Zelda Informer traces the narrative thematic tradition of the Legend of Zelda series, past, present, and future. Part 1 starts with the two NES installments and their success at bringing a modern-day epic fantasy adventure to life.

That first Zelda story really captured the age-old myth of a sword-wielding hero fighting to rescue a princess from an evil king and made it relevant to us, in our modern industrialized age. Link is very much the Odysseus, the Beowulf, the Aragorn archetype made incarnate in the video game world; Ganon is similarly the Satanic figure, the Grendel, the Sauron of Hyrule's universe. It's a healthy blend of classic epic and modern high fantasy.

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