[EDITOR'S NOTE]: April 2, 2008 - 12:01 a.m. PST. Yup, you guessed it. The Legend of Zelda trailer featured above is part of an elaborate April Fool's Day prank.

what's with the legend of zelda music?

Alright, this is basically home territory to me because I've had this argument with my step-mother about videogames for YEARS.

I'd like to start off however by saying >> ^tonyandronda:
Jesus christ they're tracking us down from youtube, better start to watch what we say about their videos lol.

Now, This is in no way, shape, or form bad parenting. My dad left when I was 5, so I didn't have someone to go out and do the "Fatherly Stuff" (Catch, swimming, ect.) with, except every other weekend.

My time was spent on videogames. My first game was Tomba on the playstation where you went around and killed cartoon pigs. We'll then move onto games like legend of zelda, where you used a sword/bow/slingshot. Final Fantasy series using weapons. Area 51. GTA.

I'm glad to say that in the 15ish years i've been playing videogames that not once have I shot someone (apart from paintball) i've never weilded a sword. I've never got into a car and run someone down, and yes, I tried using magic. BUT! Who among us hasn't?

The reason i'm explaining all this? again, i'd like to point out that I was no older then this boy was when i started killing pigs in tomba. I'm not a mass-murderer, i'm not twisted, dark, or scarred. I live a normal life, and have no criminal record.

I do, however, have an amazing glove hand and hand-eye co-ordination. Weather or not that's because of videogames really can't be said, but it's true. But no, videogames don't turn kids into murderers, they don't teach people that killing is ok, or funny.

You wan't your proof? Go ahead and look at me. Because i'm it.

Tags for this video have been changed from 'WEIRD, STUPID, sexual, gay, Video, Game, Moments, in, History, Legend, of, Zelda' to 'WEIRD, STUPID, sexual, gay, Legend of Zelda' - edited by looris

This makes me wonder, how many times HAS Zelda been rescued?:
Legend of Zelda
Zelda II
Link to the Past
Ocarina of Time
Minish Cap
Wind Waker
Twilight Princess

There are other ones: Majora's Mask (N64), Link's Awakening, Oracle of Seasons (Game Boy) but she wasn't in those. She was in Four Swords, but I don't think Link had to rescue her (I never played it, so I don't know) so I guess that's 7? 8 if you include Phantom Hourglass, depending on the plot details. I probably forgetting some.

1972 Pong (Atari, Arcade)
1980 Space Invaders (Atari, Atari 2600)
1980 Defender (Williams, Arcade)
1980 Adventure (Atari, Atari 2600)
1981 Pac-Man (Namco, Arcade)
1981 Ultima (California Pacific, Apple II)
1981 Frogger (Konami, Atari 2600)
1982 Pitfall (Atari, Atari 2600)
1983 Centipede (Atari, Atari 2600)
1983 Pole Position (Atari, Atari 2600)
1983 Microsoft Flight Simulator (Microsoft, PC)
1984 Donkey Kong (Nintendo, NES)
1984 King's Quest (Sierra, PC)
1985 Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo, NES)
1985 Duck Hunt (Nintendo, NES)
1986 Bubble Bobble (Taito, Arcade)
1986 The Legend of Zelda (Nintendo, NES)
1986 Space Quest (Sierra, PC)
1986 Metroid (Nintendo, NES)
1987 Leisure Suit Larry (Sierra, PC)
1987 Final Fantasy (Nintendo, NES)
1987 Afterburner (Sega, Arcade)
1987 Castlevania (Konami, NES)
1987 Maniac Mansion (LucasArts, PC)
1987 Mega Man (Capcom, NES)
1988 Double Dragon (Tradewest, NES)
1988 Battle Chess (Interplay, PC)
1989 Prince of Persia (Broderbund, PC)
1989 Tetris (Nintendo, Nintendo Gameboy)
1989 SimCity (Maxis, PC)
1989 Golden Axe (Sega, Arcade)
1990 Commander Keen (ID Software, PC)
1990 Secret of Monkey Island (LucasArts, PC)
1991 Civilization (Microprose, PC)
1991 Micro Machines (NES, Codemasters)
1991 Lemmings (Psygnosis, PC)
1991 Out of this World (Delphine Software, PC)
1991 Sonic the Hedgehog (Sega, Sega Genesis)
1991 Zelda: A Link to the Past (Nintendo, SNES)
1992 Sensible Soccer (Sensible Software, PC)
1992 Dune II (Westwood Studios, PC)
1992 Wolfenstein 3D (ID Software, PC)
1992 Flashback (Delphine Software, PC)
1992 Indiana Jones & the Fate of Atlantis (LucasArts, PC)
1992 Super Mario Kart (Nintendo, SNES)
1992 Alone in the Dark (Infogrames, PC)
1992 Street Fighter II (Capcom, SNES)
1992 Mortal Kombat (Midway, Sega Genesis)
1992 Minesweeper (Windows Desktop Game)
1993 Sam & Max Hit the Road (LucasArts, PC)
1993 Doom (ID Software, PC)
1993 Myst (Broderbund, PC)
1993 FIFA Soccer '94 (Electronic Arts, Sega Genesis)
1993 SimCity 2000 (Maxis, PC)
1994 The Settlers (Blue Byte Software, PC)
1994 Earthworm Jim (Shiny Entertainment, Sega Genesis)
1994 Need for Speed (Electronic Arts, 3DO)
1994 Donkey Kong Country (Nintendo, SNES)
1994 Worms (Ocean, PC)
1995 Command & Conquer (Westwood Studios, PC)
1995 Rayman (Ubisoft, Atari Jaguar)
1995 Daytona USA (Sega, Sega Saturn)
1995 Virtua Fighter (Sega, Sega Saturn)
1995 Ridge Racer (Namco, Playstation)
1995 Tekken (Namco, Sony Playstation)
1996 Tomb Raider (Eidos Interactive, Sony Playstation)
1996 Quake (ID Software, PC)
1996 Super Mario 64 (Nintendo, Nintendo 64)
1996 Resident Evil (Capcom, Playstation)
1996 Dead or Alive (Tecmo, Arcade)
1997 Ultima Online (Origin, PC)
1997 Age of Empires (Microsoft, PC)
1998 Unreal (Epic Games, PC)
1998 Half-Life (Sierra, PC)
1998 Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (Nintendo, Nintendo Gamecube)
2000 The Sims (Maxis, PC)
2000 Crazy Taxi (Sega, Sega Dreamcast)
2001 Halo (Bungie Studios, Xbox)
2001 Grand Theft Auto III (Rockstar Games, Playstation 2)
2002 WarCraft III (Blizzard, PC)
2003 Call of Duty (Activision, PC)
2004 Wario Ware Inc. (Nintendo, Nintendo Gamecube)
2004 Rome Total War (Sega, PC)
2005 World of Warcraft (Blizzard, PC)
2005 God of War (SCEA, Playstation)
2005 Guitar Hero (Red Octane, Playstation 2)
2006 Final Fantasy XII (Square Enix, Playstation 2)
2006 FIFA Soccer '07 (Electronic Arts, Xbox 360)
2007 Gears of War (Microsoft, Xbox 360)
2006 Wii Sports (Nintendo, Nintendo Wii)
2006 Viva Pinata (Microsoft, Xbox 360)
2007 MotorStorm (Sony, Sony Playstation 3)

Video game count: Tetris, Donkey Kong, Duck Hunt, Mario, The Legend Of Zelda, and "Ledges". WOW.

An excerpt from wiki--
"As a result of the early negotiations between Phillips and Nintendo to develop a joint CD-system, Phillips ended up with the rights to develop games around five Nintendo characters. Among those selected by Phillips were Link and Zelda from the popular Legend of Zelda series. Wand of Gamelon and Link: The Faces of Evil were given the relatively low budgets of $600,000 each and it was decided by the Cambridge-based development team, led by Dale DeSharon, to develop the two games in tandem in order to more efficiently use the budget. On this low budget, each aspect of the two games was handled by the same small group of people. The two most maligned mistakes, the full motion video (FMV) animation and voice acting were also the result of cost-cutting and industry inexperience: The FMV sequences demanded by Phillips were outsourced to the newly opened Russian market, and the results, with their Russian style, were disastrous; the voice actors, selected from local AFTRA actors were completely misdirected and amateurish.[3] As these two areas were considered key benefits to the CD-based technology, their flaws were all the more magnified."

I guess we now know why there is no voice-acting on the Nintendo systems!

Very cool, very cool indeed, but now let's see it play Legend Of Zelda!

morsedillon> Here's the track list from the CD. Some of the songs aren't on the video though, but i guess it should be helpful enough

I'm too lazy to do a better list, hope you won't mind a bit of spam.

1. Ashura Benimaru Ito - Opening Theme of MARIO (FAMILY COMPUTER: "SUPER MARIO Bros.") (2:23)
2. The Big Band of Rogues (Tokyo Cuban Boys Jr.), Shigeo Nukita - SUPER MARIO 64 Opening Theme ~ Overworld Theme (4:40)
3. The Big Band of Rogues (Tokyo Cuban Boys Jr.), Koji Kondo - Medley of SUPER MARIO Bros. (4:24)
4. The Big Band of Rogues (Tokyo Cuban Boys Jr.), Seiko - MARIO Scat Version (NINTENDO GAMECUBE: "SUPER MARIO SUNSHINE") (2:06) not in the video
5. The Big Band of Rogues (Tokyo Cuban Boys Jr.), Seiko, Shigeo Nukita - GO GO MARIO (FAMILY COMPUTER: "SUPER MARIO Bros.") (3:36)
6. The Big Band of Rogues (Tokyo Cuban Boys Jr.), Shigeo Nukita - SUPER MARIO Bros. 3 Ending Theme (2:42)
7. Yoshihiro Arita with his band - Theme of Athletic (SUPER FAMICOM: "YOSHI'S ISLAND") (4:17)
8. Kazumi Totaka/Yoshihiro Arita - YOSHI on the beach (NINTENDO64: "YOSHI'S STORY") (3:13)
9. Yoshihiro Arita with his band - THE LEGEND OF ZELDA -Windwaker- Title Theme (7:27)
10.Yoshihiro Arita with his band - Theme of Dragon Roost Island (NINTENDO GAMECUBE: "THE LEGEND OF ZELDA -Windwaker-") (4:21)
11.The song of EPONA (NINTENDO64 - ''THE LEGEND OF ZELDA OCARINA OF TIME'') (4:06)
12.Theme of The DOLPHIC TOWN (NINTENDO GAMECUBE - ''SUPER MARIO SUNSHINE'') (4:27)
13.The Zora Band (NINTENDO64 - ''THE LEGEND OF ZELDA MAJORA'S MASK'') (4:42)
14.Theme of Goron City (NINTENDO64 - ''THE LEGEND OF ZELDA OCARINA OF TIME'') (3:52)
15.Theme of The Shop (NINTENDO64 - ''THE LEGEND OF ZELDA OCARINA OF TIME'') (3:18)
16.Medley of THE LEGEND OF ZELDA (FAMILY COMPUTER DISK SYSTEM - ''THE LEGEND OF ZELDA'') (4:32)
17.Ending Theme of SUPER MARIO SUNSHINE (4:29)
18.Encore (Slider) (NINTENDO64 - ''SUPER MARIO 64'') (6:38)

OK this is probably the most enjoyable big band performance I have ever been witness to, recorded or otherwise. As one of those 25-35 year olds who grew up with Super Mario Brothers, Legend of Zelda, and subsequent sequels, this brought back a lot of cool memories.

I recognize most of these, but some - while familiar - I can't place from where they came. I searched for about 20 minutes for a complete set list in English, but was unable to locate one. Is there a Japanese speaker out there, or perhaps someone who is ultra-versed in the Mario/Zelda universe, that can provide a complete set list?

(Shamelessly) stolen from the google video page :

The "Mario & Zelda Big Band Live" concert was held on September 14th, 2003, at the Nihon Seinenkan Hall in Tokyo, Japan. The DVD recording of this event was bundled with the Japanese gaming magazine "Nintendo Dream" vol. 101.

Mario & Zelda Big Band Live was, as the name suggests, live performances of Mario and Zelda music arranged into jazz, Latin, country, and bluegrass. The host, Ashura Benimaru Itoh, started off the concert with an awesome guitar arrangement of the Super Mario Bros. "main theme" and "underworld theme." The performances that followed were divided almost evenly between the Tokyo CubaBoys Jr. (The Big Band of Rogues) and Mr. Yoshihiro Arita (with his band).

Not included is "Mario Scat Version" (Super Mario Sunshine bonus level theme), which finally surfaces as track 4 on the M&ZBBL CD.

After every performance or two, the host talked to the guests a little bit, presumably about the music they just heard and the game it was from.

Short version: It's Mario & Zelda music, intertwined with various interviews with people from Nintendo, including Shigeru Miyamoto.

Tracklist includes musics from the original Super Mario Bros, Super Mario 64, Super Mario Sunshine, Yoshi's Island, The Legend of Zelda, The Legend of Zelda : Ocarina of Time and The Legend of Zelda: WindWalker.

ahh...no Legend of Zelda fans in the house. That's too bad. This a clip of most of the released game footage. I need a drool cup for the amount of drool I'm drooling out for this game.