The Legend of Zelda
 

Who here is a fan of the Zelda series?

I love this franchise, I own and have beat all 16 Canon Zelda Games as well as Link's Crossbow Training.

I also have some other Zelda related stuff. I got the complete animated series on DVD, a Zelda Wallet, and the Game & Watch game on a Key Chain.

How about you guys? What Zelda Game(s) are you currently playing? Which one is your favorite in the series? How many have you beaten?

I actually enjoy watching people play Zelda well rather than trying to do it myself. I really respect the series, but I just am not the type of person who really gets into it. I have only beaten the NES original, and I used the online interactive map to figure most everything out too.:D

Zelda peaked with Wind Waker.

Love the Zelda series just a shame i couldn't enjoy it on the Wii like i did on the other Nintendo consoles.

I'm a big The Legend of Zelda fan too! My favorite two games are probably The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time and The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening. The latter being how I got into the series and the former being my favorite video game of all time.....just ahead of three Sonic games mind you. :twink:

I just recently started getting into Zelda. I picked up a used copy of LOZ: A Link to the Past. I'm almost done.
I like the game, but since I'm so used to rpg's like Final Fantasy, I keep getting confused thinking I have to battle everything for experience.

~S~

I'm a huge fan of Zelda!!!! I have so far Mastered 9/16 games (I just got into Zelda last Year with OoT on N64) I'm currently working on OoT MQ 3D off and on. Also I'm looking for Zelda collectors edition for Gamecube.....If anyone has one cheap, let me know.

Cure is right, Wind Waker was the last amazing Zelda game. I still enjoyed TP, though, despite all of its bullsh*t wolf yiffing segments. I found Skyward Sword so boring, it's the only Zelda game I never finished.

I got Twilight Princess a couple months ago, but I haven't gotten around to finishing it.

My two favorites are probably The Adventure of Link and Ocarina of Time.

I really enjoyed Wind Waker. I think that's my favorite.:tcool:

Loved the first one. Obsessed over A Link To The Past. Thoroughly enjoyed both Four Sword and all Gameboy games. Think the Wii games are a bit boring though. Also, I never understood why everyone's so gaga over Ocarina. It's just "alright" to me.

I've only had the chance to play four of the many Zelda games, and they were all awesome.

Majora's Mask was the worst for me, because while the "Three Days" concept was a great idea in concept, it really didn't encourage exploration since you always felt like you were on a time limit and that has always been what Zelda is about. I still loved it though.

Link to the Past was good, I don't really have much to say about it. I still feel sorry for that poor ocarina flute kid.

Wind Waker was just pure awesome. It was great to see Moblins in a Zelda game again.

Ocarina of Time: I got this game back when Nintendo had stoped support for the Gamecube. With no new games to play and the Wii being months away from release, I went to my local Farmers Market where someone just happend to be selling the game. Having never played a Zelda game and hearing nothing but good from them, I purchased the game, dusted off my old N64, and spent the whole week playing. Despite being so old, the graphics really inpressed me, especially Ganondorf's cape. I still remember just looking up at the sky, watching the sun just slowly move through the bright, blue sky.

It's a shame Nintendo would latter George Lucas the game. I'm so happy I'm lucky enough to own the uncensensored version, I love the Fire Temple theme.

Never met a Zelda game I didn't like. That and Metroid are my top two Nintendo franchises.

Love Zelda, although got into it relatively late compared to my friends. Beaten all of the "proper" console releases except Skyward Sword (don't have it yet), but haven't played many of the handhelds. I beat Oracle of Ages/Seasons on my GBA player for GameCube.

I can't really say I have a favorite, I liked a lot of different things about each one. Maybe Ocarina Of Time, since it was that game that made me a "Real" fan of the series after only casually playing the earlier games. As soon as I was done with Ocarina, I went back and beat Zelda I, II, and Link to the Past and never looked back. Although I'm admittedly a wuss in that I can't play through 'em anymore without a map and guide close by. What can I say, I don't have as much time as I used to to just randomly mess around, as fun as that is.

I really liked A Link To The Past, one of the biggest SNES games I'd ever played. It felt like a perfected version of the first game. I hated Zelda II as a little kid since I had no idea what I was doing but now I like it a lot. Probably my "least favorite" but it was a brave design choice and most of the game works really well. I'm glad so many people liked Wind Waker, I still run into people who refused to play it because of the graphics and I feel sad for those people. I had my own issues with it, namely some of the sailing/chest pickup parts which got a little annoying, but it's a great game.

Last one I played through was Twilight Princess, I dug it a lot, especially the boss fights.

Story Time!!

About a month ago, I was headed out for one of my 5 Mile Walks. I had been doing them at night since it has been being 100 - 105 out each day this Summer.

Anyway though, I had just left my house and not even a full minute into the walk I got stopped by a cop. The officer jumps out and our conversation goes like this...

Officer: "Hey there! What are you up to? Where are you going?"

Me: "I'm just out for a night time walk. I just left my house, actually."

Officer: "Yeah, I can see that. You got your bottle of water and everything. Listen, have you heard the sound of glass breaking or car alarms going off?"

Me: "No, I haven't been gone but just a minute, I live right around the corner."

Officer: "Alright, well, you got an ID on you?"

Me: "Yeah." *Pulls out Legend of Zelda Wallet, takes out ID and hands it to him*

Officer: *Reads off my name "In Code" over the radio, shines light on my wallet* "So you're a fan of Zelda, huh?"

Me: "Oh yeah! It's my second favorite video game series. I own all North American released Zelda Games."

Officer: "Cool. I used the play the one for Super Nintendo all the time, it was..uh.."

Me: "A Link to the Past!"

Officer: "YES! The Dark World, Ice Dungeon, **** it!"

Me: "Yes! Oh god, I actually gave up on that one and got the red cane from the dungeon after it before I was able to beat the Ice Dungeon."

Officer: *Gets info back over the radio, hands me ID* "Alright, well you take it easy. If you hear any glass shattering or alarms call the police right away."

Me: "Alright, will do."

*Officer and I part ways*

(About 40 minutes later into the walk I go right and start walking down one of the highways in town)

* "Gangsta" drives by *

Gangsta: "Fatass!!"

Girl: "Yeah! WOOOO!!"

*They floor it and try to drive away quickly*

*WOOOOOOO!!! (Police Sirens go off)*
*"Gangsta" Pulls over*
*Officer steps out.* - It's the same officer I talked Zelda with earlier.
*Officer waves me over, I walk over to him*

Officer: "I believe you guys have something to say?"

Gangta & Girl: "............sorry...":tgrumble:

Me: "Just don't let it happen again, kids."

Officer: "Alright, you head out, I got to talk with these two. Have a nice night!"

I thought maybe I would share that, haha. That was a really great night time walk. :lol:

Nothing wrong with that, lol. Luckily for me my game came with the maps that were packaged with it. I managed to find most of the stuff on my own. I definitely found all the dungeons and a good amount of items without an online guide, but it wasn't until I had internet access that I eventually 100% completed the game, lol.

Awesome! Where did you leave off last time you played?

I actually like Twilight Princess a lot and I think it gets too much hate. Sure, I didn't care much for the "Tears of Light" segements. I felt like this game picks up a lot once you complete the Lakebed Temple and get the Master Sword. After that I loved this game a lot. It also had some of the best weapons in the series, in my opinion. It just sucks you don't get to use them much. Which version of Twilight Princess did you play? Wii or Gamecube? I prefer Gamecube myself?

Huge fan here. I'm at Ganons Tower in ALTTP right now, actually. Always usually got myself sucked into a Zelda game or at the very least playing brawl with many character models swapped to be LOZ characters, haha. ALTTP was the first game I ever played as a kid and is in my top 5 favorites to this day. I own many of the manga books, every OST that exists is in my itunes, & I've been inspired by the series in everything I do. I draw LOZ stuff all the time, work on remixes of the original music, & even have a triforce royal crest tattoo. Love it all to death.

Favorite title is Twilight Princess, with A Link To The Past in second, Minish Cap in third, Skyward Sword in forth, & I suppose Wind Waker & Ocarina Of Time tie for fifth.

Something I drew recently-
http://i47.tinypic.com/20u5q46.png

My tattoo-
http://i45.tinypic.com/5khitv.jpg

(Both can be seen in better detail at my deviantart account; link in sig.)

*surrenders triforce shard* Hahaha. Nice, dude! I have seen the Ocarina of Time CD & one of the books, but never owned them.

Awesome! A Link to the past was the first Zelda I ever owned & beat. The first I ever played was the original Legend of Zelda on NES.

That's an awesome Tattoo! I have had several friends try to convince me to get a Mega Man or Donkey Kong Tattoo, I don't think I will though. I don't have anything against Tattoos, I just can't see me getting one, lol.

Redmage: I played Twilight Princess on the Wii; it's actually the whole reason I bought one.

I have a stainless steel Master Sword but I don't have any pics handy.

I'm at Turtle Rock. It's taken me quite a while, and I keep having to look things up. Like I said I'm more used to Final Fantasy games. But I'm enjoying this one quite a bit. It's just different. The replay value is really high. I also have The Minish Cap, to play later.
I missed out on the whole Gameboy craze, so about a year ago, I picked up a GBA second hand with Pokemon Fire Red. I couldn't put it down. So I decided to get into Zelda. now i have a backlog of old games to get through.

I also own a Wii. So based on some of the recommendations here I may purchase a few Zelda games for it too.

~S~

I agree with Cure that Wind Waker was the best in the series. It was (and still is) my favorite game in the series, and it's the reason that I prefer Toon Link over normal Link. Wind Waker was really what made me a big fan of the Zelda series, since I hadn't really played much Zelda until then. After Wind Waker, I went nuts about LoZ, and I played through Ocarina of Time, Phantom Hourglass, Spirit Tracks, 4 Swords, and Twilight Princess. I'm currently working on Zelda II and the Minish Cap, although a bunch of other games are distracting me.

It still amazes me to this day that Wind Waker finally got the praise it deserved after getting sh*tted on in the beginning because of the graphic change.

I blame that 2000 Space World demo.

Ah, I see. The whole reason I got a Wii was for Super Smash Bros. Brawl. The Wii is my current favorite system since I can play pretty much any generation of Nintendo games on it, lol.

I've play both the Wii and Gamecube versions. I bought the Gamecube one because I didn't have a Wii at the time. I think overall I prefer the Gamecube one, just because it feels more comfortable to play it with a controller. I don't mind Motion controls, it just feels better to me with the GCN Controller.

As for the Sword. I have seen those, they are awesome. A friend of mine has one, he also has the Hylian Shield with it as well, lol.

Nice, I remember on my first run of A Link to the Past I was stuck on Turtle Rock for a LONG time. It was all because of the puzzle in the chain chomp room, lol.

I am going through the Minish Cap right now as well. The first time I ever ordered that game, the dude that sent it to me put it in an envelope, then cut the top part of the side of it, slipped the game out, and mailed it to me. so I got an empty letter..

I ended up ordering it again and it came the second time, but this copy bugs out sometimes and causes the game to freeze. It's really annoying, lol.

I'm actually still in the process of working on a "Top 16 Zelda Games" List. I'm actually not sure how I would rate the games right now, so I'm doing more runs in all the games to help me decide. I definitely know that Four Swords is my least favorite. Doesn't mean I don't like it though.

I'll admit, I was one of the many people who did exactly that. I remember picking this up in stores and looking at the back of the case and just thinking to myself "Wow, that looks absolutely retarded...". Of course that was when I was younger and I have grown up since. I actually like Cell Shaded Graphics now and have since before I did my first run of Wind Waker, lol. Makes me wish I would have given it a chance sooner.

Some of the best fighting mechanics and boss fights are in Wind Waker. And the ending of the final fight with Ganondorf? Loved it.

Actually, one of the things that I love about the Zelda series (as well as the Mario series) is that each game has something about it that it does better than the others in the series, they're all very similar but each one has something that makes it unique.

I think either Ocarina or Twilight Princess has my favorite boss fights.

THIS ^

I absolutely LOVE that final duel. One of my favorite boss battles in all video gamedom.

Looooove Zelda. I played the original back in '87 not long after it was released. My Dad was a huge video game fanatic when we were kids and always bought the latest Nintendo stuff. A Link To The Past is probably my favourite, followed by Wind Waker, and I have to say Skyward Sword was pre-TEEeeeee, pretty good

Phew! Finally got through Turtle Rock. Now on my way to Ganon's Tower.

~S~

I'm a casual who has played several of the games (the 2 NES games, Orcarina of Time which is the only Zelda game that I've played straight through and still one of the best games of all-time, Majora's Mask, and Oracle of Ages/Seasons). I may have seen a couple episodes of the cartoon, but can't really recall it that well. But there is so much material out there that I can't seem to have a chance to get to everything, just like how a public figure has so many supporters and loves them all but doesn't have the time to greet everyone.

Looking for some input.

Since Internet has been messing up at home lately, I can't continue uploading videos to my youtube because it keeps going out. So I decided to start recording some clips for a big Zelda video I am working on during the down time.

The video is going to be every Zelda Boss Battle in the series done No Damage. I've gotten Zelda 1 and 2 finished right now and I'm working on some others.

I am having trouble deciding what bosses to put in there from Four Swords Adventures because every stage has a boss and a lot of them are basically the same enemies, just with a different twist on them. Got any advice or suggestions on which ones I should include in the video?

I was planning on including all the "End of Area" Bosses, but there are some other bosses I feel like should be in the video as well.

Most of the end stage bosses are either Solider Genereals with a Few Minion Soliders, a Battle against Shadow Link, Ball & Chain Soliders, or Stalfos Knights. The bosses I have decided on doing so far are...

Phantom Ganon - Round 1 (Stage 1-3)
Stone Arrghus (Stage 2-3)
Helmarock King (Stage 3-2)
Jalhalla - Round 1 (Stage 4-2)
Jalhalla - Round 2 (Stage 4-3)
Phantom Ganon - Round 2 (Stage 5-3)
Giant Moldorm (Stage 6-3)
Frostare (Stage 7-3)
Dodongo's & King Dodongo (Stage 8-1)
Vaati (Stage 8-3)
Ganon (Stage 8-3)

The other bosses to choose from are...

Knight General (Stage 1-1 / 3-1 / 8-2)
Shadow Link (Stage 1-2 / 2-2 / 5-1 / 6-1 / 6-2 / 8-2)
Manhandla (Stage 2-1 / 7-1)
Ball & Chain Knight (4-1 / 7-2)
Stalfos Knight (4-1 / 5-2 / 6-1 / 7-1)

As you can see these guys make multiple appearences, which is why I am unsure about including them. I'm very sure I missed a level or two that they may have appeared in.

What do you guys think? You think the bosses I have chosen from this are fine? Do you think I should add some of the ones I didn't originally include?

I luv playing zelda! I'm trying 2 play four swords but I'm stuck in the begining link moves all by himself and walks up 2 zelda and then they talk and Vaati comes blah blah blah then link grabs the sword etc.. etc... then the music plays and the i get this thing that says "press start" and it flashes i have no idea what to do i think my gameboy is broken.

this stinks i don't even get 2 play it plays its self.

If you are playing 4 swords on gameboy....you will need 3 more players....

Quoted for Lens of Truth...

Actually, if you're playing the original Four Swords, you only need 1 other person to play. You both have to have a cartridge of the game and a link cable though.

Well whatever......I'm currently playing the Oot MQ 3d on my zelda edition 3ds....MAN IS THAT GAME HARD!!!

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-1...2+14.03.50.jpg

My customized Master Sword Replica. I used it for cosplay and wanted it Purple like in the last couple of games. That was as close to the bluish purple as we could get, and the green ribbons need redone later too. But I still love it.

I've been playing Zelda since the original on NES and don't plan on ever stopping! I have completed every game 100% (found every item and heart piece... maybe not EVERY secret though)

recently ordered this... i will be so happy when it arrives from Japan
http://www.alafista.com/wordpress/wp...53-560x577.jpg

If we're talkin' about Zelda Boss Fights, my all time favorite is against Stallord from Twilight Princess.

Haven't played Zelda for a while. Favorite game is Ocarina of Time.

I was actually pretty late to the Zelda series even though I'm a die hard Nintendo fan boy. My first foray was with Twilight Princess on the Wii, which I loved. I FINALLY got to play Ocarina of Time with the 3DS re-release and couldn't believe I never played it before. Though, I was spoiled by Twilight Princess and hated that OoT didn't have that amazing kill move.

Can't really blame you. People who start off on series at the twilight (no pun intended) of its process tend to miss out on the earlier stuff that made it what it is now. It's a shame. :ohwell: