Ten fun facts about Zelda

Fact 1
The Legend of Zelda, a fantasy action-adventure game, has 17 games. They are on all of Nintendo's major consoles.

Fact 2
The game has never used speakers and only uses text. The producer has said speaking voices may be off-putting.

Fact 3
The first game of the Zelda series was released in Japan in 1986. It was made for the Famicom Disk System.

Fact 4
Zelda 2: The Adventure of Link came to North America in 1988. This is when RPG elements of the game were installed.

Fact 5
There were intentions for a 25th anniversary compilation but they were canceled. The president of Nintendo felt it would be too similar to the Super Mario 25th Anniversary game.

Fact 6
Link, the character of Zelda, makes an appearance in other games such as Super Smash Bros., Soulcaliber 2 and WarioWare.

Fact 7
The Legend of Zelda has the fourth best selling Nintendo game of all time. It has sold over 67.93 million copies by 2011.

Fact 8
During Spike TV's Video Game Awards, The Legend of Zelda series was inducted into the Video Game Hall of Fame.

Fact 9
The game influenced a 13-episode TV series in 1989. It also sparked a comic series released by Valiant Comics.

Fact 10
The 3D version of the game, Ocarina of Time was released for the Nintendo 64 and was voted by Nintendo Power as the best game released for a Nintendo console.

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