Who doesn’t love a good festival? Savory and sweet foods, slightly rigged carnival games, displays of dancing, and the accompanying sounds of sweet music are enough to get anyone’s heart racing. Perhaps the best instance of this kind of celebration in the Zelda series is found in the Picori Festival in The Minish Cap. During…
In the world of The Minish Cap, there are three Minish Elders, one for each type of Minish found in Hyrule. The Mountain Minish are led by Melari the Blacksmith, while the Forest Minish are led by Gentari, the Minish Elder who informs Link of the locations of the Elements he must collect to restore…
Within the world of The Minish Cap, there exists the phenomenon known as Kinstone Fusion. Many characters across Hyrule possess Kinstones and are searching for people with complementary pieces because a successful fusion of two halves brings good luck to both participants. Most of the characters who are able to fuse with Link throughout the…
It’s been a week since we had the Nintendo Direct, so we wanted to round up everything, in case you missed a crucial piece in the tidal wave of information. As a quick reminder, Breath of the Wild and its DLC are currently on sale until the 19th. First off, we have a brand-new trailer…
As easy as it is to be insanely excited by a new Zelda trailer, and a bunch of incredible classics coming to Switch, there were a few other things talked about during the recent Nintendo Direct. So put down the magnifying glass and stereo headphones from your Tears of the Kingdom trailer diving and enjoy…
It’s great to see the Nintendo Switch Online services being expanded upon, this time with Game Boy games for the standard tier and Game Boy Advance games for the Expansion Pass. Both services and a stock of games will be available later today. The highlighted Zelda games coming out later today with this service include…
Despite humble beginnings as a Picori apprentice, Vaati has made a name for himself as one of the more well-known villains of Hyrule. Though he never takes up the title in The Minish Cap, Vaati is referred to as “The Wind Mage” in the Four Swords titles. Interestingly, it’s noted in Hyrule Historia that Vaati…
The Minish Cap features a completely different Hyrule than any we have ever seen before. It’s a world full of extremely interesting locations. Our central hub is a bustling town square, filled to the brim with things to do and books to check out. We get to traverse Hyrule Castle, which is massive for a…
Since the art of swordplay is such an important part of life for heroes of Hyrule, it should come as no surprise that there have been a great many swordmasters who made Hyrule their home over the ages. Whether it’s the ancient spirit of the Hero of Time in Twilight Princess or just a humble…
Quality sleep can be difficult to come by. Sometimes stress greedily nibbles at the edges of our minds, keeping us just lucid enough to not fully rest. Other times, our brains refuse to calm down and run rampant like toddlers who’ve had too much sugar, causing us to jump at every bump and creak in…
I have decided to start a fight with this article. I’m sure that the comments section will be civil, and that there will be nuanced discourse about what I’m going to say. I lay myself at the feet of the Zelda community with this humble (and absolutely correct) opinion. Vaati is a much more interesting…
Drip… Drop… Drip, drip… drop. The rain patters on the small land of the Minish. The grass grows damp, the dirt softens to mud, and the mushrooms shield all underneath their cap from the heavy droplets from above. A single glimmer of sunlight glistens over the forest. Loose droplets catch the light and sparkle like…
I think it’s pretty obvious at this point that I love The Minish Cap. In the year that I have been with Zelda Universe, I’ve written three articles about this amazing game and, today, I’m going to make it four. In my last two installments, I talked about The Minish Cap’s Hyrule Town Square and…
Pixelated graphics remain a common art style in the video game industry and continue to elicit strong feelings of nostalgia. Upon seeing a two-dimensional rendering of a favorite character, gamers can instantly be whisked away to fond childhood memories, such as midnight gaming sessions on a CRT television or long car rides playing Game Boy…
In my previous Tingle’s Maps column, I extolled the virtues of Hyrule Town Square from The Minish Cap. It got such a great atmosphere, and the square is always bustling with people. I have always really loved the Town Square, but there is so much more to Hyrule Town than a four sided object. Today,…
