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Over the last several months, the Candlelight experience, presented by live-entertainment platform Fever, has been bringing the sounds and songs from the Legend of Zelda series to venues across the world. The event, titled The Best of Zelda, centers around dimly-lit (but also extremely lit, literally and figuratively) settings and takes attendees on a roughly one-hour journey through Zelda games from the very first all the way up to Tears of the Kingdom. With The Best of Zelda, Candlelight boasts “the magic of…

We all know that feeling of getting a new game, especially one as highly anticipated as a new Zelda. You read the back of the case and flip through the manual on your way home, dreaming of the adventure that lays in store for you. You pop the game in and as soon as that title flashes across the screen, a rush of emotions overcomes you. Excitement, anticipation, or just the simple wonder that the game you’ve waited so long for…

While Tears of the Kingdom is sure to be lofted by Zelda fans as a tour de force for video games in 2023, we cannot forget where it began over six years ago. Before the Zelda series could run with its most recent entry, it first had to walk into a new open-world with the release of Breath of the Wild back in March 2017. Being lauded as a major change for the franchise, it helped redefine Zelda, much like Ocarina…

Hello and welcome back to another year of Artists of Legend x Linktober! Linktober is one of my favorite Zelda-themed events of the year and I love getting to celebrate with the Zelda Dungeon and Linktober communities. If you are hearing about Linktober for the very first time then you can read more about it in this article, but for now let’s showcase some of the amazing artwork from the first week of Linktober. This week’s features will be pull…

I love live music; like, a lot. Rarely does a week go by where I’m not at least going downtown to see a local band play. Of course, I have a great appreciation for bands who create original music, especially when it clicks and creates a new sound that I enjoy. However, I’m just as happy to hear a band perform a cover of some of my favorite music, especially when it’s done right. Some of the best versions of…

If there’s one thing I really enjoy, it’s exploring the world of Hyrule. Ocarina of Time introduced me to the adventure but Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom took it to a whole new level. When I play those latter games, I often imagine little scenarios outside of the official side quests, and I take Link off in various different directions to fulfil them. The most recent quest that I made up was Link backpacking across Hyrule,…

Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom‘s versions of Link and Zelda have quickly become a couple that many Zelda fans adore. While Nintendo has remained vague on the exact nature of their relationship, many fans have interpreted their relationship as romantic (including myself). Artists and writers within the Zelda community have spent a lot of time and effort imagining and exploring the relationship between Link and Zelda. It is amazing to see all the great art and…

Nintendo announced late Tuesday evening that online services for both the 3DS and Wii U will be discontinued in April 2024 (with a specific time and date to be announced later). According to the announcement, “online play and other functionality that uses online communication,” which includes “online co-operative play, internet rankings, and data distribution,” will end for software on both systems next year. The discontinuation will apply to all members of the 3DS and Wii U families of systems, including…

While Breath of the Wild is still probably my favorite Zelda when it comes to meditative, feel-good gameplay, Tears of the Kingdom gave me plenty of moments that delighted me in how seemingly simple, yet gratifying they were. Whether it was a callback to a Breath of the Wild staple, a nod to the series’ history, or some brand new quality-of-life update, these moments brought me little bits of joy wherever I found them. In recent months, I’ve learned about…

Tears of the Kingdom is undoubtedly a gorgeous game to look at. It not only inherited the slick naturalistic beauty of its predecessor Breath of the Wild, but it expanded the pallet with new visually distinct areas such as Sky Islands and the Depths. I admittedly had to stop at several points in my adventure just to take in the scenery, such as when the sun set over the Great Sky Island or when I first saw the Fire Temple…