which legend of zelda game is the first?
The Legend of Zelda
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 A successor to the game , titled The Legend of Zelda : A Link Between Worlds , was released for the Nintendo 3DS in November 2013 . 

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 The Legend of Zelda was a bestseller for Nintendo , selling over 6 @.@ 5 million copies . It is often featured in lists of games considered the greatest or most influential and is regarded as a spiritual forerunner of the role @-@ playing video game genre . A solitary sequel , Zelda II : The Adventure of Link , was first released in Japan less than a year after its predecessor 's debut . The game spawned several prequels and a number of spin @-@ offs , establishing a series that has become one of Nintendo 's most popular . 

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 The game received critical acclaim on release , and was praised for its humor , voice acting , graphics , music and gameplay . It is now regarded as a classic point @-@ and @-@ click adventure game and is often listed in publishers ' lists of top games of all time . Several attempts to produce sequels were cancelled , ultimately resulting in the franchise moving from LucasArts to Telltale Games . 

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 The games interacted with each other : players could begin with any of the three titles and have the actions of the first game affect the story of the other two , a concept conceived by Okamoto . More than ten of Flagship 's scenarists , among them Resident Evil writer Junichi Miyashita , worked simultaneously on the three stories . The developers considered using a cell phone adapter to transfer data , but later decided on a password system . The limitations of this system and the difficulty of coordinating three games proved too complicated , so the team scaled back to two titles at Miyamoto 's suggestion . Condensing the games into a single cartridge was never considered , as the prospect of multiple endings and the added replay value afforded by the ability to play the titles in either order was very attractive . Oracle of Seasons was adapted from Mystical Seed of Power , Oracle of Ages was adapted from Mystical Seed of Wisdom , and Mystical Seed of Courage was canceled . 

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 The Legend of Zelda : A Link to the Past , known as The Legend of Zelda : Triforce of the Gods ( Japanese : ゼルダの伝説 神々のトライフォース , Hepburn : Zeruda no Densetsu : Kamigami no Toraifōsu ) in Japan , is an action @-@ adventure video game developed and published by Nintendo for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System video game console . It is the third installment in The Legend of Zelda series and was released in 1991 in Japan and 1992 in North America and Europe . 
