On this day in 1986, Link set off on some crazy eight-bit adventure to set right the wrongs of Hyrule, folks! 
The Legend of Zelda turns 25
- Thread starter Quinton O'Connor
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Fantastic game - I still remember the first commercial for it too...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtvS1i74vho
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtvS1i74vho
Oh wow.
Now I'm playing with power.
Now I'm playing with power.
There's also the Zelda rap commercial. It's the Legend of Zelda and it's really rad...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNtuK4CU3ko
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNtuK4CU3ko
That one I've seen before. It never gets old, either.
One of my favourite game franchises, although I'm not really a fan of the 2D releases. It doesn't help that the first one I played was OoT. That set the bar pretty high from the start.
^Dear god those are some awful commercials. 
Thankfully, despite the awful commercials, the games are great. Zelda is one series that never gets old for me. To still be going 25 years later is quite a milestone.
Thankfully, despite the awful commercials, the games are great. Zelda is one series that never gets old for me. To still be going 25 years later is quite a milestone.
I wasn't alive for another year so I've always assumed that was the norm for you kids and you didn't know any better. 
Nah, joking. Those commercials would have frightened me out of buying it.
Nah, joking. Those commercials would have frightened me out of buying it.
For real - I had no idea what the game was, based on that first commercial, until I played it at a friends' house - I think they game was good enough to overcome it's borderline insane marketing strategy of idiots shouting nonsense names or rapping with nonsense names.
"Zelda? Zelda..? Zelda!?"
As a kid, I had no interest in getting the game, I think because the ads for it were so terrible and because it wound up having so much hype around it. Then, I played Zelda 2 and just plain hated that, so yeah. Still never played more than a few minutes of the original.
Did you ever try any of the latter installments, Robert?
I liked Ocarina of Time. I should probably get one of the DS versions, too, just to see how those are.
I played A Link to the Past, and while I didn't hate it, I just couldn't really get into it.
I played A Link to the Past, and while I didn't hate it, I just couldn't really get into it.
Pfft, those commercials are nothing. You should see the one that came out of Japan for Link to the Past:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUAYO7Zyydk
I kinda miss the era of 2D Zelda games though.
Life moves on though, as does motion control that makes me feel like an idiot even as I'm having the time of my life...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUAYO7Zyydk
I kinda miss the era of 2D Zelda games though.
Life moves on though, as does motion control that makes me feel like an idiot even as I'm having the time of my life...
I'm a casual fan, and haven't played one since the N64 days. Great series though.
I was a huge Zelda fan back in the day, but I haven't enjoyed any of them since Windwaker, which I really liked. I'm just completely burned out on them now; it's the exact same game over and over every single time. Same characters, same stories, same weapons, same temples...
that Japanese Link th the Past commercial gets a pass because of cute Zelda
This, on the other hand, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZfByyq5qro&feature=related makes me cry for humanity
This, on the other hand, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZfByyq5qro&feature=related makes me cry for humanity
Just got off the phone with Zelda. She and Link got totally wasted last night and he has the biggest headache right now, but since she's of royal Hylian blood, the lady's totally fine.
Ganondorf sent some hate mail, apparently. Nothing new.
Ganondorf sent some hate mail, apparently. Nothing new.
