Saddest Zelda game

[MajoraKing12]

I'm not sure if there a post already about this but here it is...What is the saddest zelda game?I have to say Majora's Mask because it's sad how alot of people are sad the moon is going to fall and how anju sits in her room crying(I think) that the moon is going to fall and there all going to die.Also if you do wait for the moon to fall it's weird how it happeneds.Post your thoughs.

[Twili123prince]

Well i did post "Saddest Zelda Scene" but i guess this is a bit different well anyway the saddest Zelda game for me would be Majoras Mask.

[chrisbg99]

Link's Awakening. Majora's Mask has a happy ending whereas with Link's Awakening you erase an entire island and all the people on it. Even if they were just a dream they were real enough.

[Hylian Hobbit]

Out of the Zelda games I've played, Majora's Mask would have to be the saddest and most depressing. It has a very dark theme to it, which is one of the many things I like about it. Even the music is very dark, gloomy, and depressing.

[Josh]

Saddest Zelda Game in General? I would have to say Majora's Mask. I think the only time I was happy through that game was when I kicked a boss's ***. Now don't tell me that's strange.

[Kybyrian]

Majora's Mask by far. It was pretty sad. :<

[MrMosley]

I guess I'm gonna be the first to say Twilight Princess. It was a much more dramatic Zelda than I've ever played, that being all the others. The ending with Midna is what really sealed the deal for the saddest game.

Majora's Mask isn't really that sad of a game for me, not that I remember anyway. Its been probably a couple of years since I have beaten the entire game though.

Link's Awakening comes in a close second. In a way, you can say that it was all a dream, and no one truly existed to begin with. Therefore, Link had no real connection with the characters. Another way, you could say that Link did have a connection with the characters, as they were apart of a world in which the Wind Fish created through his dream, which Link was sucked into once he gets shipwrecked. That would make the world and people very real to Link, rather than an epic dream-like adventure.

[Skull_Kid]

OoT is the saddest game imo
C'mon,you are "asleep" for seven years and when you "wake up" everything you knew and loved was destroyed

[Scourge Warrior]

Link's Awakening comes in a close second. In a way, you can say that it was all a dream, and no one truly existed to begin with. Therefore, Link had no real connection with the characters. Another way, you could say that Link did have a connection with the characters, as they were apart of a world in which the Wind Fish created through his dream, which Link was sucked into once he gets shipwrecked. That would make the world and people very real to Link, rather than an epic dream-like adventure.


Not according to link XD (http://www.zeldadungeon.net/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=309&page=1)
But yeah, that game broke my heart too

[Karashimu]

That's pretty hard to judge. Every Zelda game has a sad moment, in my opinion. A few of them have really got to me, others I just didn't care. I don't think unless you've really made a connection with the characters, it won't leave an impression on you. Majora's Mask and Twilight Princess are two games that have some of the most memorable characters in The Legend of Zelda series, in my opinion. Therefore it would make sense that people consider these two to be some if not the most sad.

For me, there are two Zelda games which have an equal level of sad(ness). Well, they weren't really the entire games themselves(just about every game in Zelda ends on a happy note) but specific scenes within them. Here are my top two.

Majora's Mask - Anju & Kafei: This has to be the most sad quest in The Legend of Zelda series that I've played through as of yet. Majora has cursed Kafei, reverting him into a child just when his wedding is approaching. In shame, he flees to the Laundry Pool of Clock Town, afraid to show Anju what he has become. To summarize, you have to wait through the three days trading letters and items between Anju and Kafei, as the moon grows closer and closer, she is unsure if staying and waiting for Kafei is wise. In the end, she decides to wait until the very end of the Third Day, and is reunited with her to-be husband. This, to me, completely personified the urgency of the Moon crashing down - and made me decide, that I was going to lay the smack down on Majora. It's rare in a video game, that you actually feel motive due to the surrounding characters. Anyway, this quest was pretty sad, but in an inspiring way. Aside from that, Majora's Mask is literally laced with depression.


Twilight Princess - Ending Sequence: At the end of the game, Midna is forced to return to the Twilight Realm. Forever. It's quite sad to watch and see her and Link must part. My little brother actually cried during this scene, haha, poor guy. Anyway, yeah. Midna was just a really memorable character, and after you have to take her to Zelda(in which Zelda sacrifices her power/life/whatever) I sort of felt a connection to her, just like with Kafei, Anju, and other characters.

[Skull_Kid]

The Anju/Kafei quest is sad,but c'mon,Majora is just an insane being,and he/she/it thought that would be fun...IMO prefer the Manga's Majora...It's more demented...Poor creature,it felt so miserable with itself that it wanted to die...

[Chris]

OoT is the saddest game imo
C'mon,you are "asleep" for seven years and when you "wake up" everything you knew and loved was destroyed

Thats right, for me Oot was the saddest game. Also at the end he has to leave Zelda to go back to the past. Pretty sad game...

[Midna666]

I think that Majora's Mask might be the saddest Zelda game.
Some people in that game did not seem to care that the Moon was going to fall.
And where were the Bomber's parents?

[Kitsu]

Some people in that game did not seem to care that the Moon was going to fall.

Quite. Most of the people were either oblivious or uncaring about the moon's descent. And when you talk to Anju's grandmother on the third day [when they are all at the ranch], she says
"I just hope we'll be far enough from the impact to save us". Or something along those lines.

That's pretty depressing if you ask me.

[octorok74]

The saddest Zelda game for me would be TP. It just sad how you find out how upset and enraged Midna truly is and then of course comes the end of the game.

[Zemen]

Out of the Zelda games I've played, Majora's Mask would have to be the saddest and most depressing. It has a very dark theme to it, which is one of the many things I like about it. Even the music is very dark, gloomy, and depressing.

i would say TP had a much more darker theme to it than MM. TP was all about a race that was banished and they are a very dark (not exactly evil) race. that entire game was shrouded in darkness. i cant remember a single scene where there was a beautiful, sunshiny day. the monsters were much scarier looking than monsters in other games. there was that one town that was basically destroyed and that was kind of sad. and at the end, after Link and Midna become friends (sorta), they have to say goodbye and they both know they will never see each other ever again.

in my opinion the darkest/saddest game is TP.

[Ando]

i would say TP had a much more darker theme to it than MM.

I'm gonna have to disagree with you there. Majora's Mask is full of characters who, over the span of the three days, slowly begin to realize that... they're all going to die. Most try to escape, but there's no guarantee they'll live. So they have to spend their final days with their loved ones as well as they possibly can.

Half of the NPCs have incredibly depressing storylines. Anju's decided that her fiance is likely never coming back, and her own mother even convinced her that Kafei ran off with Anju's best friend. Even if you manage to finish that side-quest, you're still given the scene where Anju and Kafei reunite, and decide that they're not even going to bother trying to escape their imminent doom, simply that, "We shall greet the morning... together."

Cremia and Romani, even. Romani continuously warns Cremia that They are coming, and that they must be stopped. Cremia doesn't believe a word of it, and then learns her mistake when Romani is abducted and missing for a whole day, before finally being returned - with every memory of herself, of Cremia, of anything, totally destroyed. Romani just ends up confused, not talking to anyone, Cremia just about goes into a state of depression (and it doesn't help that just upstairs is Anju, crying hysterically over the fact that Kafei is likely to never return), and even if they do survive the moon's impact, the ranch's only source of income has been stolen.

I definitely developed a greater attachment with most of the Majora's Mask cast than I did with any other characters in any other game. It definitely seems to be the most depressing game, to me.

[Moosh_is_cool]

Majora's Mask has a happy ending

:dry: MM only has a happy end if you finish it.

anyway, out of the ones i've played, MM is definitly saddest. If you don't finish, everyone dies! It's not one of the better game ideas nintendo made...

[Master94]

La, because when that fish woke up, all the people died
in that island :(

[Zemen]

:dry: MM only has a happy end if you finish it.

anyway, out of the ones i've played, MM is definitly saddest. If you don't finish, everyone dies! It's not one of the better game ideas nintendo made...

you cant say its the saddest because if you dont win everyone dies. thats how every game is...

[Josh]

That doesn't have to be true Zemen. As you said in some thread I can't remember, Link helps Ganon somewhat in some games, and Ganon even needs him to obtain the Triforce due to him having part of it. This one truly if you don't win many, many people are dead no matter what happens. The game is overall depressing because of the people that are in trouble, the darkness of many of the places and so on.

[Zemen]

That doesn't have to be true Zemen. As you said in some thread I can't remember, Link helps Ganon somewhat in some games, and Ganon even needs him to obtain the Triforce due to him having part of it. This one truly if you don't win many, many people are dead no matter what happens. The game is overall depressing because of the people that are in trouble, the darkness of many of the places and so on.

i dont really understand what youre saying..

in MM, if you dont win the moon crashes and you start all over and try again. thats how every game is in the series. if you die, you start over and try again. its not like if you "lose" you really lose, because you always get to try again.

and youre saying the game is overall depressing because everyone is in danger of dying, but every zelda game is like that, as well. there is a great evil trying to take over teh land and if they do everyone will die, infact im pretty sure ganondorfs main goal is to DESTROY hyrule and not control it, as stated in WW. so, no matter what game you are talking about, people are in danger of dying, but that wont happen because whether or not you "die" in the game, you get to try again til you save Hyrule.

[Skull_Kid]

I agree with Zemen, Majora's Mask is by far the saddest and darkest Zelda game ever...
The paranoia of the moon crashing, the 3-day limit, the fear that instill's people's hearts, and even a more dark and dramatic soundtrack create a different experience from other Zelda games

[dragons107]

majoras mask was cind of one of the more silly games like ww to me it was fun but oot was the sadest. the idea of the shekas was strange and sad that they all died and kokorico being burned down and duby the gave keeper dieing and how the zora were all killed and and every one at castle town died.

oot has many deaths

[El Bagu]

Some zelda games are quite sad. It was sad the destiny of the hyrule people in the twilight. OoT was sad because of the tragic fate of the deku tree. Most sad is LA though. The kids seem so lost and it all fades away in the end :(

[dragons107]

OoT was sad because of the tragic fate of the deku tree. :(
and dumpys fate
and the zoras fate
and kokorico's fate
and the shekas fate
and the people of castle towns fate.:D

[Amelie]

I think I will have to go with Majoras Mask. It might not have had the sadest scenes (TP had lots of those for me.. or touching scenes.. IM A GIRL OK?!) but over all saddest game has to be MM.

And the ending to.. it never says if he found Navi or not :(

[Zeanith]

Majora's Mask.

Creepy + Sad x demented demons = awesome.

[lonely_moon]

Definitely either Majora's Mask or Twilight Princess.

Majora's Mask had a very ominous threat, and the townspeople ain't too happy. The worst part of it, for me, was the denial. The soundtrack even emphasized this. The music is all upbeat, but it's a thin disguise for a sad truth.

As for Twilight Princess, I thought that all the cutscenes had a cinematic feel to them, and sort of increased the emotional aspect. Particularly the final cutscene, Midna's near-death experience and the one explaining the Civil War.

Yeah, Link's Awakening's ending seems pretty sad, but I've never played the game fully, so I wouldn't know.

[Bluelink6]

Link's awakening. Maybe everyone was a dream...But they must've seemed very real to link even after he ofund out it was a dream. He must have been upset of the oss of all his koholint friends....Especially marin, who I think he liked a lot.

[Alder Dragon]

I'd have to say Majora's Mask, with LttP following closely behind. It's sad seeing things go in LttP, such as the flute boy or the Kakariko Village residents, and your uncle. Majora's Mask on the other hand, is basically the end of the world type of plot.

I wouldn't say LA is sad, since it was just a dream. I did get attached to the characters from Koholint Island though.

[Zarom]

I find that the saddest game is WW. At the end, when the King decides to submerge Hyrule forever and you see him drown with his kingdom, very sad. All the expressions on people's face (Link, Tetra & Hyrule King) when they left all of Hyrule behind them. So sad. :kawaii::(

[Shadsie]

I am torn between MM and TP on this. I've not played LA, so I cannot say for sure, but among the games I've actually played, I'd say either MM or TP, and *maybe* TP edges out MM for me just a tiny bit....


With Majora's Mask, you have an entire world that's doomed, the source of that doom easily visible overhead. You see people in denail - and oh, man, is it ever heartwrencing to see people in denail of a problem... then, they start to realize. Even though some go to take refuge, some realize that there really is no escape. Add to that Termina's heroes, who tried to save their peoples and failed, who must rely upon Link to wear their faces and take on their guise to set things right. The boy does not even get credit for himself, acting in their stead. Then, whenever time is reset, everyone's embroiled in the problems Link once solved.

Though, beat the game and everything becomes right in the end.


Twilight Princess is sad for me because of the tone... the darkness, the people being turned into uneasy spirits, the banishment of the Twili, lots of things. One minor thing for Link is that while he is a wolf, he cannot reveal himself to his friends and Ordon "family." His own mentor will attack him with a sword early on if he gets too close. Then you meet the ghost of Rutela, a proud queen who was executed before her people, and must carry her last wishes to her son (whom you see later mourning deeply). To boot, you find out that those shadow beasts you've been killing are the Twili people (and the occasional Hyrulean, like the general store lady of Kakariko), transformed. Then, the end... I'm sure the spoilers have been flying here already... the end, when Link's closest companion on his journey breaks the only connection between the worlds. I think the Link of this game and Midna had a closer relationship than did OoT Link and Navi, so it strikes me as very sad.

What seals this for me is, unlike MM, where winning the game sets most things right (the dead heroes remain dead, but the rest of the world survives), EVERYONE in this game who is gone or dead stays that way. They will not be coming back.

[basement24]

I'm not sure if I can 100% wade in on this topic since I haven't played MM to its full extent, and it does seem to be a bit of a downer. I would tend to agree with the idea that TP is quite sad even though it doesn't appear to be so bluntly.

I think Shadsie hit the major points on why this is the case, but I would add that it doesn't beat you over the head with the idea that you should be feeling sad. It's very subtley done at times, but the overall tone is that of dread and sadness. Rusl states as such in the games opening lines. It's a set up for things to come, whether you ralize them or not.

Along with the whole separation from Midna in the end, I think the saddest point to me is that of Link leaving Ordon in the ending, possibly forever? I've gone over this in another thread, I'm sure, but it just leaves the ending with a very sad tone.

I think TWW had potential to be a very sad game, but it kept it very light. The whole concept of what the King of Hyrule was going through and the story of Hyrule's flooding is sad stuff, but it managed to stay somewhat detached from it all due to Link's innocence. He listens to everyone throughout the game, but he always seems to be confused in the end as to the bigger picture. So, if he was a little less naieve to the greater picture, I think this title had potential to be up there. As it is though, it's not amongst the overall saddest.

[voltarrow]

the saddest loz game i ever played is WW when u see the king of hyrule dying and TP when Midna vanishes forever, i still have the doubt if i'll see her again :-(