Before the arrival of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom on May 12, a review of a saga released in 1986 through anecdotes that every fan should know.
Zelda, the true star of the game
Link can be the hero of the game, the latter, however, is called The legend of Zelda. And this is nothing more than a tribute from the creator Shigeru Miyamoto to a woman who seemed “very beautiful”. The game was named after writer Francis Scott Fitzgerald’s wife, novelist Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald, who was dubbed “America’s First Boyshort” in the 1920s and 1930s for her short haircuts.
Link takes his name more simply from the fact that he serves as a link between different eras by traveling through time, while Epona, his faithful mare, owes its name to the Gallic goddess, protector of riders and travelers.
Hyrule is close to Kyoto
The kingdom of Hyrule where the entire plot of the games takes place was inspired by Miyamoto in the landscapes of his own childhood. Born in the countryside of Kyoto, he brought back from his walks through the forest, the mountainous landscapes and his explorations of the surrounding caves, the scenery and the plot of Zelda.
Do you want to learn to speak Hylian? It’s possible. The game language has its actual alphabet which can be translated into Japanese or English thanks to a decryption table present in certain titles like ocarina of time either breath of the wild. However, in The legend of Zelda, few characters speak it, and depending on the time of the game, Link sometimes doesn’t understand it.
The original theme song was written overnight.
If the iconic music of The Legend of Zelda is in the head of all gamers with its mere mention, it was not the idea at first to choose. Koji Kondo, its composer, had the idea of using Maurice Ravel’s Bolero as a theme, arranging it in the 8-bit sauce of the time to make it more video game. But he did not know that the piece, composed in 1928, had not yet entered the public domain and that, therefore, it was necessary to pay the copyright, even if Ravel died since 1937. Kondo must then decide to compose a new theme . What he will do in a single night, also seized by the musical revelation. The final theme will mix inspirations, from Deep Purple to Beethoven and country music.
When it was released in 1986, the first episode marked a turning point in the history of console video games and in the lives of gamers. Enter backups. It is true that it was only at well-defined moments (end of the dungeon, stage, etc.), but it had the merit of existing thanks to the incorporation into the cartridge of an MMC1 chip that memorized the progress of the game thanks to its lithium battery that fed the memory A way to ensure that players would reach the end of the adventure long enough and impossible to finish in one go.
· Ocarina of Time, the best of all
Between the ages of 20 and a few games The legend of Zeldahard to missocarina of time both marked the minds of the players. Released at the end of 1998, it is then the fifth episode of the saga and is presented as a prequel to the game. a link to the past in which Link travels thanks to his ocarina. It will bring many changes. Starting with the arrival of 3D with a view now possible behind Link. The action-adventure game takes on another dimension, providing more freedom to move in an expanded world of Hyrule. The gameplay is enriched with more weapons and the buttons can be assigned different elements for combat. A novelty that hits the mark and ocarina of time it inherits the score of 99 out of 100 from Metacritic, which includes all the scores given by the press. Hard to do better today.
the link is left handed
Well, it depends on the episodes. In early games with a low detail top or side view, everyone was free to imagine. Then, he started being able to equip a shield in addition to his sword, to go 2D, then 3D and we had to face facts: Link is left-handed. He holds his sword in his left hand and this is where the Triforce symbol is drawn. With his right hand, he parries attacks with his shield. However, he will make an exception in some games, including Twilight Princess and Skyward Sword, and the hero becomes right-handed. There’s a pretty simple explanation for this: these are Wii games and players were mostly using the right-handed Wii Remote to immerse themselves. So the game just adapted.
Super Mario is also in The Legend of Zelda
Mario and Link have one thing in common: the creator. Shigeru Miyamoto is also the man behind the famous mustachioed plumber and his cronies. Normal when we find references to Mario Bros. inside The legend of Zelda and conversely. From a link to the pastwe can see a portrait of Mario in a house in the town of Karariko, like Princess Zelda in ocarina of time. A game in which we find antagonists very similar to Mario and Luigi. Inside Link’s awakening, a goat pretends to look like Princess Peach while Mario’s enemies can be seen in various places. Inside majoras maskyou can find a mask with the effigy of the man in overalls.
Source: BFM TV
