Out of all the Zelda games, which one(s) are your favorite? What do you enjoy the most about those Zeldas?
I'll likely be the odd one out, but I love Wind Waker. It's an aesthetically amazing game with great locales and a better story than you'll find in other Zeldas. It controls as well as any other Zelda and also boasts some excellent music and some top-notch dungeon design. There's something magical about it, and I knew the first time that I played it that I was in for something special.
Right after that is probably Link to the Past, which was the first Zelda game that I played. I also adore the assorted handheld Zeldas, ranging from Link Awakening to Minish Cap (I didn't enjoy Phantom Hourglass).
How about you guys?
Probably Wind Waker and Majora's Mask.
I never got to actually beat Majora's Mask, tho. ;_;
On this forum, you're not an odd one out at all. There are quite a few of us who like Wind Waker the most, and I'm one of them.
It had the best graphical style, looking absolutely gorgeous in its stylish cel-shading and overall nautical, sea-faring look to the whole game.
It has the best music in the series, going for something new with instruments never used before in a Zelda game, with especially good use of flutes, violins, etc.
It has the best story in the Zelda series, going for a post-apocalyptic theme that is hidden from initial view rather than shoving it in our faces, displaying the culminations of man's strive for survival after the worst of disasters.
It has the best map, although many will disagree. I find the boat traveling and assorted islands to be a major plus because I honestly love the ocean, sea-faring, and discovery of uncharted isles. The isolation is something akin to a Metroid game when you're out on your boat against nature with nothing but lonely bits of land here and there. I sorta wish more of the islands were bigger, though.
It has the best combat system, with awesome parries and a slightly customizable stab-combo system. Twilight Princess mostly did this as well but I find it slightly more sluggish and less cool-looking in that game.
And lastly, it has the best Ganondorf. The fight with Ganon might not be the highlight of the game, but Ganondorf himself, as a flawed character, is the best we've ever seen him. He has some of the best lines in the game, and when he talks about the wasteland upon which his people suffered, you finally get the tiniest hint of a reason for his wrongdoings...although he is unforgivable of course.
Yeah, exactly - I love how Ganon is handled in Wind Waker. He's much less of an unstoppable evil force that's just there until the final fight, which is what you find in most other Zeldas. WW's Ganon feels human - he has reasons for what he's doing and has emotions besides hatred that he acts upon.
I agree, I love Wind Waker. Ocarina of Time is 2nd, and I also enjoy the original Zelda. I would like it if the next Zelda for Wii was like Wind Waker, but maybe with Link being a few years older, like a teenager. Make sure the story is good and it has a challenge, make the islands a bit bigger, give us Wiimote baton control and a some other new stuff, I think we'd have us i winner.
I like them all. Probably OoT the best. But watching Alan stream the two games I don't have makes me appreciate the older games more.
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Quote from: Zach on April 04, 2009, 04:24:42 AM
Yeah, exactly - I love how Ganon is handled in Wind Waker. He's much less of an unstoppable evil force that's just there until the final fight, which is what you find in most other Zeldas. WW's Ganon feels human - he has reasons for what he's doing and has emotions besides hatred that he acts upon.
Yeah, and as for the battle, I love the Ganon first, Ganondorf second order. It's more refreshing to see him trying his typical guise first before throwing aside all limitations and just going berserk in his normal form. Twilight Princess tried the same thing and made Ganon really boring so it didn't work quite as well. And as for the fight with Ganondorf, Wind Waker makes the actual swordplay much more intense, forcing you to use stylish parry moves just to keep him from kicking your ass with fucking gigantic swords. I just love that, and also how he blocks pretty much everything once Zelda starts helping. And speaking of Zelda helping, that gimmick just adds to the whole thing. It's fucking great.
3d: MM and WW
2d: oracles and alttp
I haven't played a lot of Zelda games, mostly since my first Nintendo console was the N64. I've only played the GBA version of LttP, WW, and the bonus disc that came with WW that had OoT and Master Quest. Oh, and Phantom Hourglass, but I haven't bothered finishing it, fucking ocean temple thing you have to replay a dozen times. baddood;
At any rate, WW is awesome, OoT is also awesome, and LttP is great.
Wind Waker was perfect in nearly every way. It had amazing music, fantastic dungeon design, and seeing bosses like Molegra fly around on screen just made you think, "Wow, this is spectacular."
I think the only thing I didn't like about Wind Waker was the length. I wish they hadn't rushed it and threw some extra dungeons in.
I also loved how they gave Link more of a home and a family in Wind Waker than he's ever had before. He's not just fighting to save Zelda in this game, but much more of Hyrule's population is in immediate danger, including his very own sister.
and who didn't love blowing up pirate ships cjlubdoods;
However, I'm not sure Wind Waker is my favorite in the series. I think that title goes to Link's Awakening. It was the first game in the series to have a drastically different story, not just the usual "Ganon's on the loose, go kill him and save Zelda". Its low-quality music was beautiful and I love how Link actually formed relationships with characters like Marin. I also thought the ending was executed perfectly. Having that huge, amazing dream come to an end was terribly depressing, but then the Wind Fish flies over head, giving you hope that maybe it wasn't just a dream. doodella;
Other games I loved include Oracle of Ages/Seasons, Ages especially. Both games had absolutely stunning visuals, I had no idea the GBC was capable of such detail until I played those games. I also thought the way they linked the games together at the end was phenomenal.
I also love Majora's Mask for many of the same reasons I love Link's Awakening. It was very different and very deep, but at the same time, not stupidly serious like Twilight Princess was. A suicidal moon will crash into our planet and destroy it in three days. Collect masks and play hide and seek with wacky children to stop it. giggle;
I also preferred Zelda II to the original. It had much better music and the gameplay was fantastic, and it was also radically different.
The only game that's left a bitter taste in my mouth was Phantom Hourglass. I mean, it wasn't bad, it just could have been so much better. The Temple of the Ocean King was the worst decision in Zelda history, the game itself was very easy, and although it had quite a few great songs, much of the music was very mediocre. I also didn't like that they simply took Link's Awakening's ending and rehashed it for pH while taking the magic out of LA's ending.
it just lacked magic befuddlement
Windwaker and Majora's Mask are the only two titles I liked. akudood;
I will play any of them but I love Majora's Mask the most and I agree with what everybody is saying about Windwaker.
I guess I'm going to have to give Windwaker another shot.
Anyway, my current favorites are OoT, Majora's Mask, A Link to the Past, Link's Awakening, and the Minish Cap
A Link To the Past is hands down my favorite Zelda game, maybe because it was one of the first games I ever played too. Second would have to be Majoras Mask, and yeah the rest of the Zelda games I liked, but wouldn't say I loved them. Although I did enjoy Twilight Princess a lot even though many others didn't.
My top 5 are Ocarina, Link's Awakening, Twilight Princess, Majora's Mask, aLttP.
Honorable mentions go to Windwaker and Zelda II.
TP was okay, I just really hated the story. Not only did they try to make it way too serious and dark and mature to the point where it just felt really, really cheap (i mean what the fuck is with the slow-motion scenes), but just as the timeline started to make sense with OoT-MM-WW-PH, TP gets between OoT and WW and simply confuses things. How on Earth can Wind Waker happen if TP also took place? goonish
they should have just ended it with zant and left ganon out of it completely
TP was fun, though. The wacky controls and bosses like Stallord made the game. But once again, it was incredibly easy (armoghoma akudood;) and I disliked how some of the items were only used once or twice, like the Spinner and Dominion Rod. After beating the bosses with them they pretty much became useless.
another thing i hated was the way they just flipped the game around for the wii
it was like an overly-serious, badly done remake of ocarina of time
And yet, even with all of TP's flaws, I still managed to pour over 115 hours into the game. baddood;
It's in my top 3 for the story and Level design. Also has my favorite Zelda boss (Twilit Dragon Argorok)
Majora's Mask, and Oracle of Seasons.
(I've only played the original, OoT, MM, and Seasons.)
LttP since it's the only game that I've beaten...
I suck at Zelda games.
But LttP was fun.
LA, LTTP, OOT, WW, Ages
I never played the gameboy Zeldas and I couldn't get into ALttP. And Zelda II was so bad. PH got old really fast too.
Quote from: Hïro on April 04, 2009, 05:16:11 PM
And Zelda II was so bad.
Why?
QuotePH got old really fast too.
Gonna have to agree.
Quote from: Hïro on April 04, 2009, 05:16:11 PM
I never played the gameboy Zeldas
YOU MUST myface;
Quote from: Hïro on April 04, 2009, 05:48:02 PM
i didn't have a gameboy until gba :(
Neither did I. Now go to eBay and buy Link's Awakening and the Oracle games. baddood;
Quote from: TECTRINKET on April 04, 2009, 05:51:33 PM
Neither did I. Now go to eBay and buy Link's Awakening and the Oracle games. baddood;
hey maybe i'll find it at a used game store, and i got birthday money hocuspocus;
Twilight Princess.
I loved the darkness of the game.
It wsa dark...like my soul :(
Quote from: Kewn Hunter on April 04, 2009, 09:37:10 PM
Twilight Princess.
I loved the darkness of the game.
It wsa dark...like my soul :(
its "darkness" was so CHEAP
Quote from: TECTRINKET on April 04, 2009, 05:51:33 PM
Neither did I. Now go to eBay and buy Link's Awakening and the Oracle games. baddood;
bitch i got Link's Awakening when it was NEW and still been playing it now and then since baddood;
however i now only have the DX version because this fuckmint old friend of mine lost my original copy AND my gameboy pocket because he left them out when i lent them to him and they got stolen
Quote from: Kaz on April 04, 2009, 09:44:03 PM
bitch i got Link's Awakening when it was NEW and still been playing it now and then since baddood;
however i now only have the DX version because this fuckmint old friend of mine lost my original copy AND my gameboy pocket because he left them out when i lent them to him and they got stolen
what's the difference
Quote from: Kaz on April 04, 2009, 09:44:03 PM
bitch i got Link's Awakening when it was NEW and still been playing it now and then since baddood;
however i now only have the DX version because this fuckmint old friend of mine lost my original copy AND my gameboy pocket because he left them out when i lent them to him and they got stolen
My brother's nigger friend broke my copy of Oracle of Ages. myface;
i got a new one eventually but i had to pay out of my own pocket :'(
Quote from: Hïro on April 04, 2009, 09:47:17 PM
what's the difference
DX is in color and has a special extra dungeon in the graveyard and when you beat it you get a choice of either a blue or red tunic, one of which is for defense and the other for attack
Quote from: Kaz on April 04, 2009, 10:05:35 PM
DX is in color and has a special extra dungeon in the graveyard and when you beat it you get a choice of either a blue or red tunic, one of which is for defense and the other for attack
that sounds cool
Quote from: Kaz on April 04, 2009, 10:05:35 PM
DX is in color and has a special extra dungeon in the graveyard and when you beat it you get a choice of either a blue or red tunic, one of which is for defense and the other for attack
Yeah having the superior version of games really sucks.
Quote from: David on April 05, 2009, 09:26:41 PM
Yeah having the superior version of games really sucks.
uh are you retarded
it sucks that i don't have the original anymore because a dipshit got it stolen, not because it's inferior...i assure you that if i had both and i wanted to play link's awakening i'd play the DX version
Probably Majora's Mask. The difficulty wasn't a factor at all, but the three day system adds a sense of urgency that I haven't felt in many other games. The side-quests are half of the game, and getting all of the masks is a huge challenge, or at least it proved to be one to me. Other than that, I liked the stories behind each of the people you help out to get the individual masks, the story of the main quest, and the dark, depressing, crazy atmosphere. And, THE HAPPY MASK SALESMAN is a main character! What more could you want? giggle;
Quote from: The King's Royal Baker on April 08, 2009, 11:10:54 PM
Probably Majora's Mask. The difficulty wasn't a factor at all, but the three day system adds a sense of urgency that I haven't felt in many other games. The side-quests are half of the game, and getting all of the masks is a huge challenge, or at least it proved to be one to me. Other than that, I liked the stories behind each of the people you help out to get the individual masks, the story of the main quest, and the dark, depressing, crazy atmosphere. And, THE HAPPY MASK SALESMAN is a main character! What more could you want? giggle;
I liked the part where he strangles you...
Quote from: The King's Royal Baker on April 08, 2009, 11:10:54 PM
The difficulty wasn't a factor at all
I thought it was harder than Zelda II. girl;
Wind Waker was simply beautiful. The quirkyness of the characters, Bosses, and the story were wonderful. And the music was so damn catchy. Best Zelda game in my opinion.
Quote from: TECTRINKET on April 14, 2009, 12:58:41 PM
I thought it was harder than Zelda II. girl;
No. Zelda II is a BITCH! Seriously, if you lose (and it's going to happen), you have to start ALL THE WAY back at the beggining. MM is much, much easier, even though longer.
The only thing I didn't like about WW was the map deciphering.
Other than that, I really loved the amount of space you could explore in. That was pretty cool. TP didn't have that much exploration.
Quote from: stacey on April 14, 2009, 02:51:18 PM
Wind Waker was simply beautiful. The quirkyness of the characters, Bosses, and the story were wonderful. And the music was so damn catchy. Best Zelda game in my opinion.
This. THIS.
THIS.
Quote from: Kaz on April 08, 2009, 12:53:13 PM
uh are you retarded
it sucks that i don't have the original anymore because a dipshit got it stolen, not because it's inferior...i assure you that if i had both and i wanted to play link's awakening i'd play the DX version
I know I was just trollin' maps;
Link's Awakening