Summary: Help fund the next season on Patreon <a href="https://www.patreon.com/westaries?ty=h">https://www.patreon.com/westaries?ty=h</a><br>The Legend of Zelda (Japanese: ゼルダの伝説 Hepburn: Zeruda no Densetsu) is a high-fantasy, action-adventure video game series created by Japanese game designers Shigeru Miyamoto and Takashi Tezuka. It is developed and published by Nintendo, with some portable installments outsourced to Capcom, Vanpool, and Grezzo. Its gameplay is a mixture of action, adventure, and puzzle solving. It is one of Nintendo's most prominent and popular franchises.<br><br>The series centers on Link, the playable character and central protagonist. Link is often given the task of rescuing Princess Zelda and Hyrule from Ganon, who is the primary antagonist of the series. However, other settings and antagonists have appeared in several of the games, with Vaati being a strong secondary antagonist during the lifespan of the Game Boy Advance video game console. The stories commonly involve a relic known as the Triforce, a set of three omnipotent golden triangles. The protagonist in each game is usually not the same incarnation of Link, but a few exceptions do exist.<br><br>The Legend of Zelda series consists of 17 official games on all of Nintendo's major consoles, as well as a number of spin-offs. An American animated series based on the games aired in 1989, and individual manga adaptations officially endorsed and commissioned by Nintendo have been produced in Japan since 1997. As of 2011, the series has sold over 67 million copies.
