Zelda on iTunes, But Not From Nintendo

October 12, 2011

A Zelda iOS game has made it on to iTunes. No, Nintendo has not succumbed to the madness of investors and analysts who think the company should put its marquee titles on Apple platforms. Nintendo has no idea (chances are they do as of now) that a game called Ultimate iZelda Climb even exists. But it does. Ultimate iZelda Climb, available now on iTunes for $.99, "borrows" the likeness of Windwaker's Link, who hops from one random floating island to another. Oh joy, oh rapture. The creator of the game also stole some fan art from Deviant artist Kevin Keele to use as a loading screen.

Ultimate iZelda Climb is the latest in a series of games that steal from popular games. They are created by Scott Avy's Audio Attack. Other games he's stolen from include World of Warcraft, Modern Warfare 3, and Hello Kitty.

One has to wonder who at Apple isn't catching these games and letting them be sold on its virtual storefront...

Source: Kotaku

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Re: Zelda on iTunes, But Not From Nintendo

Submitted by DanHoyt on Thu, 10/13/2011 - 11:22.

We did this like two weeks ago with a fake Ninja Turtles game. Is Apple trying to get sued?

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Re: Zelda on iTunes, But Not From Nintendo

Submitted by Vake Xeacons on Wed, 10/12/2011 - 20:22.

Couldn't be worse than the CD-i games...could it?

Re: Zelda on iTunes, But Not From Nintendo

Submitted by Grif on Thu, 10/13/2011 - 20:34.

No. NOTHING could be worse than the CD-i games. It's the principle of the matter.

Atlanta Video Games Examiner for examiner.com

Re: Zelda on iTunes, But Not From Nintendo

Submitted by Wraith108 on Wed, 10/12/2011 - 15:13.

I've downloaded it quick before ninty gets it pulled. Now the dude's worth 3 cents.

Re: Zelda on iTunes, But Not From Nintendo

Submitted by Grif on Wed, 10/12/2011 - 14:44.

This is an outrage. I hope Nintendo sues this guy for all he's worth. Both cents of it.

Atlanta Video Games Examiner for examiner.com

Shout box

ZippyDSMlee: Something I did by hand on my convertiable laptop, http://zippydsmlee.deviantart.com/art/Cotlop-zelda-unfinished-sketch-WIP-finish-373937163 forgot if I posted it befor.06/19/2013 - 7:44pm

Conster: Also, I guess The War Z changed its name so they can scam some more people?06/19/2013 - 7:44pm

Conster: AE: when even HuffPo makes the same joke, it's not something you want to take credit for. :P06/19/2013 - 7:43pm

Andrew Eisen: Hey look! The War Z changed its name to Infestation: Survivor Stories. http://infestationmmo.com/06/19/2013 - 7:23pm

Andrew Eisen: You're going to have a lot of company in prison, RedMage. Most of the internet has stolen MY joke. Bastards!06/19/2013 - 7:06pm

RedMage: The cover art thing points to an industry trend of only wanting to appeal to teen boys despite the talk of "broadening the appealz"06/19/2013 - 6:17pm

RedMage: I'd like to turn myself in for unintentional theft of a joke. Ignorance of the law is no excuse :o06/19/2013 - 6:17pm

Andrew Eisen: Remember the fight to get Last of Us's Ellie on the game cover? Check this out: http://cheezburger.com/758618624006/19/2013 - 6:12pm

Andrew Eisen: RedMage - Thief! You stole my joke! You're a horrible, loathesome person! Or you simply had the same idea and didn't read my earlier shout!06/19/2013 - 5:35pm

RedMage: Maybe they're going to rename it the Xbox 18006/19/2013 - 5:26pm

IanC: Bet EA are pissed.06/19/2013 - 5:17pm

Andrew Eisen: Ah, James is just a little quicker on the keyboard than I!06/19/2013 - 5:07pm

Craig R.: Too little, too late.06/19/2013 - 4:52pm

DorthLous: PWAHAHAHAH, the MS spinning sound woke me up :)06/19/2013 - 4:27pm

Andrew Eisen: Microsoft's new console shall now be known as the Xbox One-Eighty.06/19/2013 - 4:17pm

Andrew Eisen: I imagine we were typing our respective shouts at the same time.06/19/2013 - 4:14pm

MaskedPixelante: So Andrew... is there going to be a new poll now? I mean, the one about the XBO DRM is kinda no longer relevant.06/19/2013 - 4:13pm

Andrew Eisen: In light of Xbox One's furious backpeddling on its DRM policies, I'm closing the poll for now. I'll probably write a new one later today or tomorrow.06/19/2013 - 4:11pm

IanC: Found three people whining about this so far. Saying that its because of cheapasses and that its going to be horrible online now. W T and indeed F.06/19/2013 - 4:09pm

Andrew Eisen: Technogeek - I agree but: "After a one-time system set-up with a new Xbox One, you can play any disc based game without ever connecting online again." Why do I need to connect online to set up a system I'm not going to use online?06/19/2013 - 4:07pm

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