Tag: Worst

While I feel it doesn’t need mentioning, I will nevertheless point out that there is no such thing as a “worst” or “best” Zelda game due to the fact that we each of us has a different idea of what exactly the Zelda recipe ought to be; my “best” might be your “worst” or vice versa. Also there’s the simple fact that even the lowest ranked Zelda game is considerably better ranked than most other games. With that out of…

Over the past month or so I’ve focused each week on a separate Zelda game, culling together comments and forum posts to present a variety of perspectives as to why it may be that Person A might feel The Wind Waker is the best in the series but that Person B might feel it was the worst. Despite feeling that I’d made this thesis clear not only in the inaugural post, but also in the opening paragraph of each subsequent…

Let’s begin with a quick reminder that these “Why [x game] is the Worst Zelda” editorials are not written from the perspective of my own opinions, but instead cobbled together based on opinions and direct quotes found both in the comments on these editorials as well as the forums. The purpose of this series is not to show that any particular game is actually better or worse than any other, but instead to show that each of us has a…

First of all, let me reiterate (as I do in each of these editorials) there there is no such thing as “the worst Zelda”–just as there is no such thing as “the best Zelda”–for the very good reason that there’s no real way to evaluate these games in an unbiased way, thus one game might be Player A’s “best” while that same game might be Player B’s “worst”. Case in point: A Link to the Past. When I wrote the…

I can hear the shouting and pitchfork rattling already, and this editorial hasn’t even yet begun. I can also already hear some of the more reasonable ones saying: “Wait a minute, didn’t you say A Link to the Past was your favorite?” Why, yes, I did. And while I thought I’d made this crystal clear in the inaugural post as well as in the beginning of the previous one, it would seem I need to reiterate the thesis of this…

In the introductory editorial in this series, we discussed how the best/worst Zelda game is often different for everyone, and that many times (though not every time) this is informed by something as simple as the first Zelda game played. Not that your first Zelda game is always your favorite, but that it sets a mold for what you feel a Zelda game should be. Of course there is no such thing as a “bad” Zelda game, because the one…

It may be the most common thought that the Water Temple in Ocarina of Time is unnecessarily long, but Craig and Nick from ScrewAttack have found 5 additional levels that are worse than the Ocarina of Time Water Temple. Right above the Ocarina of Time Water Temple at number 5 was the Great Sea from The Wind Waker. Read on to see my take on the two selections.

Game Trailers recently published a video titled, Top 10 Worst Delays. The video tries really hard to stay away from judging the games themselves, though they couldn’t help taking a couple jabs at Twilight Princess! Twilight Princess is number five on their list, and Ocarina of Time is number three. Watch the video to find out why! These ten games felt almost eternally out of reach. By worst, here, we’re not counting months and years, but emotional weight, measure in…

Nintendo is always very creative when it comes to Zelda races. We all know Nintendo doesn’t need to use biology facts to explain their creations, but still it is fun to figure out if a Zelda race could be possible in the real world. I already tried to explain the Gorons and the Zoras, but if there is one aspect about the Zelda series that can make a biologist go insane, it definitely has to be the Gerudo. The Gerudo…