Of Samurais and Dragons: Origins of the Triforce – Part 2 In commenting on part 1 of this article, forumer KokiriSweetie said, “I always wanted to know how they came up with the triforce for the Zelda line of games.” And then she said this: “Now it leads us to the question: ‘Why did they…
If The Wind Waker is the Zelda game that reflects Miyamoto the most, it’s also a game that represents a change in the direction of the series. Why? Because even though it reflects Miyamoto’s original vision, he actually didn’t know it at first. And not only that, but this game is not only a mirror…
That Shigeru Miyamoto is a genius is common knowledge. It was no surprise that GameSpy billed him as the most influential person in gaming. Yet what many people don’t realize is that of all the Zelda games, The Wind Waker has turned out to be the most accurate reflection of Miyamoto’s mind. A Bold Assertion…
At last we come to one of the choices most favored among fans of Link’s possible love interests: the girl with green hair, Saria of the woodland realm. Clearly, there’s chemistry between them, as they are best friends. But does the chemistry extend beyond that?
The world knew nothing of the boy without a fairy. And yet, as The Wind Waker put its, he came as if from nowhere, and shook the foundations of the world, conquering the darkness. But “after battling evil and saving Hyrule,” he “crept away from the land that had made him a legend.” And so,…
“Hi, fairy boy!!” Anyone who played Ocarina of Time had no doubt that the ranch girl, Malon, had a crush on Link. Two weeks ago, I took a look at the games to see if Nintendo hinted at a relationship between Link and Zelda. We certainly cannot neglect Link’s other possible love interests, however. Indeed,…
And they got married and lived happily ever after.” Romantic love is important to people not only in real life, but in stories and myths. The Zelda games, however, seem to lack any kind of fully developed romance. But the fan fiction, art, and discussions the games have spawned are full of references to romance…
It’s inevitable. Someone will pop into a random Wind Waker-related thread in a forum and comment, “I hate the graphics.” And then, before the thread moves on, someone else will retort, “You haven’t even played it yet! Can’t you look past the graphics? It’s all about the gameplay. Gameplay is more important than graphics.” The…
The Triforce. Many Zelda fans have long pondered the origins of this strange symbol. Until now. This is the saga of the symbol we now call the Triforce… Beginnings The saga begins in Medieval Japan. Or more specifically, the Kamakura Period. The political situation in Medieval Japan was rather chaotic, as various ruling families jockeyed…
Insights from Eiji: Game Developers Conference 2004 Eiji Aonuma gave a lengthy speech about Zelda on March 24, and if you haven’t read the transcript yet, you should. There isn’t really any new information, but some of the comments he made are especially interesting anyway . . .
Last year’s E3 was a big disappointment. This year’s E3 resulted in a big puddle of drool on our collective carpets. The style of Link we had grown to know and love on the Nintendo 64 games was back, and now in a larger, darker, more fully realized Hyrule. These are some of my own…
Timeline theorists. They’re all over the place, and although I’m not particularly fond of that topic, I’ll readily admit that they are one reason why discussions surrounding Zelda keep going long after the hype around a game has died down. An increasingly popular view among timeline theorists is that there is more than one universe…
Of Samurais and Dragons: Origins of the Triforce – Part 2 In commenting on last week’s article, forumer KokiriSweetie said, “I always wanted to know how they came up with the triforce for the Zelda line of games.” And then she said this: “Now it leads us to the question: ‘Why did they use that…
In the beginning, Zelda was rather, well, one-dimensional. She was a princess that needed rescued, very much like the Mario games. And that is really almost all we have to say about her at the dawn of the Zelda franchise, despite the very title of that franchise. True, Zelda was brave to stand up to…
We must wait. And wait. And wait. But then the day will come-the next Zelda game will bring us to a new world, a new Hyrule. The ending of The Wind Waker certainly lends itself to the idea of a sequel. And as we have been told, the sequel will retain the cel-shading technology of…
