Why is it called Zelda?

Why is it called Zelda? Apparently the creator of the game, Miyamoto, really liked the American novelist F. Scott Fitzgerald. Upon hearing the Fitzgerald’s wife’s name was Zelda, he decided it seemed like a great name for the princess. And because the main goal of the game is to save her, the title The Legend of Zelda was born.

Apparently the creator of the game, Miyamoto, really liked the American novelist F. Scott Fitzgerald. Upon hearing the Fitzgerald’s wife’s name was Zelda, he decided it seemed like a great name for the princess. And because the main goal of the game is to save her, the title The Legend of Zelda was born.