Tears of the Kingdom’s opening was a kickstart for the game. One moment you as Link, were exploring the underground ruins beneath Hyrule castle. You found the mummified corpse of Ganondorf. Which ends with Link getting his right arm damaged, while watching the Master Sword getting shattered into pieces, which was the moment you lose Zelda & you spent the entire game to find her, while saving Hyrule all over again.
Majora’s Mask is the best. It’s artistically rich, with a mysterious and dark tone that creates a perfect, weird atmosphere. It feels like a twisted reflection of Ocarina of Time, capturing that sense of eerie perfection.
I take it you haven’t played Tears of the Kingdom then? There was never any doubt. The author avoids showing us things for spoilers sake here. But give it a play and you’ll get it.
@@neanderthal1336 the Majora's Mask intro was way better than the TOTK one. I love tears of the kingdom, but it's story and intro were pretty weak compared to MM
@@_VictoryGuy_all mm's intro did was have link chase skull kid and fall down a hole 😂, doesn't really give any backstory to why link is even out there other than "searching for an old friend", tears of the kingdom gives you lore behind hyrule and the zonai, then ganondorf wakes up attacks link and zelda, takes all of links hearts, breaks the master sword, has great dialogue, then upheaves hyrule castle, and zelda falls and link is saved by raurus arm, but majoras mask is better because link falls down a hole and turns into a deku scrub, sure...
@@bigdawg12z I get where you’re coming from with wanting a rich backstory like in Tears of the Kingdom, but as someone who’s played the Souls games, I don’t always look for that kind of detailed, hand-held narrative. For me, Majora’s Mask offers something different-an abstract, surreal atmosphere that doesn’t need to explain every detail. It’s more about the unsettling tone and strange, dreamlike world than about giving you a clear backstory. This kind of storytelling leaves room for interpretation, making it a more personal and artistically immersive experience. Sometimes, the mystery itself is what makes it powerful.
@@neanderthal1336 I did play the intro of Tears of the Kingdom, and it’s definitely well-made-I liked it a lot. It’s just that, at the time, I was finishing up the Souls series, having just completed Dark Souls 3 and looking forward to Sekiro. My friend lent me TOTK, but I think my mind was still in that darker, more atmospheric headspace, so TOTK didn’t capture me with the same magic. I do plan on finishing TOTK eventually, but I’m currently wrapping up Sekiro and then moving on to Elden Ring. When it comes to the intro, while TOTK does a good job building lore and setting up the story, I personally prefer the surreal, abstract vibe of Majora’s Mask that doesn’t rely on explicit explanations. It’s less about having a guided backstory and more about setting an unsettling, mysterious tone that leaves room for interpretation. For me, Majora’s Mask feels more artistically immersive because it allows the player to experience the world in a unique, open-ended way.
0:39 20. The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords (2002) 1:45 19. Zelda II: The Adventure of Link (1988) 2:47 18. The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures (2004) 3:43 17. The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages & Seasons (2001) 5:03 16. The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes (2015) 6:05 15. The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds (2013) 7:18 14. The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass (2007) 8:25 13. The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks (2009) 9:35 12. The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom (2024) 10:47 11. The Legend of Zelda (1987) 11:48 10. The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (2006) 12:53 9. The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap (2005) 14:01 8. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (1998) 15:05 7. The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (1993) 16:07 6. The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword (2011) 17:17 5. The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker (2003) 18:26 4. The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (1992) 19:36 3. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (2017) 20:42 2. The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask (2000) 22:05 1. The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (2023)
Every The Legend of Zelda openings are good, but defienitily The Legend of Zelda main theme is the BEST and it's one of the biggest reasons why The Legend of Zelda is my favourite video game series yes I love an adventure action games and Nintendo, but oh god the music in Zelda games are so beautiful! 😊❤
I actually think totk is better than botw but no Zelda game has a better opening than breath of the wild.. when link first exits the shrine and he runs to the edge of the cliff if just perfection not to mention the great plateau is the perfect tutorial for a game
My gf bought me this game as a random surprise. I remember when I first started the game and saw the opening scene. I felt like I was 10 years old again and discovering zelda all over again, what a beautiful moment I wish I could live again
Skyward sword will be forever one of the best intros ever! It was beautiful in every way, we get to be close to Zelda for the first time and the atmosphere was spectacular, I love how that was getting deeper and deeper
@@Leopez02 I think they’ve already done that, but they may not have included the offshoots. They should also lump in the reviled CD-i games in that ranking, even if all three would be dead last.
Very strange that you didn't address the absolutely incredible opening cutscene of Twilight Princess 🤔 Not enitrely sure what an opening consists _exactly_. where does it start and where does it end? Here's my rankings of the games I've played: Tears Of The Kingdom Twilight Princess Breath Of The Wild Ocarina Of Time Wind Waker A Link To The Past Skyward Sword Majora's Mask Minish Cap Link's Awakening The Adventure Of Link The Legend Of Zelda
@@jclkaytwo I don't mind the opening gameplay too much, though it IS perhaps a bit too slow. The opening cutscene is just pure gold. To me it's unforgettable.
@Patralgan I feel like the cons outweigh the pros. it felt like the game was intentionally trying to give as uninteresting a first impression as possible lol
@@jclkaytwo I understand how you feel, but for me it's kinda what I had wanted, it immerses you to the every day life of a community and thus making you emotionally attached to it and its characters, making you care more about the story it tries to tell, but maybe a bit too much, just a bit. Also one of the faults of the game is that overall you don't end up caring too much about the characters of the village. They could've done more with that aspect.
@@Patralgan yeah, I really just think the time spent in the village at the start was not only boring and tedious but ultimately unnecessary. I don't think it added anything to the game. if you consider it part of the game's opening then that justifies a low ranking imo
while i don't think there ever is an objective opinion on anything, I do believe that BoTW has the best structured opening of any zelda games. It doesn't throw a lot of lore dump in your face, nor does it force you to do tideous and irrelevant tasks that drags on the time. It gives you an entire small hub world where you can do and go wherever you want, The genious is that this hub teaches you practically everything you need to know about the enitre world without spelling everything to you. that is why i love it so much totk has a similair structure, but it is more or so linear like old games, but the abilities are also so much more complex that it kinda is a necesity to be limiting here. However once you gain everything, the entire sky island becomes much less linear as you are capable of traversing the world
I like Ocarina of Time’s opening, because it’s one of the BEST Zelda games of all time! I want a remastered version of it for the Switch already! MAYBE when the Nintendo Switch 2 FINALLY gets announced, Nintendo will PROBABLY announce it alongside it?
They are fine enough for me except for skyward sword and twilight princess. Both great games, but holy crap the opening hour is horrible in both games.
Gotta go with ALTTP as number 1. An evil wizard murdered the king and captured Zelda. Zelda sends a telepathic message to Link and his Uncle. Link, watches his uncle die and takes up his Uncle’s role and sneaks into the castle to rescue the princess. Nothing really tops that. I didn’t overly care for it because it took too long but TP is in the top 5 just because we got to see an ordinary Link living an ordinary life. TOTK is tricky but I’d probably put it around 8-10. The introduction to Ganondorf and Link losing the Mastersword was cool but it basically followed the same tutorial from BOTW just swap out a plateau for sky island and a mysterious king you don’t remember for a mysterious king you don’t know. I know most Zelda’s are formulaic but the wild formula didn’t really hit with me.
@ hello zombie Ganondorf, you were a lovely but the wizard still murdered the king, sent a young girl to the shadow realm, and locked up Zelda for reasons we yet to know.
@ While I can’t deny that it could be considered the bare minimum today, why would I rate games in a series by what would be considered the expectation and preference of today’s audience when it was made for a completely different audience. That wouldn’t be a fair ranking. By that standard, TOTK would be considered the greatest entry in the series because it’s more in tune with the fads of today. As far as nothing was explained. The game explains it in the opening cinematic.
@@seabicuit7247 why are you ranking it based off the audience it was made for, instead of what it does well and what it doesn't do well, the description of the war at beginning is a less than bare minimum "explanation", the hyrule castle part of the intro is cool but thats about it, i get it was made like 30 years ago but the intro is so lackluster compared to even games that came out around the same time
@ yea! I’ve played every 3D Zelda game and most of the 2D games. I personally think Botw was the best ~feeling~ playing it for the first time with it being a whole new concept for a game. But Totk was the better game. How about you?
@@Lexi-M I started on Loz back in 93ish so I've got a love for the old-school games. As far as the game as a whole, I preferred BotW over TotK in almost every aspect even though TotK made a lot of improvements. It's absolutely biased but I weigh the innovation of BotW against TotK which leaves me feeling that TotK had a lot of untapped potential. As for the opening, (and BotW isn't in my top 3) I don't think any Zelda opening will ever top that vista as you leave the shrine of resurrection for me. The music being unlike anything we'd ever heard on an exciting new console we'd never played after the longest wait ever as we were left with the taste of Skyward Sword in our mouths...I don't know, totally respect your experience, glad TotK did it for some people.
I dislike Tears of the Kingdom so much to the point I forget how good the intro was. Made me think I'd play something really special which wasn't the case. Though not fan of the poor's man great plateau we got after the title drop.
Currently playing Majoras Mask right now. Started on my switch and got to the firsr temple before i realized i miss aiming with motion controls so swapped over to my 3DS. Prefer the original but its easier to aim lol
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Twilight Princess Midna's theme! ❤
Link of the Past had me hooked from the first minute.
I respect Skyward sword’s opening but it wasn’t necessary to mention the control.
@@Leopez02Yes!!
@@Random_stuff222 yay!
Tears of the Kingdom’s opening was a kickstart for the game. One moment you as Link, were exploring the underground ruins beneath Hyrule castle. You found the mummified corpse of Ganondorf. Which ends with Link getting his right arm damaged, while watching the Master Sword getting shattered into pieces, which was the moment you lose Zelda & you spent the entire game to find her, while saving Hyrule all over again.
The opening narration of Wind Waker is probably still my favorite. From the triumphant violins to "...But the hero did not appear."
Majora’s Mask is the best. It’s artistically rich, with a mysterious and dark tone that creates a perfect, weird atmosphere. It feels like a twisted reflection of Ocarina of Time, capturing that sense of eerie perfection.
I take it you haven’t played Tears of the Kingdom then?
There was never any doubt. The author avoids showing us things for spoilers sake here. But give it a play and you’ll get it.
@@neanderthal1336 the Majora's Mask intro was way better than the TOTK one. I love tears of the kingdom, but it's story and intro were pretty weak compared to MM
@@_VictoryGuy_all mm's intro did was have link chase skull kid and fall down a hole 😂, doesn't really give any backstory to why link is even out there other than "searching for an old friend", tears of the kingdom gives you lore behind hyrule and the zonai, then ganondorf wakes up attacks link and zelda, takes all of links hearts, breaks the master sword, has great dialogue, then upheaves hyrule castle, and zelda falls and link is saved by raurus arm, but majoras mask
is better because link falls down a hole and turns into a deku scrub, sure...
@@bigdawg12z I get where you’re coming from with wanting a rich backstory like in Tears of the Kingdom, but as someone who’s played the Souls games, I don’t always look for that kind of detailed, hand-held narrative. For me, Majora’s Mask offers something different-an abstract, surreal atmosphere that doesn’t need to explain every detail. It’s more about the unsettling tone and strange, dreamlike world than about giving you a clear backstory. This kind of storytelling leaves room for interpretation, making it a more personal and artistically immersive experience. Sometimes, the mystery itself is what makes it powerful.
@@neanderthal1336 I did play the intro of Tears of the Kingdom, and it’s definitely well-made-I liked it a lot. It’s just that, at the time, I was finishing up the Souls series, having just completed Dark Souls 3 and looking forward to Sekiro. My friend lent me TOTK, but I think my mind was still in that darker, more atmospheric headspace, so TOTK didn’t capture me with the same magic.
I do plan on finishing TOTK eventually, but I’m currently wrapping up Sekiro and then moving on to Elden Ring. When it comes to the intro, while TOTK does a good job building lore and setting up the story, I personally prefer the surreal, abstract vibe of Majora’s Mask that doesn’t rely on explicit explanations. It’s less about having a guided backstory and more about setting an unsettling, mysterious tone that leaves room for interpretation. For me, Majora’s Mask feels more artistically immersive because it allows the player to experience the world in a unique, open-ended way.
0:39 20. The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords (2002)
1:45 19. Zelda II: The Adventure of Link (1988)
2:47 18. The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures (2004)
3:43 17. The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages & Seasons (2001)
5:03 16. The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes (2015)
6:05 15. The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds (2013)
7:18 14. The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass (2007)
8:25 13. The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks (2009)
9:35 12. The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom (2024)
10:47 11. The Legend of Zelda (1987)
11:48 10. The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (2006)
12:53 9. The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap (2005)
14:01 8. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (1998)
15:05 7. The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (1993)
16:07 6. The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword (2011)
17:17 5. The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker (2003)
18:26 4. The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (1992)
19:36 3. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (2017)
20:42 2. The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask (2000)
22:05 1. The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (2023)
Why this comment is not first? Cmon people...
I’ve seen all from 1980-Now what a life of Zelda throughout the decades
22:04 I agree with MojoPlays' number one choice for the Best Opening of the Zelda franchise.
It has suspense and nice voice acting (from Zelda).
Zelda was always able to be expressive without voice acting. The levels a snooze fest…
The Majora's Mask opening gives me chills still, I've played it fully through a dozen times, and can't get over the opening, with the music.
Every The Legend of Zelda openings are good, but defienitily The Legend of Zelda main theme is the BEST and it's one of the biggest reasons why The Legend of Zelda is my favourite video game series yes I love an adventure action games and Nintendo, but oh god the music in Zelda games are so beautiful! 😊❤
you don't NEED to CAPITALIZE random WORDS, it just MAKES everything HARD to READ
@jclkaytwo okay i'm sorry there you go
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I’m so glad totk is at 1. here. The opening is just so good and the starting area of the great sky island is the best. I still get goosebumps.
I actually think totk is better than botw but no Zelda game has a better opening than breath of the wild.. when link first exits the shrine and he runs to the edge of the cliff if just perfection not to mention the great plateau is the perfect tutorial for a game
My gf bought me this game as a random surprise. I remember when I first started the game and saw the opening scene. I felt like I was 10 years old again and discovering zelda all over again, what a beautiful moment I wish I could live again
I’ve played both for the first time in the last couple of months. Breath of the wild gave me more chills but TotK was better imo. Intro wise at least.
awesome job about Every Opening RANKED from The Legend of Zelda
Tears of the Kingdom opening sequence might be the best opening of any video game
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Yes tears of the kingdom is where it should be. Zelda fans did not understand that game. They could not comprehend.
They understood that the game sucked. I think they were all able to comprehend that pretty well.
You're an idiot if you think Tears sucked.
@@Truthhurtz69both of you are off your rocker. Everyone who played the game understood it, and understood it was a masterpiece. Brainrot takes
I could not agree more, the opening is nothing but beautiful, matching the rest of the game
Opening was amazing. Rest of the game was a disappointment.
Twillight Princess tutorial opening is my least favorite in the game, i admit its not fun to go through this after delete my game file.
It takes way too long! I made a new file and copy it from after tutorial portion. To avoid it lol
Skyward sword will be forever one of the best intros ever! It was beautiful in every way, we get to be close to Zelda for the first time and the atmosphere was spectacular, I love how that was getting deeper and deeper
I agree, but Mojo play didn’t have to mention the control all the time.
I don’t agree with where Twilight Princess lands (would be top 5 for me) but yeah, I can dig it. Nice list💯
Next Rank All The Zelda Games, Including The Spinoffs
@@PMD-Insight Excelent idea!
@@Leopez02
I think they’ve already done that, but they may not have included the offshoots.
They should also lump in the reviled CD-i games in that ranking, even if all three would be dead last.
Let me save you time the top 3 will be Ocarina of Time, Breath of the Wild, and Tears of the Kingdom
@@quadkoos18yup. They’ve done it before and I’m pretty sure that’s exactly the ranking. 1.totk 2.botw and 3.oot
@quadkoos18 yes defienitily Breath of the Wild is one of the beautiest Zelda theme songs
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Very strange that you didn't address the absolutely incredible opening cutscene of Twilight Princess 🤔
Not enitrely sure what an opening consists _exactly_. where does it start and where does it end?
Here's my rankings of the games I've played:
Tears Of The Kingdom
Twilight Princess
Breath Of The Wild
Ocarina Of Time
Wind Waker
A Link To The Past
Skyward Sword
Majora's Mask
Minish Cap
Link's Awakening
The Adventure Of Link
The Legend Of Zelda
the first moments of gameplay in twilight princess are so boring that it's easy to forget the opening cutscene.
@@jclkaytwo I don't mind the opening gameplay too much, though it IS perhaps a bit too slow. The opening cutscene is just pure gold. To me it's unforgettable.
@Patralgan I feel like the cons outweigh the pros. it felt like the game was intentionally trying to give as uninteresting a first impression as possible lol
@@jclkaytwo I understand how you feel, but for me it's kinda what I had wanted, it immerses you to the every day life of a community and thus making you emotionally attached to it and its characters, making you care more about the story it tries to tell, but maybe a bit too much, just a bit. Also one of the faults of the game is that overall you don't end up caring too much about the characters of the village. They could've done more with that aspect.
@@Patralgan yeah, I really just think the time spent in the village at the start was not only boring and tedious but ultimately unnecessary. I don't think it added anything to the game. if you consider it part of the game's opening then that justifies a low ranking imo
Zelda!
Which one comes first seasons or ages.
Majora’s mask was in the right spot
My will always be…Breath of the Wild
Tears of the Kingdom, enough said.
Now rank all the Links based off strength.
Totk is the best opening indeed, Botw and EoW is close seconds. Terrible is the Triforce Heroes one.
Botw is perfection
while i don't think there ever is an objective opinion on anything, I do believe that BoTW has the best structured opening of any zelda games. It doesn't throw a lot of lore dump in your face, nor does it force you to do tideous and irrelevant tasks that drags on the time. It gives you an entire small hub world where you can do and go wherever you want, The genious is that this hub teaches you practically everything you need to know about the enitre world without spelling everything to you. that is why i love it so much
totk has a similair structure, but it is more or so linear like old games, but the abilities are also so much more complex that it kinda is a necesity to be limiting here. However once you gain everything, the entire sky island becomes much less linear as you are capable of traversing the world
I like Ocarina of Time’s opening, because it’s one of the BEST Zelda games of all time! I want a remastered version of it for the Switch already! MAYBE when the Nintendo Switch 2 FINALLY gets announced, Nintendo will PROBABLY announce it alongside it?
Most generic opinion ever...
Another Zelda video....
Totk glaze is crazy
They are fine enough for me except for skyward sword and twilight princess. Both great games, but holy crap the opening hour is horrible in both games.
Gotta go with ALTTP as number 1. An evil wizard murdered the king and captured Zelda. Zelda sends a telepathic message to Link and his Uncle. Link, watches his uncle die and takes up his Uncle’s role and sneaks into the castle to rescue the princess. Nothing really tops that.
I didn’t overly care for it because it took too long but TP is in the top 5 just because we got to see an ordinary Link living an ordinary life.
TOTK is tricky but I’d probably put it around 8-10. The introduction to Ganondorf and Link losing the Mastersword was cool but it basically followed the same tutorial from BOTW just swap out a plateau for sky island and a mysterious king you don’t remember for a mysterious king you don’t know. I know most Zelda’s are formulaic but the wild formula didn’t really hit with me.
“Nothing really tops that”…. Zombie Ganondorf says hello.
@ hello zombie Ganondorf, you were a lovely but the wizard still murdered the king, sent a young girl to the shadow realm, and locked up Zelda for reasons we yet to know.
@@seabicuit7247 nothing is explained and you don't see anything happen, a link to the pasts intro was good 25 years ago but it's bare minimum now
@ While I can’t deny that it could be considered the bare minimum today, why would I rate games in a series by what would be considered the expectation and preference of today’s audience when it was made for a completely different audience. That wouldn’t be a fair ranking. By that standard, TOTK would be considered the greatest entry in the series because it’s more in tune with the fads of today.
As far as nothing was explained. The game explains it in the opening cinematic.
@@seabicuit7247 why are you ranking it based off the audience it was made for, instead of what it does well and what it doesn't do well, the description of the war at beginning is a less than bare minimum "explanation", the hyrule castle part of the intro is cool but thats about it, i get it was made like 30 years ago but the intro is so lackluster compared to even games that came out around the same time
The second I saw this video my first thought was “totk takes first place for me”. Literally don’t care what anyone else thinks
Really? Better than BotW? Were you there for both?
@ yea! I’ve played every 3D Zelda game and most of the 2D games. I personally think Botw was the best ~feeling~ playing it for the first time with it being a whole new concept for a game. But Totk was the better game.
How about you?
@@Lexi-M I started on Loz back in 93ish so I've got a love for the old-school games. As far as the game as a whole, I preferred BotW over TotK in almost every aspect even though TotK made a lot of improvements. It's absolutely biased but I weigh the innovation of BotW against TotK which leaves me feeling that TotK had a lot of untapped potential. As for the opening, (and BotW isn't in my top 3) I don't think any Zelda opening will ever top that vista as you leave the shrine of resurrection for me. The music being unlike anything we'd ever heard on an exciting new console we'd never played after the longest wait ever as we were left with the taste of Skyward Sword in our mouths...I don't know, totally respect your experience, glad TotK did it for some people.
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The original Zelda or Zelda 2 should be at the bottom. All they show are stories in text form. BOOORRRRING
I dislike Tears of the Kingdom so much to the point I forget how good the intro was. Made me think I'd play something really special which wasn't the case. Though not fan of the poor's man great plateau we got after the title drop.
Currently playing Majoras Mask right now. Started on my switch and got to the firsr temple before i realized i miss aiming with motion controls so swapped over to my 3DS. Prefer the original but its easier to aim lol
Um .... You guys literally ignored the opening song in Opening song in Ocarina of time!
TOOT
I thought ToTK sucked. I thought Link to the past had the best open. I’d put Ocarina at 2.
Would love some hd remakes of the sequels to Windwaker. I missed those.
Imo, the Tears of the Kingdom opening would be better if they actually gave you a shirt before the title card.
😂I didn’t know I felt the same way.
You clearly didn't even play Zelda 2. If you did, you would realize that it's amazing.
"Every Legend of Zelda Opening"
Me wondering where the CDi versions are at. 🤣 (kidding)
ma boy...
Tears of the kingdom had a great intro and then it was all downhill from there
Breath of the Wild has the best opening, and Links Awakening is second due to nostalgic reasons.
Ocarina of time is def better than majoras mask
Not the intro
I think so too, Majora’s mask is amazing but very stressful.
Nope.
What a stupid list, tears of the kingdom was a joke not even worthy of being called a Zelda game.