Puppetry on parade in this Japanese commercial from 1993 for the Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening. Feels very appropriate given how wonderfully strange Link's Awakening can be! #VideoBytes - ThreadSky | a Reddit-style client for Bluesky

sharkabytes.bsky.social • 181 days ago

Puppetry on parade in this Japanese commercial from 1993 for the Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening.

Feels very appropriate given how wonderfully strange Link's Awakening can be!

#VideoBytes

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jakewake52.bsky.social•180 days ago

I think probably the wierdest thing about this has to be the tunic for me- I know colour accuracy to the original recording might not be perfect but its significantly more blue/teal than the normal green- and this was before the DX version that adds colour- just an odd choice imo to make him so blue

adamenamedamy.bsky.social•20 days ago

For me, no amount of quirk or goofiness changes how devastatingly bittersweet the game becomes.

trickyc66.bsky.social•155 days ago

link just spoke though??!

imamagnet.bsky.social•155 days ago

@rorenado.bsky.social

rorenado.bsky.social•155 days ago

I love this ad. It's so adorable and weird!

redvampire.bsky.social•20 days ago

Technically this is another instance of Link talking, after some of his self narration in Zelda 2

omgitsmyatt.bsky.social•155 days ago

One of my favorite Zelda games!

joe-byron.bsky.social•181 days ago

That’s hilarious thank you!

sharkabytes.bsky.social•181 days ago

You're very welcome!

rhacodactylus.bsky.social•180 days ago

love it! love everything about link's awakening

laurence.gonsalv.es•180 days ago

Now I can't help but imagine if the remake for the Switch had used this style.

kazoodac.bsky.social•155 days ago

God I love vintage Nintendo commercials.

marco.jard.im•181 days ago

Link's Awakening is one of my favorite Zelda games of all time and I had never seen this.

It's ... it's perfect!

sharkabytes.bsky.social•181 days ago

Aww, I'm glad I shared it then, it really is!

hardwarelust.bsky.social•20 days ago

That's an amazing find! Love it.

floofyy.bsky.social•181 days ago

shoutout to whoever got paid to yell "ZELDAAAAAA" at the top of their lungs for the last bit of this commercial