Episode 37 - The History of The Legend of Zelda - "They'd kill ya' soon as look at ya'..."

About this episode

The episode discusses the 40-year history of The Legend of Zelda and the hosts' personal experiences with the series.

40 years of saving Hyrule! 40 years of grunts and yalps! 40 years of it being dangerous to go alone! It's the 40th anniversary of The Legend of Zelda and the nerds sat down to talk the history of the original NES Game and their relationship with the series, the good and bad of all of it's sequels, the horrors of Tingle, the true antagonist, and for whatever reason, Lee's feet! What's your history with The Legend of Zelda? Email us at hillshavenerds@gmail.com Come on our Facebook! www.facebook.com/The HillsHaveNerds Come inside our Discord! https://discord.gg/cruXwRyQjm Check us out on Youtube for live stream game nights and other stuff! www.youtube.com/@Thehillshavenerds We want to thank our Ko-fi supporters! You help us make the show even better. Brittany Johnston Nick De Rosa You can support us on Ko-fi for membership rewards! www.ko-fi.com/thehillshavenerds Get some awesome The Hills Have Nerds shirts from Mystic Stitches! https://mysticstitches.com/ Lee makes great Retro RPG content on Youtube and streams! www.youtube.com/@Pixelbrolee www.twitch.tv/pixelbrolee The Legend of Zelda https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Legend_of_Zelda Ripened Tingle's Romantic Balloon Trip of Love…

People in this episode

Hosts: The Hills Have Nerds, Brittany Johnston, Nick De Rosa

Topics covered

• The Legend of Zelda
• video game history
• NES games
• game sequels
• gaming culture

Keywords

• Legend of Zelda
• NES
• video games
• Tingle
• gaming history
• Hyrule
• game sequels

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Legend of Zelda, Ripened Tingle's Romantic Balloon Trip of Love

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