How did you become a Zelda fan?

[ray138]

I became a fan in 1987 with the original LOZ for the NES.
I'm clearly elderly and it's probably time for me to take my "please keep me alive" pills.

 

[VikzeLink]

In 1999, christmas eve, me and my brother got a used N64 for christmas with 4 games. One of them was Ocarina of Time, and the rest is history

 

[karu]

I liked to watch my brother play his games, and for a while he used to only ever play TP. Then he moved on to Smash Bros. which I got to play with him and I always used Link or Zelda/Sheik because I recognized them from games he'd always play. Then he got SS and of course I watched him; he never finished it and it bothered me that I never got to see how the game played out, so I look up a walkthrough on YouTube.

I actually stumbled upon the ZeldaDungeon.net video walkthroughs for most of the Zelda Games and they got me hooked on Zelda. So I bought myself a copy of TP for the Wii and OoT for the 3ds. I even have a MM skin for my 3ds, not to mention the Toon Link plush and other merchandise from the franchise.

I love re-watching the video walkthroughs and even reading them, so last year while I was at lunch reading the walkthroughs I learn about ZD-i and the rest is history.

 

[Stormageden747]

I was like 9 and found my family's SNES. My sister told me we had a $500 game on it. That was, A Link to the Past. I loved the overworld theme. I still haven't beat the game. Then a bit later, I remembered that tune and traced it back to LoZ. I then asked my sister fot OoT:3D. I got it for my birthday. Then eventually I found ZD, then a few days later got a Switch and BotW.

 

[DragonEleven]

My first Zelda game would have been the collectors edition that came free with my GameCube (which I didn't get until 2004 when Pokemon Colosseum was released here)... but I never really go into them at the time... I then got Wind Waker around a year later, played most of the way through it, but wasn't really hooked at that point.
It was only when I got Twilight Princess on the Wii that I finally got hooked... it was the first Zelda game I actually completed, and once I did I couldn't resist going back to play the others... and I've played every Zelda game since (plus a few older ones I picked up on the virtual console).

 

[Ninja]

I was extremely young when I received Ocarina of Time in an Easter basket. I didn't know what the hell I was doing, but damnit, I was having an amazing time getting lost in Kokiri Forest. I didn't use a guide so young me took about a year to finish the game, taking various month long rage breaks. I'll never forget hearing the Lost Woods for the first time, and all of the other iconic tracks.

 

[Castle]

I played Ocarina of Time

It's usually that simple for a lot of people

My first Zelda game would have been the collectors edition that came free with my GameCube (which I didn't get until 2004 when Pokemon Colosseum was released here)... but I never really go into them at the time... I then got Wind Waker around a year later, played most of the way through it, but wasn't really hooked at that point.
It was only when I got Twilight Princess on the Wii that I finally got hooked... it was the first Zelda game I actually completed, and once I did I couldn't resist going back to play the others... and I've played every Zelda game since (plus a few older ones I picked up on the virtual console).

Cool story, bro. Sounds familiar. Cept Zelda had me at Ocarina.

 

[CyborgElfStephanie]

I've been a fan of Zelda Ocarina of Time when I was in 4th and 6th grade (Though I played it earlier in my years as well but gotten crazy about it later) and Legend of Zelda in general since high school

 

[Deep Shadow]

Wind Waker. I didn’t have a console growing up so I only played at my grandparents. And since WW is only single player, my two brothers and I would decide who played. It ended up that my eldest brother would play and my other brother and I would solve the puzzles and tell him where to go. Took 5 years of visits to finish. I didn’t get super hooked until I played it for myself a couple years later.

 

[mistertc73]

playing the original on the nes in 1988 after receiving it as a gift

after reading most of the other answers here it gave me kind of a feeling of being somewhat old but being (only) 37 that is certainly not yet the case

 

[Caramel H]

When I was really little, my uncles would visit my parents and I often, and they usually played on the N64 to play 007/Ocarina of time/Yoshi's story/Super Mario 64/etc. I became a fan of all those games, but Ocarina of Time was special to me. I instantly became obsessed, and nothing else brought me more joy than playing it.

 

[ToonLink64]

one day, I was at an all nightery where one person brought an N64. we played smash bros but soon, I was looking up what the other characters were from. LOZ caught my eye, so I played it and..... yeah I think once we are introduced, we all have the same story