Top 10 WORST Things in Zelda Games 

11:00 for those who aren't familiar with the gamecube original, you need to understand this price tag is especially egregious when your starting wallet can only hold 200 rupees. He also sends you a chart showing what quadrants have Triforce charts in them and has the audacity to send it post-on-delivery so you have to pay the mailbox exactly 201 rupees to get it. This bastard Tingle makes you have to get a wallet upgrade to do anything around him.

How on EARTH has it been ten years since the last Zelda Month? I must re-watch those videos more often than I thought, they still seem so fresh

I fully admit that this is nostalgia talking, but I do actually enjoy the slow start to Twilight Princess. The village itself is very cozy, I like the side characters, and dear sweet Hylia the Ordan theme is maybe one of my favorite town themes in any game. The moment the video started playing it, I immediately spaced out and was transported back to playing this as an 11 year old. I 120% agree it is way too slow of an opening, but I wouldn't change it for the world.

I have no issues with Hyrule field in Ocarina of Time. Yeah it is fairly empty but I never really thought that it was a "boring" part of the game. I loved going to each area it connects to for the first time on my first playthrough

At the time nothing was like hyrule field, a *fully* exploratlble 3D space where you can ride a horse, jump a giant bridge and is the hub to all the other areas in the game. You could hunt for poes, of which I never found them all. It's pretty empty and lifeless now in comparison to PS2 era and beyond but man as a kid this was amazing

As someone who’s played both versions of Majora’s Mask, I’ll honestly say that I’ve always found the complaints about the 3DS version *way* overblown. The worst part about it is changing the Zora Link swimming, and even then it’s far from bad, but just less fun than in the OG. All giving the bosses weak points does is make them easier (though I’ll admit the Twinmold boss was changed from an easy boss fight to an annoying one), and I never even noticed the change in Deku Link’s physics until others pointed it out either. And even then, these changes are more akin to minor gripes to me instead of glaring issues that ruined the game entirely. Something plenty of people tend to forget about is that how game improved so much from the original, from letting you save at owl statues instead of just quick-save (which wasn’t even an option in the Japanese version), being able to fast-forward the Song of Double-Time at every hour instead of only half a day, and being able to keep track of each sidequest within the bomber’s notebook, along with making it actually useful. All of which makes the game far less cryptic and confusing and more streamlined to play, which’s the best thing to do when introducing it to a modern audience who doesn’t want to be put off from completing the game. Everyone talks about the iffy/bad changes the remake made while always ignoring the good, and if you boil down any remake or of course a game to only its worst aspects while ignoring the good, of course it’ll be bad. The way I see it, instead of having one definitive version of Majora’s Mask like Ocarina of Time does with 3D, we have two good versions that each have their own pros/cons. And again, I love Majora’s Mask (second favorite Zelda game behind Twilight Princess), but I just can’t bring myself to find the remake to be some sacrilegious affront to nature just because of a few changes that don’t matter much in the long-run and are balanced out by better changes as well.

The problem you mentioned with Hyrule Warriors can actually be mitigated quite a bit if you are doing 100%. You basically do what you would like and then hold off on it for a couple months and then come back to it. Surprisingly helpful as I have been tackling the Adventure Mode that way. 15:58 Honestly, no. I legitimately had a lot of fun going through the Temple of the Ocean King. Every revisit had me wondering: “Will I be able to make it,” and I loved it.

The "Thanks, Jackass!" hit me harder than it should have

On the subject of Majora 3D being dumbed down, the Iwata Asks interview with Aonuma can actually explain it. Aonuma when he remade MM described it as opening up a Pandoras Box of developer memories and found a metric ton of things he saw in the original that made him question what the hell he was even thinking with a lot of ideas, and made it a goal to make a lot of things more clear. Chances are, a majority of these things that changed were appreciated by most people lol

2023 and we’re still acting like the imprisoned isn’t one of the easiest bosses to cheese. Just jump on his head from above, if he shakes you off (which he won’t do until at least the second encounter) hit him with a groosenator bomb and then jump on him.

The Nintendo Gallery from Minish Cap. You know how trying to get every possible roll in a gacha game is usually seen as stupid, pointless, a waste of time and just a bad idea overall? Guess what you have to do to obtain *one heart piece* and a sound test. Mismanaging your seashells and/or getting unlucky will likely result in you having to farm rupees to buy them at the shop because you definitely aren't going to complete this sidequest in a casual playthrough. In fact, there's a set of figurines that, while not counted for the collection, can only be obtained on a cleared save file.

The Majora's Mask one is on Aonuma, who did a playthrough and noted down everything he thought that could be improved. Wind Waker needed more time, instead of being rushed to give Iwata a good first year as president.

If this doesn’t end with a collab with Joshscorcher at the end of the month, I’ll be disappointed. It can’t be a coincidence they’re both doing Zelda Month at the same time.

The first time I ever played Ocarina of Time, I didn't get stuck in or frustrated by the Water Temple. The layout (to me) seemed very linear, and I didn't mind having to constantly open the menu for the Iron Boots. So I don't really consider it a bad dungeon. Where I got stuck in my very first playthrough was the Shadow Temple, because I didn't realize you could go back to become child Link again. I just thought the rest of the game was as adult Link. Through a lot of trial and error searching the first room, I finally found the hover boots. And then I spent maybe 3-4 months of about an hour a day after school mapping out each and every room with pen and paper on where I could and couldn't go, while wearing the hover boots. I was able to get through the whole dungeon this way, but of course, you can't actually beat Bongo Bongo without the Lens of Truth, so I was stuck there. After getting frustrated with not being able to fight the dungeon boss after reaching him about 5 times, and dying to him, I finally went online and looked up how you were supposed to fight him, and then learned about the Lens of Truth. So then I looked up how to get that. My mind was blown when I realized you could become child Link again. I've never disliked the Shadow Temple though. I thought (at first) that it was a really cool dungeon idea, making people actually map it out by hand or memory, and since I learned how to do it, the whole concept of it is still great to me, especially with the time travel parts.

Almost every water dungeon ever: my time has come.

Damn I've been watching Rabbidluigi for over 10 years?!?! Thanks for all the wonderful entertainment these past years

To be fair, the reason OOT hyrule field is so lifeless is because they had to remake the game from the over ambitious 64DD to a normal Cartridge so a lot was cut :( I’m sad we never fully got the OOT (master quest isn’t the original vision)

I think the idea of the triforcehunt is actually kind of cool. I'd just wish the island informations would be safed after you have found the fish. I hated searching for that fish on every single island, even when I already had found him hours ago

Climbing gear in botw should've given a "resist rain slip" when wearing all three peices.

I do not understand what everyones' problem is with the twinmold boss in Majora's mask 3D. Link going all Kaiju and literally wrestling them instead of just swinging his sword like any other enemy is so badass.

I find 100% hyrule warriors being on here really funny because me and my twin brother have done this multiple times without getting bored. On the Wii U, again on the Wii U after our original console was damaged and then on the switch version. We just find the game really fun.

Guarantee Temple of the Ocean King is going to on here, and I'm calling a 95% chance of "forgetting" to mention all the shortcuts unlocked with every item that let you skip most of it and find quicker solutions around the rest.

I understand that the Twilight Princess opening is slow, but I think it works for the game.

Weapon durability wasn't an attempt to make BtoW more realistic. It was designed to make sure you use other means (powers and environment) and to push exploration. If you just have weapons that don't break you fill up on good ones and just go. Sure it can drag in the late game, but pushing over one more hill to maybe find a cool weapon to use was great. I don't hat ethe weapon durability system, but it just needs some tweaks.

I know a lot of people dislike Twilight Princess' start, but I can't help but love it the most because of how it makes that contrast. When I was little, I definitely was of the mindset of "yeah yeah yeah, just get to the part where I'm a wolf". But growing up, I have developed such a fondness for how the game establishes that this Link is loved like family by everyone in Ordon.

#1 for me...the goron dance game in oracle of ages

I feel that the Temple of the Ocean King gets an unfair treatment. It’s not the best dungeon, by any means; but there are checkpoints that you can teleport to, and new weapons/items allow you to get through the earlier rooms faster/in new ways.

All these years later and still temple of the ocean king hate? Let alone this high on the list? It REALLY isnt that bad

Funny thing is, while I doubt they'll be getting rid of rain, it does seem like you have lots of other ways to ascend in ToTK besides climbing, so that might help.

The triforce hunt in ww should have happened at the start, and tingle should have only charged link once for every map, then it'd not be as bad. Or better yet, they could have split the parts up between dungeons, while having the means of getting the maps being rewards for side quests like the flower merchant. Also, your ss entry is *on point*. I cannot express my hatred for imprisoned 2 enough, especially after getting the hylean shield

Is there, like, an entire council of King Dodongos? Where do they keep coming from?

So the rain in Breath of the Wild was annoying, but it never bothered me as much as that FREAKING LIGHTNING! Mostly because, until I reached the Gerudo City, I had NO idea how to deal with it, aside fron standing under a platform (fun) or throwing my metal items i had equipped away (didn't work). And by the time I could have gotten the helmet... I was almost done with the story, so it didn't matter as much to me.

personally the triforce hunt is actually my favorite part of wind waker exploring the overworld is my favorite thing to do in game so the part where you do mostly that is the part i enjoy the most.

The real worst thing about Phantom Hourglass? The dungeon music. One of the most basic and dull themes that plays in every dungeon like area in the game. If they'd given the Temple of the Ocean King even the slightest improvement in music or even a unique theme from other dungeons I guarantee the experience would have been so much better.

"Blow into your DS microphone like it's a flute" sounds clever in theory, but it made me rage quit Spirit Tracks.

Fun fact, the world record speedrun for Hyrule Warriors Definitive Edition 100% is 288 hours long. Second place is 564 hours. There is no third place, as no one else has been insane enough to attempt it. The only way the run is even physically possible is because it's a segmented category, meaning that it does not have to be done in one sitting. Players can take as many or as long of breaks between play sessions as they want.

I’ve said for a while, TOTK needs optional dungeon rewards. Imagine voluntarily spending an hour or two in the ‘Earth Temple’ and being rewarded with the completely optional ‘spiked boots’ so you can climb in the rain! That would be immense.

I liked Majora's Mask 3D... Yes the bosses were butchered but the QoL was a literal godsend. Just wish they kept the original bosses, Zora Mask, and Ice Arrows and then it would be perfect.

Twilight Princess's intro was pretty cool the first time, but that's about it. Also, naming your character "Jackass" works SO much better with that girl saying thanks, than it should. lol

In botw you have to work for the glider but in totk it’s given to you by purah, who is grown by the way. I liked working for the glider…

1.-) MM3D was done like that with a purpose: Accessibility for a short playtime. The 3DS as a whole was never meant to be played for hours, instead you are supossed to play its games in short burts of time. That is why a lot was changed in this remake, so that players could always acomplish something by just playing the game for one hour. 2.-) I will actually defend the Imprisoned: He has a point story-wise, to demonstrate that Demise is trying to free himself in any way possible. Unlike a lot of other villains from other games, he is trying to beat Link and actually win in any way he can, so that makes him good in my opinion.

Wait someone says the water temple ain't bad and tells people: "Nope Hyrule field sucks??" FINALLY! Someone I can agree with aaaaand you decide to riff on the temple of the ocean king... well that one cannot be avoided.. but I don't hate that dungeon at all even with repeats. I find it fun.

The climbing gear in botw should have reduced, if not eliminated sliding as it's level 2 set bonus, let's hope they do that in tears of the kingdom

Even as someone who's favorite Zelda game is Twilight princess, the opening is really slow. I still personally love it cuz I love the character interactions, but yeah, it takes a while to feel like you're really doing anything

And in some places, waiting out the rain just isn't an option because it's part of that area's challenge. Isn't that right, Zora's Domain AND Thundra Plateau? To be fair in one aspect, Zelda II was, as the numeral implies, the second Zelda game, so the series hadn't really established a tradition at the time. Also, it did have things that some-to-most later entries in the series had that the first game didn't, such as towns. Later games would make them better, of course...

I look back rather fondly on TPH. Getting chased to the safe zones was pretty memorable. But how are Kinstones not on this list? The minish cap wasn't great in general.

Weapon breaking had nothing to do with realism. It was about forcing you to use different weapons and adding an extra element of unpredictability to battles.

I do not understand why people want to repair BotW weapons. At least in a traditional way (I like the way fuse does it as it feels more like an exploit). Rather than the satisfaction of smashing a weapon over an enemy’s head like a party popper and picking up what it drops to give it another smack down, you’d have to faff about keeping a bunch of half-broken weaponry in your inventory waiting to repair it at some blacksmith only to repeat the hoarding process all over again. Cool weapons are plentiful. The enemies you should use your stronger stuff on are incredibly telegraphed with massive health bars so you aren’t left wondering when you should use them. The UI actively encourages you to treat them as disposable by not telling you their exact durability or stats. I don’t understand people’s issue with this mechanic.

the imprisoned is a baby in it's crib when you learn about jumping on his head from a higher ledge.

Hey really enjoy your video. Make me to want try more of Zelda games. The imprisoned is one of the best fight there is in skyward Sword so much tension , the music when it comes closer and closer to the temple. The teamwork with Groose. Really love this part. Play it a lot when try to get hylian shield. Always feel nervous.

My issue with weapon durability isn't so much its existence: it's the fact that you can't repair broken equipment...it's just *POOF!* gone. I know this is going to be a weird take, but I kinda don't like squirreling away the most powerful weapons in the game just to NEVER use them out of fear I'll never be able to find them again: that's an awful feeling. Give Skyward Sword THAT much credit: that game at least gave you the means with which to repair your shield. Make the weapons break less often, give me the means to repair them or upgrade them to make them more durable or do more damage, but if you're gonna tell me that having an overabundance of weapons is your ideal solution to the wet toilet-paper strength your weapons have, then I don't know what to tell you. >.>

I weirdly kinda like the temple of the ocean king, like it's terrible design to have you re-run the dungeon over and over again and it definitely shouldn't have been in the game in the way it was, but I did always like it

Probably because Phantom Hourglass was my first Zelda, but i love it front to back including the Temple of the Ocean King. Speeding through it is always cathartic on my many returns.

I might be in the minority here but I looooove the slow burn of the TP intro. Even the goat herding lol. It's world building, ffs! And it makes the green tunic such a standing ovation moment. Imo, windwaker takes MUCH longer (2 dungeons and one endless night) to finally take off your training wheels

I swear the rain knows when your on an exceptionally tall cliff or tower.

That could be an idea for Nintendo, cdi link comes back. Either he could be an NPC that kinda looks like link, or an evil version of link made by Ganon to mock him

7:31 or get a Frog/Geeko suit plus ability to make anti-Slip elixirs. So they did offer ways(they had to with no Champ abilities)

17:00 I'll be honest, I DIDN'T guess that, mostly because I didn't realize you were counting them

Only thing I can think of that is missing is DEADROCKS. Oh, all that is holy in this world, deliver me from those wretched things.

The rain in BotW was bearable, and I say that while only playing with 1 stamina wheel on my current playthrough. The worst part of BotW is the part I find less talked about however, the final boss being a giant malice pig that doesn't even threaten Link, what the hell was that?

First time I played it as a kid, I remember Hyruoe Field in Ocarina being very disappointingly empty. So much effort to find SOMETHING of substance. Eh. But as an adult it’s nice to just move on to the next area and move along

I'm sorry, but I actually prefer Majora's Mask 3D over the original. You should read about the development of the original. Most of the changes in the remake were meant to be in the original but they ran out of time. 1. Link swims slower in the original Japanese version Majora's Mask to allow for tighter turns. This was accidentally changed in the later international releases. Swimming faster was originally suppose to use your magic. 2. In the original concept art Odolwa, Goht, Gyorg, and Twinmold had giant eye-shaped weak points. However, the development team was under a very tight schedule and were unable to complete them in time. 3. Each boss was programed by different members of the development team. This is most apparent when comparing the original Odolwa fight next to the other three bosses. Everyone else was significantly easier. 4. Aonuma Eiji wanted symmetry in regards to the bosses. Odolwa was suppose to make the player use the Deku Mask, Goht was suppose to make the player use the Goron Mask, and of course Gyorg the Zorda Mask. 5. Odolwa was never suppose to be hard nor was Gyorg suppose to be so difficult. Traditionally, the first boss within any Zelda game is always the easiest. But unfortunately being under such a tight schedule made things difficult. 6. Now this one is just personal opinion rather than fact but I prefer the new Twinmold fight. You can find everything above by searching for the translated interviews with Aonuma Eiji on Majora's Mask. He was really disappointed with the original and didn't understand why anyone liked it whatsoever.

The worst thing about Zelda games is that they end 🗿

Man, I just wanted to unlocked Majora's mask link on the 3DS version of Hyrule warriors, which required making it deep into that 3rd map in adventure mode....I never did unlock him. I burned out about halfway through the 2nd map.

Or use Ascend if you find a cave or a thin ceiling.

I'm disappointed that the Temple of the Ocean King has once again made it to the top of one of these types of lists. I get that it can be repetitive, but it does encourage a different solution of the same area with every new playthrough, and I enjoyed the feeling of optimizing it and mastering the layout by the time I was done.

The imprisoned is only good for how not to make a reoccurring boss fight. If I had to redo it, I would simply replace the first two boss fights with enemies that you had to fight in waves. It would make the Imprisioned so much more threatening if you didn't kick it's ass three times in the game before the final fight. Makes it feel like bullying at that point. Also the bulgy things on it's hands and feet should be replaced with actual claws. I know they were just trying to scare you with grossness, but popping a zit on the bad guy is the best way to defang any terror it might have.

The worst thing about the rain in BOTW is that it's reminiscent of a progression gate from a previous Zelda, but with no purpose. Since this game is "muh freedom" and you can go anywhere at any time, the rain isn't there to stop you from getting into an area you're not supposed to reach yet. And in that game specifically there's no item used to overcome the obstacle. It's literally just there to waste your time and show off how _realistic_ the game's physics are.

I don't think anyone nowadays is really mad about the CD-i games, though, for one specific reason: Internet culture would not be the same without those cutscenes.

What’s the name of the song playing in the background at 2:01 ?

Hard disagree on the Triforce quest in Wind Waker. It's the moment when the game finally opens up and forces the player to explore. Sailing from Windfall Island to Dragon Roost Island in the opening of the game and seeing those distant shadows of islands on the horizon begging to be charted and explored only to be cucked by the King of Red Lions who forces you to stay on the linear path... Yeah, its the moment in the game some of us were desperately waiting for! Sure the game teases you by opening up early on, but at that point you're ill equiped to do anything on most of these optional islands. It's not until the Triforce quest section of the game where you've finally obtained all of the items and equipment you need to tackle every island, and boy is it satisfying!

Unlike most people, I like BotWs weapon break mechanic. Its unique and it makes you think about what to use when. I like that theres so many weapons to use, and pretty much everything you find is useful. I play a lot of RPGs and thats rare. The only thing I didnt like about it was running around collecting korok seeds to boost slots. Im hoping theres still weapon break in some way or other. But i know im in a minority.

I actually love fighting Daira in Zelda 2, because they are mobility tests rather than attack spamming tests like the Iron Knuckles. They make you move!

Just on the subject of rain-climbing in botw (with no totk spoilers) you can always just make a campfire to advance the weather, and with Revali's Gale you can usually get wherever you want anyway. Admittedly its frustrating in the early game, and there are a few instances where (quest reasons) its perma-raining so you need to go around the long way, which get pretty old. (Now with totk spoilers) They 100% fixed this in totk. Even aside from new abilities, you can get Sticky buffs with armour or elixers, and it's WONDERFUL.

that one heart piece in minish cap which requires you to get all of the figurines might be one of the worst heart pieces in the entire series to get. it’s so fucking tedious

Alright, I'm gonna defend the nearly 400 rupee price point of the triforce charts, because most zelda games have a rupee cap, and you're gonna be able to reach that cap fairly quick, especially in wind waker if you're getting all the silver rupees laying at the sea floor, so it's actually good that they gave you something to spend your rupees on

Number 10 is just "HI Jirard, aka The Completionist"

You AND Joshscorcher making Zelda Month countdowns in celebrations for TotK? SIGN ME UP FOR THE HYPE TRAIN! As someone who found this channel right after your first Zelda Month, I am excited about this remaster.

MM3D is perfectly fine and a welcome step up from the original, and I'm tired of seeing the same minor recycled complaints about it.

Still heavily disagree with the Majora's mask 3D changes. I'll agree that the zora swimming was unnecessary, but I still prefer it leagues over the original

When the world needed it most, Zelda month returns.

Majora’s mask 3D is amazing it’s a great remake.

majoras mask 3D was my first zelda game and is now my favorite game of all time, I get it has problems but i absolutely love the game and it was an experience to play for the first time

Twilight Princess’s intro is so hated on for no good reason. I think it’s a perfect start.🥺

You're wrong about the TOTOK, your new abilities allow you to get through the early floors much quicker when you return.

The number one entry represents a part of the Zelda series that I am confident will never get remakes or likely even ports.

How is “I grew up watching RabbidLuigi” a genuine statement

Zelda's Adventure at least has a good concept: you play as Zelda. This concept seriously needs to be given another shot, possibly in BOTW3 or in the Zelda movie, where Link is either a secondary character or might get injured or kidnapped, or trapped in time, or dead, and Zelda badasses up to save or avenge him. This way, we can even have a Zelda protagonist talking without having Link himself talk

Weapon durability in BOTW was not a misguided attempt at realism. They explained it themselves at a conference in late 2017. Weapon durability was designed as a tool to encourage more exploration and to make the rewards from shrines and hidden chests much more satisfying. By forcing your weapon inventory to cycle constantly each new weapon you find in a chest matters more than if it were your 500th Soldiers Broadsword sitting in your inventory. Does it solve that problem? I’d argue it does but unfortunately it added a new problematic element.

When i was playing Wind Waker I knew about how bad the triforce hunt was so when i reached that point I decided that it was a problem for later. Later still hasn't happened.

One thing about Zelda II. Death Mountain is supposed to take place after the second dungeon. You're not entirely wrong, as the second dungeon is more out of your way than Death Mountain is, but from what I can see when playing through it, it looks like you are supposed to finish the second dungeon first, which would at least make you a bit more powerful when facing it. The issue is that it's much easier to find Death Mountain than the second dungeon. The other thing is The Temple Of The Ocean King. I'd guess Nintendo intended people to use shortcuts that, from what I recall, allow you to skip large parts of the dungeon, but I guess the shortcuts aren't the easiest to find, leading to repetitive playthroughs.

TotK fixes both issues you had with Fuse and the Froggy armor/ sticky potions

I'd say Rabbidluigi saw Joshscorcher's Zelda Month and decided to get in on that, but this is Rabbid's third rodeo so that's not quite accurate. Either way, we got two Zelda Months going on now!

I think everyone forgot about that shitty Triforce Heroes game, BUT I HAVEN'T! That game was the worst thing to happen to Zelda since the CDi games! And it gets NO mention!?!

I understand that many changes in Majora's Mask 3D bothered a lot of people, but I think it's a bit of an exaggeration to say that it ruined "everything" unique about the original. Granted, I haven't played the original version yet myself (though I definitely will at some point), but I'm aware of a lot of the major differences between versions. Aspects like Zora swimming certainly seem better in the original, but I was still able to appreciate the unique atmosphere and time travel mechanics I had heard about with so much reverence over the years through the 3DS version. Either way, it'll be interesting for me to play the original at some point and form my own, complete opinion on which version I like more.

Thank you for bringing back Zelda Month. I can't wait to watch all the videos

Damn man I remember watching your content 10 years ago and RU-vid just randomly reintroduced me to your channel, great to see you making content still!🔥🔥

As someone who's first ever Zelda game was Twilight Princess, and that being when I wasn't even a teenager yet, I really appreciated how slow the beginning was. Before this video, I honestly didn't realize how slow it was, and I can admit that it is. However, it's still in my top 3 favorite Zelda games and I still find playing through it very enjoyable.

Ok. So one issue with this. Saying death mountain in zelda 2 is between the first 2 dungeons isn't actually accurate. The 2nd dungeon is accessible without the hammer. But the 3rd isn't. However, some players, like myself, often play death mountain to get the hammer early to have early access to a heart container and the downward thrust making the 2nd dungeon easier. But still is not required for it.

OoT’s Hyrule Field is actively unpleasant in 2023 but in context I do have to give it a pass because this was pre-GTA III, so there was no blueprint on what open 3D spaces should play like