Talk:The Legend of Zelda (TV series)

Len Carlson issue
Ganon's voice-actor is mentioned as Len Carlson, but the link leads to Leonard Carlson a.k.a. Lenny Lane who is an American Professional Wrestler. Could someone confirm if these two are the one and the same or is the link directed to the wrong article?

Why "cleanup"?
Why has this article been tagged for Cleanup? I can't see anything particularly wrong with it. Please clarify what you think the problem is. I'll remove the cleanup notice in a few days otherwise. --AlexChurchill 09:34, 7 October 2005 (UTC)
 * 4 days, no comments... time to be bold. --AlexChurchill 08:59, 11 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Sorry, wasn't really watching it... aside from needing expansion( I know, that has its own template) and fact-checking, it's got some pretty awful grammar and usage. I intend to fix it up all shiny someday, but in the meantime I put the cleanup tag to encourage others to correct the problems & contribute. -- WikidSmaht (talk) 23:16, 22 October 2005 (UTC)

Link and Zelda romance?
It states in this article This may have influenced the later misconception among gamers that Link and Zelda are a romantic item, something never directly implied in any of the video games. That is not true. In Zelda II for the NES, they kissed in the end, a truly romantic gesture. --Admiral Roo 12:05, 28 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't it only implied that they kiss at the end of that game? Doesn't the curtain fall before we see such a kiss?  --L T Dangerous 05:12, 12 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Yes it does. Only an implication. -- Hyrule 05:19, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
 * But the Zelda in "Zelda II" is not the same one as in "Zelda I". In the second part she is the original princess who was asleep for many years. So, with the actual Zelda (the one from the first part, who owns the Triforce of Wisdom, who was captured by Ganon and who resembles the Zelda in the cartoon) he really never had something like a relationship.

Handedness
I removed the sentence, "Link is incorrectly right-handed in the show."

At the time, when the show was made, only the first Zelda game was out, right? When facing left, Link's game sprite would appear one way, but when flipped, it would appear that he had switched his sword to the other hand because the sprite was merely mirrored. Nintendo had said that the reason for this was because Link always pointed his shield toward Death Mountain, or something like this. So I don't think Link's left-handedness was yet established. Therefore, the television show was not incorrect, right? --Brandon Dilbeck 22:17, 2 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Actually, both NES games were out already, and the 3rd game was well into development. Plus, when Link faced up and down in LoZ, he held his sword in his left hand. That means in 3 out of 4 directions he held it left-handed, and the remaining direction was explained by the Death Mountain thing. So if Link was right-handed in the show, that would be incorrect. -- WikidSmaht (talk) 09:53, 4 May 2006 (UTC)
 * The Zelda 2 instruction manual states that Link holds the sword in his left hand. As the cartoon - based on both NES games - portrays Link as a right-handed swordsman, it is indeed incorrect. I would consider it noteable to mention this in the article, as Link being left-handed is as much a part of the character as the green tunic. Lysia 15:29, 6 July 2006 (UTC)
 * I have to agree with Lysia here, the Adventure of Link manual clearly depicts Link as a left handed person, and The Legend of Zelda manual official art shows the same thing. This is clearly worth mentioning. Archaic Sage 15:47, 18 October 2006 (BST)
 * How does the right handed Link in the Wii version of Twilight Princess effect this decision? Theichibun (talk) 03:25, 26 December 2008 (UTC)
 * The Wii version is a mirror of the GameCube version, to make the controls easier to use. If you pay attention to the layout (say, on the maps) you'll see it's the complete opposite of the GC version. So Link is still left-handed. I believe that in the Wii version, Zelda is depicted as left-handed, which is "incorrect", so that is further proof. HTH, Hermione1980 03:34, 26 December 2008 (UTC)

Differences
What does everyone think of separating the Trivia section into "Trivia" and "Differences Between The NES Games and the Cartoon Series"?
 * I dislike the idea of changing the Trivia name to "Differences..." as not all of the information within that area if Differences, as it mentions the fact that it Zelda made an appearance in the Captain N TV shows and the information about the Yahooligans. Although I do question one of the Trivia points on there, and that's why does the hair colour between the older games and the newer games have to be mentioned for Link? It's not unusual and most people know about that. In regards to Zelda, that's important as the games and the cartoons are depicted differently, unlike Link. Archaic Sage 14:86, 15 November 2006 (GMT)
 * In any event, a "Differences" section definitely needs to be created. I might do this myself later, though I obviously encourage anybody willing to beat me to it. Jeff Silvers 13:52, 26 December 2006 (UTC)

Airing History
I've added a few dates to the Airing History section, although the Yahooligan's date is uncertain. Further, I have also added the Not Yet Aired under Fox Kids/Jetix because they've not been aired yet. So that will need to be changed at a later date. Archaic Sage 15.08, 15 November 2006 (GMT)

Allen Stewart-Coates
Since there were so few voice actors in the 13 episode series, would adding Stewart-Coates to the cast be seen as that incongruent? Mintchocolatebear 19:33, 17 November 2006 (UTC)
 * I think adding Allen Stewart-Coates would be beneficial to the article as there are so few voice actors that it could do nothing but add substance to the article, even if he was only the Red Triforce (Triforce of Power) piece. Archaic Sage 22:29, 19 November 2006 (GMT)
 * Okay, excellent! If another person agrees, then we'll add him in. Mintchocolatebear 23:23, 19 November 2006 (UTC)

Release
I rewrote the Release section to make it more informative and it also includes a brief bit about the United Kingdom release on TV and also the fact that the DVD company are unable to release the DVD in the UK. I'd cite the sources, but I don't know what format of citation we're using on this article, or how to cite on Wikipedia. Archaic Sage 00:59, 20 November 2006 (GMT)

Ok, I see that this information is a bit late, but here is the style guide for citing Citing_sources and a page with some different citings which you can take as examples Hayley Westenra. Andrew D White 20:16, 25 May 2007 (UTC)

Episode articles
Do you think that the episodes should have separate articles? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.181.196.11 (talk • contribs)


 * There isn't really enough information about each episode, nor is any one episode really very notable. Just a plot summary, no matter how long and in-depth it is, isn't really suitable for an article.  --Brandon Dilbeck 07:11, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

Why not have an Anime?
I think that Legend Of Zelda should be an Anime. It originally was japanese after all and i consider Anime to be better than american cartoons anyway. Why not have an Anime version? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 75.45.120.151 (talk) 13:58, 4 February 2007 (UTC).


 * This talk page is for discussing changes to the article. It's not the right place to ask for more television programs.  --Brandon Dilbeck 17:49, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

Fine. But what gives? Why American? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.45.120.151 (talk)

From Game to Cartoon Question
Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't the Wizzrobe also appear in the show? I'm pretty certain he did in the episode "A Hitch in the Works" as the strange looking hooded man that was going to marry Ganon and Zelda.
 * The enemies in the game that didn't appear in the cartoon were Peahat, Leever, Ghini, Wallmaster, Wizzrobe, Bubble, Lanmolas, Moldorm, Manhandla, and Digdogger. Though Darknut was thought not to be in the series as well, it appears in the episode "That Sinking Feeling", and is the holder of the Power Bracelet.

"Miscellaneous" section
This section appears to contain several random facts, shouldn't the header for this section be changed to "Trivia"? -Damo271190 20:14, 1 August 2007 (UTC)

Sing for the Unicorn
for some reason, there was a link of that that only redirected to the same page. I removed it 199.17.142.248 (talk) 23:27, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

I found this cant tell if its real or not
http://movies.ign.com/dor/articles/863515/legend-of-zelda-movie-trailer/videos/zelda_makingof_040308.html


 * It's not real of course (hint: It was released on April 1st). But please sign your comments using 4 tildas. 68.193.130.33 (talk) 20:26, 25 April 2008 (UTC)

Copy Edit
Some thoughts as I go through this article:
 * "...based on the Japanese first and second The Legend of Zelda games..." What is "Japanese" modifying here? First (but not second)?  First and second? Games? And is this an important distinction?  I.e. is it based on the Japanese version, as opposed to some other version?  I'm going to take it out.
 * "...not directly explained in the series but instead in the episodes the items..." The video game series or the tv series?  I am going to assume you mean the video game series, because I always wondered about that myself.  And it does seem like it's explained in the tv show: by "magic."
 * "In 1992, the episodes were time compressed (sped up) and played in double episode format on Captain N & the Video Game Masters syndication block. Zelda episodes were rarely shown, but at least once, the episodes "Underworld Connections" & "Doppleganger" aired with the titles switched around." Do you mean that they were time compressed with the intention of being shown on Captain N, but ultimately they were rarely aired? Or do you mean that the they were aired all the time, except those episodes that featured the character of Zelda?  Were they aired at least once, or were the titles switched around at least once?  I'm going to leave it because I am in the dark on this one.  Maybe someone could clear this up?

Hope I did more good than harm. Braincricket (talk) 04:48, 22 November 2011 (UTC)

Link Speaks
If you haven't noticed, link says a few words in Zelda II: The Adventure of Link, i.e. "I FOUND A MIRROR UNDER THE TABLE" shouldn't that be added to the times that he had spoken?Smurfton (talk) 01:09, 8 June 2012 (UTC)

Crossover
On the "Captain N and the Gamemaster" cartoon series are two crossovers
 * 16 "Quest For The Potion Of Power" Helped by an ally, Zelda and Link have to stop Gannon from regaining power
 * 22 "Having a Ball" two villian steal the Triforce, Zelda and Link have to rescue it; the two villians are banished to their own dimension by a very angry Zelda — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.49.138.11 (talk) 01:00, 23 December 2020 (UTC)