Today is the 40th Anniversay of Zelda!

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Known in Japan as The Hyrule Fantasy: The Legend of Zelda. The main title was dropped in the US to make the name shorter and some claim it was to avoid confusion with the upcoming Squaresoft Final Fantasy game, which would debut a year later.

The Legend of Zelda was inspired by Shigeru Miyamoto’s explorations as a boy in the surrounding areas of his home in Sonobe, Japan. One of his most memorable experiences was finding a cave entrance in the middle of the woods. After some hesitation, he entered the cave and explored its depths with the aid of a lantern.

The story and setting were developed by Takashi Tezuka. He drew inspirations from fantasy books such The Lord of the Rings. The legend of the Triforce was written with inspirations from the battles of medieval Europe. The Master Sword was introduced as their version of Excalibur in A Link to the Past, which is regarded as reminiscent to the legend of King Arthur. Princess Zelda was named after American novelist, socialite and painter Zelda Fitzgerald. Tezuka modeled Link’s appearance after the eponymous character of Walt Disney’s Peter Pan.

What is your favorite Zelda memory?

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SolarPunker@slrpnk.net ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
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Dultas@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
Pictures you can hear.

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thingsiplay@lemmy.ml ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
Zelda A Link To the Past was for a very long time my favorite game of all time. There are so many great moments during all Zelda games I played, but one particular moment still is my favorite. See, back then I didn’t own a console and could only play A Link to the Past on the friends SNES whenever I visit him. It was also my first Action Adventure game I ever played and I didn’t know games could be this big.

The moment was, when I defeated Agahnim for the first time (after the 3 medallions) I thought that I finished the game. What happened next was unbelievable. (Sounds like clickbait YouTube title, lol, but I try to avoid any spoilers… just by principle.)

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- Quetzalcutlass@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  That moment and what happened after defeating the Elite Four in Pokémon Gold both blew my mind as a child.
  
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  - thingsiplay@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    Also Final Fantasy 6 has a mind blowing moment of this scale too. Nowadays one expect games to be big and we know beforehand how long it takes to finish them. One of the downsides of the internet.
    
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  - Naho_Zako@piefed.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    Kinda like Pokemon Mystery Dungeon. “Wooo, we beat Primal Dialga and saved the world! Now lets live a normal life. Wait why am I getting kidnapped-”
    
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- ApollosArrow@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  The fact you were only about 25% through the game was pretty crazy to me back then too. It’s still one of my too Zeldas.
  
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CubitOom@infosec.pub ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
Its so interesting to me that the theme was arranged in one night.

An Intriguing Tale of How The Legend of Zelda’s Iconic Opening Song Almost Never Happened It could have been Ravel’s Boléro

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- ApollosArrow@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  It’s amazing how many things happened so quickly, like the goldeneye multiplayer being a thing created over the weekend before launching or something.
  
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etherphon@piefed.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
I bought this game on layaway at the local small department store and rode my bike a few miles every week from my house to the store to make the payments for it. That story makes me feel 100 years old.

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Gork@sopuli.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
Do they pronounce it “Zeruda” over there in Japan?

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- aeronmelon@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  They do, because the Japanese table of phonemes is very limited compared to English.
  
  But they will typically deemphasis the ru by making it quick and attached to ze.
  
  “ZEru DA”
  
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