The Legend of Zelda, Zeruda no Densetsu, tambin conocido como THE HYRULE FANTASY, es. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Packaging for Link The Faces of Evil and Zelda The Wand of Gamelon. The artwork for Link and Zelda were reused promotional art from The Legend of Zelda A Link to. The Legend of Zelda Spirit Tracks Zeruda no Densetsu Daichi no Kiteki, literally. The Legend of Zelda The Wind Waker Zeruda no Densetsu Kaze no Takuto, The Legend. The Legend of Zelda juego The Legend of Zelda Wiki. CD i games from The Legend of Zelda series. Link The Faces of Evil, Zelda The Wand of Gamelon and Zeldas Adventure are three action adventure games produced by Philips for the CD i as part of Nintendos The Legend of Zelda video game series. Not designed for Nintendo platforms, the games owe their existence to negotiations related to Nintendos decision not to have Philips create a CD add on to the Super NES. Legend Of Zelda Faces Of Evil' title='Legend Of Zelda Faces Of Evil' />During these negotiations, Philips secured the rights to use Nintendo characters in CD i third party developer games. The Faces of Evil and The Wand of Gamelon were developed by Animation Magic and were both released in North America on October 1. Zeldas Adventure was developed by Viridis and was released in North America on June 5, 1. The games were given little funding or time for completion, and Nintendo provided only cursory input. The Philips CD i did not sell well and the games saw relatively small sales figures. Critical reception for all three Zelda CD i titles is unusual in that while largely positive at the time of the games release,34 they have seen nearly universal negative criticism since the mid 2. This is attributable to the reaction of many gamers to the obscure games full motion videocutscenes when they first became widely available through video sharing websites like You. Tube. The cutscenes are perceived to be of poor quality. Because the aging early 1. CD i Zelda titles have developed a critical reputation as particularly poor games in the Zelda franchise based largely on animation quality and to an extent on awkward controls. Link The Faces of Evil, Zelda The Wand of Gamelon and Zeldas Adventure are three actionadventure games produced by Philips for the CDi as part of Nintendos The. A description of tropes appearing in Legend of Zelda. For the first game in the series, which shares the name, go here. Nintendos video game series that. Faces+of+link_f7b407_5364256.jpg' alt='Legend Of Zelda Faces Of Evil' title='Legend Of Zelda Faces Of Evil' />httpswww. Relive the glorious adventures from Link The Faces of Evil and Zelda The Wand of Gamelon soon to be available for the. In the eyes of devout hardcore gamers, according to Edge magazine, these games are now considered tantamount to blasphemy. Faces of Evil and Wand of Gamelon are played using the side scrolling view introduced in Zelda II The Adventure of Link, while Zeldas Adventure has a top down view reminiscent of the original The Legend of Zelda. All the CD i Zelda games begin with animated FMVs to illustrate the capabilities of the CD ROM format, save Zeldas Adventure, which begins with a live action video. HistoryeditIn 1. Nintendo signed a deal with Sony to begin development of a CD ROM based system known as the SNES CD also known as the Nintendo Play Station, with separated words to be an add on to the Super Nintendo Entertainment System that would allow for FMV and larger games. However, Nintendo broke the agreement and instead signed with Philips to make the add on, which caused Sony to spin off their add on into its own console called the Play. Station with Play. Station as one word due to a copyright issue with the trademark Play Station owned by Nintendo. Witnessing the poor reception of the Sega Mega CD, Nintendo scrapped the idea of making an add on entirely. As part of dissolving the agreement with Philips, Nintendo gave them the license to use five of their characters, including Link, Princess Zelda, and Ganon, for games on Philipss console called the CD i, after the partnerships dissolution. Contracting out to independent studios, Philips subsequently used the characters to create three games for the CD i, with Nintendo taking no part in their development except to give input on the look of the characters81. Nintendos original two titles and that of their respective instruction booklets. Philips insisted that the development studios utilize all aspects of the CD is capabilities including FMV,1. CD quality music. Because the system had not been designed as a dedicated video game console, there were several technical limitations, such as laggy controls especially for the standard infrared controller,1. The first two games were showcased at the 1. CES and surprised audiences with their degree of animation. All the CD i games in The Legend of Zelda series were released after Links Awakening but before Ocarina of Time, as illustrated in the timeline with the relevant games marked with asterisks. Video gameseditLink The Faces of EvileditPaired with Zelda Wand of Gamelon in a simultaneous release, Link The Faces of Evil represents the first of the Zelda games to be released by Philips for the CD i. Following the traditional Link saves Zelda plotline, Faces of Evil was patterned most closely upon Nintendos previous side scroller, Zelda II The Adventure of Link. The game broke new ground in the video game industry by using outsourced Russian animation to create all cutscenes,1. Modern criticism is almost universal in its harsh negativity toward the game and the animated cutscenes have become particular targets of derision. Zelda The Wand of GameloneditReversing the traditional Link saves Zelda plotline, Wand of Gamelon stars Zelda as she adventures to rescue Link and her father the king who have not returned from their quest. As with Faces of Evil, the game was patterned most closely upon Nintendos previous side scroller, Zelda II The Adventure of Link, and again features outsourced Russian animation for all cutscenes. Despite the games similarly positive contemporary reception4 along with Faces of Evil, modern critics have almost unanimously derided and ridiculed the game for its inability to live up to modern expectations with the animated cutscenes again having become a particular target of negative reception. Zeldas AdventureeditReleased nearly 8 months after the first two Zelda CD i games, Zeldas Adventure was created by a different third party developer, Viridis. The game again follows a nontraditional Zelda saves Link plotline, but it uses a different game engine than Faces of Evil and Wand of Gamelon. Whereas the first two CD i games were patterned on the side scrolling Zelda II The Adventure of Link, Zeldas Adventure took the top down The Legend of Zelda as its model. Zeldas Adventure featured FMV cutscenes, but rather than using drawn animation, the game used live action scenes. Reception for the game was poor, and whereas some modern critics have given more nuanced reviews of the first two games, modern criticism for Zeldas Adventure is unanimously negative. Referencesedit ab. Cowan, Danny 2. 00. CDi The Ugly Duckling. UP. com. Retrieved 2. Wilson, Mark 2. 00. This Day in Gaming, June 5th. Kotaku. Retrieved 2. ECTS 9. 3 CDi Philips Link The Faces of Evil. Joystick. No. 3. 8. Pp. 4. 3 4. 4. May 1. ECTS 9. 3 CDi Philips Zelda The Wand of Gamelon. Joystick. No. 3. 8. Pp. 4. 3. May 1. 99. Development Hell. Edge. No. 1. 20. Pg. 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