Did you ever purposefully play a game the way it wasn’t intended? Say, you would start up a file of The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess just to go to Arbiters’ Grounds to have those little bugs swarm all over you, using a bomb to blow them off of yourself, and using the sinking sand…
A good musician-for-hire always has a good setlist up their sleeve. Whether it’s a performance up on stage or playing in the background to give a party some atmosphere, a musician must practice a handful of songs to be able to play at any spontaneous moment. The bards of A Link Between World’s Milk Bar…
Originally, I was fine with the idea of getting Breath of the Wild on the Wii U, rather than going all-in with a Nintendo Switch. I usually wait a while before getting a brand new system, usually to see if any more interesting games come along before I drop another $300. This was my usual…
Link has just emerged from the Shrine of Resurrection to a world filled with both ruin and wonder. Down the path is a familiar sight, perhaps not for Link, but for the player. An old, worn cathedral stands tall among the surrounding landscape. What else could it be but the Temple of Time? Before entering…
On this day, May 9th, 2020, we at Zelda Universe honor the memory of lost socks. Whether it be lost in the laundry, forever rolled up under the bed, or eaten by the dog, it’s sad when we lose a matching set of socks, especially if you’re like me and have an abundance of specially…
During the seven years that Link was asleep within the Sacred Realm, Princess Zelda had taken a new identity to hide from Ganondorf, who was searching tirelessly for the girl who wielded the Triforce of Wisdom. She had disguised herself as Sheik, a male warrior descended from and the sole survivor of the Sheikah Tribe.…
There are certain things you shouldn’t do in the dark. Playing horror games, reading scary stories, and even listening to certain songs. This is one of those songs that I shouldn’t have listened to in a pitch-black room — but it is certainly one that needs to be listened to. The Marcus Hedges Trend Orchestra…
I’ve mentioned a few times here that I used to take piano lessons from my mother. At a certain point, I started doing my own thing, just playing whatever I wanted by learning from ear rather than the “proper” way. Still, Mom loved that I was getting involved in music and always insisted that I…
There are two series that I love more than anything else in the realms of gaming: The Legend of Zelda and Fire Emblem. These two franchises helped me discover my love of fantasy, distinguished my personal art style, and uncovered my passion for writing. Just as I have distinct memories of fondness for my earliest…
With a task at hand, Link must enter the Deku Palace, forbidden to any race but their own. Putting on the guise of the Deku Mask, he is welcomed, but with limitations. He is let into the grand wooden gate by the two guards out front, telling you that you may witness the public humiliation…
Majora’s Mask was clearly a much darker game than Ocarina of Time, but due to time restraints, a lot of material was recycled from the previous game, including its music. While I personally love Ocarina of Time’s soundtrack and view it in only the highest regards, some of the songs I felt were out of touch with Majora’s eerier locations or scenarios. One, in particular, is the “Lost Woods.”
Though we’ve seen a few of them in Ocarina of Time, the Deku Scrubs are vastly expanded upon in its sequel, Majora’s Mask. They were simple obstacles in their first game, occasionally making a forest-themed puzzle more difficult by launching Deku Nuts in Link’s direction, but when Majora’s Mask came around, we got to see…
It’s finally been done. The fans have been heard and Sakurai put his foot down saying enough is enough. Every time a new Fire Emblem character has been announced for Ultimate, there is much division amongst the fans. The Smash fans complain as there is not enough variety amongst characters and the DLC slots should…
There have always been conspiracy theories about playing music backward and hearing secrets within the recording, and in some cases with Nintendo, this is found to be true. Now most of us know the secret of the “Ballad of the Goddess” from Skyward Sword being “Zelda’s Lullaby” in reverse, but did you know that’s not…
Everyone has heard the Cinderella story a million times, so things get interesting when we flip the story around. What happens when we take the girl who has it all — the dresses, the money, the luxuries of life — and sweep everything right out from under her? What kind of person is this girl…
