This week, we published the first part of a brand new walkthrough for The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past written by community veteran, The Missing Link. The first chapter details Link’s entrance and escape from Hyrule Castle. We’re hard at work on the remaining portions of the walkthrough for A Link to the Past.…
Just a few days ago, a new Kickstarter project began for The Complete SNES – Collector’s Book and Ultimate Guide. The project aims to release a near 500-page book detailing every release for the Super Nintendo from all regions. As one of the most popular titles for the Super Nintendo, you can be sure that A…
Nintendo of Europe, taking their lead from Japan, have announced a five year anniversary eShop sale, knocking up to 50% off a whole host of games. Included alongside some of the stars of Nintendo’s indie line-up and virtual console classics, are a whole bunch of Zelda titles. On the Wii U Virtual Console, there’s discounts on A Link…
Link’s Awakening for the original Game Boy is one of the more intriguing games in the Legend of Zelda franchise. It was the first entry into the portable genre for the Legend of Zelda, and it brought mainstay features into the series, such as fishing. In a way, it helped establish the Game Boy during…
Upon the news of SNES titles finally making their way onto the New 3DS eShop, we previously reported that A Link to the Past will be arriving on April 14 on the US store. As for Europe, we’re being treated to the Zelda classic much earlier! The game will hit the service this Thursday, March 10, along with Super Metroid. F-Zero…
Nintendo recently brought the masses another Nintendo Direct, and while we didn’t get any Zelda Wii U news, there were some interesting tidbits to say the least! Nintendo fans who grew up with the Super Nintendo in particular received some good news. SNES games will be getting added to the Virtual Console service — but only for the…
We all secretly crave seeing our favourite games remade with beautiful new visuals, as seen with the outstanding successes of Ocarina of Time, Majora’s Mask, Wind Waker and now, Twilight Princess. We just can’t get enough of nostalgia, and neither can YouTube user CryZENX. CryZENx is renowned for taking games we know and love and implementing them into the…
Sometimes you pick up a Zelda game, but all you want to do is play through that one sidequest you never finished or access a cool easter egg. You sift through pages upon pages of guides trying to find that little snippet of information and think to yourself — in true infomercial fashion– “there’s gotta be an easier way!”.…
Did you ever wish you could see all of A Link to the Past’s amazing overworld without marching square by square? Over at Zelda Live Maps, creators have worked hard to make a connected, animated map of A Link to the Past’s Dark World, Light World, and Zora’s Domain using the JADSDS engine. Each map is seamless, and the landscapes and…
Aeipathy Industries made waves last year with their Zeldamotion project, taking Akira Himekawa’s A Link to the Past manga and adapting it to an animated video. The first episode was released to a lot of support, and was a project made almost entirely by director and lead animator Michael Patch in his spare time. As such, nine months…
Warren Spector, the man best known for Deus Ex, Ultima, and Thief, has shared some details about his video game college course at the University of Texas. Speaking to Nintendo Life, Spector touched upon Shigeru Miyamoto’s roles in games, as well as his personal love of A Link to the Past. Before taking on a teaching role at the University…
I was only six years old when A Link to the Past came out on the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, but it has influenced my life profoundly. If I hadn’t received it as a gift from my uncle, I probably would not be here writing! A Link to the Past will always hold a special place in…
Nintendo World held a launch event this past Friday evening from 6-8pm EDT to promote the release of the A Link to the Past graphic novel, which has been licensed by Viz Media. It was revealed a few weeks ago that during the launch event, those that purchased the graphic novel would receive an exclusive poster to…
A Link to the Past has one of the most classic overworld maps of any game to date, even a little over 20 years after the game’s initial release. The map is so beloved by fans that Nintendo decided to re-create it in stereoscopic 3D for A Link Between Worlds. Now, the map has been brought to life in…
Amiibo Tap, which launched in Japan on April 23, is coming to North America and Europe on April 30. This piece of freeware that allows you to “tap” any Amiibo on your Wii U console and receive a three-minute demo of a number of classic Nintendo titles. A few Zelda games are included in Amiibo Tap, as well…
