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Fri 26/07/02 at 09:30
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Each and every single Legend of Zelda game has brought fun,adventure and excitement to everybody who has been lucky enough to get there hands on one. It doesn't matter which Zelda game they got,even though some are better than others, they were always going to be a different type of game!!

There has been so many Legend of Zelda titles and is there any wonder why,each game is jam-packed full with mystery,battles and different quests.


The first every Legend of Zelda game was 'The Legend of Zelda'. This was a start of a sucessful series of games. It was released in July 1987 in the U.S.It appeared on the NES console.

The Story:

One day, an evil army attacked a peaceful little kingdom and stole the Triforce of power. This army was led by Ganon,the powerful Prince of Darkness who sought to plunge the World into fear and darkness under his rule.Fearing his wicked rule Zelda,the Princess of this kingdom, split the Triforce of wisdom into eight fragments and hid them thoughout the realm to save the last remaining Triforce from the clutches of the evil Ganon,At the same time she commanded her most trustworthy nursemaid Impa to secretly escape into the lands and find a man with enough courage to destroy the evil Ganon.Upon hearing this message Ganon was very angery, captured princess Zelda and sent out his minions to seach for Impa.

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The next adventure was 'Zelda II-The Adventure of Link' and it was released in 1988 in the U.S and it was for the NES console. Also people had high expectations of this game after the first Zelda, They weren't dissapointed.

The Story:

After the evil Ganon was defeated in 'The Legend of Zelda' peace returned to the land of Hyrule. With this peace Link was finally allowed to relax. However, rumers began to circulate of bands of moblins roaming the countryside.Link ignoured these rumors until one day Link himself was attacked.After defeating the moblins Link rushed to the North Castle to inform Princess Zelda of these events. Upon arrival he was approached by Impa, Zelda's nursemaid, She took him to a secret room within the castle and revealed him to the Princess who was in a deep sleep. Impa explained what link must do and Link set out to return six crystals to the corresponding palaces.If he was to fail,the followers of Ganon will use his blood to resurect the evil king.

---------------------

The next adventure was 'A Legend of Zelda-A Link to the Past' which was released in April 1992 in the U.S. However this time the game was for the SNES. This was the first Zelda game for the SNES.

The Story:

Peace had ruled the kingdom for generations, but lately evil creatures have been appearing from nowhere,and the once peaceful land of Hyrule was turning into a battlefield. The knig sought advice and peace seemed to be in sight when a wizard named Agahnim stepped forth and ended the disasters. But Agahnim was no good wizard,he was pure evil, allmost as evil as Ganon himself.Agahnim became the most powerful of the kings advisers and one day he used his powers and betrayed the king. Agahnim killed the king. The people did not know the reason for the kings absence and carried on there lives in harmony. However,Princess Zelda knew the real plans of the Wizard. Trapped in the castle Princess Zelda had to use her telepathic powers to contact the desendant of hero of time. This young boy that beared the name of link had no idea of who he was,and what powers he posessed.Reacting with the disbeleif to his faith he took the challenge as the true hero he really was and the adventure began!!

-----------------------

The next game was 'The legend of Zelda- Links Awakening' and it was released in 1993 in the U.S for the gameboy. However in 1998 it was re-released on the gameboy colour as the Dx version.

The Story:

After the Last adventure Link took to the sea, Unfortunatly, Link is caught up in a storm and his ship got wrecked and Link was washed up on a shore of an island.
Luckily he was found by a girl who he though was Zelda but actually it was marin. She explained to link that he had been in a storm and had been washed up here on Koholint Island. This island was unique for the gigantic egg which crowned this montain. It was rumered that there was a mythical creature inside the egg, The wind Fish, lay asleep inside the egg.
Link then heads back to the wreckage to find his sword,as soon as link picked up his sword a strange owl appeared and hooted the riddle
"Awaken the Windfish and all will be Answered!!"
Link took the owls adivince and his new adventure was about to begin!!


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The next game was 'The Legend of Zelda-Orcarina of TIme' which was released in 1998 in the U.S.This game appeared for the N64. This game was particularly special because it was the first time Zelda fans had seen the world of Hyrule in 3-D.Some people hold this game to be the best game ever released, myself being one of them.

The Story:

This adventure was where the legend originaly starts dispite the other Zelda games. Link,a Hylien boy who lives with the korikis has to save the Knigdom of Hyrule from the evil Ganondorf.Ganondorf had been hired by the king of Hyrule but fortunatly,Princess Zelda saw through him and was able to warn link about him.
The evil King Ganondorf had plans to go into the sacred realm and steal the triforce. The only way to get to the sacred realm was through the temple of time.
Unfortunatly Link was too small to fight the Evil Ganondorf straight away so he had to recover 3 spirital stones so he could go to the temple of time and travel through time to make him an adult.
This was Links ultimate quest.


-------------------------

The next game was 'The Legend of Zelda-Majoras Mask' and was released in 2000 in the U.S for the N64, this game was very eagerly awaited after the OoT.

The Story:

After saving the Land of Hyrule for the evil Ganondorf Link and his new compainion Epona set off on a journey to the land of Termina.Whilst he was walking through the woods he had a suprise attack off a Skullkid wearing a parculier mask. He stole Links Orcarina and Horse. Being the type of boy that Link is he grabs on to the horse as the Skullkid was about to escape, the horse begins to drag link through the woods.Eventually Link fell off and the Skullkid escaped, but when Link got his horse and Orcarina back he found out that the moon was on a collision course with the earth and he had only three days to stop it. Links new adventure began!!

----------------------


The next games that came out were 'The Legend of Zelda-The oracle of seasons and ages' and they were both released in 2001 for the gameboy colour.

The story for oracle of seasons:

General Onox has captured Din, the Oracle of seasons. Also he used her powers to mess up all the seasonsin the land of Holodrum.Only one can fight this evil and restore this land to peace again. The Triforce reconises this and summons Link to the land of Holodrum.The new adventure was about to start.

The Story for Oracle of ages:

Upon happening down a mysterious path, Link heard a strange voice as he touched the triforce."We must stand up and face this challenge!" A dazzeling light engulfed Link and when he came to,he was standing in the middle of a mysterious forest.Then he heard a strange voice from within the forest.Link followed the voice and when he found the women who was singing she was surronded by animals. As Link was listening to the song a giant shadow appeared before them. It was the evil Veran,who wanted to use Nayrus powers for her own evil designs.With Verans powers Nayru dissappeared before Links very eyes.Links new adventure was about to begin!!


------------------------

The next game hasen't come out yet but it will be for the gamecube and will be released in 2003.

The Story:

Judging from all the other Zelda games this will be a fantastic Adventure.



Zelda has been one of the most sucessfull game series in gaming history, and the games are far from over!!!
Fri 26/07/02 at 09:30
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Posts: 436
Each and every single Legend of Zelda game has brought fun,adventure and excitement to everybody who has been lucky enough to get there hands on one. It doesn't matter which Zelda game they got,even though some are better than others, they were always going to be a different type of game!!

There has been so many Legend of Zelda titles and is there any wonder why,each game is jam-packed full with mystery,battles and different quests.


The first every Legend of Zelda game was 'The Legend of Zelda'. This was a start of a sucessful series of games. It was released in July 1987 in the U.S.It appeared on the NES console.

The Story:

One day, an evil army attacked a peaceful little kingdom and stole the Triforce of power. This army was led by Ganon,the powerful Prince of Darkness who sought to plunge the World into fear and darkness under his rule.Fearing his wicked rule Zelda,the Princess of this kingdom, split the Triforce of wisdom into eight fragments and hid them thoughout the realm to save the last remaining Triforce from the clutches of the evil Ganon,At the same time she commanded her most trustworthy nursemaid Impa to secretly escape into the lands and find a man with enough courage to destroy the evil Ganon.Upon hearing this message Ganon was very angery, captured princess Zelda and sent out his minions to seach for Impa.

-----------------

The next adventure was 'Zelda II-The Adventure of Link' and it was released in 1988 in the U.S and it was for the NES console. Also people had high expectations of this game after the first Zelda, They weren't dissapointed.

The Story:

After the evil Ganon was defeated in 'The Legend of Zelda' peace returned to the land of Hyrule. With this peace Link was finally allowed to relax. However, rumers began to circulate of bands of moblins roaming the countryside.Link ignoured these rumors until one day Link himself was attacked.After defeating the moblins Link rushed to the North Castle to inform Princess Zelda of these events. Upon arrival he was approached by Impa, Zelda's nursemaid, She took him to a secret room within the castle and revealed him to the Princess who was in a deep sleep. Impa explained what link must do and Link set out to return six crystals to the corresponding palaces.If he was to fail,the followers of Ganon will use his blood to resurect the evil king.

---------------------

The next adventure was 'A Legend of Zelda-A Link to the Past' which was released in April 1992 in the U.S. However this time the game was for the SNES. This was the first Zelda game for the SNES.

The Story:

Peace had ruled the kingdom for generations, but lately evil creatures have been appearing from nowhere,and the once peaceful land of Hyrule was turning into a battlefield. The knig sought advice and peace seemed to be in sight when a wizard named Agahnim stepped forth and ended the disasters. But Agahnim was no good wizard,he was pure evil, allmost as evil as Ganon himself.Agahnim became the most powerful of the kings advisers and one day he used his powers and betrayed the king. Agahnim killed the king. The people did not know the reason for the kings absence and carried on there lives in harmony. However,Princess Zelda knew the real plans of the Wizard. Trapped in the castle Princess Zelda had to use her telepathic powers to contact the desendant of hero of time. This young boy that beared the name of link had no idea of who he was,and what powers he posessed.Reacting with the disbeleif to his faith he took the challenge as the true hero he really was and the adventure began!!

-----------------------

The next game was 'The legend of Zelda- Links Awakening' and it was released in 1993 in the U.S for the gameboy. However in 1998 it was re-released on the gameboy colour as the Dx version.

The Story:

After the Last adventure Link took to the sea, Unfortunatly, Link is caught up in a storm and his ship got wrecked and Link was washed up on a shore of an island.
Luckily he was found by a girl who he though was Zelda but actually it was marin. She explained to link that he had been in a storm and had been washed up here on Koholint Island. This island was unique for the gigantic egg which crowned this montain. It was rumered that there was a mythical creature inside the egg, The wind Fish, lay asleep inside the egg.
Link then heads back to the wreckage to find his sword,as soon as link picked up his sword a strange owl appeared and hooted the riddle
"Awaken the Windfish and all will be Answered!!"
Link took the owls adivince and his new adventure was about to begin!!


------------------------

The next game was 'The Legend of Zelda-Orcarina of TIme' which was released in 1998 in the U.S.This game appeared for the N64. This game was particularly special because it was the first time Zelda fans had seen the world of Hyrule in 3-D.Some people hold this game to be the best game ever released, myself being one of them.

The Story:

This adventure was where the legend originaly starts dispite the other Zelda games. Link,a Hylien boy who lives with the korikis has to save the Knigdom of Hyrule from the evil Ganondorf.Ganondorf had been hired by the king of Hyrule but fortunatly,Princess Zelda saw through him and was able to warn link about him.
The evil King Ganondorf had plans to go into the sacred realm and steal the triforce. The only way to get to the sacred realm was through the temple of time.
Unfortunatly Link was too small to fight the Evil Ganondorf straight away so he had to recover 3 spirital stones so he could go to the temple of time and travel through time to make him an adult.
This was Links ultimate quest.


-------------------------

The next game was 'The Legend of Zelda-Majoras Mask' and was released in 2000 in the U.S for the N64, this game was very eagerly awaited after the OoT.

The Story:

After saving the Land of Hyrule for the evil Ganondorf Link and his new compainion Epona set off on a journey to the land of Termina.Whilst he was walking through the woods he had a suprise attack off a Skullkid wearing a parculier mask. He stole Links Orcarina and Horse. Being the type of boy that Link is he grabs on to the horse as the Skullkid was about to escape, the horse begins to drag link through the woods.Eventually Link fell off and the Skullkid escaped, but when Link got his horse and Orcarina back he found out that the moon was on a collision course with the earth and he had only three days to stop it. Links new adventure began!!

----------------------


The next games that came out were 'The Legend of Zelda-The oracle of seasons and ages' and they were both released in 2001 for the gameboy colour.

The story for oracle of seasons:

General Onox has captured Din, the Oracle of seasons. Also he used her powers to mess up all the seasonsin the land of Holodrum.Only one can fight this evil and restore this land to peace again. The Triforce reconises this and summons Link to the land of Holodrum.The new adventure was about to start.

The Story for Oracle of ages:

Upon happening down a mysterious path, Link heard a strange voice as he touched the triforce."We must stand up and face this challenge!" A dazzeling light engulfed Link and when he came to,he was standing in the middle of a mysterious forest.Then he heard a strange voice from within the forest.Link followed the voice and when he found the women who was singing she was surronded by animals. As Link was listening to the song a giant shadow appeared before them. It was the evil Veran,who wanted to use Nayrus powers for her own evil designs.With Verans powers Nayru dissappeared before Links very eyes.Links new adventure was about to begin!!


------------------------

The next game hasen't come out yet but it will be for the gamecube and will be released in 2003.

The Story:

Judging from all the other Zelda games this will be a fantastic Adventure.



Zelda has been one of the most sucessfull game series in gaming history, and the games are far from over!!!
Fri 26/07/02 at 09:44
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Zelda is the best game ever but the new one on gamecube looks a bit wierd, but i'm sure it will be a great game
Fri 26/07/02 at 09:47
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If they release another Zelda game on the gamecube i'm sure they'll forget the cel-shading unless the cel-shading is extremely sucessful in the next zelda game!!
Fri 26/07/02 at 09:52
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It looks as if the characters are 2D from some angles!
Fri 26/07/02 at 09:53
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Jez13 wrote:
> It looks as if the characters are 2D from some angles!

i know but when you start playing it you might like it :-) so might other people.........You can't judge a book by its cover ;-D
Fri 26/07/02 at 09:59
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sedgie wrote:
> Jez13 wrote:
> It looks as if the characters are 2D from some angles!
>
> i know but when you start playing it you might like it :-) so might
> other people.........You can't judge a book by its cover ;-D

And you cant judge a game by it's 2Dness! I probably will like it coz i really like the others
Fri 26/07/02 at 09:59
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Jez13 wrote:
> sedgie wrote:
> Jez13 wrote:
> It looks as if the characters are 2D from some angles!
>
> i know but when you start playing it you might like it :-) so might
> other people.........You can't judge a book by its cover ;-D
>
> And you cant judge a game by it's 2Dness! I probably will like it coz
> i really like the others

True ;-D
Fri 26/07/02 at 10:00
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sedgie wrote:
> i know but when you start playing it you might like it :-) so might
> other people.........You can't judge a book by its cover ;-D


Just the other day you were saying how you hated it being cel-shaded, you like to contradict yourself, eh?
Fri 26/07/02 at 10:01
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Whens it coming out?
Fri 26/07/02 at 10:02
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Microchips wrote:
> sedgie wrote:
> i know but when you start playing it you might like it :-) so might
> other people.........You can't judge a book by its cover ;-D
>
>
> Just the other day you were saying how you hated it being cel-shaded,
> you like to contradict yourself, eh?

Maybe he just changed his mind!?

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