The Legendary Let's Play
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| Franchise | The Legend of Zelda |
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| Intro theme |
"Zelda" by The Adventures of Duane and BrandO |
| Original run |
August 22, 2013 – present |
| No. of parts | 4 |
| No. of games | 49 |
| No. of other media | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 1672 |
| Episode length | 1–667 minutes |
| Playlist shelf | link |
| Total length | 929:05:36 |
The Legendary Let's Play is a Franchise Play created by The D-Pad in 2013, focusing on Nintendo's The Legend of Zelda franchise. It aims to cover every single Zelda game across the entire history of the franchise, making it the first conventional Franchise Play on the channel. The project was announced with a trailer on August 22, 2013, ending a six-month hiatus during which no videos were uploaded to the channel, and debuted officially five days later with the first episode of The Legend of Zelda.
The schedule for The Legendary Let's Play initially consisted of daily uploads; on weekdays, episodes between 15 and 20 minutes in length covering the 8-bit and handheld games; on weekends, episodes between 45 and 60 minutes in length covering the longer console entries. In 2017, with the beginning of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, the schedule shifted to exclusively weekday episodes for games, with additional episodes covering other media in the Zelda franchise sometimes released on weekends. Rather than being played in order of release, games were initially organized into groups based on their place in the timeline, ensuring that any set of games featuring the same Link would be played in chronological order. From the second part of the series onward, this system was dropped in favor of the roughly chronological release order used by later Franchise Plays on the channel. LPs have occasionally featured live-action segments related to The D-Pad's ongoing metaplot.
As of April 19, 2024, 48 games (42 official Zelda games, 2 compilations containing Zelda-themed games, 1 game related to the franchise but not part of it, and 3 fan games) have been played as part of the project, and a total of 1672 episodes have been released.
Structure
The Legendary Let's Play is split into several large parts, each one defined by a different approach to covering the games in the franchise.
- The first part, simply known as The Legendary Let's Play, was announced on August 22, 2013, began officially on August 27, 2013, and concluded on January 4, 2015 after a total of 554 episodes. It covered every main series The Legend of Zelda title released up to that point, largely ignoring spinoffs and side games, with the notable exceptions of Nintendo Land and Hyrule Warriors. Three games were played simultaneously for the majority of this part; 8-bit and handheld games in the weekday slot, "Child Timeline" games in the Sunday slot, and the other major console games in the Saturday slot. Hyrule Warriors, then newly-released, occupied a second weekday slot for the duration of its LP, resulting in the only period in the history of the channel that four games in a single franchise were played at once.
- The second part, The Legendary Let's Play: Dawn of a New Day (originally titled The Legendary Let's Play 3D until it was renamed in 2017), ran from January 5, 2015 to August 16, 2018, with a total of 317 episodes. Released on a more infrequent schedule than the first part, it consisted almost entirely of LPs of newly-released Zelda games, with the series entering hiatuses between the completion of one game and the release of the next one. Games played during this part include The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask 3D, The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, and Hyrule Warriors: Definitive Edition.
- The third part, The Legendary Let's Play: A Terrible Fate, was announced at the end of Dawn of a New Day, began on August 24, 2018, and concluded on March 28, 2023, after 547 episodes. Returning the series to a regular weekday schedule, it covered every spinoff in the franchise that was skipped during the first part, bringing The Legendary Let's Play to the same level of thoroughness as later Franchise Plays like The Mega Let's Play. In addition, new games such as Cadence of Hyrule, The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening and Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity continued to be covered upon their release. The Legendary Let's Play was considered fully complete with the final episode of The Legend of Zelda: Second Quest on October 22, 2021, with only two further episodes released over the next 18 months.
- The fourth part, The Legendary Let's Play Reawakens, began on April 24, 2023. It initially focused on Rick's attempts to 100% Breath of the Wild in preparation for its sequel, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, before covering the latter game in full upon its release. It is also planned to feature LPs of other new Zelda games released in the future.
Contents
Games
| # | Title | Platform | Year | Start date | End date | Eps | Length | Schedule | Part | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Legend of Zelda | NES | 1987 | August 27, 2013 | September 27, 2013 | 25 | 07:15:55 | Weekdays | The Legendary Let's Play | playlist |
| August 30, 2021 | October 22, 2021 | 40 | 12:25:39 | Weekdays | playlist | |||||
| 2 | The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past | SNES | 1992 | August 31, 2013 | October 26, 2013 | 10 | 10:12:37 | Saturdays | playlist | |
| 3 | The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time | N64 | 1998 | September 1, 2013 | December 18, 2013 | 18 | 20:25:40 | Sundays | playlist | |
| 4 | Zelda II: The Adventure of Link | NES | 1988 | September 30, 2013 | November 8, 2013 | 30 | 09:15:28 | Weekdays | playlist | |
| 5 | The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD | Wii U | 2013 | November 2, 2013 | March 16, 2014 | 20 | 20:45:29 | Saturdays | playlist | |
| 6 | Nintendo Land | Wii U | 2012 | November 11, 2013 | August 7, 2020 | 17 | 10:40:18 | Weekdays | playlist | |
| 7 | The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds | 3DS | 2013 | November 26, 2013 | February 8, 2014 | 56 | 18:08:51 | Weekdays | playlist | |
| 8 | The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask | N64 | 2000 | December 23, 2013 | May 18, 2014 | 23 | 24:24:26 | Sundays | playlist | |
| 9 | The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons | GBC | 2001 | February 10, 2014 | April 4, 2014 | 40 | 12:51:52 | Weekdays | playlist | |
| 10 | The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword | Wii | 2011 | March 22, 2014 | November 1, 2014 | 33 | 28:53:16 | Saturdays | playlist | |
| 11 | The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages | GBC | 2001 | April 7, 2014 | June 10, 2014 | 47 | 15:00:22 | Weekdays | playlist | |
| 12 | The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess | Wii | 2006 | May 25, 2014 | January 1, 2015 | 34 | 30:38:19 | Sundays | playlist | |
| 13 | The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX | GBC | 1998 | June 11, 2014 | July 15, 2014 | 24 | 13:54:42 | Weekdays | playlist | |
| 14 | The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass | NDS | 2007 | July 14, 2014 | September 12, 2014 | 45 | 14:29:22 | Weekdays | playlist | |
| 15 | The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks | NDS | 2009 | September 15, 2014 | November 15, 2014 | 46 | 15:38:31 | Weekdays | playlist | |
| 16 | Hyrule Warriors | Wii U | 2014 | September 29, 2014 | May 1, 2015 | 51 | 15:58:55 | Weekdays | playlist | |
| 17 | The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Anniversary Edition | 3DS | 2011 | November 8, 2014 | November 9, 2014 | 3 | 04:38:31 | Saturdays | playlist | |
| 18 | The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures | GCN | 2004 | November 15, 2014 | December 27, 2014 | 9 | 14:32:07 | Saturdays | playlist | |
| 19 | The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap | GBA | 2005 | November 17, 2014 | December 31, 2014 | 33 | 13:00:07 | Weekdays | playlist | |
| 20 | The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D | 3DS | 2011 | January 4, 2015 | June 29, 2015 | 26 | 19:31:44 | Sundays | The Legendary Let's Play Dawn of a New Day |
playlist |
| 21 | The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask 3D | 3DS | 2015 | February 16, 2015 | August 3, 2015 | 24 | 20:22:19 | Sundays | playlist | |
| 22 | The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes | 3DS | 2015 | December 7, 2015 | July 29, 2016 | 33 | 09:18:59 | Weekdays | playlist | |
| 23 | The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild | NS | 2017 | March 6, 2017 | August 23, 2023 | 183 | 155:04:39 | Weekdays | playlist | |
| 24 | The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD | Wii U | 2016 | August 2, 2017 | 1 | 01:04:54 | Weekdays | video | ||
| 25 | Hyrule Warriors: Definitive Edition | NS | 2018 | May 21, 2018 | August 16, 2018 | 58 | 15:32:34 | Weekdays | playlist | |
| 26 | The Legend of Zelda | NGW | 1989 | August 31, 2018 | 1 | 00:05:58 | Weekdays | The Legendary Let's Play A Terrible Fate |
video | |
| 27 | Zelda no Densetsu: Kamigami no Triforce | BB2 | 1992 | 00:12:59 | ||||||
| 28 | Game & Watch Gallery 4 | GBA | 2002 | 00:48:44 | ||||||
| 29 | The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past Randomizer | SNES | 2016 | August 24, 2018 | October 19, 2018 | 4 | 11:49:17 | Livestreams | playlist | |
| 30 | BS The Legend of Zelda | BS-X | 1995 | September 3, 2018 | October 4, 2018 | 24 | 07:00:21 | Weekdays | playlist | |
| October 9, 2018 | October 24, 2018 | 12 | 03:29:45 | Weekdays | playlist | |||||
| 31 | BS The Legend of Zelda: Ancient Stone Tablets | BS-X | 1997 | October 29, 2018 | November 13, 2018 | 12 | 03:44:45 | Weekdays | playlist | |
| 32 | Freshly-Picked Tingle's Rosy Rupeeland | NDS | 2007 | November 19, 2018 | September 6, 2019 | 85 | 26:50:27 | Weekdays | playlist | |
| 33 | The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Randomizer | N64 | 2018 | November 22, 2018 | December 28, 2018 | 4 | 19:07:06 | Livestreams | playlist | |
| 34 | Cadence of Hyrule | NS | 2019 | June 17, 2019 | October 19, 2020 | 49 | 15:13:47 | Weekdays | playlist | |
| 35 | The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker Randomizer | GCN | 2018 | August 24, 2019 | November 15, 2019 | 5 | 24:09:52 | Livestreams | playlist | |
| 36 | Tingle's Balloon Fight DS | NDS | 2007 | September 9, 2019 | September 13, 2019 | 5 | 01:31:05 | Weekdays | playlist | |
| 37 | Link's Crossbow Training | Wii | 2007 | September 16, 2019 | September 19, 2019 | 4 | 01:02:37 | Weekdays | playlist | |
| 38 | Too Much Tingle Pack | NDS | 2009 | September 20, 2019 | 1 | 00:23:22 | Weekdays | playlist | ||
| 39 | The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening | NS | 2019 | September 23, 2019 | November 29, 2019 | 46 | 17:00:26 | Weekdays | playlist | |
| 40 | Ripened Tingle's Balloon Trip of Love | NDS | 2009 | February 2, 2020 | July 10, 2020 | 91 | 28:47:37 | Weekdays | playlist | |
| 41 | Soulcalibur II | GCN | 2003 | July 13, 2020 | July 30, 2020 | 14 | 04:42:09 | Weekdays | playlist | |
| 42 | My Nintendo Picross: The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess | 3DS | 2016 | August 10, 2020 | August 22, 2020 | 11 | 07:43:26 | Weekdays | playlist | |
| 43 | Link: The Faces of Evil | CD-i | 1993 | August 24, 2020 | September 26, 2020 | 16 | 04:47:16 | Weekdays | playlist | |
| 44 | Zelda: The Wand of Gamelon | CD-i | 1993 | October 21, 2020 | November 22, 2020 | 13 | 04:02:56 | Weekdays | playlist | |
| 45 | Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity | NS | 2020 | November 23, 2020 | June 17, 2021 | 55 | 16:33:19 | Weekdays | playlist | |
| 46 | Zelda's Adventure | CD-i | 1995 | June 28, 2021 | August 20, 2021 | 27 | 08:08:50 | Weekdays | playlist | |
| 47 | The Legend of Zelda: The Hyrule Fantasy | PC | 2014 | November 30, 2021 | 1 | 03:02:52 | Livestreams | playlist | ||
| 48 | The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom | NS | 2023 | May 15, 2023 | ongoing | 222 | 147:11:30 | Weekdays | The Legendary Let's Play Reawakens | playlist |
| 49 | Ocarina of Time / Majora's Mask Combo Randomizer | N64 | 2023 | December 19, 2023 | February 7, 2024 | 10 | 39:37:36 | Livestreams | playlist | |
Other media
| # | Title | Year | Start date | End date | Eps | Length | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Legend of Zelda | 1989 | September 8, 2018 | October 20, 2018 | 13 | 02:14:54 | playlist |
Episodes
For a list of all videos uploaded as part of The Legendary Let's Play, see List of The Legendary Let's Play episodes.