On the Christmas of 2021, I got one of the best presents I had ever received from my wife: a wallet featuring Link and other images from The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening. As soon as I unwrapped the gift, I saw the incredible details of the Japanese writing and the picture of Link, and…
This spring marked the two-year anniversary of the forming of the Laurence Manning Trio, and they have now released their first complete album dedicated solely to Zelda music. Trio of the Goddesses is a testament to the group’s love of the Zelda series and explores a variety of moods found throughout these games. The ensemble…
Bargain hunters, now’s your chance! The Nintendo website has begun a huge blowout sale on select Switch games that include Super Mario Odyssey, Cadence of Hyrule, Link’s Awakening, and many more. Depending on the title, shoppers can save as much as fifty percent off, a rare boon for a commodity that does not see discounts…
I don’t tend to write about emotional topics. My preferred style is usually on the funny side, with silly jokes mixed in with what I always hope are interesting ideas or concepts, or just goofy stories about things I’ve done to entertain myself. So my typical articles here have certainly followed that pattern, and have…
Link’s Awakening received a manga adaptation a year after the original release. Ataru Cagiva gives us a much more personal take on the events of the game. For the most part, the events are the same, but there’s more dialogue; even our silent hero is given a voice! One of my favorite dramatized moments in…
When you’ve spent untold hours obsessing over something, you start to see it everywhere you look. For fans of The Legend of Zelda, every triangle can start to look like a Triforce, every ruddy canoe the majestic King of Red Lions. Most of the time, this is just your brain on Zelda overdrive; simply a…
Link’s Awakening DX was the first Zelda game that I actually played. I had maybe dabbled with a few before, notably The Legend of Zelda even though I didn’t know what was going on, but Link’s Awakening DX was my first Zelda. I have so many fond memories of this game from when I was…
To truly comprehend the nature of the Wind Fish, one most likely needs to undertake a thorough analysis of all the machinations of its imagination, for the island of Koholint and all its inhabitants, good and evil, are products of the deity’s dreaming mind. Alas, such an exploration exceeds the bounds of this exposition. Rather,…
My computer did not want me to release this episode to you, but I gave it what for! It’s 2022, and we’re ringing in the year with a fantastic episode of the ZUCast! Fan-favorite duo Alex and Amanda have returned to host, Shona wraps up her year-long franchise retrospective, and we’ve even got someone new…
When I was in the seventh grade, my family moved. It wasn’t terribly far, as far as these things go; we were close enough to our old stomping grounds to drive back for the holidays and the like, but it did mean I had to make new friends in a new school in a new…
Yacht Club Games has announced a new Kickstarter for their next big game: Mina The Hollower. Described as a “bone-chilling love letter to handheld gaming,” the new game follows the titular character, Mina, on a quest to discover who sabotaged the machines that provide energy to the island of Tenebrous. This gothic-horror-themed game is looking…
The holidays are a magical time of the year. From the bright and cheery displays to the whimsical music and decadent cuisine, the season is an annual promise of hope. The buildup to these merry occasions is always thrilling; however, the joyous celebrations quickly become fainting memories as the calendar year turns over its new…
Video games are cool, am I right? Growing up, like so many others, I used video games as my escape from the real world. My parents went through a pretty rough divorce when I was about seven. I spent most of my second-grade year just playing games. That escape was critical for me as a…
From the moment Link washes up on the shores of Koholint Island, we know that Link’s Awakening is going to be a strange and weird game. The game takes Link and the player into a world of dungeons, caves, dreams, and nightmares, leading up to the final battle atop Mt. Tamaranch. This journey is not…
Toronbo Shores is a location you will visit quite frequently in Link’s Awakening. You’ll do many things here like shipwrecking, sword searching, even trading dog food for bananas: basically everything other than what you probably want to do at the beach. It would seem most residents of Koholint are not too fond of the beach, maybe because…
