I’ve only beaten one Zelda game, and I won’t be adding ‘Tears of the Kingdom’ to that list

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If today is the day I lose my gamer cred forever, so be it. I have only ever completely beaten one game in the entire Legend of Zelda series. To the irritation of many, it’s not even one everyone tends to gush about for hours on end, claiming it’s the greatest game ever made. I’ve been watching everyone around me getting extremely hyped for Tears of the Kingdom while groaning over the fact that all of my gamer friends will once more be asking me why I’m not going to pick up this obvious Game of the Year contender.So, here it is, my full confession — I have only ever beaten Nintendo Game & Watch: The Legend of Zelda. Now that plenty of you are rapidly blinking to make sure you read that right — or are now swearing off my entire opinion on sight because of my game of choice — I need you to hear me out. There’s a reason the simplest game in the series is the one I sat down and finally beat despite everything else the glorious world built by Nintendo has to offer. The last piece that will solve this puzzle is the only other game in the series I ever got close to beating, The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap. This portable game with such a fun world has been massively praised — and for good reason! It was so easy to bring with me everywhere and play, slowly working my way through the puzzles and adventures. But then, I had a busy week with no time to game and had to set down my Game Boy Advance partway through one of the series’ often lauded puzzles. By the time I got back to playing, I was trapped hopelessly, unable to regain my place or figure out the way I needed to go forward. Thusly defeated and disappointed, I put the game down and have never returned to it.

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