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For a while now, STLOcarina has been touting one of the only Ocarina of Time replicas on the market – that is, until Songbird Ocarinas came out with their OoT Ocarina.  But recently, STLOcarina has moved toward a new path in Zelda ocarina innovation, creating two of what I believe to be the most interesting and worthwhile ocarinas around. And they look just like rupees.

Fortunately, STLOcarina was nice enough to send me their full Zelda ocarina lineup. Let’s see if I’m nice enough to give them the thumbs up.

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This guy used his iPhone Ocarina app and his guitar to play the Kakariko Village theme from Twilight Princess. It’s fairly well done, so hit the jump to take a look.

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The Four Swords Part II manga by Akira Himekawa was released yesterday, October 6th, in bookstores across America. Like the other mangas in the series, the story will be based on the game itself. Look for it in your local bookstore or order online for a cover price of $7.99.

Continuing the series, look for The Minish Cap to be released December 1 and A Link to the Past on February 2.

Already released are Ocarina of Time Part I, Ocarina of Time Part II, Majora’s Mask, Oracle of Seasons, Oracle of Ages, and Four Swords Part I.

Interested in getting a Zelda-themed ocarina so that you can be like Link in Ocarina of Time? Blast Magazine recently interviewed ocarina-makers STL Ocarina about their Zelda-themed products and plans for the future. You can read the interview here.

Alongside replicas of the Ocarina of Time itself, the site also has other Zelda-themed products, such as a fully functional ocarina in the shape of a rupee, and songbooks of music from the Zelda series.

“All of the classic Zelda elements are there – Link, Zelda, Ganondorf, the Triforce, Hyrule – yet the story is a new Zelda tale in its own right.”

The Hero of Time is a full-length independent Zelda film which is loosely based on the events of Ocarina of Time. Lysia of the Sacred Realm has given it a thorough review, while making sure to avoid any spoilers. You can have a look at it here.

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The Four Swords Part II manga by Akira Himekawa will be released October 6th in bookstores across America. Like the other mangas in the series, the story will be based on the game itself. Look for it in your local bookstore or order online for a cover price of $7.99.

Continuing the series, look for The Minish Cap to be released December 1.

Already released are Ocarina of Time Part I, Ocarina of Time Part II, Majora’s Mask, Oracle of Seasons, Oracle of Ages, and Four Swords Part I.

Hey guys, remember this trailer?

For those that don’t, this is a fan-made movie about a story loosely based of Ocarina of Time. The movie has been completed for over three months and ZU staff has been completely unaware of it. Do we suck, or what?

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We’ve got ourselves a new world-premiere thanks to our friends at First4Figures; the guys who make the officially licensed Zelda-statues for Nintendo. We can give you two more names of upcoming characters from Ocarina of Time and two more from Twilight Princess!

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The History of Zelda Combat

a part of The Missing Link series of articles

Article By Demo

Combat has been the bread and butter of every Legend of Zelda game since their humble beginnings in 1986. The gameplay of the series has been, and always will be, centered around action-filled encounters between Link and his adversaries. Although Link’s adventures may also include puzzle-solving from time to time, from a gameplay point of view combat always takes a front seat, and has evolved with each new installment to the series. The intention behind this article is to analyze and explore these combat mechanics, and to realize how they have changed over time.

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We all, or may not, know the The Legend of Zelda statues from First 4 Figures. The Limited hand-crafted statues are incredibly detailed and well-made. The Fierce Deity Link, Ocarina of Time Link, Skull Kid and Sheik seemed to complete the series (pictures and info can be found in our merch-section to the left), but today F4F announces a new statue coming up and it’s going to be…

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The Four Swords Part I manga by Akira Himekawa has just been released in bookstores across America. Like the other manga in the series, the story will be based on the game itself. Look for it in your local bookstore or order online for a cover price of $7.99.

Continuing the series, look for Four Swords Part II to be released October 6 and The Minish Cap December 1.

Already released are Ocarina of Time Part I, Ocarina of Time Part II, Majora’s Mask, Oracle of Seasons, and Oracle of Ages.

Right out of the box, Songbird Ocarina’s newest Ocarina of Time replica ocarina is a sight to behold. We’ll see if it sounds as good as it looks.

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It’s no question that ZU’s most popular section is the Ocarina of Time section, a section that, unfortunately, has been bereft of images for a good time. This is all about to change, starting with the Gold Skulltulas page, which now has one hundred screenshots indicating the location of each Skulltula courtesy of forum-goer 0nilink.

In addition to the screenshots, various errors and typos were corrected in the guide, and the formatting was changed to accommodate the images to the standard ZU guide format.

You’ll find images popping up all around the Ocarina of Time section as we move our efforts towards filling up the sections missing images. Staff member Steve has been gathering up as much high-quality Ocarina of Time models rips as possible and already implemented what we’ve gotten so far into the Characters and Enemies pages. Expect these areas to be filled in the coming weeks!

As a quick closing statement, all these efforts are part of a broader movement to build up ZU’s waning Zelda Media Gallery, currently sparsely populated with miscellaneous Zelda imagery. All the higher-quality artwork not displayed on ZU’s main site sections, and higher quality versions of artwork already displayed here, will be shifted to the gallery once we’ve gotten the main site filled up.

Many people hold Ocarina of Time as the greatest game of all time. I remember playing Ocarina of Time when I was ten. It blew me away, I was so amazed by the brilliance of it and just like that – I was a Zelda fan for life.

However, some people consider this masterpiece a little overrated. Are you one of them, or are you dead certain they are wrong? Either way, you might be interested in reading a featured IGN article titled: The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Overrated?

This two-page article talks about such things as moving from 2D to 3D and Z-targeting, and gives you a pretty good perspective of the gaming industry back in the late 90’s as well as providing examples and explanations as to why the game became so popular. It asks the question but lets the reader answer it, so I recommend this for everyone.

Oh, and if you want to dive deeper into videogame controversy, you might wanna check out this recent IGN article as well: Is Resident Evil 5 racist?