Every Legend of Zelda Game, Ranked

By Oli Welsh · Polygon · Monday, 9 November 2026 at 19:52 (8m ago) · Original article ↗

Created by the great Shigeru Miyamoto in the 1980s as an expression of his childhood love of exploring without a map, Zelda has always held a revered position in gaming culture, although it never quite enjoyed popular success to match — not, that is, until its unlikely rebirth in 2017, thanks to the runaway success of the Nintendo Switch and the revolutionary design of Breath of the Wild.

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