This week on Zelda Weekly, Hallmark brings back it’s Zelda Keepsake Ornaments, Lost in Cult’s [lock on] magazine is going to feature the Zelda series, Edge Magazine places four Zelda games in its Top 100 games of the past 30 years, and we read your comments from last weekly’s episode!
The games schedule is out at last for the annual charitable speedrunning event Awesome Games Done Quick (AGDQ) 2024, and several list items include impressive runs to look forward to. This time, AGDQ returns in full force as an in-person public event for the first time since the pandemic occurred. The event will take place…
Tears of the Kingdom continues to flex its dominance even as new hits Super Mario Bros. Wonder and Sonic Superstars enter the Switch market. According to October 21st eShop charts, Tears of the Kingdom landed at a comfortable fifth place out of the top thirty most-purchased Switch games, and it’s not even the holiday season…
For players who are still progressing through Tears of the Kingdom, or for those of you who are just now starting your adventure in Hyrule, check out the free rewards available in the Switch’s News tab to receive a little boost to your inventory. Whether you’re in need of Zonai devices like rockets or carts,…
One of the biggest wonders of Tears of the Kingdom is how the developers managed to get Ultrahand to even function, and this is the exact topic tackled in the latest Gamer Maker’s Toolkit video by Mark Brown. Known among Zelda fans for his “Boss Keys” series which deeply analyzes the dungeons of Zelda every…
On the Australian side of Nintendo’s marketing in early May 2023, fans’ attention worldwide was captured by a special Tears of the Kingdom advertisement featuring a morose, middle-aged man going about his workday finding peace in the evening as he picks up the game for the first time. His commute is rather gloomy, but at…
The latest edition of Lost In Cult’s award-winning publication [lock-on], Vol. 006, launched today, and a good swath of it is dedicated to the The Legend of Zelda series. The journal is a thing of beauty and the fruit of many gaming fans coming together through art, prose, and creativity. “Featuring over 400 pages of…
This month, Edge Magazine unveiled their December 2023 issue, which was dedicated to a comprehensive examination and ranking of the greatest games released in the last three decades. Seen in the list’s top five were not one, but two Zelda games, outpacing legendary titles such as Resident Evil 4 and Elden Ring. The “greatness” of…
When a video game as vast, varied and freedom-forward as Tears of the Kingdom comes along, players often set themselves limitations in their playthroughs that spur creative thinking and offer interesting challenges. Recently, one Reddit user embarked on a truly ambitious challenge run that aimed to eliminate the largest portion of the map from their…
On October 9, Zelda developers Eiji Aonuma and Hidemaro Fujibayashi divulged more information about making Tears of the Kingdom in a rare interview with The Telegraph. They also reflected on what it was like developing Breath of the Wild and its world compared to Zelda titles in the past, how that affected making its sequel…
This week on Zelda Weekly, one of our crew members got married. Linktober is currently happening, YouTuber Udge released a Lore Accurate Ganondorf TotK Final Battle video, and we read your comments from last weekly’s episode!
Most people can agree that Tears of the Kingdom was a huge success. Taking everything that was great about its predecessor, Breath of the Wild, and further reinforcing it, Tears quickly became a developer’s marvel. One of its more impressive features is its version of a “Dark World,” a Zelda trope ever since its inception…
Tears of the Kingdom brought several unexpected changes from its predecessor, Breath of the Wild. One of the changes that many fans, myself included, were hoping for was more unique dungeons than those in Breath of the Wild. Fortunately, the developers definitely delivered and we got some great dungeons in Tears of the Kingdom. My…
Tears of the Kingdom is a game that allows the player’s creativity and imagination to roam free. Its predecessor, Breath of the Wild, opened the door for that freedom with its open air style of adventure. Capitalizing on that success, the Zelda team decided to create the sequel to have even more of a DIY-style…
This week on Zelda Weekly, Zelda and Ganondorf Tears of the Kingdom amiibos received release dates, Nintendo is opening a museum in Kyoto Japan, and Post Modern Jukebox has created a Zelda video called Ocarina of Tap!
