Some Common Zelda abreviations

  • This thread is to explain some common abbreviations we use to Zelda Titles. I hope this can help make things more fluid when writing and reading our different boards. I'll keep compiling and updating this thread as new games and information keeps popping up.

    The abbreviations we got so far are the following:

    • LOZ or TLOZ = The Legend of Zelda

    • AoL = Adventure of Link

    • aLttP = LTTP = A Link to the Past

    • LA = Link's Awakening

    • OoT = Ocarina of Time

    • MM = Majora's Mask

    • OoA = Oracle of Ages

    • OoS = Oracle of Seasons

    • OoX = Oracle of Ages/Seasons

    • tWW or WW = The Wind Waker

    • TP = Twilight Princess

    • FS = Four Swords

    • FSA = Four Swords Adventures

    • PH = Phantom Hourglass

    • ST = Spirit Tracks

    • SS = Skyward Sword

    • ALbW = A Link between Worlds

    • TFH = Tri Force Heroes

    • BotW = Breath of the Wild

    • TotK = Tears of the Kingdom

    Update: This is not working at the moment, will try to come with a fix. Also, to make things easier, you can use these game abbreviations between two ":" (just like our emojis) and voila, the forum will swap that for the full name of the game. The forum won't even care about using caps.

    So for example typing:

    My favorite game is hands down :TLOZ:: :OoT:. I just love this game to pieces. 
    I know some people like :MM: better, but there's just something in Ocarina I can't resist.

    Will produce:

    My favorite game is hands down :TLOZ:: :OoT:. I just love this game to pieces.
    I know some people like :MM: better, but there's just something in Ocarina I can't resist.


    I hope you like this. If you have more suggestions, make sure to create a topic in feedback to let us know!

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    Edited 4 times, last by Kaynil: It seems the word filter needs to be fixed so the abbreviations work. (October 27, 2024 at 2:38 AM).

  • Whoa...looks great.
    But isn't it just easy to use the whole thing?
    I don't think I can remember that many abbreviations so....


    It is of course up to the user. This thread doubles for those times where members just use the abbreviations on their own.
    You can come here and see for example that OoT is Ocarina of Time. :)

    I don't use all of the abbreviations as some games we discuss them more often than others.
    I did this because it saves time, specially if you keep repeating the same title often.

  • It is of course up to the user. This thread doubles for those times where members just use the abbreviations on their own.
    You can come here and see for example that OoT is Ocarina of Time. :)

    I don't use all of the abbreviations as some games we discuss them more often than others.
    I did this because it saves time, specially if you keep repeating the same title often.

    I see.
    Thank you. I get it now. I hope people use the whole thing rather than just abbreviations though :D
    Well, now we can easily get to know what they refer by making use of this thread...so...may be it's not that big of a deal anymore.

  • Hmm... To be honest, I've only heard of about half of these in internet discussions... Some of the abbreviations are familiar, while others are new to me...

    That makes sense, after all some games are discussed more often than others. :)

  • Good point, better add BotW to the list. :P
    I have added it.
    I also took the opportunity to add some alternate initialisms used in some games such as LOZ (instead of TLOZ).
    If you know other alternative spellings that should make it to this list, please let me know. :)