I'm curious how opinions differ between the BOTW, TOTK, and general Zelda communities. I'm posting the same poll in each subreddit to compare results.

Please vote based on which game you consider better overall, not simply which one you played first. I'd also love to hear your reasoning in the comments.

I'll share the results after voting closes.

I have always really liked the Zelda timeline, but like many, I've never really liked how Nintendo made the Downfall Timeline work. I'm not sure if other people have had this theory or not, so please forgive me if that is the case, but here's my thought process:

I was thinking about A Link to the Past, and the backstory in that game's manual. While fairly similar to the story of Ocarina of Time, there are some major deviations that cannot be explained by the Hero of Time simply dying in his confrontation with Ganon at the end of OoT.

Namely, in aLttP's backstory, it describes a violent battle taking place in the Sacred Realm, and Ganondorf killing his own men in a struggle to take hold of the Triforce. And when he is victorious, the Triforce does not split, and he immediately transforms into Ganon. Not at all what happens in OoT. In fact, it almost seems like the what the events of OoT would have been, if OoT Link hadn't even existed.

That then reminded me of the backstory of Wind Waker, how because Zelda had sent OoT Link back in time to the Child Timeline, there isn't a Hero remaining in the Adult Timeline to stop Ganon when he returns, resulting in the Gods flooding Hyrule. Could this same thing be happening in the backstory of aLttP?

So then I think back on the next biggest example of time travel in the series... Skyward Sword. In the finale,Demise is eradicated by the will of the Triforce, but Ghirahim travels back in time and revives him far in the past. Link follows, and kills Demise in a one-on-one duel, before returning to the present.....potentially leaving another timeline stuck without a Hero.

That is my theory, that the Downfall Timeline and the events preceding A Link to the Past are in fact not the result of the Hero of Time dying in battle, but instead are the result of a new timeline created in Skyward Sword that the Hero time travels out of, which fits perfectly in the logic of how both the Child and Adult Timelines operated, instead of it being a strange "What if?" scenario.

I'm not sure if other people have thought of this theory before, but I wasn't able to find any examples from what I saw. Apologies if that's the case! Thank you for reading!

Why he looking like he about to murder us😭

So the Gassy Goron scene, the iconic scene after Darunia’s 30s dance where he accidentally farts and all the Gorons join together for a gassy goron party. I remember being deeply saddened when it was seemingly cut from the 3DS version. But do you think Nintendo will bring this scene that we all loved back?

Hey guys, as you know a Zelda game that can be popular or less popular amongst others is the game Twilight Princess. Of course everyone also knows that the game was first released on the Wii, but eventually down the line it released on the GameCube. Me myself I remember when I was little seeing it in the Wii section tons of times, but the only time I saw the Gamecube version was I think at either Toys R Us or Sears. My three questions for everyone is why is the Gamecube version so expensive than the Wii version? Which version did you hear about first the Wii or the Gamecube? Which one did you get on release day or later?

I originally posted this yesterday but here's my take on Kaepora Gaebora's theme as a Colombian Cumbia. If you like this take, you can find my socials over at linktr.ee/audiomocha, I've got loads of Zelda things there that I've forgotten to post here.

I had some trouble with it because the fire attack did 10 hears of damage and i have no idea why.

Unrelated: i have taken a liking to the female zora outfit

I tried aiming the hookshot manually but i noticed it was too slow for me to be able to damage the boss after it lost its armor. Was that a skill issue on my part or is it simply impossible?

Kinda lame if you are forced to use auto-aim to beat it. I don't typically use the auto aim (via lock-on) since i am playing it on PC (dusklight 2.0.2)

Hello!

I'm trying to find an old fan animation centred around an owl in a forest raising Dark Link. I cannot remember it very well, which is part of why I'm struggling to find it, but I believe it was black and white, possibly an animatic rather than full animated, and I think it was a mini-series consisting of a few episodes (maybe left on a cliff hanger too?). Title may have the words 'shadow' or 'dark' in it, but with so many fan animations made of Dark Link and LoZ in general, it's not showing up. I watched it on Youtube around a decade ago, so it could have been removed, but I'm hoping it's still up if anyone can help locate it.

Thanks in advance!

I went down a slightly ridiculous musical rabbit hole and thought this might be the right place to share it.

I was listening to Kurt Weill’s Johnny Johnson (1936), and in Act II there’s a very short piece called “Johnny’s Dream”, during the scene where Johnny dreams of Minny Belle.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUWqiURFAjM&list=RDwUWqiURFAjM&start_radio=1

As soon as it started, my brain immediately went:

this sounds like Zelda.

I can’t even point to one exact track. It just has that very specific Zelda feeling to me, something small, slightly strange, dreamlike and intimate. I could easily imagine it playing while walking into a little village, entering someone’s house, or during one of those quiet, slightly surreal encounters the series does so well.

To be clear, I’m absolutely not suggesting that Koji Kondo knew this piece or that there’s any actual historical connection. I have no evidence for that at all. It may just be a completely subjective association.

But then I started looking around and the coincidences became increasingly amusing.

The Legend of Zelda was named after Zelda Fitzgerald.

And, completely separately, Kurt Weill later wrote the incidental music for the 1946 play A Flag Is Born, which actually has a character named Zelda.

Again, none of this means anything. It’s just one of those bizarre chains of coincidences that becomes much funnier once you’ve already heard a Weill piece and thought, “why does this sound like Zelda?”

So now I really want to know:

Does “Johnny’s Dream” give anyone else the same feeling?

And if so, which Zelda track does it remind you of?

I have this strong sense that I’m subconsciously connecting it to something very specific from the series, but I can’t quite place it.

I am so excited to play the ocarina of time remake. I have my Best Buy preorder for pick up 9 pm on 11/4. I feel as though such an occasion warrants an outfit. I am not much of a cosplayer but I would love to buy some current or vintage Zelda merchandise to wear.

Considering going classic green shirt khaki shorts but open to suggestions.

I think Gloom Spawn or Gloom Hands is a really dumb name when compared to the other classic enemies they brought back like Gibdos, Phantom Ganon and Like-Likes (and also the Flux Constructs in their idle mode where they look like a Beamos statue), they look like a much more detailed version of the creepy Floormasters in Wind Waker

I hope I’m not alone in thinking this

With the Ocarina of Time remake coming out soon, I figured this was a good time to share this with other Zelda fans.

I made a song called “melocentric ghost” that samples the title theme from Ocarina of Time. I always loved how peaceful and nostalgic the original theme feels, and I wanted to use that feeling inside something completely different rather than make a straight remix.

Curious what other Zelda fans think of how I used it.

https://soundcloud.com/solsinyc/melocentric-ghost-wind

So, a friend of mine and i been thinking a couple of days about how it would be a TLOZ role playing game, but just found some low quality shtty Dungeons and Dragons character sheets and things like that, so i'm asking here. does anyone know about a tabletop role playing game about the world of TLOZ? something good?

Honestly, now that Zelda is experimenting with new ideas to fit themings for the series, I was thinking about if they were able to give us an opportunity to customize our main character, apparently character customization would probably be a weird one for the series because Nintendo is pretty consistent on the formula of the 3 Triforce Bearers, however taking link off the main character role has worked in some way, Echoes of Wisdom did that, and it was a fun time to play as Zelda and I wouldn't be against Link not taking center stage, but if they do Character Customization, I think they would probably choose the Make Your Own Link kind of character customization.

Now I personally would like playable races to come back, in Majora's Mask you put on a Mask and take on the persona of a Restless Spirit in a different Race, the Deku Butler's Son, Darmani, and Mikau, but that would be too much to ask for being able to change Link's Race, if they were to allow you to do that, then I think Link would have an ability you can get at a certain part of the game is provided with the race trait, and you have a special ability, but a certain item is unavailable, if you're a Goron, the Power Glove is unavailable, and you can be able to break rocks without bombs, a Zora, the Zora Flippers/Armor aren't available, but you can swim underwater, and on the surface without stamina, but still that's too much to ask for, I was thinking of more of the line of customizing Link's Appearance like Commander Shepard in Mass Effect, and Hawke in Dragon Age 2, and your Trainer in Pokemon: Scarlet and Violet

Choosing between Male (Link) or Female (Linkle) would be nice and changing their facial features, would insert yourself into a Zelda game, and it would make you the Hero of Hyrule, but what would you like if Nintendo were to make a character customization for Zelda?

So we all know that the original soundtrack for Fire Temple was removed in NTSC 1.2 and all PAL versions and was replaced with another song. Do you guys think we might get the original version this time for the remake?

Remade the Carriage for the Spirit Train the other day, i am looking to explore more with this and trying to get it to run on a track inside Unreal Engine.