* The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask, an action-adventure video game for the Nintendo 64

Specifically, a Mario game ( titled Hotel Mario ), and three Legend of Zelda games were released: Link: The Faces of Evil, Zelda: The Wand of Gamelon and Zelda's Adventure.

Some well-known examples of this include the back scabbard depicted in the movie Braveheart and the back scabbard seen in the video game series The Legend of Zelda.

As of December 2011, The Legend of Zelda franchise has sold 67. 93 million copies since the release of the first game, with the original Legend of Zelda being the fourth best selling NES game of all time.

The Legend of Zelda franchise is the inaugural recipient of Spike TV's first ever Video Game Hall of Fame award.

The Legend Of Zelda games feature a mixture of action, puzzles, adventure / battle gameplay, exploration, and questing.

The original Legend of Zelda was the first console game with a save function that enabled players to stop playing and then resume later.

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time introduced a targeting system that simplified 3D combat.

The Legend of Zelda series, like many Nintendo games, has been noted for its use of music.

Koji Kondo, who has been described as the " greatest legend in the video game audio industry " because of his work for Nintendo, has composed much of the music for the series, although the last game for which he was solely responsible for the composition of the soundtrack was The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time.

Games in The Legend of Zelda series frequently feature in-game musical instruments, particularly in musical puzzles, which are widespread.

Often, instruments trigger game events: for example, the recorder in The Legend of Zelda can reveal " secret " areas, as well as ' warp ' Link to the Dungeon entrances.

" The Legend of Zelda Theme " is a recurring piece of music that was created for the first game of the franchise.

To date, the Legend of Zelda series has avoided using voice actors, relying instead on written dialogue.

The Legend of Zelda was principally inspired by Shigeru Miyamoto's explorations as a young boy in the hillsides surrounding his childhood home in Sonobe, Japan where he ventured into forests with secluded lakes, caves, and rural villages.

Paying tribute, he chose to name the princess after her, and titled his creation The Legend of Zelda.

The Legend of Zelda series takes place in a fantasy land called Hyrule.

The Legend of Zelda, the first game of the series, was first released in Japan on February 21, 1986, on the Famicom Disk System.

The game exchanged the top-down perspective for side-scrolling ( though the top-down point of view was retained for overworld areas ), and introduced RPG elements ( such as experience points ) not used in The Legend of Zelda.

The Legend of Zelda and Zelda II were released in gold-coloured game cartridges instead of the console's regular gray cartridges.

* The The Legend of Zelda series features several creatures similar to the Yeti, like the eponymous Yetis from Snowpeak in Hyrule ( The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess ) or the Anouki and Yooks from the Ice Realm ( The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass ).

The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass for the Nintendo DS is the direct sequel to The Wind Waker.

* Astrid, a minor character in the video game The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass

* The 1976 book The Jersey Devil and its 1998 sequel, Phantom of the Pines: More Tales of the Jersey Devil by James McCloy and Ray Miller Jr. tell the story of the Jersey Devil, and were the basis of the independent film, 13th Child: Legend of the Jersey Devil, Volume I.

: 2007: The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass ( for Nintendo DS )

: 2006: The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass ( for Nintendo DS )

: 2008: The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass

She starred in the 2002 western horror film Legend of the Phantom Rider.

The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass was released in June 2007 in Japan and October 2007 in North America.

This story behind the Phantom Piper is a Kincardine Legend.

This can be seen with Metroid Prime 3: Corruption, The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass, and Super Mario Galaxy, among others.

For The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass, and " Mario Kart Wii ," Prima released " special digest " versions of those games ' strategy guides, which were NP subscriber bonuses ( as such, they carried the label " Supplement to Nintendo Power Magazine ").

Skulltulas appear in Ocarina of Time, Majora's Mask, Twilight Princess, Phantom Hourglass, The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks, and The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword.

* The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass ( Ciela )

Originally released in Japan in early 2009, the latest and ( currently ) final chapter of Akira Himekawa's Zelda series is based on the DS adventure, The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass, the sequel to Wind Waker.

Other sidestory games include RockMan EXE: Phantom of Network and RockMan EXE: Legend of Network for Japanese Cell Phones.

# The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass ( 2007, Nintendo, for Nintendo DS )

In The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass the ultimate weapon is the Phantom Sword.

He then completed work on a sequel to The Wind Waker for the Nintendo DS, The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass, followed by another Nintendo DS title, The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks.

* Slayers Legend ( 2 volume compilation from old Slayers manga, with chapters from Slayers and Choubaku Mahouden Slayers, and a new manga called Slayers: Falshes no Sunadokei, Slayers: the Hourglass of Falshes )

* Nintendo DS — Metroid Prime Hunters: First Hunt, Mario Kart DS, Nintendogs, Animal Crossing Wild World, Super Mario 64 DS, Brain Age 2, The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass