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Tingle’s Maps: The Guard House and the Ghost Shop

Most of the people from Hyrule Castle Town managed to escape to Kakariko Village once Ganondorf began his raid. But it’s clear that many of them unfortunately became ReDeads, as they stand tirelessly in the ruins of the marketplace. There is one individual, however, who lands somewhere in the middle of these two fates: the…

Yuga’s Art Gallery: Two sides of the same sea

Link and Zelda each go through transformations in The Wind Waker, both physically and personally. Link must leave his simple life of an islander behind to rescue his sister, and eventually become the hero and save Hyrule. Likewise, to fulfill her destiny as the holder of the Triforce of Wisdom, Zelda must emerge as Princess…

Yuga’s Art Gallery: A whole new Hyrule

When Link emerged from the Shrine of Resurrection, he was greeted by an entirely different Hyrule from the one he left behind. As did Zelda when she materialized from Hyrule Castle after spending 100 years suppressing Ganon’s power. And yet, it was still a Hyrule in which their journeys and experiences of the world’s wonders…

Yuga’s Art Gallery: The sword in the stone

We know that Shigeru Miyamoto drew inspiration from Disney when creating Zelda, such as from the classic tale of Peter Pan (to which Link likely owes his green tunic and the Kokiri owe their eternal childhood). Mythology and lore from cultures in real life often lend their intrigue and creativity to games, and in a…

Bombers’ Notebook: Urbosa (Breath of the Wild)

The Gerudo Champion Urbosa is the embodiment of everything I love about the Gerudo race. Fierce. Beautiful. Determined. Dignified. Fearless. In fact, Urbosa also represents a quality of the Gerudo that is easy to overlook, given how Link usually sees them as enemies at worst and tolerant at best. Despite the burning deserts that surround…

Tingle’s Maps: The Laundry Pool

Featured image artwork by theonlybriman47. When I first visited the Laundry Pool in Majora’s Mask, it was initially overshadowed by other curious hot spots around Clock Town. Aside from some rupees in the pool (possibly loose change from people’s washed pants?), it just didn’t seem to have much going on at a glance. However, I’d…

Yuga’s Art Gallery: Don’t hang so close to me

Link is no stranger to the unnerving feeling that someone is watching you. In Ocarina of Time, Kaepora Gaebora rarely took his owl eyes off you and Sheik constantly dogged your path; in Twilight Princess, the dedicated postman seemingly stuck a GPS into your bag, given that he always delivered mail directly to you; even…

poison swamp by leo cherel

Yuga’s Art Gallery: A toxic tour

Link has navigated some truly difficult terrains in his many lifetimes — active volcanoes, zombie-infested crypts, and desolate deserts just to name a few, all of which have tested his courage. Then there’s the Southern Swamp in Majora’s Mask, which tested his photography skills. But despite the touristy nature of the swamp boat cruise, which…

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Yuga’s Art Gallery: Yeto’s kitchen

Imagine Link’s delight when venturing through the Snowpeak Ruins and coming across a friendly couple of yetis — Yeto and Yeta — who not only allow him to explore the ruins, but even offer him a portion of their nourishing soup. We can all relate to this aspect of Link’s adventuring: when working, we often…

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