Topic: Wheb Did You First Learn About Zelda Games?

I first learned about them around 2000-2002.
I was about 4-6 years old, and we went over to our cousins house.
They collect game consoles, and I wanted to play the SNES.
I don't remember which Zelda it was, but when I first played it, I hated every second of it.

I don't know why but I just hated it!
I learned about Link though, from SSB, but never heard of his game.
I vowed I would never play that game again!

(No GameCube memories, because my parents wanted the PS2 more)

Then, in, I think, 2007 we got a Wii.
When SSBB came out, I saw that link dude again, and I always used him, aside from Diddy Kong, Peach and Zelda.
When I noticed this Zelda chick, and Ganandorf were from the same game as him, I go interested.

So I googled who Link, Zelda, and Ganandorf were.
I became more excited than ever, and started researching all of these Zelda games I never heard of before!
Then, I noticed that this game I was excited for now, was the same game I vowed never to play, and thought was the worst game ever o_O

After I learned that, I stopped my self from searching th web for this game, because I wanted to think it sucked.
Deep down though, I was still excited to play this game.

A few days later I went to my friends house, and while looking at his Wii games, I discovered he had Zelda: Twilight Princess!
I broke the promise I made, and borrowed his game.

At first, I couldn't even get past that part where the shop lady is missing her cat >.<
When I tried again, and finally passed it, I fell in love with the game!
I loved, mostly, every part of the game, and regretted I never found out about it until now!
Now, Zelda is one of my favorite franchises

What are your memories of the franchise?

Back when i first moved here, my mom had to find a baby sitter. And she just happened to have a Nintendo 64, with Ocarina of Time, Super Mario 64, the works. I loved Zelda, even though i was playing an already completed save file

I learned about Zelda in 2003 with The Legend of Zelda: Collector's Edition for Gamecube.

I learned about it shortly after the release of Ocarina of Time. That was before I owned any game systems, so my cousin let me play through the game on his N64.

When i saw this commercial:
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My first contact with Zelda was the old cartoon that used to air along with The Super Mario Brothers Super Show, way back when. Then, thanks to a videogame magazine, I learned there actually were games about it, but I didn't have the chance to play any of them. Quite a few years passed and, eventually, the first Zelda game I played was Link's Awakening.
And it was magical.

I've learned about 95% of all the Nintendo franchises by playing Super Smash Bros Melee as a youngin D:

i first saw link, as well as ness, samus, kirby, and captain falcon in SSB but didn't think anything of them. then i got a gamecube with collector's edition and falled in love

1994 or 5. NES. Zelda 1 and 2.

Fun.

Super Smash Bros., honestly.

I can remember watching the cartoon when I was a kid, and had no idea it was about a game.

I didn't play a Zelda game until my cousin was liquidating his N64 games and I bought Ocarina of Time and Banjo Kazooie off him. I have been addicted to Zelda games ever since. I own every Zelda game that has been released in my region. I own 3 copies of Ocarina (original cartrige, collecters eddition and the ocarina/master quest one from windwaker), and will have 4 once 3D gets released on the 30th.

On a side note: I finally got Banjo Tooie recently.

Hmm my first real Zelda game was A Link To The Past!

I went to my local gaming store (dont remember how old i was) and he said buy this game! its soo popular! so i did. i still remember when link steps out of his little house and right into that thunderstorm! i was hooked from that moment on!