The Legend of Zelda (ゼルダの伝説) is a high fantasy action-adventure video game series developed and published by Nintendo and created by the famous game designer Shigeru Miyamoto. The gameplay consists of a mixture of action, adventure, puzzle solving, role-playing, and occasional platforming, stealth, and racing elements. The series centers around Link, the sole playable character and hero. Link is often given the task of rescuing Princess Zelda and the most common setting of the series, Hyrule, from Ganondorf who is the primary villain of the series. The story commonly involves a relic known as the Triforce, a set of three golden triangles of omnipotence. The hero in each game is not always the same iteration of Link, although the same character sometimes appears across multiple games.

Characters

Recurring

• Link
• Princess Zelda
• Ganon/Ganondorf
• Epona

Skyward Sword

• Fi
• Ghirahim
• Groose

The Wind Waker

• Tetra

Twilight Princess

• Midna
• Ilia
• Zant

Ocarina of Time

• Sheik
• Saria
• Princess Ruto
• Impa
• Nabooru

List of games

• The Legend of Zelda (NES)
• Zelda II: The Adventure of Link (NES)
• The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (SNES)
• The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (GB)
• The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (N64)
• The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Master Quest (GC)
• The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D (3DS)
• The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask (N64)
• The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons (GBC)
• The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages (GBC)
• The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords (GBA)
• The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures (GC)
• The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker (GC)
• The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap (GBA)
• The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (GC, Wii)
• The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass (NDS)
• The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks (NDS)
• The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword (Wii)

Known in Japan as Zelda no Densetsu.

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