Games Entertainment The Legendary Legend of Zelda Games BY WALID DIB The Legend Of Zelda series boasts 17 official games since 1986 and is one of Nintendo’s console-defining masterpieces. The folks at OC figured it would be a good idea to rate the top three, which proved to be a difficult task if you’re a fan of the series, but we’re always up to the challenge! Majora’s Mask Revamped for: GameCube, Wii and of modern day games, it makes up for it Nobody can call Nintendo 3DS with unprecedented depth of play, storyline themselves real and complexity. The funny thing is that this gamers if they had not The Wind Waker game has almost nothing to do with the rest played Majora’s Mask. Everyone and their of Zelda universe. It does not take place in This game, which was strangely rated E for grandmothers hated this Hyrule, Link does not have to save Zelda everyone, is perhaps the most influential and game when it first came (because she does not even exist in this deep game in the series. The story follows out. People thought it game) and nobody knew what a Triforce was. Link as he chases down Skull Kid, a childish didn’t ring true to the Released on: Game Boy imp who stole a very dangerous mask from a series; that the graphics Revamped for: Game Boy Color and strange mask collector. were childish and Nintendo 3DS Released on: Nintendo 64 irrelevant, but WHO IS TALKING NOW? This Revamped for: GameCube and Wii game is a definite modern day classic Zelda The Minish Cap game. Wind Waker is similar to Ocarina of Man, this game did Ocarina Of Time Time, albeit with a cartoonish pirate theme. not receive a 9.1/10 It was not easy In this game, Link sails and teleports around metacritic review choosing Majora’s 49 mini-regions using the wind to his aid. for no reason. In The Mask over Ocarina Released on: GameCube Minish Cap, Link of Time, seeing as to Revamped for: Wii U partners up with a how this game set the talking cap named standard for Zelda Link’s Awakening Ezlo [trust me, I know how silly this sounds, games. Ocarina of Time follows the more What could be better but read on] that can shrink him to the size traditional of Zelda plots, where Link sets than the nostalgic of a thumb. Being so tiny changes your out on a quest to defeat Ganondorf, king of downpour of this perspective sometimes, as Green ChuChu the thieves, and stop him from obtaining the game? Released in (a tiny blob of a snot monster in reality) Triforce. Even though this game is my favorite 1993, Link’s Awakening becomes a pretty challenging dungeon boss, game ever, objectively speaking, Majora’s is the first game in and puddles of water turn into lakes that you Mask is better in graphical, technical and all the series and was one of the most critically must circumvent. aspects of creativity. acclaimed games of its time. While in 2014 Released on: Game Boy Advance Released on: Nintendo 64 the game lacks the UI, graphics and physics Revamped for: Not yet revamped! Anniversary Issue 45.