Originally posted by: chrisbid

take an informal poll, few people actually had the patience to play OoT all the way through.  i personally do not know anyone that finished it.  it was a 'look at what the n64 can do' type game, released a few months after final fantasy vii did the same thing on the playstation.  people were wowed by the cinematics of OoT, but did not find the game part very fun.  OoT was the point where nintendo focused its energy on cinematics and puzzles in zelda games rather than the arcade/action that was the main feature of the original zelda games. 

now link rides trains and turns into a werewolf and few people give a damn.  the wow factor is gone, everything a system can do cinematic wise is old hat now.

 just like there was a pent up demand for 2D super mario bros, nintendo needs to see the light and realize the fun of zelda was killing octorocks with a sword, not figuring out obtuse puzzles.  journalists and 'hardcore' gamers overthink things and do not consider the basics like fun.  so spare us the polls and fluff ink spilled on OoT

Originally posted by: KHAN Games

I love Zelda's green tunic. My favorite game is when he saves the princess.

Originally posted by: KHAN Games

It's not nice to call him a princess! He saves the world over and over!

Originally posted by: Ozzy_98



He wears a green "tunic" (Short dress) and hangs out with faries.  He's a princess alright.

Originally posted by: Axiom51

I just did a search and I found out that the Wii version renamed the room the top secret room. Thats pretty queer.

Originally posted by: Space Jockey


Both ALTTP and OOT had plenty of puzzles and plenty of arcade/action stuff too.  Both were equal in that respect in terms of FUN as you put it.  They aren't ranking high on these lists for cinematics, they rank high because people enjoy playing them.  With Jonebone's numbers you have to admit that OOT selling 3 million more copies, seems obvious to anyone that more people like OOT than ALTTP.  Both are good fun games no one is denying that. 


Here's the stats page on total sales of ALL zelda games so far.  OOT is 1st, ALTTP is 5th.
http://www.vgchartz.com/gamedb/?name=the+legend+of+zelda

Ocarina of Time - 7.6 million
Twilight Princess - 7 million
Legend of Zelda NES - 6.5 million
Phantom Hourglass - 5 million
A Link to the Past - 4.6 million
Wind Waker GCN - 4.6 million
Adventures of Link - 4.3 million

Don't act like people don't care about these games, more people bought a wolf game and a boat cruising game than bought ALTTP.  Spirit Tracks itself brought in 3.2 million sales.  Just because you don't like it doesn't mean it's not true.

Edit: Just realized I responded to a 4 year old post, well whatever, my point stands.
 

Originally posted by: jero32

Actually I believe it is a glitch. In the original japanese version it just says "secret room" nothing about c.h. The room appears if something didnt load fast enough or some crap like that. To prevent the game from crashing they put that room there to be activated in situations like this.

Originally posted by: Ferris Bueller



Yeah, should've left it. It's like George Lucas messing with the original trilogy.

Originally posted by: NostalgicMachine

I never knew this, but that's incredibly dumb IMO.

Originally posted by: Firebrandx


They legally had to. The contest contract didn't state at the time his name would be used in all future releases of the same game. So in order to legally use his name again, they would have to track him down and have him sign another contract. That's too much hassle, not to mention a waste of payroll spent doing all that. So you just change the text back to the original translation of the Japanese game and be done with it.

 

Originally posted by: Trj22487

Wow, what a small world, I stumble on this ancient thread hoping to see if anyone ever found out who the actual Chris Houlihan is, and the final poster on this thread was Chris Bidwell. I used to chat with Chrisbid all the time back on the old Earthbound board on IGN some 13-14 years ago, back when I was only about 13-14 years old (looking up his IGN join date, it was 9/11/2000!). Too bad it looks like he no longer posts here or any of the other sites he's registered to. It's funny who you might bump into all these years later though. For about a solid year around the turn of the millenium the Earthbound board on IGN was definitely the online community I considered my home. We had a nice tight knit community and Earthbound itself still felt like it was "our little secret" back then.

Originally posted by: captmorgandrinker

Chrisbid does the "Now you're playing with Podcast":

http://www.nowyoureplayingwith.com/

 

Originally posted by: alekx

So he could get laid, duh.

edit: who can think of the best Chris Houlihan pickup line?

Originally posted by: Estil

So this year is LttP's 25th anniversary (well of the US release anyway)...any new leads on our mystery man?

Originally posted by: Estil

Oh yeah? If you got your name put in a game that became one of the all-time great masterpieces of video gaming, you tell us how that'd be "nothing special" to you.