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The Legend of Zelda (video game)

The Legend of Zelda (ゼルダの伝説) is Nintendo's 1986 Famicom Disk System action-adventure game designed by Shigeru Miyamoto and Takashi Tezuka, the first game in the Zelda series, with an overworld, dungeons, Triforce collection, and battery-backed saves.

The Legend of Zelda (ゼルダの伝説)

The Legend of Zelda (ゼルダの伝説), Nintendo's action-adventure series created by Shigeru Miyamoto, first released February 1986 on Famicom Disk System; known for non-linear Hyrule exploration, Ocarina of Time's Metacritic 99, and 100 million-plus sales.

The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds

The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds (Triforce of the Gods 2 in Japan) is Nintendo's 2013 3DS action-adventure sequel to A Link to the Past, known for wall-merging, item rentals, any-order dungeons, 2.51 million sales, and VGX and GDC handheld awards.

The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (ゼルダの伝説 神々のトライフォース)

The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (ゼルダの伝説 神々のトライフォース) is Nintendo's 1991 SNES action-adventure, third Zelda game, 4.6 million copies sold, introducing the Light/Dark World dual overworld, Hookshot, and Master Sword.

The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past and Four Swords

The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past & Four Swords (ゼルダの伝説 神々のトライフォース&4つの剣) is a 2002 Game Boy Advance cartridge pairing a port of the SNES classic with Four Swords, the first multiplayer Zelda, later re-released on Switch Online in 2024.

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is an open-world action-adventure game published by Nintendo. Launched March 3, 2017, it allows Link to explore Hyrule with near-total freedom.

The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom

The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom is an action-adventure game developed by Grezzo and published by Nintendo for the Switch, released in September 2024 with Princess Zelda as protagonist.

The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures (ゼルダの伝説 4つの剣)

The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures (ゼルダの伝説 4つの剣+) is Nintendo's 2004 GameCube Zelda game for 1 to 4 players using Game Boy Advance handhelds as controllers, with Hyrule Adventure, Shadow Battle, and the Japan-only Navi Trackers.

The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening

The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening, also known as Link's Awakening DX, is a 1993 Game Boy Zelda game set on Koholint Island, remade for Game Boy Color in 1998 and for Nintendo Switch by Grezzo in 2019 (Metacritic 87).

The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (2019 video game)

The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (2019, Switch) is Grezzo's remake of the 1993 Game Boy classic, with tilt-shift diorama visuals, Chamber Dungeons, Seashell Sensor, 5.49 million copies sold, Metacritic 87, and a free 2025 Switch 2 HDR update.

The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX

The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX is the December 1998 Game Boy Color version of the 1993 Game Boy Zelda game, adding color graphics and an exclusive dungeon; later on 3DS Virtual Console and Nintendo Switch Online.

The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask

The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask (ムジュラの仮面) is Nintendo's 2000 N64 action-adventure sequel to Ocarina of Time, set in Termina around a repeating three-day time loop before a falling moon, directed by Eiji Aonuma and remade for 3DS in 2015.

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (ゼルダの伝説 時のオカリナ)

Ocarina of Time (ゼルダの伝説 時のオカリナ) is Nintendo's 1998 N64 action-adventure, the first 3D Zelda, origin of Z-targeting and the series' timeline split; a Switch 2 remake releases November 5, 2026.

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D (ゼルダの伝説 時のオカリナ 3D) is Grezzo's 2011 Nintendo 3DS remake of the 1998 N64 classic, with glasses-free 3D, touch-screen inventory, gyro aiming, Master Quest mode, Metacritic 94, and 6.44 million sold.

The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons and Oracle of Ages

The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons and Oracle of Ages, 2001 Game Boy Color action-adventure games by Capcom with Nintendo, directed by Hidemaro Fujibayashi; linked via passwords, set in Holodrum and Labrynna.

The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass

The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass is a 2007 action-adventure game for the Nintendo DS, a stylus-controlled direct sequel to The Wind Waker that received universal acclaim.

The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword

The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword (Zelda no Densetsu: Sukaiwodo Sodo) is Nintendo's 2011 Wii action-adventure, a prequel to Ocarina of Time requiring Wii MotionPlus for 1:1 sword control; remastered as Skyward Sword HD for Switch in 2021.

The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks

The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks (Zelda no Densetsu: Daichi no Kiteki) is Nintendo's 2009 Nintendo DS action-adventure, a Phantom Hourglass sequel set 100 years later where Link and Zelda's spirit restore train tracks binding Demon King Malladus; directed by Daiki Iwamoto, produced by Eiji Aonuma.

The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (TotK) is Nintendo's 2023 Switch action-adventure, direct sequel to Breath of the Wild, released May 12, 2023, with Ultrahand, Fuse, Ascend, and Recall abilities; it sold 10 million copies in three days.

The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap (ゼルダの伝説 ふしぎのぼうし)

The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap (ゼルダの伝説 ふしぎのぼうし) is a 2004 Game Boy Advance action-adventure by Capcom's Flagship, the twelfth Zelda game. Link shrinks with the hat Ezlo and fuses Kinstones; directed by Hidemaro Fujibayashi.

The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker (ゼルダの伝説 風のタクト)

The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker (ゼルダの伝説 風のタクト) is Nintendo's 2002 GameCube Zelda adventure, cel-shaded and set on the Great Sea; controversial at launch, later acclaimed, remade as Wind Waker HD (2013).

The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes

The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes is a 2015 Nintendo 3DS co-op action-adventure by Grezzo, built around three Links, a totem-stacking mechanic, costumes, and a criticized doppel-based single-player mode.

The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess

The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (ゼルダの伝説 トワイライトプリンセス) is Nintendo's 2006 action-adventure Zelda game, released on both GameCube and Wii. The Wii version is a mirrored port with motion controls and widescreen; a Tantalus HD remaster followed on Wii U in 2016.

The Legend of Zhuohua (灼灼风流)

The Legend of Zhuohua (灼灼风流), from the novel Zeng Fengliu, is a 2023 Chinese 40-episode costume romance drama directed by Wen Deguang, starring Jing Tian and Feng Shaofeng, which premiered 19 August 2023 on Tencent Video.

The Legend of Zorro

The Legend of Zorro is a 2005 American action-adventure film directed by Martin Campbell, in which Antonio Banderas and Catherine Zeta-Jones reprise their roles from The Mask of Zorro.

The Legend of Zu (蜀山传)

The Legend of Zu (蜀山传) is Tsui Hark's 2001 Hong Kong wuxia fantasy, his second adaptation of Huanzhulouzhu's Shu swordsmen novel, starring Ekin Cheng, Cecilia Cheung, and Louis Koo, with 1,500 CG shots and a HK$90 million budget.

The Legends and Myths of Hawaii

The Legends and Myths of Hawaii is an 1888 collection of Hawaiian legends published in New York under the name of King Kalākaua, edited by Rollin Mallory Daggett.

The Legends of Tōno

The Legends of Tōno (Tono monogatari, 遠野物語) is a 1910 collection of 119 Japanese folk tales from Tōno, Iwate Prefecture, compiled by Kunio Yanagita from stories told by Sasaki Kizen.

The Legion of Extraordinary Dancers

The Legion of Extraordinary Dancers (The LXD) is a Jon M. Chu-created American web series on Hulu (2010-2011, 3 seasons, 30 episodes) about dancers with dance-activated superpowers called The Ra, distinct from the LXD container manager.

The Legionnaires

The Legionnaires (Legionärerna) is a 1968 documentary novel by the Swedish author Per Olov Enquist about Sweden's extradition of Baltic soldiers to the Soviet Union in 1946.