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The original Legend of Zelda's design is driven by player discovery and ingenuity, and although its language was on the verge of being forgotten Tunic beautifully resurrected it. Both games together are a powerful example of how art is universal.

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Special thanks to https://www.zeldadungeon.net and https://www.legendsoflocalization.com

The Legend of Zelda Instruction Manual and Map https://www.nintendo.co.jp/clv/manual...

Sources
Zelda 1 English and Japanese Manual Differences https://legendsoflocalization.com/the...
Zelda 1 English and Japanese InGame Text Differences https://legendsoflocalization.com/the...
Shigeru Miyamoto GDC Keynote 2007    • Shigeru Miyamoto 2007 GDC Keynote  P...  
Interview with Andrew Shouldice (2015) https://web.archive.org/web/202201052...

Chapters
0:00 Intro
4:34 The Legend of Zelda
27:54 Tunic
38:42 Conclusion

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