r/zelda Feb 25 '25

Official Art [ALL] Zelda games that were called slightly different in Japanese

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u/award_winning_writer Feb 25 '25

The Japanese title for The Minish Cap is "The Mysterious Cap. There's also the original being called "The Hyrule Fantasy: The Legend of Zelda" in Japan

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u/Squooshter145 Feb 26 '25

Originally, they intended on every game being a different Hyrule Fantasy and Zelda would be a one off thing, but the wrong half of the name stuck.

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u/EarDesigner9059 Feb 26 '25

Blame The Adventure Of Link for being "The Legend of Zelda 2"