What Is So Great About Zelda ?

[Avarice-ness]

I can't say it better than I just said on another thread.

The game ends for me in Zelda when I gain the ability to fish..
Conflict of Intrests.. Save Zelda.. Or fish?

[VorpalCyberWolf]

I always found it fun to play Zelda games just because the world is fun to explore, creating good gameplay. They do lack plot and story compared to most other RPGs IMHO though.

[Avarice-ness]

I always found it fun to play Zelda games just because the world is fun to explore, creating good gameplay. They do lack plot and story compared to most other RPGs IMHO though.

and you can fish.

[Leucant]

I have to admit, TLOZ series doesn't have much that other RPGs don't. It used to be my absolute fave when I was younger before I got into FF. I'm still a fan... But there's one thing that bothers me about both series and that is this:

The storylines are fantastic and I like the way you really get into knowing the character(s) and the villain(s)... but after making so many sequels, where's the connections?! Some games I can pick out hints and inklings from the prequels but mostly they're just totally seperate games with one title. Confusion...

Well ummm first of all I'd just like to point out that Zelda isn't under the RPG category... I thought that was pretty obvious. I think any real Zelda fan(Not to mention Nintendo) would agree it's under like an action/adventure genre.

In fact most of them have connections. Like TheUndeadHero said earlier and also OOT and Majora's Mask are also connected and soon Twilight Princess should have some connection to those two although i don't know that's just what they said last year at E3. I can't see how they could be connected since Link turns into a flippin wolf.

[Zeldy]

The game ends for me in Zelda when I gain the ability to fish..
Conflict of Intrests.. Save Zelda.. Or fish?

Or ride Epona

[Cruise Control]

Or ride Epona

Don't you mean to beat Epona to make it go faster

[Roto13]

Zelda II on NES is a direct sequal to Zelda I.
Link's Awakening is a direct sequal to A Link to the Past
Minish Cap is a prequal to Four Swords.

Majoras Mask, Wind Waker, and Twilight Princess are direct sequels to Ocarina of Time
Oracle of Ages and Oracle of Seasons take place one after the other if you link them together
Four Swords Adventure is a direct sequel to Four Swords

[BatChao]

I wouldn't really call Wind Waker a direct sequel to OoT since it takes place so far in the future that whatever happened in OoT doesn't really matter, though events in the game are referred to.

I'm not really sure what makes Zelda so great... I myself like the series a lot, but am not a diehard fan on it. Honestly, I've only player a bit of 2, most of LttP, and all of OoT and WW. I think all the hoopla of OoT is because it was one of the pioneering 3D adventure games. It had an intuitive camera control, wide exploration (for the time), and basically showcased what a 3D game could really be like. OoT, Mario 64, and Tomb Raider are probably the three games that defined what 3D adventuring has currently become.

[Roto13]

Wind Waker is still a direct sequel, though. The events of OOT matter. Hell, the only reason Link dresses in green this time is because of the hero of time

[Avarice-ness]

I caught a really big fish once...

[black orb]

>>> Link.. and maybe the music..

[Markus. D]

Wind Waker is one of the greatest games I have ever played.

I dont really think anything of the others....

edit: my reasons why? well.
I played up to the point of completing the half sunken temple place with the castle frozen in time or something like that (only had it for a week).

all the trials I encountered (except the prison, I kind of hated that the first time, but liked revisiting it ) were amazing to explore scenicly and venture around.

and sailing on the sea scared me at times (*spoiling this* Sailing through the seas while Gannondorf has cursed you is scary... especially when a shark begins chasing you and you get knocked out of your boat, I think I instantly pressed the reset button (a me thing) >_<).

[Fire_Emblem776]

And did we forget the fans who argue over the vague timeline? Those are always fun to read. ^_^

[escobert]

The Legend of Zelda was the first game I EVER played so it has a special place in my heart, and A Link to the Past was the first game I ever beat on my own so I <3 that game also. THose are my favorite Zeldas, the rest were ok to me.

[fantasyjunkie]

My favorite thing about the Zelda games was how well they they worked out with the controls. I can't even begin to count how many games I've played with control issues but a Zelda game, they were aways right on track.