If you had to name a handful of employees at Nintendo, there are several that would come to mind: Reggie, Miyamoto, Iwata, Sakurai, and Koji Kondo are just a few. You might never have heard, however, of Genyo Takeda. I know I haven’t! Takeda certainly preferred to remain out of the spotlight during his tenure at…
The early part of each year is a time when most industries reflect upon the previous year and award its outstanding performers with grandiose accolades. The video game industry is no different, and recently the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences presented their D.I.C.E. Awards for 2017. D.I.C.E, which stands for “Design, Innovate, Communicate, Entertain,”…
Recently, we ran a contest for a chance to win a rare collector’s item: one of three copies of Zelda: Breath of the Wild signed by Eiji Aonuma, courtesy of Nintendo Australia. It’s now time to announce the three winners. In order to win, you needed to send in a 25-word-or-less message that you would…
PAX Australia was held over the past weekend, and for the second year in a row we ran a panel dedicated to Zelda. After discussing the 30-year history of the franchise last year, this year we were all about Breath of the Wild and where we think the Zelda series will go after it. For those who weren’t able…
Two weeks ago, we launched an art contest for a chance to win a special AU/NZ Zelda Symphony experience, complete with a pair of tickets to the AU/NZ show of choice, a backstage tour, and a merchandise prize pack. In addition to these prizes, the winning artwork will be on display during the AU/NZ concert tour. After careful…
Oceanhorn: Monster of Uncharted Seas, a new adventure game for the Nintendo Switch, is a game that desperately yearns to be called Zelda. The inspiration is clear, and most of its structure will be relatable to anyone who’s played a Zelda title before. Perhaps unfortunately though, this adventure title is a game trapped between two…
Whether you’re at home or you get to attend, E3 2017 is a Christmas-in-June event for gamers. With so many announcements, trailers, and demos, there’s bound to be something for every walk of gamer out there. We sent a team of staffers to the three-day trade expo, and we all went in different directions to…
Spoiler warning This article discusses mechanics and puzzles of Breath of the Wild. While there are no story spoilers, it does reveal at least one puzzle solution as well as minor details about the shrines and dungeons. One of the most amazing parts of Breath of the Wild is the fact that, in lieu of creating…
Breath of the Wild boasts having an insanely big map. In fact, before the game’s launch, many used the size of the Great Plateau to estimate the size of Breath of the Wild‘s Hyrule in comparison to other massive open-world games. For example, according to some estimates, this new version of Hyrule would be roughly 8.6 times the…
1 The rupee farm 2 The Trendy Game 3 Rupee chests You’re going to need a lot of Rupees in this game. If you go for optional Bow and Arrows—which I highly recommend you do given how useful it will end up being—you’re going to need to spend at least 1,490 Rupees to get through the…
Out of all the games I got to experience at Nintendo Australia’s Switch event back in January (other than Breath of the Wild of course), Snipperclips: Cut It Out, Together! was the one that impressed me the most. Certainly, the game sits in a very, very different category than Breath of the Wild, and this…
Up until recently, The Legend of Zelda has been rather underrepresented in Nintendo’s amiibo lineup compared to the other franchises. There’s naturally heaps of Mario amiibo, and Animal Crossing had its heyday both with several figurine amiibo in addition to the many amiibo cards. In fact, were it not for the 30th Anniversary Legend of…
If you’re not currently playing Breath of the Wild, you need to change that as soon as you possibly can. When I tell you that this game is the best Zelda game ever created, this is not a platitude that I share lightly. But in all seriousness, Breath of the Wild is a breath of…
We’re at the tail end of Triforce Tributes, our fan-based celebration to wrap up Zelda’s 30th anniversary, and we’re here to close it out with the winning videos from the final week. Each of these winners will receive a set of art prints thanks to Nintendo Australia. These videos all took a lot of time to…
Yesterday we revealed our ten winners out of the many Zelda cosplay and craft submissions for Triforce Tributes. It was difficult to narrow it down to just ten, and so naturally we ended up with a lot of favorites that we couldn’t quite squeeze into our list of winners. As a result, we want to share a few…
