In a recent video on his YouTube channel, Super Smash Bros. creator Masahiro Sakurai discusses a topic many in online spaces have heard about before, the echo chamber. Sakurai’s video is short, but he goes on to give a brief definition of the term, and then discusses the role it plays in video game development.…
Way back in 1996 Nintendo released the Nintendo 64. While video games were not incredibly old at that point in history, the system distinguished itself from its competition by providing players with a unique controller and the ability to play with four of your friends at the same time. From that point forward we got…
Last month Felix from the Nintendo Life YouTube channel started a let’s play of one of the most memorable entries in the Zelda series. Majora’s Mask was released for the Nintendo 64 in October 2000, a mere two years after the classic Ocarina of Time was released. While fans immediately noticed a large number of…
This past week the Nintendo Tokyo/Osaka/Kyoto X (formerly Twitter) account posted a surprise for Zelda fans with a whole new set of Tears of the Kingdom merchandise that any fan of the series would want. The new set of Zelda collectors items includes various forms of clothing, key chains, Secret Stone ornaments, Glyph computer decals,…
Fans of the Zelda series know that there are those select few creative types who look at the current availability of The Legend of Zelda merchandise and think “this isn’t enough,” and then take matters into their own hands. Their skill and love for the franchise combine to produce truly artistic creations that make even…
For the month of March, Game Informer magazine held its own bracket-style tournament to determine the “greatest video game of all time.” Game Informer assembled the entries using a readers vote they held back in 2018 to determine the top 300 games of all time, as well as input from various online communities, staff input,…
At last month’s Game Developers Conference (GDC), technical director Takuhiro Dohta, lead physics engineer Takahiro Takayama, and sound programmer Junya Osada, led a talk that gave gamers great insight into the accomplishment that was the development of Tears of the Kingdom. While most players of the game will readily admit that Tears felt like a…
With the new Ultrahand ability being introduced in Tears of the Kingdom, the Zelda player community sought to push the game to its limits by building the most complex and biggest creations they could think of. The most recent impressive creation comes from the player @saiotoko002 who managed to create the longest object in the…
