Glitches shave off quite a bit of time during speedruns, but some games have more glitches to exploit than others. Wind Waker has the infamous barrier skip and Ocarina of Time has a variety of sequence breaks allowing speedrunners to get through the game in less than 20 minutes. Major glitches in Skyward Sword have been harder to…
One of the joys of following a long-running series is hunting for Easter eggs and other references to previous installments in the most recent release. Zelda games are no exception. I always appreciate the creative ways Zelda developers allude to preceding titles in their work. In A Link Between Worlds, one of the primary story and…
Some of the most memorable scenes in Skyward Sword for me are those when you have completed a dungeon and Fi graces you with a dance. She does this as she conveys an ancient message from Hylia, accompanied by a moving rendition of “Ballad of the Goddess”. Her fluid movements and graceful spins linger on…
It’s like we never left! No, we haven’t streamlined our production process so much that we can release new podcast episodes every two weeks (yet). Instead, our Roundtable Moderator, Peyton, has crowded into a tiny studio with three very special panelists for a feature-length discussion on a central aspect of the Zelda franchise: combat! If…
The Legend of Zelda has always had an extraordinary cast of characters. Many of those women left an impact on me, being some of the best written, well rounded, or overall inspirational characters I’ve ever known, and this International Women’s Day, I would like to share these characters and what they mean to me with you!
Lizards are pretty cool. And Lizardmen who wield swords and attack in formations are everything my inner nine-year-old could ever hope for. Apparently, Nintendo feels the same way. Now a staple of the Legend of Zelda’s bestiary, the Lizalfos is one of Link’s most determined, aggressive, and dangerous adversaries and have appeared in the majority…
12 rounds. 12 enemies. At the end of it, the promise of massive riches — or you can bow out in the middle and still get a pretty decent prize. This is the Skyward Sword Boss Rush: an optional part of the game, but one of the reasons I find myself going back to it…
You ever just wanted to smack the smugness off someone’s face? In Skyward Sword, it didn’t take long for a villain to start causing trouble for Link and Zelda. In timing reserved only for the most central of characters, a massive cyclone wreaked havoc upon what was supposed to be the most important day of…
Many of the enemies in Zelda games seem to be inspired by odd combinations of real-life animals. For example, on the topic of Ocarina of Time’s Gohma, director Shigeru Miyamoto said in a Famimaga 64 interview, “We combined a crab with a bear to make him.” Moldorms are enemies in the series which, like many other recurring creatures,…
Link has had numerous homes over the course of 18 games: a mysterious forest where children never grow up, a quiet island on a vast sea, and a treehouse in the village of Ordon, among others. All of them have been unique, but none more so than Skyloft, Link’s home among the clouds. It’s unique…
Mere days ago Zelda series producer Eiji Aonuma teased Skyward Sword for the Nintendo Switch at a Legend of Zelda concert in Japan. The words were met with enthusiasm from the audience, sending a buzz across the Internet when attendees began to post about the potential port. Nintendo took the next logical step and denied everything. Eurogamer reached out to Nintendo…
During a recent performance of The Legend of Zelda orchestra concert in Japan, Zelda series producer Eiji Aonuma may have teased the possibility of Skyward Sword taking flight on Nintendo Switch in the future. Reports indicate that Aonuma appeared during the event where he teased the audience by saying, “We know what you’re thinking, Skyward…
At the latest Zelda concert, Eiji Aonuma teased the possibility of Skyward Sword being released on the Switch. Amanda, our host of Zelda News and Running Blind, sat down with GameXplain to discuss possible changes and improvements to this seemingly inevitable remake. The potential for an overhaul to Skyward Sword‘s controversial motion controls definitely take…
Bosses are an essential element of every Zelda game. They are the culmination of all dungeons, a test of your skills and mastery of the item you just found (which coincidentally turns out to be the boss’s weakness), and they provide a fun and innovative fight. Just throw in a pinch of awesome music, and voila! You’ve got yourself…
Skyloft as a whole is a very pleasant, colorful place I often found myself wishing to visit in real life while playing Skyward Sword. It’s not without its dangers, however — much of Link’s airborne abode is overrun with monsters as soon as the sun goes down, as a result of Batreaux’s curse. Chuchus run amok,…
