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Demise’s speech at the end of Skyward Sword was a significant moment for Zelda theorists and timeline enthusiasts, giving us a lot of insight into other aspects of the series (for better or for worse). However, as some fans have shown recently, what we read in the game might not have been entirely accurate. When games are localized, lots of statements are changed for various reasons, often just so they’ll sound better or be more identifiable. Sometimes, however, interesting details…

Skyward Sword, the latest and allegedly greatest game of the long-running Zelda series. It’s been 25 years since the original Legend of Zelda came out and started one of gaming’s most crucial and popular series, and Nintendo intended to cap that anniversary with one of the most ambitious projects in Nintendo’s history. But how good is it really? This review might be a little overdue, now that I think about it. See, when I sat down to write this week’s…

Twilight Princess. As of this writing, the most recent entry in the epic Legend of Zelda series, barring handheld side-games that came out afterward on the Nintendo DS. It had one hell of a build-up, too. The hype over this game was phenomenal. Everyone was waiting for it. Fanboys even cried. It was delayed long enough during development that eventually it came to be released on two different systems, the GameCube for which it was originally developed and the Wii….

Recently, Barnes and Noble have been offering a fanfiction based on the Legend of Zelda series for free on their website as a download for the “Nook“ application, which allows you to read books on computers, smart phones, and other devices. “Silent Hero” tells the story of a Link who has not appeared in any game in the Zelda series, but follows the same heroic lineage. I had the chance to read the book and here are some of my…

Majora’s Mask seems like a very unusual sort of Zelda game. Most games in the series have used a template of game design and storytelling very similar to your standard fantasy epic. Majora’s Mask was a different sort of story. Ironically, while the stakes were far higher than they’ve ever been, we were dealing with a very personal journey, and the story dealt more with the every day dealings of the people than it did with the battle against evil….