Zelda: The Wand of Gamelon
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| Zelda: The Wand of Gamelon | |
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| Developer(s) | Animation Magic |
| Publisher(s) | Philips Media |
| Released | October 10, 1993 |
| Genre(s) | Action Adventure |
| Mode(s) | Single player |
| Platform(s) | Philips CD-i |
| Media | 1 CD-ROM |
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[edit] Gameplay
The Wand of Gamelon was the first Zelda game where the player plays as the eponymous Princess. It is played using the side-scrolling view introduced in Zelda II: The Adventure of Link. For a variety of reasons, it is generally accepted that this game does not play as tightly as Zelda II. These range from the quality of the CD-i controller, to the speed of the gameplay and the jerkiness of the character animations.
[edit] Plot
Non-canon warning: This section contains non-canonical information that is not considered to be an official part of The Legend of Zelda series and as such should not be considered part of the overall storyline within the series.
The King of Hyrule has embarked on a journey to the neighboring realm of Gamelon, where Duke Onkled is being attacked by the forces of Ganon, but somehow has disappeared en route. Link, in true hero fashion, sets out to rescue him. He also vanishes, and so it is left up to Princess Zelda to save the duo, and to find out why they went missing in the first place.
The story is largely told through animated FMVs, in an attempt to make best use of the CD-ROM format.
[edit] Criticism
These ground-breaking FMVs, written by professional Russian screen-writers, are now rejected by the recent Zelda community, despite containing what is considered to be some of the best scripting, drawing, animation, and voice acting seen in a video game of that time. Despite the gameplay not being up to series standards, the witty and acerbic banter between the characters during the FMVs have spawned many memes not only among fans but also the wider internet community; for example '"Gee, it sure is boring around here!" "My Boy, My Boy, My Boy"'(commonly spelled as "Mah Boi), '"When I'm Crouching, you can make me do the duck walk!"', and the unforgettable '"I wonder what's for dinner?"' It is a well known, and not entirely groundless, rumor that Nintendo gave the rights to Philips to develop the game in order to take advantage of Philips' in-house script writers.
[edit] Youtube Poop
The Wand of Gamelon, as well as other CD-I games, has been a popular subject for "YouTube Poop", a comical form of video editing featured on the website YouTube.
[edit] Gallery
 A cartoon FMV sequence. |
 A screenshot from The Wand of Gamelon. |
| Main series: | The Legend of Zelda – The Adventure of Link – A Link to the Past – Link's Awakening – Ocarina of Time – Majora's Mask – Oracle of Ages – Oracle of Seasons – The Wind Waker – Twilight Princess – Phantom Hourglass – Wii |
| Four Swords subseries: | Four Swords – Four Swords Adventures – The Minish Cap |
| Spinoff titles: | Freshly-Picked Tingle's Rosy Rupeeland –Tingle's Balloon Fight –Link's Crossbow Training |
| Alternate versions: | BS Zelda – BS Zelda: Kodai no Sekiban – Mystical Seed of Courage – Ocarina of Time Master Quest – Collector's Edition – Zelda LCD games |
| CD-i Zelda games: | Link: The Faces of Evil – Zelda: The Wand of Gamelon – Zelda's Adventures |
| Non-Game Products: | Legend of Zelda: Animated series – The Legend of Zelda series manga |
