The Legend of Zelda
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- 2.1K Backlogs
- 99 Replays
- 4.8% Retired
- 75% Rating
- 3.3K Beat
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Main Story
8 Hours
Main + Sides
8½ Hours
Completionist
9½ Hours
All Styles
8½ Hours
Ganon, the King of Evil, broke free from the Dark World and captured Hyrule's beloved Princess Zelda. Before she was caught, Zelda managed to shatter the Triforce of Wisdom and scatter its eight pieces throughout Hyrule. Link swore to recover the Triforce pieces and rescue Princess Zelda from Ganon's clutches.
Platforms:
Game & Watch, Game Boy Advance, NES
Game & Watch, Game Boy Advance, NES
Genres:
Top-Down, Action, Adventure, Open World
Top-Down, Action, Adventure, Open World
Developer:
Nintendo EAD
Nintendo EAD
Publisher:
Nintendo
Nintendo
NA:
August 22nd, 1987
August 22nd, 1987
EU:
November 15th, 1987
November 15th, 1987
JP:
February 21st, 1986
February 21st, 1986
Updated:
12 Hours Ago
12 Hours Ago
Alias:
Classic NES Series: The Legend of Zelda
Classic NES Series: The Legend of Zelda
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| Single-Player | Polled | Average | Median | Rushed | Leisure |
| Main Story | 501 | 8h 6m | 8h | 5h 1m | 16h 31m |
| Main + Extras | 370 | 8h 35m | 8h 8m | 5h 40m | 20h 27m |
| Completionist | 282 | 9h 57m | 9h | 6h 6m | 34h 44m |
| All PlayStyles | 1.2K | 8h 43m | 8h | 5h 10m | 34h 10m |
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| Speedruns | Polled | Average | Median | Fastest | Slowest |
| Any% | 13 | 1h 52m 18s | 49m 12s | 28m 32s | 5h |
| 100% | 5 | 4h 5m 46s | 4h | 35m 36s | 6h 21m 14s |
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| Platform | Polled | Main | Main + | 100% | Fastest | Slowest |
| Emulated | 127 | 8h 42m | 8h 4m | 8h 51m | 2h 20m | 27h 31m |
| Game & Watch | 5 | 8h | 9h 42m | 8h 24m | 6h | 10h |
| Game Boy Advance | 27 | 10h 6m | 8h 10m | 11h 23m | 3h 50m | 15h 43m |
| NES | 572 | 7h 40m | 8h 39m | 9h 56m | 2h | 32h 32m |
| Nintendo 3DS | 121 | 10h 7m | 9h 25m | 11h 32m | 2h 56m | 26h 20m |
| Nintendo DS | 3 | 10h 3m | 11h 18m | 20h 59m | 10h 3m | 20h 59m |
| Nintendo Switch | 233 | 7h 26m | 8h 5m | 7h 38m | 2h 6m | 25h |
| Wii | 15 | 8h 40m | 10h 56m | 14h 21m | 5h 40m | 20h |
| Wii U | 31 | 8h 3m | 7h 54m | 12h 7m | 4h 5m | 17h 22m |
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