After much adventuring, stone-collecting, and Triforce-mongering, we determined our collective favorite Zelda games.
http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/feature/35505
With the next month or two being a banner year for Zelda games, including an HD remake of a beloved GameCube classic and a sequel to one of the greatest Super Nintendo games, we figured it would be fun to get together and determine what the best Zelda games was, at least in our opinion.
20+ staffers submitted their personal Top 10 lists, and we tabulated all the votes to determine our collective Top 10 list was. There were some surprises and some no-brainers. Likely, you'll disagree with our ordering, but isn't that the magic of Top 10 lists? Sometimes you'll get Nayru's Love, and other times you'll get Din's Fire.
Well, Magic Cow, If you still have your gamecube or a Wii that plays gamecube games then of coarse you can still play. For some odd reason Four Swords Adventures wasn't a very popular Zelda game. My wife and I bought it and the 2 needed cables in 2009 for a pretty good price. Turns out the game is even cheaper now and if you don't have 2 GBAs already they are really cheap too. I checked out ebay for you
Here's a copy of the game that comes with 2 cables
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Legend-of-Zelda-Four-Swords-Adventures-with-2-Link-Cables-/111175171081?pt=Video_Games_Games&hash=item19e28e7c09 (http://www.ebay.com/itm/Legend-of-Zelda-Four-Swords-Adventures-with-2-Link-Cables-/111175171081?pt=Video_Games_Games&hash=item19e28e7c09)
Here's someone selling 2 GBAs
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Game-Boy-Advance-/261290650299?pt=Video_Games&hash=item3cd622eabb (http://www.ebay.com/itm/Game-Boy-Advance-/261290650299?pt=Video_Games&hash=item3cd622eabb)
Here's someone selling a single GBA
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Nintendo-Game-Boy-Advance-Black-Handheld-System-/271279282382?pt=Video_Games&hash=item3f298158ce (http://www.ebay.com/itm/Nintendo-Game-Boy-Advance-Black-Handheld-System-/271279282382?pt=Video_Games&hash=item3f298158ce)
I'd guess you could be playing this game pretty easily and pretty cheap considering what's all required. And no you don't need 4 players to enjoy this game, but you do need at least 2 I wouldn't recommend playing it by yourself.
I think MM is vastly different largely because it reused the graphics of OoT. Nintendo probably figured that the reused graphics would be a hard sell so they made damn sure to make MM stand out as unique.
The fact that WW had backlash but MM did not demonstrates that the fans don't hate change in general, but just weren't happy with the specific change regarding WW's graphics. And frankly if that "realistic" Zelda footage from Spaceworld was never shown then there wouldn't have been nearly the same level of backlash.
This is why I suspect the upcoming Wii U Zelda will be like Ocarina of Time and Twilight Princess again in both look and gameplay.Good, in terms of look.
I welcome all guesses about the Top 4, though I won't confirm until it gets posted!
I'm infamously not a fan of Link to the Past, and thus it wasn't on my list, which may have thrown off the numbers a bit. If so, I apologize to all the people who are wrong and would rank that game that high on this list.
Only the final two to be revealed, eh?The top two are on the CDi
So, the winner is now super obvious. It's by far the best Zelda game, and one of the best games of all time.
Clearly, our winner will be...
Link's Crossbow Training.
Called it!
I'm infamously not a fan of Link to the Past, and thus it wasn't on my list, which may have thrown off the numbers a bit. If so, I apologize to all the people who are wrong and would rank that game that high on this list.Yoouuuu!! Insanity Level: User Name Earned :P
And for the record, one trolling staffer voted for Shadow of the Colossus.
Can someone explain to me why everyone claims to love Link's awakening?How do you explain this to someone who doesn't like it? It basically breaks down to some people enjoy things that other people don't. All the reasons why you dislike Link's Awakening, everyone who likes the game probably feels the opposite. I won't tell you that you're wrong or stupid for thinking it's boring (though I'm sure there's a relevant Liz Lemon gif for how I feel). I didn't enjoy Skyward Sword overall, but I can imagine why people liked it, except the part where Link has to collect the Song of the Hero. I detested that part and I don't think I've read anyone say they genuinely enjoyed it, rather they didn't hate it. There are a few things that I'd chalk up to "not for me" (e.g. motion control sword fighting, playing the harp, the entirety of the Silent Realm) then a bunch of varying annoyances (e.g. terrible story, cliche characters, everything about Fi).
Adrock brings up an interesting point in the final paragraph of his last post. While I share his opinions on the game itself, Link's Awakening was truly an amazing game when it was originally released because it was not only a friggin' portable Zelda, but it was a huge, enormously ambitious Zelda that rivaled its SNES counterpart in everything except graphics. It was an amazing thing at the time that will never be replicated, so those Zelda fans who weren't around for it simply won't have that same appreciation for the game.
Just to further confuse things, despite the similarities, LTTP wasn't on my list but Link's Awakening was #2. That's probably directly related to the contexts in which I played them, though.
Adrock brings up an interesting point in the final paragraph of his last post. While I share his opinions on the game itself, Link's Awakening was truly an amazing game when it was originally released because it was not only a friggin' portable Zelda, but it was a huge, enormously ambitious Zelda that rivaled its SNES counterpart in everything except graphics. It was an amazing thing at the time that will never be replicated, so those Zelda fans who weren't around for it simply won't have that same appreciation for the game.
I only played Link's Awakening for the first time when it was released on 3DS eShop and I absolutely fell in love with it. I guess you could argue that because I never played it when it was originally released I'll never truly understand what it felt like to play it on a Gameboy, to be blown away by the technical achievement of having a game of that scope on a handheld; on the other hand I do think that the game stands on it's own merits and could be just as enjoyable today as it was back then. It certainly helps that I'm already inclined towards deriving pleasure from classic games, but I really do think Link's Awakening has stood the test of time.
