How to play the Zelda games in order, by story timeline or release
There is a lot of Zelda chatter doing the rounds right now, with the long-awaited and much-hyped The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild 2 being the topic of much discussion.
And while we're obsessing over the new Zelda game, many of us may want to check out some of the older ones, of which there are a great many.
If you do decide to trek through Zelda history, you will find that there are loads of games to get through, and the easiest way to do it is to play them in release order. But what if you want to experience the story in chronological order? Well, that is where things get a lot more complicated.
But we've given explaining it all a go and you will find both ways to play all the main Zelda games detailed out for you below!
As with most long-running franchises, the order to play can become a bit jumbled if you want to play them in story order. But if you want to experience the main entries in the Zelda series like everyone else did, in the order of release, here is how to do it:
It's worth noting that Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity (2020), Cadence of Hyrule (2019) and numerous other titles are considered spinoffs rather than core entires, which is why we've left them off this list. You can normally spot a spinoff by the fact that Nintendo isn't the only developer that worked on it.
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