How much do you know about The Legend of Zelda?

[Naruzeldamaster]

I made a similar thread about Pokemon, now it's time for Zelda.

 

[Omnicrow]

I know that Link and Zelda are reincarnations. Don't know if that was intentional or just a way to explain and enable the different games. A way to tie them together but still give the developers freedom to explore different dynamics and settings.

 

[pmmg]

I watched my son play it on the switch. It was very impressive...but, Zelda was not more me. If that game had come out in the 80's it would have been to coolest thing ever. And I say this, cause I though Atari Adventure was pretty cool

Other than hearing others talk about it forever, I've never really been interested. I did like Neverwinter nights. I think that was the last RPG type I really enjoyed.

But then, I was always a play station type, not a nintendo one.

 

[Naruzeldamaster]

I know that Link and Zelda are reincarnations. Don't know if that was intentional or just a way to explain and enable the different games. A way to tie them together but still give the developers freedom to explore different dynamics and settings.

They are reincarnations but they aren't, G Dorf too.
It's more that their souls are reincarnations rather than who they are (Which is why the links and Zeldas in different games have different personalities and appearances.) That's why their personalities are somewhat inconsistent between games. (Though regardless of the game link is shown to be a bit of a gremlin, and some Zelda's take their role as 'spirit of Hylia' a little more seriously than others.)

I don't work at Nintendo so I can't confirm if the reincarnations thing was just an excuse to reuse the same characters again.
But lore wise, ye, it's a 'cycle' that Hyrule has to go through because of Demise (OG Ganon who's game takes place even before the NES game)'s curse.

Also it's a common joke that Zelda is the character you play as (People sometimes called Link 'Zelda' for some reason ages ago, my parents still think Zelda is the character you play as lol)

 

[TheCrystallineEntity]

I'm in a somewhat unusual position of knowing a lot about the series while only having played up to the water temple in Twilight Princess, up to the boss of the air temple in Minish Cap, and roughly an hour of WInd Waker. I am aiming to play Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom at some point.

 

[Naruzeldamaster]

I'm in a somewhat unusual position of knowing a lot about the series while only having played up to the water temple in Twilight Princess, up to the boss of the air temple in Minish Cap, and roughly an hour of WInd Waker. I am aiming to play Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom at some point.

BOTW and TOTK are great games, but they're also pretty lengthily if you aim to do 'everything' everything. Even a casual playthrough will run you about 100 ish hours if you don't look anything up.

The switch 2 Versions of both allow you to keep two save files (the switch 1 version didn't) so you can chip away at a 100% file while also being able to replay the game for quick playthroughs whenever.

 

[TheCrystallineEntity]

Yeah, I know how lengthy they are. I want to go in without using a guide, and just explore naturally.

I don't have a Switch 2, and don't intend to get one for the foreseeable future, but that is good to know. I'm not the kind of gamer who does 100% playthroughs. I prefer to play until I've had enough, and then stop. Lately I've been training myself to also drop things [books, games, ectc] that aren't engaging me without feeling like I "have to" finish them, and I'm getting much better at recognizing when I'm not enjoying something.

 

[Prince of Spires]

The main thing I know about Zelda is that when I was playing the Gameboy Zelda game, I was wondering the whole time why the game was called Zelda while the main character is called Link. Still haven't figured it out...