 Most of the sages in Ocarina of Time bear the same names as towns from The Adventure of Link ( Rauru , Ruto , <unk> , <unk> , and Darunia ; excluding Impa ) . Another town , Mido , is also the name of a character in <unk> Forest . However , in the in @-@ game chronology , the towns were named after the characters . The Adventure of Link is also the only Zelda game of the main English releases not to use " The Legend of Zelda " in its title , the only Zelda game to feature " lives " counting down , and therefore the only game in the series to include 1 @-@ up dolls . The next Zelda game released after The Adventure of Link was The Legend of Zelda : A Link to the Past for the Super Famicom in 1991 , which follows new Link and Zelda characters and returns to the top @-@ down style of the original . It is officially considered a prequel to the NES games , and as of 2016 there has been no technical plot sequel to The Adventure of Link , with each Zelda game being either a prequel or a " sequel to a prequel " . 
