The most popular and beloved role-playing adventure of the Nintendo francizes, The Legend of Zelda. Armed, to start, with only a sword and a shield Link, the epic hero, has been awing Zelda lovers since Nintendo first released The Legend of Zelda in 1987. The Zelda games have become extremely popular and the only real weapons that Link poses are a sword and a shield.

Zelda, is a Princess in which the franchise is named after, its hero is Link. Together him and Zelda must defeat Ganon and save the Land of Hyrule. Link is armed mainly with only a sword and shield to get him through the games. Though he does carry other weapons and items, his main fit is with his sword.

As the franchise has built the sword and shield that Link carries has become much stronger throughout the franchise, as the enemies have become stronger and more developed. He has special sword attacks that have helped to enhance its technique and make it easier and quicker for Link to defeat enemies. When Link is at full health his sword shoots out powerful beams used to destroy enemies from a distance. Then, of course, there is the famous Link spin attack, which allows him to destroy many enemies at once.

Every master swordsman needs a shield as well. Though the first shield that Link normally receives is bare minimum and only by upgrading your shield can you truly protect yourself. His shield also holds powers that help protect him in his fight against Ganon.

When the Zelda games start off, though, he begins with a regular sword that is received from someone or somewhere. In Link to the Past it was his father that gave him his first sword and shield. In (probably the most popular Zelda game still to date) Ocarina of Time Link found his sword in the woods of the forest where he grew up. And in A Link between Worlds he gets his sword from a blacksmith.

The Master Sword is usually inside the Temple of Time (except in A Link to the Past, where it is found in the forest) and no matter how decrypted the Temple becomes the Master Sword remains protected until the Hero of Time (Link) raises it from the pedestal in which it sits. The Master Sword is also the only weapon that is capable of defeating Ganondorf and his demonic form of Ganon.

Link’s shield, in most games, is bought with Rupees at the beginning. Though you are capable of defending yourself from some enemy attacks the first shield Link receives holds no special powers. As a matter of fact in most of the games it’s made of wood and catches fire pretty easily. The further you get in the games not only can you upgrade your sword but your shield as well. In Ocarina of Time, Link receives a third shield, called the Mirror Shield which actually reflects magical spells or a beam of light to open up doors in temples. In Link to the Past the Mirror shield can block beams and reflect attacks that his other two shields cannot.

In most of the Zelda games there are a least three different shields and three different swords that Link can get, each one better than the next and each one holding its own special powers. It’s Link’s main way of survival in his fight against evil. Without his sword and shield he would be unable to save the land of Hyrule and Princess Zelda.