2. Inspiration
• Principally inspired by Japanese game designer, Shigeru
Miyamoto's, explorations as a young boy in the hillsides
surrounding his childhood home where he ventured into
forests with secluded lakes, caves, and rural villages
• Miyamoto has referred to the creation of the Zelda games
as an attempt to bring to life a "miniature garden" for
players to play with in each game of the series
• Shigeru Miyamoto used the name "Zelda" from American
novelist Zelda Fitzgerald
3. Game play
The games feature a
mixture of
puzzles, action, adve
nture/battle game
play, exploration, an
d questing.
• Every game in the
main Zelda series has
consisted of three
principal areas:
– an over world in which
movement is
multidirectional, allowing
the player some degree of
freedom of action
– areas of interaction with
other characters in which the
player gains special items or
advice
– dungeons, areas of
labyrinthine layout, usually
underground, comprising a
4. • The series takes place in a fantasy
land called Hyrule
– it has developed a deep history and wide geography
over the serie’s many releases
• Much of the back story of the creation of Hyrule
was revealed in the games A Link to the
Past, Ocarina of Time, The Wind Waker, Twilight
Princess, and Skyward Sword
• Hyrule's principal inhabitants are elfin
humanoids called Hylians
Setting
5. • Link
– the protagonist of The Legend of Zelda series. He
holds the triforce of courage.
• Princess Zelda
– the princess of Hyrule and the guardian of
the Triforce of Wisdom.
• Ganondorf
– the main antagonist and the final boss in the
majority of Zelda games. He possesses the triforce of
power.
Characters
6. Reception and legacy
• The franchise has sold over 67.93 million copies by
2011,with the original The Legend of Zelda being the
fourth best selling NES game of all time
• Ranked as the 64th top game (collectively) by Next
Generation in 1996.
• According to British film magazine Empire, with "the
most vividly-realised world and the most varied game-
play of any title on any console, Zelda is a solid bet
for the best game series ever."
The Legend of Zelda series has
received outstanding levels of
acclaim from critics and the
public .
