Deaths in Zelda games

What would you consider as a 'death' in a Zelda game? Obviously, when you lose all your hearts and get a Game Over. That's the only thing that increments the death counter in the game, but what about other things? Such as losing all your hearts and being resurrected by a fairy? Or falling into lava or into a bottomless pit?

Post your thoughts here.

They could be considered deaths, but I don't think so because it's too easy to fall off a cliff sometimes if you get carried away running. Because think about it. In OoT or WW, if you're tired of running so you start rolling up a cliff (Death Mountain Trail, or Outset Island) and you roll off, noone could survive that, but you roll, and you're fine, it's too hard to define death. But faerie deaths, do not count as deaths to me, becuase it's almost like him finding his extra energy, or second wind to go on to save Zelda. I don't know.

I think a Death can only be a Game Over first time on OOT i got 003 only 3 proper deaths it was to easy to fall of a cliff in OOT and a lot more easy in MM i havnt dies properly in MM yet but ive fell off cliffs alot more then OOT so you cant count them as deaths.

The only way to die is in Battle in myopinion.

Point taken well.

Battle deaths are the only real deaths. But come to think of it, you could die of exhaustion in the dessert or in the middle of the field. I dunno.
Battle deaths still works out best.

I died a significant amount of times in Ocarina of Time, maybe a few in Majora's Mask, and I NEVER DIED A SINGLE TIME in Wind Waker.

I died like 32 oot 0 times in mm, and 0 times in ww the firt time i played them. Afterwards i died i couple more times on each.

Originally Posted by aeternus_aura

I died a significant amount of times in Ocarina of Time, maybe a few in Majora's Mask, and I NEVER DIED A SINGLE TIME in Wind Waker.

I though I was good for only 2 times in that game. (if I recall)

WW perhaps was too easy.

Well, when I play, I like to treat falling into pits as death. Otherwise it makes it a bit too easy. So when I fall, I reset. Call me an old fasioned gamer but games give too many second chances these days, almost like developers are scared of frustrating people to a point where they stop playing. I agree with that to a point, but then again, frustration is an important ingredient. It makes the victory of overcoming a challenge all the sweeter.

I only died prorely 3 times in OOT first time around
I aint died ones in MM and iam half way threw it so hoppin to go 000
Winwaker i aint played but with TP pushed back guess thats next after this so who knows.

There are several way you can die(bomb,falling of cliff,battle,and traps)at least those are the ones I witnessed.

Also i forgot to add ifthis counts... i probably killed myself purposely more than i died from anything else on all of the zelda games. (but that doesnt count right)

I consider just dieing in battle dieing. well, running out of faeries then dieing, I don't count faerie deaths as deaths. I don't really fall off cliffs...ever, I don't know what happens when you fall off a cliff so I don't know to consider that as a death or not...

There are only two things I consider deaths.

1. In any game that's not AoL, running out of hearts (fairy or not, I don't give)
2. In AoL, falling in water/lava/bottomless pit, or running out of health

Falling off a cliff in any non-AoL game is not death in my opinion, assuming you have at least 1/4 heart left when you are back on solid ground.

Anything that would cuase you to die in real life is a death. And if your'e not sure if something will cause you to die in real life, try it out!