Japan’s original commercial for The Legend of Zelda: A Link To The Past featured more dungeon dancing than a Michael Jackson music video. Western commercials never reached this level of quality.

Here is the original Japanese commercial for The Legend of Zelda: A Link To The Past, thanks to Retro Junk.

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And in case you think American commercials were never zany, here’s the original TV spot for the original NES Legend of Zelda.

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It’s hard to underestimate our enthusiasm for a new Pixar film. Games
based on Pixer films, on the other hand, we could be more enthusiastic
about. But if last year’s Toy Story 3 from Disney Interactive was any
indication of the quality we’ll be seeing from the studio moving forward
then that could change. It's time to start revving your engine for Cars
2’s summer release.

Cars 2: The Video Game will let players jump behind the wheel of some
of their favorite Cars characters as they race through exotic,
world-spanning locations.  Disney’s upcoming game continues the story of
this summer’s film. Players will train to be world-class spies at
CHROME (Command Headquarters for Recon Operations and Motorized
Espionage), where they’ll take on dangerous missions, compete to become
the fastest racecar in the world, and put their spy skills to the test
in combat racing battle arenas. Check out the game’s first trailer
below.

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Signal Studios is working on a follow-up to their hit Live Arcade game from last year.

The independent studio made the announcement on the company's official website. The new game changes up the aesthetic by digging into the heyday of 80s action toys. "Superpowers collide in this playful homage to ’80s action toys and films. Command the powerful Cold War arsenals of the USA or USSR armies! Control base turrets, modern combat vehicles, fighter jets, attack helicopters, and commando action figures," the press release reads.

The game will include a new co-op mode that allows gamers to play with friends locally or online. There will also be an entirely new selection of modern weaponry to bring to bear against your opponent, including everything from battle tanks and AC-130 gun ships to nukes!

No screens have emerged as yet (the above screen is from the original game), but we're excited to see where Signal Studios takes the art direction for this new installment. The first Toy Soldiers was a blast.

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Tower defense has been around forever. But what if you were simultaneously building the waves of creeps trying to break through your opponents' lines? Allow this video and batch of screenshots to explain.

Defenders of Ardania challenges players to play both sides of the traditional tower defense paradigm at once. Choosing how to invest your money between attackers and towers of your own is the key to victory in this Majesty-branded strategy title.

Paradox hopes to make this much more than yet another coffee break tower defense – there are dozens of examples of that available for free online. Players will also have access to magic spells that serve both offensive and defensive purposes. Some environments have interactive portions as well, which will affect the flow of a match.

Defenders of Ardania features some "mazing," where players define the paths that creeps take as they move along the map rather than placing towers along a pre-set course.

On offense, you don't choose your creeps' targets – they mindlessly charge toward pre-defined objectives. When two waves of opposing creeps meet, they take a swing at each other and keep going. This isn't like DotA, where armies smash together in the middle of the map until one gains an advantage.

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Twenty-four each of units and towers are spread across DoA's three factions, all with a slew of possible upgrades.

The game offers a single-player story-driven campaign, but Paradox is upfront about the fact that DoA's focus is on multiplayer – or at least playing the competitive modes against the AI, possibly with friends in a team scenario.

Multiplayer offers three modes that put different players in charge of offense, defense, or both. As mentioned before, up to four players can play at a time online or in a LAN. My bet is that two-player co-op versus the AI turns out to be the most popular mode, but we'll see.

Defenders of Ardania releases this summer for PC, PlayStation Network, and iPad at a planned retail price of $ 14.99.

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