There have been a lot of Spirit Tracks screenshots pouring in lately, but they just don’t compare to actual video footage. Luckily, we now have exactly that – the Japanese Spirit Tracks website has provided us with three minutes of excerpts from the game.
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GameSpot recently held a poll battle between Link and Gordon Freeman, as part of its “All Time Greatest Video Game Hero” tournament. The battle was extremely close, and the two remained within 0.5% of each other the entire match.
That is, until the creators of Gordon Freeman, Valve Corporation, stepped in on the last day, alerting their entire fan-base about the contest and telling them to vote for Gordon. This flooded the polls with 40000+ sudden votes and demolished Link’s chances for good.
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Gamespot is currently running a competition in which gamers vote to decide the greatest video game hero of all time, and, of course, Link has made it to the final four.
He is currently locked in a neck-and-neck battle with Gordon Freeman of Half-Life fame, and is just barely losing by 0.4%. You can check out the competition here.
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On May 1, the video channel that had been announced earlier will be released in Japan. The channel works like a living room where you can register up to 8 Miis. From here the video service can be accessed. Nothing is known about the shows as of yet, but several functions of the channel have been revealed.
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Hey, this is Unknown Hero here with a cool Zelda video. An independent developer decided that they wanted to make a 3D version of Link’s Awakening, and released a beta build of their creation.
Some footage of the game has been captured in a video, so check it out by clicking the “read the rest of this post” link.
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I’m sure this story will amuse most of you fellow Zelda Universearians. They say that video games can become addicting, sometimes to a dangerous level at that! Click the jump to find out about a case that can be considered alarming.
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The clock with the Triforce pieces.
As Zelda fans, we often discuss, debate about the series and so on. As fans we can become very excited over news, whether it be a new game annoucement or something such as competitions and the like. In this case, people becoming excited over a possible new game is very much true. On January 14th, 2008, fellow ZU member TourianTourist had discovered a countdown page for a new game on Marvelous Entertainment’s website. As everyone has probably known by now, it depicts a triangle-shaped clock floating above the countdown. The hands on this clock did not point to numbers, but rather pieces of what appears to be the Triforce. A triangle shaped clock, Triforce pieces instead of numbers… the first thing to pop into your mind would probably be a new Zelda title being announced.
US congressman Joe Baca, a representative for the Democrats, has proposed a legislation that would see videogames carry a health warning label.
If the Videogames Health Labeling Act of 2009, co-sponsored by Frank R. Wolf were to pass all T and M rated games would have a label that would say something like: ‘Warning: Excessive exposure to violent videogames and other violent media has been linked to aggressive behavior.’
“The video game industry has a responsibility to parents, families, and to consumers – to inform them of the potentially damaging content that is often found in their products,” said Baca.
“They have repeatedly failed to live up to this responsibility. Meanwhile research continues to show a proven link between playing violent games and increased aggression in young people. American families deserve to know the truth about these potentially dangerous products.”
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Are you surprised? You shouldn’t. Since Wii Sports comes bundled with every console, it’s bound to sell like crazy. The now second best selling game of all time – previous champion – was Super Mario Brothers for the NES.
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Retrospective Remembrance: The Ocarina of Time
10th Anniversary Special Extravaganza
By Power Shot
Link decides to reveal a surprising retro look for the decade celebration.
So I’ve been asked to do this now. I’ll be writing this in a completely different format from my usual reviews, partially because of the significance of the game I’m being asked to review, and partially because I only have two days to get this out. In case you couldn’t tell, November 21st is the tenth anniversary of the release of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. Regarded as one of the finest games ever designed, it has sold 7.6 million copies of its original N64 release, and has spawned almost half a dozen re-releases. It was also the first game to ever receive a perfect score from Famitsu, which in itself is regarded as the most respected video game reviewing magazine available. Yes, even I liked this game as a child, and I still do as an adult, so it’s incredibly difficult for me to say anything negative about this game. So, instead of all of that, we’re going to take a look at this juggernaut of gaming and see exactly what made it tick back then, what makes us remember it now, and how it came to be classified as one of the greatest, if not the greatest games ever made.
Incidentally, this remembrance will contain more spoilers than a review of the new Saw film. But if you’re wary of spoilers of this game, then you clearly have no idea what I’m talking about, so give this review to someone who does.
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The Difficulty of Ocarina of Time
A 10th Anniversary Article by lftenjamin
I don’t usually write articles that much, or really at all, but with Ocarina of Time’s 10th birthday coming up how could I not want to write something? Ocarina of Time has formed a special place in our hearts. I’m going to take a stab in the dark and guess that the average visitor to Zelda Universe is around the age of 15-18 and, going by my guess, I’m also assuming that Ocarina of Time was their first Zelda game. My first was Link’s Awakening, but the game that got me hooked on Zelda was Ocarina of Time.
We here at ZU have been bringing you visual guides, of Phantom Hourglass, and the original Legend of Zelda. There are folks on YouTube who try to do these guides as well, but usually not many are watched because of poor YouTube quality. Some video posters add commentary to try and make their guide sound better, and possibly get more views. This video I am about to show you just totally fails. He is not witty in the slightest bit, and fails to be funny. In a sense, it is what makes it sort of laughable, and after the server crash, I feel we all need a good laugh, so hit the jump and enjoy.
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A funny prank video that I saw, that mentions Zelda and Mario characters, so I figured, why not?
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Hello folks of ZU. Jason was correct in saying I’d be showing up. Now onto some news!
It has been reported that Nintendo has not forgotten about you core gamers, but also to not expect any for a while. Hit the jump (oh lord I always wanted to say that 
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