The worst video game series published by Nintendo. Unrealistic storyline involving an elf in a green skirt trying to save a princess from an evil wizard dude (generic storyline, bleh), who's really just saving her because it's a better excuse to do that than to flat out say he was stalking her. It's set in medieval times, because, honestly, I don't see any electric-powered devices, such as automobiles, lightbulbs, or modern-day machinery (they use huge wooden gears and horses to travel, 1600's maybe?) Also, it's really easy to become lost. In Hyrule Field in Ocarina of Time, it's SOOOO expansive that a casual gamer or just someone who really doesn't care to spend alot of time getting from Point A to Point B (me being the latter) wouldn't enjoy. AND if you make one tiny mistake, like missing a key item in the game, you're basically screwed. Oh, and video games are supposed to be fun. Playing a game with a stalker elf midget, a 1600's setting, a confusing as hell sense of direction, and a generic storyline is not fun. Plus, it's not MULTIPLAYER (minus Four Swords).

A great game series. The games currenty in it are:
the legend of zelda
adventure of link
a link to the past
link's awakening/ dx
ocarina of time
majora's mask
oracle of ages
the windwaker
a link to the past/four swords
four swords adventures
the minish cap
faces of evil
wand of gamelon
zelda's adventure
(new one coming out for gamecube in '05)

Most of these games take place in the land of Hyrule but they have been set in Termina, Holodrum,
labrynna and Koholint Island. In all but two games, you play as a guy called Link.

The whole story goes:
Three godess created the land, Din, Nayru and Farore. They left behind something called the triforce in a sacred realm. It was split into three peices, the triforce of power from Din, the triforce of wisdom from Nayru and the triforce of courage from Farore. If the one who possesed the "golden power" wasn't equally balanced in courage, wisdom and power, the individual peices would be given to people who strongly had the right qualitys. ie. Link= courage, Zelda= wisdom, Ganon= power.

Anyway, the gods created some races.
Hylians, kinda like normal people except with long ears "so they could hear the gods."
The Gorons, strange things that eat rocks and roll like boulders when they curl up.
Zoras, fish-men sort of that can live on land for a short amount of time.
The kokiri, child people that have guardian faries. They never grow up and it is said that if they leave the forest they will die....

Series of games created by Nintendo, the biggest selling of which was {The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time]. Here is a list of the current Zelda games at the time of definition:
The Legend of Zelda
The Legend of Zelda: Link's Adventure
The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening
The Legend of Zelda: Link to the Past
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker
The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons
The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages
The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures
The Legend of Zelda: Wand of Gamelon
The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap
The Legend of Zelda GCN 2005

The plot follows the story of Link, and his attempts to rid the land of Hyrule from evil, mainly personified by the Gerudo man Ganondorf, and his subsequent tainted self, Ganon.

A nearly perfect balance of puzzle solving and action. The games star a young swordsman named Link, a boy donned in green who goes around getting chicks and then beating Ganon: The King of Evil. There are currently 10 (soon to be 11) games, 6 of which flow perfectly in a sequential order. The timeline is confusing but the official one is:

Ocarina of Time (N64)
Majora's Mask (N64)
The Wind Waker (GCN)
Twilight Princess (not yet released)
A Link to the Past (SNES)
The Legend of Zelda (NES)
The Adventure of Link (NES)

An extremely popular game series that revloves around puzzle solving and action, in which Link (the player) battles evil forces and explores dungeons in hopes to save the land of Hyrule (and sometimes other lands).

Created by Shigeru Miyamoto, the Legend of Zelda is a video game namely for the Nintendo company. The story consists of a young boy named link who lived his childhood in a place named Kokri Forest in the land of Hyrule. The forest is based around a large tree named The Great Deku Tree. The tree decides to give Link a fairy who's name is Navi. Once Link is given his fairy and is told by the Great Deku Tree of an evil man named Ganondorf, he embarks on a grand journey to find the triforce and stop Ganondorf from one day ruling the land of Hyrule.

The Legend of Zelda games, in order of release.

1. The Legend of Zelda. 1987 (NES)
2. The Adventure of Link. 1988 (NES)
3. The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past. 1992 (SNES)
4. The Legend of Zelda: Links Awakening. 1993 (Game Boy)
5. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. 1998 (N64)
6. The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask. 2000 (N64)
7. The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages/Seasons. 2001 (GBC)
8. The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past/Four Swords. 2002
(GBA)
9. The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker. 2003 (Gamecube)
10.The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap. 2004 (GBA)
11.The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess. 2006 (Wii, GCB)

And coming soon is, The Legend Of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass for the DS.

The best video game series ever made. And the 2nd most popular nintendo series. I was looking at the definitions and i saw 1 hater. f*ck him. he clearly is retarted, or got feedback from oprah (who also says being gay is a gift from God). I love almsot everything about it, the one shortcoming is that they need more dungeons, so we can get more items, and have more puzzle and more fun.

A video game made by Nintendo where there is a warrior named Link who is supposed to save Zelda. Hardest game to get through.