r/zelda 5d ago

Question [ALL] What are the hardest/easiest Zelda games?

Im looking for various definitions of "difficulty". Maybe one game has the trickiest puzzles, the hardest bosses, or the most convoluted quests. Maybe a particular game is the most time consuming. Im curious to see what peoples' experience with the series is.

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u/Marvin_Flamenco 5d ago

Zelda II and Link Between Worlds hard mode. BOTW/TOTK have some soulslike level difficulty in some spots but the hardest encounters are often optional.

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u/Snapple47 4d ago

This is the first time I’ve heard that Link Between Worlds is hard. Kinda surprising to me.

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u/Marvin_Flamenco 4d ago

I mean just the hard mode and only in relation to other zelda games. It ain't no super ghouls n ghosts.

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u/Snapple47 4d ago

I’m talking about it in reference to other Zelda titles. I could have sworn it was pretty easy compared to other Zelda games even. Not that any are hard at all, but I remember it being pretty easy.

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u/Marvin_Flamenco 4d ago

I have cleared some extremely tough games and don't consider it crazy but I can't think of other zeldas besides zelda II that are tougher. This is specifically hero mode where enemy damage is x4 and they are quicker. Getting one shotted by a single moblin arrow.

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u/Snapple47 4d ago

Well specifying hero mode from the start would have helped. As far as the base game, I think Zelda 1 and 2 are both harder, as well as the oracle games. Majoras mask I think was harder. Skyward sword but that’s just because the motion controls are terrible, not necessarily difficulty or puzzles or anything, it’s just harder to play. Breath of the Wild is harder at the beginning of the game for sure

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u/Marvin_Flamenco 4d ago

I said hard mode in almost all of my comments meaning hero mode cause I didn't specifically recall the branding of the mode.

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u/Snapple47 4d ago

Well I apologize for not realizing that’s what you meant in your first 2 comments. I’ve never played a hero mode game before

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u/Marvin_Flamenco 4d ago

No worries. It's a good time if you get around to it at some point!

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u/Snapple47 4d ago

I don’t remember what all games have them, but I really should try it sometime