Post by: GoldenPhoenix on November 05, 2006, 09:50:50 PM
1. The Final Battle with Ganon in OOT
2. The Dark World in Zelda: LTTP. I will never forget the thrill I got when I first encountered the dark world, it was so strange and was packed with emotion
3. Getting to Ganon in the original Zelda without the silver arrow (yeah that was brutal). Hey just seeing Ganon for the first time was great!
4. The Dodonga battle in OOT, I don't why this has stuck with me but I consider it one of the coolest and most awe inspiring battles
5. Hyrule stuck in time in Wind Waker. This is probaly one of the most amazing moments I've encountered in any game, the atmosphere there was breathtaking
6. The story and characters in Wind Waker. I can't choose a favorite but I have no doubt in my mind that Zelda; Wind Waker had some of the most deep characters of any Zelda game, not to mention the most emotional!
7. Well since this is the Wii thread, I am going to have to list Zelda: TPs first trailer that had horseback fighting, that was exhilarating!
8. Hyrule Field in Zelda: OOT. I remember being in awe of how huge the game was, it was a dream come true.
9. Getting the Master Sword in Zelda: LTTP.
10. Getting warped into the future in Zelda: OOT and seeing the destruction of Hyrule
Post by: Arbok on November 05, 2006, 09:57:41 PM
6. Dark World (yes that was a very memorable part for me too, especially walking in as a human bunny...)
5. Play as Link in Smash Bros in Hyrule (man I miss that level)
4. Finally getting to take Epona out in the open in Ocarina of Time
3. Facing off against Ganondorf in Ocarina of Time
2. Facing off against Ganon in Ocarina of Time
1. Unlocking Ganondorf in Melee (so awesome...)
Post by: 31 Flavas on November 05, 2006, 09:59:22 PM
Post by: RiskyChris on November 05, 2006, 10:29:52 PM
Post by: Cortez the Kiler on November 05, 2006, 10:38:36 PM
Post by: GoldenPhoenix on November 05, 2006, 11:01:47 PM
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Originally posted by: Cortez the Kiler
The opening part of LTTP. For some reason the first hour of that game is tattooed into my brain. I remember stepping out into the rain and getting a shiver. I now realize that the previous sentence was the geekiest I have ever written but it is also very true. After that would be the first ride with Epona. That was a truly breathtaking experience.
I forgot all about the opening part of LTTP (which is a shame on me since it is my favorite Zelda) that was a truly amazing gaming experience. What really got to me was when Link's uncle died after giving up the sword, for a game that didn't have much dialogue that scene was quite powerful.
Post by: Smoke39 on November 05, 2006, 11:17:49 PM
Exploring the Deku Tree early on in OoT.
The cutscene with Saria when you leave Kokiri Forest in OoT.
Wandering around Zora's Domain for the first time in OoT. Though not particularly big, I had fun running around exploring their watery cave, and diving from the top of the waterfall.
Post by: GoldenPhoenix on November 06, 2006, 12:14:58 AM
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Originally posted by: Smoke39
The entire final scene with Ganondorf in WW. The setting, the dialogue, Ganon's demise, the flooding, I really liked it all. Ganondorf seemed to have so much more personality in that game than the others. I really liked what they did with his character.
Exploring the Deku Tree early on in OoT.
The cutscene with Saria when you leave Kokiri Forest in OoT.
Wandering around Zora's Domain for the first time in OoT. Though not particularly big, I had fun running around exploring their watery cave, and diving from the top of the waterfall.
Oh yeah it was great to see Ganondorf actually have a personality in the game, it made him a much more complex character than "Evil wizard who becomes a pig faced monster"
Post by: Bill Aurion on November 06, 2006, 12:37:29 AM
2. "The Storm" in Wind Waker (Traveling from Windfall to Outset after you get bombs)...
3. Making my way through the Lost Woods in order to find the Master Sword in LttP...
4. Making my way through the Lost Woods to find Saria and learning Saria's Song in OoT... (Obsession with forests GET!)
5. Final battle in Wind Waker...
6. Landing on Dragon Roost Island in Wind Waker (Mmmm, music...)
Post by: Nick DiMola on November 06, 2006, 01:15:08 AM
7. The introduction to LttP where you go through the storm into the castle
6. Walking out of the Kokiri Forest for the first time into Hyrule Field in OoT
5. Final Battle OoT
4. Spending countless hours trying to find the triforce OoT, and in turn seeing every nook and cranny of the game.
3. Final Battle WW (so epic and awesome)
2. First time playing the original LoZ
1. Facing Gannon(LoZ) for the first time as a 5 year old and whooping his blue a$$
Post by: KDR_11k on November 06, 2006, 01:16:17 AM
Post by: Mario on November 06, 2006, 01:58:46 AM
- Wind Waker end credits music
- Playing in Outset Island (pot lady + other random stuff)
- First playing Wind Waker and saying wow at the visuals
- Majoras Mask end credits music
- Majoras Mask everything else
- Lost Woods music in LTTP
- Everything else is one awesome blur
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Post by: Shecky on November 06, 2006, 02:39:40 AM
Isn't this against regs?
Edit: Made the joke clear that it's the games in the Zelda series. Sheesh people.
Post by: MaryJane on November 06, 2006, 02:40:25 AM
-The way Link looked at his ocarina after learning a song (OoT)
Post by: couchmonkey on November 06, 2006, 05:49:22 AM
- The entire first three days of Majora's Mask
- Entering the Moon in Majora's Mask.
- Many more scenes from MM - almost everything about the game's story is memorable.
- The entire final sequence with Ganon in the Wind Waker
- Finding the Pirates on Windfall Island during the storm in Wind Waker
- First returning to Hyrule as an adult in Ocarina of Time
- Trying out each new instrument on the Wind Fish's Egg in Link's Awakening
- Credit theme from A Link to the Past
- Opening sequence from A Link to the Past
- Opening screen/music in The Legend of Zelda
Post by: Hostile Creation on November 06, 2006, 07:37:19 AM
Mind you, only certain ones are actual events in the games. Most of the really memorable things for me are things I did in the game, that meant something to me, that you didn't necessarily have to do.
- The ending of Link's Awakening.
- Holding my Gameboy to my ear for minutes at a time, just listening to the music at Mt. Tamaranch (Link's Awakening)
- Running around in the windmill for minutes at a time, just listening to the Song of Storms (Ocarina of Time)
- For some reason, I really loved teleporting in Ocarina of Time.
- Arriving on the moon in Majora's Mask.
- Sneaking around Gerudo fortress even when I didn't need to.
- Spending mucho time in Lon Lon Ranch, hanging out with Maron, riding Epona, listening to the music, and attacking chickens.
- Entire ending to Wind Waker.
- Finally beating the second dungeon in Link's Awakening, after three years of being stuck not finding the master key (found it by coincidence one day).
- Exploring and running about the Lost Woods and the Kokori Village.
- Fooling about in Kakariko, hookshotting from roof to roof.
- Sailing in Wind Waker, and hanging out at the cabana just relaxing myself through the game.
- Utilizing the Bunny Hood in Majora's Mask.
More later, perhaps. I haven't even mentioned Minish Cap or LttP and several others, and I haven't nearly covered everything in the games I have mentioned.
Post by: Ian Sane on November 06, 2006, 07:58:54 AM
My brother wanted to get a copy of Madden '94 because it was a five player game and thus we could make full use of our Super Multitap (apparently four-player games like Slam Masters and NBA Jam weren't good enough). A friend at school was willing to sell him Madden '94 and ended up throwing in LttP FOR FREE!! Madden was whatever and soon we started playing Zelda. We didn't have the instructions so we relied on the in-game help to figure out what to do. As a result we thought that all you had to do was get the three pendents and kill Agahnim to beat the game. At the time all my brothers and I played were action games that if you were good enough to beat only took at most an hour. LttP was already long enough to require us to save so just the three dungeons seemed like a fair length to us. Imagine our surprise when we appeared on the Pyramid of Power in the Golden Land and found out we were not even halfway through. That is my greatest gaming moment period and one that wouldn't have happened if we bought the game new. I'm now familiar enough with games to know that there wouldn't be talk about the Golden Land or the brief dimensional travel prior to the third dungeon without the player going to the Golden Land outright. But at the time I didn't know better and got a fantastic surprise as a result.
My second best memory is the beginning of every Zelda game. That's the "I'm playing a new Zelda!!" feeling and it is always absolute joy. Just exploring that first area and getting introduced to the characters provides a feeling of wonder every time.
Post by: King of Twitch on November 06, 2006, 08:17:28 AM
It's an adventure you can trudge through at your own pace; a world where the characters go about their simple lives without worrying about the evil that supposedly is going to engulf their world, and a great metaphor for the real one.
Post by: Smash_Brother on November 06, 2006, 08:47:55 AM
And the songs, oh yes, the songs...
My sister and I can probably both still recall nearly all of the OoT songs.
I find the song of time still gets stuck in my head on occasion...
Post by: SuperCube on November 06, 2006, 08:57:10 AM
And, any battle that involved the Iron Knuckles (fighting two at once in OoT was definitely awesome) *nod*
Post by: JonLeung on November 06, 2006, 09:05:28 AM
For tense moments, you can't beat grabbing the Ocarina from the Skull Kid as you're about to rewind time for the first time, avoiding a possible end of the world, or finishing Anju and Kafei's sidequest, which can only be done at the end of the last day. Tense moments involving time in Majora's Mask can't be topped by any other Zelda game since they don't have a time system. You know what will happen if you run out of time and you want to finish your quest so you can obtain the mask to prove that you did it when you rewind time before it's too late.
There are a lot of other great moments in the other games, but I wanted Majora's Mask to get some more love here.
Here's a moment that's my least favorite, from Four Swords Adventures...delivering the final blow to Ganon, and as he finishes dying, the game returns to the title screen because one of our GBAs' batteries ran out. Seeing as how we were literally at the end sequence, there was no need to make us replay the whole last stage when the other player could've gone through the ending if there was any dialogue to be "A button prompted". Okay, it's not a moment in the game, but rather out of the game, but with the impeccable timing of the battery death I figured I should at least mention it. Does battery outage require a SPOILER warning?
Post by: NWR_pap64 on November 06, 2006, 09:08:57 AM
- The title screen for "Ocarina of time"
- Getting away with stealing in A Link's awakening, then getting punished for it
- Me being the kamikaze Link in a Zelda: 4 swords adventure session with my friends
- Reuniting Anju and Kafei in Majora's mask
- How the game got darker as the end was nearing in Majora's mask
- ALL of the Ocarina songs in Ocarina of time
- Link getting the "invisible" tunic in Wind waker
- The final battle in Majora's mask
- When Young Link saves the Goron tribe in OoT, then runs away from the Goron's affection
- The ending to OoT
- The intro to Link's awakening (simple, but epic and powerful)
- When Ganondorf slaps Zelda silly in WW (I know its cruel, but comes out as being un-intentionally funny).
- Seeing the destruction of Hyrule for the first time in OoT
Post by: couchmonkey on November 06, 2006, 09:40:40 AM
I agree with Ian on the opening - it's always fun to start a new Zelda game, and practically all of them have a good opening.
"I like men" - I have no idea what I was going to write here, I got distracted by work, but I think I'll leave this comment in here for posterity's sake.
Post by: Spak-Spang on November 06, 2006, 09:43:33 AM
10) Shadow Link in OoT
9) The Animation and Style of Wind Waker (Seeing it for the first time was breathtaking)
8) Find the First Dungeon in the NES Legend of Zelda
7) The Dark World of Link to the Past (Turning into a Rabbit and all)
6) Playing the Twillight Princess Demo at Nintendo Fusion Tour
5) OoT Ghost Ship in the Spirit Temple
4) Playing 4 swords with 4 people. Devious, Fun, Frustrating and pure Joy.
3) Wind Waker Ending Battle and Death Blow
2) The Forest Temple in OoT
1) Pulling the Master Sword in Link to the Past
Post by: zakkiel on November 06, 2006, 09:44:33 AM
- The phantom Ganon battle. Just the whole idea of having him ride out of paintings fit so well with the creepiness of the Forest Temple (which still remains my favorite Zelda dungeon, by far)
- Calling the giants to save Termina.
- Getting to the underwater Hyrule in WW.
I would list more, but I realized they would all be OoT moments, and they would amount to basically a summary of the game. Smash_Brother, I completely agree about the music.
Post by: TrueNerd on November 06, 2006, 09:45:48 AM
- The music. Just about all of it.
- When Hyrule Castle gets unfrozen in Wind Waker and all the color seeps back in. Amazing.
- The Sheik reveal. Glad that little twist wasn't ruined for me.
- The Water Temple. Best dungeon ever.
However, none of those moments were as wonderful or memorable for me as this one:
- The final blow in Wind Waker. I consider it to be the finest single moment that any video game has to offer.
Post by: Kairon on November 06, 2006, 09:56:18 AM
-The Legend of Zelda (NES) Opening Title Screen and music
-The Legend of Zelda (NES) Ganon Fight
-The Legend of Zelda: Link to the Past: getting the Master Sword in the Lost Woods
-The Legend of Zelda OoT Title Sequence
-The Legend of Zelda OoT end scene where Navi flies away to a musical crescendo
~Carmine M. Red
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Post by: Famicom on November 06, 2006, 10:05:52 AM
-Battle with Ganon in OoT.
-Battle with Gannondorf in WW.
-First walking into the castle-like area of Forest Temple in OoT.
-Boss fight in Forest Temple in OoT.
-ENTIRE Water Temple in OoT.
-Me and my friend topping each other's fishing records over the course of a week in OoT.
-First appearance of Shiek in OoT.
-Learning Gannondorf had a HOME TOWN and I actually got to GO THERE (Gerudo) in OoT.
-Fighting those giant armors in that desert temple in OoT.
-Seeing Hyrule frozen in time in WW.
-Learning the boss of a certain dark world dungeon in LttP was the person you lead to the boss room in the first place.
-That crazy castle dungeon in MM where you have to flip the whole place upside down and do the other side.
-Stealing from the shop in LA and being called Thief all game (and getting blasted to hell when you get caught).
-Parting ways with the forest chick who gives you the Ocarina in OoT (beautiful moment on the bridge).
-One of the Oracle games acknowledging I was playing the game on a GBA.
-Beating....one of the dungeons on Oracle of Ages (sorry, very hazy memory, but I was really happy I did it).
Contrary to the list, I have plenty more LttP moments, but they're all painful memories because I sucked pretty bad at the game.
Post by: Smash_Brother on November 06, 2006, 10:06:15 AM
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Originally posted by: zakkiel Smash_Brother, I completely agree about the music.
I'm whistling the Minuet of the Forest right now...and the Bolero of Fire...Prelude of Light...Zelda's Lullaby...
I still remember how breathtakingly dramatic it was when Shiek showed up to teach you these songs, especially the Bolero of Fire, and it's been far too long, but Shiek described it as a "song of friendship" or something along those lines, and how the camera shots of Shiek and Link were absolutely perfect while the song was playing after you learned it.
OoT was my first Zelda and, needless to say, I was blown away by it. The music so absolutely made the game what it was. I mean, everything was perfect, but the music and how the player's input regarding the music made such a difference in the gameplay was what truly, truly made the game great.
I wish they brought the Ocarina back for more Zelda games...
Post by: Ian Sane on November 06, 2006, 10:43:39 AM
Sometimes you don't guess the correct item and walk all the way over there only for it to not work. That just makes finding the real item more rewarding.
Post by: UltimatePartyBear on November 06, 2006, 10:48:10 AM
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Originally posted by: Smash_Brother
When Link saluted the giant skeleton in MM.
YES! A prime example of the kind of thing I love Zelda for. I finally came up with a description for it: Whimsical Melancholy. A Zelda game is silly and funny one moment, then depressing or deeply moving the next.
My list, in no particular order and leaving out some of the ones that have been repeated over and over:
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Post by: Smash_Brother on November 06, 2006, 10:59:14 AM
In the opening of Majora's Mask, when the cutscene was explaining how Link was headed back to the forest to see "a friend", my sister and I both said in amazement and in perfect synchronization, "Saria..."
When I found out it was Skull Kid, I was severely disappointed, to say the least...
Post by: UltimatePartyBear on November 06, 2006, 11:10:21 AM
Post by: Smash_Brother on November 06, 2006, 11:12:52 AM
You're probably right, though...
Post by: Crimm on November 06, 2006, 11:19:59 AM
- Putting on the Giant's Mask in Majora's Mask
- "Ganon" in the last battle of OoT
- Bunny Link Link to the Past
- "It's a secret to everybody" Legend of Zelda
Post by: couchmonkey on November 06, 2006, 12:42:58 PM
Hey, did I just imagine it, or did Link's Uncle tell him, "ZELDA IS YOUR..." and then nobody ever explained it or mentioned it ever again in A Link to the Past?
Post by: Kairon on November 06, 2006, 12:54:28 PM
~Carmine M. Red
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Post by: Bill Aurion on November 06, 2006, 01:37:41 PM
(From what localization teams have said in the past, it was "destiny"...)
(Edit: Just fired up the game, and it seems they removed the line, I thought I remembered it differently...)
Post by: Kairon on November 06, 2006, 01:43:44 PM
~Carmine M. Red
Kairon@aol.com
Post by: Shecky on November 06, 2006, 02:10:23 PM
Let her die and the whole series is done!
Post by: Crimm on November 06, 2006, 03:21:32 PM
Post by: RiskyChris on November 06, 2006, 04:38:20 PM
Post by: GoldenPhoenix on November 06, 2006, 04:59:15 PM
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Originally posted by: PartyBear
I always thought he was looking for Navi. During the text that says he was looking for a friend, you could hear the sound of a fairy flying. The fact that he ultimately didn't find her (he was still riding on his journey in the end) was another great thing about that game.
That is why the game is nothing more than spinoff and not a true Zelda game since it had no real purpose.
Post by: Nile Boogie on November 06, 2006, 05:08:15 PM
Post by: zakkiel on November 06, 2006, 06:18:57 PM
QuoteYes, indeed. I'm deeply disappointed that they decided to go with a single travel song for MM and WW. If you want to travel in Zelda, by God you better summon some manhood and memorize those songs. They were gorgeous and really added both to the identity of the places you could travel and to a sense of depth around the Ocarina mechanic.
I'm whistling the Minuet of the Forest right now...and the Bolero of Fire...Prelude of Light...Zelda's Lullaby...
I still remember how breathtakingly dramatic it was when Shiek showed up to teach you these songs, especially the Bolero of Fire, and it's been far too long, but Shiek described it as a "song of friendship" or something along those lines, and how the camera shots of Shiek and Link were absolutely perfect while the song was playing after you learned it.
Post by: IceCold on November 06, 2006, 07:37:42 PM
- The entire original LoZ for NES, from beginning to end. I consider it the purest Zelda game, and everything was truly fresh and completely new to me
- Finding out why Link's Awakening was titled that way
- The MUSIC - when you first hear the main theme in each game, Song of Storms (OoT), Gerudo Fortress (OoT), Dragon Roost Island (WW), Song of Time (OoT)
- Parrying for the first time in WW - so awesome - which ties in to the final blow to the "humanised" Ganondorf
- Swimming in MM
Post by: Mario on November 06, 2006, 07:42:48 PM
Post by: Smash_Brother on November 06, 2006, 07:48:09 PM
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Originally posted by: zakkiel If you want to travel in Zelda, by God you better summon some manhood and memorize those songs. They were gorgeous and really added both to the identity of the places you could travel and to a sense of depth around the Ocarina mechanic.
YES!
The way the screen filled with the glowing texture of the song you just played captured that essence perfectly, and the song would just be finishing as Link was transformed into a glowing light and whisked into the heavens if you selected "Yes" immediately.
Man...OoT wasn't a game, it was an event...
Post by: Hostile Creation on November 06, 2006, 08:03:49 PM
OH YEAH
I did that too, except not for the heart piece but because I thought I was supposed to go that way. I eventually got it (after HOURS) and then I had no place to go and I realized my mistake. Made it to the actual destination on the first or second try, after that. :P
Post by: TrueNerd on November 06, 2006, 08:09:42 PM
Post by: WuTangTurtle on November 07, 2006, 12:29:49 AM
Oh and my new Avatar gets to be put to use fairly well....
Post by: Dasmos on November 07, 2006, 02:02:15 AM
3. Just sitting back and looking at the amazing scenery, it truly is awe-inspiring. Every other game looks broing in comparison.
2. Underwater Hyrule coming to life after pulling out the Master Sword.
1. The final fight with Ganondorf, absolutely my favourite boss fight ever.
Post by: KnowsNothing on November 07, 2006, 04:43:42 AM
YES. I LOVED that place <3
My favorite moments are (in no order):
1. Final sequence in Wind Waker. Seriously, best ending. The puppet battle was the for serious final battle, Ganondorf's battle was there just for effect. It was beautiful, and the last sequence was one of the most gorgeous and emotional Zelda scenes ever. Win.
2. Hyrule frozen in time in WW. Especially cool since you KNEW you were eventually going to fight all those guys.
3. Getting Epona for the first time. That was exciting.
4. Getting the transformation masks in MM. ROOOOOOLL AROOOOUND.
5. Final sequence in OoT. All from opening the bridge to escaping the castle. Breathtaking, especially climbing the staircase to Ganondorf's chamber.
6. First getting OoT and watching the title screen.
7. Opening the egg in Link's Awakening (plus the ending). For some reason, when I did that I really felt that I had worked and earned my way to fight the boss. I felt that everything I had done up to that point was significant, and for some reason the other games weren't really like that.
8. Forest Temple in OoT. Fantastic boss battle.
9. Learning a new song an OoT. Any new song. That was an awesome feeling.
10. Whole Temple of Time scene in OoT. Getting sword, growing up, destruction of Hyrule, etc.
11. Actually basically everything in OoT, as TP approaches I'm remembering how awesome that game is and how much it means to me auuugh deep emotional bond to a game i'm such a nerd
12. Clock Town in MM. Wow. THE MOON, OMG. THREE DAYS OMG. GO GO GO.
13. Just reading through some of these other ones.....yeah, hookshottin' in Kakariko was great fun.
14. THE MUSIC. This one wins over all the others. ALL the music, especially OoT. Zelda music will always be special to me, whenever I hear it I I just feel great. There's just something magical about it. Specifically, Gerudo Fortress, Zora's Domain, Dragon Roost Island, Ballad of the Windfish, that mountain in LA whose name escapes me, and then the obvious stuff like the main theme and stuff.
woah firefox 2 has spellcheck =ooo
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Finally beating the second dungeon in Link's Awakening, after three years of being stuck not finding the master key (found it by coincidence one day).
That was a bitch. That's the ONE part in LA that I HATE, and it totally ruins the dungeon for me. You have to kill those damned enemies in the correct order. How was little me supposed to figure that out ;___; I ended up calling the now defunct Nintendo Help Line, and then got yelled at when my mom saw the phone bill =s
Post by: Bill Aurion on November 07, 2006, 05:21:54 AM
Post by: Hostile Creation on November 07, 2006, 05:22:11 AM
Oh yes. It took me, altogether, about eight years to beat that game. Three of them were spent being stuck on that one dungeon, but I still played it (I generally only played it on vacations, so that was another reason for it being spaced out) constantly, uncovering everything I could until I got that key. And the day I finished it, I had gotten back from some short trip and I realized I was so close to the end that I couldn't stop. Playing all those instruments, the Ballad of the Windfish (which is awesome), going through the maze in the egg, and finally fighting the Nightmare and what happened after. I slipped into a sort of euphoria. It stands as the single most magnificent moment of my gaming life, and not just because of the ending (which is great), but because I remembered everything I'd done to get there, all the hours I'd spent backtracking, spending two years carrying Bow-Wow around because I couldn't beat the second dungeon, all the enemies I'd fought, every magical experience you have in the game. . . it was just this cumulative eight years of gaming bliss.
I could rave about Link's Awakening until the sun went down.
Post by: Ian Sane on November 07, 2006, 06:37:51 AM
I always assumed before I beat it that that title was a reference to Link waking up on the beach after being shipwrecked at the beginning of the game.
Post by: Caterkiller on November 07, 2006, 07:02:48 AM
But i'll never forget after about 2 years of constantly wandering around with that first mushroom you pick you up, I finaly gave it to the Wich! And I thought I was giving it to her befor, but it just seemed she never wanted it, I guess I just wasnt equiping it right. From then on... Oh man!
Taking the giant Chomb, Bow wow out for walks! The Flying Rooster was sooooo awesome! Every time I got a new instrument I took it to the Wind Fish's Egg just to listen to the music.
The Eagles Tower was probably the most difficult Zelda temple I ever played. As a matter of fact LA was probably the hardest Zelda I ever played.
TP can't come soon enough.
Post by: Ceric on November 07, 2006, 07:16:35 AM
Beating the Original and realizing there was a Second Quest and it was different.
LttP Comic in Nintendo Power. I really enjoyed that comic interpretation of the game.
Reading Bits and Pieces of this make me want to summon my full endurance and finish WW. I just have the Triforce to go. I can endure the ocean madness.
Post by: Griffin on November 07, 2006, 07:25:30 AM
(I think I beat Ceric)
Post by: RiskyChris on November 07, 2006, 07:57:29 AM
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Originally posted by: KnowsNothingQuote
Finally beating the second dungeon in Link's Awakening, after three years of being stuck not finding the master key (found it by coincidence one day).
That was a bitch. That's the ONE part in LA that I HATE, and it totally ruins the dungeon for me. You have to kill those damned enemies in the correct order. How was little me supposed to figure that out ;___; I ended up calling the now defunct Nintendo Help Line, and then got yelled at when my mom saw the phone bill =s
Oh dear. Oh dear oh dear...
That stupid room! That's probably the most memorable dungeon moment in any game, ever, for me. How ridiculous!
Post by: King of Twitch on November 07, 2006, 08:35:17 AM
Post by: Adrock on November 07, 2006, 10:26:12 AM
2. Getting the fake Master Sword in A Link to the Past and a thief running into me and stealing my Rupees
3. Ganondorf pimp-slapping Zelda in Wind Waker.
4. The cut-scene with Saria before entering Hyrule Field.
5. Laughing at the crappy "Shiek is Zelda in disguise" plot twist. How could that have tricked anyone?
6. Realizing that there's a switch in the Forest Temple that I can shoot to twist the hallway.
7. Beating the final boss of Link's Awakening with half a heart left by timing the swinging arms because I didn't know you could use Roc's Feather to dodge attacks.
8. When Papahl in Link's Awakening, tells you that he'll be lost in the mountains later in the game.
9. How most of the characters in Link's Awakening broke the fourth wall then commented on how they didn't know why they knew what they were telling you.
10. Link sleeping in Rosetown in Super Mario RPG.
Post by: Hostile Creation on November 07, 2006, 11:03:12 AM
Post by: Nile Boogie on November 07, 2006, 11:08:25 AM
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Originally posted by: Hostile Creation
Am I the only person in the world who only had to spend, like, ten minutes on the Triforce quest because he already had all but two of them when the time came to find them?
No sir. I collected them throughout the game so in the end I only need a few pieces. Much like Metriod Prime and the artifacts.
Post by: UltimatePartyBear on November 07, 2006, 11:23:25 AM
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Originally posted by: Adrock
5. Laughing at the crappy "Shiek is Zelda in disguise" plot twist. How could that have tricked anyone?
Fun story time! I saw through that plot twist the moment Sheik first appeared. A friend of mine who shall remain nameless (to protect the clueless) not only didn't catch on before the big reveal, but he didn't even get it when Sheik turned into Zelda right in front of him. He thought that was just Zelda coming out of hiding, I guess, and he was confused that Sheik just left right after that without anyone noticing. He didn't find out they were the same person until Super Smash Bros. Melee came out!
Thanks for reminding me of that. I needed a good laugh.
Post by: WuTangTurtle on November 07, 2006, 11:41:30 AM
Oh and i can't forget that little kid in the begining of WW that has the running snot coming from his nose, that was hilairous!
Post by: TEM on November 07, 2006, 12:04:17 PM
Post by: SgtShiversBen on November 07, 2006, 01:10:18 PM
- hearing the dungeon theme in Wind Waker before the final battle
- realizing that there is a Purple Link in Four Swords
- Beating Adventure of Link when I was 5
- Seeing the downstab being used again in twilight princess
- Bolero of Fire <3
- fighting Shadow Link in OoT
- Windfish song
And finally
- seeing Link get blasted half across the world [after placing the three pearls] to smack right into the tower in Wind Waker.
Post by: GoldenPhoenix on November 07, 2006, 02:20:20 PM
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Originally posted by: Hostile Creation
Am I the only person in the world who only had to spend, like, ten minutes on the Triforce quest because he already had all but two of them when the time came to find them?
No sir. I collected them throughout the game so in the end I only need a few pieces. Much like Metriod Prime and the artifacts.
The only reason I never did beat Metroid Prime since I never did collect any of the artifacts and was not going to waste my time looking for them.
Post by: KnowsNothing on November 07, 2006, 03:41:51 PM
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- seeing Link get blasted half across the world [after placing the three pearls] to smack right into the tower in Wind Waker.
Ahaha yes, can't believe I forgot about that
Post by: blackfootsteps on November 07, 2006, 04:26:01 PM
- The music, how can they write so many good songs for one game series? My favourite Zelda song of the hour is the Deku Nut Palace theme from MM. Or is it Forest temple theme? No it cannot be done there are too many to have a favourite.
- Great Bay in MM and Zora's Domain in OoT are my two of favourite locations / scenes. A combination of the music, the lighting really impressed me. (Even if I was at the boss of the Great Bay temple, with all fairies when the coffee maker set tripped the power)
- However my absolute favourite locale was the Moon in MM. When I went up there I wasn't expecting anything like that at all, it was so surreal, it was an incredible feeling.
- Freeing Epona, my friend and I were obsessed with all things Epona and the race to free her was frantic. I won
- Underwater Hyrule in WW, gave me chills.
- Collecting the instruments in LA after each boss and learning the Ballad of the Wind Fish.
- The Zora and Ultimate Link transformations in MM, how I wished that I could use the Link one everywhere.
Post by: KnowsNothing on November 07, 2006, 05:45:21 PM
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Or is it Forest temple theme?
Interesting you mention that, as I just came upstairs from beating the Master Quest forest temple and saying to myself "I never remembered the music being this awesome." Very dark and creepy, and it never gets annoying (which a lot of the darker zelda songs do...)
Post by: Zach on November 07, 2006, 06:47:37 PM
Edit: Of course I would remember right after I hit reply. You play Zelda's lullaby to get into the tomb where you find the song that switches between night and day. I think
Post by: vudu on November 08, 2006, 08:45:32 AM
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Originally posted by: TEM
My favorites are ShaolinKilla's avatar and the Ocarina of Time credits.
Post by: KnowsNothing on November 08, 2006, 09:06:18 AM
Post by: vudu on November 08, 2006, 10:14:51 AM
Post by: Caterkiller on November 08, 2006, 06:02:28 PM
Remember in WW controlling those statues and then Link yelling to them "Over here!"
When WW came out and I first heard that I expected some kind of uproar. Guess no one was amazed by that like I was.
Post by: EasyCure on November 09, 2006, 07:51:28 AM
-Shadow Link battle (Zelda II). I just barely surived the fight with the Thunder Bird and expected the game to be over only to go on and have to fight shadow link
-Jumping over Geradu Canyon on Epona
-Diving into the water off of Geradu Canyon, seeing link hold his arms at his sides and the way the camera pulls back. the fall is so deep, i always get a chill because im kind of afraid of heights and it honestly makes me feel sick in the stomach cuz i know i would never have the guts to jump off a cliff that high.
-Links eyes when he stares into the empowered master sword right before the final blow to Ganon
-Watching the Tower of the Gods rise out of the Great Ocean and everything that followed (completing the dungeon, being sent underwater, etc)
-Replaying WW and understanding the Hylian Text. Lord Jaboon asking the King of Red Lions if Link was the same Hero as the Hero of time was great
- Thinking Turtle Rock dungeon was the last dungeon in ALTTP and finding out Ganon wasnt in the boss room
-Wondering about the first Deku you see in MM (when you're chasing Skull Kid) and then finding out it was the Butlers son at the end of the game.
-Sniping a poe from long distances on horseback in hyrule field.
-the "alien invasion" in MM
-the "milk heist" in MM
- Playing the Ballad of the Windfish in the Milk Bar in MM (because it brought back great memories of LA after losing my copy
)-Seeing a giant Moblin for the first time in OOT
-Breaking out of prison in Geradu Valley and sniping as many warriors from the window as i could with my bow
- Playing Zelda II for the first time and realizing Links up/down thrust moves from Smash Bros. (as well as great temple level and music) were from that game.
- Wondering what Nabaroo meant when she said "if i would have known you'd grow to be such a handsome man i would of kept that promise i made to you then" (nintendo innuendo ftw)
- Every time i turn on ALTTP; the chime given off when it says nintendo, the music as the triforce is falling into place, then the sound of the sword as it appears behind the Z in Zelda as the epic music plays.
-Getting the bottle from the salesmen in Kakiriko Village in ALTTP and him saying "now hold it up above your head for the world to see, its good for business." i laughed so hard the first time i read that. its the only time i can think of where the series poked fun at itself.
-noticing the carving on links (tree)house of him fighting a giant monster with a fairy at his side
-shooting an arrow into the sun..
-hearing that classic zelda tune get louder and louder as you climb the steps in Ganons Tower right before you reach the door and see Gannondorf playing the organ. Brilliant how they worked it from behing background music to an actual part of the games story.
-the scene following the previous moment, when the camera pulls out and shows gannondorf, zelda and link in the same positions of the triforce that each represents.
phew i could go on and on but i think my list is big enough
Post by: Hostile Creation on November 09, 2006, 10:26:24 AM
That's when you know you've played a good game. When there's too much awesome stuff to possibly remember all of it.
Post by: Smoke39 on November 09, 2006, 10:56:39 AM
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Originally posted by: Caterkiller
Remember in WW controlling those statues and then Link yelling to them "Over here!"
I don't remember that at all. I need to play WW again. And OoT. And actually beat MM.
Post by: OverHeat on November 09, 2006, 11:58:11 AM
2) Staying up well past my bed time, totally lost in Ganon's lair in the first Zelda and having my Dad walk in on me. BUSTED! Lost my Nintendo for a week because of that.
3)The entire Ganon fight from OoT, including the bridging sequence for his tower.
4) During the above said week, drawing out the map for Ganon's lair from memory during class, trying to figure out where I hadn't gone.
5)Running into a battle sequence in Zelda 2 for the first time. "Holy crap! He's....tall!"
6)Leaving my window open a crack during a rain storm, bundling up with some blankets and playing LttP all weekend. The smell of rain still invokes those memories for me...
7)Seeing "Ganon gore" splatter all over the place at the end of OoT. Totally shocked.
8) Seeing WW Link finish off Ganondorf. NICE.
9)Finally, FINALLY getting four friends together who had GBAs and playing GCN Four Swords over a weekend. Good times.
10)Watching a friend of mine die at the hands of an angry chicken swarm-mob for the first time in LttP. "Geez man, dont you ever get tired of beating on the chickens?" "Hell no! This is funny I---WTF?!!! Oh sh*t whats..." "AAAAHAHAHAHAHHAAHA Fool you DIED!"
Chicken revenge ftw.
Post by: Sessha on November 09, 2006, 12:43:54 PM
4 After getting captured by the gerudo's jump slashing from the window and killing her (It was funny at the time it was 4 in the morning and everything was funny no I was not on drugs)
3 Finding an old Zelda Book where Link fights an almost blind moblin. That was really cool
2 Hearing a kid in school say that he held his sword charge so long, the energy wave reached the windmill in Kakariko
1 Seeing my girlfriend in Zelda cosplay
Post by: blackfootsteps on November 09, 2006, 01:54:22 PM
Post by: couchmonkey on November 10, 2006, 05:27:11 AM
Post by: GoldenPhoenix on November 10, 2006, 11:39:26 AM
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Ha ha, yeah, when I found out arrows would work on them, I was livid. I think maybe I'd been using the hookshot for the same purpose.
You know I think I had the same problem, not sure thought but it sounds like a familiar issue. BTW one of the other moments brought back yet another memory, I remember shooting that arrow into the sun in OOT, that was easily one of the coolest moments in a Zelda game.
Post by: EasyCure on November 16, 2006, 03:37:56 AM
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3 Finding an old Zelda Book where Link fights an almost blind moblin. That was really cool[q/]
i think i had that one!!! the Blind Moblin had a special spear that would return to him after thrown so as to not leave him vulnerable. Link aquired a magical sheild that, for lack of better terms, "ate" the moblins spear; leaving him confused and open to pwnage from Link.
..i bought it at a school book fair when i was like 4 then at age 5 i donated it to a library as part of some school charity thing. dumbest move ever!
Post by: IceCold on November 16, 2006, 12:39:54 PM
Post by: KnowsNothing on November 16, 2006, 12:52:06 PM
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Oh I just remembered one! In Wind Waker, when I threw a bomb at the Floor Master... it actually picked it up and threw it back at me! I was so amazed..
Really? =oooo That's awesome =D
Post by: 13lue on November 16, 2006, 05:08:44 PM
Post by: MarioAllStar on November 16, 2006, 05:21:33 PM
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Originally posted by: IceCold
Oh I just remembered one! In Wind Waker, when I threw a bomb at the Floor Master... it actually picked it up and threw it back at me! I was so amazed..
That is really neat. Personally, whenever I saw one of those I got away from them as quick as I could.
Probably my most feared enemy in all Zelda games (these are the ones that take you to the start of the dungeon, right?)
Post by: UncleBob on November 17, 2006, 01:37:18 AM
First, every positive thing said about Link's Awakening is dead on. Best damn game ever made.
Some Majora's Mask spoilers follow:
Second, perhaps it's not a "favorite" moment, but I didn't see any comments about playing around with Anju and Kafei in Majora's Mask. Sure, you can finish the side quest and it's happy... but there are so many things that you can start but not finish that are involved with the side quest... and it's very emotional at times... espically when you consider you're just screwing around with them
Seriously, try this out... start various parts of the quest, then stop and talk to people involved. A good one is to start the quest, finish everything except saving the Sun Mask (actually fail to save it - let it fall) then go see Anju.Post by: Caterkiller on November 17, 2006, 04:08:49 AM
Post by: couchmonkey on November 17, 2006, 07:05:15 AM
It was heart-breaking. Especially since the glitchy GCN version of the game FROZE on me the previous time that I made it to the Sun Mask section.Floor Masters and Wall Masters are indeed freaky. I hated to hear their sound effect in the first Legend of Zelda, it always made my heart jump.
