Then followed a dream where Link is standing in front of Hyrule Castle Town as the drawbridge lowers, and you can hear the clank clank of the chains and the thunder in the background. No music, just introductory text that started off a large journey. I still remember feeling awe-struck at the opening. And my first day playing Ocarina of Time really showed me that. And not that Zelda is a shining example of a “mature” game, but it was definitely more serious than what I was used to. Most of my gaming experiences up until that point in my life had been very cartoony I mentioned a few, but other games that stood out from my childhood were Mario, Pokemon, Darkwing Duck, Banjo-Kazooie, and Earthworm Jim - very kid friendly.
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Whatever the case, I decided this was a good time to try out Ocarina of Time, to actually give it my full attention instead of just messing around like in Majora’s Mask. Maybe it was so bad that our parents just wanted us to be home? Who knows. I don’t remember why I wasn’t hanging out with my best friend next door, or why I wasn’t playing in the snow at all. They sent us home early, and it was a Friday to boot, so I suddenly found myself with a three day weekend. Sometime soon after Christmas break, a big snow storm started moving in while I was at school. “Oh, it’s called the Keaton mask? Huh.” 7th grade me was sure surprised.
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I played through some of Majora’s Mask I had the guide, and I wouldn’t rest until I figured out how to get the Pikachu mask that teased me the entire time I rented the game. I got a lot of other games that year that I was more excited about, like Pokemon Silver and Rayman 2. I didn’t start playing Ocarina of Time right away, though. Definitely one of my favorite Christmases. Either way, I got both N64 Zelda games that year. I don’t remember if I asked for that one too I knew of its existence but I can’t remember how much I wanted to try that particular game out. I got it, and I also got Ocarina of Time. I have my own separate story for my first experiences with that game, so I’ll cut to my point before I hit 500 words without talking about the thing I was supposed to be talking about - I loved it, and asked for it for Christmas. In the fall of 2000, Majora’s Mask was released and I rented it from the video store. I guess his appearance in Super Smash Bros., combined with seeing advertisements for the next Zelda game, Majora’s Mask, made me much more curious to play another Zelda game. Which in hindsight, is pretty stupid considering his name is in both Zelda titles I’d played at that point in time. Link doesn’t talk in the Zelda games, and I don’t think I knew his name was even Link until I saw it on the Super Smash Bros. on the N64 that I started to be able to identify Link as an actual character. It wasn’t until I received the first Super Smash Bros. Although to be fair, when you’re talking about a kid in the late 90s playing Game Boy, I’m sure most of their memories with it will have something to do with Pokemon. I received Link’s Awakening for the Game Boy at one point around the same time, and I played all the way through it but unfortunately I really don’t remember anything particular about it. I don’t think we put as much effort into it like we did with platformers.
Like I said, we really liked it but we got stuck a lot. Zelda was one of our first experiences within the adventuring genre, especially before we received Nintendo 64s and the many games that gave you 3D worlds to actually explore. We were more into games like Sonic the Hedgehog and Donkey Kong Country - games where you made your way through levels from start to finish. We really liked it, but we were kids and didn’t know what we were doing. My best friend at the time had a Super Nintendo, and one of the games we played was A Link to the Past.
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My introduction to the Zelda series began sometime in elementary school during the late 90s. Ocarina of Time wasn’t my first Zelda game. I don’t know why I feel the need to talk about this out of nowhere, but I’m replaying it right now and I guess it’s just something on my mind. Like too many others, I have one about Ocarina of Time. I feel like every Zelda fan has their own personal story about how one of the games affected their life or influenced them in some way.
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