In this post I write about the super Nintendo 64 single-player video game: The Legend of Zelda-Ocarina of Time.
The Legend of Zelda-Ocarina of Time - Story
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time N64 Game is the first game of the classic Legend of Zelda series for Nintendo 64. Nintendo 64 is the third home video game console released by Nintendo for international market. Ocarina of Time is a fantasy-adventure game which was released by Nintendo on February 15, 1999. If you have never played a The Legend of Zelda game before, do not fear! This game is completely stand-alone, and requires no knowledge of any other game in the series to play or enjoy.
At the start of the game, a short cut scene shows a woman and a girl on a white horse riding from a city, followed shortly by an evil-looking man riding on a black horse. Rain is pouring from the sky. You stand outside, watching the events progress, when the man on the black horse stops and stares at you with a piercing expression. You realize that you are in fact safe in your bed in Kokiri Forest, and a small fairy is telling you to wake up: The Great Deku Tree wants to speak to you. Before you can visit the Deku Tree, however, you must find a sword and shield, which require you to explore the forest and speak to other Kokiri like yourself. Once you have retrieved these items, you can enter the path to the Deku Tree, where he tells you about the history of Hyrule. He speaks of a curse that has befallen him, and that you must enter his mouth to free him of this burden. This is, as Zelda fans have probably guessed, the first dungeon. Shortly after this task, you enter the main overworld of Hyrule and go to speak to Princess Zelda, who tells you of Ganondorf, a man who she is sure plans to seize control of the land. Your first objective is to find three sacred stones that will open the door to the Temple of Time, which holds the Master Sword, known as "The Blade of Evil's Bane"; it is the only thing that can destroy Ganondorf. At this time, Zelda is forced into hiding; as she flees, however, she gives you an item called the Ocarina of Time. You then must travel seven years into the future, a dark time in which Ganondorf is king. It is your job to free the five sages from their temples and gather their amulets: Forest, Fire, Water, Shadow, and Spirit. This is the last hope for the land of Hyrule.
At the start of the game, a short cut scene shows a woman and a girl on a white horse riding from a city, followed shortly by an evil-looking man riding on a black horse. Rain is pouring from the sky. You stand outside, watching the events progress, when the man on the black horse stops and stares at you with a piercing expression. You realize that you are in fact safe in your bed in Kokiri Forest, and a small fairy is telling you to wake up: The Great Deku Tree wants to speak to you. Before you can visit the Deku Tree, however, you must find a sword and shield, which require you to explore the forest and speak to other Kokiri like yourself. Once you have retrieved these items, you can enter the path to the Deku Tree, where he tells you about the history of Hyrule. He speaks of a curse that has befallen him, and that you must enter his mouth to free him of this burden. This is, as Zelda fans have probably guessed, the first dungeon. Shortly after this task, you enter the main overworld of Hyrule and go to speak to Princess Zelda, who tells you of Ganondorf, a man who she is sure plans to seize control of the land. Your first objective is to find three sacred stones that will open the door to the Temple of Time, which holds the Master Sword, known as "The Blade of Evil's Bane"; it is the only thing that can destroy Ganondorf. At this time, Zelda is forced into hiding; as she flees, however, she gives you an item called the Ocarina of Time. You then must travel seven years into the future, a dark time in which Ganondorf is king. It is your job to free the five sages from their temples and gather their amulets: Forest, Fire, Water, Shadow, and Spirit. This is the last hope for the land of Hyrule.
Ocarina of Time - Gameplay
Like in other Zelda Games, in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time you play as Link, a young Kokiry boy who must go out on the adventure of a lifetime to defeat the evil Ganondorf and save Princess Zelda. The controls are flawless. You just move the analog stick to make Link move, move forward and press A to roll, press B to use your sword, the C buttons are home to you other weapons such as the bow, hookshot, and the like. This game introduced the revolutionary lock on system where you just pressed Z, and staid locked on to an enemy, which meant no more aimless sword swinging, it realy made the combat more managable, and much more fun, Like any Zelda game there is a huge overworld to explore. You have grassy plains, tall volcanic mountains, serene lakes, sandy deserts, difeerent towns and villages, and lots to do. Hyrule feild stretches in all directions. One of the great things about traveling is part way through the game, you will get a trusty horse named Epona. Riding around hyrule feild is just realy addicting. There are many great minigames to do as well, such as the shooting gallery, bombochu bowling, selling mask, and fishing, yes fishing. There are also special task to do such as collecting ten special poes, or collecting 100 Skulltullas. The meat and Potatoes is of course the dungeons. Each dungeon is completley uniqe and different than the last one and shows off alot of great elements. Puzzles are challenging and you fill great when you solve them without a strategy guide. You raise and lower water, look for paths that are invisible with the lens of trooth, push giant blocks with the silver gauntlets, use the megaton hammer to push blocks, and much much more. There are many feirce enemies in each dungeon that fight to put an end to your quest such as Stalfos, bats, lizolfos, armos, iron knuckles, jellyfish, tektikes, readeds, skulltullas, and so many more. The boss battles are each intricitley desighned and completely different than thre last in the way they look and fight. The difficulty is always just right with the challenges and enemys getting toupher as you go on. Through the game you get alot of fantastic weapons to use, such as a bow, hookshot, megaton hammer, hovor boots, silver gauntlets, boomerangs, etc. Each is always put to good use and none of them ever go absolete and are awlays usefull the whole way through. One of the big mechanics is of course the ocarina itself, you play it manually with the button layout being like the holes in the real thing. You can change day into night, transport across the world map, and open passage ways with you trusty instrument, and much more. The biggest suprise is after you get the Master sword and travel forard in time seven years. Time travel is a huge element in this game as some things you do as a child will effect the things you do as an adult, and vice versa. there are also different things avalible to do in each time and it is a blast to go between two time periods and it realy makes you feel powerfull.
Ocarina of Time - Sound
The game features a brilliant musicalll score, Koji kondos work is reminiscent of John williams almost, and that is not a comparison I make lightly. You will hum the beat of the lost woods, love the powerfull melody of the temple of time, be entranced by the song of storms, there is just so many great melodys that I have lost count. The song of time is truly memorable as well as all of the others. My only complaint might be the lack of the traditional overworld thing and Navis annoying hey listen screams, but these are all tossed aside once you hear Koji Kondos work at its finest with the lost woods theme and song of time.
Ocarina of Time - GraphicsThe game shows off some fantastic day and night sequences as well as many different colors. Hyrule market looks and feels alive, the kakariko village will look like a town with houses and shops. The desert esspecially is arguablly the best way to show off the N64s power with snadstorms and wind effects. The Charecter models are great for Lnik, to Zelda, To Ganondorf, to the bosses, to even the NPCs. The enemys realy look feirce and different.
Overally, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time is a masterpiece Nintendo game. You can buy original version of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time or Legend of Zelda - Ocarina of Time (Collector's Edition) - Nintendo 64, or The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (w/ Master Quest) from Amazon.
Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina of Time - Video Review
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