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Video Of the Day! Special: The Legend of Zelda: Symphony of the Goddesses

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Jul 072012
 
Zelda Symphony

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25 Years later it still inspires

 

 

Back in 1986 when the original The Legend of Zelda game was released on the 8-bit Nintendo Entertainment System (NES), game creator Shigeru Miyamoto probably never imagined that some 25 years later his simple story of an elf boy out to save a princess would inspire so many. While Miyamoto’s game has inspired countless sequels and a world wide fanbase, the game also inspired generations of musicians. Koji Kondo, who created the iconic music for the first game and the revised versions is known as an industry legend for video game music, and it was his work that has inspired what could be seen as the ultimate fan-work, with The Legend of Zelda: Symphony of the Goddesses. A full fledged professional symphonic orchestra working in cooperation with Nintendo, is currently touring the United States and performing musical pieces inspired by the adventures of Link in his eternal quest to save Princess Zelda.

The Symphony of the Goddesses currently has tour dates through the end of the year and will be stopping in cities including Houston-TX, San Diego-CA, Orlando-FL, Philadelphia-PA, Vienna-VA, Pittsburgh-PA, San Jose-CA, Toronto-ON, Minneapolis-MN, Boston-MA, Chicago-IL, New York-NY, West Palm Beach-FL, and Miami-FL. Please check their website for exact dates and show times, which are subject to change.

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Nintendo Supersizes the 3DS

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Jun 252012
 
Nintendo's upcoming new handheld, the 3DS XL. Oooh, shiny.
Nintendo's upcoming new handheld, the 3DS XL. Oooh, shiny.

Nintendo’s upcoming new handheld, the 3DS XL. Oooh, shiny.

At E3 in L.A. earlier this month, Nintendo was keeping quiet about the successor to its popular 3DS stereoscopic handheld game console, but now they’ve dropped the other shoe and officially unveiled the Nintendo 3DS XL, a larger version of the company’s 3D stereoscopic handheld console.  Called the 3DS LL in Japan, it features the expected bigger screens, with the 3D-capable upper screen almost 5″ on the diagonal, compared to the current model’s 3.5″ diagonal.  In other words, the stereoscopic effect will be much more pronounced because the image will be freaking huge by comparison. Despite this, the new device will have a longer battery life – though they’re a bit sketchy on exactly how much.

In the U.S. you’ll be able to buy one on August 19 – it’ll have a 4Gb memory card, and it’ll cost $199.99, which is actually about $30 cheaper than when the 3DS debuted last year. The new Mario game, New Super Mario Bros. 2, will be out the same day.  Japan gets it a few weeks earlier on July 28 for 18,900 yen ($235), and the same date in Europe.

Nintendo said since the February 26, 2011 Japanese launch of the 3DS, the company has sold-through an estimated 6.3 million units in Japan. As of the end of March this year, the company had sold over 17 million units globally.  They’ve taken a page from Apple’s playbook, and have been releasing new versions of its hardware every year since 2009, and somehow people just keep buying them as each one comes out.

The scheme seems to be working for them.  Nintendo handhelds are like Pokemon now.  Gotta catch ‘em all.

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