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

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.

In Ocarina of Time, playing instruments is a core part of the game, the player needing to play the instrument through the use of the game controller to succeed.

Ocarina of Time is " of the first contemporary non-dance title to feature music-making as part of its gameplay ", using music as a heuristic device and requiring the player to utilise songs to progress in the game — a game mechanic that is also present in Majora's Mask and, in different forms, The Wind Waker, Oracle of Ages, Spirit Tracks, Twilight Princess, and Skyward Sword.

Much of the backstory 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.

Zelda also appears under various other aliases and alter egos, including Sheik ( in Ocarina of Time ) and Tetra ( in The Wind Waker and Phantom Hourglass ).

In Wind Waker and Twilight Princess, he wore robes with the above description, but in Ocarina of Time, he wore a tight fitting tunic and pants.

After another hiatus, the series made the transition to 3D with Ocarina of Time for the Nintendo 64, which was released in November 1998.

Ocarina of Time was re-released on the Nintendo GameCube in 2002, when it was offered as a pre-order incentive for The Wind Waker in the U. S., Canada and Japan.

It includes a previously unreleased 64DD expansion known as Ura Zelda in Japan and Ocarina of Time Master Quest in North America.

Ocarina of Time was included as part of Collector's Edition for the GameCube in 2003.

In 2011, Nintendo released a new version of the game in 3D for the Nintendo 3DS titled The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D.

While Majora's Mask retains the graphical style of Ocarina of Time, it is also a departure, particularly in its atmosphere.

Following the release of The Wind Waker came The Legend of Zelda: Collector's Edition, which included the original The Legend of Zelda, Zelda II, Ocarina of Time, Majora's Mask, and a demo of The Wind Waker.

In addition, Nintendo celebrated the 25th anniversary of The Legend of Zelda game by releasing a Zelda game for all its current consoles in 2011: Link's Awakening in the 3DS's Virtual Console on June 7, Ocarina of Time 3D for the 3DS on mid-June, Four Swords Anniversary Edition on September 28, 2011 to February 20, 2012 as a free DSiWare download and Skyward Sword for the Wii, which was released on November 18, 2011 in Europe, November 20, 2011 in the United States and November 24, 2011 in Australia.

Another title is The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Ura, intended to be an upgraded remake of Ocarina of Time for the Nintendo 64DD.

Prior to the release of The Wind Waker, a bonus disc called The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Master Quest was released, containing a port of Ocarina of Time and a GameCube-modified version of Ocarina of Time Ura.

Ura Zelda became Ocarina of Time Master Quest outside Japan, and was released on a bonus disc for the GameCube given to those who pre-ordered The Wind Waker in the US and bundled with the GameCube game in Europe.

The Wind Waker follows in the footsteps of Ocarina of Time and its sequel Majora's Mask, retaining the basic gameplay and control system from the two Nintendo 64 titles.

* A version of the sleeping hero legend is included in several entries in the Nintendo game franchise ' The Legend of Zelda ', most explicitly in the Gamecube game The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker and the most iconic of the series The Legend of Zelda: The Ocarina of Time.

The existence of multiple Links is made obvious on many occasions in the games ; for example, the introduction sequence of The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker refers to an ancient, legendary champion who is identical in appearance to Link, and directly mentions the " Hero of Time " ( a title given to Link in Ocarina of Time ) as a historical entity.

" The Wind Waker takes place with a new Link centuries after the victory of Link in Ocarina of Time.

In the 3D games, beginning with Ocarina of Time, Link was voiced by six actors: Nobuyuki Hiyama as adult Link ; Fujiko Takimoto as young Link ; Sachi Matsumoto as Link in The Wind Waker ; Akira Sasanuma in Twilight Princess ; Yūki Kodaira in Spirit Tracks ; and Takashi Ōhara in Skyward Sword.

He is known as the " Legendary Hero " in A Link to the Past, " Hero of Time " in Ocarina of Time and Majora's Mask, " Hero of Winds " in The Wind Waker and Phantom Hourglass and Spirit Tracks and " Hero chosen by the gods " in Twilight Princess.

Link has several family members, including an uncle in A Link to the Past ; an unseen mother in Ocarina of Time, who dies fleeing a war when Link is a baby ; a grandmother, who raises him, and a sister, Aryll, in The Wind Waker ; and a grandfather in The Minish Cap.

In The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker, set hundreds of years after Ocarina of Time, the gods have flooded Hyrule and created the Great Sea to keep the Triforce away from Ganondorf.

The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, released in November 2006 for the Nintendo GameCube and a month later for the Wii, is set around a century after the events of Ocarina of Time and Majora's Mask, in an alternate timeline to The Wind Waker.

ReDeads first appeared in Ocarina of Time and later in Majora's Mask, Twilight Princess, and The Wind Waker.

The game takes place approximately 100 years after Ocarina of Time and Majora's Mask, in an alternate timeline from The Wind Waker.

Afterward, he continued to work on the following games in The Legend of Zelda series, Majora's Mask, the Nintendo 64 sequel to Ocarina of Time, and The Wind Waker, the first Zelda game for the Nintendo GameCube.

It contains several pieces of concept art from the series's conception to the release of Skyward Sword in 2011, multiple essays about the production of the games, and for the first time ever in Zelda history, the series's timeline was included in the book, confirming fan theories about a split in the timeline, as well as a third split, asking what would happen if Link was defeated in the final battle with Ganon in Ocarina of Time.

However, back in late 2011, Miyamoto confirmed that his new game to be released, The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword, would come before Ocarina of Time in the series ' timeline.

In episode 4 of the Adult Saga in the official Ocarina of Time manga series, " Link Vs. Link ", Impa gives Link earrings, describing it as a " rite of passage for young Sheikah men "; these later became default aspects of Link's design, starting with Twilight Princess and in Skyward Sword.

The second-highest reviewed games are New Super Mario Bros, Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story, Super Mario Galaxy 2, Pokémon HeartGold and Pokémon SoulSilver versions, and The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D, The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword, Rayman Origins, and Kid Icarus: Uprising which all scored a 9. 5.

Lizalfos are humanoid lizards that appear in The Adventure of Link, Ocarina of Time, Majora's Mask, Twilight Princess and Skyward Sword.

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.

Skullwalltulas appear in Ocarina of Time, Majora's Mask, Twilight Princess, and Skyward Sword.

In Ocarina of Time, by using the Mask of Truth, the player learns from a Gossip Stone that any adult that enters Lost Woods without the protection of a Guardian Fairy will become a monster ( although its only revealed that such monster is a Stalfos during the Biggoron Sword quest, when link trades in the Odd Potion for the Poacher's Saw ).

Recurring items and techniques were introduced for the first time in A Link to the Past, such as the Hookshot, the Master Sword, the Spin Attack technique, the Ocarina, and the Pegasus Boots.

In The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, a new Link must constantly travel to the past and to the future using the Ocarina of Time in order to stop Ganondorf's takeover of Hyrule and imprison him into the Sacred Realm with the help of the six sages and the Master Sword.

Instead of their Ocarina of Time appearances that have been used in previous Super Smash Bros. games, all but Toon Link are depicted in the style of Twilight Princess.

The editors of review aggregator websites Game Rankings, IGN and Metacritic have all given Ocarina of Time their highest aggregate scores.

In addition, manga have been created based on the many of the series ' games, including A Link to the Past, Ocarina of Time, Majora's Mask, the Oracle series, Four Swords Adventures, The Minish Cap and Phantom Hourglass.

At another time, he stated that, had the game not come after A Link to the Past, Ocarina of Time would have been very different.

There have been manga based on The Legend of Zelda, Ocarina of Time, Majora's Mask, Oracle of Ages, Oracle of Seasons, Four Swords Adventures, A Link to the Past and The Minish Cap.