and THIS was what we had as Story:
Evil Pig-Monster-thing Ganon owns the Triforce of Power and wanted the Triforce of Wisdom. Princess Zelda hid her Triforce inside 8 dungeons before she was captured by Ganon. Zelda's maid, Impa, located a young courageous man (Link) to recover the Triforce pieces and Save Zelda.
Link saves Zelda, Kills Ganon, becomes a Hero. Now a second quest awaits him... There is a THIRD Triforce... (well, it should have been expected cause it's the TRIforce, not the BIforce) and he has to save Princess Zelda's ancestor... wait for it... Princess Zelda... (Ancent rule of Hyrule dictates that all girls born of Royal blood be named Zelda after the Original Zelda... the one Link has to save now) But most of this does not appear on the cartoon... cause that is mostly based on the first game.
So, how can a cartoon butcher this so-called Legacy since the story from the cartoon is very close to the first game (with some liberties taken of course). Also this show was mostly written by Bob Forward...
Yes, THAT Bob Forward... He wrote some of the cooler She-Ra Episodes!
Horde Prime takes a Holiday, Sweet Bee's Home (More references to that IF/when I get MOTUC Frosta), Flowers for Hordak,
He also wrote THE PROBLEM WITH POWER!! One of the best He-man Episodes!! How could this go wrong!?
As you can see the intro doesn't spare you from the infamous Excuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuse me, Princess!
The cartoon doesn't stray far from the original premise. There are some liberties taken cause of the cartoon format. I also must remind everyone that this is an 80 Cartoon... Which helps explain some of its drawbacks.
To be fair, the people behind this show only had THIS as a storyline:
"Evil Pig-Monster-thing Ganon owns the Triforce of Power and wanted the Triforce of Wisdom. Princess Zelda hid her Triforce inside 8 dungeons before she was captured by Ganon. Zelda's maid, Impa, located a young courageous man (Link) to recover the Triforce pieces and Save Zelda."
So, the Storyline became something like this:
Evil Pig-Monster-Thing Ganon owns the Triforce or Power and wants the Triforce of Courage that Princess Zelda owns. Link is tasked to protect the Triforce of Wisdom from Ganon with help of Princess Zelda and a fairy named Spryte.
We had NAVI long before NAVI was born... and Sprite wants Link... BADLY... She might be 3 inches tall, but she makes Frosta look like a prude.
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| Spryte was also voiced by Tabitha St. Germain, but I haven't found a pony to match her Spryte voice. |
Ganon is your generic 80s bad guy. He moans, complains, tries something, gets foiled by Link and/or Zelda, tries again.
Zelda gets kidnapped a few times, but she's not completely helpless (She's saved Link's butt a few times.) She can be incredibly bitchy at times though
Link is cocky, arrogant and desperate to get in Zelda's pants. He's not like the videogame Link. To be fair, Link never had any personality... He's just really brave and does everything in his power to get the Triforce back. (this is pre- "break into your house and destroy all of your pottery, harass your poultry, lawnmowing for money" Link that everyone loves. So, I don't really get all the complaining about this show "ruining" Link as a character.
I Had vague memories of this show when I began this undertaking... 99% of them were EXCUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUSE ME PRINCESS!! and remembering enjoying it more than I did the Mario show. (I dare say that I enjoyed it even MORE than Captain N: The Game Master... except the Captain N Episodes where Link appeared)
It's Not the best 80s cartoon, but it is enjoyable. I thought that the three hours and few minutes of Zelda would have been a horrible chore, but it was more pleasant than I thought. If I were to rate it in a scale of 1 to 10 where 1 is crap and 10 is awesome... I'd have to give The Legend of Zelda a 7.1 rating... By the end of the thirteenth Episode I wanted more... Looks like I'll have to hunt the Captain N episodes where Link and Zelda show up...
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