Being that it’s a platform game and a lot of the jumps have to be done with perfect accuracy, it wears on your thumb real fast. Regardless of which controller ya have, it seems the CD-i only uses two buttons. If ya look at the original Nintendo manual, look at how elaborate and colorful it is! All you get is a very brief storyline and bland descriptions. Countin' the English section, it’s only ten pages. The Nerd: The first thing I find kinda disappointing is the instruction manual.
(The logo for the "Legend of Zelda" TV series is shown.) But these scenes are only the icing on the shitcake. The Nerd: God! Way more corny than the Link from the TV series. Link: Great! I can’t wait to bomb some Dodongos! Zelda: Link, go to Gamelon, and find my father. Link is seen only in these infamous cartoon cutscenes. So going into this game, I couldn’t imagine how bad it would be.
I’ve always wondered why Nintendo never made any more Zelda games in this style. Y'know, the one who’s in the title of every Zelda game? (A selection of "Zelda" games are shown) Also it’s a side-scroller, much like in Zelda II: The Adventure of Link. The Nerd: To begin with, I thought this might’ve been an interesting game, because ya actually play as Zelda. You can think of 'em as brother and sister game(s). Now the first two, Link: The Faces of Evil and Zelda: Wand of Gamelon, were both released on the same day: October 10, 1993. The Nerd: I have been dreading this day for a long time.