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« on: April 17, 2007 »

What follows is a basic guide to the acronyms which you will find within these forums and others in the Zelda Community. New? Confused? Read on.

The Games

LoZ- The Legend of Zelda
        (aka THF- The Hyrule Fantasy)
AoL- Adventure of Link
ALttP- A Link to the Past
LA- Link’s Awakening
OoT- Ocarina of Time
MM- Majora’s Mask
OoA- Oracle of Ages
OoS- Oracle of Seasons
FS- Four Swords
TWW- The Wind Waker
TMC- The Minish Cap
FSA- Four Swords Adventures
TP- Twilight Princess
PH- Phantom Hourglass

Note: It is possible (and accepted) on occasions to reduce ALttP, TWW and TMC to simply LttP, WW and MC respectively.

Side-Games
AST - Ancient Stone Tablets (a 2nd Quest for ALttP released on the BS-X system)
LCT- Link's Crossbow Training
Tingle RPG or FP:TRRL: Freshly Picked: Tingle's Rosy Rupeeland

Other Acronyms

These are a few other little things which get batted about from time to time.

B&C - Ball & Chain
HMS- Happy Mask Salesman
HoL- Hero of Legend
HoT- Hero of Time
HoW- Hero of Winds
IW- Imprisoning War
KoRL- King of Red Lions
MS- Master Sword
SW- Seal War (Alternate term for IW)
ToC- Triforce of Courage
ToP- Triforce of Power
ToW- Triforce of Wisdom
ToT- Temple of Time

CD-i- Not an abbreviation, but another console and home to three other (horrific and unofficial) Zelda games. If you feel the urge to address these games, knock yourself out...
FoE- Faces of Evil
WoG- Wand of Gamelon
ZA- Zelda's Adventure

Other

Finally, in accordance with the rules of l-ban , I will add the following notes to this thread so no more nastiness of this sort will be seen.
- Ganon not Gannon. No double "n". Although it was present in the opening to LoZ, this spelling has been retconned in all other games to feature Ganondorf and his beast like form Ganon.
- Adventure not Adventures... of Link. As you'll have seen above, AoL stands for Adventure of Link. It was a single adventure, okay?
- Link is the Hero, Zelda is the princess. Newbies confuse this all the time. "Oldies" die a little every time they see it.

If anyone can think of any more terms which they believe should be added to this thread, please post them below and they will be added if need be.
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« #1 on: April 17, 2007 »

Thank you for that comprehensive list EA and I have found one that is missing:

HoW-Hero of Winds
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« #2 on: April 17, 2007 »

I haven't heard that one... Ever. But it's headed into the list just in case.

I expect lots of discussions about TWW Link now, Zelda Apprentice.  haha
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« #3 on: April 17, 2007 »

 Also, to help avoid confusion when determining LoZ as a series from LoZ as an NES game, the following abbreviation can be used for the first Zelda:

THF. the Japanese version of Zelda 1, like all the other games in the series, actually carried a sub-title not seen in the states (for whatever reason).  THF stands for "The Legend of Zelda: The Hyrule Fantasy."
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« #4 on: April 17, 2007 »

It should be noted that many people type LttP, WW and MC rather than ALttP, TWW and TMC.
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« #5 on: April 18, 2007 »

Thanks for your help EA :)

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« #6 on: April 18, 2007 »

Thanks for your help EA :)

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Wait a minute... LexLionHart already made a similarly nice compendium... Check this!  It's a bloody giga post, the elaborateness of which still rattles me...
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« #7 on: April 18, 2007 »

You can't expect mods to notice everything. This was pinned because it was requested by me to be made. Elzo did a good job so I will keep this one pinned. They both would make great references but like I said...the other one no one asked for it to be pinned and no mods noticed it.

EDIT: I pinned the other thread in the BoM because it had more to do with the timeline anyway.
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« #8 on: April 22, 2007 »

A nice guide for the Newbies EzlosApprentice.
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« #9 on: May 14, 2007 »

The acronyms really help
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« #10 on: May 21, 2007 »

Thanks for that. yes the CD-I was humiliating to Hardcore fans, as well as the show, just horrible, not sure the movies gonna be much better.
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« #11 on: May 21, 2007 »

Thanks for that.

Thanks for posting. New acronym added, HMS. Wink
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« #12 on: May 21, 2007 »

Was Phantom Hourglass the new one added? heres another.

ZEA

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« #13 on: May 21, 2007 »

Was Phantom Hourglass the new one added? heres another.

ZEA

Zelda equal awesomeness.

No, it was actually HMS, hence the less than subtle winkage.

As for ZEA... No... Not used enough I'm afraid.  smile
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« #14 on: May 21, 2007 »

Ah i get it, sorry i didn't pick up, but you have to admit that ZEA is true.
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« #15 on: May 27, 2007 »

 Unfortunately, it really has no place in this thread. It's for Zelda terms and titles. I haven't really heard ZEA anywhere in that.
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« #16 on: August 05, 2007 »

Ezlos Apprentice.

I'm Suprised you forgot my acronym.
AT- Ancient Tribe

It is a belief that could actually be considered even though you hate the idea of it.

We never actually got any proof that confirms it or disproves it... Just arguing...
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« #17 on: August 05, 2007 »

I'm Suprised you forgot my acronym.

Now, there's the thing. It's your acronym, not one which I've seen widely used by the Zelda Community and thus, like ZEA, will not be making the list.
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« #18 on: November 19, 2007 »

AST - Ancient Stone Tablets (a 2nd Quest for ALttP released on the BS-X system)
B&C - Ball & Chain, I see this a lot in help forums

I also prefer to refer to LoZ as THF ("The Hyrule Fantasy"), I think this should be added to the list as well.
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« #19 on: November 19, 2007 »

AST - Ancient Stone Tablets (a 2nd Quest for ALttP released on the BS-X system)
B&C - Ball & Chain, I see this a lot in help forums

I also prefer to refer to LoZ as THF ("The Hyrule Fantasy"), I think this should be added to the list as well.
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