The Classic Zelda Era Was Deeper Than You Remember

[@TheMentok]

Nintendo confirmed a live action Zelda is in the works. Do you think an adaption of the first two games would work?

[@Chaosbean-1443]

Definitely. Since this is going to be the first Zelda movie, it would be better if it stuck to its roots of the early games. The newer games have great settings and stories, but since they have to be adapted into film with a limited runtime, it has a high chance of becoming an expedition dump. Also, they really can't take the mario movie route this time since it will be much more serious. The great thing is that the first two games aren't too specific on the story elements, so I think, if done right (A BIG IF) it can leave a lot of room for a really interesting adventure.

[@PartyDude_19]

I really hope so, I think that the movie could take a lot of inspiration from the manga by Ran Maru as they introduce some interesting elements to the franchise such as Link being trained by a werewolf named Gump or that Link is accompanied by a parrot named Watto

[@Chris-bz2rf]

YES especially the first one, I could see it in the same vain of the dnd movie with link just running around and just doing random stuff, maybe he might accidentally do some dungeons out of order and it could widen the audience of the original Zelda, as most people write it off as too cryptic

[@JesseJames-zp6dh]

Hey! I like your videos!

[@OtakuUnitedStudio]

​@@PartyDude_19 Imagining the parrot having the voice and personality of Star Wars Watto is stuck in my head now.

[@MCastleberry1980]

I will always defend the Zelda cartoon. Not everything has to "hold up" as an adult. 8 year old me was just happy seeing Nintendo cartoons with Nintendo music and Nintendo sounds, so it got the job done.

[@dansmith16]

Lots of stuff that Link did ended up being used in future games. He rode on his shield after hitting a bomb.

[@historictruecrime5119]

44 year old old me is just as happy as 8 year old me. Lol. I lived for Fridays! I was so happy when I found Zelda on a DVD and the dollar store, and then later on on Netflix.

[@EQOAnostalgia]

Dude ikr!? Lol... if you saw ANYTHING video game related from cartoons to Nick Arcade... we lost our collective flippin MINDS.

[@ryanwinter8813]

I didn't watch that show till my mid 20's, I have no nostalgia for it, and I think it's just fine, people just take this franchise way too seriously.

[@MCastleberry1980]

@@EQOAnostalgia this lol the SMB3 show having game footage from the world maps felt huge.

[@GarryDKing]

15:50 About that.... in the manga version of LoZ2.... Awake Zelds does join Link on his adventures, and at one point while she was dressed as Link during a battle, she ends up killed by Ganon's minions to resurect Ganon... And when Link goes to revive Zelda, Ganon attacks em. And much to both their horrors, the corpse of Zelda falls into lava.... So yea to hide the fact that the current princess died horribly, when the sleeping Zelda was awakened, they all just pretended she was the other Zelda all along due to their similar looks... it's extremely messed up!

[@chazlonewolff3320]

😮😮😮

[@Josuh]

What the fuck

[@DaveGrean]

I never knew that, lmao! Which manga do you mean, though? There are 3 different ones based on Zelda 2. The wiki lists separate 'The Adventure of Link' manga series by authors Yuu Mishouzaki, Maru Ran, and Shigoto. Also, where can I read these?

[@scrappy2082]

they dont rly pretend since pretty much everyone saw her die right in front of them, it was pretty fucked up, Link goes fuckin ballistic on Ganon too the old Zelda does wake up and is more confused by all thats happened but the manga ends pretty quick afterwards

[@scrappy2082]

​@DaveGrean History of Hyrule has the manga translated but its not a scanlation so u gotta read the text separately

[@ShytPump]

The way the manga of a link to the past ended was realistic and bitter sweet. And i mean the version that was trickled out over a season of Nintendo Power mag in the early 90s. In case you never read it, it ends with Zelda approaching link as he places the master sword in its pedestal in the lost woods. He is all pimped out because he's now leader ift the Hyrulian Knights and protector of the Triforce. She tells him that while peace has been restored, its bitter sweet because her responsibilities to the kingdom, and his as a protector, disable them from ever seeing each other informally. She laments this sacrifice they make for peace ajtd covets her memories of being captive by Ganon because during that time she was connected to Link. She sheds a tear and her horse trots her away while link stands and sadly watches her leave. Then it goes to a shot a of the sword still in the pedestal, but now covered in moss and vines, showing that it was intouched for likely centuries. This indicated that Hyrule remains in a long period of peace from Ganon. Fantastic ending and I'd love to see something like that in the movie.

[@kricku]

I'm getting Last Unicorn vibes

[@elnurgling]

In regards to Link's fate after waking the Wind Fish and ending up adrift in the ocean: in A Link Between Worlds there's Gramps who is the strongest opponent in the game, wears a green tunic, wields a Master Sword and any item Link can use and has a unique Zelda leitmotif in the end credits. It's not a big stretch to assume that Gramps is the Link from Past/Awakening/Oracles, running a sidequest to train new Links in his old age.

[@Kagomai15]

I've beaten that game before and I don't remember fighting Gramps omg? I'll have to start a new playthrough!

[@murmirr]

@@Kagomai15 unfortunately, its only through street pass battles i believe. im not positive but i think the thing is that you have to beat a bunch of street pass battles and get EVERY medal in order to fight gramps.

[@Kagomai15]

@@murmirr daaang, oh well. Maybe there's a let's play of it somewhere lol

[@ssppeeaarr]

ya hero of legend hype. the game calls him legendary at some point... i think thats what his name is in game. or his status or something giving a hint of who gramps really was. lol. some channel also made some theory about this awhile ago. it was neat. lttp is my fav.

[@Deltabolster]

Kinda impossible for a spirit of the hero to reincarnate into a new hero if they're still alive no? Atleast the hero of time had the decency to die before meeting a new hero

[@brian.francisco]

Minako Hamano's music in Link's Awakening are some of my absolute favorites. The Tal Tal Heights track has to be my favorite sort of remix of the standard Zelda theme

[@makeshift_battlefield_music]

When I was a kid, Zelda was one of the few games my friend was allowed to play on his NES because his religious dad didn't like games that had magical or 'non christian' themes, but because Link had a cruciform on his shield he thought it was a christian game lol 😆

[@randomduck8679]

Not as ridiculous as you think. The early games did allude to Christianity a few times.

[@YTmoney88]

Link was Catholic, lol. They only toned it down in America. I'm not joking, look it up

[@TIZFUNK]

God imagine being that brainwashed

[@IncarnationOfNeutrality]

​@@TIZFUNKWelcome to the 1980's Satanic Panic

[@User_5tjk42gj9]

​@@TIZFUNKIm confident there are themes/political opinions that you would refuse to play a game over.

[@YossifEtok]

Oh boy smooching time!

[@Mordecrox]

_horrified stalfos screaming_

[@falconeshield]

Excuuuuse me

[@javierdaniel1429]

I played Zelda in 1988, I was 5. I then received The Adventure of Link as a gift the next year; I'm still playing them now into my 40s (with Wind Waker being my favorite game of all time).

[@mver191]

skrubnugged

[@MannPower]

Not my favorite game of all time, but Wind Waker is my favorite post-NES Zelda title.

[@AceLinker-w5v]

Wind Waker is the best I remember playing thru it on the GameCube without guided help

[@mver191]

@@AceLinker-w5v It was good but i didn't like the grinding for progression.

[@AceLinker-w5v]

@@mver191 what grind? That game doesn't have a level up system unless you talking about rupees or items their isn't nothing hard about that game

[@coyoteartist]

Being as I was a kid in the 1980s, I thought it funny as i got older that cartoons from when I was a kid couldn't have dead people (unless you were Real Ghostbusters and they're ghosts), but things could die in cartoon movies.

[@OtakuUnitedStudio]

The only exception was characters having dead parents. Usually the mom.

[@coyoteartist]

@@OtakuUnitedStudio True.

[@ssppeeaarr]

ya usa soft. 😟 meanwhile japs get some good animes. like dbz. 😄👌

[@84warhead]

Ghosts and other undead at the time were an exception because a rather semantic but important detail was specifically the "dying" part. Technically not depicting something dying if it's already dead.

[@theironfox2756]

Link is a self made prophesized hero. How inspiring a character.

[@lougait4362]

Oh man those 1980s cartoons was such a nostalgic trip. I was like 6 years old when they came out and I was obsessed with them

[@EQOAnostalgia]

So what you're really tryin to tell us here bro is you were... "Hooked on the brothas"?

[@lougait4362]

@@EQOAnostalgia who wasnt

[@Ronsonator]

The artwork in the manuals of the first 3 games is always what I picture Zelda as in my head. The cartoon was pretty good too, loved that they used the game's sound effects.

[@cicelylawson2261]

Oh boy, smooching time! This was awesome! Thanks so much for all the work you put into this! I loved every minute of it and am glad to have so much more context for this franchise

[@zerobyte802]

I experienced all of this in real time as it came out. It’s rare to see retrospective content take the releases in context like you did. I really appreciated that. The summer between getting the Nintendo Fun Club issue (pre Nintendo Power) that featured Zelda 2, and getting the game felt like an eternity. I was so hyped for 2, and loved it. ALttP blew me away - I still hold it above all others in my own head cannon. I remember how amazing little details were in this game, like the sound of the rain outside the initial Hyrule Castle run, but going into a basement level, you no longer hear it. Great video, man!

[@andrewsnarr6474]

I usually just name link “bruh” makes for hilarious interactions

[@rocknatex5013]

OoT: "bruh...Strange... It sounds somehow... familiar." TP: "Mr. bruh! WAAAAAIT!" WW: "bruh, the Hero of Winds!" Yeah, I could see it lol

[@JuicyJam]

Wow! Not a lot of channels on here that started up in 2006. Good on ya!

[@EQOAnostalgia]

DANG... i thought i was early with 2011 lol. That's like... year 1.

[@brucelee42069]

Amazing how few subscribers he has, this is really really good content. Could maybe be trimmed down a little bit in places, but I thoroughly enjoyed it and was very impressed by the writing. Great balance of humour too, so many channels these days have way too much cringe - the jokes here were light and made me laugh, definitely helped the "flow" of it a lot.

[@xokirei]

goat

[@_The_Traveler_]

I wonder if the giant bird from Windwaker is a reference to the parrot being turned into a giant in the manga.

[@gannon_banned]

I really wish more people knew of the stories and just how deep the stories of just the first 2 games themselves went. I could never hate Zelda 2 because even though the game itself is definitely insane, the story of the game over screen where Link is literally SACRIFICED and they use his blood to resurrect Ganon... like what? For a children's game in the 80s you don't expect such a dark story but I absolutely love the manuals for providing us with the backstories of the games. I wish more people would give the first games credit for giving us a story while also providing us with an action adventure/fantasy dungeon crawler experience as best they could for the hardware had at the time I haven't even watched the video yet but already I just know I'm gonna love this based on the title! Great video already LOL

[@rocknatex5013]

Yeah. Personally, I enjoy The Adventure of Link. But it's hated often by people who have never even given it a shot, just because the Zelda community says it's bad. It's a shame, really.

[@ssppeeaarr]

ya its mostly shiggys fault earlier games nintendo made dont focus much on lore... he likes gameplay first then add story at the last. kinda style. lttp is when it first started coming all together. i hope they go with that for movie.

[@gannon_banned]

@@ssppeeaarr i agree. i think the era of the wild had its time but holy it's been beaten like a dead horse. i hope the movie focuses on the earlier games as well; we've seen the world of zelda in 3d for so long, i'd love to have the first 4 games breathe in some more 3d life (although i did love albw). it just feels like nintendo's forgotten that classical era of zelda completely with the era of the wild

[@777Rowen]

My first Zelda game was A Link to the Past. I’ve played nearly every single game; and this is an amazing video! I’m playing Tears of the Kingdom as I watch this.

[@Rydax]

I grew up with a SEGA Genesis, and rarely got to play any Nintendo games when I was a kid. The first two Zelda games were some of my favorites when I did have the chance. I saw a babysitter's husband playing Faces of Evil when I was little. At first I was really confused because I knew the character on the screen was supposed to be Link, but it was so different. However, I also thought it looked really cool, and too my small brain, even scary at times. I wished I could have played it myself. Watching him play Super Metroid was also my introduction to that series, even though I didn't get to play any of the games myself until Prime.

[@Mordecrox]

Geez sure it was boring babysitting you. Sorry, the picture of a 90s babysitter playing THAT is hilarious to me

[@welshlout3400]

It’s wild that Zelda’s main theme was knocked out in an evening

[@AHylianWarrior]

I sadly didn't get to experience much of the classic Zelda era until I played LttP when they added OoT Link's voice in to the game lol I played that and got in to some of the older ones, really adored the Akira Himekawa manga version of LttP and have grown in to a massive Zelda fan ever since. My journey with Zelda started when I got a second hand N64 and OoT with it and then I-OH BOY, SMOOCHING TIME

[@ssppeeaarr]

LOL for realgba version i think with oot vocals. ruined my hype. 😟 nah jk. i liked those additions also with mario world got voices in gba ver.

[@simplebutnotsolongname6642]

Small Correction: The Rosalina Backstory was never snuck into Super Mario Galaxy; that's a misinterpreted myth. What actually happened was that Koizumi wrote the story on the sly. When he finished it, he decided to show it Miyamoto and he approved of it, and they added it into the game as side content.

[@PreciousTheShinyShuppet]

That is actually pretty cool to learn the Palace Guardian Boss Monsters of Zelda II aren't even affiliated with Ganon, but rather the King of Hyrule. King has his own hidden army of Monsters.

[@Jotari]

27:39 Pictured boss is not Iron Knuckle, it's Helmet Head. Iron Knuckle is also only kind of a boss in Zelda II. They're the most common strong enemy you fight in dungeons, and one of them is fought as a boss with an extra first phase where it rides a horse. It has its own unique name though, Rebonack.

[@ChrisHoulihan]

you predicted EoW right here: 55:48

[@TheHaddonfieldRegistry]

I'm really glad you put this vid together. I don't think I saw the originals. I'm also glad you said all of this. As someone who really enjoys the original games over the newer ones, this showed a lot of love and respect.

[@TheMikepatota]

Yo the editing on this is so damn funny, this is great!

[@rockmangurlx4973]

Even if I love OoT, I miss this era of Zelda.

[@rocknatex5013]

Heck, I miss the OoT era of Zelda now that we've made the switch to open world.

[@dogsbecute]

@@rocknatex5013 i recently replayed twilight princess and to be honest it reinforced my sentiment that while Breath of the Wild is one of my favorite games of all time, Twilight Princess is the best Legend of Zelda game.

[@OtakuUnitedStudio]

Then you find out that both Zelda and Link in the cartoon are into tease and denial, and everything is both way funnier and more uncomfortable.

[@AngryMothNoises]

Watching this and man, I hope you are hyped for the new top-down zelda!

[@lawrencemcstephens308]

Great video, dude! Subscribed! I wanted to add one thing about A Link To The Past: in the video, you say the king was presumed dead. He actually IS dead, and his corpse is shown on the throne in the title plot dump before you start the game.

[@derekj54]

F you cutting off the seagull like that. That's one of the most touching moments in the entire Zelda franchise

[@maxxpower3d6]

Valiant Comics' take on Samus Aran remains, to this day, the best interpretation of the character ever. Nobody else, not even Nintendo themselves, has managed to top it.

[@willlauzon3744]

Agreed

[@Wanten-the-stormtrooper]

Is that the 2000s manga version?

[@mbii7667]

​@@Wanten-the-stormtrooper nope, Valiant are American comics

[@Wanten-the-stormtrooper]

@@mbii7667 Thanks for clarifying! Would those be the ones who did the Captain N comics back in the day?

[@mbii7667]

@@Wanten-the-stormtrooper yup

[@NyrinTriball]

For names, if it isn't a variant of my screen name, it's either Link because I'm boring, or Lonk because I think that's hilarious.

[@Ganondorfdude11]

"Lonk from Pennsylvania"

[@badbeardbill9956]

Lonk is a classic

[@AddiCarmona]

Dude what a GREAT TRAVEL was watch this video, I feel transported to all games! Thanks for this effort! ❤

[@DQKakarot]

I was one of the few kids who watched the promo trailer for the LoZ show from the Super Mario Bros. Super Show dvds… seeing how DEEP it truly is from this video is crazy! Take this sub like a heart container and add an extra heart to your YT channel (no regrets on the lame joke btw)🤣🤣 Edit: 33:29 not the NyQuil chicken🤦🏾‍♂️💀😭😭

[@steverobbins5423]

This is a great video. I really liked it! One of the things I love about the CDI games is that it has the look of a pre-LoTR fantasy. Obviously, there were gritty fantasy before, but LoTR basically amplified a level of realism that everyone else seemed to latch onto. The CDI games look silly, and that's wonderful. Like a soft cover Del Rey novel.

[@Absturzkind5]

I used to have one of the Zelda 2 comic books, it was a hand me down from my older brother. I used to read it over and over but I haven’t been able to find it in a couple years. Thank you so much for linking the website to read the comics! Now I can finally find out what happens next!

[@mocha8394]

had to pause the video because the sentence "zelda, link, and kevin" had me trying so hard not to laugh i teared up

[@JasonBoyce]

Sony really tried to put the screws to Nintendo over that Playstation bit. They basically had a team that kept pushing Nintendo about a partnership, and Nintendo agreed to explore it, at which point Sony announced the Playstation and then told Nintendo they were getting all the profits from CD games that were sold, while leaving the cartridge profits to Nintendo. Sony was basically going to rob them blind by moving all development to CD, and basically just use Nintendo to get into the market.

[@jasonholloway2476]

No mention of the Nintendo Power magazine The Legend of Zelda A Link to the Past comics series?

[@burrito8443]

It’s amazing how all this time TOTK brought back the imprisoning war and the sages. So does that mean LTTP is a millennium after Rauru’s rule? Also saw a speculation video that said after Rauru sealed Ganondorf away the events of Skyward Sword came after and not only did Skyloft arose to the sky but the TOTK temples were the sanctuary of every other race. The zonai technology also influenced the sheikah tech and the Goddess sword. It also interesting how once you get the master sword in TOTK when you attach horns to it the weapon has green ruins like it was made for ultra hand.

[@nobodyimportant2470]

When you think about it in many of the games the dungeons were built and mostly filled with enemies by the good guys. First 8 dungeons in the first one. Everything in "The adventure of Link", and the first 3 in "Link to the Past". They were protecting the Triforce shards, Triforce of Courage, and the key to draw the Master Sword.

[@almessasorrow4950]

Not exactly.... Early Zelda was highly religious, and a lot of it was changed to be less offensive, even today they still use the same religious imagery but try to hide it more. Before explaining I'm leaving this note. Note the final forms of villains are based on different versions of the bible(Hebrew, christian etc) as are a lot of plot points in Zelda, such as the flood: •Zant is noted to be a corrupted priest manipulated by Ganon (the devil equivalent) •Ganon takes the form of Baal •Twin Rova takes the form of a djinn(demon) •Vaati takes the form of a biblically accurate fallen angel •Majora is noted to be a demon

[@almessasorrow4950]

For example Ocarina of time: Ganon(beast) is based on Baal, who took over the desert king Ganondorf who was Hungry for power to protect his people the gerudo(moors)(even down to the flameco music) Baal is noted for being summoned by the sacrifice of children. Twin Rova becomes a djinn when combined(a djiin/demon, servant to the demon king Ganon) that's their true form. They taught Ganondorf magic for the sake of him losing himself and becoming Ganon/the vessel for ganon, the dark lord they serve. Triforce power(the power of god) is hidden in a temple, opened by a saint, and the chosen hero of said god. This happens because the people of Hyrule reject Ganondorf when he comes to them for help, he then seeks power, and with that power curses the people who refused to help him, the more he used the power the more sacrifices he had to make. No sacrifice was too much. But by the end he had forgotten why he was fighting to begin with(for his people) when freed in windwaker he seems to be more cautious in his use of power, and what he's willing to sacrifice for it.

[@Savyon0]

@54:42 Was always my favorite part of the Link's Awakening manga, because I *reacted the exact same way* when I found out the plot twist. Put the game down and stopped playing it for like 2 weeks because I didn't want to "kill" everyone on the island. (I was like 12 when I played that game the first time, cut me some slack.)

[@Drifter2025]

Not sure if you knew about the heavy influence of Deep Purple's April for the theme song and a few other songs for the game and it's an awesome 14 minutes of a song too.

[@asmariamoon]

26:35 Love the Korone clip used here XD

[@rogerdudra178]

I got to be a janitor at the junior high school in Bozeman, Mt. for several years. Those kids kept current with gaming. They were fun.

[@84warhead]

"It was the courage that Link found along the way" Actually, yeah, considering that its first appearance was on his hand in Zelda 2

[@rogerdudra178]

Nice shot of the Game Play Counselors at NOA hangin out.

[@studlytheknight]

As someone several months in the future I think you would be glad to hear that there is a 2d "Zelda" game to come out later this year.

[@tvb5509]

My headcanon is that Zelda 1's Princess is significantly younger than Link, with Zelda 2's princess being closer in age (big nap excluded) That's why Link smooched the sleeping princess.

[@lpstweetytv5242]

Maybe the other way around? The first Zelda is older than Link and the second is closer to his age

[@ZacHalls]

I'm a sucker for anything classic zelda. Thanks for sharing!

[@dansaikyo6664]

The two Link the Past manga series were really good, one was only released in Japan until the 2000s when Viz translated it in the West, but there was a color series that was serialized in Nintendo Power and got a VERY limited release in a collected form as a graphic novel that was reprinted in the 2000s by Dark Horse. There was also a Super Mario full color manga that was serialized in Nintendo Power at the same time, based mostly on Super Mario World with a final chapter based on Super Mario Land 2, and a second follow up Mario vs Wario comic later that wasn't based on a specific game. That also got a limited graphic novel release which was later reprinted by Dark Horse, though both editions of the graphic novel leave out the later Mario vs Wario follow-up chapter. (Which is a shame cuz it's really funny. 😅)

[@livebyhonor]

I had no clue about some of these games existing and as someone writing a Zelda comic about all Links and Zeldas in two kids heads, I got more stuff to reference

[@PhineasKSliderVT]

I appreciate the amount of work that was put into this project. X3 Side note, I, too, would like to see the Oracle games remade, but unfortunately, in order for Nintendo to remake those or "The Minish Cap", they'd probably have to talk to Capcom (Which I suspect is also why the Oracles themselves never appear outside of these three games.).

[@elvampe13]

53:14 Retroactively, the Nightmare's final form may be based on Vaati, the villain from Four Swords who first appeared on the GBA version of Link to the Past. He had a similar form with swinging arms.

[@c.bretmiller6148]

You ever check out the Link to the Past graphic novel, circa 1993? It was originally released in weekly installments in Nintendo power before being published as a full graphic novel. Phenomenal artwork... the SMW comic which received the same NP release prior to it's subsequent graphic novelization from the same time period is equally great. Ummm... am I forgetting anything? Oh yeah! Oh boy, smoochin' time!!!!

[@tulip811]

The game guide itself is insane. I've spent hours reading it and looking at the pictures as a child 😍

[@Morgil27]

Fun fact about that aLttP comic: it was drawn by the guy who invented Super Sentai/Power Rangers.

[@NIMPAK1]

@@Morgil27I assume you mean Shotaro Ishinomori. He created Kamen Rider and Cyborg 009.

[@jblazer9804]

I lived for that shit back in the day.

[@Ganondorfdude11]

@@Morgil27 And Cyborg 009. And Kamen Rider.

[@EdgedShadow]

You showed the wrong boss for the Zelda 2 cartoon and comics bit. The Iron Knuckle is the boss of dungeon 3 (hence the mount). The one you showed was Helmethead from 2.

[@docsavage4921]

"We wanted players to talk with each other about it." An admission it was designed from the start with obtuse challenges that required a guide? I remember a lot of games I was only really able to pass thanks to Nintendo Power.

[@codeman84]

Oh boy smooching time. Great video

[@TurdFerg117]

Zelda II is sooo good.

[@DragoonMS]

One of my favorite stories from the comics - outta the only one I had, anywho - is one where Link had managed to gain the Triforce of Power. Turns out that was all according to Ganon's plan...the Triforce of Power slowly corrupts Link, not only eventually stripping away the Triforce of Courage from within Link's heart, it also gradually turned him into a boarlike creature similar to Ganon!! And Zelda utters the best line I EVER read..."He who relies on Power alone, without Wisdom, cannot claim Courage!" Now that's some words of wisdom right there. Anywho, Link relinquished the Triforce of Power...buuut somehow Ganon managed to scoop that joint back up.😮😮😮😮😮 The ol' skool DiC Entertainment cartoons...yesss. Those were my jam. And to think, that Link came full circle at the end of his Captain N appearances, FINALLY gettin' that kiss from Zelda.

[@nowhere529]

Even when there was only the 1st game it was seriously special and remains so.

[@alyssals2530]

this video is criminally underviewed 😢

[@XellosNi]

Ah, yes. Captain N. Years later, he'd get to pilot a Gundam in one of the most melodrama-heavy shows and get people to question his Surfer Dude accent.

[@Draxxis64]

I was really surprised to not see the snes era comics from Nintendo power in this

[@mrtierney2]

Friday was Zelda day in the super Mario super show

[@RobinRhombus2]

I miss the classic era of Zelda games.

[@monopolyrubix1875]

These were great videos. It was before my time and yet I still love the classic Zelda era.

[@willlauzon3744]

I grew up with the original Zelda. Still love that game. I've basically broken that game.

[@ryancarter6876]

I did the math and it is possible to split a triangle into 8 triangles of equal size.

[@maxbetatron]

I can't be the only one who thinks Captian N would make an incredible live action show. Give it an 80s vapornwave aesthetic. Bring back some old video game heroes.

[@lucasbastosrodrigues140]

22:00 "Oh boy, smoching time"... "Iahh" Wonderfull,trully a masterpiece, that is i all i got to say.

[@itsYaMans]

Love your vids, Mentok.

[@sirmagnemiteiii8689]

Had this on while at work and its a great and quality video, youve got my subscription

[@tryingbridge2548]

I never realised some of the old games had such cool stories/lore. I dont think i would mind if the Zelda movie was based off one of thise early games the first one would be perfect since its story allows alot of freedom

[@ShortFatOtaku]

nice video bro

[@dalehadley3283]

That little clip of AVGN saying "Wow,what an asshole" made me laugh so hard, I was not expecting that

[@jamesgravil9162]

15:43 "Zelda rewards him with an all-out make-out sess." That's more than Mario ever got. Sometimes he gets a cake and a kiss on the nose, if he's lucky.

[@farribastarfyre]

I always thought that Zelda's Adventure was, conceptually, an idea that could have been great. A classic top-down Zelda game where the sprites are digitized photos of real actors and clay models sounds amazing. Even the FMV cutscenes and the phoned in acting could have had their own cheesy charm. It's unfortunate that it could only have been made for the CDi, because with better hardware and more time and funding it could have at least been alright. The vision was there.

[@murmirr]

The interview about link's age being 12 in zelda 1 would canonically not make sense, since he is confirmed to be 16 in zelda 2, which takes place 6 years after the first game. Unfortunately sometimes even devs mess up their info lol (unless that interview was before zelda 2 was released, then that would make more sense.)

[@TheFairylink]

Smoooooching tiiime! Awesome vid man.

[@johntomasovic2846]

Oh boy! Smooching time! Well produced video

[@Mario-uv2gs]

Well, with the new Zelda "Echoes of Wisdom" Maybe we'll knew what happened to the "Awakening's Link" if that game is canon

[@Sirfinchyyy]

48:30 Link is wondering if the spiky ball things were venemous and causing hallucinations😂.

[@Astronic]

Link's Awakening is my jam.

[@StopChangingUsernamesYouTube]

05:31 That actually sounds kinda rad to me. Probably wouldn't have been easy to convey well on the NES, though.

[@leviathan_is_me]

TLoZ is no stranger to despair inducing deaths (even if in theory) of Links. The Link of Oot wound up a dead stalfos teaching moves to Link of Twilight Princess ffs. The whole "Link is dead" thing of Majoras Mask was to good to ignore.... now I think on it, Majors Mask WAS Link getting lost in the woods and eventually becoming the skeletal teacher in TP...

[@tossingturnips]

Oh (hell no) boy, (I can't believe you're making me type out) smooching time! Seriously though, great video. As a hardcore Zelda fan, it's always cool to learn something new.

[@xxnike0629xx]

We need a remake for Oracle of Ages/Seasons and Link to the Past.

[@MarkusQu]

Thanks for the nostalgia trip.

[@bloodblues85]

So what's the story about why you say compass like that?

[@UltraManager]

First Zelda game I played was Link to the Past. But then I got my hands on Ocarina of Times. My mommy bought it for me and I played the heck out of it. Then Majora mask and Wind Waker. Twilight Princess and then went back to finish Link to the Past. Then the NES first Legend of Zelda and Link's Adventure. Funny enough I died more in both the 2 NES games then every other games of the Zelda franchise. I love this games, I dunno why. It have something special and pure in it. I still plan to start playing Tears of the Kingdom. I hope I will.

[@alguien6462]

36:40 they forgot their galactic stove and their galactic roast is ruined... but what if... they were to buy (galactic) fast food and disguise it as their own cooking?

[@Savyon0]

A Triforce!? At this time of day, at this era of history, in this part of the galaxy, localized ENTIRELY in *your* Hyrule?

[@CROBobo]

27:13 ......sometimes.......I get a feeling.....

[@flewis02]

The book in the first zelda shows the triforce on links hand....definitely means he HIS the courage

[@krisnantoprayogosantoso4033]

Dang! Why only now that I realize that Ys VIII is basically Link's Awakening on planetary level instead of just one island!

[@BasementDweller_]

I kinda wished we got the CDI games in a collection. For historical purposes.

[@Only_Some]

fun fact.. as a child in the 80s. i thought the boy was named Zelda as at the time i had no clue this was a real world name, and just made up for the game... so when the game asked me to enter the name i entered what i thought was the obvious name for him. ZELDA... little did i know this was a cheat code to get into the second quest part of the game...for anyone who does not know.. the second quest is the game assuming you beat it the first time and now the game is in hard mode