SQUADULLAH! WE ARE OFF!!!!

"Only Link can beat Ganon" Also the CDI games: *has a game where you beat Ganon as Zelda*

I don't know how it took this video for me to realize The Faces of Evil involves literally going to giant faces that house evil 😅

Bandit decides to spread his wings to do other things and ends his (usually) solely Zelda content like an absolute mad man. The thought of a blood covered, combat hardened Zelda is scary, yet tantalizing. This should be a thing one day.

Nah these take place in Termina and thus are the ACTUAL REASON why Skull Kid wanted to end it all

I love the ytps that spawned from this also Arzette's adventure in Faramore.

They belong in the timeline where drugs are introduced to Hyrule

I agree with your timeline placement, however I would go a step further and say they are in their own offshoot that I like to call the "Darkened" timeline, resulting from Ganon's minions acquiring enough of Link's blood to revive their dark master. The stories of these three games then lead into the Zelda Animated Series.

I wonder what's for DINNER.

Pressing a button to pick up rupees did it first before BoTw / Totk. 😬

finally! these complete, flawless masterpieces get their moment to shine brighter than the golden goddesses! truly, underrated and underappreciated. this is going to be the biggest, bestest bandit vid, ever. mark my words!

The only thing I knew about Zelda cdi games is that it was a really taboo subject, and now I understand why

Counterpoint: these are the only games with Morshu. Therefore they are automatically the best in the franchise.

i weirdly adore these games. i know the games are trash, but if you ignore the wonkiness, they have such a good charm

I view the two 2D CD-i zeldas as improved Zelda II's that didn't quite make it out of the oven in time. They had things that should have been good, like beautiful backgrounds, new enemy types, new lands to explore, playable zelda, original music, the second most popular rope and bomb vendor in gaming history, and fully animated voiced cutscenes, but none of it was good enough. If these three games were made by nintendo today with the development time they deserved, they would have been known as masterpieces.

All jokes aside, I firmly believe that if the CD-i Zeldas were remade with modern graphics and retooled as a Metroidvania or something similar, I legit think they would be good games. I remember watching Skawo do an LP of Faces of Evil and I noticed some good ideas intertwined into the title, they were just executed atrociously.

WE WANT MORE... do the animated series next please... and good job

Bringing back classic YTP memories. I didn't even know there was a semi coherent story for each just felt like a fever dream

Playing the CDI games is the baptisement of Zelda fans

It was a bad idea watching this before going to bed. I think I’m going to have nightmares tonight. Thank you very much Mr Bandit. All joking aside I actually enjoyed the video. You did a good job with this one. Hm I wonder… is anyone up for a Zelda cd-I remaster?

i am in so much pain right now.

I am so happy that you made this video. Genuinely made me laugh out loud and taught me some stuff. Thank you.

Holy cow, this is easily the most original Zelda content I've seen on KZfaq for over a year. Let's get some more obscure info going up!

Time for the TV show story breakdown and placement on timeline!

@BanditGames You Did Well In Covering Them!!! 😂

Is that.....Paul Rudd?

Bandit this was perfect omfg

I couldn't stop watching the video, out of respect for the pain and suffering you endured to make it! It takes courage, strength and wisdom to survive such a trial! Last time I watched a video about these games was a few years back, a French youtuber that makes content about video games made one about the worst Zelda games. And whether it's about the lore, the gameplay, or anything else, these games inflict pain on those who talk about it, it's like a Hero's trial in itself

The wizard had a name all this time? For all the times I've seen Zelda CD-i content, I've never known this

Thank you for doing this for us! 😅

It's 19 days too early for April Fools!

I think of PBG when I think of these games. Man those videos are nostalgic.

this was a masterpeice you out did your self Bandit lol

Please don’t tell me I am not the only one who was wondering, “Where is the Shopkeeper?”

Explaining what a CD is made me feel old >_>

MA BOY!!!

After listening to the plots of the first 2 games, I realized that Arzette: The Jewel of Faramore literally used the exact (almost) same elements from the Zelda CDi games to make a good story opening. Also, the creators of Arzette were the same people who did those two... hilariously bad games. Combining the best elements (including story) of both games into Arzette was a great move.

Thank you for enduring this torture to bring us this content. You're the real Hero, Jordan.

I remember learning that the Philips CD-i would stop working correctly because the batteries where built, into the motherboard and were impossible to remove, so games could no longer be played.

Great work! And I vote that we make exclaiming "Squadullah!" a thing.

For what it's worth, there IS one detail that could potentially connect Zelda's Adventure to an existing game, and that's the fact that she's wearing her exact same blue dress from ALttP, which suggests to me that ZA may have been intended to take place around THAT game instead (especially since it released years after the other CDI games, just like how ALttP released years after the first two Zelda games, so there's a parallel there). But yeah, the presence of BOTH King Harkinian and the Triforce of Courage in the same game means that the others are 100% after Zelda II.

I can't wait to learn about these amazing games :) Do you plan to talk about the four Tingle games one day?

There's a reason link isn't voice acted anymore.

Those CD-i games are some of the funniest things I have ever seen in my life. I’ll never forget 2008 KZfaq 😂

A great topic to ponder during the minish cap playthrough

A lot of the music in those games is low key fire though. Better than they have any right to be.

The Will still did pretty damn good though, despite Playstation's overall far better unit sales.

Man, I really need to play these

Honestly I would not mind getting a port or remake of these games cuz I kind of wanna play them lmao

this is some good content, have you made a video on the placement of the warriors zelda game?

For his next video I need another one about the Zelda CD-I games. Don't ask me why, I just need it.

Your outro song reminds me of Nickoodeon lol good stuff Bandit

Ngl the first ten seconds or so made me check the date. “Is it April already?”

unironically faces of evil and wand of gamelon have my favorite characterizations of the zelda cast. link’s an adorable doofus, while zelda’s more serious, as well as the most capable version of the princess in the franchise. ganon, for as weak as his boss fight is, somehow has far more of an on-screen body count than any canon version of the king of evil, via the boss introduction cutscenes. not to mention king harkinian having the best track record of any other king of hyrule (having been the only one to survive to the end of the game). even the side characters have more personality in their brief cutscenes than most others in the series (morshu especially). also play arzette jewel of faramore

Just looking at the title and thumbnail - this is going to be a journey lmfao. Lessa GO!

Well, I will go to sleep now. Thanks for a night of nightmares Bandit 🤣. So two games with Zelda as the protagonist. I'm impressed, especially taking into account the time the atrocities, I mean the games, came out 😅. Cover Golden Sun lore 😶‍🌫️

Where do you think the Animated series falls on the timeline?

"True genius is rarely appreciated in its lifetime. It was not until the age of memes that the Hero of CD-I earned his place of honor alongside his fellow Heroes of Courage." -Royal Historian of Hyrule

Cheeses. I mean... Holey cheeses. I've always heard about how bad these are but I never really pictured... I mean... I mean cheeses... Still and all, though, ya gotta give em credit for two Zelda games where you actually play Zelda, ya know.

Lamp oil, rope, bombs?

I would love to see a fanon timeline consisting of all the spinoff games and the tv show too, but maybe that couls wait until the movie comes out so it could be there too

How did you make it through this whole thing without mentioning Morshu? Forget Beedle. That bad boy needs to return!

Perfection

We do NOT speak of these horrors! Also, next live stream when?

I was today years when I’ve seen footage of Zelda’s Adventure (I guess I assumed it was similar to the other two lol)

@Bandit: this was *Interesting History* and I had no idea about any of it. Thank you for *CLARIFYING* the story about these games because it was certainly something I had no idea about!!! ~ JonseyG 👲💖

I wish Zelda was intense in the canon as she is in WoG. If Nintendo made a similar game with their seal quality, I would love to play it

Was that Paul Rudd on the SimCity ad?

Peebs also said one very important thing about The Faces of Evil, at least: "I'm mad about it!" Granted, that was about something Gwonam said, but I rest my case regardless.

Part 2 when?

In my opinion, Zelda's Adventure was actually pretty fire.

3:08 Is that the West Arcade theme I hear?

Huh. Thanks for making this, I wonder if this will ever get the amazing remake it deserves. HA! What a strange… trilogy??

In BotW and TotK, you can actually eat an Octorok if you want to 😆

This is all new to me On a side note, didn't you change your name to 'bandit'? I'm sure I saw a video about you doing that.

And people somehow say that the Zelda games never cared about story

Could you also do a video on the tv show? I really don't want to watch it, but I am curious what it is about and what your opinions on it are.

Crazy theory here: The reason we dont have a zelda game with Zelda as the protagonist is because somehow Phillips have the rights of Zelda as a main character for games

I think the worst part is, parts of the first 2 games story has potential to be decent. I think aspects of them should be explored in future games.

So.....technically Zelda's Adventure was really the first Live-Action Zelda. I'm not sure how to process that

They called him a madman…

Ah yes the greatest piece of fiction in history.

Can you go in a more in depth history of each game? They are a bit fascinating.

YOUUUUUU KILLEDDDDD MEEEEEE!!!!

These games may be bad, but I feel like they do a good job of presenting Ganon's minions as threats. Goronu is capable of manipulating people by transforming into people they trust. Harlequin is kinda like the Devil in Cuphead, pushing people to gamble and when they inevitably lose, he turns them into monsters that probably obey him and terrorize the island. Militron also turns people into monsters to terrorize the island, but there's no losing to gambling here. He just does it to many people he captures I assule, which gives a merciless and heartless vibe. Lupay also transforms the inhabitants, I don't know what else to say there ^^' But I guess the fact that 3 of the 5 of Ganon's minions are turning the people of Koridai into monsters means that A LOT of people must have been transformed, most of them probably, and I can imagine the remaining inhabitants living hidden, in fear. Sure since this game's... well... this game's everything is bad, this is not shown, but I still think this is interesting. And finally, Glutko literally eats people. He doesn't transform the inhabitants or anything, he straight up kills them by eating them. Who knows how many of them died by the time Link stops him ? The transformed people probably turn back to normal at the end of the game, but the people Glutko are dead forever. He's probably the worst one of them all.

When's the "Origins of the CDI bosses" video? 😏

eyes

being born in the 90’s and as a millennial feeling bad for what Link been through during that era I like to say respectfully that it was a weird time for him 🤪

I can do the duck walk!

Man I’m so octoroc I could eat a hungry

golly I'm glad these games are not canon

Honestly, the story doesn’t seem too terrible for these games. I would maybe consider playing a remake.

He did what we all didn’t want to… did a Zelda cdi video…

If you guys want to play Zelda CDis but good I suggest Arzette and the jewel of Faramore

Is this the same Bandit I thought you changed your channel name

Can you go over arzette game please?

Make all the other non-canon zelda games fit in the timeline next, board games, appearances, spin offs, ect.

Laughing so hard! All the animations look like they were drawn in Microsoft Paint!

hilarious but i do gotta subtract a few points for not bringing up the most important character the merchant

Personally, i feel like the CD-i games are in the "hero was made up" timeline.