r/zelda

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The Zelda Villain Better Written Than Ganon

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I had never played a Zelda game before. I almost started with Ocarina of Time, considering how often it's still referenced and praised decades after its release. However, my recent dive into 8-bit and 16-bit JRPGs (Chrono Trigger, Final Fantasy VI, Phantasy Star IV, Dragon Quest V) convinced me to begin with the SNES classic A Link to the Past instead.

After more than 20 hours of gameplay, I came face-to-face with Trinexx, the last major obstacle before finally taking on Ganon. That's when I realized I was missing the Ice Rod and couldn't defeat him. No big deal, I just had to backtrack.

But then I thought: why not use this little break to try out the original 1986's The Legend of Zelda?

I had recently watched Castle's YouTube video, "I Tried to Beat the First Zelda Completely Blind", and I guess that was the final push I needed. That little detour led me to try The Legend of Zelda, and I ended up absolutely loving it. Right now, I've cleared the first five dungeons.

I've been using RPG Shrine's guide for my first playthrough of A Link to the Past, so I already knew I would probably need some help navigating The Legend of Zelda as well. Personally, I'm fine with that. I see it as a product of a very different era, where guides, word of mouth, and a lot of trial and error were all part of the intended experience.

What surprised me most about the original Legend of Zelda is how quickly it hooked me. The music is simple but hypnotic - they hit gold really early imo. The gameplay feels incredibly fluid for a game from 1986, even if the hitboxes can be a bit frustrating at times. Honestly, it's kind of amazing.

The visuals also have far more charm than I expected. There's obviously less detail than what you'd find in the 16-bit era, but I still love looking at it. The world is colorful, sort of readable, and full of personality. Playing it has made me realize how many of the things I love about A Link to the Past were already there years earlier, despite the hardware limitations.

My plan is to finish all nine dungeons in The Legend of Zelda, go back to A Link to the Past and finally beat Ganon, and then return to the NES original for the infamous Second Quest. After that, I'm thinking Ocarina of Time, Link's Awakening (to keep a 2D Zelda in the mix), and then Majora's Mask.

I'm very late to the party, but it's been an awesome journey so far. I'm just glad there are so many awesome Zelda games to be enjoyed.

Here’s a video showing the list the actors that I would like to see voice Ganondorf and also how I’d imagine each actor voice would sound like in the role, this is depending if either upcoming Ocarina of Time remake or next mainline Zelda game continues to have voice acting.

Voice clips used:
Transformers Prime
Green Lantern The Animated Series
Trollhunters Tales of Arcadia
Injustice 2
Transformers War for Cybertron
Transformers One

Finaly im done :) soon will have my first Galery how wuld you price this as fans of the genre?

Basically if Captain K'nuckles and Flapjack where Linebeck and Link. Btw Linebeck (IMO) is the best character to have ever come out of this series. (Bold statement Ik) He's just always been my favorite character. + To add on to that, Phantom Hourglass in general has always had soft spot in my heart as it was the first Zelda game I ever beat and I'm hella nostalgic towards it. I don't care if it's a lesser Zelda title. I love this game!

Imprimi em resina e pintei esse modelo do Lucas Perez do Link em Ocarina of time, gostei demais do processo, eu definitivamente preciso de mais prateleiras em casa 😅

I went to Dragon Roost Island to find Din’s Pearl, and thankfully, the mailbird recognized me and immediately got me an audience with the chief manbird.

I explained to the chief chicken how I was trying to save the world and needed Din’s Pearl, which apparently they have. And thankfully, he said they’d do everything they can to help me! Oh but first they have to deal with their dragon problem. And he needed my help with something important.

Ok, fine. I assumed the dragon is guarding the pearl, and he needed my help to calm the dragon first or something like that.

“Oh no, I think my 8 year old daughter is handling the dragon, don’t worry about that.” Um, ok.

“No, I really need you to go talk to my son. He’s depressed lately.” I’m sorry? Wtf do I look like?

“Oh but don’t worry, I wrote him a letter. Please go get the letter and deliver it to his bedroom.”

Cool. Sure, I’ll deliver your letter, it’s not like you’re a whole island of POSTAL WORKERS or anything like that. So I got the letter, walked down the hallway and walked into prince manbird’s stank ass bedroom without knocking. Lo and behold, this kid is sitting in his bed rubbing and caressing the exact thing I need to save civilization. Chief birdface said they can’t help me until their dragon problem was solved, meanwhile his kid is RIGHT down the hall getting weird with the only thing I need. So, I can take it and go, right? No, because shockingly, the kid was NOT at all impressed by his dad writing him a letter from down the hall and sending a random stranger to deliver it to him. So after throwing an annoying tantrum, he refused to give up the pearl.

Fine. Forget Prince Crybaby. So I decided to go help chief manbird’s daughter, Medli, the only chicken that seems to give AF about what’s happening around here. Long story short, the dragon that craps into their volcano all day had anal parasites, and one of these huge worms was irritating its butthole. I saved the daughter, killed the anal worm… and the chief didn’t even stop by to say “thanks” afterwards. Oh but some dude did ask me to help them sort their mail for them? And apparently that is the only thing that made me a “legend” among the bird people… no one even seemed to give a shit where Medli had been this whole time. But I’m really good at sorting mail, so they’ll never forget me.

Regardless, Prince Cry-Alot did finally came out of his stinky ass bedroom and gave me his pearl. So after rinsing it off thoroughly, I was able to leave this place and get on with saving all their lives.

Dragon Roost Island: 1/10, place smells like shit and they make you do paperwork. But the chief manbird’s daughter was kind of cool, she gave me a cool mountain climbing tool… AFTER I had already scaled a mountain.

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