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/r/Zelda is the unofficial hub for anything and everything The Legend of Zelda - the iconic Nintendo series. Feel free to share news, reviews, opinions, fan art, humour, videos, or anything else Zelda. For fans, by fans.

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r/Zelda is the unofficial hub for anything and everything The Legend of Zelda - the iconic Nintendo series. Feel free to share news, reviews, opinions, fan art, humor, comics, or anything else Zelda.

The one underlying foundation of r/Zelda. Treat others with respect, and the same will be afforded to you.

Browse our Wiki to read more about our subreddit, history, and other resources. We are a fan-run community.

For a smaller community for those who just want to talk about the games, come join us at r/TrueZelda.

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General Rules

Read the rules in greater detail on our Rules Wiki Page. Hover below for brief details

1. Tag and Flair all posts Use one or more of the required title tags ([BotW], [OoT], [TP], etc) so we know which game your post is about. Please also flair your thread when you submit it.
2. Mark Spoilers Minor spoilers such as area titles, dungeon names, and character references are allowed but all Major spoilers including boss weaknesses, puzzle solutions, and any large story plot points must be tagged and flaired at all times. Comments must use the format >!text goes here!<, ex: text goes here. Titles must always be vague enough to not include spoilers. Submissions please click the "spoiler" button after making your post. See also our spoiler policy.
3. Art Sources and Permission Required All art submissions must name the artist in the post title AND have a clear comment containing a direct link to the original source with proof of permission to rehost, if applicable. Otherwise, submit as a link post instead! Use a reverse image search to help find the source - Google, Tineye. To post your own work, use the [OC] tag in the post title. AI-Generated art is not allowed here.
4. No "Low Quality" Posts or Non-Zelda Memes Memes are allowed, but must be about the games. Using screenshots from the games to talk about things not from the games will be removed. Several other types of posts may be removed - See more details on our wiki.
5. Reposts Use the search function, browse by new, check the top posts of all time, and check the hot page to see what has already been posted. Reposts in general are fine, but reposts within two months will be taken down.
6. Be Civil, Be Courteous, and Be Sensible Try and keep the peace. Aggressive personal attacks, hate speech, witchhunting, and trolling will all be removed but small disagreements are nothing to worry about. No politics of any kind are allowed. See also the Be Civil policy. Report infractions and move on.
7. No Piracy No discussion or sharing of game ROMs or any copyrighted material that may have been pirated. Emulator discussion however is completely fine, including speedrunning, randomizers, texture packs, and fangames.
8. No NSFW content Pornographic content, nudity, and excessive depictions of violence are all not permitted. Some NSFW is fine as long as it's tagged and related to Zelda, to the extent depicted in the games. If your post contains adult themes or depictions of blood/injury, please mark it NSFW. No hypersexualized or lewd NSFW, go elsewhere.
9. No Transactions No sales or purchases. This is not a marketplace, if someone specifically requests to buy something you have created, you may respond with a link to another reputable place but no direct transactions. Please also see our page on Dropship Spammers to be aware of scam signs.
10. No Obvious Self-Promotion Linking to something hosted on your art page or YouTube channel is fine but any obvious advertisements will be removed.
11. Collections and Merchandise on Mondays only Feel free to post NEWS about new official merchandise whenever you like but for unofficial goods, or photos of your personal collection, please post them on Merchandise Mondays.
12. Some Screenshots on Saturdays only Opening titles, game overs, file select screens, game endings, Dawn of the Next Day and "funny" names for Link are all limited to Screenshot Saturdays because they're posted so often. Other interesting screenshots that don't fall into one of the above categories are welcome during weekdays as well.
13. Self-Post Sundays Self-Post Sundays are our main discussion day, when we only allow text posts directly about the games themselves. Posting images, links, or anything else as self-posts on Sundays will be removed. Discussion posts are still welcome any day of the week.

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    [OoT] [MM] [OoX] [WW]

    [FS/A] [MC] [TP] [PH]

    [ST] [SS] [ALBW] [TFH]

    [BotW] [TotK] [HW] [AoC]

    [ALL] [CoH] [CDi] [Other]


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    1

    [OoT] Not an Ocarina but did learn some riffs for Trick or Treaters!

    1 Comment
    2024/11/10
    10:14 UTC

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    [EoW] Wrong warping Zelda out of tutorial area BEFORE Ganon's malice thing takes the King?

    Now here's an interesting scenario surprised nobody has done by now. How would wrong warping Zelda manually to a predetermined warp zone (via hacking) or something affect the rest of the game now that she doesn't have the silly Tri fairy/her powers and most of all Link's cloak. Would it be smooth sailing all the way or a bunch of broken stuff due to missing actors/scripts not being fulfilled correctly/at all.etc

    Remember in the OG the game doesn't really begin till the King has his little 'vacation' in Ganon's malice land and Zelda unlocks the map which is all 'fogged' out or something till you uncover the things you need to do and solve the main quests.

    I never played it yet but have seen the beginnings and it got me going on this as most of the game is tied to post malice that takes over the castle which Zelda escapes having to clear her name and helps other parts of Hyrule solve their problems affected by it.

    1 Comment
    2024/11/10
    10:04 UTC

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    [BoTW] Is breath of the wild a WiiU or Switch game?

    I'm orgnizing my games in folders and have no idea where to place this one. In the "Nintendo Switch games that remaster, remake, emulate, or port WiiUgames. Virtural Consle Included." Or "Nintendo Switch games originals"

    9 Comments
    2024/11/10
    08:15 UTC

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    [other] So what game should Nintendo add next on Nintendo music?

    So i have used Nintendo music ever since it came out. I use it when I playing video games or when I build Legos but one of my biggest problems is that there’s only 2 Zelda games to listen to. Nintendo has only added 2 more games to the library that’s not Zelda games as of now so it will probably take some time before they add a new Zelda game but when they do which one should they add?

    5 Comments
    2024/11/10
    07:13 UTC

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    [All] What EXACTLY do you want in a new Zelda game?

    I know several of you didn't enjoy Tears of the Kingdom and it's gotten a lot of discourse on this subreddit, so instead of asking about that, let's talk about ideas for a new Zelda game. We know everyone always says something like "they could've done more with the dungeons" but what exactly does that mean? Longer playtime? More Enemies? More intricate puzzles? People complained about the story, but again what exactly did you want the Zelda team to expand on? Deeper narratives? More in depth backstories to the characters? Let me know what your ideal Zelda game looks like.

    33 Comments
    2024/11/10
    06:02 UTC

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    [AoC] Should I get age of calamity

    I’ve played lots of zelda games and loved the series, but I have never played a Hyrule Warriors game. is age of calamity worth it?

    0 Comments
    2024/11/09
    16:54 UTC

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    [ALL] Playing through the series, What games are critical and are any "skippable"

    Almost done with the NES legend of zelda and want to plaplay through the series to botw and totk, looking ahead the second NES zelda game looks different and it got me wondering if some games aren't worth the time now. My question is what games in the series are "must plays" and which ones would you recommend skipping?

    3 Comments
    2024/11/10
    03:38 UTC

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    [TOTK] Lightning Temple Queen Gibdo

    On my fourth temple now with lightning (air, fire, and water completed). And no boss compares to how hard this Queen Gibdo is. Two hits, and I'm dead.

    I've been getting better with my bows & arrows, but even a 21+ hit weapon barely does anything after hitting it with Riju's lightning-assisted arrow. I essentially have to play a marathon flawless game at this stage.

    Before I give up, start a quest of pure grindage, and come back with twice as many hearts, weapons, potions, etc., I just want to know if there is anything I'm missing? Because both my attack and defense seem super low in spite of beating 3 temples against this boss.

    Cheers! Appreciate all the help! :)

    8 Comments
    2024/11/10
    01:50 UTC

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    Today is Self-Post Sunday. Only self-posts are allowed to encourage discussion of the games themselves.

    Self-Post Sundays are our main discussion day. On these days we only allow text posts directly about the games themselves. This means no images, videos, etc. until Monday.

    If you want more discussion of all things Zelda we suggest subscribing to /r/TrueZelda or /r/AskZelda where every day it is text-only.

    Still seeing yesterday's posts? Browse /r/Zelda/new to find today's discussion posts, or submit your own!

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    /r/HyruleWarriors/r/Zelda_Music
    /r/LinksAwakeningRemake/r/ImaginaryHyrule (for Art)
    /r/OcarinaOfTime/r/ZeldaTattoos
    /r/MajorasMask/r/ZeldaFanFiction
    /r/WindWaker/r/ZeldaTabletop
    /r/MinishCap/r/ZeldaLikes
    /r/TwilightPrincess/r/Yahaha_IRL
    /r/SkywardSword/r/hyrule_irl
    0 Comments
    2024/11/10
    01:00 UTC

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    [OoT] The Zelda song that made me learn how to play the piano

    16 Comments
    2024/11/10
    00:37 UTC

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    [EoW]I drew Zelda as Omni-man. "She just punched a hole in the rift with her bare fist"

    3 Comments
    2024/11/10
    00:16 UTC

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    [SSHD]Im hesitating if i should skip to breath of the wild or not

    Guys im a new zelda games player i started it with wind waker and finished it and rn im playing twilight princess and im almost gonna finish it. My question is shall i play skyward sword right after it ? Or i shall skip to breath of the wild Because unlike the changes from ww to tp , ss feel so similar to tp in many aspects and i dont think she has a lot of improvmenets on the tp gameplay and i think i will get bored since ss doesnt seel to have some major changes that would gimme a new experience unlike botw

    13 Comments
    2024/11/10
    00:03 UTC

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    [HW] I cant believe i’ve been sleeping on Hyrule Warriors this long

    Recently i started getting into emulation and i saw there was a 3DS emulator, i also downloaded Hyrule Warriors: Legends for said emulator and recently have been LOVING it, this game is literally peak fiction

    I get to play as Lore Accurate Link and enjoy a banging soundtrack at the same time?!?! Sign me the hell up

    7 Comments
    2024/11/09
    23:56 UTC

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    [MC] Tiniest Zelda on a bigger screen

    1 Comment
    2024/11/09
    23:54 UTC

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    [MM] Fierce Diety Link towers over everyone.

    I guess I never realized how tall FD Link is. I don't remember OoT adult Link being this much taller than most of the NPCs.

    6 Comments
    2024/11/09
    23:48 UTC

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    [SS] A Skyward Sword D&D Series i've been working on! Comes out November 18th! Let me know what you think!

    The Premiere Linked Here
    Hey everyone! I wanted to share this awesome project ive been working on here where I thought people might like it, its a Zelda D&D Series on youtube based completely on Skyward Sword. I got my best friend to play the main role and hes never played a Zelda game before, so thats pretty fun. I honestly had a lot more to say when I first tried to post this, but it got auto removed cause I forgot the title tag (lol)

    1 Comment
    2024/11/09
    23:43 UTC

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    [OoT] & [MM] - remake or original?

    Hey sorry if this has already been asked but i’m currently undecided about whether to play OOT and MM on switch online or to get the 3ds copies. I really want to get the 3DS copies as the 3DS is one of my childhood consoles, and i love collecting so having the physical copies of the remakes would be awesome, but i’m unsure if the remakes are better or worse. I know the graphics are definitely better, but i’ve heard stuff such as MM zora swimming are messed up- so, what do you guys thinks are the cons of the remakes and how impactful do you think they are on gameplay? i’ve never played either game before, so i’m excited to jump into them as i’m working through mainline zelda games.

    4 Comments
    2024/11/09
    21:29 UTC

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    [other] HELP I accidentally made Tingle into a hot anime girl, Should I continue?

    So a friend and I ship two random characters (we don't know the other one) and I wanted to draw Tingle in the jojo part 6 style. Didn't expect them to look like a girl, it's not bad just not what I was expecting. I kinda like it so should I continue? (I didn't draw the background, we found it on Pinterest and are basing the drawing off of that)

    15 Comments
    2024/11/09
    21:10 UTC

    143

    [ALL] Behold, the (non-Smash Bros) games where you play as Zelda.

    25 Comments
    2024/11/09
    21:02 UTC

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    [other]Kokiri house finished!

    Just finished the first 2 bags! Gonna continue to update on the build!

    4 Comments
    2024/11/09
    20:46 UTC

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    [WW] Just finished Wind Waker as I make my way through all the Zelda games. Some thoughts

    I never played this game as a child/teen, I'm in my 20s. I've finished Oot, Botw, Totk, TP, and SS so far. And now this.

    The game is good, a great game. I love the artstyle, music and it feels smooth as hell even today. But overall, I have to place it lower than all other 3D Zelda titles (I'm 1/3rd through MM and its amazing so far)

    CONS:

    Its too easy to spam attacks.

    Rupees aren't worth much. The game gives you so many hearts and items constantly I barely had to buy anything at all.

    I reaaally disliked the infamous Shard Quest. It broke the flow of the game and had me ripping my eyes out because I was so lost.

    The sea is empty, and not only is it empty, buts too large, and its negatively affected by how slow the boat is, EVEN after the Upgrade. Thankfully we do get a teleport mode later on.

    Most dungeons weren't that memorable for me. They all seemed kinda samey in design.

    I really think the game could benefit from being 20% smaller in size, both as a game and as a map.

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    Overall, its still a good Zelda game, just definitely my least favorite of the 3D ones and one I CANNOT see myself playing again.

    8 Comments
    2024/11/09
    20:44 UTC

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    [BotW] [TotK] What did you name your horses in Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom?

    I was pretty basic and the horse I used to storm Hyrule Castle was the white horse descended from Zelda's steed.

    At the time fairly certain it didn't have a name so just stole the name Storm from the old Zelda Comics as the name of Zelda's horse from there.

    What did you guys name your main horse in these games?

    65 Comments
    2024/11/09
    20:35 UTC

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    [EOW]Do we know where this game fits in the timeline?

    It really seems to break the rules of every branch, and couldn't possibly fit at the end

    8 Comments
    2024/11/09
    20:19 UTC

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    [EoW] I somehow thought it would work… [Suthorn Beach]

    9 Comments
    2024/11/09
    19:38 UTC

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    [MM] [OC] Who you got here?

    1 Comment
    2024/11/09
    19:30 UTC

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    [All] Watching the memory when Zelda laments to Link that she had failed everybody and then she begins to cry … is there any other moment in the whole entire series where we ever see her cry, or was BotW it?

    I actually honestly can’t remember a time when another Zelda DID cry. Crying was a big issue for BotW’s Zelda, but perhaps the other incarnations of her WOULD have, if they’d had the frames of animation to do so.

    Because, you know, when bad stuff happens in real life you tend to watch dramatic moments from media that you love? I’d also like to know the answer, though, that is has any other incarnation of Zelda cried?

    9 Comments
    2024/11/09
    19:24 UTC

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    [Other] - Game and Watch console with 7x Zelda

    1 Comment
    2024/11/09
    18:39 UTC

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