The Hardest Part in EVERY Zelda Game

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  • čas přidán 16. 05. 2024
  • Whether dungeon, boss or puzzle- today we comb the Zelda series and choose each game's most difficult section. Lots of spoilers ahead.
    Footage provided by:
    WW, BOTW, SS, TP - @SourceSpy91
    OOT, MM - @ZorZelda
    OOA, OOS - @GoodOldDaysGaming
    PH - @ZeldaMaster
    LA - @MrZebraGamer
    00:00 - Intro
    01:03 - Zelda II Adventure of Link
    02:48 - Minish Cap
    03:41 - Tri Force Heroes
    03:48 - Ocarina of Time
    05:21 - Twilight Princess
    06:01 - Four Swords
    06:22 - Four Swords Adventures
    07:03 - Zelda 1
    08:08 - Phantom Hourglass
    09:38 - Spirit Tracks
    11:33 - Skyward Sword
    12:42 - A Link to the Past
    13:47 - Oracle of Ages
    14:29 - Oracle of Seasons
    14:49 - Majora's Mask
    16:19 - A Link Between Worlds
    17:07 - Link's Awakening
    18:06 - Wind Waker
    19:30 - Breath of the Wild
    20:48 - Tears of the Kingdom
    22:28 - Closing
  • Hry

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  • @Redjman66
    @Redjman66 Před 9 měsíci +4399

    Most difficult part of TOTK is staying on task. Every corner is a new quest or something that catches your eye

    • @faleken8315
      @faleken8315 Před 8 měsíci +432

      "I'll just play a few minutes before I go to bed" transitioning to "why are the birds outside being so loud"

    • @lumindoesvideos
      @lumindoesvideos Před 8 měsíci +65

      ​@@faleken8315that's a mood and also exactly what happened the day it came out (I pre-ordered it). Got it at 11PM and kept playing till I heard birds because it was so easy to get distracted.

    • @jardob
      @jardob Před 8 měsíci +40

      @@faleken8315 This was me the week it came out. I had the week off from work and spent way too many nights up until dawn exploring the depths.

    • @SkyStream-lt4dz
      @SkyStream-lt4dz Před 8 měsíci +8

      ​@@jardobYou guys need to get a life

    • @levianthony3944
      @levianthony3944 Před 8 měsíci +76

      ​@@SkyStream-lt4dzor maybe you do. 🤷🏾 Because how can you assume that they don't have a life all because they dedicated a few hours to something they love to do?
      When you do something that you love, you tend spend a lot, if not most of your time doing it. Outside of work of course. We all have our ways of creating happiness for ourselves, whether it's short term or long. Doesn't mean we don't all have important things to do beforehand or afterwards. 🤷🏾

  • @da0guy798
    @da0guy798 Před 8 měsíci +1126

    The three freaking master sword trials in Botw has got to be the hardest for me. I've never put so much time and effort into completing a game objective ever.

    • @da0guy798
      @da0guy798 Před 8 měsíci +9

      @@Stuben_ That's a very good point

    • @sheevpalpatine1105
      @sheevpalpatine1105 Před 8 měsíci +72

      after many many many tries i got through the last trial on the last level only to die on one swing by the lynel
      thats the point where i said fuck it and used the wall glitch shortcut

    • @abbyryan788
      @abbyryan788 Před 8 měsíci +12

      I've unfortunately never finished it

    • @TrevBauer
      @TrevBauer Před 8 měsíci +40

      Master mode sword trials, one of the few things in Zelda games I just never got through.

    • @eniqma5195
      @eniqma5195 Před 8 měsíci +33

      I remember I'd cut down the trees in the rest area to get logs then cook them 1 by 1 to make ¼ heart food because those extra 2 ½ hearts were absolutely necessary for me

  • @HeyNaniNani
    @HeyNaniNani Před 5 měsíci +807

    The hardest part of Majora's Mask is realizing that you can't save/help/heal everyone in one go. The first time I found out that two of the side quests are mutually exclusive of each other (meaning that completing one of them locks you out of completing the other one) I cried. 😅

    • @dawnfallon6812
      @dawnfallon6812 Před 4 měsíci +65

      Na. That Water Temple. I thought OOT's Water Temple was bad. Majora's Mask was so much worse.
      I distinctly recall spending days trying to work my way through it. Then I became so frustrated that I stopped playing for a week. But the worst part? I know I finally figured it out (because I beat the game soon after), but I blocked out the trauma of the achievement. So I have no idea how I did it, or even take any joy in doing so.

    • @ph1shstyx
      @ph1shstyx Před 4 měsíci +57

      By far the correct answer... Every time i've completed the game, I try to do everything that isn't locked out before going to the moon (romani quest line, kiefe quest line...) only to remember the final screen at the end and realize that because that instance happened before the 3 day cycle started, you can't help that man with this son

    • @HeyNaniNani
      @HeyNaniNani Před 4 měsíci +49

      @@ph1shstyx Oh goodness, yes. That final scene with the Deku butler and what is the remains of his son breaks my heart every time.

    • @espurrseyes42
      @espurrseyes42 Před 4 měsíci +8

      @@dawnfallon6812
      Cap. The only hard thing about Great Bay Temple is the boss. It's amazing what having good swimming controls and having easy access to the necessary item does for dungeon navigation.

    • @GatoEpico
      @GatoEpico Před 4 měsíci +6

      @@dawnfallon6812 G im stuck in that water temple from majora's mask, wtf were they thinking.

  • @nanya524
    @nanya524 Před 4 měsíci +332

    In Tears of the Kingdom, the Gloom Hands traumatized me *SO* hard that I REFUSED to go *ANYWHERE* near the Depths because I figured there were Gloom hands *EVERYWHERE* and only went down AFTER I had done all the surface and sky shrines. Well, as many as I could do before I had to get to the Great Deku Tree.

    • @Hydraas
      @Hydraas Před 3 měsíci +12

      Same! I would have gotten into building mechanics way more if I'd learned about autohand early on but didn't because I was so scared of going down

    • @jasonbee8651
      @jasonbee8651 Před 3 měsíci +6

      The first time I saw them I was on a short platform and learned how easily cheesable they were by just getting literally any high ground. And the follow up, I just kept my distance and stabbed with a spear, which is my MO anyway, and it was also easy. I never had any issues at all with them once I knew the pattern. Still terrifying, but not nearly as terrifying as guardians. Took me a long time before I attempted them

    • @LauLessPariah
      @LauLessPariah Před 2 měsíci +7

      I literally completed the entire depths before doing anything in the over world. I was down there fighting armored silver gloom lynels with 4 hearts and bad weapons. IT WAS SO DAMN FUN! Frox's rekt me tho. I couldn't figure out what to do when they started the vacuum attack and then brain finally went "drop bomb". But yeah, completed the entire underground, then finally started the main story

    • @Bird-wz7nx
      @Bird-wz7nx Před 2 měsíci +3

      I actually had a very mild first experience- I found them in a large cave while riding a horse around Death Mountain, and just saw the darkness effect.
      I outran them, saw some of the shadow, and they despawned, so I honestly just thought that there was something about that cave, and it was limited to that shadow in the cave.
      I thought, "Huh," even went back to look for the weird gloom puddle thing, and went on my merry way

    • @Moonkitvelvet
      @Moonkitvelvet Před měsícem +1

      they can’t get you if you climb a tree or legde, and if you sit and wait they’ll give up after a few minutes and despawn and leave their drop :3

  • @imacowy
    @imacowy Před 9 měsíci +973

    The wagon escort in TP was so difficult for me as a kid, I had to take my wii over to a friend's house and have someone else beat it for me lol

    • @thatgamingauthor
      @thatgamingauthor Před 9 měsíci +32

      I was stuck on that escort mission for WAY too long, haha. I had no idea what kept causing the wagon to catch on fire for the longest time, and even when I did, my coordination skills just weren't the greatest between getting rid of the fires and fending all the enemies off.

    • @Poopemoji500
      @Poopemoji500 Před 9 měsíci +27

      I literally quit the game for a while over the Wagon escort and the Bulbin bridge fight

    • @kitkatboard
      @kitkatboard Před 9 měsíci +20

      I had to ask my big sister to do it for me because I would get nervous and frustrated to the point of angry crying 😭

    • @devonm042690
      @devonm042690 Před 9 měsíci +9

      @@thatgamingauthor Wait, what? I'm sorry but how did the flaming arrows not immediately click in your mind as the source of the fire?

    • @thatgamingauthor
      @thatgamingauthor Před 9 měsíci +5

      @@devonm042690 I was an overwhelmed kid not knowing what was going on, haha.

  • @davinator1212
    @davinator1212 Před 8 měsíci +547

    On my first BOTW playthrough i went to the desert first, so after a pretty intense fight with Thunderblight I was a bit nervous for the other three, only to find I got the hardest one out of the way early...

    • @ThePhonequeen3
      @ThePhonequeen3 Před 8 měsíci +31

      Always do that one first. I don't struggle much against Thunderblight but having Urbosa's Fury as early as possible is a huge asset.

    • @epicninja952
      @epicninja952 Před 8 měsíci +24

      Dude, my first playthrough I got distracted by all the shrines and ended up fighting Thunderblight in the starting clothes with the Gerudo mask because I never went to find Impa and didn't know I could buy better clothes or enchant. I thought the monsters hit very hard, but I got pretty good at dodging.
      I spent hours but couldn't win the battle because I didn't have enough one-handed weapons. Teleported away to collect more weapons and found Impa.

    • @itzdylandude
      @itzdylandude Před 8 měsíci +9

      I did that, too, and did all the post-Divine-Beast Riju side quests and got the lightning helm and it made literally everything else so much easier with being immune to electricity

    • @LilyBrownlivingforEGG
      @LilyBrownlivingforEGG Před 7 měsíci +5

      I happened upon the rubber armor after freeing the divine beast in zora’s domain, and hyperfixated on getting all three pieces and upgrading, and i was SO GLAD when i took on thunderblight canon with the unshockable bonus. it was so easy, highly recommended if you’re like me and suck at games lol

    • @apostleguy
      @apostleguy Před 7 měsíci +11

      I spent hours fighting Thunderblight Ganon. My 7 year old took him out in three tries (about 20 minutes total) with like 9 heart containers. Little show-off.

  • @Fabricio37500
    @Fabricio37500 Před 6 měsíci +123

    You described Twilight Princess perfectly: "there's not a lot of hard moments in TP, but are there moments that go hard?"
    Absolutely.

  • @bnhik
    @bnhik Před 4 měsíci +125

    Back when Ocarina of Time was new, I was speeding through the game faster than my friends. When I hit the Water Temple, everyone caught up to me and even surpassed me.

    • @jimnfl7134
      @jimnfl7134 Před 4 měsíci +10

      It's not that Water Temple is HARD. It seems to take a WEEK to get through.

    • @mirabilis
      @mirabilis Před 2 měsíci +5

      First time took a long time for me, because I didn't use the map.

  • @FMTownsMarteh
    @FMTownsMarteh Před 9 měsíci +539

    The Goron challenge in MM is actually really easy once you realize all you need to do is start your roll until max speed and then let go of the analogue stick. He will bounce off every chest perfectly... It took me over an hour of gameplay as a kid to realize that

    • @pixilmon
      @pixilmon Před 9 měsíci +2

      Same

    • @pixilmon
      @pixilmon Před 9 měsíci +1

      I thought you had to grapple

    • @alerilantarai
      @alerilantarai Před 9 měsíci +25

      I never knew this. I wish you could go back in time and tell young me that so I wouldn't've gotten so angry.

    • @benjamindeh873
      @benjamindeh873 Před 9 měsíci

      Never knew that myself. I just tried to line it perfectly to the middle.

    • @robertbeisert3315
      @robertbeisert3315 Před 9 měsíci

      Wait, what? Setiously?

  • @evaguess2313
    @evaguess2313 Před 9 měsíci +177

    Loved how you connected the different games instead of going from first to last

  • @LocalMaple
    @LocalMaple Před měsícem +35

    Hardest part of OoT: waiting for Ruto’s father to move over.

  • @frostcanogames
    @frostcanogames Před 5 měsíci +42

    When it comes to Windwaker. I think the stealth mission at the beginning was a homage to Metal Gear Solids popularity at the time. Everyone loved those games. Also sneak attacks and hiding in the shadows was considered "new gameplay" for the early 2000s.

  • @sushiferz
    @sushiferz Před 9 měsíci +655

    IM SO GLAD IM NOT THE ONLY ONE WHO FOUGHT FOR THEIR LIFE IN THE TWILIGHT PRINCESS CART THING. genuinely made me question if I even wanted to save hyrule LMFAOO

    • @ewanmcgregorofficial3641
      @ewanmcgregorofficial3641 Před 8 měsíci +29

      I played it on the Wii with the motion controls as an 8 year old. Let’s just say I threw my Wii remote several times

    • @HS-mn6jc
      @HS-mn6jc Před 8 měsíci +45

      Honestly I found the “carry the barrel of water to the Goron” quest infinitely harder than the escort mission. It was legitimately so frustrating dealing with all those stupid enemies shooting arrows at me

    • @erikhuang878
      @erikhuang878 Před 8 měsíci +4

      boomerang solved all the issues on that mission. agree with above that the barrel of water was much more dumb

    • @exogenesus6841
      @exogenesus6841 Před 8 měsíci +13

      Watching game grumps play the carriage escort mission in their TP playthrough really captured how I felt playing it

    • @Sapherer
      @Sapherer Před 8 měsíci +4

      It made me rage quit so many times 😂

  • @russellharrell2747
    @russellharrell2747 Před 9 měsíci +519

    Link’s Awakening: Finishing it. Accepting it.
    I still haven’t accepted it. The Ballad of the Windfish, just the first few notes, are enough to make me tear up. Definitely the hardest part of the game

    • @pirategamer6630
      @pirategamer6630 Před 9 měsíci +3

      Frr tho

    • @robertbeisert3315
      @robertbeisert3315 Před 9 měsíci +17

      For me, it was the fact that, for a solid decade, someone would erase my file when I was in the 8th dungeon.
      The feels be real, tho

    • @jimmymiller1313
      @jimmymiller1313 Před 8 měsíci +1

      Agreed

    • @isenhart2920
      @isenhart2920 Před 8 měsíci +18

      If you listen to the Hyrule Castle music in BOTW, there's definitely a reference to the Ballad of the Wind fish.

    • @Delcat42
      @Delcat42 Před 8 měsíci +3

      It's so melancholy and so beautiful. I have to finish the Switch remake at some point but I just keep going to hear Marin sing...

  • @Gingrnut
    @Gingrnut Před 4 měsíci +17

    I was so offline as a kid I had no idea the Phantom Hourglass dungeon was considered so bad lol, I always enjoyed that one because I learnt the shortcuts. Hardest thing in that game for me was the two headed dragon boss and figuring out you need to stand on those wooden posts in the boss arena and shoot elemental arrows off the screen onto the top screen to damage it so you could get hits in. I was stuck for hours on that because I just didn’t get what it was telegraphing me to do.

    • @Diamond_Vader
      @Diamond_Vader Před dnem

      I was looking for a comment like this! I actually loved Phantom Hourglass and Spirit Tracks! The idea of having a dungeon that keeps expanding and changing as you go further and further in was (in my opinion) an amazing concept. Maybe it's the feel of delving deeper into the "unknown" as things get more and more serious the farther you delve. I was very disappointed when I found out that you couldn't go through the second door in Bellum's arena, as you're teleported out of there. Even though there is nothing beyond that gameplay wise, my mind imagined treasure, a new tool, or even darker secrets through that door. I also never had an issue with Phantom Hourglass or Spirit Tracks controls, with the only exception being the flute for spirit tracks. However, my first few playthroughs were fine, as my 3DS got older so did the mic. Maybe I needed to clean it or something, but I eventually learned to angle my mic and get it mostly working.
      Regardless, both Phantom Hourglass and Spirit Tracks have a special place in my heart, and both dungeons have such a specific peculiar mysterious feeling with a mix of dark twisted secrets, genuinely some of my favorite games in the Legend of Zelda series. Just like in Twilight Princess, being able to go into the Temple of Time as a dungeon was something I wanted so long out of a Legend of Zelda game (out of the ones I played at the time.) and is one of my favorite dungeons.

  • @LetsJays
    @LetsJays Před 4 měsíci +13

    Kinda stumbled across this video while not doing my day job, and I’m super impressed by the writing and editing. Great video. Well done.

  • @JeanDoMax
    @JeanDoMax Před 7 měsíci +174

    I remember that Phantom Hourglass map puzzle.
    My brain could not compute the fact that the solution would come from "outside" the game itself. I ended up closing the DS shut out of rage after hours trying to solve it, which obviously made it work.
    I'm still mad about it 10 years later

    • @Pingus-ve2vq
      @Pingus-ve2vq Před 4 měsíci +12

      i had the same fucking thing. i had a 2ds tho, so i had NO idea what to do. because there is a switch on the bottom to change it.

    • @Kain_36
      @Kain_36 Před 2 měsíci +1

      Literally what happened with me. Shut down my DS and went out with my friends. Came back at night time and when I flipped it open it was solved!

    • @Croshau
      @Croshau Před 2 měsíci +1

      Same I even saw it in a video but forgot and only remembered after raging and closing it

  • @idontwantahandlethough
    @idontwantahandlethough Před 8 měsíci +202

    As a kid I was really stumped on that Phantom Hourglass map puzzle, so i gave up in frustration and flipped my DS closed to go get a snack... only to come back and see the crest had been transferred! Blew my tiny little mind lol.
    I guess the lesson there is that sometimes when you can't figure something out, taking a break is the best thing you can do

    • @linklinksson6885
      @linklinksson6885 Před 8 měsíci +6

      I literally did the exact same thing

    • @corriganill1912
      @corriganill1912 Před 8 měsíci +12

      I must've been the only person in history who played Phantom Hourglass on a 2DS...I had no clue what to do. You can't close that console. Had to flip the "sleep" switch to finish the puzzle, which completely broke the immersion of flipping the map closed. Has to be my most fond memory from that game

    • @K2813
      @K2813 Před 8 měsíci +9

      Im so glad that I wasn't the only one who did that! I was so fustrated that when shut my DS and instead of it going quiet - hearing the chime, I was like WTF

    • @TrickingRyoka
      @TrickingRyoka Před 8 měsíci +3

      For me I think I was gated by the temple to get the courage crest for the longest time (I kept running out of time in my hourglass) so I was mega excited when I finally made it to the end of the temple at that point. Then I was stumped on this puzzle, and I think because I had finally just got over the hump I was stuck on, the gears were turning full speed and I was like "ah I know exactly what to do" and it actually ended up working! I was riding that high all week

    • @VideoGameAdvocate
      @VideoGameAdvocate Před 8 měsíci +1

      I had to go to the bathroom. Lol.

  • @blueeyedcowboy17
    @blueeyedcowboy17 Před 4 měsíci +6

    For OOT’s water temple, here is a trick that always helped me:
    It’s the temple where Farore’s wind shines. Yes, you can only place a warp point outside of doors, but the third and highest water level spot has a door. Always always always have a warp spot right outside that door and it cuts down on backtracking and those moments where you second guess if you’ve been there before. I’ve done that and never felt like the water temple was too bad.

    • @tcrpgfan
      @tcrpgfan Před 3 měsíci +1

      Here's a tip that also saves headaches for this dungeon and a lot of other 90s zelda dungeons... Don't open any door with a lock until you're sure you've explored every room possible beforehand. It saves you sooo much bs especially since having that extra key you might get will help prevent you from getting lost.

  • @Winsii
    @Winsii Před 2 dny +2

    This is the first video of yours that I have seen, and this isn't usually something I pay much attention to, but the editing is so good

  • @davidreinmiller
    @davidreinmiller Před 8 měsíci +597

    As a little kid I would have full-scale panic attacks because of the Silent Realms to the point where I literally had to stop playing for a couple hours because I was shaking so badly, the same thing happened with the hands in Twilight Princess lol

    • @rizahawkeyepierce1380
      @rizahawkeyepierce1380 Před 8 měsíci +34

      Same with those Twilight Princess hands, and I wasn't even a kid when I was playing it for the first time.

    • @Rynn-
      @Rynn- Před 8 měsíci +30

      I've played Zelda since before I could read (with the help of my older siblings because we had a 10 and 11 year age gap) and I of course played Skyward Sword when it came out... I didn't get past my first Silent Realm until 2016 (5 years after release) and didn't beat the game because of that fear, and the dread of doing more, until 2020...

    • @amaidenpearl6462
      @amaidenpearl6462 Před 6 měsíci +16

      I would play Majora's mask on my brother's save file until the last seconds of the countdown then quit without saving in panic because I was so scared of the moon lol. Also I didn't understand anything because our games were in english and I'm a native french speaker. I had nightmares of the moon when I was a kid... also the undead in ocarina of time scared the living shit out of me

    • @iseveneleven2593
      @iseveneleven2593 Před 6 měsíci

      Wow you were a pussy.

    • @thephantomknyte5759
      @thephantomknyte5759 Před 6 měsíci +10

      The chase mechanics in twilight princess (hands) and skyward sword (silent realms) are the reason why even though I enjoyed those games, I will never play them again. My heart can't take another chase from those watchers.

  • @LeoPAmaral
    @LeoPAmaral Před 8 měsíci +296

    Back in the N64 days, a friend of mine had a bug in his Ocarina of time cartridge and could not get the blue tunic. He still managed to get through Water Temple and to this day I am amazed by it.

  • @thededsec1017
    @thededsec1017 Před měsícem +1

    11:34 shout out to Hotel Dusk music. Legendary game. Very nice video btw it's good to hear other people's hardest parts in some games I didn't even played yet

  • @saracathcart9955
    @saracathcart9955 Před 4 měsíci +5

    18:19
    "Then you gotta go up here, he gives this really cool speech that makes him almost sympathetic, then he kicks your ass but the king is a fcking baller, then it starts flooding, it sets a pretty epic stage, then you gotta do some tough-ass hand to hand combat, then he batteries your girlfriend while you both just fcking stand there, and then you stab him in the head"
    what a line

  • @octopoDEEZ_NUTS
    @octopoDEEZ_NUTS Před 8 měsíci +184

    I'm clearly a crazy person because I actually loved how Phantom Hourglass kept sending me through the same dungeon with new capabilities. The hard part of that game for me was drawing the symbols so the game would recognize them.

    • @convicted-x-official
      @convicted-x-official Před 8 měsíci +9

      Phantom Hourglass has only one flaw.. That ocean king thing with a time limit. Once I got a very good time but then my battery died.. That was awful. I never managed to get down that fast again. Now considering to do the whole ToOKing part again with a better time, but that section is so long and cheesy.. Some day..

    • @snotdog24
      @snotdog24 Před 7 měsíci +9

      Yesssss i loved coming back it was satisfying getting the shorter version everytime you come back, and fuck me did those crest symbols were impossible sometimes, the triforce one had me stuck alot as a kid lol

    • @RobbWes
      @RobbWes Před 7 měsíci

      ​​​​​​@@snotdog24the triforce was actually pretty easy for me.
      Start at the top, draw to the bottom,
      | / / / /_ /_
      | / /_ /_\ /_\ /_\/
      |
      | /_ /_\
      | /_\/_ /_\/_\.
      |
      And that's it.

    • @leoncoy1264
      @leoncoy1264 Před 4 měsíci

      I never really struggled with the water temple in oot, that being said, fuck the water temple

    • @knucklebump557
      @knucklebump557 Před 4 měsíci +3

      I'm right there with you, I seriously think TotOK is over-hated. Repetitiveness is a fair criticism tbh but I really dont think the time limit is that bad especially if you explore and get more sand for the hourglass. but I still think it eventually becomes a fun challenge to try and speedrun through and on your last trip(s) being able to actually kill the phantoms kicks ass

  • @copyninja01
    @copyninja01 Před 8 měsíci +197

    I remember exactly when I spawned my first gloom hands and I was absolutely terrified. “Wtf is that thing?” “How do I kill it?” “I’m gonna die here”. And I for sure did.
    I entered a cave… I think by the first hieroglyph you run into with the impa quest and I hadn’t even realized what was happening or what I was hearing until I see some red thing grab me from behind and I was legit like WTF OMG RUN. Best moment ever lmao.

    • @doubl2480
      @doubl2480 Před 8 měsíci +9

      I'm pretty sure I had the same first experience with the hands. I even think that was next to a shrine in the very same cave or something? I managed to blow up the hands with bomb arrows, but then was demolished by the Gloom Ganon I couldn't approach because it had gloom all around it. Gave up on it. I still flee from the hands every single time.

    • @BloodMoonCosplays
      @BloodMoonCosplays Před 8 měsíci +8

      My poor horse became a fellow victim to my first gloom hands experience, I fled the scene on her and thank god she didnt die but I avoided that specific part of the hateno wall like the plague the entire rest of the game 😂😂😂

    • @dragonqueen3659
      @dragonqueen3659 Před 8 měsíci +8

      Mine was one of the earlier parts of central Hyrule by the castle…but honestly I’m not too sure because I PANICKED and booked it the opposite way until the music ended. They are the jump scare to end all jump scares

    • @charleneelyce
      @charleneelyce Před 8 měsíci +12

      Yup, Lindor's Brow Cave. That's the one I think most people end up in when they encounter the grabby boys for the first time. I screeched like a little girl and threw my controller in complete fright. Couldn't get to it in time and ended up dying LOL

    • @p1exieglasses160
      @p1exieglasses160 Před 8 měsíci +4

      Oh, I just screamed. There was a lot of screaming and Dead Hand (Oot) flashbacks.

  • @NichtBenni
    @NichtBenni Před 3 měsíci +3

    Amazing channel, just discovered you... now binging every video you ever made 😂

  • @anhorsley
    @anhorsley Před 3 měsíci +3

    This was a great video. Zelda II: Adventure of Link has always haunted me. Its the only Zelda game that I played that I could never complete. I couldn't beat that flying electric chicken. I still occasionally think about failing to complete that and its been over 30 years. It was very therapeutic to hear that it is considered the most difficult in the franchise.

    • @8Bitorbust
      @8Bitorbust Před 11 dny

      That thing is a total ***hole. I remember when I finally beat that sob, I was so estatic! 10 year old me was thinking what could they possibly throw at me now? 34 years ago I was not prepared to have my tiny child mind blown but it happened. It wasn't the hardest boss fight but I was in no way ready to face my shadow.

  • @TimdeF
    @TimdeF Před 9 měsíci +653

    Thanks for not putting each entry in chronological order of each game's release, it's more interesting when there's no way to tell which game you'll bring up next

    • @Historicutuber
      @Historicutuber Před 9 měsíci +10

      Yeah that was cool

    • @robertm5110
      @robertm5110 Před 9 měsíci +14

      Yeah his transitions from game to game was good!

    • @kaydenv8669
      @kaydenv8669 Před 8 měsíci

      I was thinking this

    • @Maytonio20
      @Maytonio20 Před 8 měsíci +8

      @@HistoricutuberI think he’s sarcastic but I’m not sure

    • @siophecles
      @siophecles Před 8 měsíci +1

      Each game has its own chapter in the video, so there definitely is a way to tell.

  • @finnmonaghan4812
    @finnmonaghan4812 Před 8 měsíci +44

    The phantom hourglass SLANDER. This video was so great, but I was really surprised to find out people didn’t like that game, wow! It was super fun for me and the characters were hilarious (esp my babe linebeck)

    • @VideoGameAdvocate
      @VideoGameAdvocate Před 8 měsíci +5

      I agree. In my opinion, Phantom Hourglass is extremely creative. I think if they had some unique dungeon themes it would be an absolute masterpiece. Still, even without that, it is one of the greatest games of all time.

    • @JoeBo1202
      @JoeBo1202 Před 28 dny +3

      Phantom Hourglass and Spirit Tracks are so underrated

  • @Tr0nner
    @Tr0nner Před 2 měsíci

    Very fun video to watch, thank you for making it

  • @Clearwateralchemist
    @Clearwateralchemist Před 2 měsíci +2

    Thoughts on the video:
    13:50 - I love Oracle of Ages (Also Seasons but I digress). I love just about everything about it, and I can't think of anything I don't love about it. I'd say the most difficult part of Oracle of Ages was the mini dungeon to get the Mermaid tail upgrade to your Zora Fins.
    17:10 - Link's Awakening Finishing it and accepting it - I feel that...I feel that hard. But my most difficult part on Link's Awakening was either soft locking myself in the 8th dungeon (which can happen in the original version of the game I owned years ago), or the dungeon containing the upgrade to the power bracelet...How on earth could I possibly know I'm supposed to throw a pillar at this one damn door to advance?
    18:08 - Wind Waker, most difficult part was all the damn sailing I had to do. That was a pain in the butt.

  • @NintendoHero
    @NintendoHero Před 9 měsíci +95

    I got stuck in the ice ruins dungeon in A Link Between Worlds for like 3 hours when I first played it, just mindlessly retracing my steps trying to find what I missed. I think I even dropped the game for a bit because of that. Also forced myself to beat Zelda 2 to try and prove something and the final bird boss was still incredibly difficult even with save state spamming. This video was so much fun to watch, terrific job with this one!

    • @ExtremeCacti
      @ExtremeCacti Před 9 měsíci +4

      Hey I love your videos man, they really helped rekindle my passion and love for gaming again. Keep it up! (Also love your wii videos, the nostalgia hits me hard lol)

    • @Fermin-hw5pd
      @Fermin-hw5pd Před 9 měsíci +3

      Save stating abusing doesn't work on NES bosses I swear, I did it with Meta Knight on Kirby's Adventure and still took forever

    • @Pop_Shepski
      @Pop_Shepski Před 8 měsíci +2

      I think you need a new challenge. Ice Palace on Link to the Past

    • @gerardprodigieux-ju5tg
      @gerardprodigieux-ju5tg Před 8 měsíci +1

      @@Fermin-hw5pd Yellow Devil in Megaman 1 is another boss that even savestates can't make easy (if you don't use the pause glitch)

    • @hylianro
      @hylianro Před 8 měsíci +2

      How does man brute force Zelda 2 but cannot figure out ALBW ice palace

  • @Jessecwebb
    @Jessecwebb Před 7 měsíci +93

    The hardest mandatory part of Majora’s mask is actually collecting the 7 Zora eggs to enter Temple #3. It’s required, and demands significant planning in the 3 day cycle. You must go through the entire pirate’s hideout (a minidungeon in itself, parrallel to the Gerudo Hideout in OOT, requiring significant stealth and 2 miniboss duels) photograph one of the pirates, give the pic to the fisherman, drop and follow the seahorse through an underwater-current maze, THEN descend into the snake pit, defeat the rather terrifying seasnakes (probably all 8 of them, since the final 4 egg locations are random, and assumming you don’t run out if magic since the zora’s magic shield is required, and there are limited pots on the seafloor) which is particularly difficult if you have less than 3 bottles at that point. AND then drop all eggs at the oceanside lab to get the song. All in under 2 hours with normal time flow speed (using reverse song of time makes this much easier). Even the guidebook says “finally you can take a breather after this part”.
    A frusterating section for even the most experienced players, and demands a solid understanding of all your skills and game knowledge up to that point. Having 3+ bottles, the stone mask, and Romani Milk make this much easier, but those are all optional items. It’s my favorite game, but the dev’s expecting a new player to figure all that out on first try is rather mind boggling. A true test of your knowledge of the game’s mechanics. In the 3DS remake, they put the stone mask right in the middle of the pirate’s fortress, almost impossible to miss, because it was basically tailor-made to cheese this exact part.

    • @wompastompa3692
      @wompastompa3692 Před 4 měsíci +9

      Pinnacle Rock eggs are not random btw. That said, you should still clear all snakes for the seahorse heart piece. That or just equip swap.

    • @EMCF_
      @EMCF_ Před 3 měsíci +6

      None of this sequence is particularly hard. Hardest part of MM is Stone Tower in general.

    • @latias6745
      @latias6745 Před 3 měsíci +1

      ​@@EMCF_Not hard, frustating, there's a lot to do.

    • @doofuscawt
      @doofuscawt Před 3 měsíci

      And the seahorse doesnt stay there forever, meaning if you leave then he wont be there

    • @luk.9569
      @luk.9569 Před 2 měsíci +1

      And trying to get the bottle from those stupid beavers if you wanted enough bottles to get all the eggs in one go🙄🙄

  • @Rixuous
    @Rixuous Před měsícem +2

    In specifically Majoras Mask 3D, Twinmold was changed in a way that made it not only tedious, but ruined the entire point of the original battle. In the 64 version, you got to just whale on it with your sword as a giant and absolutely wreck them as a reward for beating one of the the hardest dungeons in Zelda history. But then in the 3D version, they made it so you have to basically... punch them?? And you have a rock you can throw that stuns them but if you throw it out of bounds you just have to time it basically frame perfect to get damage off and they NEVER SEEM TO DIE?? And when they hit you 99% of the time when you're trying to time it, you get sent back a million miles away and take 6 straight years to stand back up. So annoying.

  • @meow762
    @meow762 Před 5 měsíci

    this was a great video! i agree with basically everything!

  • @hlgamesmashharry1719
    @hlgamesmashharry1719 Před 9 měsíci +87

    Playing spirit tracks using the button control patch/mod honestly makes it so much better, actually one of my favourites with that patch enabled

    • @ProfessorLilith
      @ProfessorLilith Před 8 měsíci +1

      wait thats a thing???? now i finally want to replay it! i loved the ds games but the controls were such a big thing keeping me from coming back to them

    • @dlcdolce
      @dlcdolce Před 8 měsíci

      Do you possibly have a link to that mod? :O

    • @ojgsk8ter
      @ojgsk8ter Před 8 měsíci +6

      For anyone doing this the microphone segments can be very temperamental to get working on an emulator. Make sure you use an emulator that allows you to customize the emulated mic and then configure it so the game thinks the mic is hearing white noise or a sine wave when you press a button of your choosing. You can then use that button as a replacement for blowing into the mic during the flute and gust jar (?) gust bellows (?) segments. You’ll also still have to use your mouse to interact with the touchscreen at times. Just make sure to also remember that holding L or R quick selects your equipped item for use. Absolutely essential if you’re playing on an emulator.
      There’s also a button control patch for phantom hourglass and same suggestions apply to playing that on an emulator. There aren’t very many microphone required segments in PH but you’ll get stuck and be unable to progress pretty early in the game if you don’t have the emulated microphone situation figured out.

    • @hlgamesmashharry1719
      @hlgamesmashharry1719 Před 8 měsíci +1

      @@ojgsk8ter the button patch i used didn’t need any microphone use at all? pressing one of the buttons, can’t remember what just acted as a mic input

    • @hlgamesmashharry1719
      @hlgamesmashharry1719 Před 8 měsíci

      @@dlcdolce i don’t but i’m sure if you just google it you’ll be able to find it, i think i got it off some really old forum or something

  • @Le0n07
    @Le0n07 Před 8 měsíci +56

    These transitions from game to game are smooth.

  • @Joshuani
    @Joshuani Před 5 měsíci

    Awesome content. I was gonna subscribe at the end of the video but that Kung Pow reference got me clicking subscribe instantly.

  • @paulocosta2051
    @paulocosta2051 Před 2 měsíci

    Excellent narrative and video!

  • @playlistenthusiast
    @playlistenthusiast Před 7 měsíci +51

    The Twilight Princess water dungeon had me going around in circles trying to figure out the rotating stairs. It made navigation really confusing to me even in the second playthrough.

  • @mightbekenny1843
    @mightbekenny1843 Před 8 měsíci +20

    Catching a fish for the cat in twilight princess, it took kid me two days to get past it. Everything else in the game was fun, but waiting for a fish is what tested me

  • @chaoslord8918
    @chaoslord8918 Před 5 měsíci +3

    I distinctly remember the exact part that I got stuck on in OoT's Water Temple, and I assume it's the same part most people got stuck at.
    In the central column, when Link raises the water level, the floating platform rises to reveal a hole underneath, which leads to a key. With the N64's graphics and perspective, it's hard to notice this. Also, raising the water level there opens a way forward, so the player isn't likely to double back when they can easily move forward to the next room.
    Another place where one could think they're stuck or soft-locked (though not really) is in the Forest Temple, in the room with a frozen eye switch and some platforms rotating around a torch. When I played the game, I saw the ice and figured Din's Fire, which does the trick. But when my sister played the game, she got there without getting Din's Fire, and since you can only get Din's Fire as a child, and you can't become a child without beating the Forest Temple, we thought we were stuck. Little did we know you can (and are probably supposed to) shoot an arrow through the torch, which is the only place in OoT that calls for this, and the game does not teach it very well.

    • @chexmix4cereal
      @chexmix4cereal Před 2 měsíci +1

      Nice Isaac pfp!

    • @chaoslord8918
      @chaoslord8918 Před 2 měsíci

      @@chexmix4cereal Thanks. It's always nice to see fellow Golden Sun fans.

  • @TimothyHuffGuitar
    @TimothyHuffGuitar Před 10 dny

    I have played all of the Zelda games except the oracle games and TOTK...That said, I have to say I completely agree with your opinion on what the most difficult part of the others was. Great video!!!

  • @andrewtimberlake
    @andrewtimberlake Před 9 měsíci +72

    I was surpised by how hard Tears of the Kingdom was sometimes. There are a few shrines that I keep coming back to and still can't figure out which is a step up from the pretty easy puzzles in botw
    also love the gameinformers on the table i just got mine yesterday

    • @emilioisokay_2252
      @emilioisokay_2252 Před 9 měsíci +26

      The puzzle shrines in totk are so good. its just sucks that half the time the "puzzles" for the shrine is finding it in a cave and you get a raurus blessing. Like i love the game but i would have loved it even more if there were more puzzle shrines.

    • @Eltonix
      @Eltonix Před 9 měsíci +5

      for me it was the opposite xD

    • @eleni3958
      @eleni3958 Před 9 měsíci +3

      The right roll shrine was horrific, because in the last part there is no intended solution and you are just meant to throw the ball onto the button.

    • @Uhohlisa
      @Uhohlisa Před 9 měsíci +5

      I thought the shrines in BOTW were waaaaay harder

    • @Alizudo
      @Alizudo Před 9 měsíci +4

      @@emilioisokay_2252
      The blessings aren't even puzzles; because, if you've done any major exploration of the Depths, each Light Root literally tells you exactly where every shrine is.

  • @Wordabscess
    @Wordabscess Před 8 měsíci +79

    Bassed on a recent playthrough of Ocarina of Time I have come to the conclusion that the hardest part of the Water Temple is one single obscurely hidden key. If that key were easier to find, players wouldn't find themselves in that infamous "Did I softlock it?" situation.

    • @BasTrompper
      @BasTrompper Před 7 měsíci +10

      in the remakes they added a new camera pan, in the middel tower ZL spot. so people actualy find it xD

    • @viniciusfeijo6128
      @viniciusfeijo6128 Před 7 měsíci +2

      That camera focus added saved my life

    • @Stroggoii
      @Stroggoii Před 6 měsíci +9

      It's not even obscured or hidden. People just couldn't pay attention during a 10 second cutscene.

    • @davidward9550
      @davidward9550 Před 6 měsíci +1

      Yeah I found it by complete accident. I used farores wind to not have to back track and after raising the water went back in there and farores wind actually puts you down into that hole after you raise the water

    • @uncanny_ally
      @uncanny_ally Před 4 měsíci

      The floating block in the central pillar was the biggest culprit for the missing key

  • @ivolopez-felix5270
    @ivolopez-felix5270 Před 6 měsíci

    Omg your references in this video are fantastic. 10/10

  • @johnlemieux2226
    @johnlemieux2226 Před 3 měsíci

    That’s a lot of nuts!
    Immediately subscribed

  • @gogobrasil7185
    @gogobrasil7185 Před 9 měsíci +83

    Man, I miss Twilight Princess

    • @rgorman8189
      @rgorman8189 Před 9 měsíci +12

      the BEST zelda game!!!

    • @toadragethe5th
      @toadragethe5th Před 9 měsíci +5

      I agree

    • @MichaelTaylor-qp2xf
      @MichaelTaylor-qp2xf Před 9 měsíci +3

      Me too. The only great Zelda game since it was A Link Between Worlds.

    • @maelakyte
      @maelakyte Před 9 měsíci +5

      First game I ever beat, and it will always be my fav Zelda. It's become one of those "escape to my childhood" games I can play.

    • @Helmotz.
      @Helmotz. Před 8 měsíci +12

      you should read the twilight princess manga it's really good if you want to be immersed in the world
      it's a bit lenghy though (like 2000~ pages)

  • @24masks
    @24masks Před 8 měsíci +75

    Just to be fair, it is no possible to soft lock yourself in the water temple. It might seem like it but there is always a key hovering about that you can find. I think the most confusing thing of the temple is when you move the water to the second level inside of the central pillar you can go down the floating platform.

    • @tylercardon7041
      @tylercardon7041 Před 8 měsíci +10

      the other thing about water temple that trips people up is the layout is different than any other dungeon in the game. the dungeon is built vertically instead of horizontally and it makes it really hard for the casual player to keep track of which rooms they have been in and which ones they haven't been in. One interesting thing about keys specifically in water temple is that you really only need 4 keys to beat the dungeon. with some creativity there are 2 locked doors you can completely avoid.

    • @JJSEvolution
      @JJSEvolution Před 8 měsíci +3

      That platform room is what destroyed me lol. everything else I can handle but yep, that right there is what screwed me over for sooooo long

    • @TheDarkesword13
      @TheDarkesword13 Před 7 měsíci +4

      Not wanting to be that guy, but I stand up for those who played the original on N64 It was possible to softlock if you didnt use keys in the right places in that game. They fixed it in all the remakes though.

    • @QuikVidGuy
      @QuikVidGuy Před 7 měsíci +5

      @@TheDarkesword13 Unless there was something in the early preorder copies that was different, it's not possible. It's only possible to softlock yourself out of a couple of treasure chest rooms

    • @petesampras3188
      @petesampras3188 Před 7 měsíci

      @@QuikVidGuy i did buy the game with the N64, and on my version it was 100% possible to softlock urself in the water temple, because it happens to me once, and i had to start the game over again, at first i thought maybe i just didnt found the way to solve it, but after i compared it with my second run, i knew it was not possible anymore

  • @SmaugThief
    @SmaugThief Před 4 měsíci +3

    when you talk about Minish Cap you put music from Golden Sun, I love it.

  • @SaintKnight42
    @SaintKnight42 Před měsícem

    🤣🤣🤣 stellar video, great sense of humor!

  • @Trianull
    @Trianull Před 9 měsíci +45

    The Goron Moon Trial stumped me for a long while too, but the secret? Don't touch the control stick until after the initial chests. You'll stay perfectly centered. Yes, it's stupid.

    • @quintilly4278
      @quintilly4278 Před 8 měsíci

      THANK. YOU.

    • @felypsilon
      @felypsilon Před 8 měsíci

      it's stupid but also not, imo. i think players struggling with it until they figure out to just let go is the point. trust me. trust goron link

    • @johnbuck4395
      @johnbuck4395 Před 8 měsíci

      I remember that strategy 😅

  • @thatgamingauthor
    @thatgamingauthor Před 9 měsíci +56

    This is definitely a pretty solid list! As far as Zelda 1 enemies go, I certainly remember blue WIzzrobes being annoying, but the enemy I always remember the most are blue Darknuts for one specific room. I believe it's in dungeon 5; there's a whole bunch of them guarding the room to the recorder, and you can't just sneak past them; you have to beat them all. That room gave me so much grief as a kid because I never used bombs for combat unless it was against Dodongos.

    • @Xunkun
      @Xunkun Před 9 měsíci +7

      The Blue Wizzrobes, at least in the rooms where there was other kinds of enemies, there was one trick I still abuse to this day: say there's Red Wizzrobes as well, and you can freely exit and enter the room. Kill the reds, exit the room, then come back in. For some reason, some of the blues will have been 'demoted' to reds, and you can repeat until there's only the one Blue left.
      This works for any dungeon room with any mixed enemy composition inside, except Keese.
      And yeah, bombs for opening salvos with Darknut squads really is the way to go; yeah, they block if they're facing the bomb, but if you can catch multiple of them in a blast, it really softens them up.

    • @anophelesnow3957
      @anophelesnow3957 Před 9 měsíci +4

      Agreed, there are a couple of Blue Darknut rooms which are full of baddies, and need to be done every time to unlock the door and the game lags unpredictably. Wizzrobes can be blocked with the magic shield and shot with sword beams, so treading carefully works. Not so with Blue Darknut rooms.

    • @dqixsoss7436
      @dqixsoss7436 Před 8 měsíci +2

      I tried Zelda 1 fairly recently and that room is where I gave up. Sucks cuz I really wanted to beat it

    • @thatgamingauthor
      @thatgamingauthor Před 8 měsíci

      @@Xunkun Ooh, I never knew that Wizzrobe trick before; that's fascinating! I'll have to give that a try next time I play the game.
      And yeah, bombs seem like the most reliable way to handle Darknuts given their erratic movement patterns. Growing up, I'd just bring potions and tank the hits.

    • @thatgamingauthor
      @thatgamingauthor Před 8 měsíci

      @@dqixsoss7436 I was stuck on that room for years as a kid, so I understand the feeling. Ultimately, I think I just got the orange potion and I'd go in, be as careful as I can and attack, tanking the hits if I had to, and taking the potions once my health got too low. But if I were to do that room nowadays, I'd probably still bring potions, but I'd use bombs. It may not always hit them, but the explosion can usually catch a few of them if they're clustered together, and you don't have to risk being too up close and personal.

  • @AetherSomerset
    @AetherSomerset Před 3 měsíci +1

    Spirit Tracks was my introduction to the Zelda series. I could only have been around ten at the time but now like 14 years later it sticks in my memory that I got to a pan flute section that I could NOT get past. The name Embrose is burned (haha) into my mind, so I'm guessing it was his.
    I tried on and off for days, I think, but eventually just gave up because no matter how hard I tried it just wouldn't register. This was the earliest time I recall ever even googling how to get past a point in a game, and saw lots of people with the same issue with the same exact section and no advice helped. I haven't touched the game since. Good times!

  • @ctrlw__7-years-ago
    @ctrlw__7-years-ago Před 5 měsíci

    Really good vid, just subscribed

  • @evancendrowski687
    @evancendrowski687 Před 8 měsíci +53

    My first encounter with the gloom hands was whiile in one of the mazes, I got so frustrated. Couldnt run away, couldnt climb up the walls, I just died 😅 honestly thought it was a part of the maze, then i found out it just happened to me at the worst possible time. Gotta love it 🤣🤣

    • @hylianro
      @hylianro Před 8 měsíci

      I didn't get the random encounter I kinda just found out about them when I decided to dive into the deku tree chasm and had to leave cus I was very underpowered

    • @Bibbedibabbedibu
      @Bibbedibabbedibu Před 8 měsíci +2

      Wait.... you are telling me they are not part of the mazes? I fought one in every maze...

    • @VideoGameAdvocate
      @VideoGameAdvocate Před 8 měsíci +1

      My first encounter wasn’t that memorable. My FIRST REAL encounter was on my way to the Korok Forest underground. It was epic. I fought tooth and nail to get out of hell and into the forest.

    • @kas_ablanca
      @kas_ablanca Před 7 měsíci +1

      @@VideoGameAdvocate”To get out of hell and into the forest.” 😂😂😂

  • @d.sack2727
    @d.sack2727 Před 9 měsíci +61

    The real hardest part about Majora's Mask is remembering how to do the fourth dungeon

    • @xaphon89
      @xaphon89 Před 8 měsíci +5

      I must have played it a hundred times and I still don't have it memorized lol

    • @pianocat5955
      @pianocat5955 Před 8 měsíci +2

      One of the best dungeons

    • @hylianro
      @hylianro Před 8 měsíci +1

      I don't get it what's wrong with stone tower temple?

    • @xaphon89
      @xaphon89 Před 8 měsíci +3

      @@hylianro It's just confusing and hard to visualize. Rooms connect in unexpected ways, lot's of multi-floor rooms with multiple doors, there's no clear "intended path" like in the other temples. It's also a pain in the ass realizing you forgot something after flipping the temple, then having to go back out and flip it again.

    • @8Bitorbust
      @8Bitorbust Před 11 dny

      All you've got to do is flip it but be sure to slow down time and get that special milk that keeps your magic bar full. If you try getting all the fairy's the first go round it's tough but if you're up for making two trips it's not so bad.

  • @AFatToast
    @AFatToast Před 3 měsíci

    so on point. love this hahaha glad to know i didnt feel the same way about all these games even having no friends with 4swords and 4 way link cable

  • @paulhuhtala4541
    @paulhuhtala4541 Před 2 měsíci

    I was so glad you mentioned the Water Temple. It took me over a year to finish Ocarina of Time simply because I got so frustrated by the water temple, I quit the game for almost a year! Also, 100% agree with the pillar smashing in Links Awakening.

  • @Paintballguru92
    @Paintballguru92 Před 7 měsíci +22

    I always thought the hardest part in twilight princess was near the end of the game when you have the floating hands chasing you from bringing the light orbs - or whatever - back to the beginning of the dungeon.
    I am still in therapy from how difficult that was.

    • @LM73726
      @LM73726 Před měsícem

      i was doing a replay of that recently and my nunchuck started drifting right when i was almost out of the last room. Safe to say i rage quit then and there

  • @WriterByNight15
    @WriterByNight15 Před 8 měsíci +23

    This list made me feel so validated in the things I also struggled with both as a kid and as an adult. Very well thought out and I love your sense of humor, keep it up man✨

  • @thetophatguyandroid5959
    @thetophatguyandroid5959 Před měsícem

    22:28 This is why I also love Zelda this quote could be literally used for our life

  • @FwieKiba
    @FwieKiba Před 3 měsíci

    Oh boy, your writing is so epic, thanks for the big triforce heroes laugh ❤

  • @marngamarx5787
    @marngamarx5787 Před 9 měsíci +106

    Hot take but I think more dungeons should be hard like the water temple, as the biggest Zelda dungeon fan the highlights of the games for me are tricky dungeons and I feel like the negative reception to the water temple is what made Nintendo start making significantly easier and therefore less rewarding (for me) dungeons going forward

    • @devonm042690
      @devonm042690 Před 9 měsíci +16

      Yeah, and the worst part is that most people who complained about the Water Temple were kids. Kids who, being kids probably lacked the spatial awareness to properly solve or really appreciate the Water Temple. Those same kids now grown up recall struggling with the Water Temple as kids and label it as hard instead of trying it again with an open mind. Their preconception that it's hard probably makes them struggle more than they otherwise would. I certainly remember struggling with it as an 8-year old. I ended up consulting my copy of Prima's Strategy Guide, and lo and behold I hadn't discovered the basement of the central room, and I'd forgotten about the cracked wall on 2F.
      I think traditional Zelda dungeons would benefit from the dungeon map style used in BotW and TotK. If you can see the whole map at once and also rotate it to get a better look at certain parts, it'd be more feasible to have puzzle box dungeons like the Water Temple. Especially if they enhanced that style of Dungeon Map by dividing it into sections, whether by floor or otherwise, that players can toggle on or off. Basically let them see the whole picture or part of it, with the ability to disable irrelevant parts that might be getting in the way.

    • @cabbelvancabbel
      @cabbelvancabbel Před 9 měsíci +9

      Facts. The Water tempel is top tier

    • @F0rger513
      @F0rger513 Před 9 měsíci +4

      Agreed. I haven't been stuck in a Zelda game since the OoT Water Temple, nothing has felt as challenging or rewarding since.
      Except maybe playing through Metroid Dread on hard mode, but that's a whole different flavor of challenge.

    • @anthonyk3952
      @anthonyk3952 Před 9 měsíci +8

      Honestly, I found that the water temple was really easy when you did the thing that none of us did as kids: stop rushing through it, use your map and compass (which is the only dungeon that gives them to you within the first 5 minutes for this exact reason), and actually use the slightest semblance of reasoning and logic. Pretty much every other dungeon puzzle can be brute forced through given how limited OoT Link's toolkit is compared to other games. The Water Temple's puzzles are overall the simplest and least mechanically challenging of the adult dungeons, but EVERYONE gets stuck finding that one key at the bottom of the middle room... which isn't even hidden as both that room and the chest are blatantly shown on the map.

    • @JimmyNeutron1029
      @JimmyNeutron1029 Před 9 měsíci +1

      I didn’t find the water temple that hard tbh

  • @hayesh4
    @hayesh4 Před 8 měsíci +33

    I would love to see a most difficult side quest version of this as well.

    • @markobighead3173
      @markobighead3173 Před 5 měsíci +3

      BOTW would win. 900 Koroks.

    • @ShadowSkyX
      @ShadowSkyX Před 5 měsíci

      ​@@markobighead3173 time consuming doesn't mean difficult.

  • @leandror7478
    @leandror7478 Před 5 měsíci

    I might be the only that noticed this but in 16:42 that song is from Tales of Vesperia (Mt. Temza song).
    It doesnt have anything to do with the video itselt but damn did a feel happy hearing it :)
    Great video btw

  • @utatanepiko7087
    @utatanepiko7087 Před 7 dny

    My first encounter with the Gloom Hands was in the cave by Lindor's Brow. Was able to defeat them by chucking bombs and fire fruits at it from a ledge so I can get to the shrine without being yoinked off the wall. Then had my very own "why do I hear boss music?" moment when I saw the health bar for Phantom Ganon. And then when I got on a pillar so I can get a good look at Phantom Ganon, he made the entire floor into gloom, and I didn't even get the bubbulfrog there yet. Warp out, warp back in, panic as I try to find the frog as the hands are screeching behind me. Like they're not too hard when you think about it, especially when you hoard sundelions like I do, and only make dishes with sundelions in them, but man, if I thought the Linebeck boss fight in Phantom Hourglass was nightmare fuel when I was a child, Gloom Hands is my nightmare fuel as an adult
    I think I can say for anyone who played a Zelda game previously, the reason why we're so afraid of Gloom Hands is because of the floormasters

  • @tijev4786
    @tijev4786 Před 6 měsíci +23

    For me the hardest part of Twilight princess was that damn ceiling fan puzzle in the City in the Sky. Knowing to hookshot up there is rough and theres very little indication of what to do when standing in the main room. I wandered for hours and hours on my first playthrough over that

    • @LifeOfMasson
      @LifeOfMasson Před 2 měsíci

      I got stuck at that part for months and stopped playing as a kid, the most clueless I ever was playing Zelda.

  • @r_dave
    @r_dave Před 9 měsíci +17

    I DO remember where I first encountered Gloom Hands. Akkala Citadel Ruins. Climbed to high ground and waited it out /_\

    • @RussellSmith91
      @RussellSmith91 Před 9 měsíci +9

      Mine was Lindor's Brow Cave. I went in, saw a shrine, and thought, "oh, cool, a shri-ohhh, what the fuck is that?!".

    • @maytheprincessofhoenn619
      @maytheprincessofhoenn619 Před 9 měsíci +4

      My first encounter with them was on the Sahasra Slope road (where you find one of the floating islands with the shrine) just west of Kakariko. Boy, did that scared me!

    • @raiknightshade3442
      @raiknightshade3442 Před 9 měsíci +2

      I think the citadel was the second or third encounter for me (soon after which I realized these nightmare hands show up at all the forts/garrisons/etc across hyrule, fun fact). For me, it was while exploring the Great Plateau with absolutely zero knowledge of what was up there. I was already on edge between finding the Yiga hideout at the old man's shack, realizing every enemy on the plateau is at least a black level or higher (this was early game I definitely hadn't killed enough bokos yet to manually level them up so they had to come that way), and I think possibly having accidentally discovered Master Kohga while looking for the start of the bargainers statue quest cause i talked to the construct underneath the shrine of resurrection cave and he sent me down there. (I didn't win btw I died and it dropped me back to just before I'd started the fight so I just teleported back up to the surface) (I came back later and took him out no problem). After all that hot nonsense with only Auto build and a new schema stone to show for it, I was just about done with all that, but I still wanted to see the rest of the plateau, so I explored a little more; tried to make it up Mount Hylia but there was a wizzrobe in my way that I didn't feel like dealing with so I instead started exploring the Forest of Spirits.
      Yeah. You can imagine my surprise turned horror to be in the middle of exploring the Forest, in the middle of the day, only for the sky to start turning blood red, creepy-ass backwards music to start playing, and as i turn the camera around to behind Link i see GIANT GRASPING RED HANDS WITH EYES ON THEM RACING TOWARDS ME WHAT THE FU-
      Yeah I just. I just teleported away. Noooo thank you.
      (I did find out weeks later that most of the overworld spawns will despawn if you stay out of range for long enough, I think while I was at the citadel and had the high ground. They're still hella nightmare fuel tho)

    • @d3denny117
      @d3denny117 Před 8 měsíci +3

      South lomei labyrinth, scared me so much I only came back after I beat the game. My first time beating one was in the Deku tree which was terrifying too.

    • @sierranicholes6712
      @sierranicholes6712 Před 8 měsíci +3

      first one i came across was on the way up the mountain in lanayru to the spring of wisdom and i was just climbing and sprinting for my LIFE 😂
      but also i haven't gone back to the akkala citadel ruins because of those gloom hands i was NOT expecting them because i explored a bunch of the ruins before i ran into them

  • @craigmcfly
    @craigmcfly Před 3 měsíci +1

    19:35 Eventide was sooooo much fun. I put it off until I was competent (if not good) at the game and it was good to go back to actually having to think my way around a task!

  • @sofiaislas8004
    @sofiaislas8004 Před měsícem

    Can't agree more with the windwaker one! When you started with that one i was just thinking the same LOL

  • @mattias4665
    @mattias4665 Před 8 měsíci +14

    Cave of Ordeals in TP is worth a mention. Pretty difficult I would say.

    • @HUYI1
      @HUYI1 Před 7 měsíci

      i still remember feeling good that i beat it first time and coming on top of it back then on the Wii version! i'm surprised he didn't mentioned this, the task was set out like devil may cry Bloody Palace and was hard as nails!

    • @felix329
      @felix329 Před 6 měsíci +1

      Yesss. Also whatever the same thing is called in wind waker

    • @joneydew4739
      @joneydew4739 Před 4 měsíci

      He was doing mandatory challenges, not extra challenges.

  • @Skull_kid753
    @Skull_kid753 Před 9 měsíci +4

    8:00 The perfect transition 💀

  • @bradbeyer5097
    @bradbeyer5097 Před 4 měsíci +1

    I beat my head against those rolling caves in Majora’s Mask for a long time, and then I finally discovered that you just start rolling and then don’t touch the stick at all and it does it for you!

  • @Sara_ke_07
    @Sara_ke_07 Před měsícem

    god i remember starting to play oot on my uncles game (who is living a few hours away) and i stopped during the water temple and the stuff with the keys happened to me and now i have been stuck at that point of the game for 5 years :))

  • @andrewwilson4733
    @andrewwilson4733 Před 9 měsíci +13

    Tide island was so tricky but it never made me wanna rage quite, so well designed, it taught me to be patience because you get so confident with so much health, weapons etc. I was disappointed with what they did with it in totk

    • @NewKasuto
      @NewKasuto Před 8 měsíci +1

      You can make Tide Island significantly easier by taking a raft over to the island. You have your weapons and bows taken from when you physically step on the land. While still on your raft drop 2-3 decent weapons and a good quality bow use the magnetic power to move your equipment to the shore. Step on the beach and you are able to grab your good melee weapons and your decent bow.

  • @Danielrocks242
    @Danielrocks242 Před 8 měsíci +14

    I think one of the coolest things about a Zelda game is that the side quests do make up a majority of the game! It’s easy just to blast thru the game from start to finish but all of the side quests add story and character to the game and replayability to it. Also the story is interesting enough on it’s on even with a few side quests done each play thru!

    • @markobighead3173
      @markobighead3173 Před 5 měsíci +1

      I never go to the final boss until every sidequest is completed first. Except in BOTW. Fuck 900 Koroks.

    • @Dinokio_
      @Dinokio_ Před 4 měsíci

      ​@@markobighead3173 yeah but you get a golden shit

  • @arturoaguilar6002
    @arturoaguilar6002 Před 5 měsíci

    I remember the full trading was necessary to get the lens of truth and read the correct path for the Wind Fish egg from the book at the library Game Boy version of Link's Awakening.
    It's funny that the only thing they did for the Ocarina of Time remake to improve the Water Temple was to add lines on the walls to guide you know to where to change the water level. Meanwhile Majora's Mask remake changed a lot of things (from mask placements to Zora Link swimming mechanics and a couple of boss fight strategies)

  • @FinalGamerJames
    @FinalGamerJames Před 5 měsíci

    I agree with pretty much most of the things you pointed out, at least from the Zelda games I have played, but shoutout especially to the Gloom Hands for being the one thing in TOTK I would just "NOPE" out of every time (until that one encounter in Lost Woods) which also made me realise "the gimmick" and blew my goddamn mind in the best way.
    I am however still one of those who say Skull Woods is the hardest part of LttP for well, all the reasons you said, I actually find Ice Palace pretty easy overall except for the enemies that suddenly hit like 4 hearts worth normally.
    Great list though, I enjoyed it a lot!

  • @CassiusStelar
    @CassiusStelar Před 9 měsíci +8

    I first met the Gloom Spawn in the North Lomei Labyrinth.
    I told my boyfriend that i was doing something in one of the mazes, that i knew the way through and that i wouldnt spoil it. I saw the note and the acorns, thought "damn this is even easier, i guess i didnt need to memorize the path" and went on my merry way. I activated the dragon ring and... "Oh, gloom popped up on the floor, is that the way to go? Is there a device for gaining height at the end of that path so they trapped it when the quest was taken?" I walk over, climb up the wall, try to pass by "oh, blood moon already, i have been playing for a few hours and--" Snatched, right off the wall, screamed so loud i woke the whole house.

    • @doubl2480
      @doubl2480 Před 8 měsíci +1

      Is it the one in the snowy region? I went through the labyrinth until finding the shrine, quickly melted the ice on the entrance and did the shrine, but I could hear the hands very close the whole time, so I was too terrified to continue... so I just warped away...

  • @0tterhead
    @0tterhead Před 9 měsíci +11

    fun fact: I actually wasn't able to beat majora with all masks on my first ever go because the one that blocked me from getting all of them among other things, was the romani mask. I couldn't for the life of me, as a 10 to 13 year old get the correct hand eye coordination to snipe all the aliens and save Romani. So I ended up giving up and went to finish the game without it. Little did I know at the time that the final boss is VERY difficult and SIGNIFICANTLY easier with all masks. Hahaha, that was a triumph to be sure when it happened. I felt so badass

    • @MichaelTaylor-qp2xf
      @MichaelTaylor-qp2xf Před 9 měsíci +5

      I believe that the Romani Ranch is one of the hardest parts of any Zelda game and the only mask harder to get is the Lovers Mask, but the story told in the quest to get it is so goddamn beautiful. It's one of the best stories ever written in video games, and it's for a sidequest. I didn't appreciate Majora's Mask enough on N64 upon release. Thank you hindsight and Majora's Mask 3D.

    • @0tterhead
      @0tterhead Před 9 měsíci +1

      @@MichaelTaylor-qp2xf absolutely agree

    • @FireSonicYT
      @FireSonicYT Před 8 měsíci +1

      @@MichaelTaylor-qp2xf i don't really find the romani ranch quest hard at all, but maybe that's just me. for aliens, i don't even bother using Epona, since she really isn't that useful. and if you really have a hard time with it, inverted song of time will slow down the aliens as well.
      also, the dog barks at the closest alien, which can help. i don't think i've ever failed either part of that quest.

    • @xaphon89
      @xaphon89 Před 8 měsíci +1

      @@FireSonicYT I never used Epona either, it made no sense - even with all the emphasis they put on training you in horseback archery - when you have so much better control on foot. With slowed time you can just run up to each of the aliens and shoot them point blank, don't even have to aim. I failed it once because I was drunk, lol. Pretty easy but very cool segment.

    • @cosmicsilhouette3858
      @cosmicsilhouette3858 Před 8 měsíci

      @@xaphon89I actually beat it with Epona. Granted, I didn't really move around much with Epona.

  • @sobakiin1797
    @sobakiin1797 Před 2 měsíci

    Back in elementary, whenever my friends played spirit tracks they would always hand me their ds to do the flute duet sessions. I loved the songs and thought they were just bad at video games because I never found it janky. I guess I had enough experience with the ds microphone from fossil fighters to know exactly how to work it. To this day spirit tracks is top ranked on my favourite Zelda games

  • @meepcity5791
    @meepcity5791 Před 4 měsíci

    Right now I'm playing my first full run through of botw (ik it's crazy; I got the game when I was a lot younger and got lost in all the side quests lol) anyways, I'm on 3 hearts and 1 3/4 stamina wheel + miphas grace and I just accidentally found tide island while running around. I've probably tried it 20 times at this point with my closest attempt only having the black moblin and an archer bokoblin left before getting one shot and then promptly quitting for the day. hearing that tide island is one of the hardest parts of the game totally boosted my confidence and now I'm ready to go again and beat it!

  • @magikarpmann
    @magikarpmann Před 9 měsíci +21

    I was in a melancholic wistful mood for days after beating link's awakening, but I freaking love that game

  • @handsoaphandsoap
    @handsoaphandsoap Před 9 měsíci +49

    The gloom hands are scary but not exactly hard as you can just climb on anything and wait for them to despawn, or spam bomb artows at them from highground

    • @BigScorpion02
      @BigScorpion02 Před 8 měsíci +1

      theyre hard in the sense when you first encounter them youre probably not well prepared and it is a new enemy in the game and you don't know how to fight them.

    • @handsoaphandsoap
      @handsoaphandsoap Před 8 měsíci

      ​@@BigScorpion02 ​ Sure but once you realize they can't chase you to high ground they're so easy to deal with, whereas I'd argue that something like the Gleeoks and Lynels are always gonna be more difficult to fight than the Gloom Hands even if you know their attack patterns and have good gear. Granted, those are optional but so is basically everything in the game including the Gloom Hands since you can just wait for them to despawn and don't have to actually fight them so I think if the Gloom Hands qualify for this list then so should every other enemy in the game. The only aspect of it that's not optional is Ganondorf, his army and all the bosses since you have to fight them to beat the game, anything else you can theoretically skip if you really want to.

    • @QuikVidGuy
      @QuikVidGuy Před 7 měsíci +2

      Funny thing is the gloom hands made me scared of entire other parts of the game. I dove into the akkala chasm and saw Dinraal's horns glowing below me, and all the red and black in pitch darkness just made me immediately warp away

  • @charlesgriffiths4901
    @charlesgriffiths4901 Před měsícem

    Hardest part of all the games is lining up any horse correctly to jump ANY fence. I always seem to be 1% off angle and come to a grinding halt.
    I keep telling myself I'm going to finish them all but my word I can't get through zelda 2 or the OOS/OOA games.
    I commend you for getting through all these games. You're a much better gamer than me. Great video sir.

  • @Tha1Voda
    @Tha1Voda Před měsícem

    i could barley get far in phantom hourglass but i think that's because I'm just stupid and the GLOOM HANDS i about shat myself when i saw them it actually inflicted real trauma on me.
    in twilight princess i wouldn't say it was the hardest but it was difficult for me. the Zant fight ( way harder than Gannon) but there was just so much you had to remember and your timing and reactions had to be spot on.

  • @kaijuge6934
    @kaijuge6934 Před 9 měsíci +8

    The gloom hands can usually be cheesed by getting in a tree or something because they can't climb. After a minute or two of circling the tree or hanging out under the ledge they die on their own and leave behind a dark clump.

    • @schrodingerscat3741
      @schrodingerscat3741 Před 8 měsíci +2

      or spam them with bomb arrows to actually kill them

    • @sierranicholes6712
      @sierranicholes6712 Před 8 měsíci +1

      yeah i just get the high ground and spam bombs haha but phantom ganon is more fun to climb up, jump down and shoot in bullet time over and over

    • @coryw3339
      @coryw3339 Před 8 měsíci

      You don't need high ground or arrows, just bombs. Just stun lock them by throwing bombs at the center of them.

  • @4carhur1more
    @4carhur1more Před 8 měsíci +13

    I think the gloom hands are a definite pick for Tears' hardest part. Even late in the game, you've gotta act fast with the resources that can beat them quickly or you're gonna get screwed over. Or at least, you'll end up having to use some healing resources that take forever to get the materials for because dangit, you updated the game before you realized they patch the dup glitch you were using to get through the game with minimal stress and grinding.

    • @grantbaugh2773
      @grantbaugh2773 Před 8 měsíci +1

      The biggest thing for me at least is how they grab and immobilize you. Even though I'm pretty far in the game they're hard because if you don't spot them soon enough you're stuck and have to work so hard to escape before you even have a chance to hurt them

    • @tonyrobinsonjr4741
      @tonyrobinsonjr4741 Před 7 měsíci

      Using a duplication glitch in Zelda is like playing Minecraft in creative mode.

  • @summonerxi
    @summonerxi Před 3 měsíci

    I was so excited to explore the citadel ruins without it being covered in ganon goo but that joy was short-lived courtesy my first encounter with gloom hands. And even after placing danger waymarks on the map in every place they spawn, they still trigger major anxiety

  • @stasanie
    @stasanie Před měsícem

    I really enjoyed your segues!

  • @The_LadyAJ
    @The_LadyAJ Před 8 měsíci +9

    I'm so glad you put the escort wagon as the hardest part of TP. That was probably the part I struggled with the most as a child.

  • @will6374
    @will6374 Před 9 měsíci +5

    OH MY GOD THAT DAMN FORSAKEN FORTRESS. When I first got the game as a 6/7 year old, me nor my sister could make it past the fortress. I’m pretty sure I struggled with directions mostly because I didn’t know where to go/where I had already been. It was so hard that I dropped the game for months, maybe YEARS. I replayed it a few times in there meantime to try again, but I always ended up stuck there. Then one day I retried and I had managed to do it. I was so proud of myself and happy. It was so cool to see that that was only the beginning of one of my favorite games ever.

    • @d3denny117
      @d3denny117 Před 8 měsíci +1

      HOLY SHIT FINALLY SOMEONE TALKING ABOUT THIS IT TOOK ME TOO LONG

    • @doubl2480
      @doubl2480 Před 8 měsíci

      When you know the path it's not that difficult, but when you don't... yeah, you end up going through paths filled with Moblins that lead NOWHERE. My first attempt was that. It was also that one time my mother was leaning over me to grab something and touched my stick by accident and caused me to get spotted in that stupid hallway on the ground floor (which leads nowhere) x_x.

  • @JeFF19AquiLeSs
    @JeFF19AquiLeSs Před 4 dny

    This video reminded me of why Zelda is my favorite franchise ever. What a series. So many amazing games, so many amazing memories...

  • @Roy_Boy4.1
    @Roy_Boy4.1 Před 5 měsíci

    I was skeptical about watching this video. However.... You are a funny guy 😂

  • @jedprice7002
    @jedprice7002 Před 8 měsíci +5

    This was such an awesome video! And the transitions between games were so dang clean lol

  • @tristancrumpler400
    @tristancrumpler400 Před 9 měsíci +9

    Really enjoy the format of your lists. Pretty funny script too. Keep it up!

  • @zakhoyt7771
    @zakhoyt7771 Před 4 měsíci

    Lol when I was a kid I was stuck on the second dungeon in ocarina of time because I couldn’t figure out for the longest time that in order to get to the boss in dodongos cavern you had to bomb the floor revealing the boss room that you then drop down to. After that discovery I then was finally able to beat the rest of the game, but because of that one spot I was stuck for what felt like years.

  • @meikaishi
    @meikaishi Před 2 měsíci +2

    I always thought people complained so much about the flute in Spirit Tracks because they were playing on emulators and lacked the precision to properly do it but no, I played it on my DSi and sometimes I couldn't even understand what I did wrong for the damn song to not work