Live streaming tonight: Zelda II for Gintendo
The Gintendo series achieved its funding goal a few days ago, and that means I will be streaming videos now, every week. While imbibing juniper-infused liquors.
To kick off the Gintendo series proper, I've decided to go with a game that recently celebrated its 30th anniversary: Zelda II: The Adventure of Link. You know, I don't think I saw a single retrospective or tribute to the game's 30th anniversary, which seems a little odd given the attention we all lavished on the original Zelda's birthday a year ago. You can attribute that to the fact that its anniversary fell on the weekend that Nintendo was running its global Switch preview events, which basically crowded out other Nintendo-related topics in the hearts of nerds everywhere. Or... perhaps less kindly, you could attribute it to the fact that Zelda II is the least-beloved of all entries in the main series. I will remain neutral on this matter and let you make the judgment yourself.
In any case, I'll be streaming the game for an hour this afternoon, beginning at 4 p.m. ET/1 p.m. PT:
I do not promise to complete the game, or even to do particularly well at it. I've finished it a few times over the years — once when I was young and nimble-fingered, and more recently with 3DS Virtual Console save states — but this game involves a lot of tough combat and unforgiving design. I'll give it my best, though!
And because this is Gintendo, I'll be talking about the bottle I just opened: No. 209 Cabernet Reserve, an intriguing gin by a San Francisco-based distiller that spent part of its life aging in cabernet sauvignon barrels and has taken on a rich amber color (and, one assumes, a bit of a wine flavor). Join me for a journey of discovery through Hyrule, and through my cups.
