Does Legend of Zelda exploit nostalgia?
PBS Game/Show discussess whether the Legend of Zelda series exploits our nostalgia, having first played a title in the series at a young age.
The Legend of Zelda series was created by Shigeru Miyamoto and Takashi Tezuka and is primarily developed and published by Nintendo. Some titles were fully or partially developed by third-party development studios like Flagship, Vanpool, and Grezzo.
The series has the player control the role of Link, who armed with his sword and shield, must embark on an adventure through towns and dungeons in order to defeat bosses and save the day. The most common scenario involves Princess Zelda being kidnapped by Ganon (also known as Ganondorf). The world often revolves around the Triforce, a sacred relic which can bestow great power on the one who finds it.
Blending together the gamepley elements of action, adventure and puzzle-solving, the Legend of Zelda games began as a much more simple affair and later evolving along with many other brands from flat 2D planes to full, lush 3D worlds.
The series spawned a 13-episode television series in 1989 and is notorious for two main gags:
It also spawned a number of comics, manga and officially endorsed books and novels.
Actor Robin Williams named his daughter Zelda after the character from the series2
The 2010 film "Scott Pilgrim vs. The World" uses music from the series in a dream sequence. Director Edgar Wright wrote to Nintendo to obtain permission, insisting "this music is like nursery rhymes to a generation".3
PBS Game/Show discussess whether the Legend of Zelda series exploits our nostalgia, having first played a title in the series at a young age.
Tropes vs. Women, a video series that looks at recurring stereotypes of female characters in video games, has released its first video in the series after being funded on Kickstarter last summer (the project received $158,922 of its requested $6,000 goal). As a trope the Damsel in Distress is a plot device in which a female character is placed in a perilous situation from which she cannot escape on her own and must then be rescued by a male character, usually providing a core incentive or motivation for the protagonist’s quest.
Ohio state performs tunes from your favorite videogames and they are spectacular.
Dark Horse is bringing Hyrule Historia -- the amazing Legend of Zelda book featuring
"never-before-seen concept art, the full history of Hyrule, the official chronology of the games," and more -- to the U.S. in January 2013. The 248-page hardcover book can be preordered now at Amazon.com, saving you 14 of your hard-earned rupees dollars on Hyrule Historia’s list price!
Ukiyo-e Heroes by Jed Henry. He has a Kickstarter (naturally!) where you can get these in print form.
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