I've never actually sat down and seriously played a Mario, Zelda or Metroid.

[Slothy]

I'm not saying I will do this as I don't have a Nintendo home console

Bob's the only guy on the internet who's never heard of the internet.

If you like platformers at all, play Mario and Metroid. And play LttP because if you don't then I will consider it a personal sleight. And you wouldn't want to be rude.