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Legendary World of Zelda - Kyle Hilliard
Inhalt
1. What Is The Legend of Zelda?
2. What Makes a Zelda Game?
3. The Legend of Zelda (NES, 1986)
4. Zelda II: The Adventure of Link (NES, 1988)
5. The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (SNES, 1992)
6. The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening (Game Boy, 1993)
7. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (Nintendo 64, 1998)
8. The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask (Nintendo 64, 2000)
9. The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages and Seasons (Game Boy Color, 2001)
10. The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker (GameCube, 2003)
11. The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures (GameCube, 2004)
12. The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap (Game Boy Advance, 2005)
13. The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Wii, 2006)
14. The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass (DS, 2007)
15. The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks (DS, 2009)
16. The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword (Wii, 2011)
17. The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds (3DS, 2013)
18. The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes (3DS, 2015)
19. The Legend of Zelda Timeline
20. The Spinoffs and Guest Appearances
21. The Multimedia and Merchandise of The Legend of Zelda
22. The Influence of The Legend of Zelda
23. The Future of The Legend of Zelda
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1. What Is The Legend of Zelda?
Released in North America in 1987, The Legend of Zelda marked an important moment in the history of video games. It showed that a game with a real sense of exploration and adventure could be enjoyed even on a game console as simple as the 8-bit Nintendo Entertainment System.
Players took on the role of Link, exploring the open world of Hyrule, fighting monsters, discovering secrets, using tools, solving puzzles, and getting lost in a video game experience unlike anything before it. Hyrule felt alive, and Link’s journey felt important, even though there wasn’t much of a story. The game led to many sequels, and each has changed the way video games are designed up to this day. Nearly every successful modern video game designer points to The Legend of Zelda as an influence and there’s a good reason why—The Legend of Zelda is one of the best video games ever made.
The Development
Shigeru Miyamoto is credited as Zelda’s creator and often said the exploration of the woods and caves near his childhood home as a boy was the primary inspiration for the game’s story. Miyamoto’s first idea for Zelda was a multiplayer game where two players could design dungeons for one another to explore. The people at Nintendo decided that the best part of the experience was exploring the dungeons. From there, Miyamoto and the rest of Nintendo’s development team began building a game focusing on the idea of dungeon exploration.
During development, the experience made its way above ground. The dungeons were incorporated into the overworld of Hyrule, and a story about a boy named Link on a journey to save a princess named Zelda began to take shape.
Today, The Legend of Zelda is in the safe hands of producer and sometimes director, Eiji Aonuma. Aonuma joined the franchise by working on Ocarina of Time, and was credited as the director of its sequel, The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask. Aonuma oversees The Legend of Zelda, with guidance from its original creator, Shigeru Miyamoto.
The Story
Through the franchise’s 30 years, the core story of each entry has basically stayed the same: The Legend of Zelda follows a young warrior named Link who must save a princess named Zelda and defeat the evil Ganon. The Triforce, a powerful three-piece object that represents Courage, Wisdom, and Power, is also usually part of the game. When its three pieces are combined it has the power to grant its owner a wish. Link, Zelda, and Ganon sometimes represent the Courage, Wisdom, and Power attributes of the Triforce.
Sometimes the same Link and Zelda will move between games for direct sequels, but often, each game represents a new generation of Link and Zelda as they fight the forces of evil. The same goes for Ganon, though he is not always the villain, nor does the Triforce always play an important role.
The main things that set each entry apart is who stands in Link’s way, the world he is exploring, what tools he uses to make his way to Zelda, and finally, what type of controller you’re holding in your hand while you join Link on his journey.
2. What Makes a Zelda Game?
There are many thing that define a Zelda game, but there is no outline of rules that say a Zelda game must have these things in order to be considered a true Zelda experience. If that were the case, then Nintendo would break its own rules often. But here are many elements that appear in almost every Zelda game.
The Characters and World
Link
The star, the hero, and the character everyone thinks is named Zelda. Despite being the main character, the game is not named after him, which has caused confusion since the release of the original Zelda 30 years ago. He’s a skilled warrior, problem solver, and frequently a skilled musician.
He is often represented as an orphan without family, but sometimes he does have a caretaker in the form of an uncle, grandmother, or some other family member or friend. He is rarely seen without his green tunic and hat, sword, and shield. He represents the Triforce of Courage and has never had a voice outside of the grunts and shouts that accompany combat and movement.
His name is meant to represent a connection between the player and the