Zelda recommendation

[Perversion]

I recently procured that preorder Zelda GC disc with OoT and Master Quest, as well as the cel-da game, and the GC version of Twilight Princess. I'm kinda in the mood to play a Zelda game in the near future, so of these, which should I play?


On a related note, the only Zelda games I've ever played are the original NES version, Zelda 2 for NES, and OoT. I know the SNES version is on the Wii VC, but I've never played it, nor Majora's Mask, which I've heard from a number of people is highly underrated. Is Majora's Mask on the VC? And not including the 4 Swords thing(s), are there any other console (ie-not handheld) Zelda games I'm forgetting about?

And I was able to get the GC Twilight Princess for $27 on closeout from my work. Was it worth it? I think I'd rather play Zelda the old fashioned way, instead of waving the damn Wiimote around, but I've also heard the Wii version is superior, and that the wagglin' is fairly fun and intuitive.


Comments?

[John Mora]

Re: Zelda recommendation

Play Wind Waker first, so you won't realize how easy its puzzles are or how few dungeons it has until you've already enjoyed it.

[Alex]

Re: Zelda recommendation

My favorite is Link's Awakening for the Game Boy.

Did you play all of Ocarina of Time? If not, play that one.

[Toaster]

Re: Zelda recommendation

What John Mora said. It's a thoroughly enjoyable game, but unfortunately, everyone else used Ocarina of Time as a benchmark for measuring Wind Waker and it was OMG CELDA AND TOO MUCH SAILING.

Majora's Mask is criminally underlooked, but you might might want to hold off on playing that one until you have played Ocarina and have kind of "mastered"/"gotten tired of" the Zelda flow. Otherwise you'll get frustrated and not be able to appreciate just how different Majora's Mask truly is.

So...

1. Wind Waker.
2. Ocarina of Time.
3. Majora's Mask.

Throw in A Link to the Past if you feel like it, whenever.

[Red Dragon]

Re: Zelda recommendation

Majora's Mask?

Yeah, I got nothin'

[John Mora]

Re: Zelda recommendation

Majora's Mask isn't on Virtual Console, BTW. You'll only be able to get it on that OTHER Zelda compilation disc. People are speculating that Nintendo is going to have trouble emulating the expansion pak-required games on the VC.

[Funk]

Re: Zelda recommendation

1. Link To The Past.
2. Ocarina of Time.
3. Everything else.

[Perversion]

Re: Zelda recommendation

My favorite is Link's Awakening for the Game Boy.

Did you play all of Ocarina of Time? If not, play that one.

Heh. Well, I played literally up until I had just finished the last dungeon, and was ready/able to fight Ganon(dorf....whatever his name was in that one), and I just kinda put it down and never played it again.


Some weird complex I have about finishing things I start, I guess.

[John Mora]

Re: Zelda recommendation

Yeah, I'd also play Link to the Past first. Because playing it after you've played all the others sort of drains it of its charms.

[Kefka Jr.]

Re: Zelda recommendation

I'm goan have to say start with Link to the Past as well.

[marcus]

Re: Zelda recommendation

I think Miyamoto chose the cel-shaded style for Wind Waker on purpose because the story is pretty damn dark. It starts out simple enough and then it hits you what happened after OoT and then Ganondorf makes his final speach and all you can say is "Damn."

Majora's Mask is... okay. I appreciated the whimsical and fey inspired universe and being able to transform because Zelda's equipment and puzzles are starting to get boring, but the game suffers from linear level design and after a while constantly going BACK IN TIME gets stale quick.

[Duel]

Re: Zelda recommendation

I liked Link To The Past.

I kind of liked Wind Waker.

[Vonwert]

Re: Zelda recommendation

My favorites are Link's Awakening for Gameboy and Majora's Mask for N64. Each set a dark mood which I like.

[John Mora]

Re: Zelda recommendation

I think Miyamoto chose the cel-shaded style for Wind Waker on purpose because the story is pretty damn dark. It starts out simple enough and then it hits you what happened after OoT and then Ganondorf makes his final speach and all you can say is "Damn."

I appreciated the fact that Ganondorf's the friggin' hero practically in that one.

[marcus]

Re: Zelda recommendation

I almost couldn't finish Link's Awakening because I knew awakening the Wind Fish would *** SPOILERS ***
kill everyone
*** END SPOILERS ***
.

I appreciated the fact that Ganondorf's the friggin' hero practically in that one.

Final speech on his tower

*** SPOILERS ***
Ganondorf: My country lay within a vast desert. When the sun rose into the sky, a burning wind punished my lands, searing the world. And when the moon climbed into the dark of night, a frigid gale pierced our homes. No matter when it came, the wind carried the same thing... Death. But the winds that blew across the green fields of Hyrule brought something other than suffering and ruin. I coveted that wind, I suppose. It can only be called fate... That here. I would again gather the three with the crests... That I should lay my hand on that which grants the wishes of the beholder... That when power, wisdom, and courage come together, the gods would have no choice but to come down... The power of the gods... The Triforce! He who touches it will have whatever he desires granted! Already, the crest of wisdom is mine... All that remains...

*** END SPOILERS ***


Then you kill him and

*** SPOILERS ***
Ganondorf: The wind... it is... blowing...

*** END SPOILERS ***


MANLY TEARS WERE SHED