Eighties animation is still terrifying.
American fans get to stream 80's Zelda straight to their eyeballs
Remember the Eighties? The delightful era of one-hit wonders, atrociously awesome fashion and reams of bad videogame series? Well, Hulu has seen fit to stream The Legend of Zelda, a 13-part series, back into the 21st century so everyone can enjoy the "brilliance" of the Zelda cartoon series.
The eagle-eyed Zelda fans among you may question why Princess Zelda has a boomerang on the title screen - surely she can rescue herself if she's got a secret weapon? That would likely make for very short, simple adventure games, though. Maybe it's for the best.
Here's the blurb straight from Hulu:
The Legend Of Zelda is an animated fantasy-adventure based on the celebrated Nintendo videogame. Its two main stars are Link, a fifteen-year-old adventurer, and Zelda, a princess of the same age, who fight with monsters, ghosts, icky creatures and each other as they try to save the kingdom of Hyrule.
Yeah, that's right, icky creatures. Be careful!
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User Comments
1. Lurch
19 Dec 2009, 10:50 GMT
whoever thought that would be a good catchphrase?
2. Prosody
19 Dec 2009, 10:56 GMT
Karl, you've just coined my new favourite tag.
3. Aviator
19 Dec 2009, 11:07 GMT
Too bad its a US only perk, yet again...
4. KarlThomson
19 Dec 2009, 11:29 GMT
Lurch, did you watch the vid? Its PAINFUL. Apparently, the phrase is said 29 times over the 13 episodes
James, its my pleasure
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Aviator, I wouldn't call watching this series a perk, but I have to agree. Australians, New Zealanders, and South Africans all get screwed when it comes to this kind of thing.
5. Rensch
19 Dec 2009, 11:33 GMT
At least this show is not as corny as the CD-i games.....
....but enough about those already!
6. V8 Ninja
19 Dec 2009, 11:36 GMT
@Aviator You really want to hear those dreaded words a thousand times?
7. Aviator
19 Dec 2009, 11:36 GMT
@4 Its not so much the series that I could easily watch on youtube, its the fact that day in day out we get the Americans complaining for various reasons when they have it better than others.
EDIT: Watched the video. No wonder Ganon wants to kill him.
8. Aviator
19 Dec 2009, 11:44 GMT
Agreed Chibi
9. rafaelluik
19 Dec 2009, 12:17 GMT
I'd rather to watch "Kirby: Right Back At Ya!" ♥_♥
10. JakobG
19 Dec 2009, 12:19 GMT
Hulu, get the heck over here!
11. SanderEvers
19 Dec 2009, 12:54 GMT
I got every single episode on my PC.. I watch them very often
And I must say, it is way cooler than that Pokémon show!
12. Hawker
19 Dec 2009, 13:03 GMT
Back when this was a new series, I liked this show much more then the Mario Bros cartoon, but I tried to watch it again a few years ago, & couldn't believe I thought this was good....
13. Charlie The Unicorn
19 Dec 2009, 13:12 GMT
Video Games + Saturday Morning Cartoons = Epic Fail
14. moomoo
19 Dec 2009, 14:39 GMT
Cool. If only the show was somewhat worth watching.
15. lz2010
19 Dec 2009, 14:52 GMT
Americans can whine if they want! If we didn't, we wouldn't be Americans!
This is one of those shows that is so bad, that it's funny. Another example of this is Captain N: The Game Master.
16. suburban_sensei
19 Dec 2009, 15:05 GMT
Part of me wanted to buy the series on dvd for nostalgic purposes, because I know it really isn't that great. Nice to see we get it for free on Hulu, though.
17. Starkiller
19 Dec 2009, 15:05 GMT
I can't believe I summoned the courage to watch all that... god that's horrible...
18. NintenFreak
19 Dec 2009, 15:38 GMT
i thought the video was pretty fun and i liked when link was falling down the water fall "EEXXCUUUUSE MEEE PRIINCESSSS"
EDIT: @ raphaelluik, the only good nintendo cartoon was "kirby:right back at ya" i loved that show "
19. deadly.by.design
19 Dec 2009, 15:42 GMT
Loved the show as a kid, but good grief...
20. JayArr
19 Dec 2009, 15:51 GMT
I used to wait with bated breath for every new episode.........what the hell was wrong with me as a kid?
21. Dragoon
19 Dec 2009, 16:12 GMT
@deadly.by.design Well Excuuuuuuuuuuuuuuse Me Princess!
22. Rensch
19 Dec 2009, 16:39 GMT
@ NintenFreak:
The Pokémon one is also pretty cool.
23. pixelman
19 Dec 2009, 16:42 GMT
WHY did you post that video. Oh God, my ears.
24. Pikamander2
19 Dec 2009, 16:59 GMT
Gee, these episodes sure are boring.
25. Dragoon
19 Dec 2009, 17:05 GMT
You really have to question all the 80s voice actors
26. Nintendo-Naut
19 Dec 2009, 17:18 GMT
Lol that video was hilarious.
27. jangonov
19 Dec 2009, 18:07 GMT
That show was so painful...I did not grow up in them, but the 80's seem terrible
28. WiiFreedom
19 Dec 2009, 18:32 GMT
Well Excuuuuuuuuuuse Me, Princess!
29. Snipes
19 Dec 2009, 20:10 GMT
I think Link went a little heavy on the Mexican food those episodes.
30. Tsuchinoko
19 Dec 2009, 20:49 GMT
no thanks, ill stick with the real link and zelda
31. primeris
19 Dec 2009, 22:15 GMT
Crap, shouldn't have watched that video right before bed... Can't get it out of my head now....
32. RooF
20 Dec 2009, 01:02 GMT
thats why Link should never talk in a game
33. KanrakusPizza
20 Dec 2009, 02:07 GMT
Isnt this the show where the king goes "Mah Boi", or am I thinking of something else? XD
34. MetalMario
20 Dec 2009, 02:24 GMT
Well Excuuuuse me, Princess!
35. MetalMario
20 Dec 2009, 02:25 GMT
The guy who voiced Freddy in Scooby Doo voiced Link in this.
36. Nathan
20 Dec 2009, 04:41 GMT
LOL at the video...
I loved the Zelda games and I was always excited to watch the cartoon when it came on. Even if he did say that phrase at least once in every episode.
37. TheLonelyGamer
20 Dec 2009, 05:17 GMT
Well Excuuuuuse me Princess!
38. City Of Delusion
20 Dec 2009, 13:33 GMT
In the words of Strong Bad: Shut up, lady! Peaceful is not how I roll.
attempts to shoot the video, with on oversized shotgun
39. Mama Luigi
20 Dec 2009, 17:23 GMT
I actually liked this cartoon as a kid. Seems like I'm the only one who liked it.
40. SuperJim64
20 Dec 2009, 17:55 GMT
No wonder I skipped Friday's on the Super Mario Bros Super Show when they showed this... Wasn't Bud Bundy the host of the show? and OMG my eyes is right! Zelda has a camel toe
41. Machu
20 Dec 2009, 18:26 GMT
Never watched it, never will (except maybe in hell).
42. California Jake
20 Dec 2009, 22:38 GMT
I like this show.
43. Ausden
21 Dec 2009, 03:24 GMT
Yes, the catch phrase was annoying. But this was just one of a hoard of awesome cartoon shows in the 80's. Glad to have the box set of this series already. Now lets get my favorite childhood series on there...M.A.S.K!!!
44. Token Girl
21 Dec 2009, 08:13 GMT
Oh man, the 80's were so good.