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From today's featured article The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening is a 1993 action-adventure video game developed by Nintendo Entertainment Analysis and Development and published by Nintendo for the Game Boy. It is the fourth installment in the Legend of Zelda series, and the first for a handheld game console. What became Link's Awakening began as a port of the Super Nintendo title The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, developed after-hours by Nintendo staff. It grew into an original project under the direction of Takashi Tezuka, with a story and script created by Yoshiaki Koizumi and Kensuke Tanabe. The protagonist Link begins the game stranded on Koholint Island, a place guarded by a creature called the Wind Fish. Link then searches for eight musical instruments that will awaken the sleeping Wind Fish and allow him to escape. A remake called The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX was released for the Game Boy Color in 1998; it features color graphics, compatibility with the Game Boy Printer, and an exclusive color-based dungeon. Together, the two versions of the game have sold more than six million units worldwide, and have appeared on multiple game publications' lists of the best games of all time. (Full article...) Recently featured: Stephen Crane – SMS Markgraf – Huế chemical attacks Did you know... From Wikipedia's newest content: ... that on this day 200 years ago, Australian explorers returned from the first successful colonial expedition to cross the Blue Mountains (pictured)? ... that Michelle Nunn, CEO of Points of Light, the largest organization in the U.S. devoted to volunteer service, is considering running for the U.S. Senate, where her father once served? ... that Cathreim Thoirdhealbhaigh, an account of the wars of Thomond in 13th-century Ireland, is noted for both historical accuracy and vivid descriptions of banshees? ... that leading 1950s New York model Mary Jane Russell won damages after an altered photograph of her reading in bed was used to advertise bed sheets? ... ... that upon relegation to the 2013–14 RFU Championship, London Welsh looked to groundshare with Oxford University instead of returning to their home ground? ... that Stefan Strandberg was the captain of the Norwegian team that qualified for the 2013 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship? ... that the Batmobile was the pace car at a NASCAR race?

In the news In the Syrian civil war, government forces retake the strategic town of Al-Qusayr. Heavy flooding (pictured) causes widespread damage across Central Europe. The rediscovered Hula painted frog, previously thought extinct, is identified as a living fossil. After Jairo Mora Sandoval is murdered protecting leatherback sea turtle nests, the Costa Rican government opens talks with environmental groups on reforming the nation's environmental policy. At least 119 people are killed in a fire at the Jilin Baoyuanfeng Poultry Plant in Northeast China. Police response to environmentalist demonstrations in Istanbul provokes anti-government protests across Turkey. Recent deaths: Deacon Jones – Frank Lautenberg – Mandawuy Yunupingu On this day... June 6 1813 – War of 1812: The British ambushed an American encampment near present-day Stoney Creek, Ontario, capturing two senior officers. 1882 – The Shewa kingdom made big strides towards gaining supremacy over the Ethiopian Empire by defeating the Gojjam and gaining control of territories south of the Gibe River. 1894 – Colorado Governor Davis Hanson Waite ordered his state militia to protect and support the miners engaged in the Cripple Creek miners' strike. 1982 – A war in Lebanon began when Israeli forces invaded southern Lebanon to root out members of the Palestine Liberation Organization. 2004 – During a joint sitting of both houses of the Indian Parliament, President A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (pictured) announced that Tamil was to be made the first legally recognised classical language of India. More anniversaries: June 5 – June 6 – June 7 It is now June 6, 2013 (UTC) – Reload this page

Today's featured picture The G.D. Kennedy, a full-rigged steel ship, under sail. Constructed in Britain in 1888 and christened Dunboyne, the ship travelled around the world. In 1923 it was purchased by the Swedish Navy and renamed af Chapman, serving until 1934. The ship is now a youth hostel. Photo: Allan C. Green collection of glass negatives, State Library of Victoria Recently featured: Transit of Venus, 2012 – Bananagrams – Murugan

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