With the upcoming release of the Link's Awakening remake, this video was made to celebrate one of gamings best franchises. It covers every Zelda game to date. If you enjoy this video, please message us if you would like to see more history videos on other franchises.

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The Legend of Zelda

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Zelda II - The Adventure of Link

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The Legend of Zelda - A Link to the Past
The Legend of Zelda - Link’s Awakening
The Legend of Zelda - Oracle of Ages
The Legend of Zelda - Oracle of Seasons
The Legend of Zelda - The Minish Cap
The Legend of Zelda - Skyward Sword
The Legend of Zelda - A Link Between Worlds

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The Legend of Zelda - Link’s Awakening DX

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The Legend of Zelda - The Wind Waker
Super Mario 64

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The Legend of Zelda - Breath of the Wild

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The Legend of Zelda - Majora’s Mask
The Legend of Zelda - Four Swords Adventures
The Legend of Zelda - Twilight Princess (GC)

Cabbusses's Retro Obscurities
BS The Legend of Zelda

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BS The Legend of Zelda Ancient Stone Tablets Week 1
Cadence of Hyrule

Old Classic Retro Gaming
Sheriff (arcade)
Radar Score (arcade)
Donkey Kong (arcade)
Donkey Kong Jr (arcade)
Mario Bros (arcade)
Adventure

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Super Mario Bros. 2 (Japan)
Super Mario Bros. 2 (America)
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Devil World

Lucasfilm
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)

Lynch/Frost Productions
Twin Peaks Season 1 Episode 1 + 2 (1990)

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GDC: Nikki Inderlied Interviews Eiji Aonuma, Nintendo

ThoseOtherguys PT - E3 Access 2005

Shigeru Miyamoto Interview - E3 2005

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One Of The Best E3 Reactions - Zelda Twilight Princess Reveal 2004

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Zelda Twilight Princess Intro Wii vs GameCube

Good Old Days Gaming
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Wii)

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Link’s Crossbow Training

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The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass

Krow’s Graveyard
The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks

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Ripened Tingle’s Balloon Trip of Love

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The Legend of Zelda
The Legend of Zelda - Ocarina of Time
Super Mario Bros
Super Smash Bros Melee

Information Sources:
IGN
IGN Presents the History of the Legend of Zelda
Nintendo Character Cameos
Eiji Aonuma on Breath of the Wild Sequel and Link's Awakening Remake - Samuel Claiborne
Eiji Aonuma's "Trapped in the Zelda Cage" - Craig Harris

Dark Horse Books
Hyrule Historia
Art and Artifacts
Zelda Encyclopedia

The New Yorker
Master of Play - Nick Paumgarten
Spelunking in Sonobe - Nick Paumgarten

Gamespot
History of Zelda - Andrew Vestal with Cliff O'Neill and Brad Shoemaker

Creative Titans
Shigeru Miyamoto and the Story of Nintendo - Matt Cannon

Kotaku
Which Legend of Zelda Game was Inspired by Twin Peaks - Michael McWhertor

Atlas Obscura
The History of the Phillips CD-I's failed PlayStation Ancestor r - Eric Grundhauser

Eurogamer
Reviving Ocarina of Time's long-lost Ura expansion - Edwin Evans-Thirlwell

Shacknews
The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask - explaining its cult following - Ozzie Mejia

The Verge
A Chat with the Directors of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - Andrew Webster

Game Informer
Aonuma On Remaking Zelda Games And Why We'll Probably Never See Skyward Sword Without Motion Controls - Brian Shea
Game Informer May 17th 2004

Shmuplations
The Minish Cap – 2004 Developer Interview

Geek.com
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Began in 2D - Jordan Minor

Kotaku
Breath Of The Wild Is Getting A Sequel Because The Team Had Too Many DLC Ideas (And Other Info From Zelda's Producer) - Jason Schreier

Nintendo
The Legend of Zelda Developer Interview - Akinori Sao

Nintendo Life / Game Kult
The Legend of Zelda's Link was inspired by Walt Disney's Peter Pan - Orla Madden /William Audureau

Engadget
The Nintendo PlayStation prototype can finally play CD-ROM games - Paul Miller

Zelda Universe
Princess Zelda’s Study: Mr. Miyamoto’s first dungeon - Kellen Russoniello

Newsweek.com
Top 50 Games of All Time - James Hetherington

Beforemario.com