Calm down,I said that it's definetely an Action-Adventure title but it's so unique that you could say that is its own thing!:P:P:P:P:P

Those are all RPGs, but Zelda isn't. The first two are dungeon crawlers with RPG elements, and the latter is a hack n slash game with RPG elements. Zelda is literally just an action adventure game. No RPG elements at all.

It really isn't.

This is probably my video game pet peeve. I feel strongly that it's an action-adventure game. In fact, I think it fits the description of action-adventure better than just about any other series. With a combination of real-time combat, puzzle-solving, and exploration, it strikes a smart balance between the demands of action and adventure games.

Apart from its sword-and-sorcery setting, it doesn't have much in common with role-playing games. The one exception is Zelda II, the only Zelda game that could reasonably fall under the banner role-playing game.

It's both at the same time but I'd say that Zelda is more of an RPG

I love Zelda, but it's not unique when it comes to genre. It divides it's world between overworld and dungeon, like a lot of games do. There's nothing about Zelda that makes it its own thing anymore than any other game with an identity.

It's an action rpg.

I don't think so. I've always considered a game's genre to be reflective of its primary mechanics, and Zelda's has pretty much always been utilizing the mechanics of action/adventure as its foundation. Whatever people consider to be RPG mechanics has been secondary (at best) in the Zelda series.

From Wikipedia: "A role-playing game (RPG and sometimes roleplaying game[1][2]) is a game in which players assume the roles of characters in a fictional setting. Players take responsibility for acting out these roles within a narrative, either through literal acting or through a process of structured decision-making or character development.[3]Actions taken within many games succeed or fail according to a formal system of rules and guidelines.[4]"

First sentence: Player assumes the role of Link in a fictional setting. Check

Second sentence: There's structured decision making and character development. Check

Third sentence: The developers put in rules about what items solve puzzles and beat bosses. Link may fail if he does not use the right weapon on a boss for example. Check

Just because you can't make Link a mage or a healer doesn't mean it's not an RPG. An absence of detailed character customization doesn't disqualify it from being an RPG.

Also who cares lol. Sometimes I think people just think the Legend of Zelda is too good to fit into any genre.

Its differnt from most action adventures though...but I agree it def. is a action adventure game, and not a rpg.