Can I 100% Every 2D Zelda Game in 14 Days? Part 1: Retro Era

[@OffbeatDrill]

Subscribe for parts 2 and 3 coming soon! :D EDIT: I'm seeing similar comments down below that I'll just address here: A few people are saying that there are 14 2D Zelda games and that I'm skipping out on four of them by just playing 10 games (games missing are Echoes of Wisdom, Four Swords Adventures, Four Swords GBA, and Triforce Heroes). I didn't play Echoes of Wisdom for this challenge because the game actually wasn't even announced until after I started the challenge. Going into this challenge, I would have never imagined a new 2D Zelda game would release before I uploaded this video haha. I didn't play the other three games that I listed because I wouldn't consider them mainline 2D Zelda games in the traditional sense, where they are the multiplayer Zelda games. They don't really have fleshed out stories / dungeons like you would see in a normal 2D Zelda game. Also it would be impractical to try and incorporate multiplayer elements in this challenge because I would have had to have another player (two other players for Triforce Heroes) to be on standby to help me for several hours at a time. I couldn't find anyone that would actually agree to do that with me haha. Technically Four Swords Adventures can be completed by a singular player, but I felt that if I omitted two multiplayer Zelda games, I might as well leave off the remaining one for consistency sake. Also a few people are saying I didn't 100% Zelda 1 because I didn't play through the second quest. In the second quest of Zelda 1, you traverse the same overworld map and collect the same items, except the items are in different locations and the dungeon layouts are different compared to the first quest. It's really just a harder variant of the first quest where you collect the exact same items, so I decided to not play it for this challenge. I'll explain my thought process a little bit more. A Link Between Worlds unlocks a hard mode after you beat the game normally, where enemies are more intelligent and deal more damage. Would you really expect someone taking on this challenge to 100% complete the normal mode AND hard mode of A Link Between Worlds when you have to collect the exact same items between each mode? I had to draw the line somewhere, so I decided I wouldn't replay any games over again in any "hard mode" or "new game plus" that gets unlocked upon completing the game normally, hence why I didn't play through the second quest of Zelda 1. Also thanks for watching!

[@royal_ish]

Four Swords can be plays solo and is actually a good game. Not sure about Triforce Heroes.

[@-B74-]

@@royal_ish Four Swords Adventure lets you play solo

[@wolfenjosh]

Sorry sir, not doing 2nd quest completely invalidated the whole run IMO. 1st quest is the tutorial.

[@BlackRoseLN]

What is with: TLo Zelda The wand of gamelon 🌚. The best 2d TLoZ game ever

[@lpfan4491]

The diffrence is argubly that Second Quest IS significantly redesigned, even interms of how the "identical" overworld ends up working out(Which may as well not even be a requirement because Nintendo themselves seemingly counts Master Quest as a seperate game/campaign every time it was included as a bonus with OOT and that's only dungeon layout). It's like playing only one Oracle Game because "I already beat Zelda: Oracle". Any unlocked Hero mode or NG+ in the series in comparison is just "this is identical content wise but harder/easier/you keep figurines".

[@Zuckussbuilder]

I wouldn't call looking up puzzle solutions as "shameless" rather, an open notebook exam

[@williamhoward7646]

The goat returns with another zelda Can't wait for pt 2

[@King90983]

Yo the goat of Zelda is back can’t wait to watch🎉❤

[@sebtroop23]

What your unemployed friend does on a random tuersday: On all seriousness, this video scratched an itch I didn't knew I had, someone completing the games fast without it being a speedrun.

[@warshrag1903]

Minish cap gonna be insane for that one heart piece I’m excited to see how long it took

[@LuckyNumber39]

As someone who grew up with the DS games, I feel your pain, especially with Spirit Tracks

[@Pedrouiuiu]

I need 14 days just to beat zelda 2

[@cuddlequeen3225]

Nice

[@Ep1cBramb10]

14? that's fast!

[@zagspianist5752]

Zelda 2 gave me PTSD of death mountain….

[@Amerac133]

I could get to thunder bird easy enough but that was the wall I always hit

[@damianlopez8162]

I just watched a video of the game, i played like 3 hours and give up on its horrible mecanics

[@broskimoski9775]

Ain’t no way my favourite majoras mask musician is now playing through my favourite franchise. Offbeat drill my man, you’ve done it again 👏

[@Jd3mf]

I’ve legit loved this whole series!!!! Thank you for something that we could all enjoy!!!

[@shilomp4]

just finished the first one. unreal you're going at this again

[@CrazyWeridoRH]

Honestly I would LOVE to see Zelda II get a remake. I feel like that game has so much potential off the NES.

[@wolfenjosh]

It got an EXCELLENT fan-made remake on PC.

[@nsnick199]

I get it with rupees being tight and needing to still buy the large shield, but those red potions are a life saver in Zelda 1

[@JitteryJackanape]

zelda 2 broke me when i tried to simply beat it. that gauntlet to the final dungeon is brutal, so 100% no save states, respect.

[@jackhoeh7941]

I’ve been stuck on it for awhile. No idea what to do. I’m 1 heart away from 100% Zelda 1

[@JitteryJackanape]

@@jackhoeh7941 I had to resort to a guide to beat both

[@jackhoeh7941]

@@JitteryJackanape I don’t blame you. This far in my life, gaming for 34 years I’ve beaten hundreds of games and have plenty more to do. My current physical collection is up to about 900 or so spanning 10 systems. I’ve never once used a guide or cheat code outside of GTA 3 lol just to get the tank and all that and run up the 5 star cop shit

[@sleepytatertots]

HE’S BACKKKKK! I can’t fathom how much time and hard work it must have taken you to put this video together! 😮

[@thundernels]

I love how insistent you are about how strict you would be about gameplay except for the times that you weren’t.

[@King90983]

Yo he’s back!!!! Can’t wait to watch!!!!🎉🎉❤🎉🎉

[@tapewormrage]

3:55 bro just called my boy Aquamentus a pregnant unicorn monster...

[@1990eforrest]

A link to the past is still a banger man i love it!!

[@SomaCoreaix]

"Pregnant unicorn monster" is the best reference to Aquamentus I've ever heard 😂

[@mememan5]

Really good, high-quality video!

[@crookmcstealie]

In your first Zelda playthrough you said if people wanted you'd do the 2nd quest for LoZ. I want that. I did it myself within the last couple years, it is awesome. I got Zelda the year it came out and have completed it dozens of times but I had never done the second quest until I was in my forties. I thought it was the same game except the dungeon entrances were shuffled around, I was very wrong. It's really an entirely different game that just shares a similar overworld layout. I feel like LoZ second quest is really the second Zelda game. It is so worth doing if you love Zelda.

[@theidiotchildren]

There was a Super Famicom Satelliview remake of Zelda 1 called BS Zelda that includes a third and fourth quest. Pretty sure each quest is a different ROM with which quest it is listed in the ROM title. They're really good, although I think the overworld was shrunk a little so the newer quests might be a little shorter. It's been over a decade since I played them, so my memory of them is pretty fuzzy and I might have some of the details wrong. There's also a BS Zelda based on ALttP that was released in 4 parts called BS Zelda no Densetsu: Inishie no Sekiban, or The Ancient Stone Tablets in English, so if you go looking just be aware there are 2 different games. Just need a normal SNES emulator to run them.

[@Ep1cBramb10]

@@theidiotchildren I know at least it was segmented a bit, as the stellaview could only give you part of the game at a time.

[@fuzzypicklesgaming439]

Great video! Needs more views

[@ryan20028]

Level 6 is Zelda 1 has the correct amount of keys you just need to use the first key on the other door. That unlocks the rest of the dungeon and another Key to go back for the old man.

[@SHOTGUN_RA1D]

link between worlds is my favorite

[@isaacnuketon]

Excited for part 2 :D

[@martinnguyen1228]

1:07:09 : YOU MISSED A POWER PEICE

[@Koohiisan]

I never thought the Great Palace in Zelda 2 was as difficult as it's often made out to be. I mapped the whole thing out--every room--every path--when I was like 12 by doing as much of ithe map as I could before dying and restarting there at the palace entrance and then either continuing my prior route or taking a different path. With my map I could get through it with the only real challenge being the spicy chickens and their stupid moving flames. Wish I'd saved that thing for posterity.

[@Super_gamer50555]

oh god im sorry for your mental health, this is gonna be great

[@aurafox1]

I kinda see the logic with the Red Potion to the Heart Container in Zelda 1. I think the idea is that you either get an item that increases your maximum health, ultimately only giving you one extra heart, or you get an item that allows you to fill up your hearts twice, effectively giving you a maximum of 30 extra hearts (14.5 twice). In a vacuum, I'd say the Red Potion is the more useful item. However, the fact that you can just buy the Red Potions while the rupee cap is so low that you're incentivized to constantly buy items is what really shoots it in the foot. If you could only buy Blue Potions, or these gave you a special third potion that you can't get anywhere else, I think you could genuinely make an argument for choosing the potion over the heart container.

[@crystalcrow44]

I winced when I realised you would have to do that one The Minish Cap heart piece.... Ouch.

[@GhostDestroyer3]

14 days is NOT enough for me to 100% these games😭

[@aangm8681]

What's the song playing during the "Destruction Montage" during Zelda 2, at about 29:30?

[@adventureoflinkmk2]

3:13 of course you did, since you missed like two extra hearts so you can get the white sword

[@psychedelicartistry]

In Level 6, if you run into the room and fire an arrow right away, Ghoma will die instantly.

[@psychedelicartistry]

In Zelda 2, it's quicker to just farm Orange Lizalfos in the forest by the 6th temple for the rest of your xp, but outside of that, if you get your sword to lvl 8, and then get enough xp into health and magic, and place a crystal, it'll gift you 9k xp to dispense into all stats. This is what speedrunners typically do with Zelda 2, though I wouldn't expect you to, b/c you gotta play thorugh the game with low health and magic lvls to do it effectively.

[@mimxyz0]

Underrated

[@2shy2guy52]

I feel like I could knock out Zelda 1 with a guide in like, a day at most but the rest would take me forever to 100%

[@burnum]

I mean, Link lifts Marin above his head in Link's Awakening.

[@seceon4975]

cant wait for OoA and OoS, then TMC Great video

[@elgaming7]

20:25 if I remember correctly. In the japanese version you not only lose your points but also your stat levels . So in that version a death really equals a reset

[@Ep1cBramb10]

No, it just sets all of your levels to whichever one is the lowest. So if you had 3 in health, 2 in magic, and 5 in sword, they would all go down to 2.

[@RyanBlazeheart]

​@@Ep1cBramb10 that's why I go to Hebra and grind on the daira until my levels are even enough.

[@sageneodraconus]

I'm watching for the rings in the oracle games. As I believe they are RNG. Your video shows that screen and implies you are going for them. Also if it covers heart pieces then the hearts for them are also helpful to have insight for. As there is one that is tied to the seeds (like the rings). I've been trying to finish Seasons for a while and don't have the patience to overly grind for those particular collectibles. But I DO want to beat them 100%.

[@MichaelAarons1701]

Not sure if it’s helpful at this point, but those forced encounters during _Zelda II: The Adventure of Link_ at the Valley of Death (or anywhere for that matter) can be cheesed by tricking one of the random encounters over the tile and encountering that since the lesser encounter will override the scripted one. What’s more, a scripted encounter can’t just be exited since you have to fight through it to progress but the lesser enemy encounter can be just be bugged out of and you’ll be past the scripted tile and on your way. Real great for skipping some of those damn encounters where the Geru chuck rocks at you from behind a wall.

[@Ep1cBramb10]

the rock ones are pretty easy until other enemies show up.

[@matthewmiszewski9287]

You apparently forgot about four swords adventures which is definitely 2D. I beat that one in single player mode in around 9 hours.

[@jonathanwilliams1271]

7:46 I thought the item selection comes back if you use the red potion, and you can choose the heart container then, am I misremembering?

[@Nicolas-lz6pg]

Technically there is 14 2D zelda games The 4 missing ones are Four sword, Four sword adventures, Triforce heroes and Echoes of wisdom I understand why there is none of the 3 multiplayers one And I guess that Echoes of Wisdom was not released at the time or you didn't 100% it yet and didn't wanted to do it during a challenge

[@Ep1cBramb10]

echos was released by the time, TFH REQUIRES online play to 100%, so he would have to set up homebrew, and it's VERY long to 100%, as you have to complete each level 8 times (because some evil developer decided to separate singleplayer and multiplayer completion). Four swords he would have to do anniversary edition or NSO online play, so not too hard. I don't know why he skimped out on four swords adventures though, as that one was designed with singleplayer to work well, even if it caused multiplayer to have worse puzzles to account.

[@RubenB31]

NEW VIDEOOO🗣️🗣️🗣️🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@Arcana_zero_studios]

Tbh, no one will blame you for avoiding the gacha collectibles.

[@Ep1cBramb10]

In level 6, you just need to open the left door first.

[@SonicTheCutehog]

The Oracle games are going to ruin your sanity

[@duskynshaddow5876]

A link to the past did took long since my grandfather completed the game without a sweat The digging hole mini game is hard to find a heart container. It's hard when I play the first time. but it's easy when I play multiple times 😁

[@jackhoeh7941]

It took me over a year, but outside of a hint from a friend regarding finding lvl 7 dungeon I never looked up a thing but a map to refer to. Only missing one heart piece lol so close 😬

[@Uniclowndaddy]

Could probably do this in half the time. 14 days could probably get through the 3d games too

[@Ep1cBramb10]

no WAY you could 100% the oracle games and minish cap alone in 3 of those 7 days. Also, if you do try, add on the 4 missing games, that'll be... painful. You do know what you have to do to 100% tri force heroes... do you?

[@Uniclowndaddy]

@@Ep1cBramb10 I wasn't saying I could. I'm saying he could 😂 I'm betting someone has done it

[@tubezone666]

Since when do you start in the final palace of Zelda 2 after a game over. I think i started at the beginning of the game on the PAL NES version. That made the game so hard.

[@tiffanybender2492]

You forgot the second quest on the first Zelda . Witch I have beat and it is the worst .

[@tiffanybender2492]

Game

[@-B74-]

Let’s gooooooooooooo!!!!!!

[@FelixUnofficial]

But what about the 2nd quest in zelda 1 hmm >:/

[@WeroEdward]

Omg ok the song playing during his montage in Zelda II is from like a promo video or a trailer or something but I can't remember what it is. Can someone help?

[@OffbeatDrill]

Type "Orchestra Piece #1 Twilight Princess" into KZbin to find it. It's the song that plays on the title screen if you leave the game on for long enough.

[@Nicolas-lz6pg]

Twilight princess I guess given the instruments

[@Mehwhatevr]

Can you get that heartpiece in Minish Cap quickly enough?

[@linklinksson6885]

34:24 brutal

[@Twiztedgoalie]

…you skipped the white sword because it would too much time? You…you deal twice as much damage. Any time it takes to get it would be mitigated by just 1 room full of dark it’s or wizzrobes.

[@rikardandersson5582]

I could 100% ToZ and ALTTP in one day Not sure about AOL though

[@Wafflecalledisaac]

W video

[@matleb8491]

Shortly after 😢

[@SweetJP.]

what? where'd 2nd quest go? you only 50%'ed Zelda 1

[@richardjamesgallardojr.7584]

Did you beat the second quest on the original legend of Zelda though😂😂😂

[@cuddlequeen3225]

Have you 100% all of these previously.

[@OffbeatDrill]

Really the only ones out of the 10 that I TRULY achieved 100 percent completion before this challenge were Zelda 1, Zelda 2, and A Link to the Past

[@cuddlequeen3225]

@@OffbeatDrill impressive. Great job

[@linklinksson6885]

I think you can

[@OrbitalFrog_]

Level 6 actually does not have enough keys if you head right first. That entire level is garbage anyways

[@SafireRanmako]

You didn't 100% Zelda 1. You just did 50%. You can't call it 100% unless you do the Second Quest in Zelda 1.

[@Kalderite]

thats like counting the damn bonus modes as 100%. thats bs also hes using the criteria from the wiki, dont blame him blame the wiki

[@FirEmblem428]

@Kalderite Tbf the wiki does state that doing second quest is part of 100% completion. But counterpoint, completing what is essentially the same game but harder is redundant as you still beated the game to 100%. Doing second quest is just for bragging rights.

[@pikachupower0025]

Nathaniel Bandy could do this better

[@Ep1cBramb10]

SMH doing "every" 2D zelda game in 14 days but only doing 10, even though there's EXACTLY 14 2D zelda games mainline.

[@-B74-]

I know right that is kinda disappointing. I can understand EOW since he probably did the challenge before or when released. Editing takes time sometimes. I plan sometime next year to do these challenges myself.

[@cuddlequeen3225]

Um. You missed a game

[@Nicolas-lz6pg]

Whzt id the missed game ?

[@-B74-]

@@Nicolas-lz6pgFour Swords, Four Swords Adventure and Tri Force Heroes. I can understand EOW since he probably did the challenge before or at release.

[@darklordyianni4463]

ALBW for example is a 3D game, just from a diagonal and up to down view,.

[@Nicolas-lz6pg]

The distinction between 2D and 3D in Zelda games is not with the design but with the camera (weird but it's done like this) What is called 3D games are the games were you have control over the camera and were the cam is naturally placed in Link's back The 2D zelda games are all the games were the camera is in a top down view

[@lookatdemijipers]

no Faces of Evil, fake fan smh

[@darklordyianni4463]

Stop using "2D" for games that are actually 3D...

[@2shy2guy52]

2d Zelda hasn’t actually meant a Zelda game where you only move in 2 dimensions ever since, like, the first one. I guess top-down is technically more correct, but also Zelda 2 exists. It’s just a very intuitive distinction to make. Also, 2d Zelda in general has a slightly different type of gameplay than 3d Zelda.

[@-B74-]

@@2shy2guy52yeah it’s easier to just call it 2D, unless you’re technical like Nintendo and would call it “top down Zelda”

[@disturbedhalo117]

Why did you steal my profile pic?

[@neubussy]

I'm going to argue that you only hit 50% on the first game. No respect for the second quest

[@Ep1cBramb10]

fax

[@Ep1cBramb10]

although I would consider second quest a different gameish