In one of Nintendo’s latest videos, Yoshiaki Koizumi and Eiji Aonuma tackle questions fans have surely been wondering for years. Would Mr. Koizumi have lunch with Princess Peach or Princess Zelda? Which kingdom would Mr. Aonuma rather live in: the Mushroom Kingdom or Hyrule? These questions and several more are answered in this intense interview, shown…
When playing through a massively open, exploration-based title like Breath of the Wild, it’s easy to forget how much work goes into creating such a spectacle. While it broke the tried and true formula of past Zelda games, it created a unique spin with roots in the origins of the franchise. Approaching the development of…
Breath of the Wild is widely considered to be one of the best titles in the entire Zelda series. Following a massively successful year, including winning the coveted ‘Game of the Year’ award, it begs the question, where will the series go from here? According to a recent interview with IGN, series producer Eiji Aonuma says…
Before Breath of the Wild was released, you may remember Eiji Aonuma mentioning he had been spending some time playing Skyrim. While Breath of the Wild is certainly in a league of its own, it would be difficult to say there aren’t any parallels between it and Skyrim. In fact, a recent interview with Eiji Aonuma and Hidemaro Fujibayashi confirms Skyrim’s influence on the…
The Zelda timeline has been debated and disputed by fans since its introduction in 2011. Since then, some fans have been curious about the placement of newer titles in the timeline. While games like A Link Between Worlds hold a more obvious place in the list, Breath of the Wild has continually kept fans theorizing…
Since 2012, many fans may have believed that Nintendo Power was dead and gone. While that may be true in some sense, Nintendo has recently launched a nostalgically titled official “Nintendo Power Podcast”. Hoping to bring back some of the insider magic that the magazine brought to so many of its subscribers, the new podcast…
The latest entry in the Zelda book series, Breath of the Wild Masterworks, released in Japan just a few days ago but new information shared in the book has already been making waves online. In addition to the wealth of insight offered through the various concept art and information regarding the development of Breath of the Wild,…
UPDATE: The winners have been announced! Here are the winning entries. To celebrate Breath of the Wild winning Game of the Year and the release of DLC Pack 2, we’re giving away three copies of Breath of the Wild for Nintendo Switch signed by Eiji Aonuma himself, courtesy of Nintendo Australia. To enter, tell us in 25…
To the surprise of many, the second DLC pack for Breath of the Wild was revealed and released during The Game Awards 2017. However, even more shocking was the footage of Link riding what appeared to be a beefed-up version of his motorcycle from Mario Kart 8. A recent interview by Nintendo (available exclusively through the Nintendo Switch’s News…
On the back of the deserved accolade of ‘Ultimate Game of the Year’ award for the glorious Breath of the Wild, Eiji Anouma, Satoru Takizawa, Takuhiro Dohta and Hajime Wakai on behalf of the entire development team have provided a thank you message through the medium of video in a humble expression of gratefulness after…
PAX Australia was held over the past weekend, and for the second year in a row we ran a panel dedicated to Zelda. After discussing the 30-year history of the franchise last year, this year we were all about Breath of the Wild and where we think the Zelda series will go after it. For those who weren’t able…
Legend of Zelda series producer Eiji Aonuma has recorded a special video message for Zelda fans that was debuted during our PAX Australia panel “Breath of the Wild and the Future of the Zelda Series” today. In the video, recorded on behalf of the Zelda development team, Aonuma thanks fans for their support and expresses…
From its initial announcement, one of the first questions Zelda fans asked was where Breath of the Wild fits in the timeline. The answer? We still don’t know. Eiji Aonuma had previously reported that Breath of the Wild occured after Ocarina of Time, but didn’t provide more information than that. His reasoning was he didn’t want to constrict the development team with concerns of…
A recent Jeuxvideo interview with Zelda series producer Eiji Aonuma conjured some new tidbits, including Breath of the Wild‘s DLC and the potential for a Zelda II remake. Specifically, the Hero’s Path element of BotW‘s first DLC pack released in June was brought up, with the question being why it was not included in the core game…
This year’s E3 provided more details for the Champions’ Ballad, which is due to release later this year. The second DLC pack will give more of a backstory for the heroes in Breath of the Wild, and focus on Princess Zelda’s history. It looks to be much more story driven than The Master Trials and will hopefully tug on the heart strings just…
