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1986The original 1986 action-adventure game directed by Shigeru Miyamoto and Takashi Tezuka, released on the Famicom Disk System in Japan and on…
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1987The 1987 sequel directed by Tadashi Sugiyama, set several years after the original. A now 16-year-old Link discovers a triforce-shaped mark…
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1991A 1991 Super Nintendo action-adventure directed by Takashi Tezuka. Link wakes one stormy night, summoned by Princess Zelda, and is drawn int…
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1993A 1993 Game Boy entry directed by Takashi Tezuka, the first Zelda game on a handheld. Shipwrecked on the mysterious Koholint Island, Link is…
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1998Nintendo's 1998 Nintendo 64 entry directed by Shigeru Miyamoto, the series' first 3D installment. Young Link is sent by the Great Deku Tree…
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2000The 2000 direct follow-up to Ocarina of Time on the Nintendo 64, requiring the N64 Expansion Pak. A few months after the events of Ocarina o…
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2001A 2001 Game Boy Color entry developed by Capcom and Flagship, released alongside its sister game Oracle of Seasons. The Triforce transports…
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2001A 2001 Game Boy Color entry developed by Capcom and Flagship, released as the action-focused counterpart to Oracle of Ages. Link is transpor…
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2002A 2002 multiplayer Game Boy Advance entry developed by Capcom, Flagship, and Nintendo, bundled with the GBA port of A Link to the Past. When…
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2002Nintendo's 2002 GameCube entry directed by Eiji Aonuma, set on a vast Great Sea long after a forgotten Hyrule was sealed beneath the waves.…
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2004A 2004 GameCube multiplayer entry developed jointly by Nintendo and Capcom, supporting up to four players each using a Game Boy Advance as a…
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2004A 2004 Game Boy Advance entry developed by Capcom and Flagship, a prequel to Four Swords. After the wind mage Vaati turns Princess Zelda to…
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2006Nintendo's 2006 entry directed by Eiji Aonuma, released as a Wii launch title and on GameCube the following month. Ranch hand Link is pulled…
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2007The 2007 Nintendo DS direct sequel to The Wind Waker, built around stylus-driven controls. A few months after Wind Waker, Link and Tetra enc…
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2009The 2009 Nintendo DS follow-up to Phantom Hourglass, set roughly a century later in the new continent of New Hyrule. Apprentice engineer Lin…
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2011A 2011 Nintendo 3DS remake of Ocarina of Time developed by Grezzo, retelling Link's quest to stop Ganondorf across past and present versions…
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2011The 2011 Wii entry directed by Hidemaro Fujibayashi, requiring the Wii MotionPlus accessory for 1:1 motion-controlled swordplay. Link lives…
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2013A 2013 Nintendo 3DS entry directed by Hiromasa Shikata, a successor to A Link to the Past set generations later in the same Hyrule. The sorc…
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2013A 2013 Wii U HD remaster of The Wind Waker developed by Nintendo EAD and Tantalus Media. Retains Link's Great Sea quest to rescue his sister…
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2015A 2015 Nintendo 3DS remake of Majora's Mask developed by Grezzo, retelling Link's three-day quest to stop the moon from crashing into Termin…
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2015A 2015 Nintendo 3DS three-player cooperative entry developed by Nintendo EPD and Grezzo, sharing visual DNA with A Link Between Worlds. Thre…
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2016A 2016 Wii U HD remaster of Twilight Princess developed by Tantalus Media. Retells Link's quest with the imp Midna against the usurper Zant,…
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2017Nintendo's 2017 entry directed by Hidemaro Fujibayashi, a launch title for the Nintendo Switch and the final first-party Wii U game. Link wa…
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2019A 2019 Nintendo Switch remake of Link's Awakening developed by Grezzo, retelling Link's quest to wake the Wind Fish and escape Koholint Isla…
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2021A 2021 Nintendo Switch HD remaster of Skyward Sword developed by Tantalus Media. Retells Link's quest to rescue Zelda from the lands below t…
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2023The 2023 Nintendo Switch direct sequel to Breath of the Wild, again directed by Hidemaro Fujibayashi. Link and Zelda investigate ancient rui…
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2024A 2024 Nintendo Switch entry developed jointly by Nintendo EPD and Grezzo, the first mainline Zelda game with Princess Zelda as the sole pla…
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