Legend of Zelda Weapons History Part 2

Welcome to Legend of Zelda Weapons History part two. Last time we delved in to the history of the most reoccurring weapons of this wonderful game series. On this part I will guide you through the weapons that only either reoccur three times or less and those that only appear once in a game and are never seen or heard of again in any of the LOZ games.

Weapons that appear three times or less

• The Fire Rod: This weapon has been used to light torches and set enemies on fire. It’s first appearance was in A Link to the Past and has appeared in the Four Swords Adventures and in the Minish Cap as an upgrade to the lantern.
• The Ice Rod: the Ice rod is used to freeze enemies, however this weapon has only shown up once in the series. It only appears in A Link to the Past.
• The Hammer: this weapon needs no explanation. You mash stuff with it. This fun weapon has only shown up twice in the series. It has made appearances in the Adventure of Link and Phantom Hourglass.
• The Magical Sword: This weapon has only been seen twice in this series also. It has appeared in both the original LOZ game and in The Adventure of Link.
• The White Sword: This weapon also only appears twice in the series. It’s first appearance was in the original LOZ and game and has only since appeared in The Minish Cap.
• The Fire Arrow: This magical upgrade weapon’s first appearance was in Ocarina of Time and has since appeared in Majora’s Mask and The Wind Waker.
• The Ice Arrow: This weapon is also a magical upgrade of the arrow. It’s first appearance was in Ocarina of Time, and has also appeared in Majora’s Mask and The Wind Waker.
• The Light Arrow: This upgrade weapon also first appeared in Ocarina of Time and has since been used to vanquish Ganondorf in Majora's Mask, The Wind Waker, The Minish Cap, Twilight Princess, and Spirit Tracks.
  This all I can fit for now and I hope to see you again for LOZ Weapons History Part Three.

Ganondorf Must Go on STIRKE!!!!

   The long time villian of the Legend of Zelda series must go on strike! He's be working overtime for Nintendo, and needs to take a vacation during the next game. Seriously, this guy needs a vacation. Ever since the game's first release in the 1980's Ganon/Ganondorf has been working non-stop for Nintendo. So I say he needs to take off during the next game and give another villian a chance to show his stuff in this wonderful gaming series. If he does not get his much deserved vacation of Link and Zelda. Ganondorf should go on a strike against Nintendo for unpaid overtime. Ganondorf deserves respect! He's a hard working villain who needs a break! Let Ganondorf have a vacation!

The Legend of Zelda Weapons History

Now as Legend of Zelda fans we all know how to use the weapons in the games but does everyone know the history of the weapons they continually use in the games. I am here to document the history. So, without further ado the unveiling of the Legend of Zelda Weapons History begins.

Reoccurring Weapons

• The boomerang/ magical boomerang/the gale boomerang: This weapon can be traced back to it's first appearance in the very first Legend of Zelda game. It's other numerous appearances in all of the rest of the games in the LOZ series.
• Bombs: This usefull item is also traces it history back to the original Legend of Zelda as well. This item is one we all love to trough around and watch explode.
  Wooden sword: This weapon only makes a few notable but can be used well until you pick a metal sword later on in the game. This weapon appears in the original Legend of Zelda game, Oracle of Ages, Oracle of Seasons, and Twilight Princess
• The wooden shield: This defense piece of equipment also appears numerous times in the LOZ series. It's first appearance was in the original LOZ game as well, but has appeared in games such as Oracle of Ages, Oracle of Seasons, Twilight Princess, and Ocarina of time (a.k.a the deku sheild)
• The Bow and Arrows: This weapon is a staple of the series as well as the other weapons like bombs and the boomerang. This weapon also traces it's roots back to the very first LOZ game and has appeared in every game since.
• The Master Sword: This weapon is one of the icons of this series. It made it's first appearance in in the Link to the Past game and has since appeared in Ocarina of Time, Wind Waker, Oracle of Ages, Oracle of Seasons, Twilight Princess, and will be the main focus of Skyward Sword.
• The Hook/claw shot: This is also a very widely known weapon. The hookshot made its first appearance in A Link to the Past and has appeared in other games including Link's Awakening, Ocarina of Time, Majora's Mask, Wind Waker, and Twilight Princess (as the clawshot)
• The Hylian Shield: This is a widely known item but has only made two appearances so far in Ocarina of Time and in Twilight Princess.
• The Mirror Shield: The mirror Shield has made numerous appearances in the LOZ series. Its first appearance was in A Link to the Past and has appearances in Link's Awakening, Ocarina of Time, Majora's Mask, Oracle of Ages, Oracle of Seasons, Wind Waker, and Minish Cap.
• Bomchus: This use type of bomb first made its appearance in Ocarina of Time and since has appeared in Majora's Mask, Oracle of Ages, Oracle of Seasons, and Phantom Hourglass.

This concludes the first part of the history of Legend of Zelda weapons.  

The new upcoming release of Ocarina of Time for the DS 3D

The new Nintendo 3DS is relasing a newer and better graphics of the best Zelda game ever released Ocarina of Time. The curious part is how is game play for this particular game going to be? What should we expect from this new version? Well, we will just have to wait and see how things turn out. I personal can't wait to play it! It looks awesome!

Advice for Cosplaying as Link

         Attention all Zelda loving, convention going, cosplayers! Cosplaying as any character from the Legend of Zelda series can be rough. Cosplay in general can be rough with all the pain you can go to make your outfit a success. With Link as your character base it can be even harder on you (and your wallet) than it usually can be (unless you are buying the entire outfit). First off, your amount of work can be lessened or increased depending on which Link(including tunic styles) you chose. Toon Link is comparatively easier than Twilight Princess Link. However, OoT (Ocarina of Time) Link can be even harder depending on how detailed you want to get with the outfit. I would know, because I'm working on my own OoT Link outfit from scratch, which can be very difficult.
       Now, the hardest link outfit to currently do is the Twilight Princess version. With all that detailed stitching and not to mention the chain mail that he wares. TwiPi Link is the only Link that currently wares chain mail! Can you imagine making chain mail by hand!? It sounds awful, right? It can be I've known people who make chain male out of soda can tabs and it takes a long time to make. Not to mention dangerous, because you can get cut by the sharp edges of those can tabs if you aren't careful. However, do not let all the complications scare you off of making an outfit if you a beginner. Their are easy ways of doing things that will still have people admiring your outfit a the anime conventions you go to. First off, pick fabric that is cheap and easy to work with. This can be a real money saver. It can also be a lifesaver, because if your convention is in the summer and it's really hot where you are going light weight fabrics can really help wick away sweat and keep you cool. Plus if when you are sewing and you screw up these fabrics are more forgiving than the more expensive one are. For best results I suggest using cotton. It's cheap, it's easy to sew on, and it's very light weigh. Just remember it wrinkles and also to prewash it before you start sewing on it or you could have some trouble. Now, the cotton will do for making you cap and tunic on to the boots. I normally suggest buying boots from target instead of making fake boots, because they look better in my opinion. Just don't go out and buy the most expensive pair of knee high brown boots you can find. Actually take time to look in stores like Target, Walmart, or other shoe stores that are having sales on boots. You may actually find a pair of good boots that look just like Link's do and they aren't very expensive. But, it's all up to you what you are going to do for your outfit. Now, for the tricker parts the ears, hair and gloves.
      What I recommend for the hair is to buy a wig unless you know how to make them yourself. Depending on which Link you are cosplaying as you will want to pick the right blonde for your outfit. OoT Link is a strawberry blonde, so go for something close to that hair color. For Toon Link go with a light blonde wig. For TwiPi Link go with kinda a dirty blonde look. Moving to the gloves/gauntlets, these can be tricky. TwiPi Link has leather brown and black fingerless gloves with an arm guard over his sword arm, but not on the shield arm. OoT Link has brown leather gloves with some weird segemented pattern of darker brown on them. What I did was knit brown gloves by hand and I'm going to spray paint brown onto some old wrist guards I have for roller blading. You may just want to buy these online, but if you want to try to make them yourself  more power to you. Remember I'm am a beginner, but I do know some things. So, happy cosplaying to you and don't give up on making that perfect outfit! :-)    

Dark Link Tribute

I made this AMV a few months ago to document the awesome mini-boss/boss Dark Link. He's pretty awsome. I hope you like the video I made of him.

Which item out of the LoZ series do you like the best?

       We've all played the games, and beaten them. In each game Link has a variety of items to use during battles and in temples. But, which item is the best or most favored? You have the varied special items like the hook shot / claw shot, the fairy bow, the mega ton hammer(OoT only), the iron boots, the hover boots(OoT only), the eye of truth(OoT only), the double claw shot(TwiPi only), the mirror shield, the spinner(TwiPi only), the dominion rod(TwiPi only), the ball and chain(TwiPi), and the Boomerange (Gale or fairy doesn't matter) (if I missed any tell me). Then you got the items you can buy from any shop which include bombs, bomb-chus, potions (red, blue, and yellow), laps, lap oil, milk, soup, chu-chu jellies (which you can also find roaming around Hyrule), the Hylian shield, the deku shield (only available in OoT and Majora's Mask), the wooden shield, magic armor, and bugs, fish, fairies, blue fire(OoT only to the best of my knowledge), poes, deku nuts, and deku sticks.
       Many on this list can also be found just laying around in temples and in Hyrule field. Fairies can also be found for free at fairy fountains. Then you have your speciality items only available once or in certain areas. The big Goron sword, the Zora tunic/Zora armor, the Goron tunic, water bombs (TwiPi only), and Great Fairy tears. Then there are they items you get from beating a boss most just Heart Containers. Then, there's items that are hidden for you to find like heart pieces and other types of rupees or poes. Then theirs the classics Wooden sword, regular sword, the four sword, the master sword, and now the skyward sword.
         Then there are items that are game specific, some I already labled, but I'm talking about the usually title item to the game. These include the Ocarina of Time, The Minish Cap other wise known as Ezlo, The Windwaker baton, the Four Sword, The Skyward Sword, Majora's Mask, The Phantom Hourglass, The Spirit Tracks (you really only restore those in the game, but you get my point), The Oracle oF Seasons( who is techically a person, Din), and The Oracle of Ages( Nayru). That about sums up the items in these games. But, which one do you like best? Mine is actually the spinner from twilight princess. It may not be super useful but it is super fun to mess around with. I want to know what is your favorite item, and just like your favorite game I'll tally up the results and post up which one got first place. So, please, please comment!

Best Zelda Game of All Time: Which One Do You Nominate?

    Among all Zelda fans one question sparks debate among all of us. Which Zelda game should be known as the greatest Legend of Zelda game of all time? My personal view on the subject is that Ocarina of Time should be the best Zelda game. After all it's so good that they made a another version of the same game for the DS 3D. Should it not be considered one of the best Zelda games that Nintendo came out with? But, what's your opinion? I'll tally up the comments and post the results as soon as I can. So, please comment!

Under Appreciated LoZ games: Why they need more Love!

       Have you as Zelda gamers ever noticed that some games in the series are really great, but don't get that much love in the public eye? Why is this you may ask? I can give two theories on this subject. One, that some of the games are made by Capcom as well as Nintendo, and they two have a strain relationship with each other so Nintendo gives less attention to the games they produce with Capcom. Two, that these games were not given a big pizzazz opening at E3 like some of their games do. So, they were not completely heard of like some of the other big Zelda titles. Their are some titles that come to mind when the term under appreciated is place next to them. Those titles are LoZ: Link's Awakening, LoZ: The Minish Cap, LoZ: Spirit Tracks. All these games are really great plays, but for some reason they are not favored in the public eye like other big LoZ titles like, Ocarina of Time, Majora's Mask, Link to the Past, Twilight Princess, and the original Legend Of Zelda game. All of this series of games are great! So, why are some more popular than others? The only answers are conjecture and theories. We may never know just why this is happening to this series, but we know it happens to all game series. Unless one game is truly horrible then why give it so little attention? I guess one day we will know why.

What Can We Expect From Skyward Sword?

        Last year at E3 Nintendo announced the release of another game in the beloved Legend of Zelda series. It is to be released some time this year. As you can see from the trailer (posted above) the designers took some of the same look that Link had in Twilight Princess, but it has the feel of a N64 game in some of the graphic. According to some of my resources the story of Skyward Sword is supposed to take place before Ocarina of Time. So what can we expect to see in this game if that is true? Will Ganondorf be the main villain yet again or will a new villain be created? Perhaps an older villain will appear? What is Link going to have to go through in order to defeat the villain (Ganondorf or not) this time. What life style will he be living this time? Country ranch boy, Woodland fairy boy, or something different?
       There are many questions about what will be in this game, but we'll have to wait and see what the designers have in store for us once the game is finally released. In my opinion from looking at the trailer this game looks like it's going to be a good one. My only hopes for this game is that they do not have Ganondorf in it because (a) he's being the main console boss for way too long and (b) if he is in it they will be scewing the timeline. That is unless Ganondorf is only a kid or something. But, what do you think should be in the game? I'd love to here it!  

The Legend of Zelda Video Tribute

       This is the first video I made for this site. It's a slide show of some of the art from the Zelda games. It starts at the original game and continues through (what I hope is the right order) chronological all the other games, but its not very long. I hope you like it. If you want me to fix anything I'll make sure to do that on the following videos I make and post up for your viewing. Thanks! :)

The Doors of The Temple of Time are now Open

Welcome Zelda Fans! This is the first offical post of the Temple of Time Blog! From here on out I will be posting things that you dear reader want to discuss or learn about. So, with out further ado...Have fun!