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Ocarina store pays homage to Ocarina of Time's tenth anniversary photo

If you say "Ocarina" to most gamers, chances are good that they will imagine a small boy in a green tunic long before they consider the actual musical instrument. The same could be said of pedophiles, but let's just focus on gamers for the moment.

The St. Louis Ocarina Store owes a lot to the revered Legend of Zelda title,  Ocarina of Time.  When the store opened in 2005, it quickly learned that Zelda fans and Ocarina enthusiasts crossed paths quite considerably, and now has an entire Web page dedicated to Zelda-themed instruments. In order to thank OoT for everything it has done, the store has announced its celebration of the game's tenth anniversary.

"We have had an overwhelmingly enthusiastic response from Zelda fans and video game enthusiasts," explains St. Louis School of Music director Dr. Dennis Yeh. "Our Zelda items quickly became bestsellers – and we are happy to be celebrating the game’s tenth anniversary in our store this month."

Isn't that lovely? It's nice to see educators paying due respect to videogames, rather than besmirching them at every opportunity.

In other news, Al Qaeda has issued a press release thanking Infinity Ward for all they've done to raise its profile over the past year.


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12 comments | showing # 1 to 12

Mirax's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/04/2008 14:41
Mirax
Awesome, the Ocarinas look very pretty! If I had the money I would surely buy one, but even so, I fear that it would break before it gets to Brasil, where I live.
Still, awesome!
deiga-the-semivaliant's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/04/2008 14:55
deiga-the-semivaliant
God, imagine if Miyamoto chose a more conventional instrument, like.... CLARINET OF TIME. The clarinet industry would have skyrocketed.
Dan CiTi's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/04/2008 15:06
Dan CiTi
Aaron Linde is not so happy with this anniversary.
CelicaCrazed's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/04/2008 15:18
CelicaCrazed
Wow, two Al Qaeda shout-outs today. The terrorists have won haha.
RJG's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/04/2008 15:39
RJG
I bought different Ocarinas from a place called Songbird Ocarinas over the years. The instrument only has range over a single octave, so it's not good for playing much. These ones look much nicer, and the range seems slightly higher, especially on those monstrous looking ones at the bottom. My god, it's full of holes!
sicPOS's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/04/2008 15:47
sicPOS
I got my Ocarina from Songbird Ocarinas a couple years ago. It's fun to mess around with but I have mostly because I'm a fanboy.
Superfluous Moniker's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/04/2008 18:16
Superfluous Moniker
Yeah, just wait till Nintendo finds out music stores are selling Zelda branded merchandise...
Chicken008's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/04/2008 20:04
Chicken008
nintendo power has ads for ocarinas not branded by nintendo..
Mxyzptlk's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/04/2008 20:12
Mxyzptlk
It's only been 10 years since OoT? Wow, seems much longer.
RJG's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/05/2008 04:24
RJG
Mxyzptlk: That's because that little bastard Link keeps sending us back to do it over again.
Holyetheline's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/05/2008 10:22
Holyetheline
I can't believe it's already been 10 years.. wow!
GohanGVO's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/09/2008 12:21
GohanGVO
Needs more Sara's Theme.
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