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The Legend of Zelda Movie

Posted: Thu Apr 03, 2008 4:33 am
by Toff
IGN.com posted an exclusive trailer of the movie "The Legend of Zelda".
Take a look (reload the page if the video window isn't displayed):



Hidden text : click on the frame to display

I only played Zelda games very briefly. So can anyone tell me, does this trailer look like it's true to the game series?

Re: The Legend of Zelda Movie

Posted: Thu Apr 03, 2008 8:25 pm
by iRikeRice
If it actually WERE a movie, I'd like better-looking actors since Japanese drawing styles tend to concentrate on human perfection. O_O

BUT ANYWAYS... I mean, I guess it's supposed to be a new plot or something, since Link is left-handed in all of his games besides Twilight Princess. Otherwise, it's pretty accurate from the looks of it.

Note: Link was right-handed in Twilight Princess because most players are right-handed. Nintendo wanted them to feel like they were "swinging the sword" and "shooting the bow". (He's only right-handed in the Wii version. In the Gamecube edition, it can be noted that he is LEFT-handed.)

Re: The Legend of Zelda Movie

Posted: Thu Apr 03, 2008 10:32 pm
by DARKS1M
Wasnt' the cube version maps mirrored? Also, it looked pretty good, but not the actors (as said above). O_O I already knew it was fake before watching so I was quite surprised when I watched it.

Re: The Legend of Zelda Movie

Posted: Thu Apr 03, 2008 10:59 pm
by OddMike
i was thinking throughout the entire trailer "You got to be kidding me". Also if it were a movie, i'd say make link hotter, make zelda hotter, and make it more accurate?

Re: The Legend of Zelda Movie

Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2008 2:05 am
by Etherpendant
Wasn't this supposed to be an April Fool's joke from IGN?

Re: The Legend of Zelda Movie

Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2008 2:19 am
by Isislily
sorry to tell you but this was an april fools joke by ign >.> not real

Re: The Legend of Zelda Movie

Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2008 3:18 am
by Etherpendant
Lawls thanks for embedding the video, I was able to show it to my sis when she couldn't get IGN's own video to work.

Oh yeah, it is true to the series.

Re: The Legend of Zelda Movie

Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2008 3:35 am
by Toff
Etherpendant wrote:Wasn't this supposed to be an April Fool's joke from IGN?
Isislily wrote:sorry to tell you but this was an april fools joke by ign >.> not real
Some people are too busy to click the hidden text box and read other posts, I guess. *pokes Ether and Isislily with iRikeRice's poke stick intensively*

And do you, guys, think, that Nintendo is right about forbidding to make "Zelda" series into a movie? Because I'm pretty sure that, unless it's made by Japanese themselves, the movie would look just like that at best.
DARKS1M wrote:Also, it looked pretty good, but not the actors (as said above). O_O I already knew it was fake before watching so I was quite surprised when I watched it.
Same here. That was surprisingly expensive trailer for them to make, and the fact that they could get better-looking actors if it was real is, actually, another thing that makes it believable. Remember a lot of controversy about Galadriel in LotR? That's why I like their joke a lot. :]
Etherpendant wrote:Lawls thanks for embedding the video, I was able to show it to my sis when she couldn't get IGN's own video to work.
Really? Cool! No problem. ^_^v

Edit:
Added "Making of".

Re: The Legend of Zelda Movie

Posted: Sun Apr 06, 2008 1:25 pm
by iRikeRice
Etherpendant wrote:Oh yeah, it is true to the series.
Notice at 00:39. Link's right-handed?! O_O


On a different note, if Nintendo would let a movie like this be made, I'm sure all of us nerds would help it sell out on the first day. *lol*

Re: The Legend of Zelda Movie

Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 1:54 am
by Isislily
oh wow
i didnt even see the hidden text box on my comp. :( sorry *hits self* Edit* actually i'm not because it wasnt on my screen f3