Video game retail sales figures released last week by NPD Group put Ocarina of Time 3D in fifth place overall for the month, and markit as the bestselling handheld-only title.
The group's enduring notion of the urbane "Mitsubishi gentleman" has also made it an easy mark for sokaiya, gangsters who extort money by threatening to air dirty laundry.
"The genius of this is taking land the city doesn't have the capacity to develop and giving it to the people who do, " said Mark Freidman, a local developer and member of Ranadive's group, who explained that the "public-private partnership" makes the entire Kings investment viable.