The History of Zelda as Told by Commercials

Everybody remember the Zelda rap? Well then, get ready for a drive down nostalgia lane where we are going to look at pg123 the history of the Zelda main series as told by its TV commercials. And while this is not all the Zelda commercials by any means, these peeks into the past, showing how the games were promoted at the time of their original releases, are fun to compare and contrast with how we see the games now. Legend of Zelda (1987) The Adventure of Link (1988) A Link to the Past (1992) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzgrgPnbbZY Link’s Awakening (1993) Ocarina of Time (1998) Majora’s Mask (2000) Oracle of Seasons/Oracle of Ages (2001) Four Swords/A Link to the Past (2002) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbaHIrqgKPs The Wind Waker (2003) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2yikvGsPps Four Swords Adventures (2004) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZjtX7sIUPQ The Minish Cap (2005) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNnI_oCxO90 Twilight Princess (2006) Phantom Hourglass (2007) h25 com เข้าสู่ระบบ Spirit Tracks (2009) Skyward Sword (2011) A Link Between Worlds (2013) Want more commercial histories? Check out our look at the history of video game consoles โค้ดเครดิตฟรีสมาชิกใหม่ล่าสุด as told by commercials—as well as the Japanese versioncnx.cmd.push(function(){cnx({"playerId":"e3616d04-4972-4839-a63a-c6975e2e9731","settings":{"advertising":{"macros":{"AD_UNIT":"/23178111854/od.kotaku.com/article","CHILD_UNIT":"article","POST_ID":"1626419672","POST_TYPE":"post","CHANNEL":"kotaku-east","SECTION":"","SUBSECTION":"","CATEGORIES":"kotaku-east","TAGS":"the-legend-of-zelda","NOP":"0"},"timeBeforeFirstAd":0}}}).render("cnx-player-main")}); https://kotaku.com/a-history-of-video-game-consoles-in-commercials-1530142395 Kotaku East is your slice of Asian internet culture, bringing you the latest talking points from Japan, Korea, China and beyond. Tune in every morning from 4am to 8am. To contact the author of this post, write to [email protected] or find him on Twitter @BiggestinJapan