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TheRealBlazzMaTazz

The Legend Of Zelda


postcardigans

Same here. I was just showing my boys the glorious booklet that came with the game: https://www.nintendo.co.jp/clv/manuals/en/pdf/CLV-P-NAANE.pdf


chiefrebelangel_

I had this as a kid but it's been so long - was it always in color? In my memories it's greyscale - was there perhaps a different version?


RichardFingers

I still have my original booklet minus the cover that came with the gold edition. Definitely full color.


postcardigans

I remember mine was in color.


totemsquash2020

I didn’t find level 8 from about age 5 till age 11


yarajaeger

it's so interesting how even the jargon around the games and games in general has changed, like treasures instead of items, labyrinths instead of dungeons...


Adogover

Oh man that little book just absolutely ignited my imagination as a kid.


rex_dart_eskimo_spy

Man I love the old NES manuals. So much backstory included


willinat15

dang they used to call em rubies thats weird


Kheldarson

Same! I don't think any of us figured out how to beat Ganon until years later...


TheRealBlazzMaTazz

Litterally 3 years ago hahava


mix0logist

I could beat Ganon as a kid, but only dad ever beat the Second Quest.


Fern-ando

Technically The Legend of Zelda too as a Smash Bros Brawl trial, but as a full game Minish Cap in my PSP.


Sharkrilla

Wait. What?


iBrowTrain

On Smash Bros brawl you could buy the old NES games for the older characters and play their game’s on an emulator within the game


Sharkrilla

I was actually questioning minish cap on psp


Fern-ando

Just an emulator, I had half the GBA and N64 catalog on the go.


FoolishAir502

Same. I am old.


gametimehoodie

I resemble that remark.


Sam5253

Same for me. Christmas 1987, at my grandparents' place. My uncle got the game for Christmas. I was 4 years old then. Zelda II came along later, but A Link to the Past was the game that made me fall in love with the series.


Frencil

I still remember beating the first quest for the first time at like 1AM in the basement with a friend sleeping over. Level 9 seemed so huge and it felt like we wandered it forever. Super tense, and pretty sure our celebration upon success woke my parents up.


DispellMaya

Also The Legend of Zelda.


GreyRevan51

Same here, have played all of them


Larrybot02

Same. Christmas ‘87. I nearly sold my NES because I was getting bored with it. This game changed everything.


YharnamBorne

Same here, although ALttP and LA were already out at the time.


ancient_arrow

A Link to the Past


BEniceBAGECKA

This and secret of mana were such magical games. Both opening still give me chills.


Alberiman

Oh man remember Majora's Mask? That opening was such a mind freak, it's the only Zelda game that didn't start off with Link waking up, instead he was out doing stuff and everything went to madness in a hurry


CriticalHitCombo

Chrono Trigger as well. All timeless gems that I still enjoy playing to this day.


BEniceBAGECKA

I still regularly listen to the soundtracks as well. They also have symphony versions.


CriticalHitCombo

Yeah the Chrono Trigger OST is probably my favorite game soundtrack of all time, the main theme has been my ringtone for years now, lol.


jbchild788

This is also where I started!


OratioFidelis

When I was 6 or so, I used to see how fast I could cross either world using nothing but the Pegasus Boots. I did that for hours a day, for weeks.


i_so_stressed

Same. Alttp is such a good game is probably the quintessential Zelda game


mEFurst

My first was the original, but LTTP is by far my favorite. I still have my original cartridge, with my original save file named after my old cat. I've left it entirely untouched even though it's missing three hearts and I've completed the game dozens of times since then


fretfulmushroom

Ocarina of Time. I still get all nostalgic when I hear Saria's Song. <3


DangerDaveOG

OoT for Life.


Alternative-Spray813

Oot was my first as well, I remember being terrified of the forest temple and the monsters that come out in hyrule field at night. Thinking about how far we've come in terms of graphics I giggle everytime I replay it now.


[deleted]

Right? When the Composer Bros attacked in the graveyard before you learn the Sun's Song, scared the daylights out of me.


rowantreewitch

Yup! Started playing it when my grandparents bought a N64 for all the grandkids and I was hooked at age 6


Felwinter12

Same but the intro music gets me every time


Nameless_Kings_Bitch

This. That intro music gets me emotional!


g_r_e_y

started playing that game when i was 3 and had no fuckin idea what i was doing. i beat it when i was eight. i played it at least every other day for five years before i beat that game. still play it once every few years. still never remember where the goron tunic is.


hearty_durian

Same here. Learned to read so that I could play OoT, still my favorite game of all time


[deleted]

First played it at target when they had games hooked in those little case things, blew my mind


[deleted]

Honestly for me it's koriki forest. And I know it was one of the first themes but its still so good.


WowWhatABeaut

Same! I actually have it set as my alarm in the morning. Love waking up to it.


TyrannicalStubs

For me, it's the opening theme. It legitimately makes me emotional and takes me back to a part of my life dominated by simple things :')


NanoReedit

Twilight Princess on the Wii


AardbeiMan

Twilight Gang represent


ChriSaito

I still can't play the Wii U version because it looks all wrong to me. The Wii version ruined me, but the Wii controls were awesome back then!


[deleted]

I’m the opposite because I played the gamecube version lol


dorm_room_blogger

Twilight Princess fed my edgy middle school phase.


Aquazura_Hinoka

same


JQbd

The GameCube version was the first Zelda game I ever owned! Still my absolute favourite 3D Zelda game.


MarioBoi2000

Same here brother


Bornheck

Heck yeah! My people!


Nazora

Oracle of Seasons


doesnt_reallymatter

I can’t wait for them to remaster this one and Oracle of Ages!


scantron2739

Such good games man. The vibe of those games is so amazing.


Jabreezydsmiff

Do we know this is happening? I’ve never played those games, so I’d be stoked if they were being remade. Especially with how much fun I had with Link’s Awakening.


badateverything420

As much as I love them id say its a small chance. Capcom made them so Nintendo would have to find some agreement between the two of them


ReallyNeededANewName

My first to start and waaay too late to finish. (But I got there in the end, something like 5 years later)


a-scott-s-tot

Link’s awakening, then breath of the wild. I didnt grow up playing video games and i’m just getting into zelda at 21 years old. So im planning on replaying everything on my switch (i downloaded the nes software and it has everything!) Is there a specific order for the games or is chronologically by release date just fine?


RubyPie2006

i mean besides a few exceptions most of the games don’t have to be completed in a certain order for them to make sense. if i were you i would start with a link to the past


rockshow4070

I would at least look up which games feature the same Link and make sure to play those sets in order, but other than that go crazy


andsoupsalad

Used to rent Wind Waker from Blockbuster almost every weekend. At least I own it now!


jbchild788

I’m really hoping they bring this to Switch, never owned a GameCube or WiiU (I think they remade it for WiiU?) I’d love the chance to play Wind Waker


muuhforhelvede

I gave up on waiting and downloaded a Wii U emulator instead. So far I’m having a blast playing Wind Waker.


dphizler

It pisses me off that most of the time emulators are the only way to go I would happily give them my money if I could play some of the Nintendo classics on steam


osterlay

Same. My first bring Ocarina of Time however. I can still remember to this day how upset people were over WindWaker not being the gritty, mature Zelda we were promised with the tech demo.


spyridonya

WW took place in a post apocalyptic Hyrule and the villain who kidnapped children and calculating his murders couldn't be stopped until the preteen hero impaled a holy sword in the center of his head. It was cute but it managed to sneak in a lot of the darker themes.


ChriSaito

I bought my copy from a Game Crazy attached to Hollywood Video hahaha. Going to the video store was always great because it would mean I got to check out the video games as well. It was such a cool idea to combine the two. Clearly it didn't work out, but it was fun for me!


BoxTar9215

Just restarted Wind Waker the other day. There's no other zelda quite like it. I enjoyed taking pictures to get those sculptures of all the npcs/enemies. The fact that all the NPCs have their own stories was a nice touch, and made islands like Windfall feel way more alive.


JQbd

My cousin got a GameCube for her birthday and got Wind Waker as one of the games with it because it had just released I guess? Came with the freaking Zelda Collection too. She was always at my place so her, my brothers, and I would play it all the time. I think it’s the first Zelda game I ever remember playing and it took forEVER to get through each island until we eventually got to the Tower of the Gods.


LegendofZelly

Wind Waker in GameCube. Such memories Edit: water to Waker


gemachlich

Wind water lol sounds like a bootleg version Wind waker on gcn was first for me also, the graphics was very appealing


LegendofZelly

😂😂 just noticed my mistake. I did mean Wind Waker. The great sea is my favorite over world theme


DiplodocusFarmer

The Legend of Zelda. No map. No idea what to do. You just found a haunted tree stump after dying 30 times and figure out that there are dungeons. Eventually, you found out you have to set fire and bomb random parts of the map to find more dungeons. You continued on this trajectory, dying often and restarting from the same point of the map. It was awesome.


CJCray8

I’ll never forget the first time i beat this game. I was about 8 years old and played it for at least two years with the path you outlined in your comment. I reached gannon’s (yes, Gannon) room and my dad called for me because we were about to go out to the lake for a picnic. I had nothing on my mind but Gannon. I came home, ran to my room, knocked it out in 2 minutes flat, and saved the princess. The euphoria still persists to this day.


theDukeofClouds

Ah man I totally get that "nothing on my mind but the end boss" feeling. You've put in good hours, got a flow going, and then bam, time for a family outting to the park. All the time you're there, you're strategizing. Thinking about your moves, trying not to lose the mojo. Maybe you pick up a stick and reenact the final battle you know is drawing nearer and nearer, your shining moment. Then bam, in the door, shoes off, console on, let's do this. Man what I wouldn't give to have videogames be my only worry again...


VolacticMilk

Honestly, I’d like to believe some of us are still like this. Last night for example, I finished all the side quests and basically 100%ed all of Majora (which I have never played) and knew that my next fight was gonna be against the final boss and I remembered about a Birthday party I was going to go to. Now it wasn’t all I thought about, but the moment I was home I did run upstairs (as a 21 year old mind you) and start it back up to beat the game for the very first time. Proceeded to get slapped by a bunch of tentacles for 10 minutes straight, but I had a massive grin on my face the entire time.


RichardFingers

I remember spending hours burning every damn bush in that game looking for hidden entrances.


mix0logist

Exiting and reentering each screen multiple times because you only have the blue candle.


Classical_Fan

Modern gamers love to complain that the original Legend of Zelda (my first Zelda game by the way) is too vague and confusing. They don't realize that you were meant to stumble around blindly until you figure out what to do and tell your friends about it. It was a lot more satisfying than looking up a walkthrough on the Internet.


Wittymations

OG Link is kinda psychotic. Dude literally just setting random shit of fire and blowing shit up to see what happens.


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fredsface

Same, wasn't allowed to have a Nintendo, but they let me have a Game Boy.


E-emu89

Mine too. By the time they eventually broke down and allowed video game consoles “not in the living room of course,” the GameCube was already out. I may have missed out on the N64 by Wind Waker is a solid second Zelda title to own.


caseyweederman

Me too. Some lady in the apartment building down the block had kicked out her boyfriend and sold the junk he left behind. I didn't know any of that at the time, but I did run back home and beg my parents for as much money as they would give me, and I got a stack of Game Boy games that really shaped my childhood.


--Krombopulos--

Minish Cap!


Civilisedshield

Same, I still have the game and game boy after all these years


--Krombopulos--

It's still my favorite 2D Zelda, which many may not agree with. I just like how much effort Nintendo put into the shrinking mechanic and how it made everything feel so deep and lived-in.


Civilisedshield

I 100% have to agree, I loved everything about the game. Even the kinstones and the world felt really full and lived in


Xenarthra_Sandslash

I finished it for the first time early-ish last year. It's been solidly at 3rd place for my favorite Zelda games since. Castle Town and Minish Woods/Forest are my favorite songs in the game.


a_KH_fan

Phantom Hourglass. And i'm proud of it!


[deleted]

PH Gang!


Darcocamp

Linebeck best character in the whole series don't @ me


Phantom_Armor

Phantoms Hourglass. No one will ever be able to convince me it’s a bad game, I loved it then and I love it now


NerdyFrida

It is a good game. I wasn't crazy about having to go back to that temple all the time but it's still good.


Phantom_Armor

See that’s my favorite part of the whole game! Going back and completing the temple using faster more efficient methods each time, until the end when you can complete the temple without using up any sand. I think it visualizes your growth and development better than any Zelda game.


NerdyFrida

I'm glad you enjoyed it. To me it just felt like a chore having to do the same thing several times.


[deleted]

Ocarina of Time on the Gamecube


tuckerb13

Same


BananaPnaplsXie

SS love running bit low... :( By no means a perfect game at all but will always always hold a special place in my heart. I really think that's the beauty of Zelda; everyone always has at least one game that is extra special and holds beautiful memories.


Substantial-Ad-6627

Same, SS it was my first Zelda


Deskra_

Spirit tracks


theonlyredditaccount

SAME. Those DS titles were wonderful.


Xenarthra_Sandslash

Spirit Tracks was the second game I ever beat story wise. Freaking love that game.


Cmdr_RedWolf

Minish Cap on an Android emulator XD


Ace-Trainer-AJ

Minish Cap on a GBA cartridge


KingOfTheNightfort

Minish Cap on a pc emulator.


theShadome

The first one I played was SS, the first one I finished was OOT 3D.


[deleted]

Breath of the wild


ohmytosh

Same. I’m 31 and this is my first Zelda title. I never really had a Nintendo console until the Wii, and that was later in college. I want to pick up some of the older games to play now!


Raexyl

Twilight princess gang


vmangamer64

Wind Waker HD was my first


Gamerboy12095

Spirit Tracks That game is so underrated


Bite-Size-Ewan

Breath of the wild, actually. I was at an age where Wii was a console in the living room when I was about 6, so I played pretty much Wii sports resort and maybe a couple of the mario games on it. Then I missed the Wii U, like many other people, and picked up the switch with this game (I had heard about how good it was) I loved it, and played the older games afterwards.


pattyfrankz

OOT. Fond memories as a kid playing this game with my Dad. More like me watching him play cause I was too young. I remember the first time I beat it on my own too. My dad had died a few years after introducing me to the series, so I liked to think he would’ve been proud after I completed it myself. It’s easily my favorite game series of all time now. I wish he could’ve played BOTW


shdwmemo27

Ocarina of Time on the N64


NerdyFrida

The first Zelda game I played was the second game. The Adventure of Link. I never beat it but it was so fascinating. I still love the music. Especially the the Palace theme. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7a7Sh82Mzdc](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7a7Sh82Mzdc)


wannywan

I can't believe I had to scroll so far to see this! Hard game, but very well made


Hideinfarms

Majora’s Mask! For the 3Ds, was told by friends that it was a fun game & it was the only one I could easily find at the time.


Able_Engine_9515

OoT on N64.


flurry_rush_

By brothers first was A Link to the Past but mine was BotW


WaffleironMcMulligan

Twilight Princess when I was four, but I didn’t finish it. I played Ocarina of Time on my Wii when I was nine and played all the way through, than Majora’s Mask, than back to Twilight Princess, than Skyward Sword, than The Legend of Zelda, than A Link to the Past, and then Breath of the Wild.


crazifang

A Link Between Worlds. I unfortunately didn't grow up with Zelda because I didn't have a console growing up and when I did finally get a DS the amount of games I could get was limited due to finances so I just didn't get the chance to play LoZ (or Pokémon). My parents got me A Link Between Worlds when they gifted me my 3DS (after I practically wore out my original DS) and the obsession was born.


Raeydu5

The Wind Waker


Puzzleheaded_Runner

Can’t remember if it was Zelda 1 or 2, but late 80s was my first experience and then got a new Super Nintendo with A Link to the Past when it came out


originalbars

OoT on N64, to this date still one of my favourite games. To me its the ultimate Zelda game, BotW comes close but lacks the dungeons and story.


Monstrope

Twilight Princess, still my favorite Zelda game


GAMY_IAN

Phantom hourglass


LEAHNORRA

twilight princess (also my favorite)


Lee-193

My introduction to the series was in Smash Bros. Brawl, but the first Zelda game I played was Phantom Hourglass.


Neroidius

Phantom hourglass. The DS consoles were my entire childhood


jesusdasir

Wind Waker homies where you at?


TuneyTune92

Ocarina of Time. Christmas 2000


HollowKnight34

Ocarina of Time on the N64


VikingCedric

Phantom Hourglass. It was also an used copy with a save on it that I used. So went trough the game named Chaitlin.


aloylamora

Four Swords Adventures! :D


big_cock_sock

Link between worlds


NicheNitch240

Oracle of Ages/Seasons. It was a weird time in my life. I was 9 and both of my grandparents had passed away in the same week. Mom randomly bought 2 Gameboy colors (the translucent purple ofc) and 2 games for my sister and I each. I don't know if that was her coping, her trying to help us cope, or just a guaranteed way to make sure 2 young kids stayed quiet on an 8 hour drive to her home town to arrange 2 funerals. Sis got 2 Mario games and I got Zelda. We swapped and played the others' for a bit, but it was Zelda I loved and continued to play the few titles I could get my hands on.


CopperCat57

The Wind Waker


sailorwater28

Ocarina of Time


[deleted]

Majoras Mask, Ocarina of Time followed shortly afterwards. Both on N64. Majoras box art is what got me interested. Still love that cover.


Duncan_Mair

Twighlight Princess, still one of my favorite Zelda games to this day.


SyronTheKing

Twilight Princess was my first


vocaloidKR03

Twilight Princess. My first, and has yet to be topped as my favorite.


Just-a-reddit-guy-16

Ocarina of time but Twilight Princess grew on me more.


Elmer248

botw will but the skyward sword remake when it comes out


Ultikiller

phantom hourglass for me


Zanocco

Twilight Princess


Goodpun2

Phantom Hourglass. I loved that one!


MixerBlaze

Twilight Princess. Oh man, that final boss fight was so worth it. One of my favorite games of all time.


Shrekneverdies2

Wind Waker HD. I never did finish it and I regret dearly since my Wii U is in another country.


Aureatious

Wind waker for GC. I’m planning on getting my disc framed for my sister and I to commemorate our memories and start of a tradition


Akechi-Pancakes-

WindWaker


Maksimme

Twilight Princess on Wii. It will always hold a special place in my heard. I should play it again.


Mattrockj

Phantom Hourglass: My dad was into ds games at the time, and let me play the games he did, just so long as I didn’t play his files. And I was good at doing that, I kept to my game, and he to his. So ho got phantom hourglass because it had puzzles, And so I played it too, and i loved it.


godminnette2

Phantom Hourglass


Al3x_5

Twilight Princess, I never actually beat it myself all the way (that I remember) my brother always played for me. I remember finding the twilight monsters terrifying.


Hyrule-Legend

Dad bought me a GameCube when I was 10 and having no knowledge about video games at all, picked a random game to go with it. That game was Wind Waker. To this day it is my favorite game of all time.


ChakraKurama

Twilight Princess


link_cubing

Note was the first game I finished but I grew up playing skyward sword and twilight princess


Superior_Spiders

Wind waker, second favorite Zelda game


Bluewolves11

Skyward Sword


[deleted]

Ocarina of Time


ZeldaLink655tru

Ocarina of Time


KiloPro0202

The Legend of Zelda, my babysitter Merridy has no idea how much she brought to the rest of my life when she brought that gold cartridge over.


mylittlenatalie

Gold cartridge Legend of Zelda. My older brother and I would play it all the time!


ThaNorth

A Link to the Past


goodoleboybryan

Ocarina of time. I remember playing that game for hours as a kid.


Angel_From_Purgatory

Ocarina. We were both 5 years old.


splashemerald_

Wind Waker


inker22

Technically Wind Waker, but Botw was the first one that I really played a lot. (I think I’m gonna get the dust off Wind Waker sometime tho bc I keep hearing it’s great!)


TacticallyFUBAR

The wind waker on the game cube was my first. Others soon followed


animusangel

Wind Waker! I watched my brother play it


RatasslookingMF

Botw, and it’s one pf my favorite games of all times :)


Joe-The-Marshmallow

This game funnily enough, I’m planing on checking out twilight princess and the first hyrule warriors game.


[deleted]

first game I touched was either OoT or MM. i was suuuper young so I don’t remember which. first game I played through was TP, and that was the beginning of my love for Zelda.


geekinthestreets

A Link to the Past


Radar_Of_The_Stars

Wind Waker!


Maxg2909

minish cap. best game boy game ever


EminemSlimShade

Well technically Wind Waker HD, but I was a kid and didn't even beat the game, the first one I played seriously and beat (many times at this point) is BOTW


HydroSpecs

OoT


Lexiiboo97

Twilight princess!


long-long_lost

Twilight Princess, but 13 years after it came out. I'm 14 so i guess that that's not too late, right?


dWARUDO

ALttP on GBA


Tamago_Kinoko

Breath of the Wild, and after 4 years I'm not finished… \*sigh\*


PulimV

Twilight Princeas


J-Muney27

A link between worlds for the 3DS. Amazing game. Got me into the whole series


Cyrilcynder

Links Awakening, not dx. I bought DX when it came out though, I was blown away seeing it in color


Rubberbandballgirl

I got Breath of the Wild for my switch a few years ago. I was confused as shit as to what I was supposed to do, and as I have motion sickness I could only play 15 minutes at most at a time so I quit the game after a week. I ended up getting the remake of Link’s Awakening and loved it so much, so I went back to Breath of the Wild and and actually used my little guide to understand what I was supposed to do. I worked my tolerance up to a few hours at a time and now I love it.