The Legend of Zelda

This one'll be a short one. I just want to share my thoughts on that hit 1986 game, The Legend of Zelda. I've been playing it for a few hours at a time since yesterday, and I've just been taking my time.

The Legend of Zelda has got CRAZY depth for a 1986 game. You'd expect grinding in a modern, 2010s game, but never in 1986! But alas, I ran out of bombs in Level 3 and had to leave to kill enemies until I got a drop. It's a shame that it's a little hard to get into it, due to having one of the worst cases of "Guide Dang It!" I've ever seen. You pretty much HAVE to have the manual or at least some form of resource to know what you're doing. Apparently, they didn't have enough room to put a tutorial. I guess they had more important things to add. Like a big ass open world.

You'll also be pleased by the many Engrish lines in this game. Translators in the 1980s were notorious for half-assing shit. Nah, scratch that, they did the best they could. Even if the best they could was "It's a secret to everybody."

Whatever that means. But you can't be mad. Shitty translation brought us the almighty "All your base are belong to us" and that's a blessing.

By the way, if you want a laugh (and a symbol lesson), look up Level 3 and look at the map. Yes, it's something you've seen before, and something you hopefully don't support. At least not in the way that a certain man from Austria used it in the 1930s-1940s. Doh, I'm getting off-topic! Better end the article here. See ya!

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