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Author Archives: Michael McConnell

May 8, 2014 Operation All The Zeldas! Ocarina of Time

So this is probably going to be for some of you where this series peaks. Drawing from the backstory laid down by A Link to the Past, Ocarina becomes the fulcrum for the whole series’ mythology. If you haven’t played this game, you can still experience it fresh on the 3DS with some graphics enhancements. […]

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April 3, 2014 Operation All The Zeldas! Link’s Awakening

Considering that every Zelda game until Ocarina of Time is platform/generation defining, Link’s Awakening might get overlooked. Though the Game Boy is the first portable platform, the defining game of the platform is Pokemon or Tetris. Link’s Awakening might not be the biggest game on the Game Boy, but it still deserves a lot of […]

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March 6, 2014 Operation All The Zeldas: A Link to the Past

There are two games that vie for the title of best Zelda game: Ocarina of Time and A Link to the Past. I would imagine that it is more of a generational divide, whether your developmental gaming period was spent with a SNES or an N64. I can safely say that I come down with […]

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January 15, 2014 Operation All The Zeldas 2: The Adventure of Link

This was the one part of the Zelda series that almost killed these articles before I started. My only real memory of this game was a weekend rental that ended in failure. Named the Adventure of Link, Zelda II is the kind of difficult that only NES games were. The game changes the formula of […]

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December 12, 2013 Operation All The Zeldas Part 1: The Legend of Zelda

The Hyrule Historia came out this year in the US, celebrating the entire run of the Legend of Zelda series. If you haven’t read it yet, jump over to Amazon and have it sent to you posthaste. In addition to a wonderful collection of concept art for the entire series, you finally get to see […]

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