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'''''Link: The Faces of Evil''''' is a video game developed by [[Animation Magic]] and released for the [[Philips CD-i]] in 1993.<ref name="Animation Magic">{{Cite web|quote=Zelda: The Wand of Gamelon was developed at the same time as Link: Faces of Evil by Animation Magic, Inc. and Philips Interactive Media and was released internationally in 1993.|author=Peer Schneider|published=December 8, 2001|retrieved=April 6, 2015|url=http://ca.ign.com/articles/2001/12/08/hyrule-times-vol-12-zelda-the-wand-of-gamelon?page=1|title=Hyrule Times Vol. 12: Zelda: The Wand of Gamelon|site=IGN}}</ref> It was developed in tandem with and released alongside | '''''Link: The Faces of Evil''''' is a video game developed by [[Animation Magic]] and released for the [[Philips CD-i]] in 1993.<ref name="Animation Magic">{{Cite web|quote=Zelda: The Wand of Gamelon was developed at the same time as Link: Faces of Evil by Animation Magic, Inc. and Philips Interactive Media and was released internationally in 1993.|author=Peer Schneider|published=December 8, 2001|retrieved=April 6, 2015|url=http://ca.ign.com/articles/2001/12/08/hyrule-times-vol-12-zelda-the-wand-of-gamelon?page=1|title=Hyrule Times Vol. 12: Zelda: The Wand of Gamelon|site=IGN}}</ref> It was developed in tandem with and released alongside ''[[Zelda: The Wand of Gamelon]]''.<ref name="Animation Magic"/><ref name="Budget">{{Cite person|quote=We pitched separate ideas for a game starring Link and a separate one with Zelda. The development budgets were not high. As I recall they were perhaps around $600,000 each. We made a pitch that we could maximize the quality of the games by combining the funding to develop only one game engine that would be used by both games.|name=Dale DeSharone|url=https://zeldauniverse.net/2013/03/28/an-interview-with-the-creator-of-the-cd-i-zelda-games/|title=An interview with the creator of the Zelda CD-i games - Zelda Universe}}</ref> Both titles were followed up a year later by {{ZA}}, which was developed separately by Viridis Corporation. | ||
{{TFoE|-}}, along with the other two titles, was the product of a compromise between [[Nintendo]] and {{Wp|Philips}} following their failure to release a CD-ROM based add-on to the [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System]].<ref name="Sony Philips">[http://www.nytimes.com/1991/06/03/business/nintendo-philips-deal-is-a-slap-at-sony.html Nintendo-Philips Deal Is a Slap at Sony - NYTimes.com]</ref> They are the only licensed {{TLoZ|Series|-}} games developed for and released on a non-Nintendo system. The games have been subject to much criticism,<ref name="Criticism">{{Cite person|quote=Yeah, we had been aware of criticism following the release of the games. I can understand that people were disappointed, I think probably in terms of… I guess they made comments about animation, but also in terms of gameplay and design.|name=Dale DeSharone|url=http://www.zeldauniverse.net/2013/03/28/an-interview-with-the-creator-of-the-cd-i-zelda-games/|title=An interview with the creator of the CD-i Zelda games - Zelda Universe}}</ref> and Nintendo does not recognize them as canon to {{TLoZ|-}} series.<ref>[http://multiplayerblog.mtv.com/2013/09/19/eiji-aonuma-addresses-those-horrible-zelda-cd-i-games/ Eiji Aonuma Addresses Those Horrible 'Zelda' CD-i Games | MTV Multiplayer]</ref> | {{TFoE|-}}, along with the other two titles, was the product of a compromise between [[Nintendo]] and {{Wp|Philips}} following their failure to release a CD-ROM based add-on to the [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System]].<ref name="Sony Philips">[http://www.nytimes.com/1991/06/03/business/nintendo-philips-deal-is-a-slap-at-sony.html Nintendo-Philips Deal Is a Slap at Sony - NYTimes.com]</ref> They are the only licensed {{TLoZ|Series|-}} games developed for and released on a non-Nintendo system. The games have been subject to much criticism,<ref name="Criticism">{{Cite person|quote=Yeah, we had been aware of criticism following the release of the games. I can understand that people were disappointed, I think probably in terms of… I guess they made comments about animation, but also in terms of gameplay and design.|name=Dale DeSharone|url=http://www.zeldauniverse.net/2013/03/28/an-interview-with-the-creator-of-the-cd-i-zelda-games/|title=An interview with the creator of the CD-i Zelda games - Zelda Universe}}</ref> and Nintendo does not recognize them as canon to {{TLoZ|-}} series.<ref>[http://multiplayerblog.mtv.com/2013/09/19/eiji-aonuma-addresses-those-horrible-zelda-cd-i-games/ Eiji Aonuma Addresses Those Horrible 'Zelda' CD-i Games | MTV Multiplayer]</ref> | ||
