This month, Edge Magazine unveiled their December 2023 issue, which was dedicated to a comprehensive examination and ranking of the greatest games released in the last three decades. Seen in the list’s top five were not one, but two Zelda games, outpacing legendary titles such as Resident Evil 4 and Elden Ring. The “greatness” of…
When a video game as vast, varied and freedom-forward as Tears of the Kingdom comes along, players often set themselves limitations in their playthroughs that spur creative thinking and offer interesting challenges. Recently, one Reddit user embarked on a truly ambitious challenge run that aimed to eliminate the largest portion of the map from their…
Artist Stoic Seraphim’s long-running Zelda fan art series has finally come to an end. The self-imposed challenge was to examine the titanic roster of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate and ask what it would be like if the Fierce Deity Mask from Majora’s Mask was an item in the game, and how that would change every…
In today’s Nintendo Direct broadcasted at 10am EST, Nintendo shared some new details on their gallery project located in Kyoto, which was announced in 2021 and has now been officially titled the Nintendo Museum. Shinya Takahashi presented the update, saying that construction on the building is going well and will be completed by March 2024.…
Scott Bradlee’s Postmodern Jukebox, a popular cover band, has recently devoted a recording session to a medley of musical selections from Ocarina of Time. The band’s specialty is converting songs of all genres and eras into vintage-style swing and funk tunes. In collaboration with fleet-footed dancer Demi Remick, they released “Ocarina of Tap” on August…
Voice actors Joe Hernandez and Heather Gonzalez will be present at a meet-and-greet event at KS Collectibles in Redlands, CA on September 16th. Joe Hernandez is known in Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom for voicing the Goron brethren Daruk and Yunobo. Heather Gonzalez debuted in Tears of the Kingdom as Mineru,…
For all you adventurous New Yorkers looking for more Zelda action, Nintendo NY has you covered this Saturday. On August 12, 2023, only at Nintendo’s New York City store, lucky visitors will be able to join a scavenger hunt themed around The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. Participants will explore around the Rockefeller…
GameSpot is now a few entries deep in their new YouTube series, “Things You STILL Didn’t Know In Tears of the Kingdom,” adapted from the same series’ premise they used for Breath of the Wild. The open-world Zelda games are astoundingly detailed, and GameSpot writer Max Blumenthal, aka RinHara5aki, has dedicated himself for years now…
Recently, an interview with Tayaka Imamura, the art director of Majora’s Mask, illuminated a pretty interesting fact about the game’s titular entity, giving us a new source for the name Majora. Imamura’s work is hugely influential in the Nintendo sphere. Along with the creation of Zelda characters like Majora and Tingle, he also contributed to…
On the morning of April 13th, 2023 (at least, it was morning where I live), Zelda fans across the world waited not-so-patiently at their computers to hear from Eiji Aonuma and witness the final official trailer for Tears of the Kingdom. The trailer, coming in at almost four full minutes, blew the minds of everyone…
I love the Super Smash Bros. games — a lot. You could say I’m something of a fanatic. In particular, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate takes the prize as my favorite multiplayer game of all time, attested to by the insane number of hours I’ve logged since its release in December 2018 (I’ll give you a…
Since its first appearance in A Link to the Past back in 1991, the song “Zelda’s Lullaby” has become a ubiquitous melodic presence in the Zelda series. It has been represented, either prominently or as a cleverly-hidden Easter egg, in 13 mainline Zelda games since its debut, as well as several spin-off and crossover games.…
I’ve always considered Breath of the Wild to be a comfortable game. Even though plenty of encounters and surprises are sure to bring your heart rate up (Guardians and Lynels, anyone?), the natural beauty and serene stillness of the game’s overworld will always stick with me the most. My first exposure to the game was…
Hungry_Clicker is an extremely talented Japanese digital artist who I think you ought to know about. He’s best known for his contributions to the fighting game community, drawing stylish pieces based on the characters of Street Fighter, Tekken, Super Smash Bros. and countless other series. The incredible speed at which he works is a large…
In Ocarina of Time, the first character Link meets after leaving the boundaries of Kokiri Forest is a large, enigmatic owl named Kaepora Gaebora. This feathered fellow can be a bit of a handful for first-time players, as his monologues famously occupy many text boxes. If you’re impatiently mashing to get to the end, he…
