Think you're ready to celebrate the Legend of Zelda's 40th anniversary? I bet you can't even score 50% on my ultimate trivia quiz

The Legend of Zelda franchise has come a long way in the forty years it's graced our screens, with each passing game adding to the already bountiful lore of Hyrule.

I've probably spent over 3000 hours of my life playing different Zelda games – and that's a conservative estimate. I even once wrote a 10-page essay in my English Literature degree about how the game's sprawling, largely user-generated lore (specifically that pesky multiversal timeline), so it's safe to say our favorite green-cowelled hero occupies a fair chunk of my mind.

In celebration of this mega milestone, I'm indulging in two of my favorite activities: deep-diving into obscure Zelda trivia and wildly theorizing about which game(s) are up next. Will it be the Twilight Princess or Wind Waker remake we've been begging for, or an all-new title for the Nintendo Switch 2.

As we wait away the hours until the day itself, I've put together some of my favorite facts I've learned over the years, including some rather surprising tidbits I doubt everyone knows. Let me know in the comments below which questions caught you out!

As of right now, there's no official information regarding future Zelda titles, but we do know that the old-school formula is a thing of the past, so there's no telling where Nintendo will come up with next.

At the very least, it's unlikely to be a dungeon editor; Nintendo already tried this in the early development of Echoes of Wisdom before scrapping the idea altogether.

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