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The adventures of Link in the land of Hyrule so far..
The first, simply titled Legend of Zelda is a simple but obviously special affair.
Zelda II, The Adventure of Link came out just a year later.
Zelda III, A Link to the Past introduced most of the gameplay elements that are now instantly recognisable to any seasoned player.
Taking place over an extensive world, its key feature was the dark alternative realm, previously inaccessable places would become available in the dark world, opening up new places, people and items to be discovered.
Zelda IV, Link's Awakening wasn't such an advanced leap as the previous title, something remedied with the later
DX release which added a new dungeon, the usage of colour throughout and a photo shop with the ability to print out photo's.
Universally acclaimed as being one of the greatest, if not the greatest video games of all time, Ocarina of Time was well worth the several year wait. The familiar trading sequence here involved the use of masks, which were to form a large part of the premise of the next game.
Coming so soon after, many expected Majora's Mask to be a good, but shallow experience. Billed as it was as a side story to the Ocarina of Time, and worst still, not even developed by Shigeru Miyamoto.
Those fears were unfounded, at the heart of the game, it once again uses time.
Rather than taking a macro, lifetime spanning approach, it took the micro, minutes and hours approach. Probably one of the most beautiful games ever.
Originally envisioned to come out as three parts, Oracle of Seasons and
Oracle of Ages now see's the latest adventure scaled to two parts.
No matter, taking the proven formula of Nintendos other great franchise, Pokemon, these two games combine and form a greater whole.