With
the Club Nintendo Year Rewards Program ending in a few days, I'm sure
we're all wondering what sort of cool rewards will be doled out for the
Gold and Platinum Elite status tiers (sorry, UK/EU friends but don't
forget, we're all jealous of Japan). It's the Year of Luigi and thus we
can all hope that the better brother with the better fashion sense will
get his time to shine. Perhaps there will be something uniquely Luigi
for us to fawn over come the end of the year. Or maybe, Nintendo will
make us all cry when they stick Mario in there some how to steal Luigi's
thunder. I certainly was expecting something The Legend of Zelda
related in 2011 when it was LoZ's time to shine for celebrating its
25th Anniversary. Alas...it was not meant to be. Welcome to Flashback
Friday Funtimes!
The 2011
Elite Rewards Mario pins were actually very nicely packaged and quirky.
I love my pins, don't get me wrong. Yes, yes... I also know that there
were year long (and even now still!) celebrations for The Legend of Zelda with the concert series, the release of Ocarina of Time
for the 3DS and of course, that snazzy LoZ themed 3DS system. But you
know, I really wanted a Triforce to put into my room that year, or maybe
a ridiculous talking hat to match my ridiculous nature. Something. Apparently, I'm all about asking for blood.
Still, I
was fortunate enough to visit Nintendo World on Halloween in 2011 to
bask in the warm glow of the gorgeous displays that were set up
celebrating 25 years. It was a nice, quiet and reflective trip for me.
I recalled my time chopping bushes and messing around Hyrule in the
original game but never getting really involved to say I actually played
the game. I actually did not play my first Zelda game until a few
years after Ocarina of Time was released for the N64.
Since then,
I've played most of the games that followed with Majora's Mask being my
favourite installment of the series and perhaps my favourite game of
all time.
I've
journeyed with Link through forests, temples and dungeons. Together we
helped a lot of people along the way, with not much gratitude in return.
We bottled many a fairy, communicated with the Minish, become quite
wealthy by obtaining rupees any which way possible, traveled by train
and sailed the oceans blue.
He and I fought dragons, wind gods, re-dead, countless other manners of beasts and occasionally fought our Darker Selves.
We learned to play the ocarina, jammed on guitar, conducted symphonies of the wind, and learned how to play the harp.
The Tribute
at Nintendo World comprised many fun trinkets, pieces of history from
the series and some beautiful figures I wish I could own.
Heh heh, I want all of these crazy pins.
Whaaa, a credit card?!
Whhaaa, another one?
A little fire to this, maybe and I wonder what will happen..
And I wonder what these taste like.
There are a
lot more pictures I took but trust me when I say that the collection
was extensive and amazing. There were so many little things scattered
about and I spent maybe a good hour browsing through it all. It truly
was a good Year to be a fan of The Legend of Zelda even if Club Nintendo
dropped Din's pearl and missed an opportunity.
As for the Year of Luigi, thus far Nintendo World had a Launch Party for Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon
and Nintendo's pushing a lot out there in celebration of the awesome
man himself. I'll be on the look out for events as they may happen at
Nintendo World to be sure but in the meanwhile, here's hoping for a
Luigi Reward this year. Let us not repeat 2011, Club Nintendo.
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