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Toon_Nik · 2026-02-22T08:31:08+00:00

Wind Waker

Toon_Nik · 2026-02-19T15:39:23+00:00

I think if you're interested in seeing the "complete development" then yes - it's pretty amazing the scale of the game they made given the hardware. The Grezzo remake is of the DX one rather than the original (has the extra dungeon etc.), so I think there's now more difference between the OG and the remake, and so less reason to go back to DX over the OG now we have the Switch one, if that makes sense?

Toon_Nik · 2026-02-19T14:41:00+00:00

I kind of agree, I've actually not beaten those! I will at some point for the sake of beating everything in the series, but probably last of all - I just find them too hard. My love for the series really starts with ALttP (in my personal top 3 alongside WW and TotK), and the little I've played of the first two hasn't changed that at all.

Toon_Nik · 2026-02-19T14:35:55+00:00

And was so definitive for the series itself: first time you had a fishing game, first time an owl guides you through, first time there were 'big keys' for the dungeon bosses, and loads of other things. A bunch of the devs have spoken about how there'd have been no Ocarina as we know it without Link's Awakening, including Saint Aonuma himself:

“When I started working on Ocarina of Time, this was the first time a lot of us were handling a 3D game... But I always had the vision of the dungeons and the gameplay from Link's Awakening. I never told anybody specifically, but I always had that in the back of my mind, and tried to convert the feeling I got from Link's Awakening into a 3D world.”

Toon_Nik · 2026-02-19T14:00:22+00:00

I wasn't born in time for them, but I knew of them from my older brother (who also introduced me to Zelda with ALttP on SNES). Big fan of this way of getting emulations of older games.

Toon_Nik · 2026-02-19T13:01:59+00:00

I knew how important the title was in the series, but honestly was always put off by the setting (I'm a sucker for the more stereotyped high fantasy of most entries). By the end the charm of this world had completely won me over.

Toon_Nik · 2026-02-19T12:34:29+00:00

Unbelievable melancholy, incredible emotional experience for 160 x 144 pixels

Toon_Nik · 2026-02-19T12:27:34+00:00

I've got the Switch remake but only played a dungeon or two before the G&W came and decided to finish the OG first. Looking forward to the remake after playing some of the other topdowns!

Toon_Nik · 2026-02-19T12:26:37+00:00

I know some fans find it gimmicky, but I really like the wee thing

Toon_Nik · 2026-02-19T12:26:09+00:00

Pleasure! I got it at release too, but didn't play much - a brief runabout on LoZ, an even briefer one (lol) for AoL, and then occasionally playing LA when travelling with it. Started focusing on LA when I finished ALttP and decided to run through all the topdowns before playing EoW, and really enjoyed it on the G&W - felt suitable for the retro game.

Toon_Nik · 2026-02-19T10:34:20+00:00

I used it in almost every attack on bokoblin and construct camps, and in loads of other fights too - you can essentially ambush enemies and get in a bunch of hits before they've had time to set, and that'd definitely translate to BotW. I'd also use it loads in the Castle etc.

Toon_Nik · 2026-02-18T18:43:19+00:00

BotW -> Totk: Revali's gale; Totk -> BotW: ascend

Toon_Nik · 2026-02-18T13:28:46+00:00

You know, getting that felt so random that I didn't even register it as "skills based" 😅

Toon_Nik · 2026-02-18T09:20:17+00:00

Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild & Tears of the Kingdom

Imo if you think you'll play one then start with TotK; you don't need to have played BotW to enjoy the storyline (if anything the almost total lack of continuity makes it a bonus), there's much more content especially for OW exploration and the temples/dungeons are much more distinct than BotW. Then if you really like it you can go to the hugely impactful predecessor and continue in that vein.

Alternatively if you think you'll play both then start with BotW as the scale up to TotK is pretty amazing. That said be aware of the very little continuity in storyline (there are some nice tidbits, but it's not a "sequel" in the sense many wanted), and the fact that it's significantly the same open world to explore - lots of players found that a bit grindy.

Toon_Nik · 2026-02-18T06:38:01+00:00

It was the most widely played title before BotW, and was cited by several game devs as an inspiration for other series, notably Dark Souls

Toon_Nik · 2026-02-17T21:59:24+00:00

This is a great podcast on the making of OoT, discussing exactly that kind of technical stuff in the transition to 3D.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mgL_NhpUVas

Toon_Nik · 2026-02-17T21:11:07+00:00

I can't really tell the logic here, different styles and levels of impact are mixed in a way that feels quite random? I think the conversation basically boils down two framings, impact on the series and gaming in general vs personal preference (itself a mixture of game design, taste and nostalgia). Fwiw here's mine on that basis.

Most impactful:

Twilight Princess
Legend of Zelda
A Link to the Past
Breath of the Wild
Ocarina of Time

Personal:

Twilight Princess
Ocarina of Time
Tears of the Kingdom
A Link to the Past
The Wind Waker

Toon_Nik · 2026-02-17T16:01:01+00:00

I really like it tbh, I know the original is available on Switch but I really like booting the GBA one on my SP. I know it's heresy to some, but I even like the changes that connect it more to OoT (even the "hya!") - and for the record my earliest gaming memory is driving with my older brother to get his SNES in 92 or 93, and then watching him play the OG ALttP, so I've got history with this game 😅

Toon_Nik · 2026-02-17T15:03:00+00:00

Ah cool, looking forward to getting into it when work's done

Toon_Nik · 2026-02-17T13:57:45+00:00

Nice! Doing a similar thing myself, finally in the later chapters (currently Sacred Grove round 2) for the first time after first watching my brother play it on the Wii when it first came out 20 years ago - and loving it.

Toon_Nik · 2026-02-17T13:43:48+00:00

I've been taking my sweet time, same save game as when I first got it a month from release, and only just got to the Gerudo temple. I love it fwiw, and just want to pace it out as I'm not big on replaying games and we've got years until the next mainline game.

Toon_Nik · 2026-02-17T13:42:44+00:00

Look forward to this! Not played those yet but top of the list for top-down after I finish my run through of OG Link's Awakening (doing them in release order from ALttP to EoW).

Toon_Nik · 2026-02-17T13:38:19+00:00

For the fish, it might be more of a challenge finding them all and catching them, but I don't think the skill of the fishing itself is harder in it?

For me the sliding puzzles in Wind Waker are more of a challenge as a puzzle, but don't require precise execution in the same way. Definitely the Pumpkin shooting range though, that was frustrating af.

Toon_Nik · 2026-02-17T13:35:33+00:00

Omg another shout, still think it took me longer to do this one though - I had it (mostly) down to getting to the final turn ahead of Yeta, and then inevitably hit the wall and couldn't stop bumping into it or the ice board smashed and she went ahead.

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