Be sure to own it! Support Emuparadise:. Sponsor Message:. Share with your Friends: Support Emuparadise: Find out how else you can support emuparadise. It's free, easy and feels damn good! For starters, share this page with your friends. Comparisons to Mario and Marios predecessor, Banjo-Kazooie , are appropriate.
Mario featured great puzzles, limited action, and simple but large graphics. Banjo featured head-scratching puzzle-solving, intense action, and detailed graphics. Zelda's easy-to-solve puzzles, great graphics, and intense "exploraction" meaning "exploration and action" component put it somewhere in the middle.
But Zelda never gets as intricate as Banjo or as mind-numbingly long as Super Mario This game's perfect for newbies and nostalgic knights of Zelda who are playing to satisfy a ten-year-old need to know how it's hanging in Hyrule. This also categorizes the kind of people who will like Zelda and those who won't Those on the "won't" side include gamers who become easily bored with dungeon-dwelling as well as their extreme opposites: Those who think that dungeon-dwelling should be so realistic that you can smell the dirt.
Everyone in between will love this game--and that's a lot of gamers. The Zelda hardcore will be jazzed to know that this game is a prequel to the series. Link starts out as a child, hacking and slashing his way to the Hyrule Royal Family in some minor skirmishes with simple enemies. The first third of the game see our walk-through,"Long Live the Link! There are three main dungeons to contend with, each progressively harder and more complex. In this first trimester of his life, Link gradually learns skills and powers that he'll use later on.
Link's awakening happens when he transforms into a young teen. At this point with the help of some timetraveling sub-stories Link gains different abilities, like carrying stronger weapons and shields, fighting much tougher enemies, and exploring deeper, darker, danker dungeons.
By the time Link grows into manhood for the last third of the game, were talking serious bosses, ass-kicking enemies, and dungeons so complex they make the labyrinths of Hell look like high school which it probably was for a lot of us. Fans of the series will be comforted on their journey by lots of familiar items ; and enemies, like the trusty boomerang, the sword, and the shield, as well as the Dodongos, the Octoroks, and other Ganon-commanded baddies.
Even evil Ganon himself called Ganondorf in this prequel gets a makeover, trading in the pigsuit for armor and a haircut And while most of the action involves wielding sword and shield and solving lots of little puzzles with skills like torchlighting and bomb-placing you'll also seek out warps, shortcuts, magic, and Zelda-style adventure.
The Legend of Zelda is bigger. Ocarina keeps the legend alive. Some effects are spectacular, and the character graphics are above average. Visually, Legend of Zelda shines even though there's little else in this game that hasn't appeared somewhere on some N64 game before. Putting so many different weapons on only three buttons means lots of switching between the menus, and targeting flying enemies is harder than Ganon's heart.
But novices will learn quicldy, and old-school Linksters will adapt to the controls easily. Nintendo has finally dispelled the myth that the N64 is incapable of producing high-quality sound.
Good thematic music throughout and audio surprises during gameplay make Zelda superior sonic fare. Best of all, the game features all the great original Zelda sound effects. This is Zelda supreme. It's fun. One hitch, however, is that the skill level gets progressively harder--so hard that casual gamers might give up rather quickly. Another glitch is game depth, which doesn't match other stellar N64 titles like Banjo-Kazooie.
N64 gamers are rightfully hungering for some role-playing action, and The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time appears ready to deliver. Even in its preview form, Zelda looks like it's going to be an epic tour de force. Be prepared to make a commitment. This game is huge, threatening to bust the meg cart at the seams. As Link, you'll travel through the land of Hyrule at Princess Zelda's behest, attempting to solve the mystery of the Triforce before the evil Canondorf can subvert its power.
Even in this preview version, the graphics create an impressive-looking world with a dizzying variety of terrain and environments. You'll traverse vast plains, wade through underground rivers, climb steep mountain passes, explore dense forests, and much more. Zelda's character pics kick, too. The bosses and sub-bosses are massive and very weird-looking.
You run into scores of imaginatively designed races of creatures, like spiders with human faces. Yes, you'll probably get lost, but you're likely to enjoy every moment of it. Zelda fires up a mighty mix of gameplay, too. You'll be able to rotate the game cam degrees and play Link from any angle as you fight weird monsters and tackle intricate puzzles.
A cool combat-targeting system lets you lock on to an enemy and launch precise attacks even as you circle degrees around it. In the version we played, a user-friendly inventory system handled the many weapons, items, magic objects, and treasures with ease.
Beyond the usual sword swinging and shield hefting, you'll fire a slingshot with a slick sniper targeting view a la GoldenEye, which you can use to trip switches and to fight foes. You also have to play an ocarina; the tunes you blow will unveil secrets and help you communicate with certain characters.
You even learn how to ride a horse. Zelda's deep, engaging fantasy action could hold you spellbound for weeks. I can't say I'm surprised in the least at how incredible Zelda: Ocarina of Time turned out to be. I've always had extremely high expectations for the Zelda games, and I've never been let down once. Why should things be any different this time? Once again Shigeru Miyamoto and the wizards at Nintendo have delivered a truly epic gaming experience that no one should be allowed to miss.
The game's creators have managed to take everything that was great about the 2D Zelda games--the exploration, the puzzles, the dungeons, the loads of hidden secrets, etc. The game's beautifully detailed world is so vast and immersive that you'll find yourself constantly losing track of the real world. The controls are excellent, too. The auto-jump feature helps add to the immersiveness it's far better than I expected it to be , and Z-Targeting makes combat a snap.
You'll have no problems with the game's length, either. It'll take an average gamer about 40 hours to beat, and trust me--there'll always be something to do, even after you've finished the game. I do have a couple of minor fanboy-ish gripes, but I'll get into them some other time when I have more space.
This game packs amazing visuals, beautiful music, a superbly crafted story and rock-solid gameplay, but what amazes me most about Zelda is just how satisfied I felt after beating it. I mean, it delivers on so many levels. Aside from the epic quest, you get so many little side jobs and puzzles that you'll never get bored. And the dungeons are masterpieces of level design.
Heck, even watching the sun rise over Hyrule fills me with awe. This is a legendary game. Everything Zelda offers--the engaging story, the vast areas to explore, the beautiful music--you wouldn't believe could fit on a cart. There's not one gamer to whom I wouldn't recommend Ocarina of Time.
While it isn't perfect controls take a little getting used to, graphics aren't up to Banjo's standards , Zelda has worlds of gameplay going for it.
This is one of gaming's best. Do not I repeat DO NOT miss it. Graphics: wonderful. Sound: glorious. Controls: perfect.
Atmosphere: incredible. Is it the finest game ever made? Quite possibly. Only Miyamoto seems to be able to bring out the kid that lives deep down inside everyone, allowing you to enjoy his games exactly as he intended. It's an incredibly enjoyable experience, impossible to play for short periods of time With development headed up by Shigeru Miyamoto, it probably packs more gameplay innovations than the rest of the games in this feature put together.
If you've been reading recent issues of EGM, you're up to speed on much of the information that has gently trickled from Nintendo. Many of the specific details are still shrouded in secrecy. Yet we have been able to track down some new screen shots and information.
As we've said before, it's Zelda's subtleties--aside from the obvious graphical excellence of the game--that will truly set this apart from any other action RPG. The oft-reported horse scene is unique in itself, but most importantly it's the control system that will become a milestone in RPG history. The simplicity of its design, allowing action buttons to be context sensitive while also allowing a camera "lock-on" to make viewing the battles easier will no doubt be copied in other "Zelda wanna-bes" before the end of the year.
Since we last reported on the game in issue , we've seen that there are now weapons unique to the differently aged Links.
While the older Link makes use of his sword and shield, as well as a bow and arrow, young Link has a boomerang weapon that only he can use. We've also found that the variety of attacks Link can perform on his enemies will have differing effects on what object is revealed once the assailant is destroyed. We have also learned that the Rumble Pak will be used to startling effect throughout the game.
Rather than simply throbbing away and occasionally jolting you during fights, it will be used to convey Link's surroundings in a way similar to " Snowboarding previewed on page 30 this month. Differences in the terrain texture will be passed through to the player via subtle changes to the hummings that emanate from the Pak. If any RPG can be described as "revolutionary" then this is it. While other games in this feature are here because of their different approaches to story, setting and combat, Zelda takes a tried, tested and familiar formula and turns it on its head.
Now, if only they'd announce the official U. The playable version at the show featured many areas never seen before, as well as some new items and Bosses. Take a look at the first screens of the Hook Shot right , as well as Phantom Ganon below , one of the new Bosses revealed at the show.
The game is due for release on Nov. To the left here are several screens of one of the areas of the game that apparently obviously takes place inside a giant monster of some sort. Below we see the Tree of Deku, where the game's first main objective lies. Our team performs checks each time a new file is uploaded and periodically reviews files to confirm or update their status.
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