08.08.07

Earl’s Video Game Closeup-The Legend of Zelda Series

Posted in Game Closeups at 5:07 pm by earl

One of Nintendo’s greatest series is The Legend of Zelda. Anyone who knows anything about the Video game industry has at least heard of someone who has heard of The Legend of Zelda. The series started way back when on the NES as most Nintendo classics did in 1986. They the nwent on to make several, and I mean several sequels.

  • The Adventure of Link-1987
  • A Link to the Past-1991
  • Link’s Awakening-1993
  • Ocarina of Time-1998
  • Majora’s Mask-2000
  • Oracle of Seasons-2001
  • Oracle of Ages-2001
  • Four Swords-2002
  • The Wind Waker-2003
  • Four Swords Adventure-2004
  • The Minish Cap-2004
  • Twilight Princess-2006
  • Phantom Hourglass-October 2007

It would probably take me 5 pages to type up every single storyline, but basically it follows Link, a farmboy saving the kingdom of Hyrule from Ganondorf or some other evil being, but most of the time, it’s Ganondorf. The games have always been known to do extremely well, with Ocarina of Time topping out several lists as “The Best Game Ever”. I don’t think there’s ever been a bad Zelda game. Yep, the Zelda games will always be known as some of the greatest games of all time. And with Phantom Hourglass for the DS coming this October and another Zelda game possibly in the works for the Wii, it looks like this series is still strong as ever after 20 years. I think Nintendo should just do what it does best, and keep on cranking out quality Zelda games every 2-3 years, I mean, you don’t want to end up like Megaman who has a bad game that comes out every week.

Smash Bros. Characters

Posted in Video Games at 8:49 am by earl

One great thing about Brawl is the characters, and below are screenshots of each character, in action during regular gameplay and then during their Final Smash Attack, and below, I will name off their Final Smash Attack. Note:These will be used in actual gameplay, in other words, if you collect that certain icon, you will be doing these awesome manuevers. The right picture is the Final Smash Attack. Some do not have a Final Smash Attack…….yet.

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Click here to see the controls for each method. As promised, here are the names of the Final Smash Attacks.

  • Mario-Mario Finale
  • Link-TriForce Strike
  • Pikachu-Volt Tackle
  • Fox- Reflector
  • Samus-Zero Laser
  • Bowser-Giga Bowser
  • Donkey Kong-Konga Blast
  • Wario-Wario Chopper (Motorcycle)
  • Pit-Palutena Arrow

Also, like in Melee, you will be able to put your name in and use it in Multiplayer, which will be really important this time because when you do that you can also tell it your button configuration as well and it will remember that, there’s even been talks of being able to save that to the Wiimoteso you can play as your button config. at a friend’s house.