Weekend Discussion: The Embarrasing Side Of Zelda Lore

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Whether we admit it, or not, there is a dark side to the Legend of Zelda that is stored away within an unbreakable pot.  Not even this in your face rendition of the Song of Time can erase the nightmares.

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Despite many attempts to erase their existence (As Hyrule Historia did by excluding them from the timeline), we have to admit that the three CDi Zelda games do in fact exist.  Honestly, I own all three games and have played each.  I also grew up in the 80’s, watching cheesy 80’s cartoons.  Basically, that is what the games represent..cheesy 80’s style cartoon versions of the random Link and Zelda adventures.  Overall, they are really not that bad.  Sure, they do not live up to the quality we have grown to love and respect.  However, they are actually pretty fun to play.

The games have their faults.  Slow load screens.  The Controls are not the best, although I default that mostly to the atrocious controllers of the CDi consoles.  Let’s not forget the animation and voice acting as well.

For this weekend’s discussion, I ask… If the three games were placed into a collection and sold on the Wii U (or 3DS) would you buy them?  To go a step further, would you accept them as a fourth trine in the fork of the official Zelda Timeline?

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