Ocarina of Time hits PAL VC
Along with Kid Icarus.
N64 Zelda title Ocarina of Time has appeared on the Wii's European Virtual Console service, along with Kid Icarus for the NES.
As with other N64 title, Ocarina goes for 1000 Wii points, while Kid Icarus will cost you another 500 if you want to "Pit" your skills against it. Guffaw.
The addition of Ocarina of Time is particularly exciting because it's one that not even the Yanks have had, meaning we can laugh at them for a good 25 minutes before an equivalent release hits their service.
Originally released in 1998, it's often described as the best game in the famous Nintendo series, and was Link's first foray into 3D. The follow-up N64 title, Majora's Mask, struggled to repeat the feat despite its popularity.
So anyway, go kick it off downloading if you've never enjoyed the experience, and while you're waiting why not thumb through our History of Zelda feature? You can find part one and two by stepping through the magic writing.
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Still waiting for Major's Mask...
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EDIT: Thought I was the second poster, turned out to be the fifth.
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Link to the past, ah, now theres a game! I've lost count of the number of times I played through that from start to finish. I remember being off i'll from school for a few days, and I played through the whole thing, complete with 20 hearts, only saving twice.
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And yes, it's the best game ever made. Never has a game managed to completely occupy my mind like OoT did.
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It cost 1200 in Japan, I believe.
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You play as a flaming goat
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Still good for those who haven't I suppose - arguably better than Twilight Princess (takes off rose tinted glasses).
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/coat
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]http://sh op.gameplay.co.uk/webstore/cons...[/link]
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I'm so there!
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The former fortunately...
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Strongly disagree.
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As games go, it's morbidly boring.
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Do I really need to pay £7.50 for ANOTHER copy?
And yes anybody who disagrees with the OoT=Best Game Ever is broken.
TP didn't have the "OHMYGODINEEDTOPLAYITMORE" factor that OoT had, and still has today.
This conversation almost makes me want to run back to my N64 and forget about the shiny copy of FFXII I've got sat on my desk :\
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and im getting the urge to play twilight princess again...about 2 months after completing it, odd huh?
anyway, already got two versions of this, have NEVER played link to the past though, when are we going to get that?!?!?!?
Notice we got mario kart 64 first too, i see a monday release for ocarina of time in the states though..
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In every way apart from the graphics.
Seriously, play this to see how poor TP (the worst of the series imho) is in comparision
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Playing OoT now feels like looking through a kaleidoscope for hours on end. One with a smudged lens. A real pity, as its brilliant design and game play are still unparalleled.
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Can I get an 'Amen'?
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Also, playing any kind of old game is usually perfectly acceptable once you just accept that the graphics are old. Takes - at most - ten minutes, at least for me.
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I am enjoying Twilight Princess right now though.
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You play as a flaming goat"
Scan Computers Int. are apparently EXTREMELY intererested in this title now
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As games go, it's morbidly boring."
Thank god I'm not the only one, I'm getting the same feeling playing TP.
It feels more of a chore to play than any other game I can think of. I got to the Water Dungeon, and for the first time ever I've just stopped playing a game, not because I'm stuck, but because I just can't be arsed anymore and admitted to myself that I just wasn't enjoying it.
The only reason I got that far is because I desperately wanted to like it (especially seeing as I'd just spent about £300 on a Wii plus other gumf for the privelege) and kept plugging away at it regardless of the fact I was bored beyond belief.
And it's not due to a lack of patience either, as I'm over 30 hours into FF12 already after just a few days of playing it and am loving it. Same with Okami.
Not often do I try desperately to finish a game just to justify the cash I spent on it and to move on to something else as soon as possible, but that's what I found I was doing.
Couldn't get into OoT either when I got it free with the Gamcube. Maybe the Zelda series just aren't my type of games. But then from what I hear Okami is basically a Zelda rip-off, and I love that, so go figure.....