Zelda In My Pocket

Ocarina of Time 3D Footage!

Justin — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 16:53:13 +0000

It seems that some footage of OoT 3D has finally come around! Check out the video for a look. (Skip to about 1:20 to view the actual gameplay.)

Looks exciting! I’m still on edge waiting for it (even though I’m more into Skyward Sword.)

Source: Hyrule.net

Color Changing Tingle’s Love Balloon Trip Translation?

Alter — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 23:16:50 +0000

Well, now it appears that there’s a possibility of a fan translation for Color Changing Tingle’s Love Balloon Trip (a.k.a Irodzuki Tincle no Koi no Balloon Trip)! There’s a group which we’re unfamiliar with, known as Kirameki, which creates fan translations of various games. (The one I immediately noticed was Captain Rainbow, known for it’s numerous Nintendo and Zelda cameos.) Kirameki currently has a poll going on which is inquiring as to which game their team should begin translating next. It just so happens that Irodzuki Tincle no Koi no Balloon Trip is on their list. You all know what that means; you need to get over there and cast your vote. It’s a matter of life and death. Well, not really, but it would quite nice if we had a translation coming that quickly.

Click here to vote for Irodzuki Tincle no Koi no Balloon Trip!

Apparently, until I’d cast my own vote, Tales of Hearts was tied with Irodzuki Tincle no Koi no Balloon Trip, but now we’re leading by one vote. Get over there and make sure that the translation your b=voice is heard! (Of course, that’s only if you’re voting for Irodzuki Tincle no Koi no Balloon Trip.)

Source: Kirameki

In other news, some Japanese scientist have discovered something quite amazing. Think Star Wars. Basically, we’re now looking at having full-fledged, interactive holograms which you can essentially “feel”. And how do they detect motion? None other than… Wiimotes. Nintendo had better be talking with these guys. Watch the video and read all about it at by visiting TG Daily.

Source: TG Daily

Kakashi: The Search for Tingle Now Has Wi-Fi Features

Alter — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 14:10:13 +0000

Hey, all! We’ve got a couple of news pieces regarding our Kakashi title. The first one is fun: We have yet another piece of art, and if I do say so myself, it looks quite… tough. Who knew Kakashi had a side to him like this? Regardless, it’ll be added to our collection, which you can enjoy.

The second update is more or less… ground-breaking. Yes, Kakashi: The Search for Tingle will feature Wi-Fi. But you already knew that if you read an earlier post on the Kakashi Site. However, we bet you didn’t know it would come this soon. Yes, that’s right, it’s here. Today we’re announcing our Demo Engine 2.00, which is very, very special. Let us explain: First off, this file will void Demo Engine 1.0; you’ll have to grab this one for it to work. After booting it up, you won’t see any differences in the game. The only change you’ll see is a new button added to the main menu, named “update”.

At the same time, we’ve also released Demo Engine 2.10, but you won’t find it in the downloads section. “Why not?”, you ask. The reason being is that by clicking the “update” button, you’ll download version 2.10 and it will automatically patch your game with the updates! What lies in update 2.10? Just download it and find out! (Don’t worry; it’s nothing spectacular; just enough to show you our capabilities.) As always, keep in mind that these are beta files, and are prone to various bugs and glitches.

Although a small handful of Nintendo DS Homebrew games have implemented Wi-Fi in some fashion, we wish to point out that none have been as intricate as this. The only other possibility would be DSOrganize, a high-tech Wi-Fi enabled organizer, which allowed you to download Homebrew games from a library. Sadly, it’s now an obsolete project.

We hope you’re as excited about this news as we are! Look forward to more news coming soon!

The download can be found on the Kakashi site’s download page, or by clicking here.

P.S. By the way, we’re kidding about not having Demo Engine 2.10 on the site. We’ll put it in the downloads section for our users who happen to be running an emulator, and are unable to connect to Wi-Fi. Also, a special thanks to Alex, for working so hard on the coding!

Kakashi: The Search for Tingle Engine Demo Release

Alter — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 23:21:58 +0000

The title says it all, doesn’t it? We are pleased to announce to you two separate events… The first one is that our test demo is ready! The second is that we are announcing our new site, kakashi.zeldainmypocket.com! All of this is pretty self-explanatory, but let me remind you that these are not the final animations or textures; this is simply to show you that the game is being worked on, as well as to demonstrate the engine.

The game can be found on the Kakashi site’s download page. Thanks for being so patient throughout the game’s development, and a special thanks to Alex Plunkett and Justin Folvarcik for their hard work!

Also, as you’ll see on the Kakashi website, our game will be featuring more than just single-player; it will have a multiplayer mode, as well as Wi-Fi. Now isn’t that something?

Thanks for reading!

-The Zelda in my Pocket Staff

General Update -Featuring Minish, Manga, Kakashi and Pegasus Boots

Alter — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 05:31:24 +0000

Just a general update regarding a few pieces of news from around the block. First off is…

Minish

The Minish Cap guide has been updated, and now takes you through the third dungeon. Have fun with that, and be sure to thank Michael! You can view it on The Minish Cap Guide page. Next up, we have…

Manga

As many sites around the community have been boasting about, the “original” Legend of Zelda manga has finally been translated into English. Overall, it’s one of the better mangas, at least in our opinion. It goes quite deep into the theme of the original Logend of Zelda game, but it also deviates from the plotline quite a bit. That could be a plus or minus, depending on where you stand on the canon. Either way, I nabbed and colorized an awesome piece of art from it, seen to the right. You can check out the site it’s hosted on (called BerriBlue) here. And still more news is…

Kakashi

Though not ready yet, we’ve made good headway on the demo engine. Keep in mind that when our release comes, you won’t see much; the engine is essentially the core of the game, involving the character’s coding, movement, etc. The rest wiull start to come along soon once we get over this hump. Once again, we apologize for the wait, but know that we’ve been very busy. Though it’s unlaunched, I can tell you all that we’re working on a seperate website to specifically cover the game. More news soon! And finally, we have the…

Pegasus Boots

To cut to the chase, our site’s been growing in both traffic and size. Unfortunately, this has resulted in a longer load time added to our already long load time. So after a few cuts (we promise you won’t know the difference!), we’ve been able to reduce our load time by an average of about 40%! Overall, we’re quite excited about this, as it makes the world a more friendly place! In the future we hope to cut down the load times even more. Thanks for checking us out!

Staffer Wins PC Game Contest + New Video You May Not Have Seen

Alter — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 21:14:08 +0000

Just an exciting update- one of our staffers has just won a big cash prize for designing a winning PC game! Most of you may know Alex Plunkett as being our lead coder for Kakashi: The Search for Tingle. The total prize money was $500.00, which we’re sure he can use to create even better games! Stop by in our comments section, and tell him congratulations, and also thank him for working so dilligently on the Kakashi title.

In other not-so-news, there’s a video that you may have missed; apparently, not too many Zelda fans have actually seen it, but yes, it’s official, and from the first Legend of Zelda title. That video is actually a commercial. A really pimped-out commercial. Just watch it below.

Click here to view the embedded video.

And in other news, several more Pokèmon from the upcoming Black and White games have been released. Check out Official Nintendo Magazine for more info.

Finally, we want to wish you all a belated “HAPPY 4TH OF JULY!” for our friends here in the states! I know we all had a blast, and we hope you did, too.

Source: Official Nintendo Magazine

Speed Gamers Are Taking Up Zelda This Month

Justin — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 01:08:14 +0000

It seems that the famed “Speed Gamers” are taking this summer to play some Zelda. They’ll be showing nightly streams of Zelda goodness throughout the month of July. Being the caring people that they are, these nightly sessions will benefit the Autism Care and Treatment Today foundation.

However, this is working out a little differently than you might think. The ACT Today! is participating in the Pepsi Refresh Project for their funding. So they’re going to be playing Zelda and telling you to vote for the ACT Today! foundation in the project for the prize of $250,000 worth of funding.

Don’t miss the marathon on their site, and don’t forget to vote! Help procure funding for treating children with autism. Remember: Every vote counts, and this money could help a lot of children.

Until next time, faithful followers!

Source: Zelda Universe

Tingle’s Love Balloon Trip Review + Kakashi Art

Alter — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 19:18:53 +0000

Well, first off, we want to let you know that our artists have finished another piece of work from our Kakashi game! If case you couldn’t tell, it’s displayed right next to this paragraph. Personally, I love it; I think it captures the essence of Kakashi, and especially what the feeling of our new game will be. Be sure to thank our team in the comments!

One of our friends, GhostDEFENDER, has generously decided to donate a Color Changing Tingle’s Love Balloon Trip review to us! As some of you may know, most of us here are fans of the game, and it’s wonderful to have someone be able to put our feelings into words for us (yes, that means we agree with the review). You can check it out on our Color Changing Tingle’s Love Balloon Trip page, or can click here to go right to the guide. Or, as if there weren’t already enough options, click the jump below to read it on this very page!

Click here to read the review!

Welcome to my (GhostDEFENDER’s) little review. To start, what we have here is something a bit different. It’s not every day that we have a Zelda spin-off as unique as Color Changing Tingle’s Love Balloon Trip (TLBT). In case you were wondering, this game has several translated titles. Apart from Color Changing Tingle’s Love Balloon Trip, we also have

Color Changing Tingle’s Balloon Trip of Love
Ripening Tingle’s Love Balloon Trip
Ripening Tingle’s Balloon Trip of Love
Irodzuki Tincle no Koi no Balloon Trip
Irozuki Tingle no Koi no Balloon Trip
Tingle’s Love Balloon Trip
Tingle’s Balloon Trip of Love

The list goes on; you’d be surprised at the number of titles I’ve seen floating around for the same game. Also, don’t forget the abbreviations (i.e. TLBT, CCTBToL). It’s worth pointing out that it has recently blown towards “Color Changing Tingle’s Love Balloon Trip” and “Irodzuki Tincle No Koi No Balloon Trip” due to cooperation from leading websites on the game, such as GameFAQs.com, GameSpot.com, NDSGame.info, and ZeldaInMyPocket.com.

When the past installment in the Tingle series, Tingle’s Rosy Rupeeland, was released, it received an excellent welcome wagon in Japan (no sarcasm), as well as in America (sarcasm). Whether gamers were fans of Tingle or not, most who played the game actually enjoyed it, and many have said it is one of their favorite games in the Zelda series.

Will the sequel live up to its predecessor’s glory? Read on, my friends, read on.

As I loaded up the game, I was (pleasantly) surprised to see that several new characters had been added to the series. I watched the opening cutscene, and saw that it was good. (No pun intended.) However, when it came time for me to navigate around my room, I was a bit confused. “Why isn’t this stupid control pad working?!”, I asked myself. Within the next few moments, I realized that this was a point-and-click adventure game.

For those of you who remember, Lucasarts had quite a few of these games way back when. (These included the infamous Monkey Island games, which have recently made their way to WiiWare.)

At first I was dismayed to come to this realization. I loved Tingle’s Rosy Rupeeland. I wanted another Tingle’s Rosy Rupeeland. I don’t want this crappy point-and-click game! …But after playing for about half-an-hour, I began to change my mind. I noticed how vivid the colors were, and how well-developed the character’s personalities were (surprising, seeing as I couldn’t even read the dialog; the expressions from the small sprites conveyed everything that I needed to know). The game had a cheerful atmosphere to go along with it, too. The music was also great; it seemed to mix a little bit of the old in with some new. I started to thoroughly enjoy myself.

Then, it happened- I got stuck. After trying almost every possible avenue I saw, I had nowhere left to turn. And I was only on Page Two. You see, this game is divided up into pages. Each page has several sections (usually about three, but sometimes up to five) that Tingle must venture through to complete the page.

Eventually, I figured out what to do after messing around using various items for an hour or so. For this particular style of point-and-click adventure, you search for items, use them on other items, and use the effects in different areas. For example, you might search through a pile of corn husks, and find an ear of corn. You take inside a farmer’s hut, and use it on the fire to roast it. You can then take the cooked corn and give it over to a statue.

Or in a another instance, you can use a slingshot to strike a crow, causing it to drop a much-needed battery. There are so many items, and so many objects, it’s hard to know what to interact with, and how.

From what I’ve seen so far, this is a very rewarding game; it has plenty of challenges, to be sure, but isn’t that what Nintendo fans have been asking for, especially when it comes to Zelda? Of course, it’s debatable as to whether this is actually a “Zelda” game, per say. Personally, I take the stance of it “not” being a Zelda game within itself, but more of being a part of Zelda.

For those of you interested in purchasing this game, I would suggest that you wait for an English release, as this is a very text-heavy game. Well into the game, very difficult puzzles will await you, many of them which are almost impossible to complete without some understanding of the language. However, it undeniably makes the game a ‘quite’ bit harder, so if you’re looking for a real challenge, go ahead and give it a spin!

Let’s just hope that this humor-filled game comes to America soon, as it’s something you don’t want to miss out on.

Note: This review was generously donated to Zelda in my Pocket by GhostDEFENDER. The only other place this review can be found is on GameSpot.com, which hosts an older version.

Which are the fans more excited for?

Justin — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 20:52:27 +0000

With the passing of E3, everyone knows about how we saw Ocarina of Time 3D and Skyward Sword. Both games have been highly anticipated for QUITE some time, and it seems that expectations are high for both. But this begs the question: Which game are the fans anticipating more?

You could argue that the release of both will bring Nintendo a lot more revenue, but you also have to take into account the average audience of the series. Most of the fans are kids without a steady income. If Nintendo releases both at the same time, they may be forced to choose, causing a somewhat smaller sale rate.

If you had to make this choice, which would you buy? Skyward Sword or Ocarina of Time 3D? Leave a comment and tell us what you think!

Ocarina of Time 3D Confirmed

Alter — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 23:44:42 +0000

After quite a few debates for the last 18 or so hours, we can finally announce that it’s official; There will be an Ocarina of Time remake for the 3DS. To the right, you’ll see the final image which we’ve uncovered (though none of these pics are really “special secrets” anymore). However, we must let some of the hopes dwindle a bit; It’s not confirmed that it will be the full version of “Ocarina of Time”. Nintendo is still playing around with it, and using it to test the functionality of the system.

According to Kotaku, Ocarina of Time 3D is “like a few other 3DS titles shown off so far is merely a tech demo for the new hardware”. However, it sound like the head honchos at the big “N” are so desiring to have this full game on the NIntendo 3DS, so maybe it will come true. You can view the official news on Nintendo’s E3 site. Once there, click on “Nintendo Titles”.

We hope that you’re still excited, as we sure are. Also, as a side-note, if Ocarina of Time does make it to the 3DS, we’ll be covering the game right here, at Zelda in my Pocket.