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|image= [[File:TP White Logo.png|300px]][[File:Twilight Princess GCN US boxart.jpg|x300px|Boxart for US GameCube version]]

|designer= [[Eiji Aonuma]] (director)<br>[[Shigeru Miyamoto]] (producer)<br>[[Takashi Tezuka]] (supervisor)<br>Toshihiko Nakago (supervisor)<br>[[Koji Kondo]] (sound composer)<br>[[Toru Minegishi]] (sound composer)<br>{{nw|Asuka Ohta}} (sound composer)<br>[[Mahito Yokota]] (sound composer)<br>{{wp|Michiru Oshima}} (sound composer)

|released= '''Wii'''<br>{{release|na= November 19, 2006<ref name="E 7">{{Cite Book|quote= |book= E |publisher= |page= 7}}</ref>|jp= December 2, 2006<ref name="E 7"/>|eu= December 8, 2006<ref>{{Cite web|retrieved=July 12, 2013 |url=http://www.nintendo.co.uk/Games/Wii/The-Legend-of-Zelda-Twilight-Princess-283542.html |title=<nowiki>The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess | Wii | Games | Nintendo</nowiki> |site=Nintendo}}</ref>|aus= December 7, 2006<ref>{{Cite web|retrieved=July 12, 2013 |url=http://web.archive.org/web/20061206103122/http://games.nintendo.com.au/index.php |title=Game Library |site=Nintendo Australia |type=archive}}</ref>|kr= August 27, 2009<ref>{{Cite web|retrieved=July 12, 2013 |url=http://nintendo.co.kr/Wii/software/zelda_tp/main.php |title=젤다의 전설 황혼의 공주 |site=Nintendo of Korea}}</ref>}}<br>'''Nintendo GameCube'''<br>{{release|na= December 11, 2006<ref name="E 7"/>|jp= December 2, 2006<ref name="E 7"/>|eu= December 15, 2006<ref>{{Cite web|retrieved=July 12, 2013 |url=http://www.nintendo.co.uk/Games/Nintendo-GameCube/The-Legend-of-Zelda-Twilight-Princess-269050.html |title=<nowiki>The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess | Nintendo GameCube | Games | Nintendo</nowiki> |site=Nintendo}}</ref>|aus= December 14, 2006}}<br>'''NVIDIA Shield TV'''<br>{{release|ch= December 5, 2017<ref>{{Cite web|quote= |author= NVIDIA |published= December 5, 2017|retrieved= December 6, 2017|url= https://www.nvidia.com/zh-cn/shield/read-more/ |title= NVIDIA SHIELD 正式登陆中国|site= NVIDIA|type= }}</ref>}}

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  |{{Game Rating|PEGI|12+}}

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  |{{Game Rating|USK|12}}

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|platforms= [[Nintendo GameCube]]</br>[[Wii]]</br>''{{Wp|NVIDIA Shield}}'' <small>(China)</small>

'''''The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess''''' is the thirteenth main installment of {{TLoZ|Series}}, released for both the [[Nintendo GameCube]] and [[Wii]]. It was highly anticipated by many members of the gaming community and was regarded as finally fulfilling the dreams of those who wanted a much more realistic and mature ''Zelda'' game, as seen in the [[SpaceWorld 2000 GameCube Tech Demo]]. This is the first ''Zelda'' game to be rated T by ESRB and 12+ by PEGI. The reason is probably because of violence, blood (as seen when Link strikes ''Dark Beast'' [[Ganon]]; it drips when he runs around, and also when a [[Deku Baba]] is defeated), and signs of nudity (as shown by the [[Great Fairy]], although only violence and blood are listed as descriptors for the rating). This game is also notable for being the first console ''Zelda'' title released in the United States before Japan, as the Wii version was released in America on November 19, 2006, whereas the Japanese versions were released on December 2. Because of this, {{TP|-}} was one of the launch titles for the [[Wii]] alongside ''Wii Sports'' in the United States.

After acquiring the Master Sword, Link and Midna venture to [[Gerudo Desert]] in search of the [[Mirror of Twilight]], an item required to travel to the Twilight Realm where Zant resides.<ref>{{Cite|Would you mind coming with me to find something called the Mirror of Twilight? It's hidden somewhere in Hyrule... Yes, the Mirror of Twilight... Our last potential link to Zant!|Midna|TP}}</ref> Along the way, Midna tells Link that she is a member of the [[Twili]], a tribe descended from the [[Dark Interlopers]] who were banished to the Twilight Realm.<ref>{{Cite|This is the history of the Twili as it has been passed down from our ancestors... Do you now understand what I am? I'm a descendant of the tribe that was banished to the Twilight Realm!|Midna|TP}}</ref> She tells him that Zant's evil power is foreign to the Twili and that he must have received it from an external source.<ref>{{Cite|It was a peaceful place... until Zant took control of the Twilight Realm and transformed all of the Twili into shadow beasts. It's clear to me now that he somehow gained a great evil power previously unknown to our tribe...|Midna|TP}}</ref> She urges Link to find the Mirror of Twilight, as it is their only path to Zant and the Twilight Realm.<ref>{{Cite|...But there's another tale told by my people. Though the goddesses forbade us to return to the world of light, they left one link between the light and the darkness. Something called the Mirror of Twilight was passed to the protectors of Hyrule... It's our only path to the Twilight Realm...and we must get there!|Midna|TP}}</ref> After fighting through [[Arbiter's Grounds (Dungeon)|Arbiter's Grounds]], Link and Midna discover the Mirror. However, they find that Zant had broken it into four Shards, with only one Shard currently in the Mirror's stand. The [[Ancient Sages]] in the [[Mirror Chamber]] reveal that Zant received his power from [[Ganondorf]], a ruthless sorcerer who tried to establish control of the Sacred Realm during the [[Era of the Hero of Time]].<ref>{{Cite|You seek it... but the Mirror of Twilight has been fragmented by mighty magic. That magic is a dark power that only he possesses... His name is... Ganondorf.|Sage|TP}}</ref> The Sages reveal that they had sentenced Ganondorf to death for his evil deeds, impaling him through the chest with the [[Sword of the Sages]].<ref>{{Cite|In all of his fury and might, he was blind to any danger, and thus was he exposed, subdued, and brought to justice.|Sage|TP}}</ref> However, he had previously received the [[Triforce of Power]], which allowed him to survive the execution.<ref>{{Cite|Yet...By some divine prank, he, too, had been blessed with the chosen power of the gods.|Sage|TP}}</ref> He then used the power of the Triforce to break free from his chains, kill the [[Sage|Sage of Water]], and pull the Sword of the Sages from his chest, leaving behind a glowing wound that he still possesses. With the last of their power, the Sages activated the Mirror of Twilight and banished Ganondorf to the Twilight Realm. The Sages task Link and Midna with the duty of repairing the Mirror of Twilight and defeating Ganondorf.<ref>{{Cite|Only the true leader of the Twili can utterly destroy the Mirror of Twilight...so Zant could merely break it into pieces. Once broken by magic, the Mirror of Twilight became fragments, which even now lie hidden across the land of Hyrule. One is in the snowy mountain heights... One is in an ancient grove... And one is in the heavens... You who have been sent by the goddesses... You should be able to gather the three pieces... But you must be prepared, for a dangerous power resides in those fragments...|Sage|TP}}</ref>

Ilia says that Impaz was awaiting the [[Heavenly Messenger]] who carries the [[Rod of the Heavens]], and that she has been guarding something for this Messenger, prompting Link to return to the Hidden Village. Link shows Impaz the Dominion Rod, and she gives Link the [[Ancient Sky Book]],<ref>{{Cite|From generation to generation, my ancestors have guarded the book that, by royal decree, was to be given to the messenger to the heavens. This is that book. Please, take it.|Impaz|TP}}</ref> realizing that he is the Messenger to the Heavens spoken of in legend.<ref>{{Cite|Ahh... Could it really be? Are you the messenger to the heavens?!|Impaz|TP}}</ref> Link returns to Renado's [[Sanctuary (Twilight Princess)|Sanctuary]] and shows the Ancient Sky Book to Telma's friend [[Shad]], who is investigating a mysterious statue in the cellar. Shad reads the word written in the Book, but it does nothing to the statue. Shad leaves in disappointment, but the Dominion Rod's power is restored, revealing the word to be a spell that imbues the Rod with magic.<ref>{{Cite|The writing in the book was a spell that imbued the staff with magic! Now you can do to the other statues what you did before...|Midna|TP}}</ref> Link sets out to recover Sky Writing characters from the [[Owl Statues]] across Hyrule.

Link and Midna return to the Mirror Chamber and restore the Mirror of Twilight with the Shards they collected. The Ancient Sages reveal that Midna is the original ruler of the Twili,<ref>{{Cite|I hope you can find it in yourself to forgive our carelessness... O Twilight Princess.|Sage|TP}}</ref> and that she had her power suppressed by Zant, who transformed her into her current imp form. As a result, Midna was forced to flee her people.<ref>{{Cite|As a ruler who fled her people, I'm hardly qualified to forgive you.|Midna|TP}}</ref> The Twili believed that the hero would appear in the Twilight Realm in the form of a divine beast,<ref>{{Cite|In our world, we've long believed that the Hero would appear as a divine beast.|Midna|TP}}</ref> and Midna thought that she could use Link to save the Twilight Realm from Zant, while remaining apathetic about the World of Light.<ref>{{Cite|That's why when I found you, I thought I could use you, Link. And I only cared about returning our world to normal... I didn't care what happened to the world of light, not at all.|Midna|TP}}</ref> However, after witnessing the immense courage and sacrifices of Link and Zelda, Midna developed a change of heart. She tells Link that they are now fighting to save both worlds, and the two use the Mirror of Twilight to enter the Twilight Realm.<ref>{{Cite|But after witnessing the selfless lengths that Princess Zelda and you have gone to... Your sacrifices... I now know, in the bottom of my heart, that I must save this world, too. There is no other way.|Midna|TP}}</ref> They make their way through the [[Palace of Twilight]] and encounter Zant. Zant tells the duo about how he was denied the Twili's monarchy,<ref>{{Cite|But would they acknowledge me as their king? No! And as such, I was denied the magic powers befitting our ruler.|Zant|TP}}</ref> and turned to a "[[Ganon|God]]," who gave him the power he needed to usurp Midna and take over as King of the Twili.<ref>{{Cite|It was then, in the thrall of hatred and despair, that I turned my eyes to the heavens...and found a god.|Zant|TP}}</ref> After announcing his master's wish to create darkness by merging shadow and light,<ref>{{Cite|My god had only one wish... To merge shadow and light...and make darkness!|Zant|TP}}</ref> Zant proceeds to battle Link. Link defeats him, and Midna regains the Fused Shadows. However, the curse that Zant placed on Midna does not break, since it was Ganondorf's magic that enabled him to curse her.<ref>{{Cite|Midna... Foolish Twilight Princess... The curse on you cannot be broken... It was placed on you by the magic of my god! The power you held as leader of the Twili will never return!|Zant|TP}}</ref> Zant reveals that Ganondorf has been reborn and claims that his master will resurrect him.<ref>{{Cite|Already he has descended and been reborn in this world... As long as my master, Ganon, survives, he will resurrect me without cease!|Zant|TP}}</ref> Midna uses the Fused Shadows to destroy Zant, and realizes that Ganondorf is responsible for the magical barrier over Hyrule Castle and is there now.<ref>{{Cite|So Ganondorf was just using Zant to help him return to the world of light... I guess now we know the true nature of that barrier over Hyrule Castle... He's in Hyrule Castle, I'm sure of it... Princess Zelda is in grave danger! We must return to the world of light and hurry to the castle!|Midna|TP}}</ref> They return to Hyrule and Midna uses the regained Fused Shadows to break the seal surrounding the Castle.

The Wii version of the game is a mirror image of the GameCube version, meaning that East is West (and vice-versa) in the former version; this is to accommodate for most Wii players being right-handed, while Link is often left-handed.

During development, {{TP|-}} was referred to as "{{TWW|-}} ''2''".<ref>{{Cite web|quote= At the Game Developers Conference in March, Nintendo producer Eiji Aonuma met with select members of the press to talk about the next console installment in the Zelda franchise. At the time, the title now known simply as Legend of Zelda was still being referred to as "Wind Waker 2" and very few details about the adventure had been released.|author= IGN Staff|published= May 19, 2004|retrieved= November 11, 2018|url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100224055215/uk.cube.ign.com/articles/517/517033p1.html|title= The Legend of Zelda producer talks about the game, the franchise, the past and the future.|site= IGN|type= Archive}}</ref> Seeing fan demand for a realistic aesthetic, the developers took that direction and started "{{TP|-}}".<ref name="lotr2"/>

Like the original ''[[The Legend of Zelda]]'' game,<ref>{{Cite Book|book=Club Nintendo (German) |quote=The two program designers Shigeru Miyamoto and Takashi Tezuka were responsible for the game, who set themselves the goal of developing a fairytale adventure game with action elements. [...] Takashi Tezuka, a great lover of fantasy novels such as Tolkien's Lord of the Rings, wrote the script for the first two games in the Zelda series.|publisher=Nintendo of Europe |year=1996 volume 2|page=72}}</ref> {{TP|-}} was also inspired by {{Wp|J._R._R._Tolkien|J. R. R. Tolkien's}} ''{{Wp|The Lord of the Rings}}''.<ref name="lotr2">{{Cite Book |book=[[The Legend of Zelda: Art & Artifacts]]|quote=And that was about the time we heard that people were wanting a realistic looking Zelda game again. Also at that time, there was an epic fantasy movie which was very popular. So after reexamining the situation, we said to ourselves, 'Let's do this thing!'|publisher=Dark Horse Books |author=Satoru Takizawa |year=2017 |page=419}}</ref><ref name="lotr3">{{Cite web|quote=It's undeniably big, but I believe all those fun elements which make up this world justify this size. Now that we have finished, I feel that with a generation accustomed to watching epic films like Lord of the Rings, when you want to design a convincing world, that sort of vast scale becomes necessary. |author=Satoru Iwata, Eiji Aonuma |published=November 23, 2006 |url= http://iwataasks.nintendo.com/interviews/#/wii/twilight_princess/0/4 |title= Make it 120% Zelda!}}</ref> The ''{{Wp|Lord of the Rings (film series)|Lord of the Rings movies}}'' came out at the same time {{TP|-}} was being developed, and movies' popularity resulted in the developers drawing inspiration from the aesthetic as well as creating a big world to match its scale.<ref name="lotr2"/><ref name="lotr3"/>  

On September 13, 2006, it was revealed that {{TP|-}} would be a launch title for the Wii and would be released on November 19, 2006; the GameCube version would be delayed until December of that year. In Japan, the Wii and GameCube versions had a simultaneous release in early December, although the latter was only available for purchase online.<ref>{{Cite Book|quote=(GameCube version sold online for a limited time.)|book={{HH}}|page=236|publisher=Dark Horse Books}}</ref>

=== Completion Records===

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===[[Places in Twilight Princess|Places]]===

The game was commercially successful and became a best-seller, with 5.82 million copies (Wii) as of 2011,<ref>{{Cite web|quote= 5.82<br>million pcs.<br>sold|author= Nintendo |published= August 4, 2011|retrieved= September 2, 2017|url= https://web.archive.org/web/20111017182453/https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/pdf/2011/annual1103e.pdf |title= Nintendo Annual Report 2011 |site= Nintendo Co., Ltd.: Investor Relations Information|type= Archive}}</ref> plus 1.32 million copies (GCN) as of March 31, 2007,<ref>{{Cite web|quote= {{Exp|Life-to-Date Total, units in ten thousands|132}}|author= Nintendo |published= April 25, 2007|retrieved= January 27, 2012|url= http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/pdf/2007/070427e.pdf|title= Supplementary Information about Earnings Release, Fiscal Year Ended March 31, 2007|site= Nintendo Co., Ltd.: Investor Relations Information|type= }}</ref> sold worldwide. Considering only sales of the Wii version, it is the third best-selling ''Zelda'' game to date, after {{OoT|-}} and the original {{TLoZ}}. When the sales of both the Gamecube and Wii versions are combined, {{TP|-}} was the best-selling ''The Legend of Zelda'' game as of September 30, 2015 with cumulative sales of 8.85 million.<ref>{{Cite web|quote= {{Romanize|『ゼルダの伝説』シリーズ最多の、世界累計販売本数885万本（※）を誇る『ゼルダの伝説 トワイライトプリンセス』が、フルHDとなってWii Uで甦ります。<br><br>※2015年9月30日時点のWii版とゲームキューブ版の合算値。自社調べ。|“Zeruda no Densetsu” shirīzu saita no, sekai ruikei hanbai hon sū 885 man-pon ( ※ ) o hokoru “Zeruda no Densetsu Towairaito Purinsesu” ga, furueichidī to natte Wii U de yomigaerimasu. ※ 2015-Nen 9 tsuki 30-nichi jiten no Wii-ban to GēmuKyūbu-ban no gassan-chi. Jisha shirabe.||3}} |author= Nintendo |published= n.d. |retrieved= September 2, 2017 |url= https://www.nintendo.co.jp/titles/20010000019307 |title= ゼルダの伝説 トワイライトプリンセス HD {{!}} Wii U {{!}} 任天堂 |site= Nintendo.co.jp |type=}}</ref> It was later surpassed by {{BotW}} with sales of the Switch version reaching 8.48 million copies sold as of March 31, 2018 and the Wii U version reaching 1.08 million copies sold as of March 31, 2017,<ref>{{Cite web|quote= 8.48 million pcs.|author= Nintendo|published= April 26, 2018|retrieved= April 26, 2018|url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180426193642/https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/en/finance/software/index.html|title= Top Selling Software Sales Units|site= Nintendo IR Information|type= Archive}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|quote= For Wii U, while ''The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild'' was released worldwide in March and reached sales of 1.08 million units, the Wii U software sales volume during this period was 14.8 million units (46% decrease on a year-on-year  basis)  and  hardware  sales  were  in  alignment with  our  expectations  at  the  start  of  the  fiscal  year, decreasing to a sales volume of 0.76 million units (77% decrease on a year-on-year basis).|author= Nintendo|published= July 14,2017|retrieved= December 11,2017|url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180224185843/https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/pdf/2017/annual1703e.pdf|title= Annual Report 2017 <small>for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2017</small>|site= Nintendo IR Information|type= Archive}}</ref> giving a cumulative total of 9.56 million copies sold. It is currently the second Best-Selling Zelda game, right behind ''Breath of the Wild''.

*{{TP|-}} is one of the only ''Zelda'' games to date where Japan uses the same literal subtitle as the rest of the world, the other being {{SS|-}}. ''The Legend of Zelda'', {{TAoL|-}}, {{FS}}, {{OoT|-}}, and {{MM|-}} all use the same title in English and Japanese, only not directly romanized.

*This is the first game where the [[Octorok]] enemies are absent.     

*This is the first game in which Link appears in Hylian form shirtless. This happens only when Link learns how to Sumo wrestle. He appears shirtless in {{MM|-}}, but in [[Deku Scrub]], [[Goron]], and [[Zora]] forms.

*This is the first game that, when released, was available on two Nintendo consoles, with the second one being {{BotW}}.

*Like in {{TWW|-}}, but not {{OoT|-}}, the [[Iron Boots]] are treated as an item rather than an upgrade, and thus can be applied quickly rather than by pausing the game. However, the [[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D|remake of {{OoT|-}}]] arranged this, also turning the boots into an item.

*In his Wolf form, Link can talk to animals. Some of them even manage to recognize Link from his Hylian form.

*If one has a save from the Wii version of {{TP|-}}, an emblem of Hyrule is unlocked as a bumper sticker for Samus' ship in ''Metroid Prime 3: Corruption''.

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