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"ゼルダの伝説 時のオカリナ" -- Japanese spelling

"Zelda no Densetsu: Toki no Ocarina" -- Japanese title

"Zelda64" -- slang

"Ura Zelda" -- Slang for Japanese title of Master Quest

"TLoZ: OoT" -- Informal abbreviation

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Cincinnati Enquirer Nintendo 64 Aug 16, 2004 100 GamePro (US) Nintendo 64 Nov 24, 2000 20 out of 20 100 The Californian Nintendo 64 Jan 04, 1999 100 IGN Wii Feb 26, 2007 10 out of 10 100 Freak Nintendo 64 Jan, 1991 100 out of 100 100 RPG Kingdom Nintendo 64 Jun 19, 2006 19.75 out of 20 99 RPGFan Wii Aug 15, 2010 96 out of 100 96 Geeks Under Grace Nintendo 64 Jul 16, 2014 9.6 out of 10 96 Nintendo Master Nintendo 64 Jan 24, 2010 9.5 out of 10 95 Brutal Gamer Wii Sep 17, 2009 3 out of 10 30

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References: Zelda series

Many of the character names, such as Rauru, Mido, Ruto, Saria, and Darunia, are actually names of towns in Zelda II: The Adventure of Link.

The characters Malon and Talon are based on Marin and Tarin from The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening. Marin was a Zelda lookalike who also had a beautiful singing voice.Tarin was her father and had a liking for mushrooms (he resembled Mario).

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Both Talon and his assistant Ingo resemble Mario and Luigi, although it's interesting to note that they have an antagonistic relationship. Both Talon and Malon wear medallions that are shaped like Bowser's head.

Looking through the windows of Zelda's Castle, players can see pictures of Mario, Bowser and other Super Mario Bros. characters adorning the walls.

When using a GameShark, the player can make Arwings appear that will attack Link. The Arwing is the primary spacecraft of the Star Fox series.

The horse in the game is named after the Celtic horse goddess, Epona.

The lantern-carrying ghosts called Poes are named after the famous horror writer Edgar Allan Poe.

In the Forest Temple the player encounters the four Poe sisters: Joelle, Beth, Amy, and Meg. They are named after the four protagonists of the novel Little Women by Louisa May Alcott.

Awards

EGM February 2006 (Issue #200) - #8 out of 200 of the "Greatest Games of Their Time" list

Game Informer August 2001 (Issue #100) - #11 on the "Top 100 Games of All Time" poll

GameSpy 2001 – #43 Top Game of All Time

Nintendo Power Issues #196-200 - #1 "Top 200 Nintendo Console Games of All Time"

Retro Gamer October 2004 (Issue #9) – #5 Best Game Of All Time (Readers' Vote)

WatchMojo August 2014 - ranked #1 in the Top 10 Video Games of All Time



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Sword combat as well as many familiar items such as boomerang, bombs, the series' currency (rupees) of various values, heart containers and their collectible fragments permanently increasing Link's health, etc., return in this installment. Link can now lock on enemies for melee and ranged combat, actively use a shield to deflect projectiles, as well as use various magic items. Dungeon exploration is somewhat more puzzle-oriented than in earlier games. Link can climb certain surfaces, dive underwater, as well as automatically jump.The game begins with the player controlling the child Link, but later on an adult Link becomes a playable character as well. Each of them has certain unique abilities: for example, only adult Link can use bow and arrows, but only the child Link can crawl through narrow spaces. During the course of the game the player obtains the Ocarina of Time. Learning and playing melodies on that ocarina is needed to advance the plot, complete certain side quests, or travel in time, switching between the two versions of Link. It is also possible to befriend and ride a horse named Epona to facilitate travel between areas.The N64 version ofappears in the book 1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die by General Editor Tony Mott.started life in development for Nintendo 's 64DD add-on for the Nintendo 64 (which was a disk drive that was only released in Japan with little fanfare). The 64DD flopped in Japan and it wasn't even released in the USA. As a result, this game, instead of being released in disks, was crammed into a cartridge (which was the biggest N64 pre-Expansion Pak cartridge released, in terms of space). Even though it was originally developed and planned for the 64DD, it was announced to much surprise that Zelda would release in cartridge form for the N64 first; further indicating that the disk drive platform was not gaining the traction Nintendo had hoped for.Due to overwhelming fan requests, Nintendo decided to release the original production releases of the game as a gold-colored cartridge, restoring the 'golden cartridge' lineage that had previously been broken by the SNES version of The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past , and The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening for Game Boy.There are at least three different versions of the game: 1.0, 1.1 and 1.2. The golden (limited edition) carts, as well as some gray carts, are all 1.0. The majority of the ordinary gray carts are 1.1, and many of the later produced ones are 1.2.The only notable change between 1.0 and 1.1 is that the Fire Temple music was changed a little bit. 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ITC however ruled against taking the ad off the air, stating that "such tongue-in-cheek treatments were unlikely to have the widespread negative affect that those who complained feared."