Zelda goes sliding

Date: 5/17/2000
From: Fish_Bone

Does anyone remember those "Legend of Zelda" games for Nintendo? Well, the new Zelda game has Link going to a "parallel world". I think this is cool. As some fans of the game might know, this is not the first time Zelda has ventured into a Parallel Universe. In Zelda 3: A Link To The Past, Link must find Zelda in the "Dark World".

For more information on this, go to:

http://www.htloz.com/nextzeldas/zelda_majoras_mask4.html

Fish Bone
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You know what???

Date: 5/18/2000
From: Fish_Bone

I am done with level two in my Sliders Computer Game, I think I will make a "Zeldaish" level out of level three. Like that one episode of Sliders with a dragon.

;-)

Fish Bone
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You know what's even better?

Date: 5/18/2000
From: FogBoy

Link actually goes through a blue wormhole to get to the parallel world, too. :)

I'll bet that the masked villian is Link's alternate.

I forgot about that...

Date: 5/18/2000
From: Doctor_Quinn

And I used to be very "into" that game! I kinda gave up on it though!

The good doctor

LOL@FogBoy

Date: 5/18/2000
From: Fish_Bone

I think he got into a fight with his alternate in Zelda 2. Alot of people say thats just his "Shadow", so they might be right.

Fish Bone
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Dark Link and the shadow...

Date: 5/18/2000
From: FogBoy

Yeah, I remember that. Plus, in the recent Ocarina of Time, one of the mini-bosses along the way was a character called "Dark Link", who once again appeared to be your shadow... kinda transparent, shaded entirely in blacks and greys, etc.

Hmmmm.

Yeah...

Date: 5/18/2000
From: Fish_Bone

"Dark Link" is the final boss in Zelda 2. Even though he is in Ocarina of Time, Dark Link made his first appearance in Zelda 2. Dodongo also makes a appearance before Ocarina of Time. Actually, Dark Link and Dodongo first start out in Ocarina of Time!!! Why? Well at first I thought Ganon had just turned back to human, but Ocarina of Time takes place before all the Zelda games!!! Like Star Wars Episode: 1. You might already know this, but I still think this is cool!! Glad to know there are other Zelda fans here.

Fish Bone
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It gets really trippy...

Date: 5/18/2000
From: FogBoy

...when you stop to think of all the different Links and Zeldas there are.

Ocarina of Time comes first in the series, in the correct continuity order anyway. This is the first Link and the first Zelda (blonde this time).

Mask of Majora follows after that. Same Link, but... could there be a double of Zelda in the other world?

Next in the series comes Link to the Past, aka Zelda III. Now it's been over a century, and we've got a new Link and a new Zelda again (blonde), descendants of the others we already know.

After that, Link's Awakening on the Game Boy is a direct sequel. Same Link as we saw in Link To The Past. No Zelda in that one.

Now we have to go past yet another century. Then we reach the original Legend of Zelda. A new Link, another descendant, is the hero now. And he's rescuing a new Zelda (brunette).

But then Zelda 2: Adventure of Link comes along. It's the same Link from the last one, grown to age 16 by the time of this new adventure. But in that game, this Link learns of yet ANOTHER Princess Zelda (brunette)... who's been sleeping in Hyrule Castle for hundreds of years.

Add it all up, and it means that we've had adventures with three Links and four Zeldas. Youch.

And you thought Sliders continuity was convoluted!

The good news is that there's only one Ganon. He's human in Ocarina, until the final battle anyway, and at the end he's sent into another world, the Dark World where he's trapped in a pig-like state due to his greed. He comes back to haunt us in Link to the Past... and apparently he escapes back to our dimension in time for the original NEST Zelda. Then he dies and stays dead through the next one, since if you win Zelda 2 that means Ganon wasn't resurrected.

Good to see another Zelda player on here, I agree. But I hope I didn't just baffle you with all this... hopefully you already knew it!

Yup!

Date: 5/18/2000
From: Fish_Bone

Top that Star Wars!!!

:)

Fish Bone
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