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The Zelda news seems to come in large bursts, doesn't it? Yesterday we got a new Skyward Sword trailer, today the official site for the Zelda Symphony 25th anniversary concert tour in the states has gone live! The site looks pretty spiffy actually, with a hybrid map making use of features from both Ocarina of Time and Twilight Princess (interestingly enough, the combination uses the Wii version of Twilight Princess as its basis) with the Ocarina and Wind Waker laid out in the background. UPDATE: Looks like this is just a single event, and the full concert tour won't commence until 2012. Check the press release inside for more details as well as all that we know so far about the first concert....

The release of Ocarina of Time 3DS has done wonders for Nintendo's hardware sales, proving that all the 3DS really needs to do well is to sell good games. But how did OoT 3DS's sales actually do? The game itself was the second highest selling video game worldwide for the month of June. &nbsp For all the numeric details, jump inside....

At this point, the bracelet has sold out, but that doesn't mean we can't stare it for a prolonged period of time and admire the craftsmanship. &nbsp This Goron Bracelet, modeled after the one from Ocarina of Time, was made by etsy user MarkWengryn. It's no surprise that prop sold; it's beautiful. &nbsp More pictures after the jump....

He definitely has a lot of talent, and while it's not the best original work I have heard, it is one of the better ones related to Zelda. I really like some of the creativity in the lyrics, even if this particular beat is a rather common in terms of it's styling. Inside we have two more songs he has done, as well as my personal favorite of all of his original music....

Let me start off by saying that my two favorite Zelda titles are Majora's Mask and A Link to the Past. Coincidentally these are also the two titles that there has been a lot of hype around, in terms of possible remakes. Being the cult classic that it is, fans have been talking about a Majora's Mask remake ever since the announcement of Ocarina of Time 3D. Add in Ocarina of Time 3D's success, and it just fuels the fire even more. Meanwhile, Eiji Aonuma and Shigeru Miyamoto have been talking about remaking A Link to the Past in 3D for years now, and the 3DS seems like the ideal opportunity for such an endeavor. While I would certainly buy these games on day one and play them to death, I don't want them. At least not now. Jump inside to find out why. ...

This may be hard to believe, as I write for one of the biggest Zelda fansites on the Internet, but I have never touched a Zelda game before now. None. Ocarina of Time is my first; I started on the Wii with the Virtual Console version, then finished with OoT 3D. So, how does the game stack up for a newcomer? Is it a good introduction to the series? Is it worth buying if you've never played a Zelda game before but you want to? Hop inside for my review of the game, from the technical side of the game to the beginner aspects....

One thing that gets debated heavily every time a new Zelda game is revealed is the graphical styling. It's no big secret that ever since Ocarina of Time, Zelda has been constantly changing it's graphical direction. Occasionally, the direction is even mis construed by fans. As an example, Skyward Sword has been call cel-shaded, when in reality it's not even close to remotely being cel-shaded. Ocarina of Time was pegged as a "realistic" style, when personally I always felt it was more or less what Ocarina of Time 3D depicts, just without the capability to do that sort of coloring at the time. Of course, everyone has their own favorites. Some people absolutely adore the dark color and styling of Ocarina of Time. Some like the off the wall art direction in Majora's Mask. Many claim The Wind Waker might have been the most visually stunning. Twilight Princess was a mix and mash of realistic graphics, and some consider it the best looking out there. Of course, we have Skyward Sword's impressionistic approach and Wii U's stunning visual upgrade of the Twilight Princess styling. There are a ton of different directions, so what direction do you think is the best...

Tags: GameTrailers.com, Pop-Fiction - Episode 13: The Triforce in Ocarina of Time, PC Games, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 For those who read the title and skip the video, it should be noted that the triforce is not available in the game in any fashion that is available to you with just the standard game cart. However, with the advent of things such as game shark, it is technically possible to make the triforce available to you in any fashion there is. This is likely what caused all the screenshots way back in the day showing link obtaining the item. While it is well known you can't get the triforce in game, it's nice seeing someone go over the old popular methods for us as a reminder to the era of OMG I GOT THE TRIFORCE. You know, when people actually believed it was possible. This, despite Nintendo stating that it wasn't so....

Iwata's talked with the original Ocarina of Time development team, with the 3D remake team over at Grezzo, and now his interview with Mr. Miyamoto has gone online. This one's of course a lot more personal since it's just Iwata and Miyamoto, so a lot of really neat details come out here, including clarification of the ages of some of the Links in the series - a hot topic of debate among Zelda enthusiasts. Curious? Find out the answer, along with a whole lot more about Ocarina of Time that you may not have known before, after the jump....

The latest Iwata Asks interview for Ocarina of Time 3D is now up, and this time it features the team from Grezzo! They talk about how they handled recreating the classic Zelda title for the 3DS, including implementing the 3D, how to remain faithful to the original while still making it a new experience, as well as a neat little tidbit: while some glitches were purged since they were harmful to gameplay, others were preserved and fine-tuned so that they work more like intended features! Though I'm not a glitching man myself, it's good to see that preserving the original was so important that even the glitches remained! Jump inside for a full quote as well as a breakdown of the whole interview....