Zelda

[Jon-Erich]

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. I would say try at least one 2D Zelda and one 3D Zelda. A Link To The Past and Ocarina of TIme would be a good combination, although if you were using a Wii U to play it, you would have to purchase Ocarina from the Wii's e-Shop since N64 games aren't available on the the Wii U e-Shop yet.

2. If you were to purchase a Wii U, you could play Zelda 1, Zelda II, A Link to the Past, The Minish Cap, Wind Waker HD, and since it's backward compatible with the Wii, you could also play Twilight Princess and Skyward Sword as well. If you were to pick up a 3DS, you could play Ocarina of TIme 3D, Zelda: Link's Awakening, Oracle of Ages, Oracle of Seasons, and Maora's Mask 3D pretty soon. Between those two systems, you'll be able to play every game in the series except for The Four Swords Adventure which was on the GameCube.

3. You can use other controllers, although I can't speak for the upcoming game. Also, the Wii U Gamepad is not a bad controller. I use it all the time.

4. Zelda games are long because you get your money's worth. From the PlayStation/N64 era up until the 7th generation, games between 15 and 30 hours were quite common. I still remember Donkey Kong 64 took me almost 60 hours to beat on the first try. Personally, I'd rather pay $60 for a 30 hour game than $60 for a 5 hour game....and then pay additional money for DLC.