For us in the west, lttp seemed like such a huge upgrade, because very few people here saw any of the evolution steps inbetween like Neutopia. It's a really fascinating to discover the things we missed in that era.

I can recommend you to play A Link Between Worlds on the 3DS. It is a successor of some kind, playing in the same world. And man, the Dark World music remix is excellent.

My first gaming memory was watching my dad kill Ganon when I was probably 4 or 5.

I have played Link to the Past so many times over the years, probably most recently when I got a switch in 2018. I've actually still never beat the preceding 2 main games, having been turned off by their lack of direction too many times.

These days I think Tears of the Kingdom is my new favourite (although Ocarina and LTTP will always be in my favourite games of all time list). I found the story to be better than average for Zelda, and the final boss battle in that one is just amazing - maybe not very hard, but I can't remember any game with a more spectacular ending.

If you want to experience a similar kind of nostalgia, may I suggest a brand new game called Under the Island. Just came out a few days ago, and for me, it hits that sweet spot in terms of pixel graphics and acquring new gear and re-exploring old areas and using the new gear to unlock more things to do and see.

I have no affiliation to the game or the devs, just really want to promote it because it is very obvious they put a lot of love and effort into it and it's always nice to see someone's passion and being able to experience it.

Anyway, it's like $15 on steam right now, plays great on a SteamDeck, and is just really well done. It's not a super deep story or anything, just a really fun time, fun and easy game play, and lots of side quests and things to explore for $15. ❤️

I remember experiencing that moment like 4 times in Ōkami

Chrono Trigger had a similar effect on me, where Magus seemed like he just had to be the BBEG... Then you realize that was just the first drop on the rollercoaster.

The fact you were only about 25% through the game was pretty crazy to me back then too. It’s still one of my too Zeldas.

That moment and what happened after defeating the Elite Four in Pokémon Gold both blew my mind as a child.

It’s amazing how many things happened so quickly, like the goldeneye multiplayer being a thing created over the weekend before launching or something.

My brothers and I went to a neighborhood friend's house every day after school for months because he had an NES and this game!

So, there's a fun fact about that related to the Zelda series. You know how the Hylian language kind of sneaks out in enemy names? Like, Stal- is a prefix meaning skeletal, -fos is a suffix meaning warrior, so a stalfos is a skeletal warrior? And a lizalfos is a lizard warrior? A stalchild is a skeletal child. -orm or -arm means worm creature, like Moldorm.

Well, in the games prior to the N64, geld- meant desert or sand. The geldarm is a sand worm creature, the geldman is a sand man like enemy from Link to the Past. Then in Ocarina of Time there's a race of women from the desert called Gerudo. Hmm.

They do, because the Japanese table of phonemes is very limited compared to English.

But they will typically deemphasis the ru by making it quick and attached to ze.

“ZEru DA”

Basically. The R sound isn't the same as English's R so it's a bit misleading in romaji, but basically yes.

I actually did proofread a few times. By now I think I’ve had to admit to myself that I may have mild dyslexia, and should see about getting diagnosed. I usually have to read through something multiple times, and even then, typos will remain. I do appreciate you pointing it out though! I’ve updated the title.

These things used to be funny and irk me a little, but everyone is on their phone and dealing with life, your mind read it the right way, who really cares.