Hello, Zelda in my Pocket fans! This is just a brief update to let you know that we’re planning on releasing some new content come this New Year!

At this point, all of the staff past staff members have dispersed, and no word has been heard even though attempt at contact has been made. As of now, it will probably just be “me” handling some of the work, but once that’s been finished, I plan on selling this website. As you may know, there’s a lot of content which has been never been published, and I’m working on getting some of that up, and cleaning up the design/layout. As such, we will not be accepting any applications at this time. (As if we’ve had any requests during our hiatus.)

The website will probably be auctioned off, and I plan to start the bidding at $2,000 USD. The sale of Zelda in my Pocket will only be made to those planning on continuing the theme, and who have a genuine interest in the Legend of Zelda handheld series. If you’re interested in buying, please contact me by writing to maktesh[at]hotmail.com.

We’re also discontinuing all of our affiliations at this time (besides Kirameki), and want to inform all of our affiliates that they no longer need to be linking to us.

Finally, the Kakashi project is 100% dead. All of the files will be given to the buyer of ZimP, or sold to anyone who makes an acceptable offer. (Try ~$50)

Thank you for your continued support, and I look forward to both exiting ZimP’s hiatus and passing on the torch.

Maktesh

Hello, everyone. I, Maktesh, just wanted to leave a quick post and assure you that we are still here (albeit gone for nearly four months). We’re currently working on updating this website, and will be moving forward early this summer. I hesitate to use the term “relaunch”, but that’s essentially what will be happening. At this point, most of the site staff members have departed, not just this website, but the Zelda community in general. People grow and/or get too busy. It happens. Regardless, we’ll be doing some slight redesign work, finishing up our content (mostly with a media focus), and talk about collecting more staff members in the near future.

On the topic of staff, I apologize to all who have applied for a position over the last few months. Although we responded personally with this, we want to let everyone know that it’s nothing personal, and at this point, has nothing to do with any sort of skill level (or lack thereof). We’re simply on hiatus, and are not taking any applications.

Also, I want personally apologize to our affiliates. We have not been active, and have been removed from many of their lists. We will attempt to rebuild a friendship with you when we are able to make this site self-sufficient. On that topic, this site is actually doing very well. We’ve only slightly dropped in viewership over the last few months, meaning that you all appreciate our content enough to keep coming back, even when there’s nothing new. Thank you all!

On a final note, the remaining staff at Zelda in my Pocket (I’ll be blunt; There really may only be two or three of us at this point) would like to wish you a happy Easter Sunday. At Zelda in my Pocket, we will recognize this holiday due to it’s special importance of celebrating the resurrection of Jesus Christ.

Regards,

Maktesh

Hello, followers of Zelda in my Pocket. This post has been in the making for a long time, and quite frankly may surprise all of you.

First off, let me introduce myself. My handle, penname, etc. is Maktesh, and I am the legal owner of Zelda in my Pocket. I was one of the members associated with the original Zelda in my Pocket, so I felt a call to restore the website in Duncan’s memory. I have never publically come forth about this issue due to the fact that I am currently fulfilling the busy life of a college student and web designer, and have not had the time to be active in the Zelda universe.

For the last year or so, my friend, Alter Stevens, has been diligently running this website. The reason I’m writing this today is to make a series of announcements. The first is that I will now be fronting the leadership of Zelda in my Pocket. This fact brings me to some news that I regret having to present, thus I will tiptoe through it as lightly and sensibly as possible. Alter has formally resigned from Zelda in my Pocket, and currently has no plans of returning to the website or the community.

The reason for Alter’s resignation lies with some personal issues that he has been dealing with, which have been very straining on his personal life. He needs some time to mentally recover, as well as tackle some of the things that have exponentially increased his strain. In the letter he left, he indicated that handling this website has contributed to some of these strains, and he feels that in order to recover, he needed to let go of Zelda in my Pocket.

Alter will be missed by many, but I believe that he is being made a better person through these ordeals.

Moving forward with the updates, Alter has been acting as my avatar for the last couple of years, building up relationships for this website and in the community. As one of his friends, and the proud owner of this website, I ask that you all give him a round of applause for his success in building this site from the ground up.

However, this again leads me to an uncomfortable issue. Although I’m proud of the way the site turned out, the ends do not justify the means. From what I understand, there has been plenty of toe-stepping on Alter’s part, both on and off of Zelda in my Pocket. I would like to offer a formal apology to anyone who feels as though they have been wronged by either Alter or Zelda in my Pocket. As Alter was acting on my behalf, it is my moral obligation to take full responsibility for his actions. I feel deep regret that some in the community have feelings of animosity towards our site. I hope that we will be able to build trust and friendship on the grounds of a new beginning.

I am not fully aware of every event that has taken place on this website, especially the discussions and occurrences that took place off-site. I have not been a part of the universal Zelda community for a couple of years, and even longer since I was active. I apologize ahead of time for my lack of knowledge regarding surrounding Zelda-based websites, especially those who we are affiliated with.

Other than the creation of the current layout, I’ve had almost nothing to do with Zelda in my Pocket since its restoration. I feel as though I missed out on something special by not taking part in the start of this website, but looking at things, there’s much more room for growth, and I look forward to heading the new projects that we’ll be bringing forth.

Back to the problems that have occurred revolving around this site, I wish to assure you that there will be no further instances where people or websites feel as though they have been wronged by us. From now on, this website will purely reflect the values of its owner and staff members. We will attempt to right any wrongs, and make this website a place where all are welcomed and treated with respect.

Thank you for reading this long-winded ‘statement’, and I ask that you continue to support this website, especially in-light of the new doors that we’ll be exploring.

I wish you all a belated “Merry Christmas”, as well as a “Happy New Year”. This upcoming year will bring many great things our way, and I look forward to having both you and I take part in it.

Sincerely,

Maktesh

We just wanted to post a nice, quick update in order to inform you all that we’ve now updated our Minish Cap walkthrough! Our guide will now take you through the Temple of Droplets; you’ll notice we’re getting close to completion. And once the guide is all up, we’ll add images and create a new guide template, allowing for a cleaner reading experience. Again, a special thanks to Micheal for all of his hard work!

You can click here to view The Minish Cap guide.

We also want to apologize for the slowness in news and updates. However, worry not; we have something very big planned for this site. We’ll update you with more soon. :v)

Alter Stevens,
Webmaster

So as many of you may have noticed, we’ve been a little down as of late. The reason for this can mostly be summed up with two statements; the first being that there has really been no handheld news since The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks was released last December. The second would be that, well, many of us have been quite busy. Personally, I, Alter, am transferring schools to the other side of the States in a couple of days. Our other Webmaster, Justin will also be attending college this Autumn. In light of these events, fear not; we plan to keep the site active, and have some other staffers ready to take the baton until life returns to normal!

Until that moment, however, we have another little mini-article ready for you!

Death in The Legend of Zelda — Part 1

Death— the very word may just send a faint chill down your spine. However, in the context of the virtual world, most of us don’t give it a second thought (Unless, of course, by “death”, you mean the deletion of your Facebook account). What I mean by this is that in real life, the power of death is a great adversary— one that you and I are unable to conquer. However, when you’re gunned down by an enemy combatant in Call of Duty or have your last heart stabbed by a Moblin in Link’s Awakening, do you really give it much thought? Assuming you’re not on a speed run, and are reasonably sane, chances are that the answer is “no”. In 95% of video games, you can either load your last save point, restart the level, or simply be self-revived and lose a few points.

For some odd reason, game developers have no problem with adding endless blood and gore into death scenes, whether it be the protagonist’s or an NPC’s death. However, they seem to neglect actually making death meaningful…

Click here to view the article’s entire page.

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!

Howdy, everyone! Just wanted to drop in and let you all know that we have some site updates!

By now it’s likely that you’ve noticed that we have a section up for The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap. Yeah, that’s right. We finally got around to having a mainstream game set up. We also have part of the walkthrough/guide up, which can be seen by clicking here. It can also be found from the main Minish Cap section, so no need to worry! There is also a downloads section that’s heading up for the game. What’s there now can be seen on the Minish Cap downloads page.

I am also pleased to announce that we have a guide in the works; however, this is no normal guide. This is a video guide. And it’s not just for an ordinary game; it’s for a special game, known as Freshly-Picked Tingle’s Rosy Rupeeland! I admit that we’ve been holding out on you- we didn’t want to get everyone all excited before we were sure it would be going though! In all likeliness, the first chapter will be out on this site about this time next week, if not before then!

Finally, you’ll notice that we’ve readjusted the sidebars. We think it looks nicer, but what matters is “do you?”. If you’re unhappy with the change, let us know, and we’ll reconsider returning them to their original positions.

Thanks again for visiting us!

Alter

Well, I got a little carried away last night and decided to go ahead and get it (the layout) mostly finished. Several parts still need some work, such as the game navigation buttons, and the apps on the right sidebar. Go ahead and leave some feedback in the comments section, and be sure to let us know about any problems you find!

Alter

You may know that Zelda in my Pocket has a long history, but then again, you may not. If you’re interested in the finer details, or want to find out for the first time, we now have our History Page up! It thoroughly covers the start of Zelda in my Pocket back in 2008, all the way through today! Furthermore, I should tempt you all, and let you know that our secret project is “up”, and although it’s not launched, you can find it if you look hard enough. But don’t worry if you can’t- we’ll have it available for all soon enough.

Also, get ready for a Facebook fanpage, and if you’re not already doing so, I highly advise you to follow our BRAND NEW TWITTER PAGE!

As always, have a good one.

Alter

Just wanted to give you all a heads up- we’re working on redesigning our pages, format, layout, affiliates and more! These changes are planned to go into effect next week, so get ready to experience a whole new level of Zelda in my Pocket! We’re also currently looking for a graphic designer who’s a bit more skilled than myself, who could work with various images, layouts, etc. Think you’re right for the job? Apply here.

Also, if you see any dead links laying around here or on Google, be sure to let us know so that we can fix them, as the transition left some things out of place.

Got question, comments or suggestions? E-mail us at zeldainmypocket@hotmail.com, or leave a comment for this post!