The Legend of Zelda: Ballad of the Wind Fish
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| The Legend of Zelda: Ballad of the Wind Fish | |
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| Developer(s) | Credited to Nintendo |
| Publisher(s) | Credited to Nintendo |
| Designer(s) | Jerrel Dulay |
| Release date |  TBA |
| Platform(s) | PC
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The Legend of Zelda: Ballad of the Wind Fish is a fan made game created by Jerrel Dulay. It is a 3D remake of the Game Boy Zelda title, Link's Awakening, and uses a very similar engine that console Zelda games, such as Ocarina of Time, The Wind Waker and Twilight Princess utilizes.
It was initially designed to be a confidential project, and would have not been announced to the general public until a later time. However, a leaked video of the project was uploaded on numerous sites, most notably at Gametrailers. The project is now widely known at several Zelda community fan sites as well as other websites, where on most the video has been deleted. Ballad of the Wind Fish has since then gotten an array of positive and negative input.
An alpha demo of the project had been released on May 3rd, 2009, and is mainly for showcasing the game, including the landscape and usable items. The demo can be downloaded at the main site
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Plot and Setting
Because Ballad of the Wind Fish is a fan remake of Link's Awakening, it is most likely that its plot will be the same as Link's Awakening's. However as mentioned in an interview over at That VideoGame Blog website, Jerrel Dulay had also mentioned the possibilty of introducing some additional new items and dungeons and some changes in sub-quests, such as rescuing Bow-Wow.[1]
Gameplay
Ballad of the Wind Fish uses an engine that console Zelda titles, such as Ocarina of Time, use. As with other console Zelda titles, the game will have a menu system in which several items can be equipped and used at once, and will also offer the ability of L-Targeting. At the moment, Ballad of the Wind Fish displays its controls at the bottom of the screen, much like Link's Awakening did, but displays Wii control graphics that were ripped from Twilight Princess. Jerrel Dulay had also mentioned in the Zelda Universe forums and in an interview that it may be possible, using bluetooth technology, to be able to play the game using a Wiimote.
Interior houses have been shown to have an overhead view, primarily to give the player a better view. There is no confirmed word yet on how side scroller rooms will be programed in the game, but Jerrel Dulay has said that he is considering several options for it.
Changes
Although Ballad of the Wind Fish is a remake of Link's Awakening, it had been announced that there will be various new original content, as well as a variety of other changes in exiting things.
Items
- Probably the most notable new addition is the Ocean Rod, which uses magic power to summon a water typhoon to the area where the rod was used. This typhoon, when walked into, allows Link to perform a 'super jump' to reach new areas. The button the rod is assigned to can also be held to charge up the rod. This Rod will also work as a 'sword' while submerged underwater. Supposedly the Ocean Rod can also be 'combined' with the bow to shoot Water Arrows as well.
- Several other items, such as the Magic Rod, are also planned to be 'moved' into different dungeons or locations. The reason primarily because the designer felt that some items were originally acquired very late in the original game.
- The Cucco Balloon, misspelled as 'Cuckoo', is another new item. It works the same as a normal Cucco in console Zelda titles, as it allows Link to slowly hover downwards when held. The only main difference is that the balloon is an equippable item and can be used anytime.
- Bow-Wow will be an actual item, and will supposedly be featured in its own feature-length dungeon. It will also function as an anchor to keep Link underwater.
- The Boomerang and Magic Powder can supposedly also be combined.
Dungeons
- There is the possiblity of at least two new dungeons, which either may hold new items or older items that were moved. There is no word whether the Color Dungeon from Link's Awakening DX will make a reappearance.
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