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Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass video
The British Gaming Blog has obtained a spectacular video trailer of the newly announced Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass and we insist that you download and watch it immediately. The game seems to be a follow-up to Wind Waker, boasting colorful cel-shaded graphics and exploration of the open seas.It looks like the action mostly takes place from a top-down perspective and incorporates plenty of touch screen activity. We're particularly amused by the ability to draw the trajectory of Link's boomerang and scribble notes on his crusty dungeon map. No word on a release date yet, but we think "now" would perfectly suffice.[Thanks JohnathanEx!]
Zelda DS: Phantom Hourglass Revealed
Our Joystiq informant, Christopher Grant, informs us straight from Iwata's GDC keynote that a new Legend of Zelda game, Phantom Hourglass, is destined to be released on the DS. And yes, we get to use this old chestnut:Zelda? More like Celda!More news as it breaks.[Update: The conference is now over. It was...kinda boring. An epic post summing up all the DS details from the conference will be uploaded shortly.]
Intelligent design; the evolution of Link
In honor of The Legend of Zelda's twentieth anniversary, here's an evolutionary diagram of Link throughout the years, culminating with Twilight Princess's Link on the right. Someone oughta put this on a shirt.Bonus points* for anyone who can rattle 'em all off. Double bonus points for anyone who can figure out which Link is (sort of) missing.See also:Old school Zelda rap commercialHappy Birthday Zelda! 20 years old today*current exchange rate: 1 Bonus Point™ = $0.00
Zelda: TP will be "special" on the Revolution
Despite the incessant back and forth, the unending rumor and rejection, it looks like The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess will feature "special" Revolution functionality! In an interview with EGM in the upcoming March issue, Reggie all but confirmed it saying, "The trick will be what makes it special to play on the Revolution, and to the extent that we could create something like that, boy, wouldn't that be fantastic?" It sure will Reggie. I mean would... it sure would.We all anticipated this functionality when the info got leaked the first couple times. So now that the speculation regarding future Revolution controller compatibility is gone, it's time to speculate on what kind of functionality the game will have. I'll begin: Wind Waker-style music composing? The fishing minigame will rule! Swordplay FTW? Grappling hook? On second thought, not sure that one's gonna work.Follow the whole tumultuous affair:Zelda: Twilight Princess delay is officialTwilight Princess back on schedule Twilight Princess gone 'til NovemberNintendo shoots down Revo details: "still speculation"Magazine reveals Revolution details: Zelda, Super Smash Bros., Donkey KongaNintendo dismisses Zelda use of Rev controllerZelda: Twilight Princess can play on Revolution controllerReggie: Twilight Princess still GameCube-bound[Thanks, dsub]
Sights and sounds of retro Famicom keychains
For the price of $13.50 you can get a keychain featuring cool, retro blocky graphic coupled with a miniature Famicom controller that makes character-relevant sound effects, like this especially obnoxious one from Ice Climber (wav).I couldn't imagine having one of these in my pocket, repeating that sound effect ad nauseum every time something hit the "A" button; the pixelated portion is aces though.[Via GameBrink]
The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker... LEGO-style
When I was a kid my older brothers were always using their LEGOs to build the entire Star Wars universe. By the time I got older, LEGO was doing that for me-kinda took away from the fun, you know? I'm relieved to find out that you can't buy the LEGO-version of just any popular franchise... yet. That's right, if you wanna play Zelda, then you're gonna have to build Zelda! [Thanks, Shizzle]
