Fact or Myth: The Legend of Zelda

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Fact or Myth: The Legend of Zelda

The Legend of Zelda franchise has had over 30 years to amass a ton of wild trivia, and outright lies and wishful thinking from fans. Think you know the difference?

For each category below, we'll give you three statements: two facts you didn't know, and one myth you thought you knew:

  • Development
  • Symbology
  • Items
  • NPCs
  • Hacks

DEELOPHENIT The Legend of Zelda was a dungeon builder, like Super Mario Maker. The theme song was an afterthought. Majora's Mask is based on the 5 sta

TEUTH The Legend of Zelda was a dungeon builder, like Super Mario Maker. 002 5 The game was conceived as a way to show off what the Famicom console co

TEUTH The theme song was an afterthought. ZELDA THE LEGEND OF 01986 NINTENDC PUSH START BUTTON At the last moment, they realized the song they wanted

LIE Majora's Mask is NOT based on the 5 stages of grief. Tatl PuncH Altack Stop A popular theory says that Link is on a journey through his own emotio

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ETHEOLOG'T Islamic symbols were removed from the U.S. version of the original game due to protests. Hyrule's official religion is Christiantiy. The Tr

LIE Islamic symbols were NOT removed from the U.S. version of the original game due to protests. 473 Japanese versions do include Islamic symbols for

TELTH Hyrule's official religion is Christianity. DuE to Nintendo of America's no-religion policy, references to priests and churches in the Japanese

TELTH The Triforce can be traced back to Mongolian invasions. The Triforce is based on the emblem of the Hojo Clan, a powerful 12th century Japanese f

ITEME You can squeeze your own Lon Lon Milk. You can defeat Ganon with an empty bottle. You can beat The Legend of Zelda without the sword.

TEUTH You can squeeze your own Lon Lon Milk. 500 If you play Epona' Song for a cow, and you have an empty bottle on you, she'll give you that milk on

TELTH You can defeat Ganon with an empty bottle. BONNSNMD 500 In Ocarina of Time, it's implied that only the Master Sword will do the trick, but you c

LIE You can NOT beat The Legend of Zelda without the sword. IT' DANGEROUS TO GO ALONE! THIS. If you don't grab the sword at the very beginning, you ca

NPES There's an enemy in The Legend of Zelda that can be beaten by yelling at it. Tingle is one of the most popular Zelda characters of all time. Link

TELTH There's an enemy in The Legend of Zelda that can be beaten by yelling at it. LEVEL-S 183 B -LIFE- The Famicom controller has a built-in micropho

TELTH Tingle is one of the most popular Zelda characters of all time. Nintondo LIBTEEPEILD iFJ Z They absolutely LOVE Tingle in Japan. He has a whole

LIE Link DOES have parents. Everyone thinks Link grew up a street urchin, but canonically, his mother gave him to the Deku Tree, who then raised him.

HACKE You can't beat the Running Man. You can collect the Triforce as an item in Ocarina of Time. You can play the Second Quest in The Legend of Zelda

TRUTH You can't beat the Running Man. DA ENID OF R OF T PRE S 1998-in.do The Running Man is programmed to beat you by 1 second every time. People have

LIE You can NOT collect the Triforce as an item in Ocarina of Time. Return Save Decide EST STATUS 80 sssss S shssspy TION Melody 500 to Play The item

TRUTH You can play the Second Quest in The Legend of Zelda without beating the game first. Tl. If you name your game file Zelda, you'll start out in

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