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To put it into perspective just how good things have been for Nintendo, we’re currently in the Switch’s sixth year on the market, the platform has been emphatically lapped by its competition in terms of hardware power, and yet 2023 may very well go down as Nintendo’s greatest year during the Switch era. It’s culture…

The 10th edition of the Game Awards will emanate from Los Angeles, California later this week on Thursday, December 7th, and Nintendo fans are poised for a big night of celebration. Nintendo leads the way among publishers with 15 nominations, including two candidates in the Game of the Year honor. It’s the most nominations Nintendo…

The Dark World has been a theme in The Legend of Zelda series ever since it’s debut in A Link to the Past. Its concept is simple, it’s usually a world that is a mirror, inverse or “darker” world of Hyrule compared to the normal or “light” version of it. In this version of Hyrule…

Among the many new innovations in Tears of the Kingdom, Hyrule now has a newspaper of record: the Lucky Clover Gazette, the kingdom’s new daily (weekly? hourly? Who knows?) newspaper. Spoiler Warning:This feature discusses certain sidequests, secondary characters, and minor story spoilers from Tears of the Kingdom. Continue reading at your own discretion if you…

The Legend of Zelda is renowned for its wondrous and picturesque environments: the vast, untamed wilds where nature reigns supreme, the ancient, dignified temple ruins, or the lively towns filled with friendly folk. But just as memorable as those that are a joy to explore are those that send a shiver down our spines. Sometimes…

Earlier this year the Twilight Princess manga came to a close, finishing what was by far the biggest and most ambitious Legend of Zelda manga adaptation to date. The artist duo of Akira Himekawa poured every ounce of effort and passion that they had in them across the series’ 11 volumes, delivering a faithful retelling…

The desire for DLC content for Tears of the Kingdom is strong among fans, but so is the desire for a new Hyrule Warriors title set in the same era. Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity was a welcomed spinoff of Breath of the Wild that told an alternate tale of Hyrule’s fight with Calamity Ganon.…

Spoiler Warning:This feature discusses the newly-released Tears of the Kingdom and contains minor spoilers for the game’s story, lore, sidequests, etc. that you do not wish to see. Continue reading at your own discretion. The Legend of Zelda has long been incorporating constructed languages (conlangs) into its games, most often versions of Hylian/Hyrulean. Though less-often…

While everyone else desperately yearned for Tears of the Kingdom, I had a different game on my mind: Pikmin 4. I could not contain my excitement upon hearing the news, not having been this hyped for a new game since Horizon: Forbidden West. Guess I have a thing for atypical “world after the end-of-the-world” stories. …

There’s lots to appeal to fans in Tears of the Kingdom: the storyline and subplots, the Sky Islands and the Depths, the cooking, and the gossip about certain characters. One of the game’s most talked-about features is the ability to build all kinds of different machines, including flying machines. Zonai Wings, fans, hot air balloons,…

Whether he’s appeared in a video game as a child or as an adult, Link has never exactly been a mountain of a human being. The Legend of Zelda’s iconic hero has always been depicted as someone of fairly average size, if not a bit on the smaller side. Even at his largest and buffest,…

Before its launch, some might have worried that Tears of the Kingdom was just glorified, full-priced DLC for Breath of the Wild. That worry is completely misplaced. Not only is Tears of the Kingdom a worthy game in its own right, it is an absolute must-have for any Zelda fan. If you poured hours upon…

As long-time Legend of Zelda fans will know, the Arbiter’s Grounds is a dungeon that appears in Twilight Princess. It is said to have been a prison for the worst of Hyrule’s criminals, who were either locked away in its sandy depths or banished to the Twilight Realm, like Ganondorf himself. The Arbiter’s Grounds contains…

Over the past couple years, Max Blumenthal has been going deep to find interesting things about Breath of the Wild that many people might not know. It’s easy to roll one’s eyes at this overused format of video on YouTube, but Blumenthal has done more than his share of homework. He alone has put in…

After watching the first few trailers, some Legend of Zelda fans speculated that Zelda was going to die in Tears of the Kingdom. The video footage showed both her and Link exploring what looked like the underground of the castle. They see malice forming and what looks like Zonai imagery swirling around the area. Very…