• The Legend of Zelda Translation Comparison: Gameplay

  Language differences, cultural differences, and even hardware differences all meant that Japanese and Western players experienced Zelda slightly differently!

• The Legend of Zelda Translation Comparison: Graphics

  Have a look at some of the slight graphical differences between the Japanese Legend of Zelda and the English-language version!

• The Legend of Zelda Translation Comparison: Instruction Manuals

  Let's also take a detailed look at the instruction manuals for the Japanese and English versions of the game! Neat stuff in here!

• The Legend of Zelda Translation Comparison: Introduction

  Let's examine the history of the first Zelda game and how I happened upon it as a kid.

• The Legend of Zelda Translation Comparison: Items

  Here are a few interesting things about some of the items and item names in The Legend of Zelda!

• The Legend of Zelda Translation Comparison: Miscellaneous

  Check out all the different versions of the first Zelda game, the different commercials used to market the game in each region, and more!

• The Legend of Zelda Translation Comparison: Second Quest

  The second quest of The Legend of Zelda doesn't have much new text, but some differences still abound!

• The Many Translations of the “Lost Woods”

  The Japanese term "mayoi no mori" can be translated many different ways.

• Tricky Translations #1: Maou & Daimaou

  These simple Japanese terms can be translated many different ways.

• Wanderbar (SNES, NES, & GB/GBC/GBA) Overview

  I glued an emulator to a web browser to create a tool for studying translations.