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Welcome back to Inspired By Zelda. After a little bit of a layoff, the series spotlighting the greatest Zelda-Like games around returns, with Andy taking a bit of a break this month and handing the reigns over to Sean to talk one of his favorite games. The game in the spotlight is Transistor, an an action role-playing game developed and published by Supergiant Games. Transistor is available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and Steam.  When I began to investigate Transistor as a…

The terms “Zelda-like” and “Zelda-clone” have been floating around the internet for years. Both terms seem to offer an easy way to explain what a game is and how it plays (with varying levels of positivity and negativity attached to each word). But are these terms actually useful/valuable for those covering the game, along who are looking for new game to play? While some games emulate the world design or structure of Zelda, these games might have radically different combat….

Monday evening, the opening night of Gamecom 2019, the first annual Gamescom Awards took place in Cologne, Germany, with multiple award winners announced for various catagories. Nintendo unfortunately didn’t walk away with any big wins, but Link’s Awakening was awarded the Best Nintendo Switch game! The Gamescom Awards honored the games and products that premiered at Gamescom 2019. Nintendo showed off several portions of Link’s Awakening for Switch during the event, and the game seemed to have caught the eyes…

We’re now only one month away from the release of Link’s Awakening on Switch, and Nintendo has officially put the hype train into high gear. For the past several weeks, Nintendo’s various Twitter accounts have been sharing bite-sized clips of the latest Zelda adventure. Showcasing areas and characters that we didn’t get to see in trailers, these gameplay clips will definitely fuel your appetite for the release of the full game. To get us all in the mood for Link’s…

Cadence of Hyrule, the new rhythm based game themed after Crypt of the Necrodancer dropped earlier this year! It’s a fun Zelda spin-off set to an amazing soundtrack and fun rhythmic dungeons to play through! The storyline takes you through four dungeons and two final bosses, but which is the best of the best? My personal favorite is Gleeokenspiel! I think Gleeokenspiel is the most fun of all the bosses that you encounter in the entire game. It’s not an easy…

It’s definitely no secret at all that Fire Emblem: Three Houses is taking over the world. Critically acclaimed and criminally addicting, the fellas have been playing so much of it lately we just had to talk about how a Zelda game would work in this style. Joined by Zelda Dungeons’ own David Wayne Nystrom, we talk about how S supports might work, weapons triangles, could there be dungeons, what art style this game should be in, what kind of playable…

The CD-i games have been a longstanding joke of the Zelda series. In fact, several Zelda memes originated from them. Before I spent some time with this group of proud and true Zelda fans, it seemed that alot of the discussions I’ve ever been a part of when it came to these games had been largely negative. However, I completely disagree with those negative views, and I don’t think Nintendo realizes that these games are actually pure gold. Let’s say Nintendo decides to release these…

It’s that time again, Zelda fans! The Zelda Dungeon Caption Contest is open for business! Yesterday, I sat down to play Super Smash Bros. Ultimate for the first time in a while. It just felt… right. It’s never the wrong time to get some Smash time in, so I figured we could highlight another Ultimate screenshot for this week’s contest. Last Week’s Contest: Several Photoshop professionals showed off their skills last week. By: Aescer By: Multificionado By: Tarakudo By: Linkario…

Though The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild has been out for over two years now, I find myself going back to it from time to time, and I’m sure many of you do as well. Yet, each time, there are certain things that I find I can’t bring myself to do or things that I try to avoid doing if I can. So it got me wondering, what are some things that you actively try to avoid doing when playing…

Update: In a statement to The Verge, a Nintendo representative denied recent reports that Nintendo is exchanging old Switch models for new ones. The representative said: “We do not have a Nintendo Switch exchange program. We always want players to enjoy their Nintendo Switch systems, and if anything ever gets in the way of that, we encourage them to visit http://support.nintendo.com for support, or to contact our consumer support team.“ The conflicting reports indicate some kind of miscommunication between Nintendo…