Capcom



Capcom is a third-party video game development company known for numerous popular video game series such as Mega Man, Street Fighter, Devil May Cry and Resident Evil. Apart from their own series, Capcom is also known for co-creating numerous games in The Legend of Zelda series. Capcom is the only company bar Nintendo themselves to be majorly involved in the creation of any main series Zelda game.

Involvements in The Legend of Zelda
Capcom's first contribution to the Zelda series was the Oracle games, Oracle of Seasons and Oracle of Ages (both for the Game Boy Color), who they worked with Nintendo to create. Despite initial concerns, the Oracle games received an extremely positive reception from fans and the video game media alike. Capcom has been praised for their contributions to the Zelda series.

Capcom returned in 2002 to create the Game Boy Advance remake of A Link to the Past. On the same game cartridge as this remake came an original Zelda game created by Capcom, the multiplayer Four Swords. Four Swords introduced many elements that have been re-used in the Zelda series such as the character Vaati and the Four Sword.

Capcom's next and most recent Zelda game came in 2004 with the release of a prequel to Four Swords, The Minish Cap, for the Game Boy Advance. Capcom has not been involved in the development of any Zelda game since The Minish Cap. Phantom Hourglass was the first handheld Zelda game since Link's Awakening to have not been developed by Capcom.

Trivia

 * , the longtime creator in charge of the ' series for Capcom, has also long been a fan of the Zelda series. His all-time favorite game is . Inafune created the ' series as an homage to Zelda, and those games incorporate a great deal of Zelda-style gameplay elements., released soon after the first Legends game, has a 3D gameplay interface strikingly similar to Legends. Inafune would later become directly involved in the development of the Zelda series at Capcom as the producer of.