Happy 25th Birthday Zelda and Link February 21, 2011
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Today is the 25th Anniversary of the release of the classic game The Legend of Zelda for the Famicom in Japan. It was of course also released in English the US for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES). Created by Game God Myamoto, who’s contributions to gaming are unquestionable. Twenty-five years later, The Legend of Zelda and its protagonist Link are still a staple of the Nintendo platforms, with releases on all the modern Nintendo platforms and the gurantee that more will be coming in the future.
Given this auspicious event, I decided to post up some of my favorite Legend of Zelda related videos and articles, which I have seen over the years. First up is a facinating video done by (of all people) James “The Angry Video Game Nerd” Rolfe, where he took a look at the Zelda Timeline, and where each game’s place came in a coherant sequence of events. He didn’t provide a definite list (Nintendo hasn’t even done that) but he does try the best he can and it’s a really well done and enjoyable video.
1UP is also doing a pretty impressive series of ten articles today. These articles range everything between the history of the series, the worst in-game items, the best covers of the iconic theme song, even the commericals.
It also turned out that there were a series of Zelda games that people in the US had never heard about. Between 1995 and 2000, the SNES (Super Famicom) had an optional download service similar to the Sega Channel service in the US, except that this service was provided through satelite. Roo from Clan of the Gray Wolf did a great video detailing this service and the exclusive Zelda games that were streamed through it and only seen in Japan.
If you missed out on them back in the day, you can get most of the classic games in the Legend of Zelda series on the Wii Virtual Console. There are still current games for both the Nintendo Wii and DS like Twilight Princess and more are promised both for the Wii and the DS’s successor.
Happy Birthday Link! You’ve done well.
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