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Make it new: Why remakes are wonderful things

It is absolutely, 100% necessary that Nintendo remake Zelda games. Whether it comes in the form of an HD remaster of Wind Waker — thus proving definitively that it is one of the most drop-dead stunningly gorgeous games ever created — or if it comes in 3DS versions of beloved N64 classics, continuing to update…

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Links fall apart: Game over in Zelda

One thing that made Breath of the Wild such a notable departure from what had become disparagingly known as the “Zelda formula” was that it was remarkably easy to die. A lot. In so many different ways. Fell too far? You’re dead. Stood too close to that explosive barrel with your fire arrow? You’re dead.…

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Ocarina of Time’s field of dreams

It is a well–documented fact that Ocarina of Time started with a design centered on Ganon’s castle as a Mario 64-style hub world akin to Peach’s castle. As development wore on, that changed and Link’s first foray into 3D was taking shape as something even more groundbreaking than Mario’s. Of all the brilliant innovations Ocarina…

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