The Classic Zelda Era Was Deeper Than You Remember

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  • The Legend of Zelda may seem pretty surface level when it comes to the plot, but there is a good amount of lore established in both classic Zelda titles and the media that came along with it. Join me in this compilation as I perform a deep dive on the Zelda media of old and uncover the origins of the things that set the precedent for the rest of the series.
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    Chapters:
    00:00 - The Legend of Zelda (NES)
    09:42 - Zelda: Adventure of Link
    18:16 - Legend of Zelda Animations
    29:14 - Legend of Zelda Comics
    35:14 - A Link to the Past Universe
    45:27 - Link's Awakening
    55:51 - Zelda Satellaview Games
    01:02:51 - Zelda CDI Games
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    Credits:
    Evolution of Link - Nintendo Unity
    Nintendo Movie Logo Opening (Fan Made) - Jaidee
    Tears of The Kingdom (Chasm) - pengeg
    Skyward Sword (Link Sleeping on Toilet) - Video Game Idle Animations
    Link Between Worlds Treasure - Zephiel810
    Zelda no Densetsu Gameplay - RetroGame.Stream
    Super Mario Bros Gameplay - packattack04082
    Link Dancing Animation - TC Studios
    The Legend of Zelda 1 (Full Gameplay) - packattack04082
    The Legend of Zelda 1 (Ganon Boss Fight) - KMX
    American Gladiators - ThEwAvEsHaPa
    Barbie NES - NintendoComplete
    Nes Transformers - World of Longplays
    Zelda 2 - Zelda Dungeon
    The Legend of Zelda (Dungeon 9, Silver Arrow) - godofwar2masterR
    Zelda II: The Adventure of Link - NintendoComplete
    zelda 2 great palace - bubufubu
    Zelda Game & Watch 1989 - Old80s: Gaming, Comparisons, And More
    zelda 2 hidden palace - adventures in boredom
    zelda classic - grrgrrgrr100
    zelda 2 town of rauru - ZeldaGamer
    ruto town - ZeldaGamer
    link gameplay Clashtournaments
    FireGuts zelda 2
    botw yiga - Rek
    Zelda Falling Off Cliff (BOTW Fan Animation) - LemonSamurai
    Legend of Zelda Cartoon Polygon Article by Nicole Carpenter - www.polygon.com/zelda/2354052...
    Link To The Past (Fan Made Trailer) - MegaLazygamer
    The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (Gameplay) - World of Longplays
    Cooking With Link [Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Parody] - Deerstalker Pictures
    The Legend of Zelda A Link to The Past - Select Screen (Lofi Hip Hop Remix) - JC System
    The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (SNES) Black (LoFi Hip Hop Remix) - Jonny Desutoroiyā
    Link’s Awakening Walkthrough 01 - Zelda Dungeon
    Legend of Zelda - Link to the Past Episode 1 - Zelda Master
    Link’s Awakening Walkthrough 01 - Zelda Dungeon
    Link to the Past 100% Walkthrough Part 13 - packattack04082
    The Legend of Zelda Link's Awakening - Genie Boss Fight (SWITCH) - NinBoxStation
    "The Creation of Hyrule" Fan Recreation (Originally From Ocarina of Time) - CNCcamon1
    Links Awakening DX - Ballad of the Wind Fish - Darkness Kight
    Link’s Awakening - All Musical Instruments - Boss Fight Database
    Link's Awakening Style 1 Prototype - Jatotz
    All Mario References - Links Awakening - astars
    Zelda Link’s Awakening All Nintendo references - prosafiagaming
    Super Mario Bros 2 Wart - Atlas Blizzard
    Link to the Past Walkthrough Part 2 - packattack04082
    Legend of Zelda Link’s Awakening Color Dungeon - Quick Tips
    Link’s Awakening DX Heart Piece Locations - Tresonance
    Link To the Past (All Dungeons) - Desbreko
    The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (Nintendo Switch) Part 8 Animal Village - Zelda Master
    Agahnim Battle 1 (A Link to the Past) - ZeldapediaVideo
    BS Zelda no Densetsu (Gameplay) - NintendoComplete
    The Satellaview in 2019 - Sap squad
    BS Legend of Zelda (Ganon Battle) - Shado's Gaming Channel (TheOneNamedShado)
    BS The Legend of Zelda (Female Avatar Gameplay) - makuchan
    BS The Legend of Zelda: Ancient Stone Tablets (Chapter 1) - NintendoComplete
    Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (Sahasrahla Gameplay) - brinmat
    BS The Legend of Zelda: Ancient Stone Tablets (Chapter 4) - NintendoComplete
    Zelda: A Link to the Past (Book of Mudora) - Waifu Simulator 27
    Link: The Faces of Evil (Zelda CD-I) - Liquid Squirtle
    The Philips CD-I Game Console/Home Entertainment System - The Centre for Computing History
    All Remastered Zelda CDi Cutscenes - QuintemCharizard
    DINNER BLASTER - lucarioxkurkow
    All Link: The Faces of Evil Gameplay - NintendoComplete
    Morshu's Paradise - JeffLindlom
    Edge Magazine: The Making Of: Playstation
    Meet The Unsung Pioneer Behind The Most Hated Zelda Games Of All Time - TimeExtension
    The Zelda CDi Reanimated Collab!
    Morshu But Every Frame Is By a Different Artist - Jimmy Davis
    All Zelda: Wand of Gamelon Gameplay - NintendoComplete
    All Zelda's Adventure Gameplay - NintendoComplete
    Interview with Zelda’s Adventure (Philips CD-i) Model and Prosthetic Maker Jason Bakutis
    LINK: The Faces of Evil + ZELDA: The Wand of Gamelon HD Trailer - C4DNerd
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Komentáře • 383

  • @TheMentok
    @TheMentok  Před 2 měsíci +85

    Nintendo confirmed a live action Zelda is in the works. Do you think an adaption of the first two games would work?

    • @Chaosbean-1443
      @Chaosbean-1443 Před 2 měsíci +8

      Definitely. Since this is going to be the first Zelda movie, it would be better if it stuck to its roots of the early games. The newer games have great settings and stories, but since they have to be adapted into film with a limited runtime, it has a high chance of becoming an expedition dump. Also, they really can't take the mario movie route this time since it will be much more serious. The great thing is that the first two games aren't too specific on the story elements, so I think, if done right (A BIG IF) it can leave a lot of room for a really interesting adventure.

    • @PartyDude_19
      @PartyDude_19 Před 2 měsíci +5

      I really hope so, I think that the movie could take a lot of inspiration from the manga by Ran Maru as they introduce some interesting elements to the franchise such as Link being trained by a werewolf named Gump or that Link is accompanied by a parrot named Watto

    • @Chris-bz2rf
      @Chris-bz2rf Před 2 měsíci +5

      YES especially the first one, I could see it in the same vain of the dnd movie with link just running around and just doing random stuff, maybe he might accidentally do some dungeons out of order and it could widen the audience of the original Zelda, as most people write it off as too cryptic

    • @JesseJames-zp6dh
      @JesseJames-zp6dh Před 2 měsíci +1

      Hey! I like your videos!

    • @OtakuUnitedStudio
      @OtakuUnitedStudio Před 2 měsíci +4

      ​@@PartyDude_19 Imagining the parrot having the voice and personality of Star Wars Watto is stuck in my head now.

  • @MCastleberry1980
    @MCastleberry1980 Před 2 měsíci +192

    I will always defend the Zelda cartoon. Not everything has to "hold up" as an adult. 8 year old me was just happy seeing Nintendo cartoons with Nintendo music and Nintendo sounds, so it got the job done.

    • @dansmith16
      @dansmith16 Před 2 měsíci +19

      Lots of stuff that Link did ended up being used in future games. He rode on his shield after hitting a bomb.

    • @historictruecrime5119
      @historictruecrime5119 Před 2 měsíci +9

      44 year old old me is just as happy as 8 year old me. Lol. I lived for Fridays! I was so happy when I found Zelda on a DVD and the dollar store, and then later on on Netflix.

    • @EQOAnostalgia
      @EQOAnostalgia Před 2 měsíci +8

      Dude ikr!? Lol... if you saw ANYTHING video game related from cartoons to Nick Arcade... we lost our collective flippin MINDS.

    • @ryanwinter8813
      @ryanwinter8813 Před 2 měsíci +1

      I didn't watch that show till my mid 20's, I have no nostalgia for it, and I think it's just fine, people just take this franchise way too seriously.

    • @MCastleberry1980
      @MCastleberry1980 Před 2 měsíci +6

      @@EQOAnostalgia this lol the SMB3 show having game footage from the world maps felt huge.

  • @GarryDKing
    @GarryDKing Před 2 měsíci +70

    15:50 About that.... in the manga version of LoZ2.... Awake Zelds does join Link on his adventures, and at one point while she was dressed as Link during a battle, she ends up killed by Ganon's minions to resurect Ganon... And when Link goes to revive Zelda, Ganon attacks em. And much to both their horrors, the corpse of Zelda falls into lava....
    So yea to hide the fact that the current princess died horribly, when the sleeping Zelda was awakened, they all just pretended she was the other Zelda all along due to their similar looks... it's extremely messed up!

    • @chazlonewolff3320
      @chazlonewolff3320 Před 26 dny +3

      😮😮😮

    • @Josuh
      @Josuh Před 13 dny

      What the fuck

    • @DaveGrean
      @DaveGrean Před 10 dny +1

      I never knew that, lmao! Which manga do you mean, though? There are 3 different ones based on Zelda 2. The wiki lists separate 'The Adventure of Link' manga series by authors Yuu Mishouzaki, Maru Ran, and Shigoto. Also, where can I read these?

  • @elnurgling
    @elnurgling Před 2 měsíci +87

    In regards to Link's fate after waking the Wind Fish and ending up adrift in the ocean: in A Link Between Worlds there's Gramps who is the strongest opponent in the game, wears a green tunic, wields a Master Sword and any item Link can use and has a unique Zelda leitmotif in the end credits. It's not a big stretch to assume that Gramps is the Link from Past/Awakening/Oracles, running a sidequest to train new Links in his old age.

    • @Kagomai15
      @Kagomai15 Před měsícem +7

      I've beaten that game before and I don't remember fighting Gramps omg? I'll have to start a new playthrough!

    • @mxcksrealm
      @mxcksrealm Před 27 dny +3

      @@Kagomai15 unfortunately, its only through street pass battles i believe. im not positive but i think the thing is that you have to beat a bunch of street pass battles and get EVERY medal in order to fight gramps.

    • @Kagomai15
      @Kagomai15 Před 27 dny +1

      @@mxcksrealm daaang, oh well. Maybe there's a let's play of it somewhere lol

    • @ssppeeaarr
      @ssppeeaarr Před 13 dny +3

      ya hero of legend hype. the game calls him legendary at some point...
      i think thats what his name is in game. or his status or something giving a hint of who gramps really was. lol.
      some channel also made some theory about this awhile ago. it was neat. lttp is my fav.

    • @Deltabolster
      @Deltabolster Před 2 dny +1

      Kinda impossible for a spirit of the hero to reincarnate into a new hero if they're still alive no? Atleast the hero of time had the decency to die before meeting a new hero

  • @YossifEtok
    @YossifEtok Před 2 měsíci +98

    Oh boy smooching time!

    • @Mordecrox
      @Mordecrox Před 2 měsíci +17

      _horrified stalfos screaming_

  • @javierdaniel1429
    @javierdaniel1429 Před 2 měsíci +32

    I played Zelda in 1988, I was 5. I then received The Adventure of Link as a gift the next year; I'm still playing them now into my 40s (with Wind Waker being my favorite game of all time).

    • @mver191
      @mver191 Před měsícem

      skrubnugged

    • @MannPower
      @MannPower Před měsícem

      Not my favorite game of all time, but Wind Waker is my favorite post-NES Zelda title.

    • @user-fy1er2rd1k
      @user-fy1er2rd1k Před 15 dny +1

      Wind Waker is the best I remember playing thru it on the GameCube without guided help

    • @mver191
      @mver191 Před 13 dny

      @@user-fy1er2rd1k It was good but i didn't like the grinding for progression.

    • @user-fy1er2rd1k
      @user-fy1er2rd1k Před 13 dny

      @@mver191 what grind? That game doesn't have a level up system unless you talking about rupees or items their isn't nothing hard about that game

  • @t4washere384
    @t4washere384 Před měsícem +14

    Aw, you missed the comic where Link almost turns into Ganon and dies. It's was my favorite as a kid.

  • @brian.francisco
    @brian.francisco Před 2 měsíci +10

    Minako Hamano's music in Link's Awakening are some of my absolute favorites. The Tal Tal Heights track has to be my favorite sort of remix of the standard Zelda theme

  • @Ironcabbit
    @Ironcabbit Před 2 měsíci +20

    I always thought that the first two Zeldas would fit into the 80s fantasy movie worlds: Legend, Willow, Ladyhawke, Conan the Barbarian, Kull the Conqueror, Beastmaster, Krull, etc. and A Link to the Past started the Zelda Series as we know it.

    • @Eener1000
      @Eener1000 Před 28 dny +3

      You are right and I miss the 80s fantasy atmosphere. 80s fantasy is basically what a kid would come up with when they let their imagination run wild. Newer Zelda's got anime-ified.

    • @rocknatex5013
      @rocknatex5013 Před 16 dny +2

      @@Eener1000 No kidding. I remember a time when news of a Zelda live action film would be met with excitement. But now, there's so many anime fans in the Zelda community that it was booed for not being animated. Zelda has definitely attracted the anime crowd, and it's in no small part due to BotW.

    • @KainYusanagi
      @KainYusanagi Před 10 dny +1

      @@rocknatex5013 To be fair, we've also had a ton of shitty live action adaptations of video games since those days, too.

    • @rocknatex5013
      @rocknatex5013 Před 10 dny

      @@KainYusanagi True enough. But that's not exclusive to the live action ones. The more recent seasons of the Castlevania animated series haven't been very good either tbh. Still, there *are* some good ones as well (Sonic, Mario, etc.) so it could work.

    • @KainYusanagi
      @KainYusanagi Před 10 dny +1

      @@rocknatex5013 Even "the good ones" are really only good by comparison; they're decent movies on their own, sure, but they take a lot of artistic liberties with canon. Sorta like the first RE movie; decent flick, but it did a bad job of being accurate to RE, and the followup movies... Blegh.

  • @coyoteartist
    @coyoteartist Před 2 měsíci +30

    Being as I was a kid in the 1980s, I thought it funny as i got older that cartoons from when I was a kid couldn't have dead people (unless you were Real Ghostbusters and they're ghosts), but things could die in cartoon movies.

    • @OtakuUnitedStudio
      @OtakuUnitedStudio Před 2 měsíci +3

      The only exception was characters having dead parents. Usually the mom.

    • @coyoteartist
      @coyoteartist Před 2 měsíci +2

      @@OtakuUnitedStudio True.

    • @ssppeeaarr
      @ssppeeaarr Před 13 dny

      ya usa soft. 😟
      meanwhile japs get some good animes. like dbz. 😄👌

  • @Sirfinchyyy
    @Sirfinchyyy Před 2 měsíci +7

    28:20 i love the idea that Ganon was a regular moblin who happened to find or steal the triforce of power😂. Link beats him and he runs off in terror.

  • @makeshift_battlefield_music
    @makeshift_battlefield_music Před 2 měsíci +6

    When I was a kid, Zelda was one of the few games my friend was allowed to play on his NES because his religious dad didn't like games that had magical or 'non christian' themes, but because Link had a cruciform on his shield he thought it was a christian game lol 😆

  • @AHylianWarrior
    @AHylianWarrior Před 2 měsíci +11

    I sadly didn't get to experience much of the classic Zelda era until I played LttP when they added OoT Link's voice in to the game lol I played that and got in to some of the older ones, really adored the Akira Himekawa manga version of LttP and have grown in to a massive Zelda fan ever since. My journey with Zelda started when I got a second hand N64 and OoT with it and then I-OH BOY, SMOOCHING TIME

    • @ssppeeaarr
      @ssppeeaarr Před 13 dny

      LOL for realgba version i think with oot vocals. ruined my hype. 😟
      nah jk. i liked those additions also with mario world got voices in gba ver.

  • @JuicyJam
    @JuicyJam Před 2 měsíci +13

    Wow! Not a lot of channels on here that started up in 2006. Good on ya!

    • @EQOAnostalgia
      @EQOAnostalgia Před 2 měsíci +3

      DANG... i thought i was early with 2011 lol. That's like... year 1.

    • @brucelee42069
      @brucelee42069 Před měsícem +1

      Amazing how few subscribers he has, this is really really good content. Could maybe be trimmed down a little bit in places, but I thoroughly enjoyed it and was very impressed by the writing. Great balance of humour too, so many channels these days have way too much cringe - the jokes here were light and made me laugh, definitely helped the "flow" of it a lot.

  • @rafaelmauricio8000
    @rafaelmauricio8000 Před 2 měsíci +6

    46:28
    This OG theme Always give me chills and a rush of adrenaline.

  • @AngelPerez-tu1nk
    @AngelPerez-tu1nk Před 2 měsíci +65

    Well it is a whole post-apocalyptic timeline so it having way more depth than seen at first glance does make sense

  • @gannon_banned
    @gannon_banned Před 2 měsíci +5

    I really wish more people knew of the stories and just how deep the stories of just the first 2 games themselves went. I could never hate Zelda 2 because even though the game itself is definitely insane, the story of the game over screen where Link is literally SACRIFICED and they use his blood to resurrect Ganon... like what? For a children's game in the 80s you don't expect such a dark story but I absolutely love the manuals for providing us with the backstories of the games. I wish more people would give the first games credit for giving us a story while also providing us with an action adventure/fantasy dungeon crawler experience as best they could for the hardware had at the time
    I haven't even watched the video yet but already I just know I'm gonna love this based on the title! Great video already LOL

    • @rocknatex5013
      @rocknatex5013 Před 16 dny +1

      Yeah. Personally, I enjoy The Adventure of Link. But it's hated often by people who have never even given it a shot, just because the Zelda community says it's bad. It's a shame, really.

    • @ssppeeaarr
      @ssppeeaarr Před 13 dny +1

      ya its mostly shiggys fault earlier games nintendo made dont focus much on lore...
      he likes gameplay first then add story at the last. kinda style.
      lttp is when it first started coming all together. i hope they go with that for movie.

    • @gannon_banned
      @gannon_banned Před 13 dny +1

      @@ssppeeaarr i agree. i think the era of the wild had its time but holy it's been beaten like a dead horse. i hope the movie focuses on the earlier games as well; we've seen the world of zelda in 3d for so long, i'd love to have the first 4 games breathe in some more 3d life (although i did love albw). it just feels like nintendo's forgotten that classical era of zelda completely with the era of the wild

  • @lougait4362
    @lougait4362 Před 2 měsíci +5

    Oh man those 1980s cartoons was such a nostalgic trip. I was like 6 years old when they came out and I was obsessed with them

    • @EQOAnostalgia
      @EQOAnostalgia Před 2 měsíci

      So what you're really tryin to tell us here bro is you were... "Hooked on the brothas"?

    • @lougait4362
      @lougait4362 Před 2 měsíci

      @@EQOAnostalgia who wasnt

  • @Rydax
    @Rydax Před 2 měsíci +10

    I grew up with a SEGA Genesis, and rarely got to play any Nintendo games when I was a kid. The first two Zelda games were some of my favorites when I did have the chance. I saw a babysitter's husband playing Faces of Evil when I was little. At first I was really confused because I knew the character on the screen was supposed to be Link, but it was so different. However, I also thought it looked really cool, and too my small brain, even scary at times. I wished I could have played it myself. Watching him play Super Metroid was also my introduction to that series, even though I didn't get to play any of the games myself until Prime.

    • @Mordecrox
      @Mordecrox Před 2 měsíci +1

      Geez sure it was boring babysitting you.
      Sorry, the picture of a 90s babysitter playing THAT is hilarious to me

  • @zerobyte802
    @zerobyte802 Před 2 měsíci +3

    I experienced all of this in real time as it came out. It’s rare to see retrospective content take the releases in context like you did. I really appreciated that.
    The summer between getting the Nintendo Fun Club issue (pre Nintendo Power) that featured Zelda 2, and getting the game felt like an eternity. I was so hyped for 2, and loved it.
    ALttP blew me away - I still hold it above all others in my own head cannon. I remember how amazing little details were in this game, like the sound of the rain outside the initial Hyrule Castle run, but going into a basement level, you no longer hear it.
    Great video, man!

  • @theironfox2756
    @theironfox2756 Před 2 měsíci +4

    Link is a self made prophesized hero. How inspiring a character.

  • @welshlout3400
    @welshlout3400 Před měsícem +1

    It’s wild that Zelda’s main theme was knocked out in an evening

  • @rockmangurlx4973
    @rockmangurlx4973 Před 2 měsíci +5

    Even if I love OoT, I miss this era of Zelda.

    • @rocknatex5013
      @rocknatex5013 Před 16 dny +1

      Heck, I miss the OoT era of Zelda now that we've made the switch to open world.

  • @ShytPump
    @ShytPump Před měsícem +1

    The way the manga of a link to the past ended was realistic and bitter sweet. And i mean the version that was trickled out over a season of Nintendo Power mag in the early 90s.
    In case you never read it, it ends with Zelda approaching link as he places the master sword in its pedestal in the lost woods. He is all pimped out because he's now leader ift the Hyrulian Knights and protector of the Triforce.
    She tells him that while peace has been restored, its bitter sweet because her responsibilities to the kingdom, and his as a protector, disable them from ever seeing each other informally. She laments this sacrifice they make for peace ajtd covets her memories of being captive by Ganon because during that time she was connected to Link. She sheds a tear and her horse trots her away while link stands and sadly watches her leave.
    Then it goes to a shot a of the sword still in the pedestal, but now covered in moss and vines, showing that it was intouched for likely centuries. This indicated that Hyrule remains in a long period of peace from Ganon.
    Fantastic ending and I'd love to see something like that in the movie.

  • @emaldon7
    @emaldon7 Před 2 měsíci +1

    Awesome video! It was so nostalgic and the edits were great! Subbed!

  • @cicelylawson2261
    @cicelylawson2261 Před měsícem +1

    Oh boy, smooching time!
    This was awesome! Thanks so much for all the work you put into this! I loved every minute of it and am glad to have so much more context for this franchise

  • @c.bretmiller6148
    @c.bretmiller6148 Před 2 měsíci +24

    You ever check out the Link to the Past graphic novel, circa 1993? It was originally released in weekly installments in Nintendo power before being published as a full graphic novel. Phenomenal artwork... the SMW comic which received the same NP release prior to it's subsequent graphic novelization from the same time period is equally great. Ummm... am I forgetting anything? Oh yeah! Oh boy, smoochin' time!!!!

    • @tulip811
      @tulip811 Před 2 měsíci +4

      The game guide itself is insane. I've spent hours reading it and looking at the pictures as a child 😍

    • @Morgil27
      @Morgil27 Před 2 měsíci +7

      Fun fact about that aLttP comic: it was drawn by the guy who invented Super Sentai/Power Rangers.

    • @NIMPAK1
      @NIMPAK1 Před 2 měsíci +4

      @@Morgil27I assume you mean Shotaro Ishinomori. He created Kamen Rider and Cyborg 009.

    • @jblazer9804
      @jblazer9804 Před 2 měsíci +1

      I lived for that shit back in the day.

    • @Ganondorfdude11
      @Ganondorfdude11 Před měsícem

      @@Morgil27 And Cyborg 009. And Kamen Rider.

  • @NyrinTriball
    @NyrinTriball Před 2 měsíci +4

    For names, if it isn't a variant of my screen name, it's either Link because I'm boring, or Lonk because I think that's hilarious.

  • @Justin-Hill-1987
    @Justin-Hill-1987 Před 2 měsíci +1

    That part of the Zelda comic where Link walks through a wall to retrieve the magic flute in a secret room reminds me of level 2 in the second quest in the first game where the same thing must be done to acquire the same item...

  • @sirmagnemiteiii8689
    @sirmagnemiteiii8689 Před 2 měsíci

    Had this on while at work and its a great and quality video, youve got my subscription

  • @PreciousTheShinyShuppet

    That is actually pretty cool to learn the Palace Guardian Boss Monsters of Zelda II aren't even affiliated with Ganon, but rather the King of Hyrule. King has his own hidden army of Monsters.

  • @rogerdudra178
    @rogerdudra178 Před 14 dny

    I got to be a janitor at the junior high school in Bozeman, Mt. for several years. Those kids kept current with gaming. They were fun.

  • @TheMikepatota
    @TheMikepatota Před 2 měsíci

    Yo the editing on this is so damn funny, this is great!

  • @jamesgravil9162
    @jamesgravil9162 Před 7 dny

    15:43 "Zelda rewards him with an all-out make-out sess."
    That's more than Mario ever got. Sometimes he gets a cake and a kiss on the nose, if he's lucky.

  • @Redmage913
    @Redmage913 Před 26 dny

    3 mins in and I already love your presentation style and video editor subscribed :) take care!

  • @SG-jq5vt
    @SG-jq5vt Před 13 dny

    New to your channel, but loved this video a lot. Liked, subbed, grateful for the content.

  • @maxxpower3d6
    @maxxpower3d6 Před 2 měsíci +3

    Valiant Comics' take on Samus Aran remains, to this day, the best interpretation of the character ever. Nobody else, not even Nintendo themselves, has managed to top it.

    • @willlauzon3744
      @willlauzon3744 Před 2 měsíci

      Agreed

    • @Wanten-the-stormtrooper
      @Wanten-the-stormtrooper Před 2 měsíci

      Is that the 2000s manga version?

    • @mbii7667
      @mbii7667 Před 2 měsíci +1

      ​@@Wanten-the-stormtrooper nope, Valiant are American comics

    • @Wanten-the-stormtrooper
      @Wanten-the-stormtrooper Před 2 měsíci

      @@mbii7667 Thanks for clarifying! Would those be the ones who did the Captain N comics back in the day?

    • @mbii7667
      @mbii7667 Před 2 měsíci +1

      @@Wanten-the-stormtrooper yup

  • @andrewsnarr6474
    @andrewsnarr6474 Před 2 měsíci +2

    I usually just name link “bruh” makes for hilarious interactions

    • @rocknatex5013
      @rocknatex5013 Před 16 dny

      OoT: "bruh...Strange... It sounds somehow... familiar."
      TP: "Mr. bruh! WAAAAAIT!"
      WW: "bruh, the Hero of Winds!"
      Yeah, I could see it lol

  • @TheFairylink
    @TheFairylink Před 10 dny

    Smoooooching tiiime! Awesome vid man.

  • @couchfrog4823
    @couchfrog4823 Před dnem

    Great job, this entire video is very fascinating. So much info I never knew I wanted. I love Zelda 2 btw!

  • @andriypredmyrskyy7791
    @andriypredmyrskyy7791 Před 20 dny +2

    The first two Zelda games have such good gamefeel that I compare them to games like dark souls in its "precise clunkiness", they're always perfectly fair, but the moment to moment gameplay is difficult and immersive, but fairly simple when done right. The rest is knowledge based gameplay, so you either muddle through or learn it a little more every time you go through the time to explore it's world. That said they all feel a little bs until you get the hang of them or start getting wise to their tricks. It's definitely not NES hard.

  • @asmariamoon
    @asmariamoon Před 25 dny

    26:35 Love the Korone clip used here XD

  • @lawrencemcstephens308
    @lawrencemcstephens308 Před 2 měsíci +1

    Great video, dude! Subscribed!
    I wanted to add one thing about A Link To The Past: in the video, you say the king was presumed dead. He actually IS dead, and his corpse is shown on the throne in the title plot dump before you start the game.

  • @dalehadley3283
    @dalehadley3283 Před 17 dny

    That little clip of AVGN saying "Wow,what an asshole" made me laugh so hard, I was not expecting that

  • @johntomasovic2846
    @johntomasovic2846 Před měsícem

    Oh boy! Smooching time! Well produced video

  • @Absturzkind5
    @Absturzkind5 Před 2 měsíci

    I used to have one of the Zelda 2 comic books, it was a hand me down from my older brother. I used to read it over and over but I haven’t been able to find it in a couple years.
    Thank you so much for linking the website to read the comics! Now I can finally find out what happens next!

  • @danamahr3773
    @danamahr3773 Před měsícem

    Brilliant, insightful and yet lighthearted. Thank you (and your editor) for this video. My wife and I just jumped back into playing Zelda games together (the 3D ones) and now we are thinking about giving also the 2D games a closer look.
    To keep it short and simple: liked and subscribed.

  • @Zyart
    @Zyart Před měsícem

    The Zelda Game and Watch was also brought to the Game and Watch Gallery series, as one of the bonus rewards that was playable in Game and Watch Gallery 4.

  • @elvampe13
    @elvampe13 Před 17 dny

    53:14
    Retroactively, the Nightmare's final form may be based on Vaati, the villain from Four Swords who first appeared on the GBA version of Link to the Past. He had a similar form with swinging arms.

  • @procow2274
    @procow2274 Před 28 dny +1

    There is also comics based on link to the past that were also pretty serious

  • @chzzyg2698
    @chzzyg2698 Před 2 měsíci

    Excellent editing.

  • @OtakuUnitedStudio
    @OtakuUnitedStudio Před 2 měsíci +3

    Then you find out that both Zelda and Link in the cartoon are into tease and denial, and everything is both way funnier and more uncomfortable.

  • @joeszymanski3540
    @joeszymanski3540 Před 7 dny

    @7:55 when he's talking about how they weren't able to use the song due to copyright... They apparently got music from deep purple that sounds a little too close to just be inspired lol.

  • @Jotari
    @Jotari Před 4 dny

    27:39 Pictured boss is not Iron Knuckle, it's Helmet Head. Iron Knuckle is also only kind of a boss in Zelda II. They're the most common strong enemy you fight in dungeons, and one of them is fought as a boss with an extra first phase where it rides a horse. It has its own unique name though, Rebonack.

  • @steverobbins5423
    @steverobbins5423 Před 2 měsíci +1

    This is a great video. I really liked it!
    One of the things I love about the CDI games is that it has the look of a pre-LoTR fantasy. Obviously, there were gritty fantasy before, but LoTR basically amplified a level of realism that everyone else seemed to latch onto. The CDI games look silly, and that's wonderful. Like a soft cover Del Rey novel.

  • @cosmictheorist6091
    @cosmictheorist6091 Před 2 měsíci +1

    I was there in the beginning of Sonic, before the 3d wars turned against him... My favorite character is Tails to this day I try to be intelligent, friendly and kind like Tails.

  • @rogerdudra178
    @rogerdudra178 Před 14 dny

    Greetings from the BIG SKY. I was working in Bellingham, Wa. for NOA when this game was first released. Despite my age now, 74, this game was a new deal then as was Mario. 1989,

  • @maxbetatron
    @maxbetatron Před 9 dny

    I can't be the only one who thinks Captian N would make an incredible live action show. Give it an 80s vapornwave aesthetic. Bring back some old video game heroes.

  • @cerealexperimentsgrain
    @cerealexperimentsgrain Před 2 měsíci +3

    i am so ready to watch this, hell yeah

  • @VincentDangerWater
    @VincentDangerWater Před 12 dny

    There is no Wind Fish. It's Link's dream, they are Link's nightmares. Marin isn't coming to terms with her impending unexistence; she's a figment of his own subconscious, guiding him to accept his own death.

  • @sasha1mama
    @sasha1mama Před 2 měsíci +2

    I've always pronounced Epona's name as "eppon-a", like the pagan goddess. "E-pon-a" always felt too...on-the-nose. Like, "durhur, you named the horse 'pony', durhur, you're so funny dev guy, durhur". Felt like a dumb pun, y'know?
    That synth-modulator bit from Memnicus feels strangely melodic. I always expect someone to bust out in either Binary or Protean Politics from TTS when that synthesizer is in use.
    Russian temps? Ah. Explains why the CDi stuff looks like that. That kind of general art style is *very* Russian - if you've seen other stuff that came out of the USSR and RF, you'll know what I meant.

  • @777Rowen
    @777Rowen Před 2 měsíci +1

    My first Zelda game was A Link to the Past. I’ve played nearly every single game; and this is an amazing video! I’m playing Tears of the Kingdom as I watch this.

  • @JasonBoyce
    @JasonBoyce Před 2 měsíci +6

    Sony really tried to put the screws to Nintendo over that Playstation bit. They basically had a team that kept pushing Nintendo about a partnership, and Nintendo agreed to explore it, at which point Sony announced the Playstation and then told Nintendo they were getting all the profits from CD games that were sold, while leaving the cartridge profits to Nintendo. Sony was basically going to rob them blind by moving all development to CD, and basically just use Nintendo to get into the market.

  • @mage1439
    @mage1439 Před 2 měsíci +1

    I think it's funny, for all the crap Zelda 2 gets, the upthrust and downthrust are so iconic.

  • @dosito86
    @dosito86 Před 13 dny

    19:02 i spit my god damn chips out at my work screen at this part.

  • @rogerdudra178
    @rogerdudra178 Před 14 dny

    Nice shot of the Game Play Counselors at NOA hangin out.

  • @docsavage4921
    @docsavage4921 Před 2 měsíci +1

    "We wanted players to talk with each other about it."
    An admission it was designed from the start with obtuse challenges that required a guide?
    I remember a lot of games I was only really able to pass thanks to Nintendo Power.

  • @magvs_maestro216
    @magvs_maestro216 Před 18 dny

    The golden Zelda nes cart, is still special to this day.

  • @rocknatex5013
    @rocknatex5013 Před 16 dny

    Oh boy! Smooching time!
    It's funny how everyone says Link shouldn't talk (especially in regards to the upcoming Zelda movie) because he talked in the CDI games, but everyone still wants a Zelda game where we play *as* Zelda despite that *also* being something the CDI games did. Don't get me wrong, both can be done right. In fact, in this time capsule of a video, we see animations, manga/comics, and games where Link absolutely talks and Zelda has her own adventures and battles. Some of which were actually kind of cool in their own way. I just think people should be a bit more open minded to ideas like Link speaking, which seem controversial now but were actually normal back then. (And I guess are normal now too, considering Akira Himekawa's works, though the common anti-Link-speaking-individual doesn't know about that I guess).

  • @Astronic
    @Astronic Před dnem

    Link's Awakening is my jam.

  • @ggbetz
    @ggbetz Před 2 měsíci +1

    Love you brought up the game & watch, satellaview, cd-i, manga and comics. For real, Catherine is the only name for Links horse for me.
    I want to play the cd-i and BS games someday. The Links Awakening Link is my fav.
    Btw, Zeldas Adventure recently got a game boy demake. It looks good.

    • @Wendy_O._Koopa
      @Wendy_O._Koopa Před 2 měsíci +1

      I name Link's horse after Cloud, his horse from _The Shadow Prince_ of *Nintendo Adventure Books* fame. As far as I know, no one else uses the name "Cloud," so I feel all special and unique. /s

  • @werefrogofassyria6609
    @werefrogofassyria6609 Před měsícem

    3:25: Link is 10 years old when he saves Impa. He's a man of a boy.

  • @ethanhernandez9889
    @ethanhernandez9889 Před 2 měsíci +1

    Dude those sonic posters are badass

  • @tvb5509
    @tvb5509 Před 2 měsíci +5

    My headcanon is that Zelda 1's Princess is significantly younger than Link, with Zelda 2's princess being closer in age (big nap excluded)
    That's why Link smooched the sleeping princess.

    • @lpstweetytv5242
      @lpstweetytv5242 Před 2 měsíci +2

      Maybe the other way around? The first Zelda is older than Link and the second is closer to his age

  • @derekj54
    @derekj54 Před 2 měsíci +1

    F you cutting off the seagull like that. That's one of the most touching moments in the entire Zelda franchise

  • @StopChangingUsernamesYouTube

    05:31 That actually sounds kinda rad to me. Probably wouldn't have been easy to convey well on the NES, though.

  • @ShadowWizard224
    @ShadowWizard224 Před 2 měsíci +1

    Top 10 Zelda games: 🛡️
    #10 A Link To The Past 🗡️🗡️
    #9 Link’s Awakening 🐳 🏝️
    #8 Skyward Sword ⛅️ ❤️
    #7 Minish Cap 💨 🌲
    #6 A Link Between Worlds 🌎 😎
    #5 Breath of the Wild 🏔️🌋
    #4 Twilight Princess 🐺 👸
    #3 Majora’s Mask 🎭 💀
    #2 Wind Waker 🌊 🦁
    #1 Ocarina of Time 🙏 🙏

  • @mrgreatbigmoose
    @mrgreatbigmoose Před 16 dny

    Link remembers Marin...that's now his type. It takes place AFTER the Oracle games. He's going to make it home and pursue a farm girl and end up as Gramps from ALBW. I don't care what the timeline says, it lines up better with the cutscenes.
    Oh boy, smooching time!

  • @ICP96
    @ICP96 Před 2 měsíci +7

    Oh Boy! Smooching Time!

  • @jboyathegamer
    @jboyathegamer Před 24 dny

    Ill admit the classic zelda era hits different i didnt play any of the of the new games yet maybe this year i might but all the old games for all the old games just hits diffrent i love games especially older ones

  • @Drifter2025
    @Drifter2025 Před 2 měsíci +1

    Not sure if you knew about the heavy influence of Deep Purple's April for the theme song and a few other songs for the game and it's an awesome 14 minutes of a song too.

  • @tinyguy9398
    @tinyguy9398 Před měsícem +1

    Oh boy!!! Smooching time!

  • @landon11
    @landon11 Před 2 měsíci +1

    My first was Link to the past. I remember I had a subscription to Nintendo power and sometimes they would have Zelda comics. I remember enjoying them but not knowing where to find them fully printed

  • @mxcksrealm
    @mxcksrealm Před 27 dny

    The interview about link's age being 12 in zelda 1 would canonically not make sense, since he is confirmed to be 16 in zelda 2, which takes place 6 years after the first game. Unfortunately sometimes even devs mess up their info lol (unless that interview was before zelda 2 was released, then that would make more sense.)

  • @faron22
    @faron22 Před měsícem

    I just wanna give props for the Troll 2 reference.

  • @Sirfinchyyy
    @Sirfinchyyy Před 2 měsíci

    48:30 Link is wondering if the spiky ball things were venemous and causing hallucinations😂.

  • @geminisfl
    @geminisfl Před 2 měsíci

    7:50 this is the moment I suscribed to the channel ♥

  • @franknbeans8904
    @franknbeans8904 Před měsícem

    'Oh boy smooching time! 😘" Really enjoyed this video, I'm one of the fans of the old Zelda cartoon and Captain N and the first two Zelda games. Glad to see these get their due, often focus goes right to Ocarina of Time and it's sequels, often overshadowing the early games that made Zelda what it was in the first place. So thank you!

  • @jasonholloway2476
    @jasonholloway2476 Před 2 měsíci +3

    No mention of the Nintendo Power magazine The Legend of Zelda A Link to the Past comics series?

  • @gabrielzeros
    @gabrielzeros Před 2 měsíci

    Oh boy Smooching time!! I wish you went over the other Zelda manga based on the older Zelda games !! And old Zelda merchandise based on the original Zelda game.

  • @DaileyDoseOfJoseph
    @DaileyDoseOfJoseph Před 18 dny

    Oh boy, smooching time!🎉

  • @anzyjupiter7474
    @anzyjupiter7474 Před 2 měsíci +1

    What song is at 30:37? I recognize it but I can’t think of the name and Shazam has let me down once again.

    • @TheMentok
      @TheMentok  Před 2 měsíci

      I got you! It’s a sped up version of Light’s them from Death Note. I tend to use it for all of my rants 😂

  • @tryingbridge2548
    @tryingbridge2548 Před 7 dny

    I never realised some of the old games had such cool stories/lore. I dont think i would mind if the Zelda movie was based off one of thise early games the first one would be perfect since its story allows alot of freedom

  • @JonathanDJCureton
    @JonathanDJCureton Před měsícem

    Oh boy, smoochin’ time!

  • @dargossss
    @dargossss Před 2 měsíci

    Oh boy!! Smoochin' time!!

  • @Wendy_O._Koopa
    @Wendy_O._Koopa Před 2 měsíci

    1:07:14 👀 What is this!? How long has there been a "Roger Rabbit" style Nintendo commercial? I mean, I guess there was that one commercial where Mario's mystery block made him big, and Ronald's magic box makes us lunch. That was _technically_ cartoon and live action together...

  • @SigilWizardClassic
    @SigilWizardClassic Před 8 dny

    Oh, boy! Smooching time!
    I rather thoroughly enjoyed this video. I thought it was going to go from Zelda 1 to Ocarina and maybe Majora's Mask, but the surprise of seeing the cartoon and even the CD-i games be sprinkled in was a very welcome one despite their meme status nowadays. They were what I think a lot of fans of Zelda would want today: An animated series/movie that would get the respect of game-to-cartoon adaptations (most) games deserve today. Cyberpunk 2077, Castlevania (not Nocturne), Super Mario Bros., and others. Games have become more than silly little things to keep the kids busy, and gamers have grown with them.
    That quote, "Every game has its story." definitely put some things into perspective when there were the visuals of Forsaken, Sonic (assuming) '06, and Gollum. (and I can think of some more like a recent Walking Dead title where the game's developers were sleeping in the office due to crunch culture.) The devs clearly had that passion to make a game as best as they can make it with what they were given. In the end, they released their games despite everything wrong with them. I'm sure many hope that they can further their careers and that they'll have something in there that they can say, "Look at that. I did that."

  • @justdennisiguess8286
    @justdennisiguess8286 Před 2 měsíci +2

    This is really random but at about 41:32 it was mentioned that star signs were associated with the three goddesses and I would be curious, WHAT are their star signs? I‘ve been trying to find the answer but I only know the element each of them represents.

  • @monopolyrubix1875
    @monopolyrubix1875 Před 2 měsíci +5

    These were great videos. It was before my time and yet I still love the classic Zelda era.

    • @willlauzon3744
      @willlauzon3744 Před 2 měsíci +1

      I grew up with the original Zelda. Still love that game. I've basically broken that game.

  • @plushiesdx
    @plushiesdx Před měsícem

    17:57 I had no idea the Wii U had Game & Watch games