So, I've been on a dual Legend of Zelda and Metroid kick for the past couple weeks. It started when I realized right after I finished Final Fantasy VII that I had never actually finished Ocarina of Time even though I was on the second to last temple, so I decided to buckle down and finish the game. As I was doing that, I had a series of doctor's appointments to which to take my grandmother, so I decided to finish Spirit Tracks while I was waiting for her over the various hours of waiting that week (I was similarly close to finishing Spirit Tracks but never actually finished it). That week, I finished both Legend of Zelda games, bringing my total of finished Zelda games up to two (along with Legend of Zelda and Phantom Hourglass). I realized that, despite being such a Nintendo fanboy, I really hadn't finished that many Zelda games. I also realized that, aside from the original Metroid, I had never finished a game of that series, either; that situation had to be rectified.
Over the course of a week and a half, with Wiimote and nunchuk in hand, I plowed through all three Metroid Prime games (I have Metroid Prime Trilogy, so it felt like a fluid transition from one game to the next) and Metroid: Other M. After I finished Other M, I jumped right into Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, and over the next week (I didn't get a lot of game time any one day during that week since I was fixing my room from some flooding on which I'll elaborate in a later blog), I finished Twilight Princess. After that, I decided to finish up the NES duo and take on Adventure of Link. Needless to say, I got my balls busted over and over again, but I did, after two days of nearly non-stop gaming, finish it (and I've never been so glad to shelve a cartridge in my life). Now I'm on to Link to the Past, and I plan to play Majora's Mask and Windwaker (respectively) after I finish it. Legend of Zelda is just such a great series that it's a shame not to play the games you own. Going back to Metroid, I hope to get Super Metroid at some point in the not-too-distant future and play through that as I've heard it's one of the best games on the Super Nintendo.
On a side note, I just updated the poll, and in it, I ask what you all think the best Legend of Zelda game is. The last option is "Other," and I invite anyone who chooses that option to write a comment to this post telling what his or her choice for the best Zelda game is and why.
