My Zelda memories are extremely important to me!
I was 8 years old when OOT was released on the N64. My older brother and I have always been close, and a huge part of my childhood involved watching him play video games and him teaching me how to play. Those are some of my fondest memories from my childhood. I remember attempting to play, but usually I just ended up riding around on Epona and visiting the various areas in the game.
Majora’s Mask was the same, watching my brother and his friends play on the N64. I was fascinated by that game but also very intimidated by it. I’m still not very good at MM but it’s an amazing game.
Wind Waker always makes me think of hot summer days, I didn’t get the game until the summer of 2003 and I remember being so happy to be on vacation from school and having hours upon hours to dedicate to the game. The music from the game always takes me back to those days even now.
Twilight Princess was the last LoZ game that my brother and I played together, and he lost interest about halfway through the game as he had started to grow out of video games. The memories I have of us playing the first half of the game together are great, though. We used to switch off so that we could actively play the game together. My brother is an amazing artist and he drew the Gamecube game cover for me while we were playing, I wish I still had it..
I got BOTW in May of 2017 for my Wii U. That was probably the worst time in my life, when I lost my Sarah. A few weeks after I lost her, I finally started the game up at the end of May to try to get myself out of my depression. Unfortunately I’ll probably always relate BOTW to that awful time in my life, but part of me does look at my experience of the game at that specific time in a positive light. I dedicated all of my free time to playing that game and I truly lost myself in it. It really helped me to stay focused on something positive and I was just in complete awe over the game’s graphics and massive world.
And those are the memories that stand out the most when it comes to LoZ, which I’ll always hold close to my heart. LoZ has been a huge part of my life for almost 20 years now and it’s incredibly special to me, and always will be.