A common complaint about Breath of the Wild that I often hear is that the open world is awesome until you play for more a couple hours and realize just how empty it is. A lack of people and towns to visit make the huge world too boring. Well, to all those haters, I say…I…
Few would argue the fact that Breath of the Wild excels at its use of the environment and locations to provide subtle worldbuilding and add a sense of mystery to our exploration of the quiet, desolate Hyrule. For this reason, one—or should I say three—of my favorite places that I found during my travels were…
Link’s Awakening received a manga adaptation a year after the original release. Ataru Cagiva gives us a much more personal take on the events of the game. For the most part, the events are the same, but there’s more dialogue; even our silent hero is given a voice! One of my favorite dramatized moments in…
Outside of video games, the Legend of Zelda series has branched out into other fiction mediums, including that of manga. Probably some of the best known, at least where I am in the United States, are the volumes written by Akira Himekawa. They have written a manga volume for almost every Zelda game entry. I…
After navigating four dungeons, wearing various masks, and living the same three days over and over again to help the citizens of Termina solve their personal issues before the Moon crashes into the city and wipes their problems out of existence, Link finally finds himself face to face with the villain to end the vicious…
Breath of the Wild takes place in a barren version of Hyrule, a world left mostly in ruin from a war 100 years ago. This title does an amazing job of worldbuilding by leaving these remnants of a forgotten world, leaving the player to ponder as to what the old, thriving world used to be…
The iconic Kakariko Village is a recurring location in The Legend of Zelda series. While there are many versions of Kakariko Village to cover, I want to focus on the version we find in Ocarina of Time. Admittedly, this is my favorite Kakariko Village. Not only because Ocarina of Time is one of my favorite…
The Dark World is introduced in A Link to the Past as an alternate realm similar to Termina, the Twilight Realm, or Lorule. In this title, the Dark World acts as a parallel dimension to the overworld, a darker reflection of Hyrule and a corrupted form of the Sacred Realm. After Link’s call to adventure…
Toronbo Shores is a location you will visit quite frequently in Link’s Awakening. You’ll do many things here like shipwrecking, sword searching, even trading dog food for bananas: basically everything other than what you probably want to do at the beach. It would seem most residents of Koholint are not too fond of the beach, maybe because…
One of my favorite aspects of Breath of the Wild is the subtle worldbuilding achieved through the use of environmental exposition. This barren version of Hyrule is filled with ruins and the remnants of a forgotten war 100 years ago, or at least forgotten by the Hero of the Wild. Seeing these old, ruined villages makes…
