In celebration of Zelda's 35th anniversary we thought now would be a good time to look back at some of the best trailers and commercials from Zelda's history.
Zelda is officially 35 years old, dating back to the original Legend of Zelda’s launch on February 21, 1986. When a series has been around for that long there’s bound to be different advertising styles. From rap commercials in the 80’s to found footage ripoffs in the 2000’s there are a lot of approaches the Zelda series took when advertising over the decades.
In this video we’ve selected the best of them all, and at least 1 from each mainline game. This includes trailers and commercials, and those aren’t limited to just US or Japan. Some are comedic, some are epic, and some are just downright memorable.
In terms of what Nintendo is doing for the 35th anniversary of Zelda, it recently revealed that Skyward Sword HD will be making its way to the Switch 10 years after its original Wii release. It also revealed that more information about Breath of the Wild’s sequel will be revealed later this year.
00:00 - Intro 00:13 - The Legend of Zelda 01:13 - Zelda II: The Adventure of Link 01:43 - A Link to the Past 02:53 - Link's Awakening 03:54 - Ocarina of Time 05:29 - Majora's Mask 07:47 - Oracle of Seasons/Ages 08:17 - Four Swords 08:47 - The Wind Waker 09:47 - Four Swords Adventures 10:17 - The Minish Cap 10:47 - Twilight Princess 11:45 - Phantom Hourglass 12:00 - Spirit Tracks 12:57 - Skyward Sword 14:13 - A Link Between Worlds 14:44 - Tri Force Heroes 15:24 - Breath of the Wild 19:09 - Breath of the Wild Sequel 20:28 - Outro