Legend of Zelda becomes a classic 80s romcom

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"What you need to do is find yourself a new heart container... and fill it!"

Imagine, if you will, the Legend of Zelda as an 80s high school movie replete with big hair, fingerless gloves, angsty teens, first wave music and a special kind of melodrama usually reserved forgreeting cardsor grade five love letters. Now imagine your imaginations being imagined by someone with an old fashioned camcorder and a solid understanding of 80s cinema, and (we imagine) it'd look something like this Classic 80s Legend of Zelda Film Trailer.



Above: Ahh...you can almost smell the denim

The video was created by the team atGamervision, and is ashot for shot tributeto some of the more iconic 80s movie trailers. You can see more of their work at theirYouTube channelor you can waste more of your Friday afternoon by watching their previous short, The God of War Indie Movie Trailer, here:



Feb 11, 2011

Matt Bradford

Matt Bradford wrote news and features here at GamesRadar+ until 2016. Since then he's gone on to work with the Guinness World Records, acting as writer and researcher for the annual Gamer's Edition series of books, and has worked as an editor, technical writer, and voice actor. Matt is now a freelance journalist and editor, generating copy across a multitude of industries. 

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