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The Legend of Zelda is the game that started one of Nintendo's best franchises, and it holds up pretty well to this day.

Specifications: ESRB: Everyone; Genre: Adventure; Number of players: 1 Player See full specs

Gamespot editors' review

  • Reviewed on: 11/22/2006
  • Released on: 11/19/2006

The Legend of Zelda was originally released in 1987, and it was such a landmark event that Nintendo shipped the game on a shiny gold cartridge. This NES game was the first battery-backed game to hit the system, and it was also the first game to introduce us to Link, Zelda, and the evil Ganon. The boomerangs, the bombs, the bow and arrow--many of the key weapons that Link still uses in modern games like Twilight Princess originated nearly 20 years ago. Link's first, classic adventure is now available for the Wii via the Virtual Console service. Like other NES games available on the system, it's a picture-perfect emulation of the original game. But unlike some of those other NES games, this game holds up well enough to be quite playable today.

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The Nintendo Entertainment System. Your parents help you hook it up! The Legend of Zelda sold separately.

The game is broken up into an overworld and nine different dungeons. You get the action only one screen at a time, so when you walk off the edge of the screen, the whole thing scrolls over to show you the next area. This effectively makes the entire overworld one big grid, and each dungeon a smaller grid. But the mazelike map prevents you from just walking exactly where you want to go, and some areas will be inaccessible until you collect certain items. Each dungeon contains items that you'll need to proceed, whether it's a bow and arrow that you'll need to beat a specific boss or a raft that you can use to float from one location to another. While the A button (2 on the Wii Remote) is always your sword, you can select any of your secondary items from a submenu and assign them to the NES B button (1 on your Wii Remote). It was an elegant system for its time, considering the NES controller only had two action buttons to work with. It still functions just fine today.

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