Before and After The Legend of Zelda

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Probably one of the best video games on the NES, The Legend of Zelda is another masterpiece produced by the video game master Shigeru Miyamoto. The series itself is great, but the time line in really confusing. Mainly I'll talk about the original The Legend of Zelda, The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, and The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess.

Before:
With the Nintendo's success of Super Mario Bros., Shigeru Miyamoto and his team were to create an adventure game different from Mario. His team came up with ideas and put them into two catergories, Mario and non-Mario. Inspired by his childhood adventures of traveling through the forests of Japan, Shigeru Miyamoto came up with a non-linear adventure game using the non-Mario ideas. Also, he thought of the first name of American author F. Scott Fitzgerald's wife, "Zelda" Fitzgerald as part of the title. The game is now known today as The Legend of Zelda.

"In video games, Link = Shigeru Miyamoto."

After:
Every The Legend of Zelda game has basically the same goal. Go through dungeons, collecting items, and save the Princess Zelda, but every game has a different place in the time line with different game play, a different Link, and a different Zelda. The first The Legend of Zelda was released for the NES in 1987. In The Legend of Zelda, you play as Link traveling around different dungeons collecting the pieces of the Triforce of Power, defeat Ganon, and save Princess Zelda.

"I'm sorry Link, but your princess is in another dungeon."

The only Zelda game released for the SNES, The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, was released for the SNES in 1992. In this game, Link saves Princess Zelda and travels around the Light World to receive the three magic pendants, but Zelda is kidnapped again and sent to the Dark World by the evil wizard Agahnim to break the seal to free Ganon because she's one of the seven descendants of the Seven Sages. Now, Link must go to the Dark World to save the seven descendants of the Seven Sages, battle and defeat Agahim and Ganon, and restore the world to the way it was before Ganon.

"Looks like link has a big white cock."

The next and probably the best game for Nintendo home consoles is The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. This is the first 3D Zelda game and was released for the Nintendo 64 in November of 1998. You start out as Young Link in the Kokiri Village and is sent the fairy, Navi, and is summoned by the Great Deku Tree who tells link that me must stop the "wicked man of the desert", or Ganondorf, from taking over the world. Now, Link has to collect the three spiritual stones, the Kokiri Emerald, the Goron Ruby, and the Zora Sapphire. After collecting the spiritual stones, Princess Zelda is seen pursued on horseback by Ganondorf and teaches Link the Song of Time telepathically and gives link the Ocarina of Time. Link places the spiritual stones in the Temple of Time and plays the Song of Time and Link opens a door recieving the Master Sword. Then, Links wakes up seven years in the future as Adult Link and Link is told by one of the sages to awaken the other six sages with the assistance of Sheik. Once Link awakens five of the sages, Link fights and defeats Ganon and the Seven Sages seal him. Also, Sheik reveals she's Princess Zelda and the seventh sage and send's Link back seven years so he can live out his childhood.

"Now Link has a big white cock in 3D."

The most recent installment of the Zelda series for a home console is The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess and it was released for the Gamecube and Wii in November of 2006. In this game, you have to save your friends and Princess Zelda from the Twilight Realm. While in the Twilight Realm, Link turns into a wolf and is followed by Midna who leads Link to the Mirror of Twilight. After a series of dungeons, you have to battle and defeat Ganondorf and then the Mirror of Twilight is destroying the last gateway between the Twilight World and the Light World.

"It's better than polygons."

Now, gamers are anticipating the release of The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword, the newest game announced for the Zelda series. I know I've ignored the hand held games and the games featuring Toon Link, but I want to show how far the series has come story and graphic wise.

"Link, in technicolor!"