Last verified: 2026-11-10

Zelda release order and dates

The 1986 Legend of Zelda shipped first. Skyward Sword, which is first in the story, shipped in 2011. This page is the shipping order.

Key art © Nintendo, used with a link to the product page. Chart art on this site is original.

Release references disagree on several regional days: the Oracle games in North America (13 or 14 May 2001), Majora’s Mask in North America (25 or 26 Oct 2000), and Four Swords in North America (2 or 3 Dec 2002). The table preserves source-attributed alternatives. CD-i dates are less secure: years or blank cells replace unsupported precision, and Zelda’s Adventure has Wikipedia dates of 5 Jun 1994 (North America) and 1 Jan 1995 (Europe), but Zelda Wiki gives 10 May 1995 (UK), while its quoted magazine excerpt says 1996. These cannot be reconciled into one supported date; the cells remain blank. For the other two CD-i titles, Wikipedia gives 10 Oct 1993 in Europe while Zelda Wiki supports only 1993, so the shared year is shown.

Dates come from the game record, cross-checked with Nintendo's chart and the Wikipedia media list on 10 Nov 2026. When a region has no date in the record, the cell stays blank. I do not estimate a European day from a Japanese one.

Remakes are not new stories. Ocarina of Time on Switch 2 is 5 Nov 2026 and still the same timeline node. Skyward Sword HD is 16 Jul 2021. Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom Switch 2 editions are 5 Jun 2025. Twilight Princess HD is 4 Mar 2016 on Wii U. The Wind Waker HD released in Japan on 26 Sep 2013; the North American digital launch was 20 Sep, and North American physical and European releases were 4 Oct.

I do not have a dated mainline release after the 2026 Ocarina package in the sources used here. Upcoming stays empty until a Nintendo page names a day.

• Story order instead
• 2026 Ocarina of Time