007 James Bond Movies vs. Legend of Zelda Games

Absolutely_CartAbsolutely_Cart NJ/NYC, United StatesPosts: 1,740MI6 Agent
(You can move this thread to a more appropriate subforum, if you see fit / I also posted only the covers and not the scenes of the movies, since it may be against the rules)

I tend to find that massive franchises open to new interpretation have striking similarities.

If the James Bond movies were like Legend of Zelda games.

Dr. No would be the original first Legend of Zelda. The classic that started EVERYTHING. It created the intellectual property, as far as the big screen goes.

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From Russia With Love would be the 3rd Zelda game A Link to the Past, that really solidified the franchise by giving it a coherent narrative.

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Goldfinger would be the 5th Zelda game, Ocarina of Time. The most influential one, the benchmark, the standard that sort of set the formula for later entries. Many Zelda players start with Ocarina of Time first. Goldfinger is an excellent 1st Bond movie because it's of high quality and if you like it, you'll probably like a number of the other Bond films.

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The Roger Moore era could be likened to The Wind Waker. Zelda fans were, at first, overwhelmingly critical of the The Wind Waker for taking a more colorful cartoony approach, rather than a realistic one. They would later appreciate it. And certain sects of the Bond fans were critical of Eon taking the series away from Fleming's grounded roots and into escapist film-making. At the end of the day, Moore expanded the creativity of the Bond series by opening its interpretation.

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Twilight Princess could be seen as the Dalton, briefly going back to a darker more realistic. And Skyward Sword can be seen as the Brosnan, a compromise between the silly and serious.

I've also seen other comparisons between the franchises. Zelda has 16 (or 17) entries. Bond has 23 entries. Both have ingrained in them a certain formula of progression. In Zelda, it's quests, dungeons, maps, keys, hearts, potions, recurring enemies and so on. In James Bond, it's M, Q, the gadgets, the girls, the guns, the martini, the casino, etc. And there has been a balance in that sense of following the formula but also changing enough to keep it fresh.

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  • DutchfingerDutchfinger Holland With LovePosts: 1,240MI6 Agent
    Only just now noticed this post AC, to bad nobody commented on this.

    I like The Legend of Zelda games too, have played quite a few of them. I am by no means a die hard fan, but enjoy the overall series.

    Never considered this comparrison, intresting!

    I would add: The Zelda CDI games (not really well known) would be the Casino Royale '67

    Both are unofficial entries to the franchise that everybody likes to pretend they don't excist as they were terrible.
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