According to Shigeru Miyamoto, one of the creators of the Legend of Zelda series, it was at least partially inspired by his childhood. As a young boy he went exploring around various locations, forests, lakes and the likes. He once explored a cave with a lantern and these experiences influenced the creating of the series years later.
Yes, there are two Legend of Zelda games for the Nintendo Wii. - The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess - The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
There are no Legend of Zelda games for Xbox. Zelda, like Mario and Pokemon, is only for Nintendo.
There are currently two Zelda games for the DS. Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass and Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks.
LCD games from The Legend of Zelda series happened in 1992.
CD-i games from The Legend of Zelda series happened in 1994.
Satellaview games from The Legend of Zelda series happened in 1996.
In the Legend of Zelda games series there are currently 13 games that have been made, but, according to Nintendo they are currently planning to release 2 new games for the Legend of Zelda Series.
There are two Legend of Zelda Wii games along with a little disk you can buy called Link's Crossbow Training. The two games are The Legend of Zelda Twilight Princess (Wii, Gamecube) and The Legend of Zelda Skyward Sword. . Teto~
LCD games from The Legend of Zelda series was created on 1989-10-05.
CD-i games from The Legend of Zelda series was created on 1993-10-10.
Satellaview games from The Legend of Zelda series was created on 1995-08-06.
There are no officially licensed online Legend of Zelda games.