AllRPG Zelda Feature Needs YOU

[KefkaTaran]

Okay, so you guys all I know I've been writing editorials for AllRPG but haven't gotten anything done lately. Well, all the other editorialists and I are currently hard at work on a huge Zelda feature. We could use YOUR help for this feature.

What we need is for as many people as possible to send in letters to letters@allrpg.com

Tell us about your fave moments from the Zelda series, stories you have from the games, anything.

Meanwhile, I figure we can have that discussion here also. I'll start us off by giving a sneak peek at my Zelda article:


No one EVER forgets that beep. If you’ve ever played Zelda and been unlucky enough to have your health lowered to one heart at some point during your session (and who hasn’t?), you know what I mean. That annoying beeping sound. I’m not sure why, but it seems to drill into your skull and drive you mad. I know it’s supposed to be a warning that you’re about to die and you should use a potion if you have one, but I’ve learned to despise that beep. There were times when I’d send my little green avatar to his death on purpose just to stop the damned noise already.

Nevertheless, it was with the abrasive ringing loud in my ears that I shot that last silver arrow into the heart of a pixilated and barely-intimidating Ganon. The screams were loud, both in the videogame world and the real one. Ganon’s was a shriek of pain, mine of celebration, but the contrast was very welcome as far as I was concerned. I’d just defeated the ridiculous looking, but reasonably difficult final boss of the original Legend of Zelda for the NES.

This was a big moment for me because I’d never been able to pass Zelda as a child. It had been probably one of my most-played games on my old NES, but I could just never get it. Maybe it was the labyrinth of a final level. Maybe it was because I had no sense for finding all those secrets hidden away in the game’s many nooks. Maybe it was just the difficulty. Either way, the Zelda Collector’s Disc that Nintendo gave out as part of a promotion allowed me to finish what I’d started when I was five. This game could finally be added to my ‘Completed’ list.

Two weeks later I was working on adding another game to that list, and the circumstances couldn’t have been more alike. Big scary Ganon? Check. One heart perpetually proven by beeping noise that makes me want to tear my ears off? Check. Final shot finishing off big scary Ganon? Oh yeah.

Now that I think about it, there were only two big differences I could think of. One was that Zelda was right there with me, helping me fight Ganon instead of standing one room past him. The other was that the graphics were quite a lot better. Oh. And I guess it was The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker, rather than the original NES Legend of Zelda.

[Lockeownzj00]

Ooh, I'm intrigued. I applied to AllRpg a week or so ago, to see what response i would get...nothing yet ;;

I'll submit something; I'll try not to make it too generic. Like the article so far.

[Kenryoku_Maxis]

I'm kinda lazy right now, but I'm gonna give you a short bit if you want. Basically it goes like this.

My first 2 games I ever owned were when I was 3 and was given an NES for Christmas. And with it I was given 2 games, Super Maro Bros. and The Legend of Zelda. What is so special about it is that while I think of many games such as Castlevania III or Kirby's Adventure as my favorites on the NES, The Legend of Zelda is the game I GREW UP on. When I say that, I mean it exactly as I write it. From the age of 3 to the age of 9, I played Zelda more than any other games on my original NES, and it took me until I was 9 years old to beat the game (First Mission). In that time, without anyones aid, guide books or the internet, I found every single burn hole, enemy weakness, bomb spot and piece of heart possible...and I remember them without fail to this day. And since then, I have never lost the love of this game, playing it many times even each year without any sense of boredom and even prompting me to go and by its recent re-release to GBA with great appreciation that I could once again enjoy this game on the road or at home. It taught me through its challenging gameplay what a good game is and how to play games, preparing me for an age today where I encounter people who quit many a game for those things Zelda taught me were just another challenge to overcome.

So, to put it short, the First Leged of Zelda is the game that brought me into gaming. It wasn't just a fun game to me nor something that entertained me as a child. It was the game that changed me into a hardcore gamer, even before many people had even heard of the Super Nintendo, what an RPG or Fighter was and even before days when games were anything more than a nerds hobby. Zelda is one of the pilliars of my life that make me what I am today.

I don't know if that can add to your article, but I'm giving it to you, because I'm proud of my Zelda heritage.

[KefkaTaran]

Thanks for the bits so far, guys. Anyone else have any Zelda stories they'd like to share?

Just to say it again so you know: posting in this thread will not get you into the letters section of our planned feature, BUT sending an e-mail to letters@allrpg.com will definitely do so. That said, I'd still like to hear from you guys in here too.

[Minor Dizaster]

My very first video game system was an original Game Boy. My first two games: Wario Land, and The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening. I remember because that new song, later to become my favorite game theme, taunted me as I tried to figure out how to start a new game. I was young, and the buttons confused me. But I eventually figured it out, and started to play. And, like it did for KM, it took me quite a while to beat. But when I did I had all the heart pieces. So yea, go me. And, also like KM, I remember all of their locations to this day. And sometimes, not just for TLoZ:LA, but for all Zelda games, I'll look back on a heart piece that I had previously remembered how to obtain, or a puzzle I'd passed, and think, "How the hell did I figure out how to do that?"