The Classic Zelda Era Was Deeper Than You Remember
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- čas přidán 13. 05. 2024
- 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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Satellaview Legend of Zelda Site - bszelda.zeldalegends.net/bsze...
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 - Hry
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Nintendo confirmed a live action Zelda is in the works. Do you think an adaption of the first two games would work?
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.
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
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
Hey! I like your videos!
@@PartyDude_19 Imagining the parrot having the voice and personality of Star Wars Watto is stuck in my head now.
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.
Lots of stuff that Link did ended up being used in future games. He rode on his shield after hitting a bomb.
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.
Dude ikr!? Lol... if you saw ANYTHING video game related from cartoons to Nick Arcade... we lost our collective flippin MINDS.
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.
@@EQOAnostalgia this lol the SMB3 show having game footage from the world maps felt huge.
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.
I've beaten that game before and I don't remember fighting Gramps omg? I'll have to start a new playthrough!
@@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.
@@mxcksrealm daaang, oh well. Maybe there's a let's play of it somewhere lol
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!
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Oh boy smooching time!
_horrified stalfos screaming_
Aw, you missed the comic where Link almost turns into Ganon and dies. It's was my favorite as a kid.
Sauce?
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.
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.
@@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.
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).
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Not my favorite game of all time, but Wind Waker is my favorite post-NES Zelda title.
Wind Waker is the best I remember playing thru it on the GameCube without guided help
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
Wow! Not a lot of channels on here that started up in 2006. Good on ya!
DANG... i thought i was early with 2011 lol. That's like... year 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.
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.
The only exception was characters having dead parents. Usually the mom.
@@OtakuUnitedStudio True.
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.
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
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
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.
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This OG theme Always give me chills and a rush of adrenaline.
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
So what you're really tryin to tell us here bro is you were... "Hooked on the brothas"?
@@EQOAnostalgia who wasnt
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
Well it is a whole post-apocalyptic timeline so it having way more depth than seen at first glance does make sense
It wasn’t that when it was made.
@@tylertanner7378 I know 7-7
But that's a retcon, This is about the original intent
@@jesusramirezromo2037 It's still not far off
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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!
Awesome video! It was so nostalgic and the edits were great! Subbed!
Had this on while at work and its a great and quality video, youve got my subscription
Link is a self made prophesized hero. How inspiring a character.
3 mins in and I already love your presentation style and video editor subscribed :) take care!
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.
Geez sure it was boring babysitting you.
Sorry, the picture of a 90s babysitter playing THAT is hilarious to me
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...
Yo the editing on this is so damn funny, this is great!
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.
Maybe the other way around? The first Zelda is older than Link and the second is closer to his age
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!!!!
The game guide itself is insane. I've spent hours reading it and looking at the pictures as a child 😍
Fun fact about that aLttP comic: it was drawn by the guy who invented Super Sentai/Power Rangers.
@@Morgil27I assume you mean Shotaro Ishinomori. He created Kamen Rider and Cyborg 009.
I lived for that shit back in the day.
@@Morgil27 And Cyborg 009. And Kamen Rider.
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!
i am so ready to watch this, hell yeah
That little clip of AVGN saying "Wow,what an asshole" made me laugh so hard, I was not expecting that
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.
"Lonk from Pennsylvania"
Excellent editing.
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.
Oh boy! Smooching time! Well produced video
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.
26:35 Love the Korone clip used here XD
Even if I love OoT, I miss this era of Zelda.
Heck, I miss the OoT era of Zelda now that we've made the switch to open world.
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.
There is also comics based on link to the past that were also pretty serious
No mention of the Nintendo Power magazine The Legend of Zelda A Link to the Past comics series?
Dude those sonic posters are badass
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.
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.
Agreed
Is that the 2000s manga version?
@@Wanten-the-stormtrooper nope, Valiant are American comics
@@mbii7667 Thanks for clarifying! Would those be the ones who did the Captain N comics back in the day?
@@Wanten-the-stormtrooper yup
I usually just name link “bruh” makes for hilarious interactions
OoT: "bruh...Strange... It sounds somehow... familiar."
TP: "Mr. bruh! WAAAAAIT!"
WW: "bruh, the Hero of Winds!"
Yeah, I could see it lol
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.
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.
These were great videos. It was before my time and yet I still love the classic Zelda era.
I grew up with the original Zelda. Still love that game. I've basically broken that game.
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
48:30 Link is wondering if the spiky ball things were venemous and causing hallucinations😂.
The golden Zelda nes cart, is still special to this day.
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.
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.
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
Oh Boy! Smooching Time!
Oh boy!!! Smooching time!
Love your vids, Mentok.
Captain N unlocked a core memory.
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.
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 😂
It’s wild that Zelda’s main theme was knocked out in an evening
You showed the wrong boss for the Zelda 2 cartoon and comics bit. The Iron Knuckle is the boss of dungeon 3 (hence the mount). The one you showed was Helmethead from 2.
Oh boy, smooching time!🎉
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.
7:50 this is the moment I suscribed to the channel ♥
'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!
I just wanna give props for the Troll 2 reference.
So what's the story about why you say compass like that?
Okay, this proves it, I made it to the end of the video.
"Oh boy, smooch time!" Lol
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.
"You've killed me"......
"Good"
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Every time he shows Ganon exploding 😅😂
Oh boy, smoochin’ time!
Oh boy!! Smoochin' time!!
05:31 That actually sounds kinda rad to me. Probably wouldn't have been easy to convey well on the NES, though.
3:25: Link is 10 years old when he saves Impa. He's a man of a boy.
Oh....boy...? Smooching Time? I feel dirty and somehow energized now. 😁
17:57 I had no idea the Wii U had Game & Watch games
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.
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).
When you covered Iron Knuckle from the cartoons, you also showed a boss from Zelda 2, but you did show the right one. The boss you showed was a knight named Jermafenser/Helmethead. The boss you should have shown would be Rebonack, who is the 3rd boss of the Island Palace. Also, considering you covered all of the manga & comic adaptations for the first 2 games, it's a shame you didn't mention that Nintendo Power also featured a Zelda comic based on Link to the Past.
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.
"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.
Friday was Zelda day in the super Mario super show
Oh (hell no) boy, (I can't believe you're making me type out) smooching time!
Seriously though, great video. As a hardcore Zelda fan, it's always cool to learn something new.
Oh boy! Smooching time!😅😂🤣. I remember the Super VGA graphics of Hero's Quest: So you want to be a hero being really awesome at the time. It all depends on what you were used to at the time.
oh boy smooching time 💀 don't get my hopes up like that sir
Oh boy. SMOOCHIN' TIME!
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...
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.)
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.
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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
The older ones felt like dark fantasy books and I love it.
I subscribed within the first 3 min of this video thank you for the quality
Oh boyo!
Smooch-smooch!
Oh boy! Smooching time! 😃
Links awakening was techincally my first zelda game as it was one of the three games i got when i got my first gameboy color. I would get stuck after a while and just colllect rupees until i got bored and restarted because younger me had no idea what to do. Same thing would happen again when i got ocarina of time though i would at least get through the first two dungeons.
The book in the first zelda shows the triforce on links hand....definitely means he HIS the courage
"oh boy! Smooching time!"
Oracle of Ages was my first Zelda game actually, played Link's Awakening not long after
What?? You didn't play the sister "Oracle Of Seasons"?? That's part of the experience of those games!! 😮😮
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 😆
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.