The Hero Chosen By Destiny, or Zelda 25th Anniversary Gigathread!

[Ecks]

So apparently everyone is all awestruck and nostalgic over 25 years of Zelda. I have two pieces I would like to show you (sadly, one of them I cannot find a place to actually purchase a physical copy, because it is THAT awesome).

http://files.g4tv.com/ImageDb3/262096_S/Most-Epic-Legend-of-Zelda-PaintingEver.jpg

A piece from a Japanese artist in celebration. (This is the one I want to buy).

http://judebuffum.files.wordpress.com/2011/08/deku.jpg

Magna Arbor Vitae Deku

I suppose this thread ought to actually serve a purpose, huh?

Post stories, memories, etc. about the Legend of Zelda.

OR POST YOUR MOST RIDICULOUS ZELDA REACTIONS, IMAGE MACROS, ETC.

[Meister]

OR POST YOUR MOST RIDICULOUS ZELDA REACTIONS, IMAGE MACROS, ETC.
Gonna have to go ahead and say, please really don't.

[Jagos]

My poor bandwidth...

[Ecks]

Well... I guess we could always close the thread? Only reason I suggested change of topic was because someone informed me that this thread had already been done before (yeah, sorry, I was lazy and didn't look through the back pages like I should've...)

[BB]

You know, someone else turned 25 recently too...

http://www.tumblr.com/photo/1280/8621110172/1/tumblr_lpl1ejju7u1qb1tgk (http://wasabisunshine.com/post/8621110172/happy-birthday-samus-celebrating-the-25th)

[BitVyper]

They need to do a Tokusatsu style mega crossover game where the villain is like, the combined evil of every Ganon, and just when it looks like Link is about to lose, every single other Link ever shows up and they all combine their COURAGE and HOPE to give the new Link the power to stand up. And then all of the Links turn into arrows, and the new Link shoots them at super Ganon, and then he falls apart into all the regular Ganons and all of the Links have to fight all of the Ganons and it's like CRASH! ZOOM! BOOM!

[Kim]

I got a 3DS and have been playing Link's Awakening.

God that game is awesome, even when it's showing its age.

[rpgdemon]

Did you get the free games as well?

[Kim]

Nah, I got it for super cheap via in-store credit and a DS Lite trade-in deal at Gamestop, which was only available on the 12th. I'm okay with this.

[Kerensky287]

You know, someone else turned 25 recently too...

(metroid picture snipp'd)

And when Link gets characterized into a snivelling stereotype, maybe the two franchises will be on the same level.


And yeah, holy crap I'd love a print/poster of that first image. It has damn near every character in the series, even spinoffs like Phantom Hourglass. The only people that I feel need a place somewhere in there are the flamboyant construction crew from the N64 era.

[BitVyper]

And when Link gets characterized into a snivelling stereotype, maybe the two franchises will be on the same level.

Being a furry isn't bad enough?

[Kerensky287]

Being a furry isn't bad enough?

http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb22/Kerensky287/samus_young.jpg

[BB]

And when Link gets characterized into a snivelling stereotype, maybe the two franchises will be on the same level

His characterisations haven't exactly been consistently gold (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mHw5g55oC4) either, though (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPxY8lpYAUM)! :P

[Ecks]

His characterisations haven't exactly been consistently gold (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mHw5g55oC4) either, though (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPxY8lpYAUM)! :P

Why are you posting something THAT DOESN'T EXIST.

[Token]

The cartoon Zelda is better than the games, in my opinion.But if the cartoon and the CDI games "don't exist," then neither does Other M.

[rpgdemon]

Nah. The games "Don't Exist" because they weren't made or authorized by Nintendo, it was just a thing that happened because of a deal that went sour. Other M had Nintendo's and Metroid Creator's blessing, didn't it?

[akaSM]

I think the youtubepooptastic CDi Zelda games are better than Other M. I'd rather eat an Octoroc than hear Samus talking about THE BABY

[Jagos]

Other M had Nintendo's and Metroid Creator's blessing, didn't it?

The memories... The horrible, horrible memories...

And no, here's the creator (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunpei_Yokoi). The other guy is a poser.

[Ecks]

Gunpei Yokoi (RIP) is the original creator of Metroid. His death is one of the many reasons we didn't see a Metroid game between Super Metroid and Fusion/Prime.