Smooth McGroove Begins Playthrough of Original Legend of Zelda
Posted on February 05 2015 by Rod Lloyd
YouTube superstar Smooth McGroove is well known for his solo a cappella renditions of classic video game songs. In addition to his music, he also runs a secondary channel called Smooth McGames, on which he releases gameplay videos and streams of various titles. This week, McGroove started a playthrough of the original Legend of Zelda on the NES. In the series’ first episode, we learn some of his first experiences in Zelda and are reminded of how unforgiving the game can be.
The gameplay series will follow McGroove as he sets out to finish the game in its entirety. In the first episode, he names his hero after his cat Charl and begins exploring the overworld. McGroove admits that he has never finished the first Zelda before, but remembers the locations of many of secrets and power-ups hidden around the overworld.
I found it really interesting to hear his past experiences with the game. He explains that he had only completed up to the sixth dungeon before this playthrough, mostly due to the frustrating difficulty of the game’s later sections. It would seem that that difficulty was not exaggerated, as he even struggles in a few places in this current playthrough.
The first two episode’s of McGroove’s Zelda playthrough are on the Smooth McGames channel right now, as well as streams of other Zelda titles.
Are you excited to watch Smooth McGroove tackle Zelda? Let us know!
Rod Lloyd is the Editor-In-Chief at Zelda Dungeon, overseeing the news and feature content for the site. Rod is considered the veteran of the writing team, having started writing for Zelda Informer in 2014 as a Junior Editor. After ZD and ZI officially merged in 2017, he stepped into the Managing Editor role and has helped steer the ship ever since. He stepped up to lead the writing team as Editor-In-Chief in 2023.
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