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Ocarina of Time's impending manifestation in the third dimension has me extremely excited. To the very literalist meaning of the cliché, I cannot wait. Every time I hear the title screen music, whether it be from the teaser site, or the recently released 3D title screen, I just must play Ocarina of Time. I couldn't take it; so I thought to myself, why wait? Sure, it may not be in 3D, but who cares. The original, as well as being on the 64, is on the Virtual Console, as well as on the Gamecube Collector's Edition and The Wind Waker Limited Edition. I took out my Collector's Edition and got stuck into it. Even though Miyamoto goes around saying Ocarina of Time looks really rough and he's surprised people ever played it, it remains extremely playable today. Sure, it has aged - but nowhere near as much as the original Legend of Zelda, which some newer gamers place in the unplayable category. This playthrough was yet another nostalgic trip of legendary epicness, and as I sealed Ganon away for what is probably about the 50th time, it hit me that it has been exactly 10 years since I first...

Video Games | Bonus Round | BR 504: E3 Preview Part 1 - Nintendo HD It's hard to believe that E3 is just a month away. With it coming around the corner it's as good of a time as ever to start previewing and discussing what exactly Nintendo is going to do at E3. Naturally Project Cafe is dominating the discussion on GT's Bonus Round and for good reason: No matter what happens at E3 most people are only going to want to talk about Project Cafe, especially if it's playable. Of course, we're going to see a ton of 3DS software that is going to come out the rest of the year to help push sales, and naturally we'll see "something" for Wii software as well (Skyward Sword, Kirby, etc). Still in the end, it's really all about Cafe....

The Left 4 Dead series is good for one thing: Pure Zombie killing entertainment. However, it also has a very strong following where users can create custom maps that can be downloaded to be played by anyone in the world. This map is based on Zelda, specifically Kokiri Forest. However, once they go beyond the first part in this video you quickly see some inclusions from other parts of Zelda. The boss fight itself, which is after the jump, is completely based on the Phantom Ganondorf fight in Ocarina of Time. In the end, this map looks awesome and I can't wait to try it out for myself. ...

The Amazing BrandO was one half of the Adventures of Duane and BrandO, who made the two amazing lyrical renditions of The Legend of Zelda and The Adventure of Link. The two have since split up but BrandO is still showing his love for the Legend of Zelda series. Just a few weeks back we [...]

... and this one isn't based on Ocarina of Time, but instead on the original Legend of Zelda. It is, however, gold-skinned like most of the other limited edition Zelda offerings in the past. The results aren't my favorite - of course, how could they be after the last mockup? - but the minimalistic "classic" approach is still attractive. Just scale down that sprite of Link to about half-size and I think I'd like it a lot better. Okay, my tedious nitpicking aside, fan works like this one still make me really curious whether Nintendo's cooking up a 3DS Limited Edition design of their own. Knowing their history there's no way they'd pass up on the 25th anniversary year, particularly when a remake of the most successful game in the series is set for release, but they're certainly holding out on us so far. Source: Varia Suit, via GoNintendo...

Anybody remember Mike (TSA) Damiani? He's the guy who used to run the once-great TheHylia and created the GANNON-BANNED joke way back when. Turns out since then he's moved on to bigger and better things and is now writing for GameTrailers! Whether as a response to our recent timeline posting or purely by coincidence, he published an article called "Demystifying Zelda's Chronology" yesterday that goes a little more in-depth to make a case that the series does, indeed, have a true chronology, citing the contributions of various writers and the efforts undertaken by Aonuma since The Wind Waker to more closely connect the games. It's a really good and informative read - even I learned a thing or two! - so check it out. Source: GameTrailers - MikeGT's GamePad...

Hello again everyone! We have another great podcast made up for you today. No mailbag this time, but we appreciate everyone who sent us questions and especially the new voice questions! I promise there will be a mailbag next time we have a regular podcast. Lets get to it! This time on Z-Talk: 2:20 – [...]