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Ura Zelda was the
64DD expansion disk designed for
Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. However, due to the failure of the
64DD as a platform, the game never saw the light of day on that platform.
Instead, it was eventually released on a bonus disk for the
Nintendo GameCube included with preorders for
Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker.
At first stages of development, two Zelda expansions for the 64DD were
intended for use with Ocarina of Time. One, entitled Ura
Zelda, would include alternate more difficult dungeons and new
enemies, while the other, Zelda Gaiden, would include a different
overworld and a new adventure. While Zelda Gaiden would
eventually evolve into the standalone game of
Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask, Ura Zelda was not released on
the Nintendo 64 as a standalone game.
Ura Zelda is actually a patch for Ocarina of Time.
The 64DD version was designed so that the original Ocarina of Time
cartridge would be plugged into the main Nintendo 64 console while the
Ura Zelda expansion disk would be plugged into the 64DD that sat
underneath the console. Upon the insertion of the Ura Zelda
expansion disk, the Ocarina of Time title screen would change
slightly, adding a Triforce icon and "Ura Zelda" on the bottom of the
logo. The size of this patch was supposedly about 32-64 megabytes, and due
to the smaller maximum size of Nintendo 64 cartridges, the game could not
otherwise be released on a cartridge.
Eventually, due to repeated delays in production and development,
Ura Zelda's release as a 64DD add-on was scrapped, even as the game
was finishing production. As a result, there is no 64DD version of this
game available to the general public. Due to public demand for the
completed game however, Ura Zelda was ported to the Nintendo
GameCube where it was eventually released as a bonus disk for those who
pre-ordered The Wind Waker.
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