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 Ten - The Top 10 Best Open-World Video Games
Episode Nine - God of War: Ragnarok Hype, PSVR 2, Gotham Knights Review, Silent Hill 2
Episode Eight - Batman in Video Games Retrospective (Batman: The Video Game - Gotham Knights)
Episode Seven - Gotham Knights, Paradise Killer and Return to Monkey Island
Episode Six - The Top 10 Best Stories in Video Games
Episode Five - E3 in September (Nintendo Direct, State of Play, Ubisoft Forward, TGS, D&MGS)
Episode Four - Xbox Live Summer of Arcade Retrospective
Episode Three - The Top 10 2D Platformers of All-Time
Episode Two - Narrative Adventure Games: A Brief History (from Point-and-Click to As Dusk Falls)
Episode One - The Top 5 Gaming Franchises of All-Time
Episode Zero: A New Start, SGF 2022 and Limited Physical Gaming Media
The Joy of Gaming Podcast, Episode 78 - Next-Gen Console Chat and The Game Awards 2020
The Joy of Geek Podcast, Episode 79 -Best Indie Comics Adaptations, DC Fandome, Celebrating C.B.'s Life
The Joy of Gaming Podcast, Episode 77 - GOTY: The Best Video Games of 2019
The Joy of Geek Podcast, Episode 78 - The Best in Film 2019
The Joy of Geek Podcast, Episode 77 - Quarantine Reunion Special and Bloodshot Review
The Joy of Geek Podcast, Episode 76 - The Best TV of 2018
The Joy of Geek Podcast, Episode 75 - Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald Review and SpoilerCast
The Joy of Gaming Podcast, Episode 76 - Revisiting GOTY 2015, Diablo Immortal, Final Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Direct
The Joy of Geek Podcast, Episode 74 - The Haunting of Hill House, Halloween (2018), Daredevil S3 and Titans
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