Marvel on Film: Other Pre-MCU Films

For years, Stan Lee tried to get Marvel’s characters adapted to film. I remember hearing the casting news for the famously never-released Fantastic Four when I was reading comics; the fact that I’d never heard of any of them meant nothing to me because I wasn’t into TV or movies at the time.  Finally, in 1998, Blade became Marvel’s first successful film, and with X-Men and Spider-Man following, the Marvel Age of film had finally arrived.

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Link’s Awakening: Bottle Grotto

The owl greets Link as he emerges from Tail Cave, telling him that the Full Moon Cello is one of the eight Instruments of the Sirens, which once combined will have the power to awaken the Wind Fish. He points Link to Goponga Swamp, where the next dungeon is. However, the path through the swamp is blocked with flowers that Link’s current weapons cannot harm. But when God closes a door…

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Link’s Awakening: Introduction and Story

I don’t know why I never got this game back in the day. I had a Game Boy, and I’m pretty sure I was still playing it when this game came out. I’d stopped getting Game Boy games by then, I’m sure, but I’m quite surprised I didn’t really want this one. And it took me 25 years to check it out. That’s… a lot.

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