Three Heart Challenge

The Three Heart Challenge is a challenge where the player completes a Zelda game without gaining a Heart Container or a Piece of Heart throughout the entire game, keeping the three heart health bar that most Zelda games start out with in the beginning of a game, hence the name of the challenge. It is possible to perform this challenge in most of the Zelda titles except for a few. In other titles such as The Adventure of Link, the game starts out with more than three hearts or health bars, but is still possible to perform the challenge, as the point of the challenge is not collecting any Heart Containers. Most challenges would want to increase the challenge of the game by adding restrictions, such as no fairies or magic potions.

This challenge cannot be done in A Link to the Past and in Link's Awakening, due that both titles requires that Link must collect a Heart Container after defeating a major boss in order to progress further in the game.

Games in which the Three Heart Challenge can be done

 * ''The Legend of Zelda
 * The Adventure of Link (Game starts out with four life bar panels, and Heart Containers are hidden in the overworld.)
 * Ocarina of Time
 * Majora's Mask
 * Oracle of Seasons
 * Oracle of Ages
 * The Wind Waker
 * The Minish Cap
 * Twilight Princess
 * Phantom Hourglass