Today I bring you 3 updates that pull together to make either a masterpiece of an update or just a mess of some sort, I don’t know. Anyway, these 3 updates are so awesome, I’m going to get on with it so you don’t get mad at me. Click “Read More” to…you know…Read More.

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That’s right, Other M was released in America the 31th August, and now in Japan at the 2nd. However, instead of getting the official Prime guide today, I got the game (sure made up for the guide being two days late lol)! Looks like the people I ordered it from forgot it’s not supposed to be released in Europe till tommorow! Anyone else gotten it before the release date? I don’t see anyone saying the release date is changed. Please comment if you have seen something like this. That or the ones I ordered from just sent it in good time…

Anyway, moving on, the game is great so far. Metroid Recon has a good list of reviews if you scroll down a bit. If you’re looking for vid reviews, IGN is the only one having it at those listed sites, but then again, the written ones are longer. This is not exactly Zelda news, but this is one of the biggest Nintendo titles this year (AND I’m a great Metroid fan!). So no use complaining.

UPDATE: I’m probably through half of the game right now, and it’s amazing! I feel sorry for those reviewers who gave it less than 7.5 0ut of 10 (or less than 3/4 etc.) cause it deserves to be over that. I don’t care if this game screws up at the end (and many actually said the ending is good) because this half of the game is awesome. Few types of enemies? Too many of one type of enemies? Corny cutscenes? Nope  Only pure awesomeness so far.

Hi, everybody, it’s SpaghettiWeegee! I’ve been quite busy lately, leaving me sparse time to work on my guide (sorry, Chapter 4 of the Phantom Hourglass Walkthrough will still be up soon, I promise), but, seeing as how I have a free moment now, I’d like to make a quick post on something going on in the video game marathon community.

So, anyway, as you know, recently, Zelda Eternity hosted an in-house video game marathon, and all in all, apart from a few minor details, the event was what you could call a success. Now, GameMarathons.com, a website that helped promote our own marathon, is holding one of their own this September. That’s right, yet another Zelda marathon is coming your way, and soon too! GameMarathons.com’s big event is scheduled to begin the 10th of September, so mark it down on your calendars. What seperates this marathon from the rest, though? Well, this marathon is what you call a “Vs. Marathon”. Simply put, instead of just playing through a bunch of games for several days straight, two (or more) speedrun teams will be competing against each other to see who can earn the most “points” before a set time limit is up. The points will be awarded when the competitors complete specific goals in each game, a la an XBox 360esque achievement system. Sounds fun, right? Anyway, the big event is set to last a measley 60 hours, which, in my experienced opinion, isn’t quite enough to complete the entire Zelda series, regardless of how fast you can clear each game, however, if the speedrunners recieve enough donations, they’ll extend the marathon another 30 hours for our viewing enjoyment, hopefully giving them enough time to complete the series. And yes, when I say “the series”, I do mean the entire series. Both speedrun teams will be playing through the ENTIRE Zelda series, including Phantom Hourglass and Spirit Tracks (provided they have enough time). Personally, I think this’ll be a great event, and you can count on me being there (and hopefully picking up some pointers on how NOT to take 23 hours on Ocarina of Time : P).

What’s that? You want to know more, you say? Well, you’re in luck! Just click over to this site and read up on the event.

Well, that’s it from me. Expect Chapter 4 of the Phantom Hourglass Walkthrough to be uploaded sometime this week. Anyway, see you…

LATER!

Our good friend Ilu, a webmaster of our affiliate Knights Of Hyrule, has posted a (now very famous) picture of Gamestop listing the Skyward Sword release. 1st of April. Is it an April fools joke? Yes, I am aware of this belief, but remember that it’s only a belief because it’s the 1st of April. Who knows? Maybe Gamestop can be trusted on this one? And in addition to this, it may be released with Motion Plus! 
Anyway, great thanks to Ilu for telling me, (Which more sites should credit “cough, cough” I’m pretty sure she took the photo herself!). Sorry I couldn’t post this the day before, I was very busy with the podcast editing. See the original source here.

Ok guys, we promised you a surprise in late August, and here you go. The first official Zelda Eternity Podcast! Oh yes, after MANY frustrating events, we have our first podcast, and we’re announcing a lot of new stuff this time. Listen to it below. Only the first and last parts are the ones worth watching.

Enjoy: Part 1, Part 2.

Ok, first I would like to mention that this is our first podcast, and it’s more of an introduction really. As we mentioned, the future podcasts will include mailbags (a thread in the forums will come up to explain this tommorow) and special guests. We will probably be interviewing them, and letting them answer some mailbags questions. And yes, a very cool guy is coming next month. 
Also, this was recorded after three hours of tech difficulties, so the next one might be better in general (lol). Sorry I didn’t talk so much myself, it was quite late in Norway at that time, so I wasn’t at my best speaking another language. The last forum mod was kinda unclear, so I’ll write it here. HorseShoe, Ilu and Macbook5 are now forum mods! More mods might we chosen after we’ve closed the available staff positions. I think some of you who sent me applications might fit better for staff anyway (that’s a compliment guys! No hard feelings for not getting chosen then!). The available staff positions will be posted on the forums, don’t worry. So long guys! Sorry for lesser updating of the site these last few days, we’ve been busy. Great thanks to the ZREO team and Koji Kondo for music.

I know I’m a little late on this but I thought I’d update on it anyway. Our Top Affiliate Zelda Temple has updated to Version 9. The site that had the purple-ish pink/brown layout has moved to a more relaxing Skyward Sword-ish blue layout which I think is a step up from the previous design and looks a like a big improvement. The design also provides links in the header to various different places you can find Zelda Temple at as well as some upcoming sections that are on the way. The layout is still being worked on still but it should be done soon, I’m guessing. Click the link above or the picture to the right to check out their layout. Good day.

Update: 5 MORE VOTES GUYS! We are currently holding a voting for a new Zelda Marathon, mainly done by me, Falcool. I might do something special, so ALL of the Zelda games will be done, including Oot AND Oot MQ, and maybe even FS. We need five more votes till the end of the 26th (There are over 50 posts in the thread already, but some people have posted questions, we need 50 votes). If we don’t get that, there might not be another Marathon till next summer. So call in your friends and get them to vote. Please vote here.

Ok, now on to other things. As you know, we’re getting ready for V5, but we’re also giving you a surprise in late August (if you’ve read the forums, you will know this already). This is where the new forum mods, and the new available staff positions will be announced. Sorry for all that marking, but some people just don’t stop asking questions about it in PM’s. People thinking about being main staff will get about two weeks to apply before they will be announced before September is over (most likely already at mid September). And YES, we are going to get a chatbox up, be patient.

I gotta warn you guys as always, this show is quite mature, and I would only recommend it to people who are a few years older than me (lol). Anyway, we’ve finally gotten the third episode in the third season of the Legend of Neil (it’s called Fairyhood, you’ll find out why if you watch it). Link is trying to find level 6 when he run into several unexpected problems. Hillarious as always.

Looks like Mases encountered some problems during some testing. You can read his post here. So there won’t be any live stream today, but don’t worry, Mases will play the Wand of Gamelon next week. At 12 PM US Eastern time.

For other news, we’ve reached over a 100 members! And we’ve also soon reached our goal on people voting for a new Marathon. However we do need some more votes in a few days! No, I don’t like these short posts either, but that’s mostly what you get for spreading the news about other sites. Our friendships with other sites are important to us, that’s why we make posts about it.

Yes that’s right, ZREO (Ebuch to be precise) has posted a new update, after 6 weeks without. They updated with a song from Spirit Tracks, the Lokomo’s Farewell. A short one, but I think we can all agree that it’s better that they concentrate on the Twilight Symphony. The more time, the faster and better it gets done I guess. Look forward to it!