This question is aimed at the hardcore Zelda gamers on this fan base. But before I asked you it let me tell you my backstory on this: So the first Zelda game I played was Alttp the GBA port on my dad's Gmaeboy SP when I was like 6. The game was really fun, But I SUCKED! The farthest I had gotten was rescuing Princess Zelda. After that I would just run around Hyrule Castle with no idea what to do. Then one day my dad just got rid of his SP and Alttp. So I never saw the game again(until I emulated it). Next was when I got The Legend of Zelda the Wind Waker. I remember getting it from Sears. The branch of Sears that also sells games. And I sucked so bad in that game to the farthest I got was getting the Hero's Clothes! Then I found that after you got the Hero's Clothes you had to go back to your treehouse to see Aryll and trigger the custscene where she falls into the woods so that you could get the Hero's Sword. I didn't start sucking again until I got to the first dungeon. The Forsaken Fortress (which I mispronounced the "Forken Fortress" at the time) was a friggin' nightmare for me. What irritated me the most was that you lose your sword. And I had a lot of trouble just getting the sword so seeing it fly out of my reach was too much for me to handle. My fist mistake was entering the wooden room before the last part before you get to room containing Aryll on the left side. The left side if that room has all of the rats and will knock your barrel over getting you caught by the Moblins. The next time I began to falter was in the Dragon Roost Caverns. I was fine up until the room where you have to use the water and the lava geyser to make a makeshift elevator. After I overcame that, I got to that room that was approaching the summit of the mountain and as I entered the dark room I saw the those bats open their eyes and star flying towards me. I was terrified. I reached to slam the Power button on my Gamecube and I just laid in my basement in terror. Then I realized that I would have to do everything again because I didn't have a memory card. So after I did everything my next screwup was when I was facing Puppet Ganon. I never knew that you had to use the Light Arrows to shoot that golden pearl in its tail. And I never knew until my friend called me one day saying that he beat the game and told me how to beat puppet Ganon. So as you can see I sucked at Zelda games. But this was when I was like 6-8 so it's alright. So my skills to progress in Zelda came from all of those mistakes I made in Alttp and Wind Waker(mostly WW). Oh my gosh I can't believe you actually read this far! You must feel really accomplished(no sarcasm lol). If you really did read all the way up to this point then you deserve a cookie, and a look inside the Nintendo Vault, and a chance to play beta Ocarina of Time. And now for the question: when did Zelda click for you? How old were you, or which Zelda game was it where you could just play it, think about puzzles, and quickly solve them? Or were you like me who's experience in Zelda is a compilation from screw ups made in past Zelda adventures?
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