If Nintendo is obviously proud of its The Legend of Zelda franchise, part of its history is being willingly forgotten by the Kyoto company. This pan corresponds to the three Zelda games released on the infamous Philips CD-i. And while Nintendo carefully avoids mentioning these titles, it may have broken that rule recently.
It appears that Nintendo voluntarily referred to one of the Zelda games released on Philips CD-i. A few days ago, Nintendo of America’s Twitter account posted a series of tweets related to Zelda’s story. These tweets consisted of several polls about fans of the license. And the latter did not fail to react to both connoisseurs and amateurs of English-speaking memes.
For your information, the last question was “Can you wait to bomb some dodongos?“And if that phrase seems out of nowhere to the majority of French players, it hides a very specific clue.
Link actually goes out “Big! Cant wait to bomb some dodongos!“with enthusiasm in one of Link’s famous cutscenes: The Faces of Evil. The latter, released in 1993, is one of the games linked to these Nintendo licenses released on CD-i. Out of context, this sentence has now become a popular internet meme The video of the excerpt in question is available below.
Nintendo is relaxing its instructions for CD-i games?
Nintendo’s tweet is therefore so specific that the hint appears completely voluntary and desired. Even if this is just a humorous tweet, this hint is no less surprising. In fact, Nintendo generally avoids mentioning the Zelda games released on the Philips console. For example, they are not mentioned in the official book The Legend of Zelda – Hyrule Historia.
During the partnership between Nintendo and Philips for a CD player for Super Nintendo (which was never released), the Kyoto company gave Philips permission to develop and market games with its characters. This agreement brought Hotel Mario to life as well as three Zelda games. Those three titles, Link: The Faces of Evil, Zelda: The Wand of Gamelon, and Zelda’s Adventure, have become too much ridicule over time.
Three ugly ducklings
These are linked to both their artistic direction and their gameplay or the play of their actors. Because, as the story of the day shows, these games had fully synchronized film sequences (also in French).
Is the reference in question here an exception to the rule for the joke? Or has Nintendo changed its view of this Zelda CD-i? Impossible to make a statement either way. However, Nintendo’s strict way of managing its brands leads us to believe that first choice is closer to the truth.
What do you think of this tweet? Do you think Nintendo purposely referred to any of the Zelda games released on CD-i? Do you think Nintendo should acknowledge the existence of these titles and include them on the official timelines? Let us know what you think in the comments below.
