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Zelda was initially a cooking game. Which is why “find ingredients” quests still haunt the franchise spiritually.

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The Legend of Zelda was created by Shigeru Miyamoto and Takashi Tezuka and released in 1986, inspired by Miyamoto's childhood exploring. It was not a cooking game.

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