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Koji Kondo: I had to look him up, is he the guy who did the classic Zelda themes? Holy god, he was 25 when he did the music for the original LoZ, what am I doing with my life. Imagine being the guy who made the tunes that burned their way into millions of kids' brains, what a talent. Ugly guy, though.
The Missing Link: This is what I'm talking about. In the opening, no one today would make a green Triforce, a Triforce consisting of two pieces, or a talking Link with brown hair and brown eyes, because the canon of what LoZ is is too well-established. And what IS taken from the games? The theme song and Link's sword shooting beams. That's what they considered important enough to take from the game, the sword shooting beams. Later, we see moblins shooting laser arrows. Wow, normal-ass skeletons. And Ganon's voice is so high-pitched. These flips Link is doing, amazing. "Time to send you to my evil jar," what. "Come and get it, Pigface!" Imagine if these were the personalities for Link and Zelda that the series actually went with. Holy crap, this sword is completely different sizes in every shot. So, if you're Ganon, and you have Link's unconscious body, and Link is the only reason you can't take the Triforce from Zelda, why not just kill Link instead of using him to blackmail Zelda into giving you the Triforce? "You swing that sword like a girl!" "I am a girl!" God, imagine someone writing that today, how quickly would Link get cancelled. I love how stupid the plot point of "Zelda could only see Link if she was in love with him" is. Imagine being in love with this version of Link. Why is it even surprising that she's in love with him? How many other boys her own age does she even know? I wonder if anyone would care about this show if it was just a random show with original characters instead of being based on LoZ.
Hookshot
CD-I Cutscenes
Skull Kid
Going Straight to Castle Hyrule in BotW
Z3R: I know way more about the Zelda 1 Randomizer, just because I know someone who plays it competitively, but I'm completely in favor of mods to old games that extend their lifespan, either by introducing random elements or just making them harder. I've played many mods for Baldur's Gate II, and I view this as a similar thing, just one that offers a more competitive element.
Magnet Gloves: Another amazing idea that's used in only one game. The idea of just a big old magnet is super intuitive, and they made it into gloves to give it a fantasy twist, sure. Zelda needs more werid items like this in addition to its mainstays, like the bow and hookshot.

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The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past: In my mind, when I think of dogs, the most dog-ass dog out there is the German Shepard. And when I think of Zelda games, the most Zelda-ass Zelda game out there is OoT. But LttP is close. In my mind, it renders the original game completely obsolete, why would you ever play it when LttP does absolutely everything it does, but better? It's like playing FFIII instead of FFV. The dungeons are better, the bosses are better, Ganon is... the same, actually, but the overworld is better, I just don't know why you'd play the original game instead of this completely superior version of the game. This is definitively the definitive 2D Zelda game, though. I'll say this, however: it's not as genre-defining as like Super Mario Bros, or Mario 64, or Ocarina of Time, or something like that. It's just a very good game in its genre that people generally like, but there aren't a billion ripoff games trying to do the same thing.
Ghirahim: Okay, instead of talking about Ghirahim, I have a related but distinct question. For any LGBT B8ers, I have a question: how does the LGBT community feel about sissy twink villains? Like, is Ghirahim considered to be good representation, or harmful, or what? Because it's not just Ghirahim, there's an entire stable of sissy evil twinks who weigh ninety pounds and wear lipstick, and I don't know what actual gay people think about them. I'll say this about Ghirahim, though: he's like the only thing in SS anyone remembers or cares about. What a trash game.
Medli
Hyrule Warriors: This is the only musou game I've ever played. I have not played the sequel, just in case you're wondering, and even then, I only played the base game, without any DLC. It was okay, but this isn't a genre for me. Endless hordes of super weak enemies is just not exciting to me. The most interesting part of this game was the choice of characters they gave. Like, they give you the mandatory ones, like Link, Zelda, and Ganon, and then they give the not-mandatory-but-who-else, like Impa, and then they throw in their OCs and weird characters like Agitha and Ghirahim. Does Linkle count as an OC? Woah, I didn't realize Ravio and Yuga were in this game. Like, all of the exciting parts of this game are just how deep the cuts they can make are, not the actual gameplay, which is just serviceable.
Using Ocarina of Time to speedrun Paper Mario
Dragon Roost Island (Music)
Drgn roost island: I listened to this again, and to the proper version of the song, and I could baaaaaaaaarely tell the difference. I could tell the difference only at certain parts where the sounds were very specific. A quick googling says that 5/4 rhythms are meant to sound irregular and attention-grabbing, but I could only tell the difference because I was specifically looking for it. Thus, I must give this the same placement as the regular song. Sorry!
The Legend of Zelda (Rabbit Joint)

Does it Really Make Everybody... Happy?
Makar
Kass
xenosaga's Impulse Link/Epona Figure: Is it that much to ask that this be painted? They had the ability to paint action figures in the 1960s.
Legend of Zelda (NES)
Nintendo Cereal System
Rod of Seasons: I played the Oracle games many times, and I used Ricky every single time. Why? I don't know, but I remember a snotty, annoying kid at school being like "did you know that only female kangaroos have pouches? So, Ricky must be a girl~~~" I knew it was just because whomever designed Ricky didn't know or care about that fact, but I guess Ricky is now the first Nintendo trans character. Oh wait, Birdo, dammit. Where was I, the Rod of Seasons? It was a good idea to make companion games where you alter a large-scale aspect of the world to solve puzzles. Traveling through time is more interesting, but it had also already been done, whereas seasons are a new idea. Overall, it was a good idea, but if we're just talking about the item itself? It's fine, it's just an item.

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Forced Stealth Sections
Zelda II: The Adventure of Link

If All Else Fails, Use Fire
Freshly-Picked Tingle's Rosy Rupeeland

Couldn't rank because I don't know what this is and google didn't help
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