It’s so Nintendo to put something weird in their games. One could argue that Zelda is a weird series anyway, strange and convoluted, with funky monsters and gimmicks. The Wind Waker has plenty of quirks to offer. The sailing mechanic, the cutesy art style, the Tingle Tuner, take your pick. It’s a funny little game.…
Nintendo has announced an official Master Sword replica in collaboration with Bandai Spirits. The announcement was made on their Japanese website for the first anniversary of Tears of the Kingdom, along with a clothing collaboration and soundtrack release. As of right now, preorders for the sword are available in Japan through Tamashii Web for 22,000…
Hey, look! Listen! If you missed out on BlackMilk’s award-winning line of Legend of Zelda apparel, we have good news for you. The Australian clothing company announced last week that it’s revealing a brand new “sequel” of Zelda themed apparel. Some pieces have returned since the first time, but most pieces are as fresh as…
Treasure ahoy! While The Wind Waker is filled with pirates such as the fearless Tetra, the ingenious Mako, and the witty Gonzo, my favorite pirate of them all is a late addition to the crew: Link’s sister Aryll. After rescuing her from the clutches of the Helmaroc King, Aryll joins the buccaneers, even adopting a…
Sometimes a core location is small and unassuming. The plot leads Link to a locale and reveals a great truth or new ability. In some Zelda games, this moment will occur in Hyrule Castle, the Great Deku Tree, or somewhere equally immense. But The Wind Waker follows a different path. After all, when does it…
Time is running out as certain preorders for Lost In Cult’s latest volume of [lock-on] Vol. 006 comes to a close after this weekend. The crowdfunding campaign was originally set to end December 19, 2023, but due to popular demand and a remarkable opportunity, Lost in Cult extended the deadline to February 18, 2024. Their…
Do you ever wish you could turn the clock back (or whip out the Ocarina of Time) to return to simpler days? You know, those “after-school-Smash-Brothers-machinima” binges and “listening-to-Zelda-music-remixes-while-doing-homework” kind of days? Well, now you can. (Minus playing that Ocarina of Time part.) The fine folks at ZREO: Reorchestrated rereleased two classic albums from their…
Happy Halloween! In a time where the spooky and the dangerous are celebrated, we turn our attention away from the heroes and villains that dominate the Zelda story and focus more on the legions of baddies that haunt our every step. By the time we’ve slain our thousandth keese, they seem pretty uneventful, but what…
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…
The concept of a tutorial level in video games is long-historied, replacing a longer game guide as the storage space available for the game itself increased. Some games will give you prompts at certain intervals or triggers to teach you new mechanics, like how Breath of the Wild has control pop-ups when Link first picks…
In all my years playing games across countless genres, publishers, and developers, there have been few times in my life where playing a game has made me gasp, drop my jaw, make my breath catch in my chest, and let a “wow” spill forth from my lips. Climbing the western edge of the Gerudo Highlands for the first time in Breath of the Wild was one of those times for me.
Very few songs in all of gaming convey the feeling of adventure to me quite as much as “The Great Sea” from The Wind Waker. Hearing even a few notes of it conjures images of cannon fire, Big Octos, and a seemingly endless ocean stretching past a digital horizon. It’s an amazing melody already, but…
Long, long ago, in the age before HD video, a preview of The Wind Waker was shown at SpaceWorld 2001 and E3 2002 to hype up fans for the game’s upcoming release. The shown footage is, for the most part, similar to the game we know today. However, there are some notable differences, such as…
I don’t want to come across as ungrateful, considering the bountiful plenty of a game that’s only just been released in the form of Tears of the Kingdom, but I’d really like a 15-25 hour game to play next. I know I’m not the only gamer burned out on open world games. They’re just so…
Despite placing more focus on the water than any other Zelda title, The Wind Waker never actually shows an animation of Link swimming. It would make sense for Link to not have a swimming animation, since the water in The Wind Waker is opaque, meaning it would never be visible in normal gameplay. However, by…
