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Which came first: The Legend of Zelda or Nerf?

Nerf came first, in 1969 (created). The Legend of Zelda followed 17 years later, in 1986 (released).

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  1. Second1986

    The Legend of Zelda

    game · released

    The Legend of Zelda came out in Japan in 1986 on the Famicom Disk System, which let players save their game.

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  2. First1969

    Nerf

    toy · created

    The first Nerf ball was sold as the ball you could safely throw indoors.

    Checked against Wikipedia and Wikidata

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Years from Wikidata, each checked against the item’s English Wikipedia article on 2026-10-18. A year stands for what its label says: a founding, a first patent, a premiere.