Have you ever stopped and really thought about why Nintendo hasn’t released Breath of the Wild 2 yet? Time and time again, the company says the game needs more time. They say that development is proceeding smoothly. They say more information is coming. They say we just need to be a little more patient. The…
Every day people are discovering new easter eggs in both new and older titles! Here are a few astonishing discoveries that you definitely didn’t know!
As you are probably aware by now, Breath of the Wild’s soundtrack isn’t the most bombastic in the series. It does have its share of sweeping orchestral epics, but instead of accenting every footstep and sword swing, the music team decided that the best way to complement the game’s open-air design would be to have…
It doesn’t matter what people say about me, I know my purpose is to help the flowers of Hyrule to grow big and beautiful. The others can call me “crazy” and “obsessed” all they want. Someone has to fill this harsh kingdom with floral wonder. My flowers, my babies, are all I have. Those naysayers…
The Ys (pronounced “eess”) series seems perpetually stuck in the shadow of other pioneers of the action, adventure, and RPG video game genres. The Ys series began in 1987, just one year after The Legend of Zelda and the same year as Final Fantasy, but it remains relatively unknown today. So, I should not have…
One of our earliest looks at The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild came from the E3 2014 trailer. After a brief moment of peace, the trailer bursts into a nonstop rush of movement as a Guardian pursues the hero, spraying laser fire wildly in an attempt to destroy him. Despite the speed of…
There are a handful of ways to describe the adventures of Link and Princess Zelda over the course of their myriad adventures in Hyrule and lands further abroad over the course of The Legend of Zelda series. High fantasy. Sword and sorcery. Epic quest. Swashbuckling adventure. Time-bending caper. And, perhaps my niece’s favorite way to…
No one will argue that Breath of the Wild goes easy on you at the start. On top of skipping out on a traditional tutorial, your three tiny hearts will be depleted by nearly everything in the game if you’re not careful. From encounters with monsters big and small to powerful and deadly weather to…
When designing a new Zelda title, Nintendo always takes inspiration from the preceding games. Whether they are trying to reach some large-scale advancement or simply borrow elements for the sake of familiarity or novelty, the developers find plenty of reasons to implement older features. That was the case for Breath of the Wild. It borrowed…
There are several laboratories peppered throughout The Legend of Zelda games. Each of these locations is integral to the quests, characters, items, and knowledge needed to further one’s quest in the games they appear in. This will be the start of a new miniseries about the various laboratories from the Zelda series. I’m going to…
In a newly discovered glitch, players can take control in Breath of the Wild and play from a first-person view. Twitter user A.xk discovered that a specific button input triggers the camera to a roughly first-person view. Per A.xk’s instructions, all you have to do is pull out the in-game camera while holding an item…
Showing off parts of their latest project, Second Wind, Breath of the Wild modder Waikuteru is back with a new video to enjoy. A project with over 50 contributors, Second Wind is a free, fanmade, large-scale DLC pack for Breath of the Wild that features new content including quests, weapons, NPCs, and enemies. The video…
“Time passes, people move … Like a river’s flow, it never ends.” Sheik’s wise statement about time is aptly fitting for the constant changes and technological developments of the gaming industry. Game mechanics are an essential toolkit in a successful Legend of Zelda game, as they offer the franchise the ability to adapt to a…
Leading up to the years before the return of the Calamity, Impa was Princess Zelda’s loyal and highly capable right-hand woman. Charged with the duty of protecting the princess from all forms of danger, Impa was trained to be an expert in the combat stylings of her people, the Sheikah. She mastered multiple forms of…
The Zelda series is filled with iconic, memorable female characters, from the various iterations of its titular princess to childhood friends, impish sidekicks, women warriors, and so many others. And what’s more, these characters often have wonderful musical themes that perfectly encapsulate who they are and how they fit into the story. For this International…
