Passionate fan The Legend of Zelda franchise just completed an amazing achievement, 100% completion of every 3D Zelda game in one sitting. The Legend of Zelda has grown from its 2D roots into sprawling 3D adventures, with more recent entries such as Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom revolutionary open world games. Many 3D games also feature particularly deep side missions and challenges for players to complete.
While Zelda stories were largely stuck in the recurring conflict between Link and Ganon, the franchise continued to enhance side content. Many modern ones Zelda games offer a wide variety of extensive side quests for players to complete, with many similar The Major's MaskAnju and Kafei quest and Breath of the WildTarrey Town missions including their own standalone stories. The Switch-era games also introduced a number of Shrine challenges for players to complete around Hyrule, along with collectibles such as Korok Seeds. Now one Zelda a fan completed a particularly impressive feat by achieving 100% completion on every 3D Zelda in one sitting.
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A Zelda Fan will finish every 3D game in one sitting
Twitch streamer Nukie shared his impressive achievement after nearly four days of live streaming, fully completing every 3D Zelda game. The streamer has spent nearly 89 hours live on Twitch and has 100% completed every 3D game in the franchise, starting with Ocarina of Time all the way through Tears of the Kingdom. Nukie shared that she had been preparing for the stream for nearly six years, with the massive challenge spanning seven different games. Time clocks also allowed fans to measure the fastest and longest plays in the challenge Ocarina of Time it takes a little over four hours Tears of the Kingdom it took 32 hours to complete.
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Ocarina of Time: 4 hours, 19 seconds
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Major's Mask: 5 hours, 12 minutes, 20 seconds
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The Wind Waker: 7 hours, 14 minutes, 12 seconds
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Twilight Princess: 7 hours, 12 minutes, 54 seconds
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Skyward Sword: 8 hours, 39 minutes, 34 seconds
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Breath of the Wild: 22 hours, 40 minutes, 19 seconds
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Kingdom Tears: 32 hours, 51 minutes, 31 seconds
Stunning Zelda success came with some statements about fans potentially wanting to experience the challenge for themselves. Nukie shared some of her own advice for other players, discouraging fans from attempting the challenge due to potential health risks. The streamer emphasized that she was preparing for it Zelda years and that she was cleared by her doctors to attempt the challenge. The short completion times for each game were also an odd outlier like recent games Tears of the Kingdom potentially taking unprepared fans hundreds of hours.
The Zelda franchise continues to grow and innovate
While 3D adventures remained the focus Zelda's modern games, the franchise has experimented with many other styles in recent years. 2024 Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom returned the franchise to its top-down roots and put players in control of Princess Zelda as the main character for the first time. Hyrule Warriors has also grown into a popular spinoff for the franchise, with the recent Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment even expand the story Tears of the Kingdom. The hack-and-slash spinoff developed by Koei Tecmo could even serve as inspiration for the future of the main franchise, according to the main series.
Nintendo hasn't officially announced another one The Legend of Zelda game, although the future of the franchise is clearly fresh in the developer's mind. Series producer Eiji Aonuma recently gave fans the first trailer for the next game, hinting Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment can serve as inspiration Zeldafuture. The Zelda the franchise is also gearing up to celebrate its 40th anniversary on February 21st, with news of Link's next adventure possibly coming amid the celebrations. The Legend of Zelda carved into the gaming world an unforgettable legacy and impressive challenges like Nukie's show that fans attach to the series.
Source: Dexerto
