Ep. 103: The Legend of Zelda Cartoon

Published: Feb. 8, 2023, 8:16 p.m.

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Polygon Senior Reporter Nicole Carpenter joins us to chat about the 1989 Legend of Zelda cartoon, the subject of her recent oral history piece: \\u2018Excuuuuse me, Princess!\\u2019: An oral history of The Legend of Zelda cartoon. In this episode: Zeldathon; this cartoon is basically Shakespeare; The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!; the wild west of the Duoforce; a dinky startup named Nintendo of America; my sword doesn\\u2019t hit things, it shoots lasers; and poor Will Smith.

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Referenced in the show: https://gameranx.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/3-720x821.jpg

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Email: nicole (at) polygon (dot) com

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