Aaron Tubb
United States
Fuquay Varina
North Carolina
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I was trying to find if there were any other Zelda-related board games made, and came across references to the Hyrule Fantasy board game. From what I could find, it was only released in Japan, and it looks a lot more interesting than MB's Legend of Zelda board game.
Here's a photo.
The board is a grid-based hand drawn representation of the overworld in the Legend of Zelda NES game, which is pretty awesome. There are also 4 different color Link figures, character mats/sheets with spaces to track life, inventory, and triforce pieces, and a unique die showing an arrow and the number two.
Anyone know anything about this?
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Alex Smith
United States
BETHESDA
Maryland
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Awesome. Just awesome.
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ackmondual
United States
Virginia
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Looks like this would make for a neat co-op game. I'd buy just b/c it's a Legend Of Zelda item that looks good on its own (never mind how the game plays).
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Aaron Tubb
United States
Fuquay Varina
North Carolina
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ackmondual wrote: Looks like this would make for a neat co-op game. I'd buy just b/c it's a Legend Of Zelda item that looks good on its own (never mind how the game plays).
Well, there's one for sale on eBay, right now... only $450.
(can't get the url to work in this post, though)
From the photos on that eBay listing, one side of the die has a sword and the number 5, and another has a wand and a number 4, and another side has a bomb and a number 1.
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Booker Hooker
United States
Kingsport
Tennessee
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Cool find
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Scratches wrote: Cool find
I'm upset that it took me 24 years to find out that these board games exist, and the fact that it was only today that I was told that there are Zelda board games.
I've put my zelda fan microbadge to shame! 
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Evan Derrick
United States
Norfolk
Virginia
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merriam wrote: Scratches wrote: Cool find I'm upset that it took me 24 years to find out that these board games exist, and the fact that it was only today that I was told that there are Zelda board games. I've put my zelda fan microbadge to shame!
So, I actually have some scans of the rulebook. However, I don't know Japanese. Anyone feel like doing some translation or know someone who'd be interested in taking a crack at it?
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Sure I can try... I don't speak the language though.
Worse case, I'll awe at your awesome board game.
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Shawn Hanson
United States
Des Moines
Iowa
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I would be all over making a PnP version of this if only we could get scans and a Japanese to English translation...
Here's an eBay listing that shows more photos of the game:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Legend-Zelda-Hyrule-Fantasy-Board-Ga...
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Evan Derrick
United States
Norfolk
Virginia
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SabastianBludd wrote:
I have scans. Just need someone to translate.
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Shawn Hanson
United States
Des Moines
Iowa
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Well, crap, linking to eBay isn't working...anyway, there's an auction on there that shows a LOT more pics if anyone wants to run it down (it's the BIN for $500 OBO auction with $68 shipping to the states).
derrickec wrote: I have scans. Just need someone to translate.
Oh, I misunderstood. Hmmm, I wonder how one goes about getting that sort of thing done?
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DoomTurtle
United States
Redford
Michigan
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Dodongo dislikes smoke.
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Evan Derrick
United States
Norfolk
Virginia
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For anyone subscribed to this and still interested, I have tracked down a full scan of the game and all components, and Shawn has tracked down someone to translate them for us. The ultimate goal is to provide a complete, playable, English copy of the game in all its glory. I've submitted the game to the database so it has its own entry, and as soon as that is approved we'll probably start posting status updates there on the project's progress.
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Aaron Tubb
United States
Fuquay Varina
North Carolina
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Wow! That would be awesome! Thanks Shawn and Evan!
 
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Same here,
Kudos to Shawn and Evan
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~Ryan McSwain
United States
Amarillo
Texas
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I've eyeballed that eBay listing for quite a while. This is stellar news, and I look forward to seeing how the project turns out.
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Scott Lewis
United States
Castle Rock
Colorado
Dread Our Coming, Suffer Our Presence, Embrace Our Glory (Solonavi War Cry)
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I will be watching this thread with great interest.
Incidentally, when you get the copy in-hand, you should snap some pictures and submit it as a new game in the BGG database, as it's not there yet from what I can tell. (And let us know in this thread, so we can subscribe to that game!)
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Evan Derrick
United States
Norfolk
Virginia
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The game now has its own entry: The Legend of Zelda: The Hyrule Fantasy.
Also, we'll be updating people on the status of the game at this thread: Hyrule Fantasy Total Conversion Project.
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Brandon Farrow
United States
Blacksburg
Virginia
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I was looking at the photo of the Link pawns and that's perfect for a LOZ: Four Swords semi-retheme.
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Posted Tue Sep 6, 2011 6:25 pm
