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# The Great Emoticon turns old AIM conversations into a Zelda game
- URL: https://www.killscreen.com/great-emoticon-turns-old-aim-conversations-zelda-game/
- Published: 2014-11-06T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2015-11-17T17:07:37.000Z
- Description: If the faces of the AOL Instant Messenger conversations of yore were to attain sentience and corporeal forms, the design of the post-apocalyptic world of The Great Emoticon is arguably what that reality would look like. The trailer released by developer Hit That Switch last week looks to be another
- Author: Michael Pedersen
- Tags: News, 1990s, action, Adventure Games, emotion, legend of zelda, post-apocalypse, the great emoticon, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-26 09:39

If the faces of the AOL Instant Messenger conversations of yore were to attain sentience and corporeal forms, the design of the post-apocalyptic world of *The Great Emoticon* is arguably what that reality would look like.

The trailer released by developer Hit That Switch last week looks to be another entry into the top-down action-adventure genre carved out by the earlier entries of *The Legend of Zelda*. The unnamed protagonist, using the all-mighty emoticon emotional energies of glad, mad and sad, must persevere through pleasantly vibrant monster designs, reminiscent of what someone thought a computer virus looked like back in the ‘90s, to defeat what could reasonably be an angsty away message or something.

The Toronto-based developer estimates a release in 2015, so for now, you can follow the action on [TIGSource](http://forums.tigsource.com/index.php?topic=44308.0&ref=killscreen.com) or on their [website](http://hitthatswitch.com/?ref=killscreen.com).