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Full History of The Legend Of Zelda: Secrets, Mistakes & Making of a Retro Classic
A Deep Dive (and I do mean DEEP) into the History of the original Legend of Zelda taking you from beginning to end. Going over on everything we know about the making of Zelda. The game that would change everything. This video was put together from dozens of interviews, articles and resources to give you a complete look at the behind the scenes, and the impact Zelda had on the world. See what the gaming world was like in the 1980s and how it influenced Zelda. Let’s take a journey unlike any other!
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Chapters:
00:00 -Intro
02:17 Ch 1 The Childhood Link
04:44 Ch 2 Zelda's Masterminds
08:44 Ch 3 Before Zelda
15:27 Ch 4 Dungeons
23:08 Ch 5 The Overworld
28:11 Ch 6 Story and Characters
42:53 Ch 7 Music
52:15 Ch 8 Prototypes and Problems
01:01:02 Ch 9 Failure of the Famicom Disk System
01:09:07 Ch 10 Zelda in America
01:19:42 Ch 11 Version Changes
01:28:33 Ch 12 The Hero's Journey
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Cast:
Katie Massey ... Game Counselor
Kevin Dowell ... Rick, Nerdy Guy
Voice Cast:
Camra Godwin ... Storyteller
Eric Keitel ... Toshihiko Nakago, Minoru Arakawa
Daniel Krause ... Takashi Tezuka
Eric Mark ... Koji Kondo, Hiroshi Imanishi
Danny Miller .... Shigeru Miyamoto
Special Thanks: Christopher Aldana, Melissa Bayer, and Ben Wu
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This video is a journalistic, educational, and historical documentation for entertainment purposes. References are below. This video meets the criteria of legal Fair use and those of UA-cam’s guidelines. No citation herein constitutes infringement under The Digital Millennium Copyright Act. Names of individuals mentioned in this video meet the criteria of public figures. Care has still been taken to keep any other information about these individuals private. No part of this video is intended to demean or disparage any one or company mentioned within. Any opinions presented are those solely of the narrator.
Please use good judgment and be honorable. Enjoy!
Sources/Further Reading:
Books:
“Game Over: How Nintendo Conquered the World” by David Sheff. E-Book Edition. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. 1994
“The Ultimate History of Video Games: from Pong to Pokemon and beyond...the story behind the craze that touched our lives and changed the world” by Steven L. Kent Crown.
Mario Mania Player’s Guide. Nintendo of America, 30-32 pages
Legends of Localization Book: 1 the Legend of Zelda by Clyde Mandelin www.fangamer.com/products/legends-of-localization-zelda-book (Not Sponsored just Loved the Book)
Maestro Mario by Andrew Schartmann. Thought Catalog. Kindle Edition. 2013
The Psychology of Zelda Edited by Anthony M. Bean P.H.D. E-Book Edition 2019. Ben Bella Books, Inc. Section Referenced “Embodying the Virtual Hero” by Jonanthan Erickson
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Websites Sources Links (Because there were TOO many to fit in the description): docs.google.com/document/d/1w-vDm4DseteTARo0hjrxKqhscyvTbqsSrjDrbf15DOs/edit?usp=sharing
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КОМЕНТАРІ

  • @TimelessGamingSoftware
    @TimelessGamingSoftware 20 годин тому

    Morrowind ❤

  • @olimpicus
    @olimpicus 21 годину тому

    much better than Zelda I imo. The combat is outstanding

  • @dapperdame153
    @dapperdame153 23 години тому

    There Was a dungeon I ran into that was level 52 and I was only level 5 so I sat on a ledge he couldn't get me on for 3 hours shooting him with a pistol cause I couldn't leave cause the exit was a ladder and I refused to die

  • @deanna9417
    @deanna9417 День тому

    Ocrina of time 3D

  • @D3m0nLik3
    @D3m0nLik3 День тому

    I dont think u guys have that fully correct i can remember that link from tp learns the song for epona and not already know it

  • @TetsuRiken
    @TetsuRiken День тому

    Yiz took 2 or 3 hours i think and i kinda afkd the bastard because he was basically stat nulled into a bullet sponge and the mountian of a turtle took an hour the first time?

  • @Da_Bud
    @Da_Bud 2 дні тому

    I feel like that pop-up book style kind of got put into Kirby’s epic yarn

  • @Da_Bud
    @Da_Bud 2 дні тому

    Yes, Kirby‘s dreamland four

  • @Da_Bud
    @Da_Bud 2 дні тому

    The fact we waited almost just as long for Kirby‘s return to dreamland as we wi for GTA six

  • @joe9739
    @joe9739 2 дні тому

    YIAZMAT........😐

  • @malikguzman9132
    @malikguzman9132 3 дні тому

    I played the original and loved the hell out of it.

  • @Watchdog_McCoy_5.7x28
    @Watchdog_McCoy_5.7x28 3 дні тому

    Maybe I'm biased because I've heard it so much, but the FDS music sounds terrible compared to cartridge in my opinion.

    • @gamenerdlegacy
      @gamenerdlegacy 2 дні тому

      Yea for me growing up with NES music makes the FDS music sound not quite right.

  • @bigbossdro
    @bigbossdro 3 дні тому

    RING OF LUCII DEAD IN MINUTES

  • @24masks
    @24masks 4 дні тому

    meh, Yggralith Zero and Telethia plume would take more than a week for hundreds of players bashing at them and most of the times they couldn't even be defeated before they fled.

    • @gamenerdlegacy
      @gamenerdlegacy 2 дні тому

      I knew Yggralith but not about Telethia plume. I need to go fight that one

    • @24masks
      @24masks 2 дні тому

      @@gamenerdlegacy If we are talking about the same game, sadly you can no longer fight neither of them since the wii u online service is dead

    • @gamenerdlegacy
      @gamenerdlegacy День тому

      @@24masksOh yeah you're right I just checked. Both bosses can no longer be fought cuz the online shutdown 😞

    • @24masks
      @24masks День тому

      @@gamenerdlegacy If we are lucky they'll bring Xeno X to Switch 2

  • @theBrightman
    @theBrightman 4 дні тому

    Interestingly I never realized it was pink hair until years later when the internet became a thing and people started asking about it. CRT blurriness which you mention combined with humans not usually paying a lot of attention to small details probably caused a lot of brains to gloss over it and assume it was blonde or something else all together.

    • @gamenerdlegacy
      @gamenerdlegacy 2 дні тому

      True. I didn't know either until I grew up and the internet told me, lol

  • @Clefari00901
    @Clefari00901 4 дні тому

    Hero of Wind is the best Link.

  • @prworswick
    @prworswick 5 днів тому

    final fantasy games feel like they put aload of tedious unnecessary shit in, just to mess with you. like the side missions in ff16, fuk me... go here, go there... 50x times

  • @user-qg2gy5lg4g
    @user-qg2gy5lg4g 5 днів тому

    This isn't evil Link, this is something more. This is MADLAD LINK!

  • @user-px4xr2kl2w
    @user-px4xr2kl2w 6 днів тому

    No link is alive because link in majoras mask is actually the heros shade in twilight princess and hes an adult so link could not have deid during majoras mask because hes a kid so he must have deid sometine after the game and if you dei in the lost woods kids turn.inzo skuul kids and adults turn into the stalfos so he deid around sometime after majoras mask perhabs in the gorudo hylian war

    • @gamenerdlegacy
      @gamenerdlegacy 5 днів тому

      Yeah you make some great points here 👍

  • @while_coyote
    @while_coyote 6 днів тому

    great video!

  • @Retroman8000
    @Retroman8000 7 днів тому

    With all that space the didn't use they could gave put all 4 japanese languages in the game. That would have stopped the poor English translation by hiwsrd philips cuz he was the one who learned Japanese from working in the warehouse in jersey

  • @Retroman8000
    @Retroman8000 7 днів тому

    The gameplay counselor you showed in purple with the nes advantage was my next door cubicle partner. Her name was Nancy something ski she was always eating polish foods for lunchtime. Glad they only showed her frosted hairdo cuz she was like 50 and we all were summer college workers. She truly killed the demographic of a game player...she ended up working with bill wright in advertising. That zekda commercial with the weird actor yelling tektites and octorocks was in the corey haim film license to drive and i think from what i remember he ended up passing by not being able to swim and going in the ocean at Newport beach

    • @gamenerdlegacy
      @gamenerdlegacy 6 днів тому

      Oh so interesting. Yeah Nancy definitely killed the gamer demographic especially in the 80s. The actor in the commercial went on to be the voice of the Crypt Keeper in the show Tales from the Crypt. I had more on him for the video but i cut it for time

  • @Retroman8000
    @Retroman8000 7 днів тому

    U want hell, goto level 9 second quest and see if your "theres usually a blue bubble nearby" theory hold up. I remember my first time in late 80s fetting to ganon in second quest with no sword cuz of the red bubbles and i could backtrack cuz your locked in with ganon. Well after letting my full 16 hearts go to 1 i used my potion because i realized i was doomed but then once i finished drinking it link started using his sword again. Turns out no one ever published or saud anything other than u need a blue bubble. Turns out using a position, topping off your hearts by fairy, or pausing the game while a red bubble makes you flash all are ways to restore your sword. I really was the hero cuz that was the day ganon died forever.... it's still talked about in the halls of Philips elementary school halls in Denver to this day. Theres a zelda 2 say what aaaarghhh ganon had returned for revenge

    • @gamenerdlegacy
      @gamenerdlegacy 6 днів тому

      Haha that's awesome. The 2nd quest is tough. I didn't know about the pausing with the red bubble flashing. I do know your sword restores if you use a fairy fountain in the overworld. Yeah if you were stuck with Ganon and couldn't use your sword that is Hell 😅

  • @sopadesopita
    @sopadesopita 7 днів тому

    i cringe anytime i see FFXV

  • @7777R
    @7777R 8 днів тому

    PRINCESS TOADSTOOL 4 lyfe!!!!

  • @LuxP64
    @LuxP64 8 днів тому

    Malon or Splatoon Agent 3, you can’t change my mind

  • @greyfoxag
    @greyfoxag 8 днів тому

    Ive beaten it in 10 seconds with the ring

  • @ayakofox2249
    @ayakofox2249 8 днів тому

    But then why does link have brown hair in the Zelda on the nes at a time when TVs were even worst

    • @gamenerdlegacy
      @gamenerdlegacy 8 днів тому

      On the original NES, Link could only be 3 colors plus transparency. So their choices were very very limited

  • @yozarian86
    @yozarian86 8 днів тому

    I like wind Waker graphics and I like twilight princess graphics, but I hate the style they chose for echos of wisdom and I’m completely over botw graphics.

    • @gamenerdlegacy
      @gamenerdlegacy 8 днів тому

      Would you like them to go back to Twilight Princess or Wind Waker graphics for the next Zelda game?

    • @yozarian86
      @yozarian86 8 днів тому

      @@gamenerdlegacy Twilight for sure. My biggest desire for any video game would be an updated Twilight Princess type game. TP remaster would be nice, but best case is a sequel or separate but similar game.

    • @gamenerdlegacy
      @gamenerdlegacy 7 днів тому

      @@yozarian86 Ah ok cool. A TP remaster would be cool but I've given up on it for the Switch. Tho I'd definitely be down for a new/sequel TP game 👍

    • @yozarian86
      @yozarian86 7 днів тому

      @@gamenerdlegacy I have a feeling that when the next system is announced, there will be something related to TP announced for both systems.

    • @gamenerdlegacy
      @gamenerdlegacy 6 днів тому

      @@yozarian86 That would be awesome! Nintendo should have some great games for the Switch 2 at launch especially since we've waiting a long time for it 😅

  • @BAYERME
    @BAYERME 8 днів тому

    70K views YAZZZ! Keep going!

    • @gamenerdlegacy
      @gamenerdlegacy 8 днів тому

      Haha Thanks! Your constant support and keeping up with the video is much loved 🥰

  • @AmodeusR
    @AmodeusR 9 днів тому

    Amazing documentary!

  • @DigitusDendron
    @DigitusDendron 9 днів тому

    A new nickname shall be henceforth bestowed upon ALttP: A Link to the Pink. 😂

  • @DigitusDendron
    @DigitusDendron 9 днів тому

    Based on ALttP’s official art illustrations of Link with blonde hair even though sprite-based portrayals weren’t always accurate in those days, I always assumed as a kid that the in-game pink color was the brim of his cap. It’s a far more logical rationale, isn’t it? 🤷🏻‍♀️

    • @gamenerdlegacy
      @gamenerdlegacy 8 днів тому

      It was the same logical rationale I had as a kid, lol

  • @samuelh5567
    @samuelh5567 9 днів тому

    It's too bad you can't change links hair color in tears or the kingdom. I could see a lot of people doing that.

  • @okuu_utsuho
    @okuu_utsuho 9 днів тому

    This is unrelated but I wanna ask something. What is Malon’s favorite fruit? It’s a waterMALON 😂.

  • @Zoretsu
    @Zoretsu 10 днів тому

    I don’t see this as being hard it’s a nuisance and it sounds like lazy developers can’t make a boss fight for shit so there view of a boss being hard is let’s see how much HP we can give the boss so it takes HOURS FOR PLAYERS TO KILL IT NO NOT BECAUSE THE BOSS IS HARD BUT BECAUSE THE BOSS HAS A GIANT HP BAR AND YOU DO SHIT DAMAGE COMPARE TO ITS HP just like my comment before from 7 months ago final fantasy is just like assassins creed overmilked trash

  • @aypapi1371
    @aypapi1371 10 днів тому

    That is not the reason. It has to do with the color pallette limitations of the game.

    • @gamenerdlegacy
      @gamenerdlegacy 8 днів тому

      You mean cuz of the Bunny sprite in the Dark World?

  • @essentiallemon4541
    @essentiallemon4541 10 днів тому

    Actually, could it be a color blindness issue? Don’t some people with red-green color blindness see green as more of a brown? Maybe that would have made link’s clothes blend in too much with him

    • @gamenerdlegacy
      @gamenerdlegacy 10 днів тому

      Hm that is an interesting point you make. I think its possible.

    • @DigitusDendron
      @DigitusDendron 9 днів тому

      I don’t think there was enough social awareness of players with color blindness (or enough sympathy to enact social equity for them) back in the 90’s to warrant the pink color inclusion in order to accommodate such players unlike nowadays when games such as TLOU 1 & 2 that boast many visual options for color blindness.

    • @gamenerdlegacy
      @gamenerdlegacy 8 днів тому

      @@DigitusDendron Very true. Even the flashing lights that give some people seizures, they weren't aware of back then.

  • @AmodeusR
    @AmodeusR 10 днів тому

    the shark theme is not a tritone

    • @gamenerdlegacy
      @gamenerdlegacy 10 днів тому

      Yeah I had a other mention that to me. My bad 😓

  • @michaeldarkwolf9726
    @michaeldarkwolf9726 10 днів тому

    Link has pink hair because he isn't Link. She's Linka.

  • @pyrtsi
    @pyrtsi 10 днів тому

    Age of clamity seaqule would Be confusing the light dragon zelda is still Well a dragon because it seems Rauru was wining Gananodorf Rauru was under him And now holding him down So if they deafted the clamity which caused him to wake up that the hyrule castle was destroyed not So much in age of clamity So Light dragon zelda will Be always a dragon only explananiton is Terrako using His time travel

  • @corsadonk
    @corsadonk 12 днів тому

    I've only ever really played the first one on my 3DS, and I became lost in Skull Mountain, so I never completed it.

    • @gamenerdlegacy
      @gamenerdlegacy 11 днів тому

      Ah yeah it can very easy to get lost in early Zelda games. As a kid in the 80s playing it. I needed the help of friends to complete it lol

  • @tiffyfemboy
    @tiffyfemboy 12 днів тому

    *"Maiden in Darkness"* Oh, well, probably an remake again... *"...it later became The Binding Blade"* WTF?? Thank goodness it then didn't released for the 64!!!

  • @bayugarinpamungkas3764
    @bayugarinpamungkas3764 12 днів тому

    Its same like yiazmat in ffxii, took a long time to defeat

  • @ninkstheultimate3376
    @ninkstheultimate3376 12 днів тому

    Original, then HD, realized HD is just the original with the Hero Mode skip cutscenes on at all times, and had next to no improvements, so Og will remain my fave.

    • @gamenerdlegacy
      @gamenerdlegacy 11 днів тому

      There's still something endearing about the Og SS

  • @Pan_Z
    @Pan_Z 12 днів тому

    Really shows how many little annoyances the original Wii version had.

  • @rizahafis2687
    @rizahafis2687 13 днів тому

    Sephirot from ff7 is the longest best fight i ever do, it took me 2 years to defeated him

  • @The_Pariah
    @The_Pariah 13 днів тому

    God, you are such a nerd! ... That's why I just subscribed.

    • @gamenerdlegacy
      @gamenerdlegacy 11 днів тому

      Haha aw thanks so much and I strive to be even more nerdy lol

  • @BheartL
    @BheartL 13 днів тому

    I don’t remember the turtle boss in FFXV. What chapter are they in?

    • @gamenerdlegacy
      @gamenerdlegacy 11 днів тому

      You can find him after you beat the game.

  • @A_Stereotypical_Heretic
    @A_Stereotypical_Heretic 13 днів тому

    Because link is a female in that game... thought that was obvious? Edit: sorry, non binary. They wanted Link to appeal to both sexes. But im quite sure Link is a she in LttP