Growing up in the 1980s, I was exposed to a lot of Nintendo games, and Zelda was one of the franchises that I fell in love with right away. Part of the charm of starting up a new game of The Legend of Zelda was listening to the introductory theme music. Sometimes the first sounds and/or…
After watching the first few trailers, some Legend of Zelda fans speculated that Zelda was going to die in Tears of the Kingdom. The video footage showed both her and Link exploring what looked like the underground of the castle. They see malice forming and what looks like Zonai imagery swirling around the area. Very…
Christmas is always a magical time of the year, but 2018 was definitely one of the best Christmases I’ve experienced as a parent. My brother-in-law gifted my son a Nintendo Switch, and I’ll never forget the smile on his face as he opened up the present. I still have the photo of it today, and…
In November 1998, a new game known as The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time came out and took local video stores, such as Blockbuster, by storm. It was a huge hit for the Nintendo 64 upon release, and finding a copy of it in the wild was rare. Back in the good old days…
I ended the last part of my journey through The Wind Waker on a cliffhanger, with me and the King of Red Lions descending towards the bottom of the ocean. Needless to say, I was surprised to learn that a castle had been hiding beneath the waves this entire time! The castle was completely grey,…
The last time I set sail across the Great Sea, I found myself trying to outbid NPCs and win prizes at an auction house. When I first started playing this game that I inherited from my best friend, participating in auctions was way down on the list of things I thought I would be doing…
My journey started in the ocean today, which again helped me recalibrate my coordination and gameplay mechanics as well as remind myself of why I love this game so much. The color of the ocean looks so incredible, and with the sound of the waves crashing against the King of the Red Lions, I am…
With my mind still racing about what that wink from Tetra might have meant, I pressed on in my journey through The Wind Waker. Unfortunately, this segment started off with a few gameplay hiccups as I entered the Pirate Ship (by treating a shark “chummily”) and ran into my old bucktoothed friend, Niko. He was…
After enduring the trials and tribulations of hectic gameplay and awkward controls, I felt like I needed to recalibrate myself to the tune of The Wind Waker. After rescuing Makar and returning him to the Great Deku Tree, the game sets you on a course across the open seas, which turned out to be exactly…
As I continued my journey through The Wind Waker, I got to meet lots of new characters. There was a group of mischievous boys, a teacher with whom I sympathized greatly, a Rito girl named Medli, a giant talking tree, and, of course, the iconic Koroks. The story and the personalities of the characters have…
On February 27, 2022 Pokémon fans around the world rejoiced. The latest generation in the series got announced that day in a special Pokémon Presents video showcasing the colors of scarlet and violet, as well as the starters. Upon first impressions, the starters were very well received as being cute. The new region, known as…
Growing up in the ’90s, I was one of those unfortunate kids who missed out on all the Nintendo consoles that came on the scene after the NES and the Super Nintendo. This finally changed in 2011 when I received a Wii as a gift, but by that point, the glory days of Zelda had…
On April 20, 2019, I got one of the worst phone calls of my entire life: my best friend of 36 years had fallen four stories off of his apartment balcony and was on life support at the hospital. I was shocked and in disbelief, but his sister would not have phoned me if it…
Since the latest trailer released for Tears of the Kingdom, there has been a lot of speculation about how the mysterious Zonai people fit into the picture. All that we truly know about them is that they were part of an ancient barbarian tribe. Their history supposedly predates that of the Hyruleans, having been present…
The long-anticipated sequel to Blossom Tales: The Sleeping King released on August 16, 2022. The first game captured the minds and hearts of many gamers, not just fans of The Legend of Zelda series. The Sleeping King went on to become an indie mainstay, setting the bar high for this franchise to continue as well…
