Bibliographic Information


Game: The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time

Developer: Nintendo EAD

Developer Website: http://www.nintendo.com

Game Website: http://www.zelda.com/ocarina3d/

Platform: Nintendo 64, GameCube, iQue Player

Date: November 21, 1998

 

Content Summary

The game centers around Link who at the start of the game is sent on a mission by the dying Great Deku Tree to find the Princess Zelda and worn her that a immense evil is coming. When Link find the princess she tells him that she believes and fears that the evil that is coming is King Ganondorf. She then sends Link to get three spiritual stones so she may enter a sacred area and retrieve the holy relic called the Triforce. The Triforce will grant anyone who has it unlimited powers and they can turn the world good or evil. Link successfully gathers the stones and heads to the holy temple, which has the Triforce. There King Ganondorf outwits him and takes the Triforce for himself and Link enters a seven-year slumber. When Link awakens he finds the world is not the same as he remembers it. He is then tasked with saving Hryle from the darkness that is and defeating Ganondorf.

 

Critical Evaluation


The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time is an action and adventure role-playing game were players travel the fictional kingdom of Hyrule as Link. Players are tasked with time sensitive quests were they can solve riddles, puzzles, and tasks for rewards in the game. The game is called Ocarina of Time because Link is given an Ocarina by the Princess Zelda at the start of the game. Throughout the game Link must learn 12 different songs on the Ocarina in order to teleport to different areas of the game. This original version of the game was released in 1998 and is considered to be one of the best Zelda games out there. The game has recently been released on the Nintendo handheld gaming devise called 3DS. IGN a reputable gaming review website raves about the games, graphics, storyline, and soundtrack. They write, “Ocarina of Time is easily the best in the series. Sure, the game has a couple of little flaws (the annoying Navi "hey" messages, for example) -- but unlike the hundreds and hundreds of uninspired gaming sequels that find their way into console and PC owners' homes every year, Ocarina of Time takes some basic game play and story ideas from its predecessors and rolls them into a completely unique experience” (http://www.ign.com/).

 

Reader’s Annotation


Link has been asleep for seven years and when he wakes up he finds that the kingdom is under the rule of the evil King Ganondorf. It is up to Link to save the kingdom from the impending darkness and rescue the Princess Zelda .

 

Developer Information

The following information was taken from http://www.nintendo.com/corp/history.jsp.

 

“Nintendo Entertainment System: Introduced in 1985, the NES was an instant hit. Over the course of the next two years, it almost single-handedly revitalized the video game industry. Selling over 60 million units, people brought games like Mario and Zelda into their homes for the first time on the NES.

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The screen was four-colors-of-gray but the device defined portable gaming and was enormous fun. Game Boy, which came out in 1989, was closely associated with the classic game Tetris when it debuted. Game Boy is the most successful video game system ever released. Since its introduction in 1989, Game Boy has sold well over 150 million systems worldwide. Originally bundled with the game, Tetris, this little handheld became an instant phenomenon."

 

Genre

Game, Action & Adventure

 

Curriculum Ties


• N/A

 

Booktalking Ideas


• N/A

 

Reading Level/ Interest Age


Grades 6-12

 

Challenge Issues


• Video games don’t belong in the library

 

Challenge Issue Resources (for usage in a challenge situation)

• Active Listening

• Explanation of why it was chosen for the collection (Rational)

• Awards

• Reader Advisory Reviews (Students, Parents, Educators)

• Positive and Negative Reviews

• National Council of Teachers “Right to Read”

• ALA Strategies and Tips for Dealing with Challenges to Library Materials

• ALA Bill of Rights on Intellectual Freedom

• Library Selection Policy & Library District Reconsideration Form

 

Why I choose it

I choose this game because my sister and my teen students are avid Zelda fans.