OK, I'm pretty sure everyone knows of this game. For those who don't, here's a quick summary (Note: summary is actually kinda long):
The first installment of the game, The Legend of Zelda, focuses on A land called Hyrule, which is engulfed in darkness after Ganon, the Prince of Darkness, who takes the Triforce of Power, which bestows great power to the owner. Princess Zelda breaks the Triforce of Wisdom, which Ganon needs to take over, into 8 pieces which are hidden in various dungeons. She then sends her maid, Impa to find a boy who can defeat Ganon. She finds Link, the possessor of the Triforce of Courage, who is then sent to find the 8 pieces of the Triforce of Wisdom, and with it, defeat Ganon and restore peace to Hyrule.
The second game, Zelda II: The Adventure of Link, is a continuation of the first game, which begins on Links 16th birthday. He notices a mark on the back of his hand, and he finds Impa, who tells him about Zelda. Impa then gave him a chest, containing 6 crystals. He must restore the crystals, and when he does, he places them in the palace, defeats two monsters, Thunderbird and Dark Link, gets the Triforce of Courage, and the original Zelda awakens.
The third game, A Link to the Past, begins with the story of seven sages who locked Ganon in a dark realm. Agahnim searches for their seven descendants. A different Link gets a message saying that he needs to rescue Zelda from Agahnim, which he does. He is told to get the Master Sword, which can be unlocked after finding 3 pendants. He unlocks it, only to find that Agahnim already opened the dark realm. Link defeats Agahnim, but is sent into Ganons Dark Realm. He has to saves the seven descendants of the sages, including Zelda, and Defeat Ganon. He fights Agahnim one last time, and then fights Ganon, defeating him with a silver arrow, and restoring peace to Hyrule. This game was re-released for the Game Boy Advanced.
The fourth game was Links Awakening. This game does not involve Hyrule, Zelda, or the Triforce. Link is shipwrecked on an island called Koholint Island. An owl tells him to find the 8 instruments of the Sirens. When he does, he goes to the top of a mountain, and plays the Ballad of the Wind Fish. The Wind Fish awakens, and he fights a final nightmare. He plays the instruments again, and he is taken out of the island. This game was re-released for the Game Boy Color.
The fifth game, Ocarina of Time, involved a third Link. He is a child in the beginning, living among the Kokiri. He is told by the Deku Tree that the tree is cursed and dying. he saves the tree from the curse, with the help of a fairy named Navi (Who annoys the hell out of me), but the tree is unable to be saved from death. The tree tells Link that the curse is from a man in black armor, Ganondorf, put the curse on him. Link is sent to see princess Zelda. When he meets her, she tells him that she believes that Ganondorf, the King of the Gerudo, is after the Triforce. Link is sent to find the other 2 crystals, one of which he received from the Deku Tree. He arrives at Death Mountain, home of the Gorons. The Goron leader, Darunia tells Link how Ganondorf blocked the entrance to Dodongo Cavern, which is where the Gorons get food. Link opens the cavern and slays the King Dodongo. Darunia gives Link the spiritual stone of the Gorons, which leaves Link with only one more to find. He goes to Zoras Domain, where their princess Ruto has been taken by Lord Jabu-Jabu. SHe went in on her own free will, and Link enters Lord Jabu-Jabu, who is cursed. He releases the curse, but Ruto is only allowed to give the spiritual stone she has to the person she will marry, and gives it to Link as a symbol of their Engagement, which confuses Link. Link goes to Hyrule, is given the Ocarina of Time, and gets the Master Sword. The game skips a time of seven years, of which, Link is in the Sacred Realm, doing nothing. He is guided by Sheik, a man in appearance, who helps him to find the remaining six sages. After finding the Sages, Saria,his childhood friend; Darunia; Ruto; Impa; Nabooru; Raura; and Zelda, who was disguised as Sheik. Ganondorf captures Zelda, and Link, with the help of the Six sages, defeats Ganondorf, and rescue Zelda. While leaving Ganondorf's castle, Ganondorf transforms into Ganon, who Link defeats. At the end, Link is sent back in time by Zelda and the game ends.
The Sixth game is Majora's Mask which involves the same Link from Ocarina of Time. Link is transformed into a Deku Scrub by the Skull kid while searching for Navi. The Skull Kid takes Epona, but when leaving, leaves behind Tatl, one of his fairy friends. He goes to Termina, an alternate of Hyrule, and meets the mask salesman. He needs to retrieve the Majora's Mask and his Ocarina from the Skull Kid to turn to normal. He finds that the Moon in Termina will crash into the place in 3 days. On midnight of the third day, Link battles the Skull Kid. Unable to get the mask, he manages to retrieve his Ocarina, which he plays the song of time to go back 3 days. He must gain the freindship of 4 giants, who will stop the moon from crashing into Termina. He does, and on th moon, battles the Skull Kid, and gets the Majora's Mask.
I will now skip the next 5 games, Oracle of Seasons, Oracle of Ages, Four Swords, Windwaker, and Minish Cap, for I don't have the time and effort to write about them.
the Twelfth game was Twilight Princess, the latest Zelda Game. [spoiler]100 years after Ocarina of Time, a new Link is Living in Ordon Village. He is sent to bring a sword to Hyrule, but him, Ilia, and a kid named Colin are captured. He is sent to the twilight realm, where he becomes a wolf. In the Twilight Realm, he is helped by an imp like creature named Midna, to escape and meet Zelda. Zelda sends him to destroy the Twilight. She tells Link of a man who is a Twili, a race that was banished to the twilight realm. Midna is trying to find a weapon called Fused Shadows to defeat him. You are sent to find the fused shadows with Midna. After finding the weapon, Zant, the king of Twilight, takes it, traps Link in wolf form, and fatally injures Midna. Zelda sacrifices herself to save Midna, and Link is told that he must find the Master Sword to become a human again. He learns that Zant was given power by Ganondorf, and Midna is the true princess of Twilight, not Zelda. He defeats Zant, who is killed by Midna using the Fused Shadows. He then fights Ganondorf, defeats him, and Ganon appears. Midna warps Link and Zelda away, and is defeated by Ganon. Link fights Ganondorf, wins, and Zant kills him. Midna is revived, destroys the entrance to the Twilight Realm, and goes back.[/spoiler]
Now that I have written that, Let's discuss the game.
The first installment of the game, The Legend of Zelda, focuses on A land called Hyrule, which is engulfed in darkness after Ganon, the Prince of Darkness, who takes the Triforce of Power, which bestows great power to the owner. Princess Zelda breaks the Triforce of Wisdom, which Ganon needs to take over, into 8 pieces which are hidden in various dungeons. She then sends her maid, Impa to find a boy who can defeat Ganon. She finds Link, the possessor of the Triforce of Courage, who is then sent to find the 8 pieces of the Triforce of Wisdom, and with it, defeat Ganon and restore peace to Hyrule.
The second game, Zelda II: The Adventure of Link, is a continuation of the first game, which begins on Links 16th birthday. He notices a mark on the back of his hand, and he finds Impa, who tells him about Zelda. Impa then gave him a chest, containing 6 crystals. He must restore the crystals, and when he does, he places them in the palace, defeats two monsters, Thunderbird and Dark Link, gets the Triforce of Courage, and the original Zelda awakens.
The third game, A Link to the Past, begins with the story of seven sages who locked Ganon in a dark realm. Agahnim searches for their seven descendants. A different Link gets a message saying that he needs to rescue Zelda from Agahnim, which he does. He is told to get the Master Sword, which can be unlocked after finding 3 pendants. He unlocks it, only to find that Agahnim already opened the dark realm. Link defeats Agahnim, but is sent into Ganons Dark Realm. He has to saves the seven descendants of the sages, including Zelda, and Defeat Ganon. He fights Agahnim one last time, and then fights Ganon, defeating him with a silver arrow, and restoring peace to Hyrule. This game was re-released for the Game Boy Advanced.
The fourth game was Links Awakening. This game does not involve Hyrule, Zelda, or the Triforce. Link is shipwrecked on an island called Koholint Island. An owl tells him to find the 8 instruments of the Sirens. When he does, he goes to the top of a mountain, and plays the Ballad of the Wind Fish. The Wind Fish awakens, and he fights a final nightmare. He plays the instruments again, and he is taken out of the island. This game was re-released for the Game Boy Color.
The fifth game, Ocarina of Time, involved a third Link. He is a child in the beginning, living among the Kokiri. He is told by the Deku Tree that the tree is cursed and dying. he saves the tree from the curse, with the help of a fairy named Navi (Who annoys the hell out of me), but the tree is unable to be saved from death. The tree tells Link that the curse is from a man in black armor, Ganondorf, put the curse on him. Link is sent to see princess Zelda. When he meets her, she tells him that she believes that Ganondorf, the King of the Gerudo, is after the Triforce. Link is sent to find the other 2 crystals, one of which he received from the Deku Tree. He arrives at Death Mountain, home of the Gorons. The Goron leader, Darunia tells Link how Ganondorf blocked the entrance to Dodongo Cavern, which is where the Gorons get food. Link opens the cavern and slays the King Dodongo. Darunia gives Link the spiritual stone of the Gorons, which leaves Link with only one more to find. He goes to Zoras Domain, where their princess Ruto has been taken by Lord Jabu-Jabu. SHe went in on her own free will, and Link enters Lord Jabu-Jabu, who is cursed. He releases the curse, but Ruto is only allowed to give the spiritual stone she has to the person she will marry, and gives it to Link as a symbol of their Engagement, which confuses Link. Link goes to Hyrule, is given the Ocarina of Time, and gets the Master Sword. The game skips a time of seven years, of which, Link is in the Sacred Realm, doing nothing. He is guided by Sheik, a man in appearance, who helps him to find the remaining six sages. After finding the Sages, Saria,his childhood friend; Darunia; Ruto; Impa; Nabooru; Raura; and Zelda, who was disguised as Sheik. Ganondorf captures Zelda, and Link, with the help of the Six sages, defeats Ganondorf, and rescue Zelda. While leaving Ganondorf's castle, Ganondorf transforms into Ganon, who Link defeats. At the end, Link is sent back in time by Zelda and the game ends.
The Sixth game is Majora's Mask which involves the same Link from Ocarina of Time. Link is transformed into a Deku Scrub by the Skull kid while searching for Navi. The Skull Kid takes Epona, but when leaving, leaves behind Tatl, one of his fairy friends. He goes to Termina, an alternate of Hyrule, and meets the mask salesman. He needs to retrieve the Majora's Mask and his Ocarina from the Skull Kid to turn to normal. He finds that the Moon in Termina will crash into the place in 3 days. On midnight of the third day, Link battles the Skull Kid. Unable to get the mask, he manages to retrieve his Ocarina, which he plays the song of time to go back 3 days. He must gain the freindship of 4 giants, who will stop the moon from crashing into Termina. He does, and on th moon, battles the Skull Kid, and gets the Majora's Mask.
I will now skip the next 5 games, Oracle of Seasons, Oracle of Ages, Four Swords, Windwaker, and Minish Cap, for I don't have the time and effort to write about them.
the Twelfth game was Twilight Princess, the latest Zelda Game. [spoiler]100 years after Ocarina of Time, a new Link is Living in Ordon Village. He is sent to bring a sword to Hyrule, but him, Ilia, and a kid named Colin are captured. He is sent to the twilight realm, where he becomes a wolf. In the Twilight Realm, he is helped by an imp like creature named Midna, to escape and meet Zelda. Zelda sends him to destroy the Twilight. She tells Link of a man who is a Twili, a race that was banished to the twilight realm. Midna is trying to find a weapon called Fused Shadows to defeat him. You are sent to find the fused shadows with Midna. After finding the weapon, Zant, the king of Twilight, takes it, traps Link in wolf form, and fatally injures Midna. Zelda sacrifices herself to save Midna, and Link is told that he must find the Master Sword to become a human again. He learns that Zant was given power by Ganondorf, and Midna is the true princess of Twilight, not Zelda. He defeats Zant, who is killed by Midna using the Fused Shadows. He then fights Ganondorf, defeats him, and Ganon appears. Midna warps Link and Zelda away, and is defeated by Ganon. Link fights Ganondorf, wins, and Zant kills him. Midna is revived, destroys the entrance to the Twilight Realm, and goes back.[/spoiler]
Now that I have written that, Let's discuss the game.
