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  1. Ryu that somebody?

    The Legend of Zelda’s Arthurian Roots: From Excalibur to the Master Sword

    I knew the holy grail was a myth independent of any Christian canon but never knew it specifically originated from the King Arthur legends. I'm learning all kinds of stuff here.
  2. Ryu that somebody?

    The Legend of Zelda’s Arthurian Roots: From Excalibur to the Master Sword

    Your paper gets an A from me, for whatever that's worth! Good observations, and it's all the more amusing to me specifically because I just recently tried making the case here on the forums that the Zelda series' roots are probably broader and more varied than the tales of medieval Britain that...
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    What Are You Doing In Zelda?

    Sorry, it's been a few since I've been on. But it might be moot, though; from what I understand the codes are tied to your name, so I don't know if trading them willy nilly would work. Or am I mistaken?
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    What do you wish Zelda did more of?

    I hope I didn't put you on the defensive, I actually wouldn't have responded but since there were multiple posts about it I thought I'd make it known there was not a consensus among us about that topic. Thinking about it some, I actually think the early Zelda games did quite well with Link's...
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    Should the series name change?

    On the contrary, empire and conquest being universal evils is hardly political or controversial at all and I think a game that puts Link and Zelda as plucky rebels in a quest to stop her wicked stepmother that usurped the crown from assembling the eight pieces of the macguffin cannon and using...
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    Should the series name change?

    You seemed to take an awfully specific idea from someone's use of the terms "expansionist" and "colonialist," but yes, people generally soured on those things after World War II.
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    Zelda 2 Misconceptions Debunked

    Do we know this? We all admittedly don't have much to go on besides our memories and what remains of the press of the day, but I've seen little to suggest that there was much of anything other than a widespread consensus of the game's excellence. I remember Zelda II being the talk of the...
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    Zelda 2 Misconceptions Debunked

    Related to/ elaborating on the above: it wasn't universally taken for granted that Zelda II was a departure from the first, but rather an extension or progression, sort of like going from 2D to 3D. I know for me I looked at it as the first Zelda but 'zoomed out' to capture the scope of the world...
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    What Are You Doing In Zelda?

    Finished Oracle of Ages yesterday, and it scratched my Zelda itch enough that I considered maybe taking a break before jumping into Oracle of Seasons. But I decided to at least play a bit of the beginning, and I think I might like this one even better! Wound up plowing al the way through three...
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    Should the series name change?

    It's Zelda's legend, we're just living in it! Edit: I'm sure you and most folks here already know this, but just for posterity: the series is still "The Legend of Zelda" in Japan. And even though the original FDS game is called The Hyrule Fantasy: The Legend of Zelda in the title's most...
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    Games You Regret Passing Up (Pandemic edition)

    This is a narrow one because I actually did get it (and technically still have it, though it's in storage on my brother's property in another state) but I'd be sitting on a very good condition complete set (game & box & inserts) of Earthbound if it weren't for the fact that at one point in the...
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    Creepiest character(s) in the series

    And then you go back and hand her the letter and suddenly she's all, "That's right, I am dead. Dead serious about these low, low, prices on both varieties of fabulous health-restoring potion! Available now while quantities last!"
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    Creepiest character(s) in the series

    The potion shop lady in LoZ before you gave her the letter and before you had any idea what her deal was at all. Like, you enter this cave, the music cuts out and it's totally silent, and there's this old nun-looking lady standing there not saying anything and not reacting to you in any way no...
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    What do you wish Zelda did more of?

    I'll offer a dissent on this one. I think that the Zelda games mostly providing the broad strokes of a story and leaving Zelda, Link and Ganon as mostly blank-slate archetypes to be filled in by the player is one of the secrets to the series' success. Whether Link is stoic and humble or if he's...
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    Zelda 2 Misconceptions Debunked

    Timelessness is exceptional and admirable! It's just not a fair requirement. Times are always changing besides, who can say that things won't shift in some wild new future direction and suddenly SMB3 isn't as modern friendly as Zelda II? There's a deeper notion we're poking at here and it's...
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    Have you played through every mainline Zelda game yet?

    I haven't played (or at least not very much): Wind Waker Skyward Sword Oracle of Seasons Phantom Hourglass Spirit Tracks Breath of the Wild The reason for pretty much all of these is that I'd more or less moved on from videogames as an active, regular hobby in the early 2000s. I got Twilight...
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    What do you wish Zelda did more of?

    Interestingly, I'm working through Oracle of Ages for the first time and it appears to have a (bonus, optional) sword beam that's enabled when Link is at lower health. I haven't upgraded the sword yet to try it out myself. (Edit: Oh wait a sec, reading up on it some more, I think I might've...
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    Favorite village/town series-wide?

    I really must say how impressed I am at your comprehensiveness!
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    What do you wish Zelda did more of?

    I'd like the sword beam to return to prominence. They must have determined that it broke the game in some way because after the first game they pretty much immediately gimped it and subsequently kept it tucked away as this little bonus you get later in the game. But the fact that they do keep it...
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    Zelda 2 Misconceptions Debunked

    It's entirely fair to note when a piece of work is dated and doesn't meet popular contemporary demands, but if we're going to try to be serious about it at all we'd at least try to critique it by the demands and expectations it was trying to meet, since it wasn't made for people thirty years in...
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    What Are You Doing In Zelda?

    I just passed Second Quest for the first time. It's been decades so this is actually a pretty major personal milestone, haha! It's what got me on a bit of a Zelda kick, brought me to this site and now I'm catching up with the Oracle games. Good times!
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    Favorite/Least Favorite Zelda Games

    I just started up Oracle of Ages on 3DS and I'm realizing I don't think I actually had played either of the Oracle games. I think I actually played Link's Awakening DX and got them mixed up in my memory! I told you it's been a while.... Good news is I'm liking Oracle of Ages so far! Pretty...
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    Favorite/Least Favorite Zelda Games

    WHOA I just realized I forgot Twilight Princess. And I ended up moving Link's Awakening up one (though that's a real close one for me) and decided to throw in Oracles and Minish Cap, too, though like I said it's been a long time for both and my recollection isn't so clear! A Link to the Past...
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    Favorite/Least Favorite Zelda Games

    Personal affinity mostly informed by how often I played them in the past and have been compelled to replay them again over the years, there's nothing particularly objective or technical about it. This definitely favors the older games as I was there when Zelda I & II were the biggest thing in...
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    Favorite/Least Favorite Zelda Games

    There's quite a few now that I haven't played, but here goes: A Link to the Past The Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time Zelda II: The Adventure of Link A Link Between Worlds Link's Awakening Majora's Mask I've played Minish Cap and at least one of the Oracles games but it's been so long now that...
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    The "Mediterranean" depiction of Hyrule in Zelda II: Adventure of Link

    I've noticed a common (if not stated out loud) assumption among Zelda fans that take it for granted that Hyrule takes after the King Arthur/ Lord of the Rings tradition of being based mostly on medieval England or Wales, but I think a closer look at the games complicates that a bit. Zelda II in...
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    Zelda 2 Misconceptions Debunked

    This is easily the biggest misconception. The Adventure of Link was both a commercial smash and was highly acclaimed. Even when some people preferred the first game, that's about as deep as the criticism went, the praise was universal. Its status as a "black sheep" was mostly informed by people...
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