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[EverydayBeast]

What’s your favorite warm up dungeons from the Zelda games? There’s so many to choose from but I’ll go with the great deku tree, it gets your foot into the door with Links weapons (sword, shield, slingshot)

 

[Jinzo Prime]

1. The Great Plateau - Not a dungeon, but my favorite starting area.
2. Forsaken Fortress - Favorite because it is so different from every other Zelda dungeon.
3. Hyrule Castle (ALttP) - Still one of the best introductions to a Zelda game ever.

Honestly these three could be swapped around depending on how I feel. Inside The Great Deku Tree is also great, probably #4 or 5 for me.

 

[NeoIkaruGAF]

Warm-up dungeons in Zelda are always great. Nintendo knows how to tutorial.
First dungeon in Zelda 1 is excellent. Throws in a wide variety of enemies, introduces the concept of wall bombing even if it’s completely unnecessary there, and puts the item at the end of a side road so you understand that you can’t just go straight to the boss. The boss is also fair, but not really a pushover.

But maybe my favorite is Tail Cave from Link’s Awakening. Giving you the ability to jump in the first dungeon speeds up the game and makes traversal quicker right from the beginning. Good boss and miniboss, too. It’s an incredibly satisfying level through and through.

 

[March Climber]

Metroid Prime Chozo Ruins. I liked the soundtrack too.



Edit: Misread the OP and didn’t realize this is Zelda only.

In that case, Wind Waker Dragoon Roost Island. Also has good music on approach.

 

[Hookshot]

The Deku tree, climbing up it to jump off and fall underneath it for the boss is a good way of showing how infested it was.

 

[N0S]

Metroid Prime Chozo Ruins. I liked the soundtrack too.



Edit: Misread the OP and didn’t realize this is Zelda only.

In that case, Wind Waker Dragoon Roost Island. Also has good music on approach.

Release WWHD for the Switch already!

 

[Radical_3d]