Gaming Zelda Fans Come Hither...

Or the Golden Land/Sacred Realm/Dark World in ALTTP, or Koholint Island in Link's Awakening, or Holodrum & Labrynna in the Oracle games or Termina in Majora's Mask or...

Actually, those are among the few I'm missing. Was too broke around the time the SMO & BOTW ones came out to amiibo hunt much (same reason why I didn't have a Switch, SMO or BOTW to play). I have the Bokoblin, Zelda, Link Archer & Guardian amiibo from the BOTW series but none of the champions.

 

Hopefully they're still available in 10 days when i get paid next. Stupid Best Buy charging pre-orders up front. Already pre-ordered SM3DAS and the two cat amiibos from them this past week.



I must say, though, I played so little of HYWA on Wii U (only the first two levels) that I'm tempted to just buy the Definitive Edition on Switch to start from scratch- at least that way I'll have all the characters, etc without having to pay for DLC (and, even then, I believe I'd still be missing out on the 3DS exclusive content that never went back to Wii U). It'd be sacrificing the local co-op mode without the GamePad but I'd still have the Wii U version for that if I ever needed it...


EDIT 2- Hmm...

 

I may wait unless we get a LE announced on the 26th. I've realized I'm not going to have time to go through the first HYWA anytime soon, given how much content is in that game (about 40 hours for main+extras, 300-500 hours to 100%) I can't see fitting that in between Squadrons, Mario Sunshine, Mario Galaxy 2, Mario Odyssey (though I may push SMO back to spread out my Mario plays). But, since I still need to play BOTW and I very much wanted to start that by the end of this year, I may modify things slightly and grab HYWA:AOC by the end of the year and play that first before BOTW, just to make it an interesting chronological experience.

 

IMHO you should definitely NOT do this. The fun part of playing an amnesiac Link is you're just as in the dark as he is- gradually learning about the events of 100 years prior to the game really increases the emotional connection to the characters involved. YMMV of course, but it's one of those original-prequel works where it's usually better to experience the later events first à la Star Wars.

That and BOTW is just too amazing to keep putting off anyway.

 

Hmm, interesting. Alright, I'll take that advice and play it safe that way (not like I need a lot of convincing to play BOTW ). I am curious to see how it all plays out in chronological order, ultimately, though- like, if someone was playing through the Zelda series in timeline order (branch by branch, of course). In that scenario, something like OOT spoils a somewhat similar sounding "discover what happened in the past" angle in ALTTP, for instance. Though, the narratives aren't quite as closely linked as BOTW & HYWA:AOC are, so it's not a 1-for-1 comparison.

 

R1 is an interesting situation though- it simultaneously enhances ANH if you watch it first but also kinda requires you to have seen ANH already to fully enjoy it.

 

However, regardless of where BOTW falls on the timeline, HYWA:AOC would still precede it chronologically in a playthrough.

 

That's how I'll tackle it, but once I circle around to AOC I'll be sure to keep in the reverse perspective in mind- they may construct things in AOC to provide impact in BOTW in a different way if you do chronological. Like a Zahn SW novel.

 

Yeah, if you get a Switch, you will definitely want a micro-SD for storage.