Showing posts with label Famicom Disk System. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Famicom Disk System. Show all posts

Saturday, 21 February 2026

Zelda and Famicom Disk System 40th Anniversary Tribute


Today marks the 40th Anniversary of the Japanese release of the Famicom Disk System and its launch title The Legend of Zelda. Since then, The Legend of Zelda series went from strength to strength to become the colossus it is today.

By the way, the "Thanks A Million" quote was from the Zelda II: The Adventure of Link ending.

Happy 40th Anniversary, The Legend of Zelda and Famicom Disk System!

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Thursday, 25 December 2025

Sword Wands United


Characters wielding sword wands, from top to bottom: Silviana (As she appeared in the Famicom Disk System version of Silviana), Silviana (Again) (As she appeared in the MSX version of Silviana), Sakura Kinomoto (Water Jester Swimming Costume (Anime Version)) (Cardcaptor Sakura).

Remember that comic about the sword wand? Well, the sword wand is back, and this time, it's going up in united arms.

There are actually two ports of the game Silviana by Pack-In-Video. The titular heroine is wearing different coloured versions of the same outfit. In the Famicom Disk System version, Silviana's gloves and shoulder plates are magenta. The MSX version, however, had different colours for Silviana's gloves and shoulder plates, with Silviana wearing white gloves and blue shoulder plates instead. Other than that, Silviana's dress looks almost identical in both the Famicom Disk System and MSX versions.

Sakura Kinomoto's Water Jester Costume comprises of a white water-resistant dress (transparent in the Manga), a blue swimsuit, a blue jester hat, a pair of blue gloves (also transparent in the Manga) and a pair of blue jester shoes. And speaking of the gloves, they are long enough to even cover the elbows.

Silviana and Sakura Kinomoto would look more awesome if they were wielding sword wands (Sakura had already done it before, she just needed another sword wand as a secondary weapon). After all, they need to rise up in united arms against all the injustices that are currently plaguing the Earth right now...

Sunday, 21 February 2021

Famicom Disk System 35th Anniversary


While the Breath of The Wild sequel may not be available this year, Skyward Sword is going to get a HD re-release for the Nintendo Switch this year to mark the 35th anniversary of The Legend of Zelda.

For those wondering why is there a Triforce symbol above Diskun, that's because The Legend of Zelda was a launch title for the Famicom Disk System, and Diskun was the hardware's mascot. Both of them came out on the 21st of February, 1986, and 2021 marks their 35th anniversary.

Happy 35th Anniversary, Legend of Zelda and Famicom Disk System.

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