There are certain songs in my life that, no matter when, where, or even why I hear them, have a much more powerful impact on me than songs I might love. To put it another way, listening to these songs provides an experience rather than a reaction. I like to refer to these as “songs…
I’ve always liked the friendship established between Link and Saria in Ocarina of Time. You can tell just from the extremely brief moments they spend together in-game that they’re great friends. I like to think Link especially is happy to have Saria as a friend, considering how he seemed to be isolated from his fellow…
Perhaps it’s because I played clarinet in band class for eight years, but I’ve always found myself enamored with skillful woodwind playing. I understand how much practice, time and effort goes into learning and performing a song. I also obviously have a strong passion for writing and Zelda, as I’m writing this article here now.…
It’s an unfortunate truth that even in this beloved and extremely popular franchise there exist wonderful games that, despite their high quality, are severely underrated. The Minish Cap and the Oracle games are a prime example of this, but there’s another Zelda game that is sadly talked about even less than those titles. That game…
Just like the lambasted Zelda II before it, Four Sword Adventures is without a doubt the other black sheep of the Zelda series. It has a solid idea and the gameplay is very sound, but getting it set up for four-player multiplayer is a bit unintuitive and, more importantly, very costly. In the game, there…
I remember the time I started to learn how to draw like it was yesterday. I had recently gotten into manga, thanks to a friend I had made from the local church I went to. My eyes lit up at the covers, as the drawings were so well done and beautiful. Flipping through the pages,…
I still remember the first moment I found Rito Village in Breath of the Wild. I’d been wandering about for some time around the western portion of the map and I saw a bundle of what looked like buildings in the distance. Excited to find a new town (admittedly, I wanted to see possible new…
Like many of us, I’m sure, I’ve been playing a ton of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. Its been the go-to game for the past couple weeks and I’m having a ton of fun with it. As you may guess, I have a strong attachment to the Zelda characters and their representation in the game. Undoubtedly,…
There are a couple of traditions that happened every Christmas at my house when I grew up. The first was opening a single gift on Christmas Eve because my little sister and I could never hold our excitement for very long. Usually, we’d have the choice of any gift under the tree, and I’d always…
The hype I had for Super Smash Bros. Brawl was immense. Every single Tuesday, I’d wake up as early as possible and check the Smash Dojo website, wondering what the next update would be. You couldn’t get me out of bed early for school. But checking the Smash Dojo? I’ll wake up early for that…
When I was a child, I inserted myself into the game world as I played through Ocarina of Time for the first time. It was a memorable experience for many reasons, as I felt a lot like the hero himself going on a grand adventure. When I encountered Princess Zelda for the first time after…
Perhaps the greatest thing about being a kid is how oftentimes things seem larger than life. Your imagination will go into overdrive and fill in blanks that aren’t even there, and worlds will manifest themselves as a result. This same phenomenon is what happened to me when I played Ocarina of Time for the first…
I’m sure everyone who played Breath of the Wild remembers the first time they encountered their first Guardian. You’re running through the fields minding your own business in search of materials, looking for a shrine, or trying your best to figure out how to scale a mountain. Suddenly, you hear those familiar and fast piano…
When most people talk about unsettling or spooky Zelda games, they tend to focus on Majora’s Mask or certain sections from Ocarina of Time. Though both games absolutely have their moments, or in the case of Majora’s Mask, their fill of eerie and unsettling themes, I feel as though Twilight Princess gets not nearly enough attention.…
“Dad, can I please please please have a Game Boy Color!?” I remember uttering those very words when the Game Boy Color came out, hoping desperately my pleas would be answered. To my surprise and joy, he agreed. We ended up scouring multiple Walmarts for the brand new, hot-at-the-time item and ended up having to…
