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The Legend of Zelda
The Legend of Zelda | |
The Legend of Zelda current series logo |
Genres | Action-adventure |
Developers | Nintendo Capcom/Flagship Vanpool Grezzo Monolith Soft |
Publishers | Nintendo |
Creators | Shigeru Miyamoto Takashi Tezuka Eiji Aonuma |
Platforms | Nintendo Entertainment System, Game Boy, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Nintendo 64, iQue Player, Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance, Nintendo GameCube, Nintendo DS, Wii, Virtual Console, Nintendo DSi, Nintendo 3DS, Wii U |
Platform of origin | Nintendo Entertainment System |
First release | The Legend of Zelda February 21, 1986 |
Latest release | The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword November 20, 2011 |
Official website | Zelda Universe |
The Legend of Zelda (ゼルダの伝説 Zeruda no Densetsu ) is an action-adventure video game series created by Japanese game designers Shigeru Miyamoto and Takashi Tezuka. It is developed and published by Nintendo, with some portable installments outsourced to Flagship/Capcom, Vanpool, and Grezzo. Considered one of Nintendo's most important franchises, its gameplay consists of a mixture of action, adventure, and puzzle solving. The series centers primarily on Link, the playable character. Link is often given the task of rescuing Princess Zelda in the most common setting of the series, Hyrule, from Ganon (also known as Ganondorf), a Gerudo chief who is the primary antagonist of the series. However, other settings and antagonists have appeared throughout the games, with Vaati being a strong secondary antagonist during the lifespan of the Game Boy Advance. The story commonly involves a relic known as the Triforce, which is a set of three omnipotent golden triangles. The protagonist in each game is usually not the same incarnation of Link, but a few exceptions do exist.
As of December 2011, The Legend of Zelda franchise has sold 67.93 million copies since the release of the first game,[1] with the original Legend of Zelda being the fourth best selling NES game of all time.[2][3] The series consists of 16 official games on all of Nintendo's major consoles, as well as several spin-offs. An American animated series based on the games aired in 1989, and individual manga adaptations which are officially endorsed and commissioned by Nintendo have been produced in Japan since 1997.
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The Legend Of Zelda games feature a mixture of action, puzzles, adventure/battle gameplay, exploration, and questing. These elements have remained constant throughout the series, but with refinements and additions featured in each new game. Later games in the series also comprise stealth gameplay, where the player must avoid enemies while proceeding through a level, as well as racing elements. Although the games can be beaten with a minimal amount of exploration and side quests, the player is frequently rewarded for solving puzzles or exploring hidden areas with helpful items or increased abilities. Some items are consistent and appear many times throughout the series, such as bombs, which can be used both as weapons and to open blocked or hidden doorways, boomerangs, which can kill or paralyze enemies, keys for locked doors, magic swords, shields, and bows and arrows, while others are unique to a single game. Though the games contain many role-playing elements (Zelda II was also the only one to include an experience system), they emphasise straightforward hack and slash-style combat over the strategic, turn-based or active time combat of games like Final Fantasy. The game's role-playing elements, however, have led to much debate over whether or not the Zelda games should be classified as action role-playing games, a genre on which the series had a strong influence.[4]
Every game in the main Zelda series has consisted of three principal areas: an overworld in which movement is multidirectional, allowing the player some degree of freedom of action; areas of interaction with other characters (merely caves or hidden rooms in the first game, but expanding to entire towns and cities in subsequent games) in which the player gains special items or advice; and dungeons, areas of labyrinthine layout, usually underground, comprising a wide range of difficult enemies, bosses, and items. Each dungeon usually has one major item inside, which is usually essential for solving many of the puzzles in that dungeon and often plays a crucial role in defeating that dungeon's boss as well as progressing through the game. In nearly every Zelda game, navigating a dungeon is aided by locating a map, which reveals its layout, and a magic compass, which reveals the location of significant and smaller items such as keys and equipment. In later games, the series also included a special 'boss key', that would unlock the door to battle the dungeon's boss enemy.
In most Zelda games, the player's life meter is represented as a line of hearts. The life meter is replenished a number of different ways, including picking up hearts left by some defeated enemies, fairies or springs located in specific locations, or using an item such as a potion. Most games feature "heart containers" or "a piece of heart" as the prize for defeating the final boss of a dungeon and also for completing certain side quests; these extend the life meter by one heart.
The games pioneered a number of features that were to become industry standards. The original Legend of Zelda was the first console game with a save function that enabled players to stop playing and then resume later. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time introduced a targeting system that simplified 3D combat.
Music and sound[edit]
The Legend of Zelda series, like many Nintendo games, has been noted for its use of music. Koji Kondo, who has been described as the "greatest legend in the video game audio industry" because of his work for Nintendo,[5] has composed much of the music for the series, although the last game for which he was solely responsible for the composition of the soundtrack was The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time.[5]
Games in The Legend of Zelda series frequently feature in-game musical instruments, particularly in musical puzzles, which are widespread.[6] Often, instruments trigger game events: for example, the recorder in The Legend of Zelda can reveal "secret" areas, as well as 'warp' Link to the Dungeon entrances. This warping with music feature has also been used in A Link to the Past & Link's Awakening. In Ocarina of Time, playing instruments is a core part of the game, the player needing to play the instrument through the use of the game controller to succeed.[7] Ocarina of Time is "[one of the] first contemporary non-dance title[s] to feature music-making as part of its gameplay",[8] using music as a heuristic device and requiring the player to utilise songs to progress in the game[9]—a game mechanic that is also present in Majora's Mask[10] and, in different forms, The Wind Waker,[citation needed] Oracle of Ages, Spirit Tracks, Twilight Princess, and Skyward Sword.
"The Legend of Zelda Theme" is a recurring piece of music that was created for the first game of the franchise. The composer, Koji Kondo, initially planned to use Maurice Ravel's Boléro as the game's title theme, but was forced to change it when he learned, late into the game's development cycle, that the copyright for Boléro hadn't expired yet; therefore he wrote a new arrangement of the overworld theme within one day.[11] The "Zelda Theme" has topped ScrewAttack's "Top Ten Videogame Themes Ever" list.[12]
To date, the Legend of Zelda series has avoided using voice actors in speaking roles, relying instead on written dialogue. The producer of Skyward Sword has said that, as Link is entirely mute, having the other characters speak while Link remains silent would be off-putting.[13]
The Legend of Zelda was principally inspired by Shigeru Miyamoto's explorations as a young boy in the hillsides surrounding his childhood home in Sonobe, Japan where he ventured into forests with secluded lakes, caves, and rural villages. According to Miyamoto, one of his most memorable experiences was the discovery of a cave entrance in the middle of the woods. After some hesitation, he apprehensively entered the cave, and explored its depths with the aid of a lantern. Miyamoto has referred to the creation of the Zelda games as an attempt to bring to life a "miniature garden" for players to play with in each game of the series.[14]
Hearing of American novelist F. Scott Fitzgerald's wife Zelda, Miyamoto thought the name sounded "pleasant and significant".[15] Paying tribute, he chose to name the princess after her, and titled his creation The Legend of Zelda.
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The Legend of Zelda series takes place in a fantasy land called Hyrule. Hyrule has developed a deep history and wide geography over the series's many releases. Much of the backstory of the creation of Hyrule was revealed in the games A Link to the Past, Ocarina of Time, The Wind Waker, Twilight Princess and Skyward Sword. Hyrule's principal inhabitants are elfin humanoids called Hylians, which include the player character, Link, and the eponymous princess, Zelda.
According to the in-game backstories, the world of Hyrule was created by the three golden goddesses: the Goddess of Power Din who created the Red Earth within the cultivated void, the Goddess of Wisdom Naryu who provided natural law and world order, and the Goddess of Courage Farore who brought life to the world. Before departing, the goddesses left a sacred artifact called the Triforce, which could grant the wishes of the user. It consisted of three golden triangles that each embodies one of the goddesses. However, because the Triforce was not divine, and could not judge between good and evil, Triforce is placed within an alternate world called the "Sacred Realm" or the "Golden Land" until one worthy would obtain it. According to legend, the discoverer of the Triforce will receive the Triforce as a whole in form and power if that person is well balanced in power, wisdom and courage. But unbalanced person will only receive the part of the Triforce that represents the characteristic they most believe in, with the remaining parts of the whole transferring into the people in Hyrule who most exemplify the other two traits. Regardless, the Sacred Realm is effected as a pure heart can turn it into a paradise while an evil will would corrupt it into a nightmarish world.
In Skyward Sword, the Triforce was sought by a demon named Demise who was sealed away within the Temple of the goddess Hylia. Hylia, placing many people on a floating island in the sky called Skyloft to protect her people, orchestrated a means to stop the demon from escaping: Creating the Goddess Sword for her chosen hero and discarding her divinity to be reborn among the humans of Skyloft. In time, Zelda and Link, the reborn Hylia and her predestined warrior, enacted the plan the former's past life engineered with Demise destroyed. However, Demise vowed that his rage would be reborn and forever plague those descended from Link and Zelda. That prophecy came to fruition in Ocarina of Time, when Ganondorf's attempt to get the Triforce scattered it with him gaining the Triforce of Power. The Triforce of Wisdom ended up with the Hyrulian princesses descended from Zelda, each named after her, while the Triforce of Courage is passed to a youth named Link across generations.
While the Triforces of Power and Wisdom have been part of the series since the original The Legend of Zelda, it was only in Zelda II: The Adventure of Link that the Triforce of Courage was first introduced, being obtained by Link at the end of his quest. The Triforce, or even a piece of it, is not always distributed as a whole. Such as in The Wind Waker, Link must find all the pieces (called Triforce Shards) of the Triforce of Courage before he can return to Hyrule. Even in the original The Legend of Zelda, Zelda breaks her Triforce of Wisdom into 8 pieces for Link to find, before she was captured by Ganon. The fictional universe established by the Zelda games sets the stage for each adventure. Many games take place in lands with their own back-stories. Termina, for example, is a parallel world[16] while Koholint is an island far away from Hyrule that appears to be part of a dream.[17]
Fictional chronology[edit]
The chronology of the Legend of Zelda series was subject of much debate among fans until an official timeline was released on December 21, 2011 within the collector's book, Hyrule Historia, which was originally exclusive to Japan and was later released in the United States.[19][20] Prior to its release, producers confirmed the existence of a confidential document, which connected all the games.[21][22] Certain materials and developer statements once partially established an official timeline of the released installments. Zelda II: The Adventure of Link is a direct sequel to the original The Legend of Zelda, and takes place several years later.[23][24] The third game, A Link to the Past, is a prequel to the first two titles,[25][26][27] and is directly followed by Link's Awakening.[28][29] Ocarina of Time is a prequel that takes the story many centuries back; according to character designer Satoru Takizawa, it was meant to implicitly tell the Imprisoning War from the manual of A Link to the Past.[30][31] Skyward Sword is then a prequel to Ocarina of Time.[32] Twilight Princess is set more than 100 years after Ocarina of Time.[33][34] The Wind Waker is parallel, and takes place in the other timeline branch, more than a century after the adult era of Ocarina of Time.[33][34] Phantom Hourglass is a continuation of the story from The Wind Waker,[35] and is followed by Spirit Tracks, which is set about 100 years later on a supercontinent far away from the setting of The Wind Waker.[36] At the time of its release, Four Swords for the Game Boy Advance was considered the oldest tale in the series' chronology, with Four Swords Adventures set sometime after its events.[37] The Minish Cap precedes the two games, telling of the origins of villain Vaati and the creation of the Four Sword.[38] Nintendo's 2011 timeline announcement subsequently posits that following Ocarina of Time, the timeline splits into three alternate routes: in one, Link fails to defeat Ganon, leading into A Link to the Past, Oracle of Seasons & Oracle of Ages, Link's Awakening, The Legend of Zelda and Adventure of Link. In the second and third, Link is successful, leading to a timeline split between his childhood and adulthood. His childhood continues with Majora's Mask, followed by Twilight Princess and Four Swords Adventures. The timeline from his adult life continues into Wind Waker, Phantom Hourglass and Spirit Tracks.
In the early 2000s, Nintendo of America released a timeline on Zelda.com, the official website of the Legend of Zelda series, which interpreted all stories up to the Oracle games as the adventures of a single protagonist named Link.[39] At one point, translator Dan Owsen and his coworkers at Nintendo of America had conceived another complete timeline and intended to make it available online. However, the Japanese series developers vetoed the idea so the timeline would be kept open to the interpretation of the players.[40]
The protagonist of The Legend of Zelda series, Link is the name of various young men who characteristically wear a green tunic and a pointed cap. In most games, the player can give Link a different name before the start of the adventure, and he will be referred by that given name throughout by the NPCs.[41] Each Link is described on the series' official website as humble, hardworking and brave, and therefore appropriate to bear the Triforce of Courage. The various Links each have a special title, such as "Hero of Time", "Hero of the Winds" or "Hero chosen by the gods". Link is left-handed, with two exceptions. In the Wii version of Twilight Princess, Link is right-handed due to the "mirroring" used to accommodate the right-handed control scheme,[42] which flips the entire game world's layout from that of its Nintendo GameCube counterpart. Link is also right-handed in the title Skyward Sword. Also in the manual for the original game, he is depicted as being right-handed, and in the game itself, Link is seen as ambidextrous because whether he is facing left or right his sword is in the "down screen side". With a few minor exceptions, Link does not speak, only producing grunts, yells, or similar sounds. However, his speech is referenced. For example, in Skyward Sword, the screen pans down as Link appears to be explaining something. He is subsequently responded to with a "That's confusing, but I think I get it." Also, in The Wind Waker, Link can be heard yelling "Come on!". The significance for Link being a mute in the entire game series was so that the game-player or audience was able to have their own thoughts as to how their Link would answer the characters instead of him having scripted responses.
Princess Zelda[edit]
Princess Zelda is the princess of Hyrule and the guardian of the Triforce of Wisdom. Her name is present in many of her female ancestors and descendants. While most titles require Link to save Zelda from Ganon, she is sometimes shown to be quite capable in battle, using magical powers and weapons such as Light Arrows to aid Link. With the exception of the CD-i games (which were not official Nintendo games), she was not playable in the main series until Spirit Tracks, where she becomes a spirit and can possess a Phantom Knight that can be controlled by the player. Zelda also appears under various other aliases and alter egos, including Sheik (in Ocarina of Time) and Tetra (in The Wind Waker and Phantom Hourglass). In Skyward Sword, it is revealed that the Zelda of that game is a reincarnation of the goddess Hylia, whose power flows through the royal bloodline.
Ganon, also known as Ganondorf in his humanoid form, is the main antagonist and the final boss in the majority of Zelda games. In the series, Ganondorf is the leader of a race of desert brigands called the Gerudo, which consists entirely of female warriors save for one man born every one hundred years. He is significantly taller than other human NPCs, but his looks vary in different games. He usually appears with red hair, tanned skin, and a pointed nose. His eyes are either red or yellow. He wears dark clothing with gray or red flame patterns on the back and arms. In The Wind Waker and Twilight Princess he wears robes, and in Ocarina of Time he wears a tight-fitting tunic and pants. His specific motives vary from game to game, but most often they include him kidnapping Princess Zelda and planning to achieve domination of Hyrule and presumably the world beyond it. To this end, he seeks the Triforce, a powerful magical relic. He often possesses a portion of the Triforce called the Triforce of Power, which gives him great strength. However, it is often not enough to accomplish his ends, leading him to hunt the remaining Triforce pieces. Unlike Link, Zelda, and most other recurring characters, he is actually the same person in every game, with the exception of Four Swords Adventures, where he is a reincarnation of the original. In each game the battles with him are different and he fights using different styles. The game Skyward Sword indicates that Ganon is a reincarnation of an evil deity known as Demise.
The Legend of Zelda, the first game of the series, was first released in Japan on February 21, 1986, on the Famicom Disk System. A cartridge version, using battery-backed memory, was released in the United States on August 22, 1987, and Europe on November 27, 1987. The game features a "Second Quest", accessible on completing the game, or by registering your name as "ZELDA" when starting a new quest, in which dungeons and item placement are different, and enemies are more difficult for the player to defeat.[43]
The second game, Zelda II: The Adventure of Link, was released for the Famicom Disk System in Japan in January 1987, and for the Nintendo Entertainment System in Europe in November 1988 and North America in December 1988. The game exchanged the top-down perspective for side-scrolling (though the top-down point of view was retained for overworld areas), and introduced RPG elements (such as experience points) not used in The Legend of Zelda. The Legend of Zelda and Zelda II were released in gold-coloured game cartridges instead of the console's regular grey cartridges. Both were re-released in the final years of the Nintendo Entertainment System with grey cartridges.
Four years later, The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past returned to the top-down view (under a 3/4 perspective), and added the concept of an alternate dimension, the Dark World. The game was released for the SNES in November 1991. It was later re-released for the Game Boy Advance on December 9, 2002, in North America, on a cartridge with Four Swords, the first multiplayer Zelda, and then through Nintendo's Virtual Console service on January 22, 2007. In addition, both this game (unchanged, except for being converted into a downloadable format)[44] and an exclusive "loosely based" sequel (which used the same game engine) called BS Zelda no Densetsu Inishie no Sekiban[45] were released on the Satellaview in Japan on March 2, 1997, and March 30, 1997, respectively.
In 1994, near the end of the Famicom's lifespan, the original Famicom game was re-released in cartridge format.[46] A modified version, BS Zelda no Densetsu, was released for the Super Famicom's satellite-based expansion, Satellaview, on August 6, 1995, in Japan. A second Satellaview title, BS Zelda no Densetsu MAP2 was released for the Satellaview on December 30, 1995. Both titles featured rearranged dungeons, an altered overworld, and new voice-acted plot-lines.[47]
The next game, Link's Awakening, is the first Zelda for Nintendo's Game Boy handheld, and the first set outside Hyrule and to exclude Princess Zelda. It was released in 1993, and re-released, in full colour, as a launch title for the Game Boy Color in 1998 as Link's Awakening DX. This re-release features additions such as an extra colour-based dungeon and a photo shop that allows interaction with the Game Boy Printer.
After another hiatus, the series made the transition to 3D with Ocarina of Time for the Nintendo 64, which was released in November 1998. This game, initially known as Zelda 64, retains the core gameplay of the previous 2D games, and was very successful commercially and critically. It ranks highly on IGN and EGM's "greatest games of all time" lists, and scored perfect scores in several video game publications.[48] In February 2006, it was ranked by Nintendo Power as the best game released for a Nintendo console.[49] The game was originally developed for the poorly selling, Japanese-only Nintendo 64DD, but was ported to cartridge format when the 64DD hardware was delayed.[50] A new gameplay mechanic, lock-on targeting (called "Z-targeting" as that is the controller button used), is used in the game, which focuses the camera on a nearby target and alters the player's actions relative to that target.[51] Such mechanics allow precise sword fighting in a 3D space. The game also heavily used context-sensitive button play, which enabled the player to control various actions with Link using only one button on the Nintendo 64's game pad. Each action was handled slightly differently but all used the 'A' button to perform. For instance, standing next to a block and pressing 'A' made Link grab it (enabling him to push/pull it), but moving forwards into a block and pressing 'A' allowed Link to climb the block. The 'B' button was used only as an attack button. The game featured the first appearance of Link's horse, Epona, allowing Link to travel quickly across land and fire arrows from horseback. Those who preordered the game received a gold-coloured cartridge in a limited edition box with a golden plastic card affixed, reading "Collector's Edition".[52]
Ocarina of Time was re-released on the Nintendo GameCube in 2002, when it was offered as a pre-order incentive for The Wind Waker in the U.S., Canada and Japan.[53] Europe continued to receive it free in every copy of The Wind Waker, except for the discounted Player's Choice version. It includes what is widely believed to be the remnants of a cancelled 64DD expansion for Ocarina of Time known as Ura Zelda in early development. Named Ocarina of Time Master Quest, the game was given the addition of revamped, more difficult dungeon layouts.[53] Ocarina of Time was included as part of Collector's Edition for the GameCube in 2003.[54] It is now available through the Wii's Virtual Console service.[55] In 2011, Nintendo released a new version of the game in stereoscopic 3D for the Nintendo 3DS titled The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D.
Ocarina of Time's follow-up, Majora's Mask, was released in April 2000. It uses the same 3D game engine as the previous game,[56] and added a time-based concept, in which Link, the protagonist, relives the events of three days as many times as needed to complete the game's objectives. It was originally called Zelda Gaiden,[57] a Japanese title that translates as Zelda Side story. Gameplay changed significantly; in addition to the time-limit, Link can use masks to transform into creatures with unique abilities. While Majora's Mask retains the graphical style of Ocarina of Time, it is also a departure, particularly in its atmosphere. It also features motion-blur, unlike its predecessor. The game is darker,[56] dealing with death and tragedy in a manner not previously seen in the series, and has a sense of impending doom, as a large moon slowly descends upon the land of Termina. All copies of Majora's Mask are gold cartridges. A "Limited Collector's Edition" lenticular cartridge label was offered as the pre-order incentive. Copies of the game that were not collector's editions featured a regular sticker cartridge label. Majora's Mask was also included in the Collector's Edition .,[54] and is now available on the Virtual Console.
The next two games, Oracle of Seasons and Oracle of Ages, were released simultaneously for the Game Boy Color, and interact using passwords[58] or a Game Link Cable.[59] After one game has been completed, the player is given a password that allows the other game to be played as a sequel.[58] They were developed by Flagship in conjunction with Nintendo, with supervision from Miyamoto. After the team experimented with porting the original The Legend of Zelda to the Game Boy Color, they decided to make an original trilogy[60] to be called the "Triforce Series".[61] When the password system linking the three games proved too troublesome, the concept was reduced to two games at Miyamoto's suggestion.[62] These two games became Oracle of Ages, which is more puzzle-based, and Oracle of Seasons, which is more action-oriented.[63]
When Nintendo revealed the Nintendo GameCube on August 24, 2000, the day before Nintendo's SpaceWorld 2000 exposition,[64] a software demonstration showed a realistically styled real-time duel between Ganondorf and Link. Fans and the media speculated that the battle might be from a Zelda game in development.[65] At Spaceworld 2001, Nintendo showed a cel-shaded Zelda title, later released as The Wind Waker in December 2002. Due to poor reception, nothing further was shown until a playable demonstration was ready. Miyamoto felt The Wind Waker would "extend Zelda's reach to all ages",[66] and was surprised when the media reported that Zelda was shifting to a younger audience.[67] The gameplay centres on controlling wind with a baton called the "Wind Waker" and sailing a small boat around an island-filled ocean, retaining similar gameplay mechanics as the previous 3D games in the series.[citation needed]
Following the release of The Wind Waker came The Legend of Zelda: Collector's Edition, which included the original The Legend of Zelda, Zelda II, Ocarina of Time, Majora's Mask, and a demo of The Wind Waker. GameSpot noted that Majora's Mask suffered from a frame rate which appeared choppier and inconsistencies in the audio.[68] This compilation was never sold commercially, and originally could only be obtained by purchasing a GameCube bundled with the disc,[69][70] (in North America, Europe and Australia), by registering a GameCube and two games at Nintendo.com,[69] or by subscribing or renewing a subscription to Nintendo Power (in North America) or Club Nintendo in Sweden.[69] In the UK, 1000 copies were made available through the Club Nintendo Stars Catalogue program.[70] After these were quickly claimed, Nintendo gave a copy to customers who mailed in proof of purchases from select Nintendo GameCube games.[70]
The next game released in the series was Four Swords Adventures for the GameCube, which was released in early 2004 in Japan and America, and January 2005 in Europe. Based on the handheld Four Swords, Four Swords Adventures was another deviation from previous Zelda gameplay, focusing on level-based and multiplayer gameplay. The game contains 24 levels and a map screen; there is no connecting overworld. For multiplayer features, each player must use a Game Boy Advance system linked to the Nintendo GameCube via a Nintendo GameCube Game Boy Advance cable. The game also features a single-player campaign, in which using a Game Boy Advance is optional.
Four Swords Adventures includes two gameplay modes: "Hyrulean Adventure", with a plot and gameplay similar to other Zelda games, and "Shadow Battle", in which multiple Links, played by multiple players, battle each other. The Japanese and Korean versions include an exclusive third segment, "Navi Trackers" (originally designed as the stand-alone game "Tetra's Trackers"), which contains spoken dialogue for most of the characters, unlike other games in The Legend of Zelda series.
In November 2004 in Japan and Europe, and January 2005 in America, Nintendo released The Minish Cap for the Game Boy Advance. In The Minish Cap Link can shrink in size using a mystical, sentient hat named Ezlo. While shrunk, he can see previously explored parts of a dungeon from a different perspective, and enter areas through otherwise-impassable openings.
In November 2006, Twilight Princess was released as the first Zelda game on the Wii, and later, in December 2006, as the last official game for the Nintendo GameCube, the console for which it was originally developed. The Wii version features a reversed world; everything that is in the west on the GameCube is in the east on the Wii, and vice versa (The game was mirrored in order to make Link right-handed, to make use of the Wii remote feel more natural). The game chronicles the struggle of an older Link to clear the troubles of the interacting "Twilight Realm", a mysterious force that appears around Hyrule. When he enters this realm, he is transformed into a wolf, and loses the ability to use his sword, shield or other items, but gains other abilities such as sharpened senses from his new form. Twilight Princess includes an incarnation of Link's horse, Epona, for fast transportation, and features mounted battle scenarios including boss battles that were not seen in previous titles. Twilight Princess diverted from the cel shading of Wind Waker and went for graphics featuring more detailed textures, giving the game a darker atmosphere, thus making it feel more adult than previous games.
At the 2006 Game Developers Conference, a trailer for Phantom Hourglass for the Nintendo DS was shown. It revealed traditional top-down Zelda gameplay optimised for the DS' features, with a cel-shaded 3d graphical style similar to The Wind Waker. At E3 2006, Nintendo confirmed the game's status as a direct sequel to The Wind Waker,[71] and released an extensive playable demo, including a multiplayer mode with "capture the flag" elements. Phantom Hourglass was released on June 23, 2007, in Japan, October 1, 2007, in North America and October 19, 2007, in Europe.
The next Legend of Zelda for the DS, The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks, was released December 7, 2009, in North America and December 11, 2009, in the UK. In this game, the 'spirit tracks', railroads which chain an ancient evil, are disappearing from Hyrule. Zelda and Link go to the 'Spirit Tower' (the ethereal point of convergence for the tracks) to find out why. But villains steal Zelda's body for the resurrection of the Demon King. Rendered disembodied, Zelda is left a spirit, and only Link (and a certain few sages) can see her. Together they go on a quest to restore the spirit tracks, defeat the Demon King, and return Zelda to her body. Using a modified engine of that used in Phantom Hourglass, the notably new feature in this game is that the Phantom Guardians seen in Phantom Hourglass are, through a series of events, periodically controllable. It was the first time in the series that both Link & Zelda work together on the quest.
In April 2008, Miyamoto stated that "the Zelda team is forming again to work on new games".[72] Miyamoto clarified in July that the Zelda team has been working on a new Zelda game for the Wii.[73] In January 2010, Nintendo Executive Satoru Iwata stated that the game would be coming out at some time in 2010, and also confirmed that the game would make use of the Wii's MotionPlus feature, which had been announced too late to be integrated into the Twilight Princess Wii release. The game's subtitle was announced at E3 in 2010 as Skyward Sword, but its release was delayed to 2011.[74] The game, the earliest in the Legend of Zelda timeline, reveals the origins of Hyrule, Ganon and many elements featured in previous games. It was released on November 20, 2011; the first run included a 25th Anniversary CD of fully orchestrated music from various Zelda games, including Skyward Sword.
In addition, Nintendo celebrated the 25th anniversary of The Legend of Zelda game by releasing a Zelda game for all its current consoles in 2011: Link's Awakening in the 3DS's Virtual Console on June 7, Ocarina of Time 3D for the 3DS in mid-June, Four Swords Anniversary Edition[75] on September 28, 2011 to February 20, 2012 as a free DSiWare download and Skyward Sword for the Wii, which was released on November 18, 2011 in Europe, November 20, 2011 in the United States and November 24, 2011 in Australia. A limited edition Zelda 25th anniversary 3DS was also released on December 1, 2011 in Australia.[76]
Nintendo showcased a demo reel at E3 2011 which depicted Link fighting a monster in HD.[77] In late January 2013, Nintendo revealed that two Zelda titles are being planned for the Wii U: an HD remastering of The Wind Waker for December 2013[78] and an original unnamed game.[79] In April 2013, Nintendo announced "The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds" for the Nintendo 3DS, which takes place in the same world as Link to the Past.[80][81]
Other games[edit]
CD-i games[edit]
A series of video games were developed and released for the Philips CD-i in the early 1990s as a product of a compromise between Philips and Nintendo, after the companies failed to develop a CD-based peripheral for the Super Nintendo. Created with no influence from Nintendo, the games are Link: The Faces of Evil, Zelda: The Wand of Gamelon, and Zelda's Adventure. Nintendo never acknowledged them in the Zelda timeline, and they are considered to be in a separate, self-contained canon.
LCD games[edit]
Three Zelda-themed LCD games were created between 1989 and 1992. The Zelda version of Nintendo's Game & Watch series was released first in August 1989 as a dual-screen handheld electronic game similar in appearance to today's Nintendo DS. It was re-released in 1998 as a Toymax, Inc. Mini Classic and was later included as an unlockable extra in Game & Watch Gallery 4, a 2002 compilation for the Game Boy Advance. While the Game & Watch Zelda was developed in-house by Nintendo, the subsequent two LCD games were developed by third parties under license by Nintendo. In October 1989, The Legend of Zelda was developed by Nelsonic as part of its Game Watch line. This game was an actual digital watch with primitive gameplay based on the original Legend of Zelda. In 1992, Epoch Co. developed Zelda no Densetsu: Kamigami no Triforce for its Barcode Battler II console. The game employed card-scanning technology similar to the later-released Nintendo e-Reader.
Cancelled games[edit]
There have been several titles in The Legend of Zelda series that have never been released for various reasons. One such title was The Legend of Zelda: Mystical Seed of Courage for Game Boy Color. When Yoshiki Okamoto worked to develop Zelda titles for the Game Boy Color, his Capcom team decided to create a series of three games.[82] Referred to as the "Triforce Series",[83] the games were known as The Legend of Zelda: The Mysterious Acorn: Chapter of Power, Chapter of Wisdom, and Chapter of Courage in Japan[84] and The Legend of Zelda: Mystical Seed of Power, Mystical Seed of Wisdom, and Mystical Seed of Courage in the US.[85] The games were to interact using a password system,[83] but the limitations of this system and the difficulty of coordinating three games proved too complicated, so the team scaled back to two titles at Miyamoto's suggestion.[86][87] The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons was adapted from Mystical Seed of Power, The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages was adapted from Mystical Seed of Wisdom, and Mystical Seed of Courage was canceled.[83] Another title is The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Ura, intended to be an upgraded remake of Ocarina of Time for the Nintendo 64DD. For a long time the game was not released as the N64DD was never sold outside of Japan due to poor sales. Prior to the release of The Wind Waker, a bonus disc called The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Master Quest was released, containing an official N64 Emulator that only ran the two ROMs on the disc which were versions of Ocarina of Time and Ocarina of Time Ura with a number of GUI textures and text modified to reflect the Nintendo GameCube.
To celebrate the 25th anniversary of the series, Nintendo of America originally had planned to release a compilation of titles together for the Wii, similar to the collector's edition disc released for the GameCube in 2003. However Nintendo of Japan's president Satoru Iwata and Shigeru Miyamoto eventually disagreed in releasing it believing it would be too similar to the Super Mario 25th Anniversary game released in 2010.[88]
At one point both Link and Samus from the Metroid series were planned to be playable characters for the Wii version of Marvel: Ultimate Alliance. However, they didn't make the final release because they weren't Marvel characters.[89]
Spin-off games[edit]
As the franchise has grown in popularity, several titles have been released that are set within or star a minor character from the universe of The Legend of Zelda but are not directly connected to the main The Legend of Zelda series. Both map versions of the title BS Zelda no Densetsu for the Satellaview (released in August and December 1995) could be considered spin-offs due to the fact that they star the "Hero of Light" (portrayed by either the Satellaview's male or female avatar) as opposed to Link as the protagonist of Hyrule. A third Satellaview title released in March 1997, BS Zelda no Densetsu Inishie no Sekiban (BS The Legend of Zelda: Ancient Stone Tablets) could also be considered a spin-off for the same reason. Other spin-off titles include Freshly-Picked Tingle's Rosy Rupeeland for the Nintendo DS – an RPG released in September 2006 in Japan (Summer of 2007 in the UK) to star supporting character Tingle. A second Tingle title is Tingle's Balloon Fight DS for the Nintendo DS. Here Tingle again stars in this spin-off arcade style platformer, released in April 2007 only in Japan and available solely to Platinum Club Nintendo members. In addition to titles in which Link does not star as the protagonist, games such as the shooter title, Link's Crossbow Training (for the Wii), have been considered spin-offs due to the lack of a traditional "Save Hyrule" plot-line. Released in November 2007 as a bundle with the Wii Zapper, this game allows players to assume the identity of Link as he progresses through a series of tests to perfect his crossbow marksmanship. "Color Changing Tingle's Love Balloon Trip" was released in Japan in 2009 as a sequel to Freshly-Picked Tingle's Rosy Rupeeland.
Zelda in other video games[edit]
Characters from and references to The Legend of Zelda series have appeared in a variety of other video games that go beyond what is considered a typical cameo appearance. This may include major story elements, character development, and even affect major game features.
- Link appears as a fighter in Super Smash Bros. for the Nintendo 64. Link is also a fighter in Super Smash Bros. Melee for the Nintendo GameCube, appearing alongside Zelda (who is able to transform into Sheik), Ganondorf, and Young Link (the child version of Link from Ocarina of Time). These characters all have their basic appearance and items as seen in Ocarina of Time. In Super Smash Bros. Brawl for the Wii, all of Melee's Zelda characters make a return, upgraded to their models and items from Twilight Princess, with the exception of Young Link, who is replaced by Toon Link (from The Wind Waker).
- Link appears as an exclusive fighter in the GameCube version of Soul Calibur II.
- Link features prominently in several mini-games from WarioWare: Smooth Moves and WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$!.
- The Game Boy Camera: Gold Version contains Ocarina of Time-themed stamps of characters and items for editing photos that are not found in any other colour version of the Game Boy Camera.[90]
- Multiple items from the Zelda series are obtainable in-game in the Satellaview-exclusive SatellaWalker 2.
- Link makes a cameo appearance in Super Mario RPG where he appears sleeping in an inn, remaining asleep in a bed throughout the game. Examining him will trigger the trademark "jingle" which plays when the player completes a puzzle or opens a doorway in The Legend of Zelda games. Also, a text box may appear with only "....." inside, referring to Link's tendency to be silent.
- In the Super Nintendo game Kirby Super Star (and its Nintendo DS re-make Kirby Super Star Ultra), the Triforce can be found in the game The Great Cave Offensive. (Also, when Kirby obtains the Sword ability, he wears a hat highly similar to Link's.)
- In Animal Crossing, items such as the Master Sword and the Triforce are frequently used as designs or furniture.[citation needed]
- The Nintendo/Skip Ltd. games GiFTPiA and Captain Rainbow both contain references to the series. In GiFTPiA, the main character Pokkle is able to collect "Heart Pieces", which causes the same jingle to play that occurs when you collect a heart piece in most Zelda games. In Captain Rainbow, Crazy Tracy from Link's Awakening is one of the featured characters where she wants to enslave all men in the world.[91]
- One of the levels in Super Mario 3D Land was inspired by The Legend of Zelda.[92]
Reception and legacy[edit]
Game | GameRankings | Metacritic |
The Legend of Zelda | (GBA) 79.02%[93] | (GBA) 84[94] |
The Adventure of Link | (NES) 78.14%[95] (GBA) 68.88%[96] |
A Link to the Past | (SNES) 92.87%[98] | – |
Link's Awakening | (GBC) 91.21%[99] (GB) 89.82%[100] |
– |
Ocarina of Time | (N64) 97.54%[101] (3DS) 93.96%[102] (GC) 89.77%[103] |
Majora's Mask | (N64) 91.95%[107] | (N64) 95[108] |
Oracle of Seasons and Oracle of Ages | (Ages) 92.20%[109] (Seasons) 91.37%[110] |
– |
A Link to the Past & Four Swords | (GBA) 91.74%[111] | (GBA) 95[112] |
The Wind Waker | (GC) 94.43%[113] | (GC) 96[114] |
Four Swords Adventures | (GC) 84.51%[115] | (GC) 86[116] |
The Minish Cap | (GBA) 90.36%[117] | (GBA) 89[118] |
Twilight Princess | (GC) 95.00%[119] (Wii) 94.58%[120] |
(GC) 96[121] (Wii) 95[122] |
Phantom Hourglass | (NDS) 88.82%[123] | (NDS) 90[124] |
Spirit Tracks | (NDS) 87.05%[125] | (NDS) 87[126] |
Skyward Sword | (Wii) 93.25%[127] | (Wii) 93[128] |
The Legend of Zelda series has received high levels of acclaim from critics and the public. GameFAQs held a contest for the best video game series ever, with The Legend of Zelda claiming the top position.[129] Ocarina of Time, The Wind Waker and Skyward Sword have each received a perfect 40/40 score (10/10 by four reviewers) by Japanese Famitsu magazine,[130][131] making Zelda one of the few series with multiple perfect scores. Computer and Video Games awarded The Wind Waker and Twilight Princess a score of 10/10.[132][133] A Link to the Past has won Gold Award from Electronic Gaming Monthly. In Nintendo Power's Top 200 countdown in 2004, Ocarina of Time took first place, and seven other Zelda games placed in the top 40.[134] Twilight Princess was named Game of the Year by X-Play, Game Trailers, 1UP, Electronic Gaming Monthly, Spacey Awards, Game Informer, GameSpy, Nintendo Power, IGN, and many other websites. The editors of review aggregator websites Game Rankings, IGN and Metacritic have all given Ocarina of Time their highest aggregate scores.[135] Game Informer awarded The Wind Waker, Twilight Princess and Skyward Sword with a score of 10/10. Phantom Hourglass was named DS Game of the Year by IGN and GameSpy.[136][137] Airing December 10, 2011, Spike TV's annual Video Game Awards gave the series the first ever "Hall of Fame Award", which Miyamoto accepted in person.[138] Ocarina of Time and its use of melodic themes to identify different game regions has been called a reverse of Richard Wagner's use of leitmotifs to identify characters and themes.[139] Ocarina of Time was so well received that sales increased for real ocarinas.[140] IGN praised the music of Majora's Mask for its brilliance despite its heavy use of MIDI.[141]
The Legend of Zelda franchise is the inaugural recipient of Spike TV's first ever Video Game Hall of Fame award. The franchise was inducted on December 10, 2011 during the 2011 Spike Video Game Awards.[142] According to British film magazine Empire, with "the most vividly-realised world and the most varied game-play of any title on any console, Zelda is a solid bet for the best game series ever."[143]
Cultural influence[edit]
The Legend of Zelda series has led to many influences, parodies, and pranks in popular culture.
- Among celebrities
- Professional wrestler Cody Runnels (better known as Cody Rhodes) is a fan of the series and has stated he replays A Link to the Past annually. His wrestling boots feature a Triforce symbol.[144][145]
- Actor/comedian Robin Williams revealed in a November 26, 2009 interview with Jimmy Fallon that his daughter Zelda Rae is named after the title character in the series.[146] In 2011, both Williams and his daughter starred together in an advertisement for Ocarina of Time 3D.[147]
- In film
- The 2010 film adaptation of Scott Pilgrim vs. the World makes multiple references to the Zelda games and the soundtrack, including use of the "Fairy Fountain" theme in one of the film's dream sequences.
- In music
- Canadian musician Owen Pallett references several Zelda titles in the lyrics for "He Poos Clouds" (released in 2006).
- In literature
- The cover of the first edition of Nicholas Andrews's humorous fantasy novel, The Adventure Tournament (2011), is a parody of The Legend of Zelda title screen. The author states that it is fitting, since he was introduced to fantasy through the first The Legend of Zelda game.[148] Link's hat is also referenced in the book as a possible piece of equipment for the main character, Remy, who rejects it on the grounds that it would make him look kind of like "a big green bean." He then brushes off a response that one of the world's greatest warriors wore a similar cap.
- In parodies and pranks
Parodies of the series include:
- An episode of The Powerpuff Girls which features the Mayor of Townsville playing a spoof of Ocarina of Time,[149]
- In 2008, IGN.com made a fanfilm trailer based on The Legend of Zelda as an April Fools' Day prank.[150]
- The Legend of Neil is a web-video series that aired on Comedy Central, spoofing the original The Legend of Zelda game.[151]
- In television
- In a The Big Bang Theory episode, Sheldon and Leonard return home to discover someone has robbed them. When the police ask what was stolen, Sheldon mentions several Zelda titles among the stolen items.
- In episode six "Shawn, Interrupted" in season six of "Psych", young Shawn remarks to his father that he is going upstairs to play Zelda.[152]
- Video game creators
- Ōkami director Hideki Kamiya states that he has been influenced by The Legend of Zelda series in developing the title.[153]
- The developers of the game Dark Sector have stated they have been heavily influenced by The Legend of Zelda series, and that the structure of the game is much like a Zelda game.[154]
Other media[edit]
TV series[edit]
A 13-episode animated series The Legend of Zelda (adapted by DiC and distributed by Viacom Enterprises) screened in 1989. The animated Zelda shorts were aired each Friday, instead of the usual Super Mario Bros. cartoon that aired during the rest of the week. The series loosely followed the NES Zelda games, mixing settings and characters from those games with original creations. The show's incarnations of an older Link and Zelda also appeared in various episodes of Captain N: The Game Master during its second season.
Comics and manga[edit]
Valiant Comics released a short-lived series of comics featuring characters and settings from the Zelda cartoon as part of their Nintendo Comics System line. In addition, manga have been created based on the many of the series' games, including A Link to the Past, Ocarina of Time, Majora's Mask, the Oracle series, Four Swords Adventures, The Minish Cap and Phantom Hourglass. These cartoons are usually not involved with the chronology of the actual games.
It has been suggested that this section be split into a new article titled Hyrule Historia. (Discuss) Proposed since April 2013. |
A number of official books, novels and gamebooks have been released based on the series.
- The first was Moblin's Magic Spear, published in 1989 by Western Publishing, Inc. under their Golden Books range and written by Jack C. Harris. It took place sometime during the first game.
- Two gamebooks were published as part of the Nintendo Adventure Books series by Archway, both written by Matt Wayne. The first was The Crystal Trap which focuses more on Zelda and the second titled The Shadow Prince, both released in 1992.
- A novel based on Ocarina of Time was released in 1999, written by Jason R. Rich and published by Sybex Inc. under their Pathways to Adventure series.
- Another two gamebooks were released as part of the You Decide on the Adventure series published by Scholastic. The first based on Oracle of Seasons released in 2001 and the second based on Oracle of Ages released in 2002, both written by Craig Wessel.
- In 2006, Scholastic released a novel as part of their Nintendo Heroes series, titled Link and the Portal of Doom. It was written by Tracey West and was set shortly after the events of Ocarina of Time.
In 2011, to coincide with the 25th Anniversary of the series, an art book was published exclusively in Japan under the name Hyrule Historia by Shogakukan. It contains several pieces of concept art from the series's conception to the release of Skyward Sword in 2011, multiple essays about the production of the games, and for the first time ever in Zelda history, the series's timeline was included in the book, confirming fan theories about a split in the timeline, as well as a third split, asking what would happen if Link was defeated in the final battle with Ganon in Ocarina of Time. It also includes a prequel manga to Skyward Sword by Zelda manga duo Akira Himekawa. The book was confirmed for an international release by Oregon-based publisher Dark Horse Comics on January 29, 2013.[155] Demand was high enough that the book took the number one spot on Amazon's sales chart, taking the spot away from E.L James's 50 Shades of Grey trilogy.[156]
Taking place in Cologne, Germany, on September 23, 2010, the video game music concert Symphonic Legends focused on music from Nintendo and, among others, featured titles such as The Legend of Zelda. Following an intermission, the second half of the concert was entirely dedicated to an expansive symphonic poem dedicated to the series. The 35 minute epic tells the story of Link's evolution from child to hero.[157][158]
To celebrate the 25th anniversary of the series in 2011, Nintendo commissioned an original symphony, The Legend of Zelda, Symphony of the Goddesses. The show was originally performed in the Fall of 2011 in Los Angeles and consists of live performances of much of the music from the series.[159] It has since been scheduled for 18 shows so far throughout the United States.[159][160]
In 2011, electronic artist Zedd released a dance-style track named "The Legend of Zelda" on iTunes. It features many of the 8-bit sounds from the original Zelda. Violinist Lindsey Stirling has released a single called "Zelda Medley" in 2011, along with a popular YouTube video in which she herself is dressed as Link.[161] She has also done a Violin Duet version of the song as well.
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If a person takes a card from the 4 face up adventure cards, and the one that comes face up to replace it is a play immediately, does that care immediatly affect the next person to take a card or can it be chosen as any of the other 3 face up?
My guess and the way we have been doing it is the latter.
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You may pay a gold to take it if you haven't done so yet that turn, and if not, it sits there in the group of the four for the next person to choose if they so wish.
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THE thorny, sensitive and occasionally emotional issue of the Singapore Exchange (SGX) delisting companies that fail to meet its continuing listing requirements has recently been revived through a series of letters to the press.
"Thorny" because minority shareholders who eventually end up holding worthless and untradeable shares have accused SGX of not doing enough to minimise their losses; "sensitive" because the exchange can, in truth, rebut those accusations by quite legitimately invoking the "caveat emptor" maxim but in its published responses has perhaps diplomatically chosen not to just yet; and "emotional" because feelings will always run high when financial loss is incurred.
While our sympathies lie with the affected shareholders, other than raise the listing entry requirements even higher to admit only top-quality companies - an unrealistic move in today's competitive exchange environment - it's difficult to see what more SGX could do to protect their interests.
In the first place, before a company's shares are delisted, a full five years could elapse under normal circumstances - three consecutive years of losses followed by two years of being red-flagged on SGX's Watchlist - so there is more than ample time to react and make an informed judgement about one's shareholdings, especially as quarterly updates are mandatory once companies are on the Watchlist.
In many cases, the time from first reported loss to delisting could well be more than five years because SGX is open to granting extensions if there is a chance, however remote, of a turnaround.
If these companies still cannot satisfy the listing rules after spending at least two years being scrutinised on the Watchlist, then only as a last resort is an involuntary delisting enforced.
At this point, rules 1306 and 1309 of the Listing Manual apply, which together state that a reasonable exit offer normally in cash should be made and that to raise this cash, a voluntary liquidation of assets may be conducted.
Here, the key words are "should", "voluntary" and "may", which when read together, suggest that the exchange has no legal power to wind up or liquidate companies and sell their assets to raise cash to pay off shareholders.
This is indeed the official position. In a letter to BT published on July 5 last year on the subject of mandatory delistings, SGX said that "under the law, it is only creditors and shareholders who have the powers to liquidate or wind up companies and distribute the assets to shareholders. Other parties have no power to do so".
It's important to bear in mind that countries such as Hong Kong, Australia and Canada do not provide for an exit offer to shareholders in the event of an exchange-initiated delisting, ie when companies fail to meet the listing obligations of those exchanges and shares are removed from trading after the appropriate warnings, shareholders ultimately receive nothing.
In Singapore, even though SGX lacks the legal authority to force companies to pay off shareholders or to wind up companies to raise cash, its rules at least state that companies should try to take into account shareholder interests. In other words, SGX rules offer some hope of a cash payment however small versus none at all in many other jurisdictions.
Problem is, it's difficult to envisage major shareholders of Watchlist companies which have exhausted all avenues to turn around their fortunes - either via finding a "white knight" or reverse takeover/merger/joint-venture partner or saviour of any kind - saying anything other than that the companies have negative equity and no cash, and that as a result, cannot pay shareholders much money, if any.
Furthermore, these companies, though unprofitable and cash-strapped, may not be technically bankrupt, so winding up may not be an option since they can continue as going concerns. In any case, the continued existence of such companies is a decision for shareholders to make, not the exchange.
Much as it is unpopular to say this, it's an undeniable fact of life in the market that when it comes to trading in shares of loss-making and/or Watchlist companies, it's really a case of "buyer beware" because the risk of losing all of one's investment is very real.
Investors, who are given more than enough time to make a reasoned judgement on whether to hold on to these shares or to sell, have to recognise this and accept that other than employ moral suasion, there's little the authorities can do to force companies to pay off minorities.


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I tried playing it over X Link Kai and it worked for me. But that was years ago. Very fun though.
If I remember right.. I also played the original Halo on X Link Kai too.
Remember the Halo 2 Killtrocity Map Pack? Now that was cool.
Let the good times roll.