Topic: Why is it called the Legend of Zelda?

[HiTmaN]

Why is it called the Legend of Zelda? All Zelda does is play dumb and get captured all the time, most of her life is spent in a cell or dungeon, what Legend does she have to tell? Its not like she lived through Links adventures...The Legend of Link sounds a little weird but I could get used to it.

[mouse_clicker]

The Legend of Zelda actually doesn't refer to anything that happens in a game (although AoL's storyline dealt with it). The Legend of Zelda is about a King long ago who ruled over Hyrule with the Triforce, bringing peace and prosperity to the land. When he died, he did not want his son, who he deemed impure of heart, to inherit the Triforce, so he split it into 3 pieces and hid them. The prince was furious when he learned of this, and tried to force the only person who knew of their wherabouts, his sister, Zelda, to tell him. But she refused and the prince became so angered he ordered a dark wizard to extract the information from her. But instead the wizard put Zelda into an eternal slumber, never to awaken. The prince was so heartbroken when he found out that he ordered ever daughter born in the royal line to be named Zelda, after his sister. That is the Legend of Zelda.

[Shorty McNostril]

Why is metroid called metroid and not Samus??

[PIAC]

because calling a game "samus' sounds stupid Metroid sounds catchyer.

[Smadte]

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The Legend of Zelda actually doesn't refer to anything that happens in a game (although AoL's storyline dealt with it). The Legend of Zelda is about a King long ago who ruled over Hyrule with the Triforce, bringing peace and prosperity to the land. When he died, he did not want his son, who he deemed impure of heart, to inherit the Triforce, so he split it into 3 pieces and hid them. The prince was furious when he learned of this, and tried to force the only person who knew of their wherabouts, his sister, Zelda, to tell him. But she refused and the prince became so angered he ordered a dark wizard to extract the information from her. But instead the wizard put Zelda into an eternal slumber, never to awaken. The prince was so heartbroken when he found out that he ordered ever daughter born in the royal line to be named Zelda, after his sister. That is the Legend of Zelda.

Man, why don't they actually produce a GAME with that story?! It would KIKASS!!  

[Gibdo Master]

I'm not sure if you were joking or not so I am going to give two replies.

Not Joking Reply:

Uhh, they did make a game about that. It's called Zelda II: The Adventure of Link.

Joking Reply:

I wouldn't have replied.  

[mouse_clicker]

Well, AoL involved Link finally awakening the original Zelda (after many hundres of years), but I think what smadte meant was a game whose storyline WAS the Legend of Zelda.