The Legend of Zelda (franchise)

The Legend of Zelda is a video game franchise published and produced by Nintendo. It was created by Shigeru Miyamoto, who is also the creator of the Mario franchise. The first installment is The Legend of Zelda, which released for the Famicom Disk System in 1986 and for the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1987. The main series of the franchise is the titular The Legend of Zelda series. The franchise also consists of the Tingle series and Hyrule Warriors series.

Unlike the Mario franchise, which consists of numerous spin-off titles and series, The Legend of Zelda franchise largely consists of its main series. The paired Philips CD-i games, Link: The Faces of Evil and Zelda: The Wand of Gamelon, are the first home console games in The Legend of Zelda franchise to not be a part of the main series.