They say the grass is greener on the other side, but in this case, it wasn’t. I had just slid through my first crack in Hyrule’s Kakariko Village to enter A Link Between Worlds’s Lorule for the first time. I noticed very quickly that the bushes weren’t green in Lorule, they were purple, and the…
Deep, dark woods where you can easily get lost and that’s filled with various monsters, such as Moblins and Wolfos, sounds like the ideal setting for a horror movie. Add a forgotten mansion that’s haunted by four sisters and the image is complete. It’s not a place or a situation I think many of us…
At first glance, Tove Jansson’s Moomin may look like innocent childrens’ books with its cute, rounded characters, but if one takes time to take a closer look, they’ll see that there is still a darkness present in the stories. Many of the characters in Moomin have something melancholic over them, and perhaps that is something…
Just north of the Great Hyrule Forest, with its bright and cheerful Korok Forest and spooky Lost Woods, lies another wooded area where no chirpy Koroks can be found waiting for their “Mr. Hero” to come. I can understand why they wouldn’t want to hide there; finding a Korok at Thyphlo Ruins might be an…
A mysterious creature known as the Lord of the Mountain, plants growing wild on the ground, and Link’s face illuminated by cool lights coming from — vending machines? I can easily picture Link hanging out with the Lord of the Mountain, but I had never imagined them together in front of vending machines. Yet, it…
The Legend of Zelda games have always been a part of me as I grew up with them, as I’m sure many others can relate. I used to watch my brothers play them before I got to try myself, I read some of the Valiant comics in old magazines we bought from a second-hand store,…
The King of Thieves, of Evil, and even of Darkness — Ganondorf has many nicknames. While they don’t exactly paint him in a good light, they do describe him accurately; he is evil and makes plans in the dark so that he can one day obtain the Triforce and take over Hyrule. However, the Ganondorf…
There are plenty of cosplayers out there choosing to cosplay as Princess Zelda and it’s not hard to understand why. She’s often friendly, wears pretty dresses, and is one of the most important characters in the Zelda games, after all. Cosplayer Hailey Yikes is one of many who had chosen to portray the latest incarnation…
Ah, the Lover’s Pond. It’s a well-sought after pool of water for many singles in Breath of the Wild, hoping to meet their one true love once they find it. Finding it isn’t too easy as the pond is hidden on a mountain top in the Faron region, but love seeking travelers can easily tell…
Obligatory questions when meeting a new Zelda fan include,”Which Zelda game was your first?” and “Which game is your favorite?” While I always find it very hard to answer the second question, I don’t always know how to answer the first one either. I know that The Wind Waker was the first Zelda game I…
The Dekus in Majora’s Mask have always been amusing little forest creatures to me, always aware of their surroundings and have a strong sense of community. Theophany made sure to keep these elements in mind while telling the Deku’s story at the same time. They combined a lively melody, two missing people, and a drop…
The Great Bay Coast looks so serene and peaceful when Link first arrives. At first glance, it seems like there’s nothing wrong in the region. Palm trees sway with the breeze, Leevers lurk underneath the sand and the only hints of civilization are an abandoned beach house and a research lab not far away from…
After nearly nineteen years of longing to one day play Majora’s Mask, I finally got a chance to discover Termina by myself. I had grown up watching my older brothers play various video games and Majora’s Mask was one of them. I had memory fragments of Link being a cute little Deku Scrub and the…
Breath of the Wild focuses mostly on Hyrule a hundred years after Calamity Ganon had brought destruction to the kingdom, but it occasionally lets the player see glimpses of a past life through Link’s flashbacks. Little is known about our hero’s life and who he was before he became Princess Zelda’s appointed knight. Much is…
“Zelda’s Lullaby” is a classic theme in the Zelda series that players first heard when Link met Princess Zelda in A Link to the Past. The simple melody has since then continued to be associated with the Hylian princesses, and it fits them fairly well. It’s sweet, soothing, and uplifting with its high notes, and…
