The Legend of Zelda is a well known series within the gaming community. The rights to the property belong to the Nintendo Company. The franchise has multiple installments on all of Nintendo's major game consoles, which originated three decades ago. At its core, The Legend of Zelda is a fantasy action-adventure video game series filled with vibrant locales and memorable characters. The property is one of Nintendo's most prosperous franchises for being one of the first of its kind to implement an open world for the player to explore freely. The success of the series has helped it achieve over 80 million copies sold as of 2017.