By now we’re all familiar with the plethora of ways in which Breath of the Wild tosses out the old tropes of the franchise, and perhaps one of the biggest changes is to Link himself. Or to be more specific, his wardrobe. Whilst the hero’s traditional green garb is still available to track down in some…
The much-loved Symphony of the Goddesses concert is returning again this year, with a slew of dates announced across North America, as well as a couple of UK dates and one a piece for Spain, Germany, and Italy. The concerts, featuring an 80-piece orchestra and choir, features music from across the Zelda franchise’s history and for…
Those Guardians in Breath of the Wild are fearsome beasts. Well, fearsome magical robot monsters to be more precise. Anyway, I’m still at a point where I’m stealthing past any I come across whilst traversing Hyrule, but xXAuntJemimaXx over on imgur has found a way of bringing the wily swines down a peg or two, by…
Breath of the Wild certainly took a new approach to Link’s items and inventory. During that revamp, some of Link’s classic items made a return (fire and ice rods, for example), others got a bit of a revamp (having to manually catch a boomerang was mind-blowing), and some were cast aside completely. On the latter…
Nintendo are giving UK fans the chance to win tickets to see the Symphony of the Goddesses at Birmingham’s NEC arena on April 16, as well as VIP passes to the Insomnia 60 gaming festival that weekend, including travel and accommodation, and a full complement of Breath of the Wild Amiibo. Two runners-up will also get…
If you haven’t taken up all your shelf space with the Breath of the Wild amiibo set (and that Guardian takes up a lot of room, flailing its legs around like a madman), then you may just want to add First 4 Figures’ latest creation to your collection. Released in the United States on launch day,…
First and foremost, Nintendo Switch is a gaming console. That much is evident by the ever increasing number of titles available and on the horizon for the system, despite a few early fears. However, some users have been disappointed by the lack of other features, like a browser or Netflix app, available for the system.…
For those of us that picked up Breath of the Wild for Switch, we’re familiar with the numerous control schemes on offer. There’s using the JoyCon grip that comes bundled in with the system, the excellent Pro controller that I’ve been using without exception thus far, or if you prefer the Koizumi Lounge Position™, there’s the…
Nintendo’s newest entry into the console market arrived last weekend, and we’re now starting to get a picture of just how well the system’s launch went. Whilst there’s no exact figures for the Americas yet, Nintendo of America President, Reggie Fils-Aime, told the New York Times that launch weekend sales of the Switch surpassed not…
The recently released Hyrule Arts and Artefacts book is primarily stuffed to the gills with artwork from the Zelda series’ 30 year history, but that artwork is occasionally adorned with a bit of commentary from Nintendo artists Yusuke Nakano, Satoru Takizawa, and Yoshiki Haruhana. One of the more interesting bits of commentary to emerge is that during development…
If you’re a European Breath of the Wild fan, you [and your wallet] have a choice to make: do you pick up the standard edition or the special edition for your new Switch console? If you’re leaning towards the special edition and want to know what it contains, Nintendo of Europe and Nintendo UK have uploaded an unboxing video…
Part of the appeal of Breath of the Wild — and indeed something the creators set out to implement — is the sense of getting lost in the world of Hyrule that they have created, and to make that experience fun in itself. Sometimes though, you’re just going to want to get to the next dungeon and…
I’ve spent the past few years turning my Majora’s Mask edition of the New 3DS into somewhat of a Zelda tribute device. Every Virtual Console game has been downloaded, alongside digital versions of Ocarina of Time 3D and Majora’s Mask 3D as well. The cartridge slot is often occupied by the superlative A Link Between Worlds. This software is of course supplemented…
We’ve all got our favourite Zelda games, but there’s no denying the impact that Ocarina of Time had on the franchise and gaming in general. For many of us, the series’ 3D debut back on the N64 (and it’s subsequent facelift on 3DS) is still the pinnacle of Zelda, maybe even video games as a whole. I personally must play…
One thing Zelda players have done since the first game back on the NES, once they got their copy of the latest game home and booted it up, is select their save file and enter the name their hero shall be called throughout his adventure. This even served a purpose outside of making NPCs refer to…
