The Legend of Zelda: A Personal Series Retrospective

The Legend of Zelda series is pretty much as old as I am, so it's been around in some capacity for my entire life. But let's take a look at the entire series in the order that I played them throughout my life. There will be some that I've never played and I feel like I have a complicated history with the series as a whole. Join me on this personal retrospective adventure. It's dangerous to go alone, take this video.

Intro by Joshua C. Griffin
Gameplay from: World of Longplays, LongplayArchive, ZeldaCentral, BeardBear

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[GacNac]

Interesting to hear your personal experiences. I have different ones, and that’s what makes life interesting. The only zeldas I don’t really like are breath of the wild and i haven’t finished tears yet but seeming pretty similar. I was 7 years old when majoras mask came out and it’s the most important game in my life. A beloved family member left it to me when they passed that same year and asked me to beat it for them because they wouldn’t have the chance. They were half way through but because of the time reset I had no idea. Figuring it out at 7 was near impossible but after months of work almost every day after school I did it, and it was the perfect game to teach me about loss and moving on, even if there were a lot of tears. Now it just makes me feel connected to my past in the best way.

[adamvance]

I feel ya man. Growing up and not having time for everything sucks. Love the content keep up the good work.

[AdjectiveOtter]

YES! Pokémon and Zelda? My two favorite series! Looking forward to this series!

[IzzyItachi]

Love the new format!

Didn’t expect this video to be so melancholic :(

It is a sad thing to realize that something you used to love just isn’t for you anymore. Recently for me I’ve come to realize that the Pokémon I grew up with is just not coming back. I can have some fun with the new games but I hit that same wall that you hit in the Wind Waker when I was playing Violet when I asked myself “Why am I playing this?” But I can pick up any Pokémon game from my childhood and play it for hours.

[TheWhore]

OG Zelda still my favorite game of all time. I was born in 93 and played it mostly for the first time in 2001 - 2003 so that feeling of I could find anything new anytime was powerful and works

[christopherwebb]

Ocarina Of Time is easily in my top games of all time. I've played through it more times than I can count. I've been playing since release and doubt I'll ever get tired of it.

[kenhollis]

Your life and mine are so similar in some ways and yet so different. I too was born in '86, though in December, and while you have an older brother, I'm the eldest of my siblings. The first Zelda game I ever played was Link's Awakening, and then Ocarina of Time, which remains one of my favorite games of all time.

[Nick_Slavik]

Right on! I love the shroom boy opening of your vids and I look forward to watching this when I get home from work! (I work 4:30pm-3:00am) and this will be great to watch and also help relax me into a sleep!

I promise you're not boring, you have one of those voices that is calming and soothing lol

[christopherwebb]

Super cool to see you doing different series

[fives]

This was a very cool retrospective. The Oracle games were my introduction into Zelda and I love them a lot. I remember getting stuck in Oracle of Seasons because my Gameboy's sound died a few months back and I couldn't complete the Subrosan dance minigame to proceed with the plot. I've also played Link's Awakening and A Link to the Past and enjoyed those. I got Majora's Mask on the 3DS but haven't completed it yet.

Overall, I only like the Oracle Zelda games and that's probably because of nostalgia. I don't consider myself a fan of the series.

I definitely get the feeling of not being as in to videogames as you get older. The last game I was having a real blast with was Persona 5. I got up early on days I had to work to milk a little more time with it and I really hate getting up early. I still enjoy playing videogames as a hobby but I do not get the same high I did when I was a kid. It's a little sad to think about.

[ParUhDroyd]

You should definitely try a link between worlds because of how you talk about liking link to the past. A link between worlds is basically like a remastered/remake of link to the past but more modernized feeling and it’s different with Mechanics especially the way you get items that makes it feel fresh, so you’d probably enjoy playing it. And if you do play breath of wild and tears of the kingdom, I definitely recommend playing them in the order They came out because for me personally it’s really hard to go back to breath of the wild after playing tears of the kingdom.

[radioactivechimp]

The Zelda series is so varied in terms of tone and gameplay that even a lot of die-hard fans dislike a good portion of the mainline games. Personally, I didn’t care much for Twilight Princess and Skyward Sword.

I would encourage you to play Breath of the Wild, as I think it’s the first 3D Zelda game to embrace the feeling of freedom and exploration of the 2D games.

[tylerkranny]

If you are throwing out chronology and just want to play what’s fun, I would highly recommend just jumping into Tears of the Kingdom. Don’t even worry about BotW. You won’t be missing anything necessary to enjoy the gameplay or story. The only bad things to say about it are the parts of the map and mechanics that are too similar to BotW, but you’re in a unique position to avoid that entirely. I think it can reignite some lost love for the world of Zelda

[DoodMcAwesome]

Got on YouTube and saw that ParaSpectre posted a new video. For a split second I was disappointed because it wasn’t Pokemon paraspective, but then I saw it was a retrospective on Zelda, and one almost an hour long! The hype meter went beyond 11. I’m so excited to watch this!

[kryzethx]

34:09 Huh, it's really funny that your complaints about Link's Awakening mimic a lot of the feelings I had about Link to the Past when I first played it (after having already played through OoT, MM, and TP). It always felt so annoying to get from place to place, with enemies littered all over the world that constantly respawn, and it just didn't feel very rewarding. Just like your brother, when I inevitably got stuck at one point, I just didn't care to keep playing; it just wasn't fun.
On the other hand, I LOVE Link's Awakening, because the world felt a lot.. "smaller", more condensed. It didn't take forever to get from one side of the map to the other, like it felt to me in Link to the Past. It just felt much more concise, a more structured experience. I also enjoyed Oracle of Ages and Seasons, which are just like Awakening to me, but.. more lol

[luisgusta]

Hey, I liked the changes, the setup, the video quality, cool direction there!

[TheLinkhawkins]

Let's go!
That opening is so cool

[truwildman]

You should def go back and play wind water again taking your time with it. There is so much to explore in that game and is a pinnacle in the series for me

[nezzivancic]

Honestly, while my history with the franchise is very different from yours, I have reached a similar conclusion. Ocarina of Time and Majora's Mask were among my favorite games for so long, I easily would have called Zelda among my favorite franchises without even thinking about it. But... most of the other games I have played are only okay. Even games like Breathe of the Wild, which I do love, I never completed. It's a weird feeling, but I totally get where you are coming from.

[gerardprodigieux-jutg]

I was most definitely not born early enough to experience Ocarina of Time when it was new, but I was thankfully influenced by youtube videos as a kid that made me want to try it out. I have such fond memories of playing it on the Gamecube disk featured with the collector of Wind Waker