@@HyruleGamer have you already done a part on Rayna highland ancient ruins?
@-inFinity05-3 ай бұрын
As far as I’m concerned literally everything related to Skyward Sword gets bonus Groose points.
@paczka6953 ай бұрын
TotK's opening gives me chills every time I go through it! It's even better after you have already played the game...
@DineDiamond913 ай бұрын
Oh yes! You see things differently... You know WHY things happen or WHY Rauru says what he says... You notice little details... The game is just one year old but whenever I play the opening, I already get nostalgic!
@meow7623 ай бұрын
majora's mask, twilight princess and tears of the kingdom definitely have my favorite openings! the ocarina of time title screen itself also is soo good.
@nudgificator3 ай бұрын
I'm impressed with the way you managed to make the word 'yoinked' sound so dramatic in your TotK summary.
@benjaminbuchanan71513 ай бұрын
The violin intro in Wind Waker gives me chills every time, and I hadn’t even played OOT before WW.
@ryancarley84913 ай бұрын
I also love how link is always waking up in the beginning. Makes me feel better about myself for sleeping so much 😴.
@Defender18763 ай бұрын
like how the animated links awaking cutscene has Link with blue eyes but we go into game and all he has is black dots
@Neptuuneee3 ай бұрын
Amazing video, but I believe that the Oracle games should have ranked a bit higher because the art was really good in my opinion, especially the shots of Din and Nayru interacting with the people.
@-inFinity05-3 ай бұрын
I find it hilarious how sometimes you accidentally leave two takes of the same line in the video. I do the same thing all the time, and it’s fun to see a bigger KZbinr make the same mistakes.
@chaossin74253 ай бұрын
ToTK really blows the competition outta the water on this one. No other Zelda villain came remotely close to the menace of Gannondorf in those first few minutes.
@quillion3rdoptionАй бұрын
I really wish Ganondorf was used more beyond his sparse appearances in that game.
@Innerspacezombie3 ай бұрын
day 159 of mentioning that on 5/6/2023 hyrule gamer made a video where, at 43.46, he spent 12 seconds simping about the ancient gerudo soldiers edit: why does this have so many likes ITS NOT THAT FUNNY
@spartanq77813 ай бұрын
And? Can you blame her?
@KulaMedli3 ай бұрын
Ya gotta love the bonus Groose points
@kylewagoner3 ай бұрын
Ranking the 20 most dramatic times Link has woken up.
@FireFoxie13453 ай бұрын
For Twilight Princess, it’s the dramatic time Link fell asleep
@voltron773 ай бұрын
Link’s awakening’s intro opening was amazing too in the game boy game.
@HeatherSulu3 ай бұрын
This video is a roller-coaster of emotion and is an absolute beauty Great job HG! The music implementation was perfect
@HyruleGamer3 ай бұрын
Thanks a lot, glad you enjoyed!
@senordivinebeast6463 ай бұрын
I love ranking videos so glad to see you doing them! Your content is always dope
@HyruleGamer3 ай бұрын
Thanks!
@yatanogarasu3 ай бұрын
Do one for ranking endings. My favorite is also TOTK, as it connects to BOTW so smoothly. The Switch remake of Link's Awakening is a very close second, with the anime-style.
@-inFinity05-3 ай бұрын
31:04 This may be the best line ever said, just in general.
@-inFinity05-3 ай бұрын
I’m so sad you didn’t mention how Niko had the last frame of the opening as a framed picture as an opening in Phantom Hourglass and Spirit Tracks…
@reynedelozier31643 ай бұрын
But he did…?
@-inFinity05-3 ай бұрын
@@reynedelozier3164 Only in Spirit Tracks
@davidfitzpatrick65353 ай бұрын
Yeah I FEEL LIKE with Zelda multiplayer games dont work as well because its always been the perfect game for gamers who don't have friends like me.
@tdl4873 ай бұрын
Totk might not be one of my favorite games in the series but that opening was next level and I loved it! While you and Zelda are descending further into the depths the atmosphere just feels so sinister and the ominous music just puts me on edge. It's like watching a horror movie before things go south, you know it's going to happen but you can't do anything but watch. That and I do love the sky diving aspect. Has that call back to SS but better.
@Velinto3 ай бұрын
breath of the wild at #5 is criminal
@Bad6163 ай бұрын
Can't argue with #1! Regardless of what I felt about TOTK as whole I remember the opening leaving me in chills and so excited. TOTK opening is the all time best Zelda opening.
@isandrooo3 ай бұрын
Nostalgia aside, I think BOTW deserves to be top 3 for just how great of a starting area/introduction the great plateau was
@ryancarley84913 ай бұрын
I think windwaker was best... something about the music just makes the story shine. You have the medieval style music as they show the hieroglyphic style art. Once they mention that the hero never showed up it transitions perfectly to a more somber style of music. Then once it gets upbeat the title screen hits with that amazingly upbeat fiddle type song. I love it.
@benjthewhite3 ай бұрын
Something I love about the opening of Tears of the Kingdom in relation to the rest of the game is Link failing to save Zelda foreshadowing the final actions you as a player will do to save Zelda at the end and catching her. My personal fav ending from my fav game, great video!
@kallocarina88792 ай бұрын
Idk, I personally LOVE Spirit Tracks's opening. First off, the title screen is really epic with the train coming out of a tunnel and the music shapikg up to be epic and playing thqt soft sweet melody which is so emboematic of our protagonists' relationships, this being the first game where it really feels like this is Link AND Zelda's quest. In addition, the opening moments are further hyped by the fact that Zelda DIES IN THE FIRST FEW MINUTES. Zelda has been petrified before, or turned into a painting, or kidnapped, but it always feels reversible. But when the villain just kills her? Ur like, "Dude what the heck?" One of the best beginnings to a Zelda game, top 5 for me
@agentoregon72123 ай бұрын
your pronunciation of seres made me chuckle lol, i always read it as sare-ehs
@arrowwishes87663 ай бұрын
My favorite opening will always be majoras mask. Can't beat that feeling of excitement as a child playing Zelda with my brother.
@당신자신사랑-o7j3 ай бұрын
I thought this was an intro/title screen ranking and thought oot would be number for sure haha but this is a great list for openings.
@danieltinsleykhvsff96223 ай бұрын
I completely agree with your top 5 here.
@soundpatriot52743 ай бұрын
I personnaly love the botw opening the most. The simplicity is perfect for me. You just get dropped in. No story, no nothing. You as the player knows just as little as link who has lost his memory. I just love it. I also like gameplay infinitely more then story. I don't care for a good story, if the gameplay is good. Even though a good story certaintly is a good thing to have. Maybe that's why botw is so perfect for me hahahha
@danielphelps21383 ай бұрын
Great idea. And a great list. I agree with many of your entries. Though I’d probably rank Skyward Sword a little higher. It’s tough to choose with so many games. Would love to see a follow up to this ranking the ends of the games. Perhaps from final boss through credits. There are some really good and emotional conclusions to these games.
@HyruleGamer3 ай бұрын
That's a brilliant idea, thank you!
@xerxies89473 ай бұрын
Loved the video! My favorite is probably Majora's Mask but that's just because MM is my favorite game ever. TotK's opening is amazing tho.
@probenfetchak80763 ай бұрын
TOTKs opener was unreal easily top 5
@CZsWorld3 ай бұрын
I don't see why Zelda 2 and The Legend of Zelda are so far apart in the rankings. They're almost the same but Zelda 2 has better visuals. Zelda 2 is the last game to give you complete freedom at the beginning until Breath of the Wild.
@tarnw33013 ай бұрын
BoTW/TOTK force you to do a really long tutorial to gather unnecessary abilities before you can find the world I pretty much could have freed the Deku Tree in the time I finished one shrine.
@nicolasadams22043 ай бұрын
No offense but the missed out of probably the most insane part of the TOTK opening which was the master sword literally BREAKING. Blew my mind
@TheJace203 ай бұрын
I was just thinking this as well and then seen your comment
@equivalenceprinciple19823 ай бұрын
TotK's intro might have been exciting when first experiencing it, but in light of what followed, it turns out to be completely hollow. When you have a tantalizing set up, it falls completely flat if you don't follow through.
@tarnw33013 ай бұрын
You know. You're right. The first time it was cool, the second time I was just rolling my eyes at the scene and cursing Zelda's constant commentary.
@DeadeyeJedi853 ай бұрын
As much as I want to see other Zelda ports to Switch, I really want to see the multiplayer ones come over with online play. Four Swords in particular is one that I couldn't play with friends when it came out, because not many of my friends had a GBA at the time.
@aymericvuillermoz4133 ай бұрын
Hi, it's really great that the first is the one I don't want to see as I haven't played it yet. But intend to, and I don't want any spoilers...
@aymericvuillermoz4133 ай бұрын
I must say I didn't expect my first zelda experience, aLttP, to be ranked that high. But the game in itself was super discovery! And soon after finishing it, I could play OoT, and that sealed the deal: I was a zelda lover !
@Cosmosis-863 ай бұрын
Great video, I’m on the same page with number’s 2 and 1.
@k_boo82323 ай бұрын
I’m here again! Sorry I can’t watch it now but I will be back! Love these videos ❤❤
@chrisdrown58663 ай бұрын
Have you ever thought about doing some original scenarios in the Zelda universe? I watch Riches and Liches on here and he does some really cool original scenarios where it works well with the Dungeons and Dragons/Forgotten Realms lore. While Zelda is obviously not D&D, it could be a good way to keep people engaged with Hyrule during what's probably going to be a painfully long Zelda drought. If you did release videos like that, I think a lot people would be down to watch it even if it's not canon and you're especially knowledgable with Zelda lore.
@alexsartor633 ай бұрын
What an ending!
@cementeatingnoodle3 ай бұрын
Rank every version of link and Zelda
@daddy_kong3 ай бұрын
Tri Force Heroes lets gooo
@aliastheabnormal3 ай бұрын
It's honestly crazy that Nico managed to last at bare minimum 120 years and not lose a step. He's probably the oldest living Hylian in the franchise at this point.
@religion153 ай бұрын
Ranking Zelda 1 at 10th confirms to me that the ranking is based more on narrative than gameplay. At least Zelda 1 and 2 don't waste your time with direct dialog (SS on Wii) and put you right in the action
@raphaeltouron91493 ай бұрын
I get that you don't liké the Oracles but their intro cutscene were super cool honestly... Not liking these games doesn't mean you have to put them down everytime
@HyruleGamer3 ай бұрын
It's just my opinion. Me not liking their colour palette as much doesn't massively effect the intro rating, just added in the comment lol
@thedustbunny1613 ай бұрын
The absolute madness that it takes to put WIND WAKER AT 6! I'm sorry, personally that's at least top two to me. The storybook format, the music timing, the slow morphing of the song into something sinister, it all just smacks of a story to call "A Legend". Never had to disagree with you so much but it was inevitable.
@samuxan3 ай бұрын
I agree with the top 2 from story perspective. but if I consider the gameplay they might be the worst. not getting the glider before getting to the surface is a miss opportunity and drags the tutorial part of totk too much. I feel something similar with TP, we get tutorials for everything before really starting(I never understood why force you to learn a secondary mechanic like fishing before the basics) and we have to go through the tutorial 2 more times, one as a wolf and another one as the proper link, not his villager persona. So the opening is the longest and quite ahead of the rest
@brunettexbrat3 ай бұрын
Skyward sword at 12 is criminal
@princeapoopoo57873 ай бұрын
I'm definitely one of those people who think the intro of Twilight Princess drags on too long. For my first playthrough, it was fantastic, but now that I know the ropes and how ... unnecessary at least a quarter of the tutorials felt. I wish the game allowed for some freedom for people who ARE familiar with the gameplay and allow them to explore Ordon at their own pace. Which is a shame because if you could skip the tutorial aspects of the dialogue, it would be my favourite intro! Ordon is a cosy happy town with one of the best songs in the franchise. I love the NPCs. I just don't like having my hand held.
@WKP19963 ай бұрын
I watched the video with mo snack or drink, but breakfast with breakfast and water 😅
@carolinehatcher79083 ай бұрын
Wind Waker will always be my number 1❤ that story, art style, and music can’t be beat
@HyruleGamer3 ай бұрын
Very solid choice!
@jypsridic3 ай бұрын
I wish the TotK opening was very slightly changed so that Raru's hand catching Link is the reason he fails to catch Zelda. Or at least make it clear that's what happened instead of what we got if that was what they intended.
@RangerMelB3 ай бұрын
TOTK for sure... And then probably the first one... Link to the Past.
@DarkAngelBluejay3 ай бұрын
Twilight Princess nearly dies for me in the opening. Honestly for all the reasons HG loves it. The tutorial and such takes way too long, and is just.... boring. I would also have put the OG Zelda near the bottom for how little there is to it. Great game, and I get limitations of the time and all, many NES games just drop you in. But it doesn't hold up well against newer games. And the broken English text just comes off more laughable than anything anymore.
@rabidtrigger61872 ай бұрын
If Twilight Princess had Matt Mercer, it'd be best, be honest.
@Banuune3 ай бұрын
10:25 Lol. It is clear.
@InnerspacezombieАй бұрын
day 227 of mentioning that on 5/6/2023 hyrule gamer made a video where, at 43.46, he spent 12 seconds simping about the ancient gerudo soldiers
@nworder4life3 ай бұрын
Why am I not surprised you put tears of the kingdom first
@elijahstrohmann61963 ай бұрын
botw is one of my least favorites bc of how it changed things, but ive gotta give it props for the best intro. its so open and inspiring
@ArtemisWasHere3 ай бұрын
4:54 wait, wasn’t Yuga a guy?
@BubReaper-uj7no3 ай бұрын
Twilight princess still has my favorite opening
@mikejacquard12223 ай бұрын
I have to disagree on your top 2. They should be switched. TP is the only zelda game in which I feel emotionally invested in the characters. It's more than "princess in trouble. Go save her" it's the story of link becoming the hero the children already see him as even though he's not yet, and becoming the man the adults see him as even though he kind of still acts like a child at times.
@John-de4mn3 ай бұрын
30:24 and gave link’s arm cancer
@daniel81813 ай бұрын
Dangerous to give credit to tp's intro. Respectable.
@blob83962 ай бұрын
Twilight princess opening is a SLOG
@SovietOnion-q5g2 ай бұрын
Botw should be first for all games in my opinion
@Vermula3 ай бұрын
What? No CDi games? 😅
@HyruleGamer3 ай бұрын
They deserve their own ranking
@lnsflare13 ай бұрын
I thought that Yuga was a male Gerudo.
@ShadowSkyX3 ай бұрын
He basically is. Lorule's version anyway
@JadeJuno3 ай бұрын
Wait... isn't Yuga a guy?-
@KN-dg7pp3 ай бұрын
Really? Totk? No title screen, bland walk with Zelda that even changed from the trailers, same old 4 shrine progression on sky islands that are amazing but in a nutshell the same lenghty exploration gameplay that gets stale really quick. Must be the recency effect at its finest
@captainsquiglehopper3 ай бұрын
Hi
@PlayPodOG3 ай бұрын
its absolutely insane you put triforce heroes so high on the list. its so bland of an opening and the premise of the game is just dumb. different doesn't equate to good. and then putting og zelda so high as well is crazy. yeah its an iconic game obviously. but as far as comparing openings. you are just tossed into the world and thats it.
@redlink88403 ай бұрын
Yuga is male
@mrwho9953 ай бұрын
I aggresively disagree with this video! For me, Skyward Sword is way too low and Twilight Princess is way, way, way too high. But hey, that's the fun of tier lists!
@thajocoth3 ай бұрын
I love Twilight Princess, but I found its opening to be awful and WAY too slow... But one of the things I love about it is that it just keeps getting better & better as I play, so having its lowest point be its opening just makes sense.
@itsmeimback7323 ай бұрын
BOTW needs to be #2
@daisyhoneycutt3593 ай бұрын
Of course you pick Totk for #1 sheep
@gustafadolfsson49043 ай бұрын
I think in isolation the TotK opening is great. But the story it serves to introduce is terrible and is something I cannot overlook. BotW I have no love for either. Twilight Princess or Wind waker is more my cup of tea.
@condenabo3 ай бұрын
Twilight princess is easily last place for me. The town stuff is too much of a drag
@InnerspacezombieАй бұрын
day 226 of mentioning that on 5/6/2023 hyrule gamer made a video where, at 43.46, he spent 12 seconds simping about the ancient gerudo soldiers
@meatsloth3333 ай бұрын
I personally would have swapped windwaker and link to the past but it’s a solid list. TOTK is probably my favorite ending too. Loved the redemption of grabbing Zelda’s hand.
@endless_del3 ай бұрын
that music swell as link wakes up and realizes what's happening is so triumphant too, i honestly don't know how theyre going to top it when it comes to endings
@UmutKursawe3 ай бұрын
Interesting. The color palate and music is one of the main reasons the Oracle of Seasons is my favorite video game ever!
@HomeSchooledWizard3 ай бұрын
Tears of the Kingdom, that opening just does something to your brain. You know what’s going to happen, you want to turn back but you can’t. You have to continue. The music slowly getting more intense as you get closer and closer to the source of the weird fog. The suspense just building and building, then culminating to the scene with Ganondorf, the broken master sword, link’s arm being absolutely wrecked, yet he doesn’t even hesitate to try and save Zelda. Then some calm as you leave the shrine of awakening and take a sky dive with the pan around the great sky islands, the music crescendoing with the opening title, then the end as you splash into the pond and your back, utterly confused and thoroughly traumatized by what just happened to Zelda.
@BlazingStarfox3 ай бұрын
I strongly feel you missed the point of Twilight Princess, it shows link already has responsibility, he didn’t just wake up and decide to save the world. He responsible for the farm, he’s set to be the next mayor, he takes care of and plays with the kids and everyone else in town. He goes out to save them and the intro lets you the character build those attachments. I personally think this is the best intro because it’s not reliant on graphics to win, it’s the story and the weight that makes it better
@Chrisletizi3 ай бұрын
i 100% agree with your take on the twilight princess opening being a good length, especially for someone who can appreciate the game from a narrative perspective. Towards the end of the game, I love how when you look back on Link's journey , you remember that he was once living a peaceful life in Ordon village. You spend enough time in this part of the game for it to leave a memory. It reminds me of the hobbit.
@endless_del3 ай бұрын
oh you're absolutely right, it feels like the hobbit
@SuleX00-ov5ip3 ай бұрын
As someone that has problems with twilight princess the opening wasn't one of them. I wished there were more moments where the world actually shined in twilight princess.
@jupitersnoot49153 ай бұрын
Skyward sword is really special to me, so for me its way higher in the ranking. I don't know why, but the game has just always seemed perfect to me. I think the fact that they gave Link the most personality he's ever had in any Zelda game is really what makes me adore it.
@panterraorosuke70493 ай бұрын
I put Majoras mask at number 2 because I include the clock town portion for the first 3 days to be part of the intro and there are so many people to interact with, make connections with, all while learning the mechanics of the game and how missions work. It's really dark depending on how deep you look and you can get a true feeling of widespread dread if you talk to everyone in clock Town. I have to put twilight princess at number 1 because the story telling, graphics and sense of urgency and danger really pull you in. What really does it for me tho, is the music. I go to sleep to the OST for this game. TotK barely loses to end up in 3rd for me. It's cool, expansive, detailed and hearing Ganon actually speak was pretty cool.
@segastars98023 ай бұрын
I like the idea.I'll have to think of my list, but I know for certain that Tears of the Kingdom and Twilight Princess openings are at the top.
@SaturnYoshi3 ай бұрын
Yuga is a male. Otherwise, great video.
@alexandersaksvoll53733 ай бұрын
Absolutely agree with TOTK. The intro is simply phenomenal. With especial emphasis on the atmosphere, visuals, sound design and music. Also, I think nostalgia plays a part here as OOT was my first Zelda game, and is my number 2 on this list behind TOTK.
@sooperdude223 ай бұрын
Breath of the Wild takes the cake for me. Words alone cannot describe that feeling of stepping out of the Shrine of Resurrection for the first time, and being met with the sweeping shot of Hyrule's vast landscape while the opening theme played.
@garvensman3 ай бұрын
I agree with this list, but would swap TP and LttP. That intro in TotK is quite frankly the best game into I think I have seen/played in my life.
@gonk10123 ай бұрын
Botw is pure magic
@darkisatari3 ай бұрын
Oh man.. you lost me right off the bat. Oracles opening is fascinating to me because it depicts a residence for the completed Triforce in the world Link inhabits - not a separate realm, and also arguably not Hyrule Castle since later we see that this Link and Zelda haven’t met before. So is it a special fortress to house the Triforce? Or is it Hyrule Castle and Link accessed the sacred relic without meeting the princess first? We also see a function of the Triforce beyond just granting wishes, as it exerts a will to affect the world on behalf of good. Anyway, Oracles are good
@TheOnilink12303 ай бұрын
At least you called out your bias! To be fair there really is no bad Zelda ga… CD what? What was I say? Ah yes there really is no bad Zelda game and by extension no truly bad Zelda opening. Twilight princess is an amazing game most aspects of the game deserve either a 8,9,or 10 / 10 with most being a 9 or a 10 I LOVE this game! However if any part of this game deserves a below average 6/10 the slow paced minimum 90 min slog fest that is its opening is it.😢