How Zelda has evolved since the 8-bit NES era
An interesting look into how Zelda has evolved since the 8-bit NES era.
The Legend of Zelda series is a pillar of gaming at this point, with nearly 40 years' worth of games. What started on the NES with 8-bit graphics has gone to fully open-world games with Tears of the Kingdom and Breath of the Wild. With the Nintendo Switch 2 looming, which will feature paid upgrades for both Tears of the Kingdom and Breath of the Wild and GameCube classic Wind Waker on NSO, which makes now a great time to walk through the evolutions of the series has seen since the 80s. Originally an 8-bit game on the NES, there are a few major evolutions you can mark, most of which come with improvements to the technology, or in the case of our first big change, a new place to play.
