With my mind still racing about what that wink from Tetra might have meant, I pressed on in my journey through The Wind Waker. Unfortunately, this segment started off with a few gameplay hiccups as I entered the Pirate Ship (by treating a shark “chummily”) and ran into my old bucktoothed friend, Niko. He was…
The Wind Waker was the first Zelda game I actually owned. No, I didn’t buy it with my own money, but it was specifically bought for me and only me. The other Zelda games we had were the Legend of Zelda Collector’s Edition disc that came with my GameCube, which was for everyone in my…
After enduring the trials and tribulations of hectic gameplay and awkward controls, I felt like I needed to recalibrate myself to the tune of The Wind Waker. After rescuing Makar and returning him to the Great Deku Tree, the game sets you on a course across the open seas, which turned out to be exactly…
Link is a man of many titles. Some are dignified appellations bestowed upon him by Sages to reflect his status as Hyrule’s savior (“Chosen Hero,” “Hero of Twilight,” etc.), others are special nicknames given by local tribes to mark him as an honorary member (“Sworn Brother”), and a rare few are cruel monikers meant to…
As I continued my journey through The Wind Waker, I got to meet lots of new characters. There was a group of mischievous boys, a teacher with whom I sympathized greatly, a Rito girl named Medli, a giant talking tree, and, of course, the iconic Koroks. The story and the personalities of the characters have…
When did you become a Zelda fan? Maybe you’ve been playing so long that you can’t remember a time when you weren’t a fan. Perhaps your love for the series was built patiently over time and over multiple games. Or, maybe you can pinpoint the exact moment when your status as a fan was solidified.…
In 2004, I was five years old and could be considered someone who simply played games because my friends encouraged me to. However, that year ended up being an influential part of my childhood that ultimately shaped me into the gaming fanatic I am today. The Wind Waker was my first experience with a Zelda…
When it comes to keeping up with the latest trends in the Zelda series, I’ve always been a bit late to the party. I didn’t receive a GameCube until Christmas of 2006, I never even heard a whisper about Twilight Princess until a family friend showed it to me in 2008, and since I own…
Growing up in the ’90s, I was one of those unfortunate kids who missed out on all the Nintendo consoles that came on the scene after the NES and the Super Nintendo. This finally changed in 2011 when I received a Wii as a gift, but by that point, the glory days of Zelda had…
August 23rd, 2001 marked a day of profound unrest for many people in the Zelda community. Just one year earlier, attendees at Nintendo Space World 2000 had been treated to a 12-second tech demo for a potential Zelda game set to be released on the GameCube. This demo, whose realistic graphics resembled those of the…
The epic adventure continues in the Great Sea – and the Kingdom of Hyrule below. In order to defeat Ganondorf, Link must now search for the sages to help restore the power to repel evil to the Master Sword. However, the sages have met a terrible fate, causing the blade of evil’s bane to lose…
Waiting. Ugh, waiting. The anticipation of something good to come, sometimes known as the opposite of happiness. When it comes to video games, waiting is something that happens all too frequently. Like right now, the week ending Friday, November 18th, 2022, is a week of excited waiting for many with several high profile releases. In…
Guess what, Zelda fans? It’s the moment we’ve been waiting for. The action is heating up in The Wind Waker English Dub – Second Quest, produced by our very own ZU Cast team! In Chapter 4, Link and the King of Red Lions need to acquire the last of the three Pearls. However, their plans…
On April 20, 2019, I got one of the worst phone calls of my entire life: my best friend of 36 years had fallen four stories off of his apartment balcony and was on life support at the hospital. I was shocked and in disbelief, but his sister would not have phoned me if it…
Looking for new music to try, Zelda fans? The award-winning composer and arranger Rozen released an all-new album a few days ago. The fan album contains fifteen songs of original music inspired by the Zelda series. It includes creative renditions of familiar tracks such as Song of Storms, Gerudo Valley, and the Bolero of Fire,…
