D'oh!: Sony uses Zelda theme at PS3 launch

by Chris Greenhough { Sep 21st 2008 at 5:00PM }

This brought us some welcome weekend lulz. Sony recently held a launch event to mark this month's release of the PlayStation 3 in Malaysia, and obviously decided it needed just the right soundtrack to tie in with the event: something epic, memorable, and majestic.

Their final choice was all of these things, but also hugely inappropriate: as Sony Malaysia MD Naoi Sudo ascended the stairs to the stage, the famous Legend of Zelda theme began to pour from the speakers, and YouTube user marauderz was there to capture the glorious event first-hand. Talk about dealing your own company massive damage, eh?

Gallery: The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess

[Via NeoGAF]

Tags: humor, legend-of-zelda, music, pr, ps3, sony, zelda

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)

crazypenguin @ Sep 21st 2008 5:19PM

ha ha, thats really funny! way to screw up sony, but at least they have a hard drive ....

Sonic_13 @ Sep 21st 2008 6:28PM

I would gladly take Zelda over a hard drive any day of the year.

crazypenguin @ Sep 21st 2008 6:31PM

i love zelda, in top favorites, BUT, nintendo's console lacks what i want, so they should fix it. the companies them selves and franchises arn't exactly something i favor over the other but CONSOLE wise, Sony>Nintendo . i love playing SSBB and zelda and everything else, but i need better graphics and DLC

manyquestions @ Sep 21st 2008 8:14PM

But don't we buy consoles to play games? Therfore a great franchise makes a bigger difference than a hardware element, does it not? Look, I'd love the addition of a harddrive as much as the next guy, but I agree with Sonic 13, I'd much prefer to have Zelda if I had to make a choice.

crazypenguin @ Sep 21st 2008 8:59PM

yes, we do buy consoles to play games. i like to play both nintendo and sony. i like the franchises and games alike, i happen to think at the moment one platform is better than the other. crazy idea that some one who really likes nintendo could like sony too right?

Sonic_13 @ Sep 21st 2008 10:15PM

No one is taking issue that you like both Sony and Nintendo. No one cares (or even brought that up).

We're just saying that we'd pick a console with strong franchises over a console with strong hardware features.

crazypenguin @ Sep 21st 2008 10:18PM

ok, well, then agreed

Sonic_13 @ Sep 21st 2008 11:47PM

Ok, well then....how's the weather where you are?

:P

ZombiePikmin @ Sep 21st 2008 5:19PM

NO! thats the theme song for Sony's new game "Stories of Esmerelda"

samfish @ Sep 21st 2008 5:27PM

DAMNIT! It finally happened! We're living in an alternate universe where Sony makes Zelda games!

Damn you, super large hard-on collider!
WHAT HAS SCIENCE DOOOONE?!

CJLopez @ Sep 21st 2008 11:29PM

LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL

time @ Sep 21st 2008 5:36PM

So, when's Zelda PS3 coming out?

Gaph2000 @ Sep 21st 2008 5:49PM

TBA 2009.

They can't release both Zelda PS3 AND Mario PS3 in the same holiday season!

Mr Khan @ Sep 21st 2008 6:03PM

lol. Unintentional screwup of the year

Vazquez @ Sep 21st 2008 6:04PM

LOLZ take that PS3 fanboys!!!

Dustin @ Sep 21st 2008 6:10PM

Probably not set up by Sony. It was probably a mistake by the people who own or run the place the launch was held. The person in question probably didn't have extensive knowledge of the video game business.

Kenology18 @ Sep 21st 2008 6:45PM

Or he knew what he was doing and did it for the lulz!

Eric @ Sep 21st 2008 7:16PM

I can't believe Sony would set up any sort of conference and not have every detail planned out themselves.

Nebinator @ Sep 24th 2008 5:04PM

Maybe someone wanted to rick-roll Sony, but thought this would be funnier? (Because it IS!)

Mrblonde @ Sep 21st 2008 6:16PM

I think I hear the sounds of lawsuit papers being filed.

Kenology18 @ Sep 21st 2008 6:46PM

They need to pay Koji Kondo royalties!

Pikalover @ Sep 21st 2008 7:03PM

OMG.... I can't believe they got away with that. I bet you anything someone got paid to screw that up just to make a joke out of it or something. There's no way Sony would use that song purposefully.

It was quite funny though ^_^

johnny c @ Sep 21st 2008 7:26PM

Sony just defiled that song...

leonus11 @ Sep 21st 2008 7:52PM

looks like i have a new zelda game on a new console to look foward! in the words of peter griffon "oh i love the holidays"! lmfao man did sony ever screw themsevles over this time!

Erik Stroud @ Sep 21st 2008 8:25PM

OMG! Hilarious. Can't wait for something to happen.

Jonathon Ferrell @ Sep 21st 2008 8:31PM

This could lead to good things.

Zelda PS3 would have heavenly graphics and Link wouldn't be right handed... what was that about?

Shadow of the colossus on the wii. The waggle wouldn't hurt it, i'd actually be fun! And Sotc's graphics are already better than most wii games so theres not much work to be done there.

Sonic_13 @ Sep 21st 2008 9:20PM

"Zelda PS3..."

Speak no more. That right there is not a good thing.

Rollin @ Sep 22nd 2008 9:24AM

If it's made by the same people, how can developing it for a more advanced machine actually REDUCE its chances of being a "good thing"? Ask anybody else and that's the collabo of the fuckin' millennium, Zelda and PS3.

meist3r @ Sep 22nd 2008 9:51AM

@Rollin: Simple, because the Wiimote was the best thing that happened to Zelda ever since it went 3D. I doubt you could provide an equally entertaining experience with the PS3 controller. I never want to play another Zelda game and have to use an analog stick to aim the bow. That's just not cool anymore.

Rollin @ Sep 22nd 2008 10:15AM

I will give you the bow, but the Wii remote advantage didn't really go beyond that, am i right? Maybe the hookshot, but less so. If anything, the sixaxis would lend itself well to boomerang throws, i think.

You do have a point with the dual analog, but i have to say, the game shown at E3 05 that fanboys were in tears over was not what Twilight Princess turned out to be. I think a lot of people, Nintendo fans or not, would kill to see Link in some proper next-gen trappings. That franchise deserves nothing less. I'd give up bow-pointing for a Zelda game like that.

Then again, maybe Oblivion already fills that hole.

Jonathon Ferrell @ Sep 23rd 2008 1:48PM

Personally, I don't think to addition of the wiimote had any real big advantage to the series. I played it on the gamecube first and found it way more fun than when i played it on the wii. I found the wii controls some what of a pointless addition to an already perfect game. I guess it could be considered fun to use the wiimote for the bow but leave that to causal wii games like link's crossbow training, not to engaging games like TP. If they were to make a Zelda for the PS3 people would have the same reaction to it that they had for every new installment for the Zelda series better and more beautiful background and environment. Controls for zelda games are always perfect so people want to see better graphics. So unless the wii can create graphics that surpass TP, then Zelda PS3 wouldn't hurt at all.

BobTheElephant @ Sep 21st 2008 8:38PM

wow... there's no way that was a mistake...it'll be interesting to see how nintendo responds.

manaman @ Sep 21st 2008 9:22PM

Heh,

Wow! That is a major mess up. I can't believe it. Wonderful for this fanboy, though.

Peace,

manaman

Ryan @ Sep 21st 2008 9:22PM

Yea it probably wasent sony who put that song up, but jezz lots of sony hostility on here? I dont know about you guys but i think nintendo and sony kinda go hand in hand ya know? wii and ps3 ftw!

manaman @ Sep 21st 2008 9:28PM

Hey,

Not to be confrontational, but I don't think Sony and Nintendo go hand in hand. I think they represent two sides of the video game industry. They also have very different business styles. That being said, I'm truly not trying to be hostile here. I'm just expressing my opinion.

Peace,

manaman

Mduck @ Sep 21st 2008 10:58PM

I agree with you in this one, Ryan.

This is a nintendo WII news website, and I do feel some hostility regarding this post. I don't understand how this relates to nintendo wii, even if zelda is made by nintendo.

I dont want to sound rude, but I hope the wii fanboy staff can find relevant stories on slow weekends like this one from now on.

:)

Moojuice @ Sep 21st 2008 9:48PM

wow that was entertaining, I guess the zelda theme is just too good to pass up

ChocoDK @ Sep 21st 2008 9:55PM

Well you got to admit that the Zelda tune is good. I am suprised though that Nintendo allowed Sony to play this song at the launch knowing their past relationship with each other. Oh well if they didn't then get ready for the sueing to begin.

CJLopez @ Sep 21st 2008 11:31PM

Heading to ps3fanboy, and if they already had announced this

Jonathon @ Sep 21st 2008 11:48PM

Nintendo doesn't have to LET them use it...it was used at a private Sony event...so therefore they can play whatever music they want.

nig @ Sep 21st 2008 11:57PM

as an awesomely awesome malaysian i can safely say that the majority of these events are run by 60 year old organisers who can't tell the difference between Halo and Metroid Prime. they probably googled "video game music" or something.

anyway PS3 officially in malaysia?? wow! everyone who would want one already has one actually! a lil late to the party..

mewoks @ Sep 22nd 2008 4:36AM

Definitely somebody's idea of a prank. Notice how the music is only on for a few seconds? My guess is that the sound guy thought he was being funny.

Definitely not Sony's doing.

Orion @ Sep 22nd 2008 8:20AM

I think it's kinda funny that the Sony fans who come here say they sense a lot of hostility, when in reality, this was a really tame set of posts, and is actually a very tame site. No offense guys, but if you want to hear fanboys go at it with sword and sheild head over to Joystiq's comment section. And yes I agree, sony and nintendo are VERY different companies, and I don't agree that they compliment each other at all. Both are great systems, but the chance of you finding people who like both companies with the same undieing love is pretty rare. So, if you go to a Nintendo fan site, expect to see some people who are..um... fans.

I really don't think them making fun of Sony in this situation is very far stretched. And I also think it is VERY relevant to the Wii Fanboy site as it is kind of a NINTENDO game's music. God knows you Sony people would be bashing Nintendo like a bunch of 13 year olds who just learned how to curse if we played Ico music at a Nintendo console's launch. You should consider these posts harmless in comparison to most of what comes out of the mouth of Sony fanboys.

Anyway, hilarious honestly, and while I agree this was most likely an accident (though you never know), this is something to definitely be fired for. I mean, even the crowd was laughing at this one.