How to use this FAQ
This FAQ includes the names "Link I", "Link II", "Link III", "Zelda I", "Zelda II" and
"Zelda III". Link and Zelda I (The First) are the Link and Zelda in Zelda 64. Link and
Zelda II (The Second) are the Link and Zelda in "A Link to the Past" and "Link�s Awakening".
Link and Zelda III (The Third) are the Link and Zelda in "The Legend of Zelda", "Adventure of
Link", The Zelda Comics, and The Zelda Cartoons. This is further explained in Question one.
Also, I use these abbreviations:
LoZ - The Legend of Zelda
AoL - The Legend of Zelda II: The Adventure of Link
LttP - The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
LA - The Legend of Zelda: Link�s Awakening
Z64 - The Legend of Zelda 64
Questions
1: Why doesn�t Link know Zelda in
LttP?
Because it isn�t the same old Link! There are in fact three Links. The Link and Zelda in
LoZ and AoL are ANCESTORS, that is relatives that came after, the Link and Zelda in LttP and
LA. However, the Link and Zelda in Z64 are even earlier! This is how you break it down:
Link I and Zelda I (Z64)
Link II and Zelda II (LttP and LA)
Link III and Zelda III (LoZ and AoL)
2: So what�s the differences
between the three Links? They can�t be exactly the same!
Link I (Z64) has redish hair, brown eyes, and doesn�t wear any pants under his "skirt".
Link II (LttP and LA) has blonde hair, blue eyes, and also doesn�t wear pants.
Link III (LoZ and AoL) has brown hair, an unknown eye color (In the Comic Series, they are
sometimes red or brown, and in the Cartoon and LoZ book they are brown) He does wear pants,
however.
3: All right, are the Link�s right
handed or left?
They are all left handed, according to the games and instruction booklets. However, some
of the Valiant comics (see question 6) and the first Zelda 64 demo showed Link right handed.
I may also add that in LttP, AoL, and LA, if you face East, Link switches his shield and sword
to the opposite hands. This was done so they did not have to change the sprites of facing east
and could just flip Link looking west.
4: How old are the three
Links?
Only one age is given. AoL took place just before Link III turned sixteen.
5: Where did Link III come
from?
According to the Valiant comics, (see question 7) Link came from the kingdom of Calatia,
east of Hyrule. His parent�s names were Arn and Medila.
6: How come none of the Links/Zeldas
are related? I mean, didn�t Link ? and Zelda ? get married?
The first Zelda was put under a sleeping spell and was not awaken until AoL. The second
Link settled in Calatia, not Hyrule, for some unknown reason. The third Link and Zelda finally
defeated Ganon without being seperated. Maybe they got married. However, maybe the Prince of
Darkness chanted a spell on the family of Heroes, saying that "the one who striked me down will
never marry the one he loves".
7: In what other media has the
Legend of Zelda appeared?
Valiant Comics produced about five comic books of Zelda Comics in Spring/Summer 1990. Each
book had two stories, composing of ten pages each, and three pages of two or one page stories.
Another Valiant comic book, The Nintendo Comic System, had a ten page Zelda story in each.
An unknown number were made. They are not available anywhere as far as I know.
DIC Enterprises produced thirteen episodes of a Zelda cartoon show, which aired Fridays in
the 1989 - 1990 season. I know a few were produced on tape, but as far as I know, not the
entire series. I know not where they can be bought, but they are being documented at the Zelda
Headquarters.
Link also appeared in four episodes of the Captain N: The Game Master Cartoon.
Nintendo Power ran a Zelda comic strip loosely based on The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the
Past, in Volumes 32-44. The comic differed greatly from the game. It is now sold in graphic
novel format in the magazine�s Back Issue/Player�s Guide order form.
8: What Zelda games were made for
Philips� CD-I?
Philips� CD-I had three Zelda games for it�s system. They were Link: The Faces of Evil,
Zelda: The Wand of Gamallon, and Zelda�s Adventure. At current, Nintendo has no plans of
releasing them on SNES or Nintendo 64. I do not hope that these games are being released on
a N64 game a little after Z64 comes out. I have not played them, but reviews are at the Zelda
Headquarters. From what I hear, they are quite bad, and I don�t want them ruining the Legend.
9: Was the wizard who chanted the
sleeping spell on Zelda? Agahnim?
No one knows for sure. Nobody knows which Zelda it is, either, but we believe it was the
first. He has the same skin color and looks, but the picture in the AoL instruction booklet
shows him as the shadow of the Prince. Another possibility is Carock, the wizard in the Maze
Palace. It seems only the creator of Zelda knows. Maybe it�ll be in Zelda 64!
10: Who is that little dwarf
guarding the Triforce of Courage in AoL?
I don�t know for sure. I once thought it was Sahasrahla, however, it might just be
the guardian.
11: What did the letter to the
Little Old Lady in LoZ say?
Nintendo says:
�You asked what the "letter to the old lady" in The Legend of Zelda said. It said "please
sell my friends some medicine....or else!"�
I guess this is the closest answer we have to answering this question.
12: What did Bagu�s note in AoL
say?
Again, Nintendo says:
�The letter Bagu writes to you is a sign that will tell the riverman to let you pass. What
did it say? Hyrule legends say it said something like "Let my friend cross the river... or
face the consequences!"�
Sound familiar?
13: What happened to Link II�s Mom
and Pop?
The game doesn�t say much. The Nintendo Power comic says they were sent to the Dark World
because they were descendants of the knights of Hyrule, but since the Dark World residences
were freed, wouldn�t they? In the comic nor the game they aren�t. The comic was possibly a
manifestation of an earlier idea. I believe they died of something, and that�s why Link�s Uncle
takes care of him.
