One of the stand-out aspects of Breath of the Wild is the gorgeous art direction. It’s almost the perfect blend of the realism of Twilight Princess and the cartoonish charm of Wind Waker. But an intrepid explorer of Hyrule over on reddit by the name of Rangers_of_the_North has located a glitch that removes the cartoon shaders from both Link…
A new trailer has dropped for the upcoming SNES Classic Edition which showcases the features contained within the little grey box. Save states, which we saw in the NES Classic Edition allowing players to save their game at any point, are back, and each game offers up four different slots to save to. More interesting though…
Have you ever been trekking across the Gerudo Desert whilst playing Breath of the Wild and thought to yourself, “man, this visual representation of a sweltering, desolate wasteland is really making me thirsty?”Well fret ye no longer faithful readers, as the enterprising David Hensley has you covered. The imaginative chap has 3D printed a Joy-Con grip complete…
In the short time that the Switch has been out, there have been a plethora of custom paint jobs on the various aspects of the system. Whether it be asnazzy Zelda-themed JoyCon or a Breath of the Wild-themed reworking of the entire system, fans have been personalising their consoles in some awesome ways. Zoki64 has previous form in…
Nintendo are bringing back the Nintendo World Championships this year, with aspiring wizards trekking to various Best Buys across the US to take part in the heats. Whilst there, competitors will not only be trying to set their best times in Mario Kart 7 for a chance at the finals, but will also be able…
Following its return in 2015, 25 years after the inaugural event, the Nintendo World Championships is back again for 2017. Nintendo have announced that this year’s tournament will be held in the Manhattan Center’s Grand Ballroom, New York on October 7, with regional heats taking place across the US starting August 19 (“not really the World Championships…
The theme for this month’s Loot Crate has been revealed as ‘Kingdom’ and is all about fantasy. As ever, the exact contents of the box are kept secret, but the franchises namechecked for inclusion are Adventure Time, The Lord of the Rings, and one other one, what was it again? Oh yeah, The Legend of Zelda!…
Nintendo released a new patch today for Breath of the Wild, taking the game to version 1.3.1. Included within the patch notes is a rather surprising bit of information. Nintendo will apparently be adding a news channel to the home menu entitled “Tips from the Wild”, and by clicking on articles within the channel, players will…
If there’s one thing the internet doesn’t have enough of, it’s avian-based re-imaginings of the Zelda series. Fortunately, FlipNote animator kekeflipnote is here to rectify that. The brief animation covers ten different Zelda games including the likes of Ocarina of Time and Link’s Awakening, all featuring adorable bouncing birds in the role of Link. It’s truly pointlessly brilliant. Check it…
Back in June, Charles Martinet appeared on a voice over panel at Indiana Comic Con. Blogger Revenge Method was in attendance, and asked the voice of Mario what it was like to be in a room with Zelda and Mario creator, Shigeru Miyamoto. His response was rather heartwarming. “He is one of the nicest people I’ve ever met…
Nintendo are being a little bit less precious with their key franchises these days it seems, what with the Mario/Rabbids crossover for example, and Nintendo branded items coming to Rocket League. One of the cooler collaborations that’s cropped up so far in the Switch era is the inclusion of some Breath of the Wild themed stuff in…
The hottest item this past Christmas for gamers was undoubtedly the NES Classic Mini, yet very few people actually managed to get their hands on one. Nintendo massively underestimated just how high the demand would be for a plug and play device that would allow gamers to revisit, or even experience for the first time,…
For those that make the most of Kochi Dye Shop in Hateno Village, it’s essential to properly assess just how your chosen outfit is going to look at the end of your dye job. It just wouldn’t be right for Link to be traipsing around Hyrule looking like a crime against Hylian fashion. The fact…
The Nintendo Switch’s impressive launch continues apace. It was the only console to experience a boost in sales in Japan following E3, it has been Nintendo’s most successful hardware launch ever, and there are some analysts that are even predicting that it could outsell the all conquering Wii. The latest piece in this sales figures…
Despite its huge size and complicated physics engine, Breath of the Wild is impressively low on glitches, at least in comparison to some of it’s other open-world brethren. However, no game is perfect, and eagle-eyed users (possibly with too much time on their hands, but we thank them for it) have discovered a glitch that loses…
