The Legend of Neil: Half-Way Through Season 2

We are about halfway through the second "season" of The Legend of Neil, and while it is still hilarious, it seems to me to be somewhat different than last year. Most of the humor is still based on The Legend of Zelda, but to me, the episodes are less about pointing out the cliches and foibles of Hyrule, but to applying Zelda to the real world, other webseries cliches, and pop culture. The third episode was a musical and the fourth episode both referenced Cheers and made fun of American drinking culture. Both of these episodes were absolutely hilarious, and I am in no way upset about the humor of the series, but it just seems different.

I think the episode that was closest in spirit to the first season was the second episode, which made fun of the strange gambling games in the Zelda games (sadly, that was also my least favorite episode). The episode saw Link/Neil attempting to earn money by playing a shady game with little skill involved. Many of such games within the Zelda series involve some skill, but are also based on blind luck. The episode also brought real-world cliches (crooked street gambling) into the world and gave a Hylian spin on them. The episode was certainly funny, but it was not as good as the other stuff this year.

I still love this series, but it seems like most of the super-Zelda-specific material was used up in Season 1. The series still uses Zelda as a backdrop and source of humor, but it has greatly expanded its scope. This is probably a good thing because how long could they keep having Link/Neil going through Levels before it got repetitive?

Remember, you can check out The Legend of Neil here every other Monday (with 9/21 being the next release date).

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