I'm talking about Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword of course... unless there's another Skyward Sword I'm presently unaware of.
I don't know what it is exactly about the Legend of Zelda series that immediately sucks me in to its universe, but I can attempt to put it into words. Maybe it's the characters, the magical elements, the idea of adventure and exploration, or maybe the fact that there's a story behind each game. Think about it, you're not the same Link, or whatever you choose to call him (I like Linkette and Luigi) neither is the same Princess Zelda in the game.
The whole franchise tells one story that makes up the whole Legend of Zelda (hence the name) that is a couple hundred or even thousand years apart. When playing, you can even compare, or attempt to compare, maps in each game, making up theories as to why a province is in a different place or what happened to the placement of Hyrule Castle in Twilight Princess from Ocarina of Time and the placement of the Temple of Time. I think they moved the castle further north and the Temple of Time sank a bit due to earthquakes, but that's just me. Who doesn't like listening to legends of how something came to fruition. If you ask me, that's more interesting than those stupid first person shooters out there.
I never liked the Legend of Zelda series before. I've always been a Mario kind of gal earlier on in life, playing Nintendo only on special occasions with friends or my cousins in New York. My dad never let us play console games because those were "mind-numbing" in his opinion, but computer adventure games like Monkey Island, Indiana Jones, and Sierra's King's Quest were just fine. We'd often play them late at night much to my mother's chagrin. Ah, those were the days.
However, when my cousins were playing Wind Waker, I had no choice but to watch. Out loud I would say how boring it looked, but inside I was like "Give me the damn controller, you suck at this game." I don't really remember why I started looking at the Legend of Zelda as a potentially new game franchise to add to my collection of Mario and Sonic games, maybe I was bored. But I do remember it had something to do with music.
To this day, I think Legend of Zelda has the best music out of all of Nintendo's franchises. A big part of my video game music collection (don't laugh at me) is Nintendo and I'd say 95% of that is Zelda. Not to mention it makes me feel like a bad ass when I'm cleaning or drawing... which is always great!
So, when I was twenty, I bought a wii (the gamecube we had sucked) and Twilight Princess along with Wind Waker. Haven't beaten either of them yet, pretty much because I don't have that much time now to play video games, but I will in the near future. And I know I had no business buying Skyward Sword before beating either, but I figured since it was supposed to be the first in the legend, that I should start with that.
Oh, I'm glad I did. I pretty much know how it will end since it's difficult to peruse the internet without stepping into spoiler territory, but that doesn't matter to me. The best part is the gaming experience anyway. Besides, I'm going to keep playing Zelda games even after I've beaten them.
While Skyward Sword isn't the best Zelda game in my opinion -- I put Fi, the sword spirit that helps Link through his adventure, at a distant second to Navi, the annoyingly chipper fairy that also helps Link on his adventure in Ocarina of Time -- I still enjoy what I have finished of the game (I'm almost done, but I'm dreading the last battle). Not only do we get a glimpse into how everything started, but the music is beautiful and fits well with either the happy-go-lucky forest province of Faron Woods, the hot, volcanic Eldin Province home to the aptly named Eldin Volcano, or the vast deserted wasteland that is the Lanayru Desert. The Lanayru Desert is my favorite. There are stones scattered about called Timeshift stones that, when hit, transform areas of the desert into what it once was in the past. A somewhat grassy plain and a race of ancient robots (are they even a race?) which in the past are rusted beyond repair, are mining for the same stones.
The tears started right there.
I liked those robots, and just the thought that for whatever reason, they "died" out in a thousand years was sad. The tears didn't stop there though. This game was more emotional than any other Zelda game I've played and his whole adventure is brought on because he wants to save Zelda from falling to the surface... they live in the sky.
So yeah, I cried during the game. So what. I'm sure a lot of people cry at movies.
Now, I'm just trying to play each game in the order they show up on this timeline, which claims to be the official Zelda timeline. Who knew The Minish Cap is supposed to be the second in the series. That's going on my list.
And Tingle and David Jr. creep me out. His brothers are OK since they're around 10, but a 35 year old and 17+ year old should not be wearing tights... unless they're a super hero.
I don't know what it is exactly about the Legend of Zelda series that immediately sucks me in to its universe, but I can attempt to put it into words. Maybe it's the characters, the magical elements, the idea of adventure and exploration, or maybe the fact that there's a story behind each game. Think about it, you're not the same Link, or whatever you choose to call him (I like Linkette and Luigi) neither is the same Princess Zelda in the game.
The whole franchise tells one story that makes up the whole Legend of Zelda (hence the name) that is a couple hundred or even thousand years apart. When playing, you can even compare, or attempt to compare, maps in each game, making up theories as to why a province is in a different place or what happened to the placement of Hyrule Castle in Twilight Princess from Ocarina of Time and the placement of the Temple of Time. I think they moved the castle further north and the Temple of Time sank a bit due to earthquakes, but that's just me. Who doesn't like listening to legends of how something came to fruition. If you ask me, that's more interesting than those stupid first person shooters out there.
I never liked the Legend of Zelda series before. I've always been a Mario kind of gal earlier on in life, playing Nintendo only on special occasions with friends or my cousins in New York. My dad never let us play console games because those were "mind-numbing" in his opinion, but computer adventure games like Monkey Island, Indiana Jones, and Sierra's King's Quest were just fine. We'd often play them late at night much to my mother's chagrin. Ah, those were the days.
However, when my cousins were playing Wind Waker, I had no choice but to watch. Out loud I would say how boring it looked, but inside I was like "Give me the damn controller, you suck at this game." I don't really remember why I started looking at the Legend of Zelda as a potentially new game franchise to add to my collection of Mario and Sonic games, maybe I was bored. But I do remember it had something to do with music.
To this day, I think Legend of Zelda has the best music out of all of Nintendo's franchises. A big part of my video game music collection (don't laugh at me) is Nintendo and I'd say 95% of that is Zelda. Not to mention it makes me feel like a bad ass when I'm cleaning or drawing... which is always great!
So, when I was twenty, I bought a wii (the gamecube we had sucked) and Twilight Princess along with Wind Waker. Haven't beaten either of them yet, pretty much because I don't have that much time now to play video games, but I will in the near future. And I know I had no business buying Skyward Sword before beating either, but I figured since it was supposed to be the first in the legend, that I should start with that.
Oh, I'm glad I did. I pretty much know how it will end since it's difficult to peruse the internet without stepping into spoiler territory, but that doesn't matter to me. The best part is the gaming experience anyway. Besides, I'm going to keep playing Zelda games even after I've beaten them.
While Skyward Sword isn't the best Zelda game in my opinion -- I put Fi, the sword spirit that helps Link through his adventure, at a distant second to Navi, the annoyingly chipper fairy that also helps Link on his adventure in Ocarina of Time -- I still enjoy what I have finished of the game (I'm almost done, but I'm dreading the last battle). Not only do we get a glimpse into how everything started, but the music is beautiful and fits well with either the happy-go-lucky forest province of Faron Woods, the hot, volcanic Eldin Province home to the aptly named Eldin Volcano, or the vast deserted wasteland that is the Lanayru Desert. The Lanayru Desert is my favorite. There are stones scattered about called Timeshift stones that, when hit, transform areas of the desert into what it once was in the past. A somewhat grassy plain and a race of ancient robots (are they even a race?) which in the past are rusted beyond repair, are mining for the same stones.
The tears started right there.
I liked those robots, and just the thought that for whatever reason, they "died" out in a thousand years was sad. The tears didn't stop there though. This game was more emotional than any other Zelda game I've played and his whole adventure is brought on because he wants to save Zelda from falling to the surface... they live in the sky.
So yeah, I cried during the game. So what. I'm sure a lot of people cry at movies.
Now, I'm just trying to play each game in the order they show up on this timeline, which claims to be the official Zelda timeline. Who knew The Minish Cap is supposed to be the second in the series. That's going on my list.
And Tingle and David Jr. creep me out. His brothers are OK since they're around 10, but a 35 year old and 17+ year old should not be wearing tights... unless they're a super hero.
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