I own a Wii U, never played a Zelda game because they seemed kinda gay to 10 yr. old me, but i figure i better give one a try. Recommendations on which one to start with?
>>322081923
start with links awakening or wind waker imo
Go in order of release date.
You'll either see a series that steadily improved, or a series that rapidly declined.
>>322081923
Aside from Ocarina of Time / Majora's Mask, which are of course considered the master strokes of the series, Wind Waker is, in my opinion, the best Zelda to date.
The plot's charming and original, the dungeons are innovative, and the items are fun too. Since you've got the Wii U, I don't see any harm in picking up the HD version (which I haven't played) which has some improvements too. Maybe get it second hand?
Also, in terms of the portable entries, I recommend Minish Cap for its graphic style and primary mechanic, but HIGHLY recommend Oracle of Ages (and then Seasons, in that order of appeal).
Oracle of Ages is utterly fantastic. Dungeons and puzzles that will do your head in, and the plot and events are so original compared to most Zelda games.
Pic unrelated
>>322081923
Well, Skyward Sward is the first one in the time line, but maybe start with a Link to the Past, then Ocarina, them Majora, then Windwaker, then twilight and so on.You should also check out the Handheld Zelda games as well. A Link Between Worlds is very good imo.
>>322081923
3D: ocarina > majoras > wind waker > TP
2D: LA > LTTP > OoA/OoS
there you go
>>322082284
>The plot's charming and original
The plot is just OoT's but in a Kevin Costner movie.
>the dungeons are innovative
You can't be serious.
well the 2d and 3d games are somewhat different in terms of gameplay, the first one is pretty heavy on combat and exploration but light on plot, and obviously primitive graphically, the second one is considered kind of a black sheep and is more of a novelty. A link to the past is the best 2d game and is a pretty solid starting point. Link's awakening, oracle of ages and oracle of seasons are for gameboy color but manage to do a lot with the limited resources. Ocarina of Time is also a classic and a good starting point, it's kind of en vogue to shit on it right now but that's just a fad. Majora's mask is better if you've played ocarina first. Twilight princess is a very solid entry and a good place to start if you cant stomach old graphics, wind waker is memorable but kind of anemic.
>>322081923
DO NOT PLAY SKYWARD SWORD. Very bad title. Very bad companion.
Very bad everything.
Pic VERY RELATED this time.
Wind waker is the easiest to get into.
>>322081923
Zelda 1.
Why is it so hard for people to understand you start from the start?
>>322082453
>Kevin Costner movie.
what did you mean by this?
>>322082471
>A link to the past is the best 2d game
wrong LA is
>>322082324
>3D:TP=MM>WW=OoT
>2D:OoS/OoS>LTTP>LBW>LA
>DS:ST>PH
fixed
>>322082613
that is objectively incorrect.
I am sorry you fell in love with the virtual girl.
>>322082453
>The plot is just OoT's
oh yeah I forgot about going around to awaken the seven sages in wind waker and rescuing my sister in OoT
You start from LoZ 1 you asshat
>>322082543
>Wind waker is the easiest
Yes, it is. A damn shame, really.
>>322082284
Appreciate the response guys, I'll probably pick up Wind Waker soon.
What kind of gameplay am I in for...like is there a steep learning curve? The videos i watch make it seem similar to Spyro i guess. Is it open-world like GTA or more stream lined like Tomb Raider?
>>322082613
>Kevin Costner movie
He means Waterworld. Widely renowned for being a turd.
>>322082657
oh and SS is good but suffers from filler near the end
>>322082657
i wasn't ranking them i was telling OP the order he should play them in.
>>322082796
Wind waker was made after whats-his-name's son was born and he explicitly stated that he made it easier because of his protective paternal instincts (or something like that). It's a lot of fun though, don't get me wrong, but there's nothing you need to "prepare" for.
>>322082796
>picking up Wind Waker
Not much of a steep learning curve. All said and done, there isn't a particularly high level of challenge per se, especially for a seasoned gamer, but it's a pretty good incarnation of the series nonetheless.
Sort of similar to Spyro...? But less collect-a-thon-ing and some pretty irritating dungeons sometimes. It's difficult to describe by analogy. The game was pretty different, especially for its time.
>>322082847
>Skyward Sword
>suffers from filler near the end
you mean Filler: The Game?
Skyward Sword had ZERO content, and it was delivered at a spine-shiveringly slow pace and constantly narrated and interrupted by handholdingsword.
DO.
NOT.
BUY.
>>322082816
ok see because when I think of Kevin Costner I think of Dances With Wolves.
>>322081923
>never played a Zelda game because they seemed kinda gay to 10 yr. old me
This is some fresh bait
Go with the first one, Zelda on NES, the best in the series
Zelda 1 is outdated. The controls are clunky and awkward. It's not a good game, nor is it a good starting point.
Zelda 2 is not like the other Zelda games so shouldn't be recommended, especially not for beginners. If you want a good challenge Zelda 2 is a good, fun game but again it's not like any of the other Zelda games.
Link to the Past takes the concepts in Zelda 1, and actually does them right. It is arguably a good place to start.
Ocarina of Time is outdated, boring, and basic, but is arguably a good place to start, as it is the fundamental concept of Zelda games. If you like OoT you will like several other 3D Zeldas.
Majora's Mask is not a good starting point, as it is more cryptic and advanced than Ocarina of Time. It is a good game but it may confuse newcomers.
Wind Waker is really easy and boring and should just be avoided altogether. It's not a good starting point, it's not a good game, and it just has no redeeming factors whatsoever.
TP and SS both have great combat, and are both good starting points.
Depends what you want to try. IF 2D start with ALTTP, Link's awakening, Oracles, Minish Cap, Four swords and LBW.
If 3D, go with OOT, MM, WW, TP and SS.
I'd say link between Worlds IMO
>>322083706
>Skyward Sword
>great combat
>great combat in Skyward Sword
>Skyward Sword having great combat
>the video game Skyward Sword having great combat
>>322083996
Dead meme.
>>322081923
link to the past is best one
>>322083832
>>322084196
link to the past THEN link between worlds for best effect
emulate lttp
>>322084148
Anon, SS has shit combat. Literally waggle to win since there's so much hitstun. After you connect the first hit, you can destroy anything by shaking wildly.
>>322081923
Start with the original.
Not even trying to sound like a gatekeeper, you'll appreciate every game that follows it even MORE that way.
Hell, I'd almost go as far as even saying don't play any 3D game until you played at least ONE Game Boy game and it doesn't even have to be in completion, 10 minutes is enough. The point is learning to appreciate the item mechanics in Ocarina and Wind Waker by seeing where they came from.
>>322081923
Start with Hyrule Warriors.
>>322083996
Unless you're a limpwristed faggot whose lip curls at the very thought of "waggle," yes.
>>322083157
>filler the game
>zero content
pick one,as filler is literally just useless added content. SS has quite a lot of core gameplay content as the ground world was literally just mini dungeons before the actual dungeon. The song part was unnecessary.
If you haven't played them by now, don't bother.
You sound like a faggot as a kid, and you more than likely still are.
So don't bother, it'll just be lost on you.
>>322083157
Dont listen to this faggot. I thoroughly enjoyed SS. Best Boss fights in the series, Koloktos was the shit.
I really enjoyed the expansion of character interaction and narrative dialogue, and LOVED how alive the world actually felt, as opposed to the stiff feeling I got from Oot and TP.
It also did not suffer from The same-face feeling the other 3D zeldas suffer from, where every other boss was some fucker you fought in the last game 3 times.
The only thing I disliked was how heavily it relied on gimmicky Nintendo motion control at some points.
My right arm was fucking ripped after a two week binge on the game.
Obviously, alot of it was fapping to best Zelda online in between game sessions.
>>322085352
>It also did not suffer from The same-face feeling the other 3D zeldas suffer from, where every other boss was some fucker you fought in the last game 3 times.
Yeah, instead you fought some fuckers three times in the same game to make up for it.
>>322085352
Alright, yes, Koloktos was the shit
>where every other boss was some fucker you fought in the last game 3 times
Nigger you must be fucking joking
>what is demise
>what is ghirahim
>what is this constant area backtracking
>>322085531
That's very true I'll admit, the Imprisoned was a fucking slutbag, but the Ghirahim fights were very well executed.
>>322085662
I didn't mean the bosses in this game were all same faced, I'm saying it doesn't do the whole sameface bullshit that the other games pull. Sorry if I misspoke
>>322082796
>open-world like GTA or more stream lined like Tomb Raider
Pretty much in the middle of both. It's free like GTA, you have an open world instead of levels, but there are more logical, physical constraints on where you can and can't go, and you're goal for most of the game is to figure out how to overcome them, more like Tomb Raider. That's pretty much why the series is so great, its the best of both worlds.
>>322081923
Wind Waker if you're a baby who sucks at video games otherwise Skyward Sword=>Ocarina of Time=>Majora's Mask=>Twilight Princess=>A Link to the Past
Please, start with Ocarina. Don't listen to the hipsters.
>>322087932
Your statement contradicts itself.
>>322082816
I watched it the other dayIt is great simply because of how he takes control of those two bitches and shows them he doesn't give a fuck.
>>322087920
Don't play Skyward Sword. At least not as the first fucking game you play. That's a really good way to never want to play another Zelda game.
>>322088087
this
I'd say Link to the Past in 2d interests you, then proceed to Ocarina or Wind Waker.
>>322088087
I like Skyward Sword but I do agree it shouldn't be the first to play
>>322088019
>Ocarina is now a hipster game
>>322088087
Yep. It was so fucking garbage. avoid at all costs please
>>322088087
For someone whose never played a Zelda game it would be really fun. The shitty item selection and relatively bland story wouldn't mean anything to him.and I personally love the motion controls for it and think it is still a good game although far from the best
don't fucking start with wind waker, or if you do just remember that not all zelda games are as boring as it is
>>322088087
It always feels like people enjoy Skyward Sword for the fact that it did things a Zelda game doesn't do, and doing them well. I'd rather a Zelda game that excels in the areas expected of a Zelda game.
I also don't understand how anyone who enjoys the game put up with Fi.
>>322089074I liked Fi, the reminder to change my batteries was a good thing and the dance parts were cool
>>322089074
>I also don't understand how anyone who enjoys the game put up with Fi.
tutorials and the like lost their effect on me a long time ago.
>>322088087
I agree with this anon. Save Skyward Sword for when you've played at least one other LOZ game.
>>322089328
>>322089294
Maybe it's just me, and I say this knowing these aren't Mensa tier puzzles we're solving in these games, but Fi's insistence on walking me through how to solve the puzzle before letting me solve it removed any satisfaction I might otherwise have derived.
The only good thing about Fi is Hyrule Warriors.
>>322089662
> Fi's insistence on walking me through how to solve the puzzle before letting me solve it removed any satisfaction I might otherwise have derived
This x1000
I actually returned the game over this. A while later, I ended up pirating it to finish it, but after trying to do the mole mitts digging puzzle and having the entire thing explained in its entirety before I even started by both Fi and the 100 signs around the area made me so angry with Miyuckmoto I immediately ejected the disc and drove back to the store.
Burn, SS. Burn.
If Zelda U is anything like it, I will be officially finished with Nintendo forever. Or if it has Female Link / Linkle. God please no.
>>322083706
>Ocarina of Time is outdated, boring, and basic
What the fucking fuck? are you 9 years old right? WHAT FUCK I JUST TO READ, WHAT THE FUCK, SERIOUSLY WHAT THE FUCK NIGA.
OP you have to start with N64 Zeldas, they're objectively the best zeldas, ignore this fucking faggot, he's a fucking pile of shit who doesn't even have idea about videogames...
A Link to the Past.
It's the perfect starting Zelda. It solidified all the "essential" Zelda elements and is a damn great game.
Ocarina of time is a good place to start
LttP is great, but the combat is really stiff
>>322084414
this is so wrong its hilarious
good fucking luck waggling the entire game
>>322090632
>Combat: Spam B
>Puzzles: Push the block in the hole
>But it's totally not outdated, best game ever you guys
>>322093073
good luck beating a lizalfos or the skeletons with shields by spamming B
>>322093229
>spam din's fire
>spam spin attack
Shittiest combat ever in any game.
>>322093384
>spamming attacks that you have to wait and charge
>trying as hard as possible to just spam the same attacks over and over again, instead of actually fighting normally
have you even played the games?
>>322081923
Install Homebrew channel and play them all
>>322089074
i really enjoyed ss butt i do kinda have this things that i block out annoying things, so maybe that is why i never really was bothered by fi.
>>322093554
not same guy but you can do a quick spin by rotating very fast and pressing b
>>322093073
All the other games are simpler than the 64 Zeldas.
>>322092487
Are you one of the retards that actually went along with every single simon says enemy defense in the game? Like I said, after the first coordinated attack (forced horizontal, vertical, diagonal, etc.), you don't have to keep matching the signals because of the ridiculous hitstun. The game is so badly designed that the enemies basically have a waiting period between defenses, and all you have to do after the first hit is waggle to basically instant kill almost anything aside from bosses.
And even then with most bosses you're waving randomly after disabling them.
>>322095147
no, Im one of those "actually played the game" people
go ahead and fight ghirahim the first time and just flail around like a lobotomized retard
Im sure it'll be simple
>>322081923
Ocarina of Time
>>322095393
This. It was the last "normal" 3D Zelda that didn't have any weird gimmicks, like MM's timer shit, TP's slow start and Wolf/Twilight shit, WW's boring boat shit and general easiness, etc. Skyward Sword was pretty normal, iirc, but also pretty dull.
The only thing that turns people off from OOT is the general slowness, but play it in an emulator and speed through dialogue, or just let yourself get immersed as fuck and get comfy with some hot cocoa or something.
>>322095276
It's literally what you do with Girahim. You parry the telegraphed attacks and then randomly smack him around. There is no finesse to it. As I've been saying, Nintendo was worried as fuck about the casual crowd and dumbed down the combat like hell.
>>322095843
what telegraphed attacks? the one where he follows your sword tip and doesnt do anything until you attack him?
>>322081923
OoT
>>322096037
Anon, your memory is pretty shitty if you can't remember anything about the battle except for the sword grabs.
He begins the battle by taunting you about your sword, forcing you to use alternate angles of attack. Even at this stage, you can basically still waggle to win since all you have to do is "surprise" him with an unusual motion.
He then starts teleporting, running at you, throwing shitty projectiles, the works. All of these attacks are easily parried and then you go back to waggling to smack the bitch silly.
>>322082284
>the dungeons are innovative
Gonna disagree here pal. The dungeons in WWare the weakest and most lackluster in the series to date. They don't progress being linear path finding until the last one, at which point it feels the game was supposed to be ramping up in difficulty and design, but instead throws you in to a pseudo dungeon to fight the bosses again. Lazy game design.
>>322082796
It's technically open-world, but your progression through it is linear, as the formula tends to stick to:
>arrive at new island
>explore said island
>find item
>use item to overcome challenge/defeat boss
>go to next island
There are things to explore at sea, but the overall progression is linear, though it allows for a decent amount of backtracking to get things you may have missed.
Also, gameplay's pretty straightforward. Lock-on system, swing your sword like a tard, use items when you need to.
I don't really like ALttP, but here.
Really, any you can get your hands on would be fine. It's Nintendo.
>>322082232
>>322082576
You know, I was going to say something to the tune of "Zelda order doesn't matter because the games don't relate to each other", but after thinking about it, release order is probably the smartest way to play if you intend to play every Zelda, because Nintendo always releases unconventional Zeldas in between the traditional.
If you just played
Zelda ->LTTP->OoT->TP
It'd be easy to think "hmm, Nintendo is just re-making the same game over and over again"
But, if you played it in release order, you'd be more able to appreciate just how much Nintendo experiments with this series, and that they still know how to treat long time fans with the occasional conventional title.
>>322096896
but than i would recommend starting with LTTP, because the originals could turn off someone who never played zelda before especialy zelda ll.
>>322084494
Fuck off. We want OP to LIKE Zelda.
Wind Waker is a good starting point, then dip into any other games from there on.
Do NOT play Hyrule Warriors.
>>322082576
Why would you play such an old game? God damn, we want OP to enjoy the series, not grind through clunky old shit. Give him something good first. If he cares about the story, there is a wiki. Let's face it though, the story isn't original, it's always been the gameplay. I'd recommend starting with Ocarina on the 3DS, its gameplay is fluid and looks fucking beautiful.
For the love of god OP, don't start with Hyrule Warriors. It's literally Dynasty Warriors with LOZ paint and it's not even canon.
>>322081923
Start with LttP if you like 2D or Ocarina if you like 3D.
This should be obvious.
Anyone who says to start with Wind Waker is a retard, it's one of the few games where having played a previous game (OoT) drastically increases your enjoyment.
