DAVID REEVES Chief


Operating Officer, Capcom My lasting memory of Zelda, and it is true to this day,


is that despite having worked on the other side of the fence at PlayStation and now at Capcom, there was always this massive anticipation of everybody waiting to buy the next version. Everything stopped for Zelda. The Legend lives.


MAX BUTLER General Manager, Advantage Distribution Zeldais the original RPG, and is one of the longest-


standing brands in the history of games – you don’t survive that long, pushing towards 20 releases, without consistent sales. Retail continues to have faith in the brand, and with that sales history, who wouldn’t? I‘m confident that Skyward Swordwill be in high demand this Christmas. Every pre-order campaign and release is my favourite Zeldatime for me.


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CRAIG OWENS


Games Editor, Edge


My favourite Zeldamoment is the first time I walked around Clock Town on


the third night of Majora’s Mask. The third night basically repeated Ocarina’s trick of showing you a world you’d failed to save, but on a more intimate scale. There’s a kind of darkly surreal carnival atmosphere, with the citizens drowning their sorrows in the Milk Bar, and the soldiers outside staring up at the moon’s grinning face. It captured a fairy-tale horror.


CRAIG


JAMES BINNS Head of Edge International, Future


I came late to the party… 18 years ago when I clocked on as staff writer on


unofficial Nintendo magazine Total. I got my hands on the Game Boy game Legend of Zelda: Links Awakening.A little game that looked simple, but I discovered was epic.


MCNICOL Managing Director, Koch Media As I sat down for the


Nintendo E3 Conference in


2004 I was unaware that Nintendo were just about to unleash the best E3 presentation I’ve ever seen with Twilight Princessbeing the centrepiece –Miyamoto being the surprise on stage guest, donned with the Master Sword and shield. The


fabulous action packed trailer and all the whooping and hollering from the crowd – it’s my favourite Zelda moment of all time.


JON BURTON Founder, Traveller’s Tales


In recent years I’ve played through Zelda with my kids – from Twilight


backwards to Ocarina– and came to admire what amazing games they are, but at the time they were released I couldn’t understand what all the fuss was about.


JOHNNY MINKLEY Editor, Eurogamer TV Zelda’smost memorable moment is found in its greatest game:


Wind Waker. It’s when Link retrieves the Master Sword and the black and white underworld, frozen in time, comes vividly to life with a flood of colour. The artistic highpoint in the most strikingly beautiful game I’ve played.


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