Author: Andrew Millard

More than most long-running series, I think Zelda fans of all ages get their start with older games. I used to be able to guess how old a fellow fan might be based on what game they played first. Not anymore. This got me thinking: How do you best like to experience games that were released on older hardware? Fans must make that decision a lot these days, since the possibilities could just about fill a roadside diner’s menu. The…

Back when the only way you could watch other people play video games was to be on the couch with them, my friend convinced me to dust off my SNES. That was crazy talk. Retro gaming wasn’t really a thing yet. You didn’t go backwards! I’d packed it up in favor of my family’s new N64 two years earlier. It was Mario Kart 64 and Turok all day! But he knew a dirty little secret of mine: I’d never finished…

The Zelda wheelhouse may not have spawned a nifty genre name like “metroidvania,” but its influence is everywhere. Recent standouts like Kena: Bridge of Spirits and Oceanhorn 2 have kept Zelda fans fed between mainline games just fine. One title that has had fans in anticipation for almost two years now is Tunic (stylized TUNIC). As of the night of The Game Awards, it is set for release. Tunic will arrive on Xbox Series consoles and Steam on March 16th,…

Warning: This post contains spoilers for the DLC story and characters of Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity. The world and games associated with The Legend of Zelda: Breath of The Wild are gifts that keep on giving. Creeping up on a five-year lifespan, Nintendo’s creation has given an entire cottage industry to players who explore, exploit, and invent new ways to play in Hyrule. And with Age of Calamity‘s newest DLC expansions, they now have more of the world, its…

PSA: Live streaming juggernaut and quasi-social network Twitch is now available as an app for Nintendo Switch. Twitch is downloadable from the Switch eShop as of November 11th. This gives audiences a new, seriously convenient and versatile way to keep up with their favorite streamers. Response to the announcement has been positive, with many fans commenting that they’ve been waiting for a simple way to watch Twitch on their TV screens.   Twitch is now available on #NintendoSwitch #eShop! Download…

Zelda dungeons. We’d like to think we know a little about them. But laying out the ingredients that create them isn’t necessarily enough to crack their formula. And maybe an easy-to-follow formula would ruin them anyway? Or at least keep any single example from standing out. So, Zelda Dungeon’s very own Mases Hagopian and Gooey Fame dig into the tropes and traits of one of The Legend of Zelda‘s defining features in their newest episode of Hyrule Compendium. The discussion…

Nintendo Switch Online has always been a slightly different animal than the Playstation Network and XBox Live. It’s part game chat solution, part cloud service, but mostly it’s a way to access Nintendo’s classic library. NSO has also been the most recent example of Nintendo stubbornly carving its identity out from the public’s expectations. Put simply, Nintendo zigs when they are expected to zag. And until now it was easy to argue as a pretty sweet deal. So maybe it’s…

Nintendo’s newest release is Wario Ware: Get It Together, which is out now. As its new feature, it introduces unique, character-based move sets to the series’ addictive microgames. But like all previous Wario Ware games, Get it Together continues the tradition of fun Nintendo cameos. The most recently spotted one is a real treat for Zelda fans! As noted by Zelda Universe, Get It Together has a new microgame set in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of The Wild‘s Hyrule….

Tactical games frustrate and fascinate me. I have been enthralled by several of them over the years, but have never been good at a single one. And they seem to be having a moment: Mario + Rabbids is getting a sequel. Project Triangle Strategy will be a Switch exclusive. The makers of XCOM are tossing some deep cut Marvel characters into the breach with Marvel Midnight Sons. And even one of the most frenetic series of the arcade run n’…

Four years on, and Breath of The Wild‘s cooking has inspired a myriad of culinary enthusiasts to recreate Link’s wilderness menu. From a home chef who has self-published a Zelda Cookbook, to the staff of Polygon, sharing the experience of cooking like Link can truly connect the Zelda community. Even top-flight YouTube channels like Nerdy Nummies and iJustine have tested their mettle with Hylian cuisine. And if, like me, YouTube cooking videos populate your feed, you’ve likely come across Buzzfeed’s…