Tag: Time Travel

In Ocarina of Time, the main mechanic of the game was that it allowed you to go 7 years into the future and back, in order to become either a child or adult to solve specific puzzles throughout Hyrule. And in Majora’s Mask, you have a three-day timer over your heads the entire game. The choice is yours to go back to the first day, though it’s highly suggested (seeing as you won’t get very far without going back). Both…

Time travel has been featured in several Zelda titles. Ocarina of Time, Majora’s Mask, and Skyward Sword spring to mind as the obvious examples of games which include time travel. Are future Zelda titles likely to feature more time travel? Should they? Click through to join the discussion. Catty GreentreeI am a writer, blogger, and internet humourist. www.zeldadungeon.net/wiki/User:Cattygreentree

What is it that controls our respective destinies? Do we have a choice in where life takes us, or is every chapter of our lives mapped out, fated to follow one singular path despite our feelings of our own freedom? Questions like this have plagued the philosophical world for centuries, and The Legend of Zelda is a franchise where the debate is prevalent. Do the people of Hyrule and its many parallel countries have a say in their futures, or…

One of the things for which the Zelda games are known is the creative design and gameplay of many of their titles. Probably the most famous twist of game design is their recurring utilization of time travel. Ocarina of Time, Majora’s Mask and Skyward Sword are all games which have incorporated time travel into their storylines. However, although these games are extremely popular, the fact still remains that along with the benefits and new ideas presented by this new mechanic,…

As this article series continues, we examine yet another handheld title. One of a pair, actually. Many people like to classify the Oracle games as one large game, which is understandable, but I prefer to think of them as separate adventures that happen to link together. One is a sequel to the other, and it is up to the player to choose which comes first, sort of like a “Create your own adventure” book. For the purposes of this series,…

Remember playing old Nintendo 64 games like Banjo-Kazooie and Super Mario 64? Back when the video games coming out seemed to be based on just having a great time? Well, that ’90s charm is what this independent game company is trying to capture in their new project, A Hat in Time. Hit the jump to get the details.

When Nintendo announced that their mission for Zelda Wii U was to rethink the conventions of Zelda, I thought it was a bit odd they only listed two such conventions that they wanted to break away from: “Complete dungeons in a certain order” and “Play by yourself”. Granted, they did say that they started to do this with Skyward Sword (but weren’t able to do everything they wanted), so these are probably going to be included with convention changes found…

More rumors about the upcoming Legend of Zelda title for the Nintendo Wii have been floating around the internet. The latest batch comes from 2ch.net and has been popping up all over the net. If you recall, they posted some other Zelda Wii Rumors back in January of 2010 that caught the online Zelda world’s eye and listed below are the new set of rumors. 1. Link will be replacing the bow and arrow with a crossbow. 2. Game is…