Fire Emblem has always been at the top of my favorite video games list alongside The Legend of Zelda, and it’s so hard to believe that just a few years ago there were not so many games (well, at least in the U.S.). I started with Path of Radiance a few years after it came…
I’ll admit that I’m not the biggest fan of the gameplay of Phantom Hourglass, but that doesn’t mean there weren’t things about the game that I thought were just fantastic. The story, the bosses, and the characters make this game memorable to me, and of the characters, one in particular stands out among the rest.…
Although King Mutoh and the Four Knights of the Cobble Kingdom are shrouded in mystery, the names of these characters are eerily familiar to another colorful cast from prior Zelda games. On page 285 of The Legend of Zelda: Encyclopedia we read, “The names of the ghosts who haunt the Cobble Kingdom come from carpenters…
Given all of the things I could be doing out of compulsion, I don’t think my game collection is really all that big. Call it an obsession if you must. I keep all my games, but I never buy any without intending to (eventually) play them, if that helps to make it sound reasonable in…
I typically enjoy well-timed breaks in the fourth wall. They highlight life’s bizarreness and remind us not to take ourselves or the tasks to which we set ourselves too seriously. So, as I sailed the high seas in Phantom Hourglass, I was pleased to discover a fourth wall break in the form of a massive…
If you’re a savvy follower of Nintendo rumors, you may recognize the name Emily Rogers. Rogers is a journalist with a great number of connections within the video game industry, particularly within Nintendo. As a result, she has been a reliable source for insider details, predicting many new games and systems before they were officially…
I guess you could say that I always sought adventure when I was younger. The Zelda series scratched that itch for me, but when I was around twelve years old, I found another type of game that also helped me fulfill my virtual wanderlust: the point-and-click adventure game. LucasArts was the king of the genre…
The Nintendo DS was the first-ever gaming system I bought on launch day, and with my own money. There was no way I was waiting for a birthday or Christmas to roll around for this one. When I saw the system for the first time in Nintendo Official Magazine, I couldn’t believe my eyes. It…
