1 A LASTING LEGEND A young boy with pointed ears and a magic sword runs across an open field Ahead of him lies a crystal blue lake To the west lies a vast desert A dark forest stands to the south A range of mountains rises to the east Where should the boy explore first It's up to the player to decide The Legend of Zelda is a world famous video game It follows the adventures of a boy named Link Players guide Link through the fantasy world of Hyrule as he works to complete a quest This quest is often to save the Princess Zelda from an evil villain The Zelda franchise is one of the most popular game series of all time Millions of Zelda games have been sold since the first one launched more than 30 years ago New games are still being made And fans have only become more excited by the ever growing kingdom of Hyrule and Link's missions within it
Link in The Legend of Zelda Skyward Sword The 2011 game explained the origins of the Master Sword Link uses this weapon in many games in the series
2 RECREATING ADVENTURE The Legend of Zelda's creator is Shigeru Miyamoto As a child Miyamoto loved to explore the countryside around his home in Sonobe Japan He hiked through forests and explored caves Miyamoto grew up to be a video game designer In 1977 he began working for the company Nintendo But he never forgot his childhood adventures At Nintendo Miyamoto's job was to come up with new game ideas By 1985 he had helped design several games including Donkey Kong and Super Mario Bros. In these games players were MIYAMOTO'S CAVE guided through levels where they When asked about what tried to score as many points as inspired Zelda Miyamoto says when he was around eight possible Defeating enemies or years old he discovered a completing tasks earned players hole in the ground Miyamoto returned later with a lantern points By completing enough and crawled into the hole He was in a cave Miyamoto spent the summer exploring the cave
tasks players moved on to the next level These points based games were popular But they were also highly structured Players could only move through a Fantasy was not a popular video game genre game in one when Shigeru Miyamoto was creating Zelda Because of this Miyamoto didn't believe his game way Miyamoto would become popular But gamers loved it wanted to try something different
