The most popular The Legend of Zelda games today are single player. Play involves roaming and exploring, completing puzzles and side-quests and avoiding or battling enemies. Some games provide an option for a player to purchase in-game items. Nintendo also sells ‘Amiibo’ figurines which link to a Nintendo console and provide in-game items at random for players.
Parental controls for The Legend of Zelda games are available on the Nintendo console used to play it. There is a dedicated parental controls app for Nintendo Switch called Nintendo Switch Parental Controls, which allows parents to do things like view play activity, set play times limits and an alarm at bedtime. Parents can also create a Nintendo ‘Family Group’ to supervise their child’s Nintendo Account including preventing purchases.