I like writing about games that I feel don’t get enough love. I mean, I’ve been writing about The Minish Cap since I joined the staff, which was way before people could play it on their newfangled Nintendo Switch device. Have you read my love/hate letters to the Oracle games? I love being able to…
Club Nintendo used to be the coolest thing ever. The system was simple: you would buy a game, redeem the points from said game, collect the points up, and then have an exclusive Nintendo reward sent straight to your house. Shipping was free (I remember this because I didn’t have a credit card), and in…
At first it was just a rumble, a crack through time and space as the kingdom endured the destruction of something great and powerful. The loss would cause a great toll on the kingdom, but it was better this way. That’s what she had been told. With that power gone, her kingdom would be safe…
One of the most fascinating characters introduced in A Link Between Worlds is Ravio. This bunny-hooded hero spends the majority of the game renting items to Link in order to help the Hero of Hyrule complete his quest. It’s only at the end of the game that players learn that Ravio is actually Link’s Lorulean…
Despite video games being one of the most popular forms of entertainment, the video game industry has an awkward history of commercial promotion. Early forms of marketing were focused on magazine publications to increase awareness, and publishers struggled to convey precise messages to a new generation of tech-savvy consumers. While the early days of print…
Few childhood memories rival that of the family vacation. The journey is most often a rollercoaster of monotony and entertainment from the budding anticipation of packing and planning to the wearisome stretches of highway miles and traffic stops. Despite the inevitability of trifling arguments and minor inconveniences, most families return with sensational tales to share.…
A heatwave arrived to my town about a week ago. On one of those hot days, I thought back to when I was a small child, happily playing in the kiddie pool in the backyward of the house I grew up in. The pool is no longer in the shed where we used to store…
While some enemies are meant to provide Link with a serious challenge while he’s fulfilling his destiny to save Hyrule, other enemies are solely meant to provide as much aggravation for him as possible. The Bari is a monster species that falls into the latter type of enemies. It is an aquatic breed that is…
From when my oldest child was two and a half until he was four, he went through a phase where he would constantly come out of his room when he should have been going to bed. Often immediately after we turned off the lights, but sometimes as much as an hour after, he would slink…
It was around this time 10 years ago that the Nintendo 3DS made its international debut, launching in North America, Europe, and Australia following its Japanese release. The portable console promised to be a worthy successor to the hugely popular Nintendo DS, with stronger hardware that allowed for console-like experiences on the go, revolutionary 3D…
A Link Between Worlds has a dark story. The darkest in all of the series, despite the fact that it doesn’t deal directly with “death” in the way that Majora’s Mask or Twilight Princess does. Rather, the idea that the story puts forward, in regard to fate and the cyclical nature of time, caused me…
Items are essential in-game components of the Zelda series. Like Batman’s utility belt, there is always a gadget Link has on hand that helps him solve any type of situation. Some items, such as the Bow, are invaluable recurring assets. Other items function with a more specific purpose for certain scenarios. And then there are…
Breath of the Wild‘s Link has an important skill that sets him apart from his previous incarnations: cooking. Every other Link in the Zelda series is subjected to a diet consisting mostly of potions and milk, with the occasional bottle of soup if he happens to have a loving grandma. This begs the question of…
Ever since I found out Ravio’s little “secret,” so many fun ideas popped into my head of funny little scenarios he and Link could get into. A costume swap was among them, and I’m so happy to see the idea brought to life by ChinguCosplay! ChinguCosplay has such a unique, distinct style, working mainly with…
The small screen and portable nature of the 3DS made my discovery of the Maiamais in A Link Between Worlds a pretty solitary experience. Despite the fact that they’ve shared many parts of my Zelda fandom with me, I never thought to tell my wife and daughter about the Maiamais. They were a small, nearly…
