Hyrule Castle Town

Hyrule Castle Town, also known as Market, is the main forum and center of activity in Hyrule. The population is mostly Hylian, but as seen in The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, Gorons commonly occupy the streets in hopes to sell their wares. The town appears across many of the games and is presented differently in each of them. In all the games in which it appears, Hyrule Castle Town is home to different shops, sidequests and sometimes minigames.

Ocarina of Time
The town in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time is located directly in front of Hyrule Castle. The smaller, less austere version of the city also serves as the home of the Temple of Time. When Link is a child, the town is filled with people going about their business. It is a very happy-go-lucky, yet surprisingly small community. It has many shops including a Bazaar, a Medicine Shop and three entertainment establishments including the Town Shooting Gallery, the Treasure Chest Game and the Bombchu Bowling Alley. A Happy Mask Shop can also be found here. Dogs also populate the town, and will follow Link if he gets close enough- the dogs play a part in a sidequest involving finding a woman's pet dog.

However, when Link returns, seven years later, he is shocked to find the town in ruins, and populated by ReDeads.

The Minish Cap
In The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap, the town is named Hyrule Town, and the site of the Picori Festival. Vaati, the villain of the game, first appears in Hyrule Town. The town is full of shops and villagers. Most of the villagers are more than happy to fuse Kinstones with Link.

Twilight Princess
In Twilight Princess, the town is considerably larger, and renamed Castle Town. The town is filled with busy Hylians who, unlike in the The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time incarnation, won't all talk to you. The town is home to many several different areas of interest such as Telma's Bar, Purlo's STAR Circus minigame, and Jovani's side quests to find 60 Poe souls. It is also where the sub-quest to locate the 24 Golden Bugs begins, started by interacting with Agitha.

The main town is split into central, western, eastern and southern areas; with the entrance to Hyrule Castle located north of the town center. Two back alleys connect the longitudes (east & west) with the southern part of the town, to avoid walking through the center and waiting on the loading screens.

Running through the town in wolf form causes a public uproar, and Midna advises that you don't change form until you leave town, as to avoid an even bigger panic amongst the locals.