The History of The Legend of Zelda Series - From Pixels to Polygons

With the upcoming release of the Link's Awakening remake, this video was made to celebrate one of gamings best franchises. It covers every Zelda game to date. If you enjoy this video, please message us if you would like to see more history videos on other franchises.
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Footage Sources:
World of Longplays - BimmyLee83
The Legend of Zelda
World of Longplays - Valis77
Zelda II - The Adventure of Link
World of Longplays - Tsunao
The Legend of Zelda - A Link to the Past
The Legend of Zelda - Link’s Awakening
The Legend of Zelda - Oracle of Ages
The Legend of Zelda - Oracle of Seasons
The Legend of Zelda - The Minish Cap
The Legend of Zelda - Skyward Sword
The Legend of Zelda - A Link Between Worlds
World of Longplays - Tarosan
The Legend of Zelda - Link’s Awakening DX
World of Longplays - RickyC
The Legend of Zelda - The Wind Waker
Super Mario 64
World of Longplays - Spazbo4
The Legend of Zelda - Breath of the Wild
LongplayArchive
The Legend of Zelda - Majora’s Mask
The Legend of Zelda - Four Swords Adventures
The Legend of Zelda - Twilight Princess (GC)
Cabbusses's Retro Obscurities
BS The Legend of Zelda
Diamond Longplays
BS The Legend of Zelda Ancient Stone Tablets Week 1
Cadence of Hyrule
Old Classic Retro Gaming
Sheriff (arcade)
Radar Score (arcade)
Donkey Kong (arcade)
Donkey Kong Jr (arcade)
Mario Bros (arcade)
Adventure
World of Longplays - T-0815
Super Mario Bros. 2 (Japan)
Super Mario Bros. 2 (America)
World of Longplays - JohnX895
Devil World
Lucasfilm
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Lynch/Frost Productions
Twin Peaks Season 1 Episode 1 + 2 (1990)
Digital Reporter - i4U News Entertainment - Nikki Inderlied
GDC: Nikki Inderlied Interviews Eiji Aonuma, Nintendo
ThoseOtherguys PT - E3 Access 2005
Shigeru Miyamoto Interview - E3 2005
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One Of The Best E3 Reactions - Zelda Twilight Princess Reveal 2004
Gamerguy Vlog
Zelda Twilight Princess Intro Wii vs GameCube
Good Old Days Gaming
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Wii)
Project Longplay
Link’s Crossbow Training
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The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass
Krow’s Graveyard
The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks
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Ripened Tingle’s Balloon Trip of Love
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The Legend of Zelda
The Legend of Zelda - Ocarina of Time
Super Mario Bros
Super Smash Bros Melee
Information Sources:
IGN
IGN Presents the History of the Legend of Zelda
Nintendo Character Cameos
Eiji Aonuma on Breath of the Wild Sequel and Link's Awakening Remake - Samuel Claiborne
Eiji Aonuma's "Trapped in the Zelda Cage" - Craig Harris
Dark Horse Books
Hyrule Historia
Art and Artifacts
Zelda Encyclopedia
The New Yorker
Master of Play - Nick Paumgarten
Spelunking in Sonobe - Nick Paumgarten
Gamespot
History of Zelda - Andrew Vestal with Cliff O'Neill and Brad Shoemaker
Creative Titans
Shigeru Miyamoto and the Story of Nintendo - Matt Cannon
Kotaku
Which Legend of Zelda Game was Inspired by Twin Peaks - Michael McWhertor
Atlas Obscura
The History of the Phillips CD-I's failed PlayStation Ancestor r - Eric Grundhauser
Eurogamer
Reviving Ocarina of Time's long-lost Ura expansion - Edwin Evans-Thirlwell
Shacknews
The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask - explaining its cult following - Ozzie Mejia
The Verge
A Chat with the Directors of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - Andrew Webster
Game Informer
Aonuma On Remaking Zelda Games And Why We'll Probably Never See Skyward Sword Without Motion Controls - Brian Shea
Game Informer May 17th 2004
Shmuplations
The Minish Cap - 2004 Developer Interview
Geek.com
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Began in 2D - Jordan Minor
Kotaku
Breath Of The Wild Is Getting A Sequel Because The Team Had Too Many DLC Ideas (And Other Info From Zelda's Producer) - Jason Schreier
Nintendo
The Legend of Zelda Developer Interview - Akinori Sao
Nintendo Life / Game Kult
The Legend of Zelda's Link was inspired by Walt Disney's Peter Pan - Orla Madden /William Audureau
Engadget
The Nintendo PlayStation prototype can finally play CD-ROM games - Paul Miller
Zelda Universe
Princess Zelda’s Study: Mr. Miyamoto’s first dungeon - Kellen Russoniello
Newsweek.com
Top 50 Games of All Time - James Hetherington
Beforemario.com