12/10/2023 0 Comments Zelda monsters![]() Volvagia technically debuted in Zelda II and he’s not the first Dragon enemy in the Zelda games, but he is bar none the coolest. I’m cheating a little bit here by picking a boss enemy, but I don’t think people stop to contemplate enough how cool it is that Link fights an oriental-style Dragon in Ocarina of Time. So yeah, Bubbles are a little annoying, but I like them. Even if they make you unable to use your sword if you touch them. They’re usually pretty derpy (what do you expect), but I immediately associate them with Zelda and they’re an enemy I always enjoy seeing. Possessing probably one of the most inappropriate titles of any Zelda enemy (no matter how “bubble”-like they might have been in Zelda II), Bubbles are another cute enemy that I really enjoy seeing in any Zelda game.īubbles, in their simplicity, are skulls with bat-wings attached to them. The most iconic enemy they could muster for that game was a fricking eye on a pedestal. When I saw the Beamos I felt both a nice sense of nostalgia but also a tad disappointed. The few that made appearances were really uninspiring choices at that. One of the many reasons I didn’t like Skyward Sword that much was because it lacked so many of the classic Zelda enemies. I also have to relay something to people reading this. However, the sheer terror of getting pelted by a death-beam from its lifeless eye is enough to get me a little shield and/or bomb-throw happy around them. There’s no personality to them and they don’t even move in any of the Zelda games that I’ve played. In fact, that’s about the only lame thing about Beamos, they are effectively just turrets. Beamos sort of gets one of two reactions from people, either they really don’t consider them enemies so much as mere obstacles or they get a warm sense of nostalgia and a slight twinge of fear in their step when they realise that they’ll have to navigate their way past these terrifying turrets. Beamos is the perfect embodiment of this enemy trait: the eye is the bad guy. Beamosįor some reason there seems to be a thing with Zelda games and enemies which only have a single eye. However, the Redeads kinda suck as enemies since they are slow and fairly easy to avoid, which is why I didn’t place them any higher on this list. However, the goofy original 8-bit variant just so utterly solidifies Gibdo as a run-of-the-mill mummy, that I don’t think there’s any question over which ones I consider scarier. I wondered for a bit whether to include Redeads or Gibdos on this list, because in the post Ocarina of Time games, Gibdos too have become shit-disturbingly frightening. Even the cartoony, vaguely African looking variants in Wind Waker gave me the heeby-jeebies, and it just seems to me that Nintendo loves to put them in the absolutely scariest locations in any given Zelda game. Redeads are scary regardless of the incarnation they are in. There’s nothing more horrifying than seeing a seemingly motionless dark figure standing in the distance and the minute you get closer: “AAAAAAAERGH!” They freeze you with a bone-chilling shriek so that they can come close enough and squeeze the life out of you. Zombies can be scary, but Redeads are scarier. I love seeing them, but I won’t feel a great injustice has been done if they’re left out of a Zelda game (and usually there’s some skeleton enemy to take their place), but they seemed to fit the last place on the list. ![]() Stalfos though, have never quite peaked the favourite meter too high. Never the less, I always liked them and in Ocarina of Time I thought it was cool that you could have one-on-one sword-fights with them (sometimes two-on-one as well). I don’t really have a favourite incarnation and I think Nintendo over-uses the Stal- prefix for a lot of other skeletal characters (Stalchildren, Stalhounds, Stallord etc.). Stalfos are some of the most bread-and-butter variety of enemies in Zelda, but I always appreciate seeing them in a game. They haven’t always been armed and their depictions tend to change based on the game they’re in, from kinda cute in A Link to the Past to flat-out creepy in Twilight Princess. These skeletal warriors have been a part of the Zelda franchise since the very first instalment. If we’re going to start somewhere, we might as well start with the Stalfos. These are the 10 that stand out for me personally… 10. I previously brought to you what I thought were the best and worst items in Zelda games, now it’s time for the Villains.
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