The Legend of Zelda

:This article is about the first game in the series. For information on the series as a whole, see The Legend of Zelda series.

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The Legend of Zelda (Japanese: ??????: The Hyrule Fantasy, Zeruda no Densetsu) is the first game in the Legend of Zelda series of videogames, made by Nintendo under the direction of game creator Shigeru Miyamoto, who also created Mario. The game was inspired by Miyamoto's imaginary adventures in the hills of Kyoto as a young child. It was released in Japan as the first game for the Famicom Disk System add-on to the Famicom in February 1986. As this add-on was not released outside of Japan, it was released in the US and other countries on the regular NES cartridge format in 1987. The music, including the classic Zelda theme {{audio|The Legend of Zelda - Zelda Theme.ogg|(sample)}}, was composed by Koji Kondo.

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Japanese - ''Legend of Zelda'' series - Videogame - Nintendo - Shigeru Miyamoto - Mario - Kyoto - Famicom Disk System - Famicom - 1986 - NES - 1987 - Koji Kondo

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The game is set in the imaginary land of Hyrule and revolves around a young Hylian named Link, who must rescue Princess Zelda from the clasps of the villain Ganon by collecting eight pieces of an item known as the Triforce.

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Hyrule - Link - Princess Zelda - Villain - Ganon - Collecting eight pieces - Triforce

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The game was included in for the Nintendo GameCube. In 2004, Nintendo re-released the original Legend of Zelda for the Game Boy Advance, as part of the Classic NES Series. The game was also re-released in 1994 in Japan as a Famicom game, rather than a Famicom Disk.

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Nintendo GameCube - 2004 - Game Boy Advance - Classic NES Series

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