Line #17 Trivia/TheLegendOfZelda


1	Works with their own Trivia pages:
2	[[index]]
3	* ''[[Trivia/TheLegendOfZeldaI The Legend of Zelda]]''
4	* ''[[Trivia/ZeldaIITheAdventureOfLink Zelda II: The Adventure of Link]]''
5	* ''[[Trivia/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkToThePast A Link to the Past]]''
6	* ''[[Trivia/TheLegendOfZeldaLinksAwakening Link's Awakening]]''
7	* ''[[Trivia/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime Ocarina of Time]]''
8	* ''[[Trivia/TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask Majora's Mask]]''
9	* ''[[Trivia/TheLegendOfZeldaOracleGames Oracle Games]]''
10	* ''[[Trivia/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker The Wind Waker]]''
11	* ''[[Trivia/TheLegendOfZeldaFourSwords Four Swords]]''
12	* ''[[Trivia/TheLegendOfZeldaFourSwordsAdventures Four Swords Adventures]]''
13	* ''[[Trivia/TheLegendOfZeldaTheMinishCap The Minish Cap]]''
14	* ''[[Trivia/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess Twilight Princess]]''
15	* ''[[Trivia/TheLegendOfZeldaPhantomHourglass Phantom Hourglass]]''
16	* ''[[Trivia/TheLegendOfZeldaSpiritTracks Spirit Tracks]]''
17	* ''[[Trivia/TheLegendOfZeldaSkywardSword Skyward Sword]]''
18	* ''[[Trivia/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkBetweenWorlds A Link Between Worlds]]''
19	* ''[[Trivia/TheLegendOfZeldaTriForceHeroes Tri Force Heroes]]''
20	* ''[[Trivia/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild Breath of the Wild]]''
21	* ''[[Trivia/TheLegendOfZeldaTearsOfTheKingdom Tears of the Kingdom]]''
22	* ''[[Trivia/TheLegendOfZelda1989 The Legend of Zelda animated series]]''
23	[[/index]]
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25	!!Trivia for the franchise in general:
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27	* Link's name and appearance:
28	** It was revealed in [[http://www.gamekult.com/actu/miyamoto-la-wii-u-et-le-secret-de-la-triforce-A105550.html an interview Miyamoto gave to a French website]] that Link's appearance was, like Mario before him, influenced by the NES's graphical limitations. Miyamoto wanted Link to be easily recognizable, and able to visibly use his sword and shield. The weapons were thus made big and easily visible, and Link was given his trademark pointy hat and long ears so that he could easily be distinguished from his equipment despite the sprite's small size. The pointy hat and long ears, in turn, reminded Miyamoto and his team of elves, most notably [[WesternAnimation/PeterPan Disney's Peter Pan]], hence the decision to color Link's outfit green and make his design more elf-like.
29	** From the same interview, it was also revealed that Link's name came from an early idea for the series: the Triforce was meant to be a bunch of electronic chips that the hero would collect by traveling between the future and the past. The hero was named "Link" to symbolize the fact that he was the Link between the time periods. Even though the series ended up taking on a totally different approach, the name "Link" stuck ever since.
30	** His name's also doubly appropriate in a BilingualBonus sense: "Links" is German for "left". In most games that don't have motion controls, he's left-handed, plus there's also the "Four Swords" games where he splits into multiple Links.
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33	!!Tropes for the franchise in general:
34	* AdaptationSequence: Video games —> [[WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfZelda1989 The Legend of Zelda cartoon]] —> [[ComicBook/TheLegendOfZelda Comic]]
35	* CashCowFranchise: One of Creator/{{Nintendo}}'s Big Three, along with ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'' and ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}''.
36	* CrossDressingVoices: Link is voiced by a woman whenever he's under 12 years old. In ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime Ocarina of Time]]'', it was Creator/FujikoTakimoto. This continued until ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker The Wind Waker]]'', when she was replaced by Creator/SachiMatsumoto, whose lines were reused in most subsequent games. Sachi passed on the baton to Yūki Kodaira in ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSpiritTracks Spirit Tracks]]'', who is slightly more pleasant to listen to most time, but her (slightly too high-pitched) voice can get annoying when Link takes a lot of damage in a short-time span. In a RealLife case of MeaningfulName, ''Yūki'' is Japanese for "Courage", the attribute most commonly associated with Link. In ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkBetweenWorlds A Link Between Worlds]]'' and the ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaLinksAwakening Link's Awakening]]'' remake, he's voiced by Creator/MitsukiSaiga, despite appearing a bit older in the artwork. Adult Link is always voiced by males. Of course, "voiced" is a bit of a stretch, since Link doesn't actually talk beyond [[VoiceGrunting a few grunts]] and "Come on!"
37	* DummiedOut: A portion of the fan base loves to document unused assets found in the games. As it stands, all games to date have some confirmed unused content, from the first game to the most recent.
38	* FlipFlopOfGod: Demise describes the future Ganon as the incarnation of his hatred, but other sources like ''Literature/HyruleHistoria'' and ''VideoGame/HyruleWarriors'' describe him as the reincarnation of Demise himself.
39	* KillerApp: It's practically guaranteed that a home console ''Zelda'' release will coincide with a massive spike in Nintendo console sales, with two entries in the series even serving as [[CrossgenerationVideoGame cross-gen launch titles]].
40	* MarketBasedTitle: Originally, ''The Legend of Zelda'' had the tagline ''The Hyrule Fantasy'' in Japan. In Western releases, it only showed up within the "Tips & Tactics" guide and the back of the ''Zelda II: The Adventure of Link'' box ("''The Hyrule fantasy continues...''"), but it was otherwise dropped for future releases.
41	* NoExportForYou:
42	** Several ''[[Manga/TheLegendOfZelda Zelda]]'' manga have yet to be released outside of Japan.
43	** ''Tetra's Trackers'' from the Japanese version of ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaFourSwordsAdventures Four Swords Adventures]]''.
44	** The Platform/{{Satellaview}} games for the Super Famicom: the first being a remake of ''Zelda 1'' (with different dungeon layouts), and the second being a TimedMission in the ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkToThePast A Link to the Past]]'' engine, where your hero (not Link, who is currently stuck on [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaLinksAwakening Koholint Island]]) must collect the eight stone tablets to seal Ganon again, after his seal weakened.
45	** The three Tingle SpinOff games: the first one, ''VideoGame/FreshlyPickedTinglesRosyRupeeland'', was released only in Japan and Europe; the US version [[AmericansHateTingle was cancelled under popular demand from an online NoA poll]]. It has greed as a game mechanic. The latter two, only released in Japan, are a ''VideoGame/BalloonFight'' [[DolledUpInstallment clone]], and ''VideoGame/RipenedTinglesBalloonTripOfLove'', a sequel to the first game but with DatingSim elements, of all things.
46	* PromotedFanboy: Eiji Aonuma, the series' current producer and ''de facto'' figurehead, credits ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkToThePast'' as sparking his interest in game design as a whole. After presenting his own ''Marvelous: Another Treasure Island'' to Creator/ShigeruMiyamoto, he decided to hand directorial duties of the series to Aonuma, though he wouldn't be head director until ''Majora's Mask''.
47	* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Has its own page [[WhatCouldHaveBeen/TheLegendOfZelda HERE]].
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49	!!The live-action movie:
50	* InternationalCoproduction: The film is being co-produced by the Japanese Creator/{{Nintendo}} and the American Creator/SonyPictures.[[note]]The studio is owned by the Japanese Sony, but Sony Pictures/Columbia Pictures was founded in the US and continues to primarily operate in the country.[[/note]]
51	* SavedFromDevelopmentHell: According to Shigeru Miyamoto in the initial press release, a ''Zelda'' movie had been in the works since 2013. While there have been attempts to make the film a reality, it wasn't until Sony Pictures picked up the rights in 2023 that it would become a reality.
52	* SelfAdaptation: Much like ''WesternAnimation/TheSuperMarioBrosMovie'' prior, Nintendo is directly involved with the film's production, with the press release confirming that Shigeru Miyamoto will be a producer for the film alongside Avi Arad.
53	* WhatCouldHaveBeen: This isn't the first time a ''Legend of Zelda'' adaptation had been attempted.
54	** Imagi Studios, prior to their closing, showed [[https://vimeo.com/64272956 a short pitch]] to Nintendo to produce an animated film based on ''Zelda'' in 2007. Obviously, the pitch did not succeed.
55	** Nintendo and Netflix were in early talks for a ''Legend of Zelda'' TV series in 2015, but the project was abandoned when this information was leaked by a Netflix employee before anything was finalized.

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