The Legendary Let's Play

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The Legendary Let's Play
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Franchise The Legend of Zelda
Played by
Featuring
Intro theme "Zelda"
by The Adventures of
Duane and BrandO
Original run August 22, 2013 –
present
No. of parts 4
No. of games 51
No. of other media 1
No. of episodes 1743
Episode length 1–667 minutes
Playlist shelf link
Total length 1042:27:13

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 October 3, 2024, 51 games (42 official Zelda games, 2 compilations containing Zelda-themed games, 2 games related to the franchise but not part of it, and 5 fan games) have been played as part of the project, and a total of 1743 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 revived the series after an 18-month hiatus, and initially focused on Rick's livestreamed 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.

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
August 26, 2024 ongoing 12 45:25:52 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 June 3, 2024 233 196:21:22 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
50 Marvelous: Another Treasure Island SNES 1996 June 4, 2024 October 2, 2024 46 14:10:29 Weekdays playlist
51 The Legend of Zelda: Dungeons of Infinity PC 2024 September 24, 2024 1 04:33:54 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.