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The idea just came to my mind, probably a very simple/weird idea for a thread, but I realize that my favorite Zelda game isn't my favorite to 100% (TP), that would be OoT, so maybe this happens to someone else?
What is your favorite Zelda to do 100% ?
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For me that'd be Majora's Mask. It is my favorite game, but it also feels so good to 100% it.
It feels like you're not even doing extra stuff, but rather playing the game as it was intended. The game world of that game is so good in that way.
It feels like you're not even doing extra stuff, but rather playing the game as it was intended. The game world of that game is so good in that way.
eh, none b/c I've never 100%ed any
but I guess out of the closest ones I have, maybe original links awakening
but I guess out of the closest ones I have, maybe original links awakening
Majoras Mask hands down. Not only do I think that you haven’t gotten the full experience if you don’t get all of the masks, but most of the other optional content is placed so well that it’s difficult to not at the very least come close to 100%ing the game in any given playthrough.
Majora's Mask is by far my favorite Zelda game to do 100%. I've started runs of the game actively trying to not do 100% many times and ended up doing 100%. The two games I rank above Majora's Mask overall are much less enjoyable for me to do 100%. Ocarina of Time I usually do about 90% of the game as I pick and choose the side content I enjoy to complete (I hate fishing and the Simon Says ocarina game), but I've completed it 100% maybe 10 times. Breath of the Wild I've never completed 100%, and I don't think I ever want to do that.
Majora's Mask just has fantastic side content that is as enjoyable as the handful of dungeons that it has. Another factor is the length of the game. Majora's Mask has relatively few annoying quests because there's just less content than the other 3d games and that actually helps in wanting to do 100%.
Favorite games overall from my signature:
1. Ocarina of Time 2. Breath of the Wild 3. Majora's Mask 4. A Link to the Past 5. Wind Waker 6. A Link Between Worlds 7. Skyward Sword 8. Twilight Princess 9. Link's Awakening 10. Phantom Hourglass 11. Adventure of Link 12. Legend of Zelda 13. Minish Cap 14. Oracle of Ages 15. Spirit Tracks 16. Oracle of Seasons
Favorite games to do 100% ranking Wind Waker separately for with and without figurines:
Love
1. Majora's Mask - couldn't imagine not completing 100%
Enjoy
2. Wind Waker minus figurines - Great side content and great game overall.
3. Legend of Zelda - very little to collect and finding everything makes the game easier and for me more enjoyable.
4. Adventure of Link - very little to collect and finding everything makes the game easier and for me more enjoyable.
Like but strongly prefer to do less than 100%
5. Twilight Princess - nothing super tedious in the side content in my opinion besides the Cave of Ordeals and a good game overall.
6. Ocarina of Time - a handful of annoying minigames or side content that I usually skip when playing the game. Definitely my favorite game overall though and have played the most.
7. Skyward Sword - a little more annoying side content than Twilight Princess, and the harp minigame actually prevented me from doing 100% until the HD release.
8. A Link Between Worlds - great game, but I remember a handful of annoying side quests that I don't enjoy.
9. A Link to the Past - I've rarely completed 100% simply because this is the only game I regularly play that I struggle to remember where to find everything.
10. Link's Awakening - the remake actually is worse to 100% because of the chamber dungeons.
Haven't completed 100% but would like to do that someday
11. Phantom Hourglass - I enjoy this game, but I have never found everything.
Would never want to complete 100%
12 (tie). Breath of the Wild - I actually tried once to find every Korok seed, found around 500, and vowed to never try again.
12 (tie). Wind Waker - I would never want to try to find every figurine.
12 (tie). Minish Cap - I wouldn't mind trying to do everything but the figurines, but the figurines are unbelievably tedious.
12 (tie). Oracle of Ages - I didn't like the ring system and far from my favorite Zelda game.
12 (tie). Spirit Tracks - has some good side content, but I would never want to do it all.
12 (tie). Oracle of Seasons - my least favorite Zelda game I've played, and I didn't like the ring system.
Majora's Mask just has fantastic side content that is as enjoyable as the handful of dungeons that it has. Another factor is the length of the game. Majora's Mask has relatively few annoying quests because there's just less content than the other 3d games and that actually helps in wanting to do 100%.
Favorite games overall from my signature:
1. Ocarina of Time 2. Breath of the Wild 3. Majora's Mask 4. A Link to the Past 5. Wind Waker 6. A Link Between Worlds 7. Skyward Sword 8. Twilight Princess 9. Link's Awakening 10. Phantom Hourglass 11. Adventure of Link 12. Legend of Zelda 13. Minish Cap 14. Oracle of Ages 15. Spirit Tracks 16. Oracle of Seasons
Favorite games to do 100% ranking Wind Waker separately for with and without figurines:
Love
1. Majora's Mask - couldn't imagine not completing 100%
Enjoy
2. Wind Waker minus figurines - Great side content and great game overall.
3. Legend of Zelda - very little to collect and finding everything makes the game easier and for me more enjoyable.
4. Adventure of Link - very little to collect and finding everything makes the game easier and for me more enjoyable.
Like but strongly prefer to do less than 100%
5. Twilight Princess - nothing super tedious in the side content in my opinion besides the Cave of Ordeals and a good game overall.
6. Ocarina of Time - a handful of annoying minigames or side content that I usually skip when playing the game. Definitely my favorite game overall though and have played the most.
7. Skyward Sword - a little more annoying side content than Twilight Princess, and the harp minigame actually prevented me from doing 100% until the HD release.
8. A Link Between Worlds - great game, but I remember a handful of annoying side quests that I don't enjoy.
9. A Link to the Past - I've rarely completed 100% simply because this is the only game I regularly play that I struggle to remember where to find everything.
10. Link's Awakening - the remake actually is worse to 100% because of the chamber dungeons.
Haven't completed 100% but would like to do that someday
11. Phantom Hourglass - I enjoy this game, but I have never found everything.
Would never want to complete 100%
12 (tie). Breath of the Wild - I actually tried once to find every Korok seed, found around 500, and vowed to never try again.
12 (tie). Wind Waker - I would never want to try to find every figurine.
12 (tie). Minish Cap - I wouldn't mind trying to do everything but the figurines, but the figurines are unbelievably tedious.
12 (tie). Oracle of Ages - I didn't like the ring system and far from my favorite Zelda game.
12 (tie). Spirit Tracks - has some good side content, but I would never want to do it all.
12 (tie). Oracle of Seasons - my least favorite Zelda game I've played, and I didn't like the ring system.
MM because there's so much to do. You can check your book to see what's left and there always seem to be more to do.
WW is another fav to 100%. I love to spend hours travelling around and do more sidequests and working on my 100% list
WW is another fav to 100%. I love to spend hours travelling around and do more sidequests and working on my 100% list
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The Zelda games I enjoy 100%'ing are usually the 2D games.
Most fun 3D Zelda game for me to 100% is Majora since I find it the most rewarding. A lot of it is tied to events I love revisiting since it's my favorite game of all time.
Outside of those I tend to not 100% Zelda games.
Most fun 3D Zelda game for me to 100% is Majora since I find it the most rewarding. A lot of it is tied to events I love revisiting since it's my favorite game of all time.
Outside of those I tend to not 100% Zelda games.
Probably A Link Between Worlds or Link's Awakening for me. I mean, they are the only ones I've actually 100%. The thing that sets these apart from other games is that the side collection quests are more reasonable. Secret seashells and maimais are usually hidden in spots that you can find if you're looking, like a single spot of grass or oddly symmetrical rock formations. Games like OoT though the Skulltulas are in random spots, sometimes only when specific conditions are met, and it gets kind of frustrating. Even if you use a guide you need to remember which ones you already got. Basically I think the non 3d environment is more efficient for being thorough and making sure you've explored the whole map. It's broken down easier. It gets overwhelming in titles like OoT or TP.
Twilight Princess is the only one I've done*, but Wind Waker and Majora's Mask I'd like to try also. Wind Waker especially, it's pretty fun getting all the charts and stuff so I bet it would be super satisfying to get them all.
As long as you’re only doing the speedrunners definition of 100%, sure.
In Wind Waker? I guess that excludes the figurine gallery?
Yeah, the Nintendo gallery alone adds like 5 hours to the speedrun, so they just kinda made an excuse not to include it, along with a few other things.
I don't think I've ever completed a Zelda game 100%. Heck, I'm not even sure how close I've come. I'd say the closest I've come is Phantom Hourglass due to its more abbreviated nature.
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Honestly, none of them. I've 100%'d a few but still prefer to do main story plus some side tasks if it gives me something good.