[images from this great article on 8bit levels in Little Big Planet]
Funny how we identify the first in the series as Zelda 1 not just Zelda....
I personally opened the show with my bias toward...Zelda 2. I don't know why exactly but this game struck a chord with me. It could be the dramatic opening, the art, the music, the way you leveled up and achieved new attacks, or the mysteries that needed solving, but the game had me. I fell in love with the game.
The audience mostly went with the original Zelda. How can you argue? It's amazing revolutionary gameplay, the way it spawned the open world adventure genre, and incorporated traditional role-playing elements seamlessly into the story, all while challenging the player to stick with it to the very end.They setup the Nintendo Hotline from the game, but it was free to give Zelda players tips. From there they noticed people calling about more games and started charging.

Zelda 1 vs Zelda 2 is very much like comparing apples to oranges, but Zelda 2 always will be my favorite of the 8bit era.

Music: Goodness I was all over the place. Nesimos, DOD (virt, Ryan8bit), OC remixes (djpretzel, scott peeples, Rabbit Joint, countless others I'm sorry), Koji Kondo, and lots of the original sound from the games!

Labels: 8-bit show, Show Notes