The Making of Legend of Zelda A Link to the Past - Super Nes

[@DrummerDucky]

This could easily be televised, the quality is through the proverbial roof. Hell, I've seen a fair amount of high-budget documentaries going through a famous movie's production, but nothing quite reached the quality of your very own style and fluidity. Here's hoping you can make a name for yourself soon enough, as many educational video could learn immensely from your craft.

[@JacobRavenglass]

Lol, "proverbial roof". Unnecessary embellishment-- I talk like that, too. :D Yeah, I like this channel and GVMERS, if only because of the quality of their narrations, and how it makes me feel like I'm watching something on a documentary channel made specifically for video games.

[@El_Chompo]

Yes it was making me wonder how big the production team is. One for art, one for writing, one for speaking etc. This couldn't be a single person right? Also keep in mind that the best things in life and the most popular things in life don't always overlap. Just because it's popular does not mean it's good. In fact I've found many of the best things to be not super popular, it's almost a compliment.

[@SpunkMcKullins]

Worth the wait, every time. The production quality on these always blows me away.

[@Indigo_Gaming]

I gotta say, you probably have the best-looking game retrospectives on KZbin, right alongside Ahoy. Hands-down. Amazing work you put into every single shot, keep it up!

[@MrDeedsly]

I agree. His speaking style is great too.

[@MarkDell]

Yeah, It’s not even close. I feel like I’m being spoilt by getting this quality on KZbin

[@5izzy557]

Ahoy is a huge compliment, and I would agree.

[@XxXSkylezXxX]

The fact that you put the music in the description WITH timestamps is all the proof I need of your ingenuity.

[@strafefox]

Ha thanks! I always get a lot of "what's the music played at..." so it saves me some time :)

[@dertyp6833]

@Scuhvex This and his sources at 14:50 :)

[@maldivirdragonwitch]

That's sheer professionalism. Every KZbinr who earns a good living should be as professional... But alas.

[@OSW]

My God, TV shows aren't this well-produced! Incredible job all round, had to sub you on Patreon. A winner is you!

[@ss4kaioken295]

Pate

[@christopherbennett1173]

For real

[@mrbluesteen]

My Boys staple!

[@fouadthehedgehog7982]

The legendary underrated KZbin channel making a documentary about one of the greatest games series of all time. Man, what a legend.

[@michaelmurray9730]

The concept art for this game is so good

[@LukasPukenis]

P R O D U C T I O N V A L U E 1 0 / 1 0

[@nitroturbo7869]

Too low! 11/10!! 13/10!!! A MILLION OUTTA TEN!!!

[@peite7878]

Yeah, but why the artist music? Won’t it be need to be deleted?

[@peite7878]

Is he doing this fulltime?

[@reeeech9245]

Wait, this isn't an official video? Damn, it's a great video... !!!!

[@NYCJoeBlack]

Lukas Pukenis - ABSOLUTELY!! I love this channel!

[@AndrewWires]

This looks like a big budget documentary. Serious production value and great content. You make most other retro channels look amateurish. Great job man, subscribed

[@noa670]

Such quality content like this is rare on KZbin

[@skins4thewin]

ALTTP was THE reason I wanted the SNES as a kid. It blew my mind like no other game before it the first time I played it.

[@MaxOakland]

skins4thewin What about it excited you so much?

[@Mart-Bro]

I can't believe how high quality these renders and animations, transitions and edits are! Some of the best I've seen on KZbin!

[@Master0119]

This was incredibly impressive. Competent, clear, entertaining, and respectful. Well done.

[@bruno280678]

Video is stunning and make me cry, please strafefox go x Super Metroid

[@Vasioth]

Your content is simply fantastic. Your flow, editing, use of visual and music aids are great, and the script and delivery are concise, to the point and elucidating. I've been subscribed to your channel for a year now and I always become extremely excited when I see you've uploaded a video. Keep up the amazing work and if ever you decide to make a Patreon or some funding related source, you bet I'm going to donate money.

[@Clue164]

You're blowing my mind with the quality of these videos strafe!

[@ChromeTecNina]

I've always loved this game, but after watching this video it just made me appreciate it on a whole other level. One of, if not the best game of all time. Amazing video dude.

[@eternia15]

This video really has some high production value and I finally learned some new stuff about the game.

[@docdiggler6581]

I can't get over the quality and effort in these videos. So glad I subbed.

[@ChongLiFromHell]

It's really impressive the CONSTANT level of quality you have here on your channel. I can only thank you and say congratulations! Cheers from Brasil!!

[@sadsys]

Seriously , and i repeat it again. This channel is one of the most sophisticated ones in terms of production value. High degree of analysis and illustrations, visual support and historical accounts, the voice over is extremely professional, I cannot describe how I adore listening to reviewer and how much I'm impressed by his linguistic competencies. I know that this channel is meant to be a gift for retro gaming nerds , those who have an extreme passion that surpasses the limits of all times and places. I hope if there is further content to be produced. I highly respect and appreciate the efforts of the names behind this channel because I believe that this is not just only a review of content , this is actually ART.

[@kaneda010]

The production quality of these videos (not just from the visual and audio side but also research and writing) should put others in the community to shame. This is next-level stuff - well done and keep it up.

[@BigDippas]

I agree completely, these videos are in a league of their own.

[@emeraldweapon1010]

I'm a simple man, I see strafefox upload a video, I like.

[@BigDippas]

The video production here is amazing as per usual, not to mention a great script.

[@RVGM]

Thank you for taking the time and effort in creating this masterpiece :)

[@SurvivalHorror100]

Is this a joke? Seriously, is this a frickin joke? I know KZbinrs who stick a camera in front of their faces and simply talk about the games they love and some of them have nearly a million subscribers. And yet one of the most creative, hard working, informative channels on KZbin only has 32K subs? Ridiculous. For what it's worth, I've been subbed to you for nearly five years now and if you ever decide to set up a patreon, I'll be supporting you day one. Keep up the good work

[@willmistretta]

KZbin rewards upload quantity over quality. Heavily-produced content like this can't feasibly be cranked out weekly, bi-weekly, or daily.

[@topazzz1546]

And thats how I like it. quality over quantity. even if it takes long. makes it all that special.

[@strafefox]

Really cool to hear! and thanks for sticking with me for 5 years! Maybe I'll open up a patreon in the future, but I don't make these videos for money, or fame. I just enjoy making them and hope people will find them entertaining and informative and perhaps even inspiring :)

[@willmistretta]

Yes, it's very good for discerning viewers like you and me. It's very bad if you're an ambitious creator trying to make a living on here.

[@cam9144]

He needs to yell at the camera more and have extra shitty clickbait titles with a "OMG" face in the thumbnail. ((goddamn I cant stand youtubers that do this))

[@WorldGameImpossibleChallenges]

Hardly you can find on youtube a content quality like this. Have you ever thought to broadcast your product elsewhere? I'll put you in my buddy list!

[@strafefox]

Thanks! My ultimate goal is to package my videos in a nice blu ray set.

[@fred6907]

The impression these games made on me as a young kid is truly amazing. Brings a tear to a now much older man. Those memories will last until I die of old age. These game designers are geniuses! The amount of creativity is on another level. Amazing channel, insane production value.

[@fred6907]

@Char Aznable The very first one, Legend of Zelda back in 1987. Fond memories.

[@tonk82]

I'm always amazed by the high quility of this channel's videos. One of the best youtube channels, without a doubt. Great documentary.

[@strafefox]

Thanks so much! and is that Basil from The great mouse detective in your avatar? Love that movie! So many great memories :)

[@Necdilzor]

I came here instantly, and I still can't understand the lack of subscribers. This is top notch content!!!

[@TryppiDnB]

My first memories were playing this game. I was born in 1993, my mom played and beat this while she was pregnant with me. It will always and forever be my favorite game of all time. Hands down. It's timeless.

[@rmr5184]

I am a simple man, I see a strafefox video and I hit the thumbs up! Seriously continue this amazing work!!

[@Cuzjudd]

Can people stop with the overdone im a simple man meme

[@ScottWozniak]

The work you put into these videos is just astonishing. I look forward to each and every one.

[@FunkyFranky80]

Another one, another hit! Outstanding work, this is video game history preservation at it's very best, love it

[@DaveControlLive]

Your expertise in how your showcase the visuals is truly inspirational. I love how creative you are with it, and the various methods you utilize.

[@freshlysqueez3d]

The 3D backgrounds in this video were astonishing.

[@Bangcat]

This was basically educational, and I've been gaming since 84, did multiple videogames retail shops, scouted by one of them for my knowledge, and an arcade manager for 16 years. I was unusually impressed by this and further educated. Well done.

[@strafefox]

Really cool to hear! Thanks! and we started with gaming around the same time :) The Colecovision was my fist experience with video games. Good times :)

[@GlauberLimaBR]

The amount of dedication you put in your videos is simply amazing! Thanks for another top-notch video!

[@PhantomArcade]

Great vid dude. Love documentaries like this that collect insight into the creative process and era.

[@n_worder]

This game makes me nostalgic everytime I see it, even though I played it for the first time this year

[@danieljansson964]

First time viewer here. Wow. I was really cought off guard by the production value and was totally sucked into it. Well done and you got yourself another subscriber 👍

[@TheAMVDJ]

This game as well as the other early video games have such a profound effect on my life it's amazing. Right now, just looking at the visuals and hearing the music instantly transports me back to my childhood and this euphoric good feeling swells inside me. So fortunate to have grown up in this time period!!!

[@rockman369]

You out did yourself again!! Fantastic production totally worth the wait!!! Keep it going!!!!

[@greyspot00]

I loved the visible effort put into the production of this video.

[@BingBangPoe]

The editing of your videos is mesmerizing.

[@wetwerd2003]

Damn splash wave that was epic. You guys truly are the next navgtr channel

[@GreenEnvy.]

"Adding diagonal movement was a step in the right direction." I see what you did there.

[@venomtang]

Dude, these feel like watching a movie , love it. So glad I found this channel

[@PLANTBAT]

Thank you for your content. You're a huge inspiration to me.

[@JossCard42]

This video was such a nostalgia trip. Link to the Past is one of my earliest memories. I remember going to a family friend's house where their kids were downstairs playing the new super Nintendo. I remember watching them play Zelda and my mind being blown by how amazing the world looked and how detailed everything was. I thought there was an entire little world in there and that if I could only play it myself I could find places that no one ever had before. That fascination carried me over the next twenty five years to now where I'm in my senior year of studying game design in college.

[@Edno07]

Amazing work dude

[@Jhonatan5]

This channel is probably the only one that keeps me watching a video from the beginning to the end without skipping anything. High quality content! Thank you!

[@stevensonchambers5577]

I consider The Legend Of Zelda: A Link To The Past one of the greatest video games of all time. I can't see anyone making a retrospective about it that can top this one.

[@dougfoster445]

Same

[@afriend9428]

*Secret of Mana* 💡

[@Neobelmont1]

This is why I love this channel, Knowledge is provided. It's different when someone just talks about how they feel about their game or just doing a let's play or something. The level of detail and research that goes into each episode is incredible and it's a very different change of pace from the usual let's play.

[@booski1865]

Great video, as always. Here's hoping to Super Metroid in the future 😏

[@Guttsdoyle]

5 mins into my first video and this may already be one of the best channels on youtube. Everything is done perfectly. Fair play.

[@GameSack]

Great video! The transparency effect in this game always kind of bothered me because it travels with you and as a result it looks really weird. But I guess they HAD to do that otherwise the player might not have noticed that there was a transparency and they had to get players to go "Wow, this system is SUPER!"

[@SonnyBrown]

The videos you produce are just on another level. I am in awe.

[@FLM142]

Extremely informative video and lovely presentation.

[@maverick_loneshark]

Must be a lot of homework in making these videos!

[@m.powers6657]

top quality production 10/10 wow ! Did not expect this level of quality when I clicked! Can't wait for more!

[@creativeed6788]

Oh my god finally! Thank you so much! Love your videos :)

[@theyellowarchitect4504]

This production value doesn't belong in youtube, daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaamn!!! I am beyond stunned and baffled. it's not just a single video, its the entire channel! Definitely worth the wait but.... its still unbelievable.

[@ryonagana]

i got this zelda in my 9 years old birthday and last year i bought the super nintendo classic only to play zelda a link to the past and finished again my beloved game!

[@MikeyTaylorGaming]

Still absolutely astounded by the effort and Editing put into these videos. So much care put in. Easily one of the best Channels on KZbin!

[@TainoMoya]

wOAH!? a new video from strafox?? THANK YOU!!

[@yandman26]

Just beautiful.your editing is unrivalled.

[@patricioc6883]

Yes and thank you!!!! Please do Chrono Trigger and FF3 SNES.

[@COIFISHGAMING]

Your attention to detail and graphics work is simply unbelievable, Truly you produce the BEST Retrospectives I have ever seen on anything.....

[@Fojabass]

Agh, they missed the opportunity to name "Entertainment Analysis Development" (EAD) the ingenious name of "Nintendo Entertainment Analysis Tree" (NEAT)

[@interwoven222]

Thank you Miyamoto, Tezuka, Kondo and all who worked on this game that was such a brightspot in my childhood that I've returned to play many times. I would sometimes rome the woods as a boy with a sense of wonder that was accentuates by playing this game, so it went full circle.

[@whathappenswhen4767]

such a great video and well edited. only 10,000 views? wtf is wrong with youtube!?!?

[@MiSambra]

I'm only disappointed that it took this long for youtube's algorithm to introduce me to your channel. Excellent work.

[@schizogony]

I love the in-depth graphics-creation breakdowns.

[@Elvistek]

Not only this is my favourite Zelda game... this video is extremely well produced... this is easily up to be televised and the information, quality, details and production is superb.. much better than what we see on tv

[@gamehorizon7883]

Always worth the wait -- just phenomenal. HOWEVER... If Miyamoto pulls inspiration from his previous experiences for his game design, I'd like him to explain the time he attacked a chicken and then got CLUCKED UP by said chicken's gang. We need these stories answered. Keep up the one-of-a-kind work, dude.

[@strafefox]

I will explain that in the uncensored version haha :)

[@Tama23]

I gotta say -- I love the amount of detail that went not only into the subject matter, but the production of this video is miles ahead of what I normally see on KZbin channels. Incredible work!

[@theatomicclown]

Thank God you're back. KZbin still hath hope.

[@random_gamer_guy82]

I don't know how I found this channel but you sir just got another sub .what a quality of video that's never seen ,I hope you get the game you deserve.excellent stuff sir

[@slyle3642]

NEW STRAFE FOX OMG

[@Rikku12e]

You raised the bar once again the quality of your videos is constantly growing.

[@lindejordan]

The best is back.

[@strafefox]

Ha! Thanks so much :)

[@Pan_Z]

7:51 it's inconceivable how much work you put into these brief segments. So much work for a scene that lasts a couple seconds. On top of the crazy production values, the editing, narration, script, and research done are all top notch.

[@Maoshung]

As much as I liked “Ocarina of Time” I still thing “A Link to the Past” is the best Zelda ever made. Yes even better than “Breath of the Wild”.

[@grackleking6413]

13:33 I love this ending dialogue. The words are so well-crafted, so inspirational, and the music really makes it soar. Thank you for this experience.

[@colonelsandwich641]

How do you do those smooth parallax animations? They look so awesome!

[@strafefox]

Thanks! I use Cinema 4D and After Effects to create all the animations.

[@browserkong1845]

Many Thanks to the creators of these games and all the work and music that went into them. Thanks! Epic memories xxx

[@redcrimson1028]

Miyomoto is indeed great, bit the question i ask myself for years is why hasnt he created new ip's? Where are there darker games? Sports titles, shooters, Rpg's etc?

[@tlonmaster]

Those aren't really his things. I don't know what we can say his last new IP was, but Pikmin was fantastic. I think that may have been it.

[@robertogtz865]

I just can't believe this, this is the first video I saw in my life about video games on youtube that is stunning wherever you see it, the animation, draws, good..... why you don't have 5 million of suscribers for this ? this is amazing!!

[@catgirl_eva]

A Link to the Past was better than Ocarina of Time and Majora's Mask. Yeah, I said it.

[@jacobw327]

It's seriously my favorite game of all time

[@IaconDawnshire]

Damn right!

[@simonhilling]

I have to agree dude. Maybe it was timing but this game has such a special place in my heart!

[@simonhilling]

Plus they nailed it with A Link Between Worlds. The only other Legend Of Zelda game I've completed aside from Link To The Past. ... There, I said it 😄

[@VixXstazosJOB]

Totally Agree with the First... Nah for the Second...... - even if OOT was fresh for me when it came out -

[@キラキラくりくり頭]

I am always blown away by the quality of these. I mean - you had actual 3D mock ups of some of the game. And so many other little 3D elements made for this. So many of the flawless compositing moments, with background images, videos on angled planes, 2D images popping in over the top... And that's just the visuals! The research, scripting and flow of these... It's just incredible.

[@strafefox]

Thanks so much!

[@badicusvibesimus182]

EZ 100k+ views- change title to: "WAS THIS HOW ZELDA WAS MADE?"

[@strafefox]

Or how about "Mindblowing new facts about Zelda that will shake your sanity!" or "How Miyamoto stimulated chicken abuse". ha ;) But without joking.. I'm not a big fan of using clickbait for various reasons. Most important of all it sets up false expectations and so demises the quality of the video/viewing experience.

[@badicusvibesimus182]

Glad you're retaining your integrity. You make great content, just wish more eyes could see it.

[@strafefox]

Thanks! I really appreciate that!

[@h.celine9303]

I don't even get how this channel can be so outstanding. It's simply breath-taking.

[@zawarudoz]

Link to the Past > Ocarina of Time

[@supdudd5436]

zawarudo Fuck yeah

[@discodesanti2459]

The sprites and backgrounds of LttP are so charming and colourful. An absolute classic.

[@topazzz1546]

Yeeeaahhh boooiiiiii

[@CastChaos]

Fantastic and very informative video about one of the greatest gaming hits! Not only that you provided interesting new details, you didn't even limit yourself to LttP and showed the full picture. That is very respectable. Sure, those guys around Miyamoto were geniuses, absolutely not only for the things they made up, rather because these things were implementable and fit together, resulting something that is still a wonderful thing to enjoy after 27 years. I am at Turtle Rock in my current playthrough and it's not just on some emulator.

[@ThePROMINENCE]

The visual quality of this video is amazing! I love the artwork from the game being shown in such high quality and the effects used to really bring them to life! Well done!

[@K3NnY_G]

How did I never come across this channel? KZbin just isn't fair anymore; this guy deserves well and beyond 125k subs for the production work alone.

[@SlyBeast]

That credits theme...all these years and playthroughs later, it gets me every time.

[@sicjes1]

I got my kids a SNES mini this Christmas just so I could play this game. One of the best games ever.