Tag: Gale Boomerang

I see the question “If you could have one Zelda item in real life, what would it be?” asked a lot. And I understand how enticing of a question it is. I mean, with Link’s huge array of sleek, magical, and surreal items, how could you not want at least one of them. Some people say the Hero’s Bow, the Zora’s Tunic, or the Master Sword, and most often I see the Clawshot or the Ocarina of Time as the…

I’m finally kicking off this series with, of course, the first dungeon of Twilight Princess: The Forest Temple. Like the Woodfall Temple from Majora’s Mask, this dungeon is very basic in theme and has some challenging puzzle design instead of being a tutorial session. It’s not overly difficult, of course, but it definitely doesn’t waste time teaching you the game. And, unlike most first dungeons of the series, it manages to establish its own identity and style, forming its own…

Last week I talked about the Hookshot and its many variations, and I brought up having variety in the item selection from game to game by including classic items in new forms. It’s happened many times in the Zelda series already. It can come in the form of the classic item having a strange new power, like the Gale Boomerang from Twilight Princess, or they could simply have additional functionality that previous incarnations didn’t have, even if, in-world, they are…