdom that he can use along with the Triforce of power he already possesses to take over the land. In an atempt to stop him Princess Zelda had split the Triforce of Wisdom into multiple segments and scattered them across the land before being captured by Ganon's men. Before she was taken Zelda sent her maid Impa to find someone that could reassemble the Triforce of Wisdom and defeat Ganon. This is where Link comes in, Impa has been surrounded by Ganon's men, Link hearing her cries for help jumps to the rescue and saves Impa. after helping Impa he listens to her story and accepts the quest to collect the segments and defeat Ganon and save the princess.
Legend of Zelda is a very non-linear game and forces the player to use skill and knowledge to pass a series of puzzles and riddles whilst at the same time trying to fend of against hoards of attacking creatures. Legend of Zelda is thought to have been made to be the exact opposite to the Super Mario series that was also being developed by Nintendo at the time. Mario is a much more linear game where the player is forced to run to the end of the level to complete the game where as in Zelda the game is free roaming alowing the player to travel where they want at any point. This free roam ability let player spend time 'grinding' money that they could use to get better weapons and armor. Alot have features have changed sine the original game, the camera is now in a 3rd person over the shoulder view allowing the player to feel more part of the action. The game now uses a real time clock for certain events in game such as the length of tame a potion will effect the player and time taken for stamina to refill. Unlike the very non-linear original games the newer games do have some restrictions implemented. This is shown in the latest game 'Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword' where the player can only access certain areas (in this case Lake Floria and Faron Wood) after certain tasks have been completed (defeat the 3rd dungeon).
Back Story
In the original game the player plays as Link, just a normal boy living his life in the land of Hyrule. Unbeknownst to him that at that time the land of Hyrule is under attack by Ganon, the prince of darkness. Ganon is looking for the Triforce of Wisdom that he can use along with the Triforce of power he already possesses to take over the land. In an atempt to stop him Princess Zelda had split the Triforce of Wisdom into multiple segments and scattered them across the land before being captured by Ganon's men. Before she was taken Zelda sent her maid Impa to find someone that could reassemble the Triforce of Wisdom and defeat Ganon. This is where Link comes in, Impa has been surrounded by Ganon's men, Link hearing her cries for help jumps to the rescue and saves Impa. after helping Impa he listens to her story and accepts the quest to collect the segments and defeat Ganon and save the princess.
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An attack from Original Legend of Zelda
Legend of Zelda is a very non-linear game and forces the player to use skill and knowledge to pass a series of puzzles and riddles whilst at the same time trying to fend of against hoards of attacking creatures. Legend of Zelda is thought to have been made to be the exact opposite to the Super Mario series that was also being developed by Nintendo at the time. Mario is a much more linear game where the player is forced to run to the end of the level to complete the game where as in Zelda the game is free roaming alowing the player to travel where they want at any point. This free roam ability let player spend time 'grinding' money that they could use to get better weapons and armor. Alot have features have changed sine the original game, the camera is now in a 3rd person over the shoulder view allowing the player to feel more part of the action. The game now uses a real time clock for certain events in game such as the length of tame a potion will effect the player and time taken for stamina to refill. Unlike the very non-linear original games the newer games do have some restrictions implemented. This is shown in the latest game 'Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword' where the player can only access certain areas (in this case Lake Floria and Faron Wood) after certain tasks have been completed (defeat the 3rd dungeon).
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An attack animation from Skyward Sword
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