Lambi presents: YF, YF, YLF. This week: Legend of Zelda

[Onyx Oblivion]

First: Link's Awakening

I believe that I never got around to beating it, and just spent hours attacking monsters and chickens.

Favorite: Oracle of Seasons/Oracle of Ages/Minish Cap

I really can't decide!

Least Favorite: Ocarina of Time.

Still a great game, just liked every other Zelda game that I've played better.

 

[EscapeGoat_v1legacy]

First: Link's Awakening. First played it on Game Boy when I was around 9. Thought it was incredibly difficult, but, in the end, I beat it. Then, I went and got the Game Boy Color version just for the extra dungeon.

Favourite: Wind Waker/Link's Awakening/Majora's Mask. I honestly can't choose here. Wind Waker has my favourite graphics in the entire series, as well as the beautiful and calmin sailing sections, and even manages to link itself to Ocarina of Time's story, which was a neat touch. Link's Awakening is exactly how I imagine a classic Legend of Zelda to be, and even mixes up the standard formula quite a lot, while Majora's Mask has my favourite story in any Legend of Zelda game, as well as feeling hectic thanks to well-implemented time system.

Least Favourite: The 3 Zelda CDi games. If you know these games, you'll know why I can't wait to bomb some dodongos hate them. If you don't know them, be glad.

 

[CoverYourHead]

First: Link to the Past. A good choice, and one of my favorites. A true classic, epic and fun, all the best parts of the Zelda formula... Though I do wish we knew more about Link's mysterious Uncle.

Favorite: Majora's Mask. This is a game that is beyond almost all others. The story is deep, the world is dark and full of character, and each and every character is deep, with stories and detailed reactions that reflect their personalities as the world dies around them. The Big Bad is scary as hell, and the side-quests are fantastic and involving. Not to mention all the hidden parts of the story, such as the theories about the nature of the Stone Tower. Just. Plain. Brilliant.

Least Favorite: Phantom Hourglass. Normally I would say the CDi games, but I've never actually played them, so that's not fair.

 

[Julianking93]

First: Link to the Past. A good choice, and one of my favorites. A true classic, epic and fun, all the best parts of the Zelda formula... Though I do wish we knew more about Link's mysterious Uncle.

Favorite: Majora's Mask. This is a game that is beyond almost all others. The story is deep, the world is dark and full of character, and each and every character is deep, with stories and detailed reactions that reflect their personalities as the world dies around them. The Big Bad is scary as hell, and the side-quests are fantastic and involving. Not to mention all the hidden parts of the story, such as the theories about the nature of the Stone Tower. Just. Plain. Brilliant.

Least Favorite: Phantom Hourglass. Normally I would say the CDi games, but I've never actually played them, so that's not fair.

Wow. You ninja'd everything I was going to say.

My first was Link to the Past, my favorite is Majora's Mask because of the rich and dark story in contrast to the rather happy and often times, over saturated feel of the others and Phantom Hourglass just sucks.

 

[Wing Dairu]

My First: The Legend of Zelda (NES). What can I say? It was my first game console, and I loved it to the core.
My Favorite: The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. The storytelling and gameplay of this make it a pure, 200-proof classic that's a must-have for any n64 library.
My Least Favorite: The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks. Commendable for its innovative idea of OMG the princess stays WITH YOU, I feel that the inclusion of freaking TRAINS as the main mode of transport made no sense. People ask you to take them on errands as if the overworld were covered in lava, not grass. Seriously? Are there no more horses? No wagons? Is everyone afraid to get grass stains on their shoes?

 

[About To Crash]

Ocarina of Time was my first Zelda game, one I'd hyped up so much for myself that it could have been a load of absolute tripe and I'd still have loved it. Being a kid with little financial ability, I never possessed enough money to purchase an N64 or Zelda when they first came out, so when I went to find it a couple years on, the Gamecube was on the Horizon, and you could find a copy of Ocarina of Time in my small town anymore. Until I happened by a Blockbuster clearance sale as they were preparing for the onset of Gamecube games. Ocarina of Time is a truly beautiful transfer to three dimensional gameplay. The game world felt big, like there was a lot going on, and I could be a part of any of it. Playing it with a friend turned our relationship into a best-friends one, and we've been so ever since, and I'm certainly grateful for that.

That all said, Majora's Mask is my favourite. This is the dark Zelda. Not Twilight Princess, this. Majora's Mask is the depressing mirror to Ocarina of Time, using the same character models, but in a way that creates a world that is familiar but feels slightly off, as if everyone moved the stuff in the house around when you went away, but you're the only one out of place. Virtually everyone has some small part to play, and no one's life is happy. The game design is great, and Inside the Moon is one of the most atmospheric moments I've ever experienced.

Spirit Tracks. Least favourite. I don't know why, but Nintendo seems to have this really fun time fucking over the handheld Zeldas (Only recently, Ages and Seasons are two of the best), and focusing all their time and hype on the console games. You can't do that and expect me to always trust you. Spirit Tracks is a disgrace, and I hope Nintendo realizes what they're doing very soon.

 

[Chimpzy_v1legacy]

First: Phantom Hourglass. Despite gaming around since the days of the NES, I never was interested in Zelda all that much. Then I picked up this one and made up for it by getting a bunch of others too.

Favorite: Wind Waker. I like its quirky graphical style and excellent gameplay, even if the sailing gets old fast.

Least favorite: The Adventure of Link. Not bad by any means but it drops the regular Zelda gameplay for sidescrolling action-adventure of which there are far superior examples.

 

[Veldt Falsetto]

My First: The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX
My Favourite: The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker
My Least Favourite: The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass

 

[skennedy929]

First: Legend of Zelda NES
Not much to say here, one of the first games I ever played. Music gets on my nerves after a while but it was cool.

Favorite: Link to the Past
Best game ever made. Back before internet games like this took months to beat. Really can't get into everything this game did right, it's easier to say it did it all.

Least Favorite: Majora's Mask
Timed sections? In a Zelda game? Nuff said.

 

[soulasylum85]

first: the legend of zelda (nes)
favorite: a link to the past (snes)
least favorite: windwaker (gc) or anything involving toon link or touch controls

 

[reg42]

I've never played a Zelda game, nor do I plan to. I'm sure they're quite good games and all, but the idea doesn't interest me in the slightest. That, and playing one would mean buying an entire console.