Hyrule Castle

Hyrule Castle is the seat of Hyrule's Government, and home of the Royal Family. The Hyrule Castle was first seen in A Link to the Past.

Appearances

Hyrule Castle has appeared in seven different Zelda games. It as also appeared in some non-canon games.

A Link to the Past

Main article: Hyrule Castle (A Link to the Past)

In A Link to the Past, Hyrule Castle had two mini-dungeons within it. The first one being the first dungeon-type area in the game, the dungeons and sewers of the castle. Within this area Link rescues Princess Zelda. The second mini-dungeon is the tower of Hyrule Castle, only accessible after acquiring the Master Sword. Which Link climbs to confront Agahnim.

Ocarina of Time

The Hyrule Castle in Ocarina of Time only allows the player to enter the courtyard to speak to young Princess Zelda. Link must sneak past the guards to get to her too; talk about inconvenience! There are no dungeons or mini-dungeons within this version of Hyrule Castle.

The Wind Waker

Hyrule Castle in The Wind Waker is underwater. It is where our young hero finds the Master Sword. The castle starts out with a black and white coloring until Link retrieves the fabled Sword of Evil's Bane (the Master Sword), which then turns the castle back to color.

Four Swords Adventures

Hyrule Castle is a dungeon in Four Swords Adventures that you go to twice. The first time you go, you have to rescue the first Maiden from the evil Castle Guards. While there, Link reunites the two halves of the Fairy Queen, making her whole again. Link must fight Phantom Ganon in order to get to the maiden.
The second time through the castle is quite a bit different. This time, Link must use stealth to avoid being seen by the guards, who will throw Link into a jail cell. Once finally making it past the guards, Link can rescue the Maiden.

The Hyrule Castle in Four Swords Adventures highly resembles the one from A Link to the Past.

The Minish Cap

Link firsts visits here under order of his grandfather the smith to deliver the Smith Sword, wich is to be awarded to the winner of a sword tournment at the Picori Festival, Vaati wins the tournement but holds no interest in the sword but instead attempts to steal the Picori Blade, instead he manages to break the blade and turn Zelda to stone, Link must use the Elemental Sanctuary to restore the power of the blade,after awhile the king changes his mood dramaticly, which is due to the fact Vaati is disguised as the king, finaly Vaati decides to transform the castle into the Dark Hyrule Castle.

Twilight Princess

Main article: Hyrule Castle (Dungeon)

The largest version of Hyrule Castle so far, this one isn't totally accessible until the end of Twilight Princess. However, Link can access the roof in the early portions of the game. Hyrule Castle is the final dungeon in Twilight Princess.

Spirit Tracks

Filled to the brim with guards who don't really do anything, the Hyrule Castle in Spirit Tracks is a lot like the one in A Link to the Past; with no dungeons. This is where Link gets his Engineer Certificate, tunic, and most importantly, his Sword.

Non-Canon Appearances

Hyrule Castle was a playable stage in Super Smash Bros.. A very similar area, called Hyrule Temple, was a playable stage in both Super Smash Bros. Melee and Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Hyrule castle was also in Link's Crossbow Training

Trivia

It can be argued that Hyrule Castle also appears in the anniversary edition of Four Swords, due to the fact that it appears in a throwback level as the A Link to the Past castle.