Zelda-esque type games

[Fyrus]

Noticed at the same time :s

 

[Veho]

I have to mention Star Wars: Yoda Stories. It's not a good game, but I had fun playing it way back in the day, and it's Zelda-esque.

 

[PolloDiablo]

Neutopia (TurboGrafx 16)


Shounen Kininden Tsumuji (Nintendo DS)

The game title translates to: The Legend of Zelda - Phantom Ninja Tracks

Away: Shuffle Dungeon (Nintendo DS)

 

[Dust2dust]

Soleil and Crusader of Centy are the same game but for different regions. I didn't know about this 3D dot game heroes. Looks pretty interesting. I wonder if it's available on PSN?

 

[natkoden]

Darksiders does feel like Zelda at times.

 

[GHANMI]

Zelda 1:
Nazo no Murasame Jo (NES) (predates the original Zelda, in fact; spiritual successor is Sakura Samurai: Art of the Sword for 3DS)
Neutopia I & II (PC-Engine) (first Zelda-like to introduce hammers and fire arrows and many other things)
Ys I & II,
Willow (NES),
Crystalis, (NES)
StarTropics 1 & 2, (NES)
Golden Axe Warrior, (MS)
James Bond GB, (GB)
Neugier, Alcahest, (SNES)
3D Dot Game Heroes (PS3)
For Whom the Frog Bell Toll (GB) (Nintendo! Its GBC remake was cancelled, and as a result closest remake we got was instead Tingle Rosy Rupees (DS) ).
Star Hearts (WonderSwan Color)
Linkle Liver Story (Saturn)
Shining Wisdom (Saturn)
Legend of Xanadu II - PC Engine
Tōgi Ō: King Colossus (Megadrive, fan-translated)
Evoland (PC)
Away: Shuffle Dungeon (DS)
Zelda 1 itself has a remake on the SNES Satellaview.
Zelda 2:
The Battle of Olympus (NES) (best clone),
Wonder Boy in Monster Land / Monster World 3+4 / Dragon's Trap (GameGear, Master System, the better PC Engine version),
Popful Mail (Sega CD)
Faxanadu (NES)
Ax Battler (MS)
Rygar (NES),
Legend of Princess (PC) (only three levels but fun while it lasts, from Noitu Love 2 creator, check that game too, it's fantastic),
Golvellius: Valley of Doom (MS)
YS 3 (and Oath of Felghana, Naphistm, Origins (PC/PSP) by extension, Seven and Celceta ditched the platforming though)
Skyblazer (SNES)
Adventure Time DS / 3DS (2012)
Zelda 3:
Marvelous (SNES, two Satellaview sequels) (Nintendo! first Eiji Aonuma game, has a fan- translation, awesome game... somehow remade as Tingle DS 2),
Crusader Of Centy a.k.a Soleil (MD) (my first Zelda ever ),
Zelda Ancient Tablets (SNES SatellaView)
Alundra 1 (PSX)
Beyond Oasis (MD) and its Saturn sequel,
Brave Prove (PSX)
Chaos Seed (SNES, Saturn)
Ganpuru: Gunman's Proof (SNES) (shameless one, but decent)
Brave Fencer Musashi (PSX), Musashi: Samurai Legend (PS2) (the sequel is missing the charm yet is still solid as ever, Sqaresoft)
Illusion of Gaia, Soul Blazer, Terranigma (SNES)
The Twisted Tales of Spike McFang (SNES)
Guardian of Paradise (PC) (no items, but spirits with abilities unlocked by collecting elemental coins from certain enemies... and check E. Hashimoto other games too: Buster (shareware, very nice platformer) and Hydra Castle Adventure (PC) (Castlevania rip-off))
Ganbare Goemon 3 (SNES) (to an extent)
Isometric Zelda Clones
Equinox (NES)
Solstice (SNES)
Landstalker (MD) (there is also Dark Savior (Saturn) which isn't very polished but still decent an in the same vein, avoid LadyStalker like the pleague though)
Steal Princess
Zelda Oracle of Seasons:
Nayuta no Kiseki (PSP)
(it's a mix between Ys Oath of Felghana and Zwei with seasons, high-notch boss battles and platforming and 60 artes, very close to Zelda games; my favorite - an excellent Ys game, as a Trails game though, not gonna lie, it fails pretty hard and story is crap; you should also play on hard to get the most out of it)
Zelda OoT:
Alundra 2 (PSX)
Tiny Bullets (PSX)
Blade Arts (Enix, PSX)
Brightis (PSX) (Quintet)
Beyond Good & Evil (PS2)
StarFox Adventures (GC)
Darksiders (PS3/X360/PC)
Okami (PS2, Wii, PS3), Okamiden (DS)
Sphinx and the Cursed Mummy (PS2/Xbox/GC)
Batman: Arkham Asylum (PS3/X360/PC)
Dark Cloud 1, 2 (PS2)
Ganbare Goemon (EDIT: the PS2 game is almost a straight rip-off, even has a scrappy water dungeon but has sub-par graphics and can't be emulated yet... first N64 one is more like a 3D platformer, and the DS one is the closest to a Zelda game the series has to offer)
Zelda Skyward Sword:
Sorcery (PS Move)
Zelda Phantom Hourglass:
Shounen Kininden Tsumuji (Legend of Ninja Boy Tsumigi... by EA Japan) (DS)
For Ys fans:
Gurumin (PC (JP), PSP)
Zwei 1 (PSP/PC)
Zwei 2 (PC) (awesome game)

and Check
Sword of Mana, a GBA remake of Final Fantasy Legends which fits here, and the JP exclusive 2006 cell-phone remake if it's ever emulated
(and Secret of Mana, Seiken Densetsu 3, Secret of Evermore (SNES), Legend of Mana (PSX), avoid Dawn of Mana...)
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles, DS ones mainly

 

[The Real Jdbye]

Whenever someone thinks Nintendo, a few games come to mind: Mario, Pokemon and Zelda. If you look at the former, there have been many games that have tried to copy both Mario and Pokemon, but when you look at Zelda, there are very few. Most people cite Okami, which I haven't tried, and Darksiders, which feels nothing like Zelda. My question for you guys is why don't other studios try to copy what Nintendo has done with Zelda? I'm sure there would be a market for it.

Star Fox Adventures

There are some great Zelda "homebrew" games too by one guy (ALTTP-style): http://www.zeldaroth.fr/us/
They are shorter than official Zelda games though.

If you like online games, you might want to try out Spiral Knights too. It has gameplay rather similar to 2D Zelda games (mainly ALTTP and maybe the GB/GBC ones), though is also different in many ways. It can't quite be called a MMORPG, because dungeons (which are instanced) are limited to 4 players per team, though the city central hub has a ton of people.

Ganbare Goemon 1 N64

That game is called Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon in US/EU.
I wouldn't compare it to Zelda at all, but it is a pretty damn good game. Definitely worth playing

 

[Taleweaver]

Just noticed in the user submitted news:

Ittle dew. This one goes a bit far in being Zelda-esque.