The game offered an attractive combination of adventure, action, RPG and logical tasks. Elaborated gaming world mythology together with characters and a strong story turned it into a bestseller even years after it was first launched. The complete “Zelda” series sold about 70 mil. copies. While another popular gaming series by Nintendo – Super Mario – was based on quick jumping, running and dodging, “Zelda” brought you to a world full of mysteries, riddles, brain-twisters and quests. The story starts after Agahnim, an evil wizard, took over Hyrule kingdom and Link sets off to free Zelda from captivity..
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During almost 30 years of this ongoing series some topics and characters were changed. The Legend of Zelda series as well as Final Fantasy series changed the way gaming consoles were seen. It was not only for playing lots of “shallow shooter games”, but also offered some quality stories comparable to books. These stories with riddles and logical tasks had to be played/solved during a longer time period, often for a couple of months..
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1/ During a trip in Miyamoto’s childhood, he found a cave into which he entered after a few days of hesitation. This experience inspired him, mostly with The Legend of Zelda. He was inspired by many childhood experiences when he used to wander without a map nearby Kyoto.
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2/ Robin Williams, an actor known for his passion for this game even named his daughter after the main character – the princess Zelda.
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3/ The Legend of Zelda series wasn’t originally intended for NES, but for Family Computer Disk System. NES was only a second platform supporting the game.
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4/ Koji Kondo, one of the most talented NES composers, made a perfect backing music which emphasises the action.
THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: Published: 1991; Developed by: Nintendo EAD, Shigeru Miyamoto/Takashi Tezuka; Published by: Nintendo; Platform: Super NES, Game Boy Advance; Genre: action adventure