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Top Selling Title Sales Unit (Nintendo Switch)". Nintendo. Nintendo Co., Ltd. Archived from the original on May 9, 2023 . Retrieved May 9, 2023. Miyamoto’s instincts would soon be borne out. Far from putting audiences off, Zelda’s non-linear structure and interconnected puzzles immediately captured players’ imaginations. Released globally in 1987, The Legend of Zelda would sell more than 6.5 million copies – even the rather shoddy localization of the US and European versions couldn’t take the sheen off what Miyamoto and Tezuka had achieved, and Zelda regularly shows up in “greatest of all time” video game lists. The Legend of Zelda series has crossed over into other Nintendo and third-party video games, most prominently in the Super Smash Bros. series of fighting games published by Nintendo. Link appears as a fighter in Super Smash Bros. for the Nintendo 64, the first entry in the series, and is part of the roster in all subsequent releases in the series as well. Zelda (who is able to transform into Sheik as well), Ganondorf, and Young Link (the child version of Link from Ocarina of Time) were added to the player roster for Super Smash Bros. Melee, and appeared in all subsequent releases except for "Young Link" (who is later replaced by "Toon Link" from The Wind Waker, in subsequent releases Super Smash Bros. Brawl and Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U). Both Young Link and Toon Link appear in the fifth installment, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. Other elements from the series, such as locations and items, are also included throughout the Smash Bros. series. Outside of the series, Nintendo allowed for the use of Link as a playable character exclusively in the GameCube release of Namco's fighting game Soulcalibur II. [249] Shigeru Miyamoto, Eiji Aonuma (January 29, 2013). The Legend of Zelda: Hyrule Historia. Milwaukie, Oregon: Dark Horse. p.70. ISBN 978-1616550417. Nintendo (November 18, 2011). The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword ( Wii). Nintendo. Zelda: Knowing this power was her last and only hope, the goddess gave up her divine powers and her immortal form.Neil Long, Chris Scullion. "Game On– The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword". Official Nintendo Magazine. Future Publishing Limited (July 2010): 51. Eiji Aonuma: I have already talked to Mr. Miyamoto about this so I am comfortable in releasing this information– this title [ Skyward Sword] takes place before Ocarina of Time. Hyrule Warriors, a crossover game combining the setting of Nintendo's The Legend of Zelda series and the gameplay of Tecmo Koei's Dynasty Warriors series, was released in North America in September 2014 for Wii U. Hyrule Warriors Legends, a version for the Nintendo 3DS containing more content and gameplay modifications, was released in March 2016. While Nintendo had showcased a Wii U demo reel at E3 2011 that depicted Link fighting a monster in HD [110] and the first original HD Zelda game was scheduled for a 2015 release, it was delayed. [111] The title was finally revealed at E3 2016 as Breath of the Wild, and the game was released on March 3, 2017, as the last Nintendo-published game for the Wii U and a launch title for the Nintendo Switch. [112] [113] Similar to the original The Legend of Zelda, players are given little instruction and can explore the world freely. The world is designed to encourage exploration and experimentation and the main story quest can be completed in a nonlinear fashion. Awards Category Details Game of the Year". Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences . Retrieved July 17, 2023. Andrew Vestal (June 19, 2015). "Q&A: Shigeru Miyamoto On The Origins Of Nintendo's Famous Characters". NPR: National Public Radio. NPR. Archived from the original on June 19, 2015 . Retrieved May 18, 2019. And I drew on that inspiration when we were working on the Legend of Zelda game and we were creating this grand outdoor adventure where you go through these narrowed confined spaces and come upon this great lake.