Zelda Megathread: Buying Nintendo consoles for one game since 2001

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Bicyclops: Aug 27, 2004

Tender Bender posted:

Does your wife game? Also how do you handle playing through Zelda games together, do you take turns or have one person play while the other one gives advice or what. Asking for my own future Zelda co-op sessions (if she doesn't break up with me while I'm teaching her Smash Bros).

She started with the 3D Zeldas but loves Link's Awakening. I requested to drive for any game I hadn't played before (which included Link's Awakening), which she was fine with. She also had no interest in playing through the NES, so she served as a guide while I played through them. She wanted to drive Ocarina of Time, Majora's Mask, Twilight Princess and Skyward Sword (but typically has me play some of the more difficult mini-games, because we're playing to completion). I usually just note which heart pieces we get as we go and we brainstorm which ones are left for the remaining ones, but for like, the Oracle games, we used a guide.

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# ? May 16, 2024 22:34

Blasphemeral: Jul 26, 2012; Three mongrel men in exchange for a party member? I found that one in the Faustian Bargain Bin.

Bicyclops posted:

Oh, rescuing Zelda and fighting Ganondorf, eh? Well, that's cool, I guess. I mean, you know, someone who is a remorseful Stalfos now might have put you into a basket and taken you to a nice little village on the outskirts, far away from the Master Sword specifically so you wouldn't know my eternal afterlife of misery, but I guess you look good in green. I'd offer to take you fishing, but I'm in an incorporeal realm fashioned from my own loss, like you probably will be in a few days. Wanna learn the downthrust?

Wow this is the most cynically in-character reaction ever and I just LOL'd in my cube.

# ? Nov 24, 2014 20:16

Blade_of_tyshalle: Jul 12, 2009; If you think that, along the way, you're not going to fail... you're blind.

There's no one I've ever met, no matter how successful they are, who hasn't said they had their failures along the way.

Isn't the Master Sword in Twilight Princess actually right beside Link's village? Not the best way to ensure lil' Linky-poo never runs into it :v:

# ? Nov 24, 2014 20:35

Runcible Cat: May 28, 2007; Ignoring this post

Blade_of_tyshalle posted:

Isn't the Master Sword in Twilight Princess actually right beside Link's village? Not the best way to ensure lil' Linky-poo never runs into it

Well, there's a walloping great chasm and a forest haunted by a Skull Kid inbetween, and any runaway's going to head for the bright lights of Castle Town, so....

# ? Nov 24, 2014 20:53

YggiDee: Sep 12, 2007; WASP CREW

Maybe they'd stop running into these problems if they ever gave the Princess of Hyrule a different name. Thus far, I have never seen a game named "The Legend of Jennifer"

# ? Nov 24, 2014 23:58

Captain Mog: Jun 17, 2011

I know some people would raise an absolute stink if this were ever the case but I personally wouldn't mind at all if Zelda was the main character in the next Wii U Zelda game after this upcoming one. I think it'd be a cool dynamic to have to use magic in the place of tools to solve puzzles. For instance a spell that acts as a hook shot or something rather than an actual hookshot.

# ? Nov 25, 2014 01:57

Endorph: Jul 22, 2009

Yeah, the gag has been kind of floating around for a while that it'd be easy to alter the Zelda formula for the other two Triforce holders. Make a God of War style game for Ganondorf, super combat heavy with some light puzzle solving, and make a game for Zelda consisting mostly of puzzles with combat mechanics built more around stealth and taking enemies out in one go then extended fights.

# ? Nov 25, 2014 02:07

Kyte: Nov 19, 2013; Never quacked for this

Zelda can get a Professor Layton crossover game. :v:

# ? Nov 25, 2014 04:16

Bicyclops: Aug 27, 2004

Endorph posted:

Yeah, the gag has been kind of floating around for a while that it'd be easy to alter the Zelda formula for the other two Triforce holders. Make a God of War style game for Ganondorf, super combat heavy with some light puzzle solving, and make a game for Zelda consisting mostly of puzzles with combat mechanics built more around stealth and taking enemies out in one go then extended fights.

I'm pretty sure Hyrule Warriors is the Ganondorf game, it just doesn't explicitly star him because he's too cool for his own game.

I would play the hell out of The Legend of Zelda: Assassin's Guild Sheik, though.

# ? Nov 25, 2014 04:18

chumbler: Mar 28, 2010

Kyte posted:

Zelda can get a Professor Layton crossover game.

Layton vs. Wright vs. Zelda.

Maybe she's the judge to give a new twist on Ace Attorney games.

# ? Nov 25, 2014 04:20

ImpAtom: May 24, 2007

Endorph posted:

Yeah, the gag has been kind of floating around for a while that it'd be easy to alter the Zelda formula for the other two Triforce holders. Make a God of War style game for Ganondorf, super combat heavy with some light puzzle solving, and make a game for Zelda consisting mostly of puzzles with combat mechanics built more around stealth and taking enemies out in one go then extended fights.

Zelda really doesn't need to be combat light. If anything she seems to be basically as capable as Link, just focused on light arrows and magic instead of swords.

# ? Nov 25, 2014 04:30

Suspicious Dish: Sep 24, 2011; 2020 is the year of linux on the desktop, bro; Fun Shoe

Endorph posted:

Yeah, the gag has been kind of floating around for a while that it'd be easy to alter the Zelda formula for the other two Triforce holders. Make a God of War style game for Ganondorf, super combat heavy with some light puzzle solving, and make a game for Zelda consisting mostly of puzzles with combat mechanics built more around stealth and taking enemies out in one go then extended fights.

I want to play these games.

# ? Nov 25, 2014 04:30

Supercar Gautier: Jun 10, 2006

Smash Bros teaches us that Zelda is perfectly capable of hand-to-hand combat, simply by augmenting her punches and kicks with sparkle power.

# ? Nov 25, 2014 04:36

Linear Zoetrope: Nov 28, 2011; A hero must cook

chumbler posted:

Layton vs. Wright vs. Zelda.

Maybe she's the judge to give a new twist on Ace Attorney games.

The Ace Attorney games don't work if the judge isn't an idiot. She'd make a good prosecutor though...

Supercar Gautier posted:

Smash Bros teaches us that Zelda is perfectly capable of hand-to-hand combat, simply by augmenting her punches and kicks with sparkle power.

I don't think the idea is that Zelda can't fight, it's that she holds the Triforce of Wisdom which lends itself to puzzling thematically.

# ? Nov 25, 2014 05:16

Supercar Gautier: Jun 10, 2006

IMO it is very wise to lightning kick people in the face.

# ? Nov 25, 2014 05:34

Endorph: Jul 22, 2009

ImpAtom posted:

Zelda really doesn't need to be combat light. If anything she seems to be basically as capable as Link, just focused on light arrows and magic instead of swords.

Yeah, I didn't say combat light. I said not built around extended combat.

Ranged stuff, magic, and the Sheik thing all seem to lend themselves more towards planning out your attack and then executing it, rather than just going in and blocking and swinging until you win. Make combat a sort of puzzle too, basically. Wisdom.

# ? Nov 25, 2014 05:52

Blade_of_tyshalle: Jul 12, 2009; If you think that, along the way, you're not going to fail... you're blind.

There's no one I've ever met, no matter how successful they are, who hasn't said they had their failures along the way.

The Legend of Zelda: Hyrule Asylum

- Click LB to activate Sheikiah Vision.

# ? Nov 25, 2014 06:03

Proposition Joe: Oct 8, 2010; He was a good man

Blade_of_tyshalle posted:

The Legend of Zelda: Hyrule Asylum

- Click LB to activate Sheikiah Vision.

- Click LB to use Lens of Truth :colbert:

# ? Nov 25, 2014 06:04

The Born Approx.: Oct 30, 2011

Blade_of_tyshalle posted:

Isn't the Master Sword in Twilight Princess actually right beside Link's village? Not the best way to ensure lil' Linky-poo never runs into it

Stalfos Link also - after watching him attempt to destroy the world using an inanimate object imbued with ancient magic - put Skull Kid in charge of guarding the Master Sword.

# ? Nov 25, 2014 07:10

Carbon dioxide: Oct 9, 2012

I'd play a game with the Happy Mask Salesman as the playable character.

You've met with a terrible fate, haven't you?

# ? Nov 25, 2014 09:50

Blasphemeral: Jul 26, 2012; Three mongrel men in exchange for a party member? I found that one in the Faustian Bargain Bin.

Carbon dioxide posted:

I'd play a game with the Happy Mask Salesman as the playable character.

You've met with a terrible fate, haven't you?

Yeah I didn't see him actually sell many masks, did you? I think HMS is actually Hyrule's Zordon. He collects powerful transformation artifacts and makes sure teenagers (with attitude) get hold of them in times of trouble. Link just had the attitude of five whole people.

# ? Nov 25, 2014 16:14

Kyte: Nov 19, 2013; Never quacked for this

It's to compensate for his muteness.

# ? Nov 25, 2014 18:20

Blade_of_tyshalle: Jul 12, 2009; If you think that, along the way, you're not going to fail... you're blind.

There's no one I've ever met, no matter how successful they are, who hasn't said they had their failures along the way.

Blasphemeral posted:

I think HMS is actually Hyrule's Zordon.

The Legend of Zordon: Tommy's Awakening

# ? Nov 26, 2014 02:05

A Frosty Witch: Apr 21, 2005; I was just looking at it and I suddenly got this urge to get inside. No, not just an urge - more than that. It was my destiny to be here; in the box.

Blade_of_tyshalle posted:

The Legend of Zordon: Tommy's Awakening

# ? Nov 26, 2014 03:16

Bicyclops: Aug 27, 2004

Blade_of_tyshalle posted:

The Legend of Zordon: Tommy's Awakening

Hi, this is Aonuma. Congratulations, you have passed the test and are now the man who develops our TV programs.

# ? Nov 26, 2014 07:46

ChibiSoma: Apr 13, 2008; by FactsAreUseless

chumbler posted:

Layton vs. Wright vs. Zelda.

Maybe she's the judge to give a new twist on Ace Attorney games.

Instead of yelling Objection and Take That, you just scream HYAAAT! HAAAA! HUT! at your 3DS.

It wouldn't be a very long game, though. Link's answer to most things is 'jam my sword into its head.'

# ? Nov 26, 2014 17:36

ColdPie: Jun 9, 2006

ChibiSoma posted:

It wouldn't be a very long game, though. Link's answer to most things is 'jam my sword into its head.'

They've finally switched to the US criminal justice system, then?

# ? Nov 26, 2014 20:04

Blade_of_tyshalle: Jul 12, 2009; If you think that, along the way, you're not going to fail... you're blind.

There's no one I've ever met, no matter how successful they are, who hasn't said they had their failures along the way.

Bicyclops posted:

Hi, this is Aonuma. Congratulations, you have passed the test and are now the man who develops our TV programs.

Oh, is that so? (laughs)

# ? Nov 26, 2014 20:25

Amppelix: Aug 6, 2010

Suspicious Dish posted:

I want to play these games.

I just want more games with the Zelda license.

# ? Nov 26, 2014 21:03

Synthetic Hermit: Apr 4, 2012; mega survoltage!!!; Grimey Drawer

Note: Contains spoilers for those who haven't beaten Majora's Mask.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ipdBfNJII8

# ? Nov 30, 2014 12:29

Hedrigall: Mar 27, 2008; by vyelkin

Synthetic Hermit posted:

Note: Contains spoilers for those who haven't beaten Majora's Mask.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ipdBfNJII8

Too bad it looks like 100% rear end when they paint/stain it.

# ? Nov 30, 2014 12:43

sigher: Apr 22, 2008; My guiding Moonlight...

Yeah, that looks pretty bad.

# ? Nov 30, 2014 14:18

Blade_of_tyshalle: Jul 12, 2009; If you think that, along the way, you're not going to fail... you're blind.

There's no one I've ever met, no matter how successful they are, who hasn't said they had their failures along the way.

Wow, sure am glad they made the shittiest-looking sword in the entire franchise :allears:

# ? Nov 30, 2014 15:14

Nihilarian: Oct 2, 2013

Synthetic Hermit posted:

Note: Contains spoilers for those who haven't beaten Majora's Mask.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ipdBfNJII8

Should have done the razor sword.

# ? Nov 30, 2014 15:18

Moriatti: Apr 21, 2014

Nihilarian posted:

Should have done the razor sword.

# ? Nov 30, 2014 18:10

Aston: Nov 19, 2007; Okay
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Blade_of_tyshalle posted:

Wow, sure am glad they made the shittiest-looking sword in the entire franchise

It's at least better than orange and black zigzag sword

# ? Nov 30, 2014 18:38

greatn: Nov 15, 2006; by Lowtax

I was trying to find the LP from SA of Four Swords Adventures where the guy hooked up Four Gamecubes, a Wii, and five CRTs or something insane, can anyone help me out? Don't remember the user, and searching on youtube is getting me trash LPs.

# ? Nov 30, 2014 19:18