The Legend of Zelda (television series)

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A preview for The Legend of Zelda cartoon.
A preview for Friday's episode of The Legend of Zelda

The Legend of Zelda is an animated television series chronicling the adventures of Link, Princess Zelda, and Ganon in Hyrule. The show is based on the games The Legend of Zelda and Zelda II: The Adventure of Link. It lasted for only 13 episodes and was part of the same syndication package as The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! As with cartoons of the Super Mario franchise, it was produced by DiC Entertainment.

While The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! was broadcast five days a week, cartoons of the Super Mario franchise aired only from Monday to Thursday, with The Legend of Zelda airing instead on Friday, though it was still accompanied by live-action segments featuring Mario and Luigi. Some of these segments were included as part of The Legend of Zelda's later DVD release because Mario, Luigi, and/or the guest star would speak out to the audience to promote that week's episode of The Legend of Zelda, showing a preview consisting of scenes from the upcoming episode.

The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! and The Legend of Zelda would sometimes reference each other. The episode "Stars in Their Eyes" of The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! has aliens known as the Quirks playing the theme song of The Legend of Zelda on their trumpet-like noses near the episode's end; similarly, the episode "Doppelganger" of The Legend of Zelda depicts Link whistling the Ground Theme from Super Mario Bros. while practicing with his sword. Additionally, Mario states in The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! that The Legend of Zelda is Mama Mario's favorite show. Both shows also use the ending song "Do the Mario" for the credits.

The Legend of Zelda was one of four Nintendo-based cartoons included in the compilation television series Captain N & The Video Game Masters; however, when episodes of The Legend of Zelda were aired, they were sped up and cut significantly to around ten minutes. As of 2014, the series has been made available for streaming on WildBrain's Cartoon Super Heroes, Vault, and Super Mario Bros. Super Show! channels, though the live-action segments are not included by the channel.

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning
French Princesse Zelda Princess Zelda
Italian Un regno incantato per Zelda An enchanted kingdom for Zelda
Spanish La leyenda de Zelda The legend of Zelda
Swedish Legenden om Zelda The legend of Zelda

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The Legend of Zelda coverage on other NIWA wikis:
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Television series, films, and videos
Animated TV series Saturday Supercade (1983) • Captain N: The Game Master (1989) • The Legend of Zelda (1989) • The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 (1990) • Super Mario World (1991) • Captain N & The Video Game Masters (1993) • Mario All Stars (1994) • Donkey Kong Country (1996)
Televised live action / mixed format The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! (1989) • Mario Ice Capades (1989) • King Koopa's Kool Kartoons (1989) • Club Mario (1990) • The Super Mario Challenge (1990) • Donkey Kong Planet (1996)
Films Super Mario Bros.: Peach-hime Kyūshutsu Dai Sakusen! (1986) • The Wizard (1989) • Super Mario Bros. (1993) • Pixels (2015) • The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023)
OVAs / Straight-to-video Mario no Daibōken (1986) • Amada Anime Series: Super Mario Bros. (1989) • Super Mario no Kōtsū Anzen (1989) • Super Mario no Shōbōtai (1989) • Super Mario World: Mario to Yoshi no Bōken Land (1991) • Mario Kirby Meisaku Video (1993)
Web videos Finding Luigi - Legend of Parkour (2013) • Five Games With Spooky Levels to Play in the Dark (2014) • The Cat Mario Show (2014) • Mario Kart 8 From the Pit (2014) • Nintendo - Winter Wonderland Levels (2014) • DIY With Nintendo: Boo Cookie Pops • Nintendo eShop - Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Tipping Stars Level Creation (2015) • Mario Myths with Mr Miyamoto (2015) • Yoshi's Woolly World: Adventure Guide (2015) • Celebrate Mar. 10 - Mario Day! (2016) • Luigi Runs the Nintendo 2DS Factory for a Day (2016) • Mario Reads Your Letters (2017) • Nintendo Switch Parental Controls - Nintendo Switch Presentation 2017 Trailer (2017) • 5 Games With Spooky Levels to Play on Halloween! (2018) • Guess That Game (2020) (Episode 1 · Episode 2 · Episode 3 · Episode 4 · Episode 6 · Episode 8) • 5-Second Focus (2020) (Ep. 1 · Ep. 2 · Ep. 4 · Ep. 7 · Ep. 8 · Ep. 9 · Ep. 10) • Know Your Nintendo (2020) (Episode 1 · Episode 2 · Episode 3 · Episode 4 · Episode 6 · Episode 9 · Episode 10) • Baddies & Battles (2022) (Ep 1 · Ep 2 · Ep 3 · Ep 4 · Compilation) • Fun Lists! Lists! Lists! (2022) (Top 10 Reasons to Play My Game! · 5 Funny Games! · 5 Characters = 5 Fun Choices · Princess Peach Power · Laugh Till You Pop · 10 Power-Ups! · Get Them Goombas! · Epic Mario Kart Takedowns Compilation · Mario Kart Items to Put Your Bro on Blast · 5 Minigames in Mario Party Superstars That Are Really Cool) • "Mario and Friends" (2022) • Meet the Characters! (2022) (Episode 1 · Episode 3 · Episode 5 · Episode 6 · Episode 7 · Episode 8 · Episode 9 · Episode 10 · Compilation 1 · Compilation 2) • Stuff on Nintendo Switch (2022) • "This Is My Nintendo Jam!" (2023) • Get to Know Mushroom Kingdom Characters (2023) • Super Mario Maker 2 Challenges! (2023) (Ep 1 · Ep 2 · Ep 3)
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