Zelda

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pitzy272 said:

Okay, so I've never been a Nintendo gamer. Even back to the Sega Genesis vs. NES days, I owned the Genesis. I am now, however, rather intrigued by The Legend of Zelda, due to the massive hype this series gets. What pushed my interest in this series over the edge is how beautiful the upcoming game looks. 

So, I have a couple questions. 

1. Bc there appears to be so many offshoot Zelda games, what are the staple games in the series--the games I absolutely must play in order to enjoy and understand playing thru the upcoming/new Zelda game for Wii U? The less games the better, here. I already have such a big games backlog:/

2. If I were to buy a Wii U, am I able to play all the staple games in the Zelda series on the Wii U? If not, what are my options? (Also, is Wii U BC with the Wii?)

3. Is there any other controller I can use to play on the Wii U? That effing thing seems so awful.

4. Are the Zelda games really so long???? I looked up some of the games on howlongtobeat.com, and they typically range from 15-30hrs! Is this accurate?? If so, it would be quite overwhelming to hop into this series at this point:(

1. A Link to the Past, playable on Wii U.  I'd say Ocarina or Twilight Princess but they're both long as hell.  Every other game is passable.

2. Yes and yes.

3. Probably the classic controler or the Wii U pro controler.

4. Yes some of the games are very long.  Wind Waker and Skyward Sword in particular for their unbareable amount of filler.

The original is very lengthy because of challenge; Zelda II is one of the hardest games ever, don't bother; Majora's Mask is a weird, almost spin-off kind of Zelda.  In many ways it doesn't even feel like Zelda but it's not bad either.