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The Legend of Zelda

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The Legend of Zelda is a very popular series of video games. It has a young boy called Link who usually has to rescue Princess Zelda from a bad guy called Ganon. The series was made by Shigeru Miyamoto and was first sold February 21, 1986 by Nintendo. The game happens in the fictional country of Hyrule. Hyrule has many different places, people and creatures in it. The gameplay is a mix of action, adventure (or finding things), role-playing, puzzle-solving, and sometimes jumping and racing parts. The Legend of Zelda series has sold 50 million games, with 13 different games in the series during 2007, making it the 6th best-selling video game series ever.

Games

Right now there are 15 games in the main series.

Universe

Hyrule

Hyrule is a fictional world in The Legend of Zelda series. It is inhabited by many races, including Hylians, Gorons, Zoras, and others.

  • Death Mountain is a large mountain that Gorons live on. Ganon's also had his lair on Death Mountain multiple times.
  • Gerudo Desert is a desert that Ganondorf was born in. Only once every 100 years is a man born, so almost every Gerudo is a woman.
  • Hyrule Castle is the home of the Royal Family, which includes Princess Zelda. It's often the target of Ganon.
  • Lake Hylia is a lake in many of the games. It's often the way to Zora's Domain, the lair of the Zora species.
  • The Lost Woods is a forest in many of the games in the series that is easy to get lost in. The Master Sword rests here in A Link to the Past, and Link's home, Kokiri Forest, is right next to the Lost Woods in Ocarina of Time.

Great Sea

Long after the Link from Ocarina of Time disappeared, Ganon returned, and when Link did not come to save them, they asked the Goddesses to flood Hyrule. Hyrule was flooded, and many people died because of it. Hyrule was lost under the sea, and people lived on islands that are scattered around the Great Sea. The events of The Wind Waker take place many years after. At the end of The Wind Waker, Link and Tetra search for a new land.

Termina

Termina is a land only in Majora's Mask that Link finds in the Lost Woods that he has to save before the moon crashes into it. It's an alternate land to Hyrule, and has many places and people that look or act like people from Ocarina of Time.

Master Sword

The completed Triforce.

The Master Sword is a sword found in The Legend of Zelda series. Link uses it as a sword to damage enemies.

Known as the Sword of Evil's Bane, the Master Sword is to only be held by a person destined to be the Hero of Time. Link in The Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time is supposedly the first holder of the Master Sword. The other incarnations of Link are then given the right to wield the Master Sword due to those incarnations being in the bloodline of the Knights of Legend.

Triforce

The Triforce is a mystic object in The Legend of Zelda universe. It has three parts - the first part is the Triforce of Courage, which Link has, the second is the Triforce of Wisdom, which Princess Zelda has, and the third is the Triforce of Power, which Ganon has. When it's completed, the person who gets it can make a wish.

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