A Look At The Legend of Zelda Animated Series

The site Gamers with Jobs has up an article discussing the merits of the Legend of Zelda TV series DVD set, and reflecting on the show itself. From the article: "As a rational inquirer who is interested in my own role in the world, I am forever bound to the task of describing just what factors make me what I am. I am therefore thankful for this DVD release; for I am indeed a product of my time, and, in spite of my more conscientious wishes otherwise, I cannot deny that this animated Zelda series represents an important formative component of my own personal history. For anyone who can say the same, the modest purchase is a no-brainer." Totally worth sitting through Captain Lou Albano for.

Comments

It has to be said...

[Anonymous Coward]

"Well excuuuuuse me, princess!"

Oh, just you wait...

[demeteloaf]

...since viewers never know for certain just whether Link and Zelda will finally get it on.

Twilight Princess "hot lon lon milk" hack, anyone?

Knowing yourself.

[Zangief]

As a rational inquirer who is interested in my own role in the world, I am forever bound to the task of describing just what factors make me what I am.

Note to self: Excessive introspection may be stopping me from achieving higger goals. I will study this idea later.

low on content?

[kevin.fowler]

If I remember correctly, there are 13 episodes, all of which are rather short. I hope they take the road that the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles DVD's did, and have a $10 price point. I'm not going to shell out twice or three times that for pure nostalgia.

Someone call me when the Milli Vanilli episode of the Mario 3 cartoon is on DVD.

I agree.

[lpangelrob]

In this regard, the animated series can hardly be said to be unfaithful to the games on which it is based. Let's face it: the princess Zelda has always been a symbol of sexual desire, and the act of "rescuing" her is but a polite euphemism for sexual conquest. Insofar as the cartoon series recognizes these aspects of Zelda lore, it is only making explicit what had previously been confined to implicit snickering.

Heck yeah. I learned so many things from even the original Legend of Zelda. Among them are the following:

1. Theft of wooden swords from old men are a good thing
2. When at full strength, even you can defy the laws of gravity via sword throwing!
3. Candles may at any time generate fireballs my size or larger. But only once...
4. ...unless you have the red candle, which is infinitely funner.
5. There are few costs to burning yourself repeatedly, other than the laws of gravity via sword throwing returning to your presence.
6. There are no costs to blowing yourself up.
7. If you ever need to choose between being stronger or being healthier... go with strength.
8. The death of wild animals will make you rich!
9. ...if you desire, rich to no end, except for the whole 255 rupee thing.
10. I guess Link had an 8 bit pouch.
11. Rafts are utterly useless.
12. Ladders are effective for crossing decent sized bodies of water, but ineffected for climbing.
13. Swords are cool, but pointy swords with handles that are at a 22 degree angle are even cooler!
14. Attacking old men sometimes goes without consequence, but some other old men get cranky and have their pet statues throw fireballs at you.
15. Beware of mountain paths.

Re:I agree.

[Lachryma]

# Theft of wooden swords from old men are a good thing
It's dangerous to go alone. Take this.

See also Wikiquote.

Re:Captain?

[kravlor]

This particular Zelda cartoon was part of the Super Mario Bros show. SMB was on weekdays, with Fridays being a Zelda cartoon and the rest being SMB cartoons.

This is not to be confused with a few appearances on Captain N following the release of Zelda II, after the SMB cartoon was past its prime. The Captain N version featured the same voice for Link, IIRC.

Maybe this is best left in the past.

[hal2814]

There are some cartoons I just LOVED from my youth that I've since realized are not quite as good as I remember them being. I downloaded some Captain N and Thundercats about a year ago and never realized just how bad those shows really were. I'd hate to see Zelda fall to that same fate. I'd like to remember Zelda as the cartoon that I fondly watched just before going to the video store for my weekly video game rental each Friday, not as I'd see it today if I watched it.

Mother Brain

[hackwrench]

I always thought myself that the resemblance of Mother Brain to Tammy Faye Baker was striking.

Re:Zelda II ending

[UserGoogol]

If you post on Slashdot, you probably don't cop a lot of snogs. Lot of wanking, though. Bloody good fun, that.

Re:Zelda cartoon was fair. Zelda CDi games were no

[Lord Bitman]

see for yourself:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1729012338 546733953&q=cartoon