What is The Legend of Zelda?
{{italic title}} [[File:Linkamoto E3 2004.jpg|thumb|Miyamoto in 2004]] '''''The Legend of Zelda''''' is a series of open world adventure [[video games]]. The games are typically about a boy named [[Link (The Legend of Zelda)|Link]] who has to rescue [[Princess Zelda]] from [[Ganon]]. The first game of the franchise was made by [[Shigeru Miyamoto]] and was first sold February 21, 1986 by [[Nintendo]]. Most of the Zelda games take place in the [[fiction]]al kingdom of [[Hyrule]]. The games all have fighting, adventuring, item collecting, puzzle-solving, and sometimes racing parts. ''The Legend of Zelda'' series has sold over 125 million games, with 23 different games in the series during 2017, making it the 20th best-selling video game series ever. ==Main characters== * '''Link''' - The protagonist of most of the series' games, who uses the items and skills he's collected over the game to save the kingdom of Hyrule. * '''Zelda''' - The princess of Hyrule, who is often kidnapped and used by Ganon in his plots to conquer Hyrule. Was made the protagonist in [[:en:The_Legend_of_Zelda:_Echoes_of_Wisdom|Echoes of Wisdom]]. * '''Ganon''', '''Ganondorf''', or '''Demise''' - A recurring antagonist who tries to conquer Hyrule and plunge the kingdom into eternal darkness. ==Games== Right now, there are 29 games in the main series, including the compilations and remakes. * [[The Legend of Zelda (video game)|''The Legend of Zelda'']] (1986, [[Nintendo Entertainment System|NES]]) * ''[[Zelda II: The Adventure of Link]]'' (1987, [[NES]]) * ''[[The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past]]'' (1991, [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|SNES]]) * ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening]]'' (1993, [[Game Boy|GB]]) * ''Link and The Faces of Evil'' (1993, [[Philips CDi]]) * ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX]]'' (1998, [[Game Boy Color|GBC]]) * ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time]]'' (1998, [[Nintendo 64|N64]]) * ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask]]'' (2000, [[Nintendo 64|N64]]) * ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of