Zelda iPhone text tones

Now that iOS 5 lets you change the text tones (and other sounds) on your iPhone, I created some great ones for Zelda fans.

All the sounds come from the excellent site Legend of Zelda Sound Effects, but the download link below has them formatted as an iPhone ringtone you can just drag into iTunes.

Noises include: The famous “Puzzle complete” noise, Navi “Hey!” and “Listen!”, Various sounds for obtaining items, the Mail Man from Twilight Princess, and more!

Download here.

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If you’re a programmer or designer, then you’re not like most people. Just because you change your settings in apps you use doesn’t mean that your users will, unless they are also programmers and designers.

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I change settings on everything I use, and one of my favourite things is getting a new program just so I can look through the settings. They’re right, I’m not like other people :)