{"id":2733,"date":"2013-04-10T18:33:00","date_gmt":"2013-04-10T18:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.controlpadblues.com\/?p=2733"},"modified":"2013-04-12T13:30:45","modified_gmt":"2013-04-12T13:30:45","slug":"my-top-100-2-the-legend-of-zelda-ocarina-of-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.controlpadblues.com\/?p=2733","title":{"rendered":"My Top 100: #2 – The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time"},"content":{"rendered":"
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1998 – Nintendo (Nintendo 64, GameCube, Virtual Console, 3DS)<\/p><\/div>\n

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Whenever Nintendo Power<\/em> compiled “best of” lists in its last few years of existence, Ocarina of Time<\/em> always seemed to end up somewhere\u00a0at the top of the heap.\u00a0 Nintendo had a lot to be proud of, and their flagship publication definitely did their best to hammer the point home; “The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time<\/em> is one of the greatest games of all time, and we’re not going to let you forget about it.”<\/p>\n

The game was indeed damn-near perfect,\u00a0but there was no need to brag about it…\u00a0 jerks.<\/p>\n

Much like I wanted to explore the\u00a0unseen sides of the Mushroom Kingdom\u00a0when playing Super Mario Bros<\/em>., I\u00a0had\u00a0been wanting to\u00a0explore Hyrule the same way after enjoying the hell out of Super Mario 64<\/em>.\u00a0 Ever since that kid in Grade 1 told me you could climb a tree in The Legend of Zelda <\/em>for NES, I tried to imagine what doing such a thing in a Zelda<\/em> game would be like.\u00a0 I knew the kid was full of it, but he really got me thinking.<\/p>\n

Lo and behold, the world got its hands on Ocarina of Time<\/em> in November of ’98, and the first level had\u00a0us climbing through the guts of a giant tree.<\/p>\n

Words couldn’t express how pumped I was to play this game!\u00a0 I put\u00a0it on my very short Christmas wish list (yeah, I still did that at 15 to help with gift ideas), but never expected to\u00a0find the Collector’s Edition with the gold cartridge under the tree that year.<\/p>\n

Best Mom ever!<\/p>\n

Anyway, the game not only looked and played great, it felt like Zelda<\/em> was supposed to feel, looked like it was supposed to look, and sounded like it was supposed to sound.\u00a0 It felt like a lifetime since A Link to the Past<\/em>\u00a0had come\u00a0out, but playing Ocarina<\/em> felt like you were meeting up with an old friend;\u00a0even though you had both grown up, nothing else had changed.<\/p>\n

What else can I say?\u00a0 It was Zelda<\/em>, it was 3D, and it played so well, I’ve bought it and beaten it more than once on four different consoles.\u00a0 I keep saying “OK, that’s enough Ocarina<\/em> for me”, then I just find myself sucked right back in.<\/p>\n

It’s just that good.<\/p>\n

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