The (New) Joy of Gaming Podcast - Episode Twenty-Seven
The Legend of Zelda: Retrospective and Complete Series Chronology (Preparing for Tears of the Kingdom)
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On this episode of The Joy of Gaming Podcast, we are getting ready for The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom in the most complete way we could think of: by looking back and tracing the entire chronology of The Legend of Zelda series. We track the series’ origins on the NES all the way through Breath of the Wild on Switch, discussing each game in release order and also exploring its place in the overall series chronology. So if you have always wondered how the various mainline Zelda titles are connected, this episode has the answers.
After all, in 2013, two years after the release of Skyward Sword, Nintendo released the Hyrule Historia, from Dark Horse Books - an epic tome that finally revealed the official order of events for every game in the Zelda franchise. So for our journey, we start with this book, first walking through the three branching paths of the timeline at a high-level before zooming-in to see where each mainline game fits into the overarching narrative.
And once we understand the chronology at a high-level, we travel back to 1986 and the original The Legend of Zelda to begin our complete series retrospective, game-by-game and memory-by-memory. So join us, as we celebrate one of the most storied franchises in all of gaming, and prepare for the next epic chapter in Link and Zelda’s adventures.
Run of Show:
00:00 - Introductions / Our History with the Series
10:39 - Background - The Legend of Zelda Chronology Explained (Hyrule Historia)
21:58 - The Legend of Zelda - Series Retrospective
Mainline Series in Release Order:
02:22:30 - The Legend of Zelda - Spin Off Titles
02:26:50 - Final Questions and Thoughts
Episode Thirty - The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom - Early-Game Impressions
Episode Twenty-Nine - The Top 10 Best Games for the Nintendo GameCube
Episode Twenty-Eight - Xbox’s Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Week: Redfall, Phil Spencer Interview, CMA Blocks Acquisition & More
Episode Twenty-Six - Final Fantasy XVI State of Play, Nintendo Indie World, Redfall Hype Check, RE4 Remake Final Thoughts
Episode Twenty-Five - The Top 10 Best Games for the Nintendo 64
Episode Twenty-Four - Resident Evil 4 Remake Review, Tears of the Kingdom Gameplay Reveal Breakdown
Episode Twenty-Three - The Top 10 Best Games for the SNES
Episode Twenty-Two - Resident Evil Retrospective: Resident Evil (PS1) to Resident Evil 4 Remake (PS5/XSX)
Episode Twenty-One - Sea of Stars Demo, Resident Evil 4 Remake Reviews, Preparing for the Nintendo eShop Closing, and Remembering Lance Reddick
Episode Twenty - Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League, Final Fantasy XVI, Resident Evil 4: Chainsaw Demo & more
Episode Nineteen - The Top 10 Best Games for the NES
Episode Eighteen - February Nintendo Direct and Hogwarts Legacy
Episode Seventeen - Dead Space Remake, Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII Reunion, and The Last of Us: Part 1
Episode Sixteen - The 2022 Game of the Year Awards (GOTY 2022)
Episode Fifteen - The Callisto Protocol, Telling Lies and God of War: Ragnarök (Late-Game Impressions)
Episode Fourteen - The Game Awards 2022 Post-Show: Reactions to the Winners, World Premieres and Announcements
Episode Thirteen - The Game Awards 2022 Preview: Predicting the Winners and World Premieres
Episode Twelve - God of War Franchise Retrospective (2005-2022)
God of War: Ragnarok Celebration - Game Review, Part 1
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