The legend of zelda series

I've never played a zelda game before, but I really want too... I understand its heavily story based? If so, I want to understand it, so I want to play it from the beggining. I looked up on wikipedia and there are 14 true titles... should I play all of them? I would never be able to play the first few, and I don't own a nintendo 64 (I can get Ocarina of time off virtual console, but not majoras mask). I ask this because I have twilight princess, but have not played it yet. So can anyone tell me a place to start, and a good way to play the games (as in remakes or something).The legend of zelda series
You don't really need to play all of them.But if you really want to, Wikipedia's article shows the release order. All of the old NES and SNES Zelda's should be available on Virtual Console. But if you don't like old 2D Zeldas, it doesn't mean that you wouldn't love newer ones from Ocarina of Time to Twilight Princess.The legend of zelda series
You can feel comfortable starting with any of them. The stories are really never referred back to to understand what you are playing. Start with TP, then maybe some Wind Waker, then some Link to the Past, Majora's Mask, OoT, and so on. Whatever you feel like.
I'd heavily recommend that you start with Ocarina of Time first, as it's the game that sets up the rest of the 3-D Zelda's in terms of plot and mechanics. The main reason for this is because Ocarina is a game that assumes you have never played a 3-D Zelda before, the game provides the backstory for the rest of the main series and many of the puzzles assume that you havn't encountered similar ones in the games that were made after it. I also reccomend this because I'm highly biased towards Ocarina (my favorite game of all time) because it uses equipment, music and enviromental interaction more cleverly thenTP.
Yeah, I looked up a bit of the plots of each game (only the beginning) and I found most games are related to Ocarina of time... Wind Waker references it, TP takes place in the distant future... so I may get that one of VA. Anyone reccomend a link to the past, or should I just start with Ocarina? And finally... is there like a gamecube remake of majora's mask? Or is it planned to go on VA?
By the way, can I play ocarina without a virtual console controller? Will gamecube work?
[QUOTE=''instantdeath999'']By the way, can I play ocarina without a virtual console controller? Will gamecube work?[/QUOTE]just look at the game in the VC menu. it'll have a GC controller icon if you can use it.
What planet are you from oh strange visitor who has never played a Zelda game? :PAnyway Zelda games are NOTheavely story based, the story is usually very simple and almost never ties into other games in the series. OoT is always a great place to start, especially if you want to jump into the 3D ones. Alttp is great for the 2D ones. You can play any of them it doesn't matter, they are all masterpieces, and all can be played independently of the others.
It really isn't very story based, and what there is in story is irrelevant from one game to the next. The basic concept is that whenever Ganon is reincarnated, the Hero of Time returns to strike him down.



Key elements:

Triforce - Whatever the person who touches it desires becomes true

Zelda - Royal line of people who carry the Triforce of Wisdom. The princess is always named Zelda because of tradition.



The most traditional and complete explanation of the general story is in Link to the Past.
They are linked together storywise, but you can play each game independent of the others without having to have prior knowledge of other games in the series.
If you have a gamecube theres that Zelda collection that has 3 games I think they are OOT,MM and one other one.
Ocarina of Time is your best start. If you're looking for 2D, Link to the Past for the GBA is easy to find anywhere, in the stores, in the used bins, on the VC, everywhere!Two great, actually, the two best Zelda games ever. Best ones to start with if you never played Zelda before...''you really never played Zelda before?'' :shock:
[QUOTE=''Ballroompirate'']If you have a gamecube theres that Zelda collection that has 3 games I think they are OOT,MM and one other one.[/QUOTE]Four: Legend of Zelda, Link's Adventure, Ocarina of Time and Majora's Mask.
There's not really much more to add that hasn't already been said. The storyline is really secondary to story elements and exploration. If you really want to focus on the story though, start with Ocarina of Time, as that game really acts as a first installment of the modern storyline. Just about all the games are worth playing so try and pick them all up if you can. ANd be sure you don't overlook Link's Awakening for the Gameboy/Gameboy Color. It's a lot of fun and sadly overlooked because of the platform its on.
[QUOTE=''Robio_basic''] There's not really much more to add that hasn't already been said. The storyline is really secondary to story elements and exploration. If you really want to focus on the story though, start with Ocarina of Time, as that game really acts as a first installment of the modern storyline. Just about all the games are worth playing so try and pick them all up if you can. ANd be sure you don't overlook Link's Awakening for the Gameboy/Gameboy Color. It's a lot of fun and sadly overlooked because of the platform its on.[/QUOTE]Replaying it right now, absolute masterpiece. LA maybe the closest Zelda came to being like the orginal Zelda. The Capcom games are excellent but they are all copies of LA.
Since Zelda is pretty story-less (or simply just unimportant),at least the one磗 I have played are pretty weak there.It磗 not like you play something continous.Zelda is and was the same thing over and over again,which is as good as it is bad.You don磘 miss anything if you skip the rest,but it磗 like with Megaman...you don磘 need the rest,it磗 somehow a total waste of money,but it doesn磘 hurt if you got them anyway...
[QUOTE=''dvader654''][QUOTE=''Robio_basic''] ANd be sure you don't overlook Link's Awakening for the Gameboy/Gameboy Color. It's a lot of fun and sadly overlooked because of the platform its on.[/QUOTE]Replaying it right now, absolute masterpiece. LA maybe the closest Zelda came to being like the orginal Zelda. The Capcom games are excellent but they are all copies of LA.[/QUOTE]Very true. The world and the game's pacing were very similiar to the original, but it had the added bonus of having a somewhat odd sense of humor. ''I'm Paphal. I'll be lost in the hills later so be sure to keep an eye out for me.'' It was one of the first games that had a sense of self-awareness and those little jokes and comments would always make you crack a smile.
[QUOTE=''instantdeath999''] I've never played a zelda game before, but I really want too... I understand its heavily story based? If so, I want to understand it, so I want to play it from the beggining. I looked up on wikipedia and there are 14 true titles... should I play all of them? I would never be able to play the first few, and I don't own a nintendo 64 (I can get Ocarina of time off virtual console, but not majoras mask). I ask this because I have twilight princess, but have not played it yet. So can anyone tell me a place to start, and a good way to play the games (as in remakes or something).[/QUOTE]first off they actually aren't that story based and you can't really play them in sequence or anything, there are only like two pairs of games that actually are related to each other but, I've arranged many of them in my mind in a logical way, involving a reincarnation thing between all the links. but anyway if you really want to get into the series I would start with either ocarina of time, or a gameboy one.
[QUOTE=''Robio_basic''][QUOTE=''dvader654''][QUOTE=''Robio_basic''] ANd be sure you don't overlook Link's Awakening for the Gameboy/Gameboy Color. It's a lot of fun and sadly overlooked because of the platform its on.[/QUOTE]Replaying it right now, absolute masterpiece. LA maybe the closest Zelda came to being like the orginal Zelda. The Capcom games are excellent but they are all copies of LA.[/QUOTE]Very true. The world and the game's pacing were very similiar to the original, but it had the added bonus of having a somewhat odd sense of humor. ''I'm Paphal. I'll be lost in the hills later so be sure to keep an eye out for me.'' It was one of the first games that had a sense of self-awareness and those little jokes and comments would always make you crack a smile. [/QUOTE]Add the great music and the innovations to the series (jumping, Mario-esque bits), and you have a Gameboy classic. But the twist at the end could've been seen easily. The bosses were called Nightmare Bosses, making the twist that Kohilint Island was a dream oh so obvious in retrospect.